Living Room Contest Winner Recalls 1925 Improvements
Mrs Adolph Hanel of the Hayte Demonstration Club won first place in the County Living Room Contest with a $35.45 makeover that doubled her score, detailing a full room transformation including rugs from gunny sacks, a new ceiling, boxed windows, repainted woodwork, and seven pieces of furniture renovated for a bright, functional space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Hanel
Hayte Feme Demonstration Club
Bill Clark
Mesdames Pollard
Don Eplen
Cameron
Hanel
More Rehan
Bill Glark
Damage suits heard in district court
Ray Catchings was convicted for unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for sale and faces appeal after a jury verdict. The case, tied to a Rockdale post office area offense around April 19, may not be reached before October due to summer vacation. The Union Central Life Insurance Company v. Tyson et al involved a $7000 claim and foreclosure, with disputes over probate jurisdiction and administration. Other cases include Schultz v. Wiese over car truck collision damages, with plea to be heard by Civil Appeals, and Peters v. Kestenbaum et al and Dove v. Kestenbaum et al for negligence and damages from a night truck park incident, transferred from Falls County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Catchings
Rockdale
Catchings
Court of Criminal Appeals
Union Central Life Insurance Company
M. W. Tyson
C. W. Tyson
Robertson County
Rudolph Schultz
Walter C. Wiese
Schultz
Wiese
Milam County
Court of Civil Appeals
Serene Peters
S. Kestenbaum
D. D. Dove
Chilton
Peters
Waco
Lott
Dove
Falls County District Court
Local Weather Table by R A Tag Details Daily Temps
The table compiled by R A Tag shows each day’s maximum and minimum temperatures and any rainfall. Tag, a local weather man and electrician, provides the daily figures.
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R. A. Tag
590W
Election of Officers at San Andres A F and A M No 170
At the regular meeting of San Andres A F and A M No 170 the lodge elected officers for the coming year. Grady Allen was chosen Worshipful Master with Jessie Brock as Senior Warden and P W Davis as Junior Warden. J W Haygood will serve as Treasurer H E Garner as Secretary and R E Sharpe as Tyler. Installation is planned for Thursday evening at the regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Andres
Indiscreet at the Milam with Gloria Swanson Sunday
Gloria Swanson stars in Indiscreet at the Milam Theatre Sunday and Monday with Ben Lyon Monroe Owsley Barbara Kent and Arthur Lake in a story of a modern woman who risks happiness to thwart a former lover. The newspaper notes Swanson’s career and the film’s advanced sound recording and tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Swanson
Milam Theatre
United Artists
Miss Swanson
Mies Swanson
Key West
Florida
San Juan
Porto Rico
Chicago
Essanay
California
Mack Sennett
Jerry Trent
Ben Lyon
Tony Blake
Monroe Owsley
H‘oliday
Jim Woodward
Barbara Kent
School of Comedy
Joan Trent
Arthur Lake
Buster Collins
Joan
Card of Thanks for Noel R. Brown
We are deeply grateful to friends and neighbors for help and expressions of sympathy after the death of Noel R. Brown in Los Angeles on June 17 1931. We remember with grateful hearts those who comforted us and sent floral expressions and assistance. Mrs John Gambill and Family Mrs Noel R. Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel R. Brown
Los Angeles
California
John Gambill
Nurses Toast at Lakeside Miniature Golf
A pleasant social for Cameron Hospital student nurses was held at the Lakeside Miniature Golf Course by Hefley Lake. The course was brilliantly lit and the nurses were entertained for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Hospital
Lakeside
Hefley Lake
Home Renovation Adds Comfort and Pride to Living Room
A homeowner discusses completing a room renovation with hard work on the boards and refinishing. She notes the living room cost $35.45 with paint as the major expense and expresses pride in the improved space enjoyed by family and neighbors.
Correction on Stanley H. Swift home contract
The earlier item misstated the award for the Green Addition house contract. The contract went to J. A. Walston, contractor and builder, with materials furnished by Jeter Lumber Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley H. Swift
Green Addition
Jeter Lumber Company
Ihs
J. A. Walston
Milam Sheriff Sale Notice of Henderson Real Estate
Milam County Sheriff L L Blaylock announces a public sale of two parcels of land in Cameron Texas described from James McLaughlin and Bob Jones surveys. The sale is on the first Tuesday in July 1931 between 10 am and 4 pm at the Milam County Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Milam
Harris County
Albert Townsend
John F. Grant
L. L. Henderson
I. L. L. Blaylock
Milam County
Towit
James McLaughlin
N. W
H. Miller
Livingstone
Gilbert
McLaughlin Creek
Bob Jones
S. W
J. L
C. R. Henderson
Elizabeth Henderson
Court House
Cameron
Levyant
Cameron Herald
Great Patriotic Society Formed in Revolution
The Society of the Cincinnati, an hereditary patriotic group, formed in 1783 by Continental officers at Hud son river near Fishkill New York. George Washington was its first president general, with later leaders including Hamilton and Pinckney. 980 living hereditary members exist.
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the Society of the Cincinnati
Continental Army
Hudson River
Fishkill
N. Y
Verplanck
Baron Steuben
Society of the Cincinnati
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
C. Cotesworth Pinckney
Thomas Pinckney
Aaron Ogden
Morgan Lewis
William Popham
H. A.S. Dearborn
Hamilton Fish
Two Prophetic Geniuses Proved Right Across Ages
The centenary of Henry Bell’s death recalls his statement that steam navigation would spread wherever a river runs. Robert Stephenson, foreseeing railways surpassing other transport, predicted the day would come in Britain when rail dominates. Both prophets lived to witness their forecasts come true as history confirms their visions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bell
Clyde
Bell
Robert Stephenson
Liverpool and Manchester
Stockton
John Dixon
Empedocles the physician and royal philanthropist
Empedocles lived in royal splendor and wealth, showed great kindness to the poor, funded dowries for many young women, and studied medicine becoming a renowned physician. He once purportedly kept a woman in a coma for thirty days and revived her, as reported by an Exchange account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empedocles
Westminster Abbey and the Minster Name Origin
The term minster derives from mynster meaning a Christian religious house and abbey. Westminster abbey is so named as it lies west of St Paul’s, with the present abbey titled St Peter’s yet called Westminster for its site.
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Minster
Westminster Abbey
Abbey
York Minster
York
Westminster
St. Paul's
Abbey of St. Peter
Change With Weather Hygroscopes Change Color with Humidity
Hygroscopes may be non mechanical relying on color changes from sympathetic inks. A flower or figure on light fabric sits in cobalt chloride gelatin and water, pink in normal conditions, violet in medium humidity, and blue in very dry air per the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Chinese God of Destiny image terrifies youths in Pekin temple
The famous Chinese God of Destiny is shown with glaring eyes and a mouth full of teeth, yet is viewed as a friend. Children kneel and pray for guidance at the 501 temple in Pekin, noted for housing that many images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
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Ramon Navarro
Frank Hanel
Bartholomew
Gerges
Amd
Onher
Cardus
Metta Murphy
Poplar Bluff
Cardui
aleVi Apke
Thedfords
Milam Sunday
Sheriff's Sale
L. L. Blaylock
J. R. Robinson
J. A. Ferguson
C. E. Gaston
A-Vol Co
Great Patriotic Society
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