Fischer 10 Speaks in Marlin June 20
F. W. Fischer former governor candidate will speak in Marlin on Saturday June 20 at 8 pm. Campaign manager W. E. Rogers cites expected large turnout from Milam County. Fischer proposes taxing natural resources to fund $15 monthly pensions for ages 65 and up and to raise revenue for school funding. Cameron Band joined Hearne program earlier this week.
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F. W. Fischer
Court House
Cameron
Texas
Marlin
Proide
Botched Hanging Prompts Man To Become Expert Prompter
Chicago entrepreneur Portly Phil Hanna, an Epworth Illinois farmer, claims the title mane tangman after officiating at the sixty ninth hanging in Indianapolis. He forged expertise from a botched Barrett execution, supplying rope and hoods made by his wife, visiting condemned men, and insisting on humane handling as law dictates. Barrett’s death in 1901 sparked debate over electrocution and federal capital punishment.
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Chicago
Phil Hanna
Itanna
Indianapolis
George WW. Barrett
Kentucky
Iunna
Hanna
Epworth
Barrett
Pioneer Jays
Congress
Nelson B. Klein
West College Corner
Ind
Klein
Cowboys Mix Babies in West Texas Dance Prank
In Ozona Texas a long forgotten mix up at a Savage ranch dance left 20 babies swapped among sleeping mothers. No phones or cars delayed corrections for over a week as frantic rides tried to restore rightful infants amid bitter confusion. The incident inspired later literary reference by Owen Wister.
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Ozona
Texas
George W. Nix
Gibbons Ranch
Savage Ranch
Nix
Owen Wister
Dog With False Teeth Turns 18 In Canada
In Montreal Peter a fox terrier celebrated his eighteenth birthday. The dog believed to be the only Canadian with false teeth had indigestion for six years. Dr G Martin Rondeau dentist removed the decayed teeth and fitted a custom set of false teeth.
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Montreal
Que
Peter
Canada
G Martin Rondeau
Cameron Firemen Headed to Fort Worth Convention
Cameron firemen left Tuesday for the state fire convention in Fort Worth. The Cameron team includes Oscar Schiller Albert Richter Edwin Zeke Brod Jerry Mikula Bert Nicholson and Blonde Brashear. They aim to repeat past cup wins as Yorktown took the cup and Belton and Hearne tied for fourth while Cameron failed to score high.
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Cameron
Fort Worth
Oscar Schiller
Albert Richter
Edwin
Zeke) Brod
Jerry Mikula
Bert Nicholson
Blonde” Brashear
Joe Richter
John Kanes
Edwin Brod
Frank Richter
Yorktown
Texas Volunteer Firemen's
Belton
Hearne
Student Singers Go To Centennial In Dallas Saturday
Milam County school children joined the Texas Centennial program in Dallas on Saturday June 13. E A Perrin and Guy T Newton report 185+ participants from Cameron San Gabriel and Sharpe districts. Cameron sent 85 students by two buses with chaperones including Emma Clement and Juanita Lyons.
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Milam County
E. A. Perrin
Cameron Public Schools
Guy T. Newton
Perrin
Cameron School
Cameron
Yee High School
Dallas
Roy Yates
Joe Kubacek
Emma Pearl Clement
Juanita Lyons
Homer Nabours
Fred Dierz
San Gabriel
Sharpe
Mysterious Fires Reported in Mi lam County
Sheriff Max Kennedy investigates two fires within five days causing heavy losses. Fritz Potsky’s Cross Roads barn burned destroying hogs, corn, hay, maize, harness, and a hay press after a bottle of red gasoline was found nearby. Charles Kirk’s slaughter house on Highway 36 near Cameron also burned with unknown origin. Bentley Epperson, son of Drs A S and Mrs Epperson, improves after an appendicitis operation in Cameron hospital.
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Milam
Max Kennedy
Fritz Potsky
Cross Roads
Kennedy
Chas. Kirk
Highway 36
Cameron
Miss Eleanor Howell Fetes at Rockdale Gathering
Miss Eleanor Howell of Rockdale was honored with a party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Griffith on Wednesday night. Ruth Griffith hosted twenty nine guests for lawn games and a dessert of ice cream and cookies.
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Eleanor Howell
Rockdale
Ruth Griffith
Roy Griffith
Dr Watson Describes Presbyterian Assembly Visit in Augusta
Dr James Watson, a delegate from the Central Texas Presbytery to the US General Assembly, spoke at a Presbyterian church in Augusta on Sunday morning. He reported on the assembly and was accompanied by his wife. They also visited New York and Washington during their trip. He is slated to speak again in Marlin in the fall on the Georgia assembly.
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James Watson
Central Texas
General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches
U. S
Augusta
Georgia
Presbyterian Church
Watson
New York
Washington
Marlin
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Palestine
A. S. Epperson
Cameron Hospital
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Cameron, Texas
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Augusta,a
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Electrolux
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