Obituary Notes and Public News From Texas
Still Russell, longtime figure in Texas history, dies at 65 in Ardmore Oklahoma. Associate justice of Oklahoma's supreme court. Also mentions Crawford Advance letter about Nazarene spelling and a presidential appointment: Geo D Armstrong named postmaster at San Antonio. Congratulations to George, the Alamo city and President Wilson.
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Still Russell
Ardmore
Okla
Supreme Court
Wilson
Geo. D. Armstrong
San Antonio
George
Alamo City
Texas
Wade Voices On Roads and Bonded Improvements
Homer D. Wade of Stamford argues that towns with poor roads and drainage are forgotten and that issuing bonds to build permanent, well drained roads is essential. He condemns wasting money on substandard roads that lack proper drainage.
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Homer D. Wade
Stamford
Whittlers Bench Talk on Rain and Crops in Texas
Fencerail Smith and Sickleblade Williams discuss rain harming crops while noting past years of heavy rain produced strong yields. The peanut man agrees, reflecting long Texas experience.
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Smith
Sickleblade Williams
Texas
State politics and reform views across Texan papers
Multiple brief editorial notes from Texas papers discuss comptroller power, political elimination and July primaries, and reactions to prohibition candidates. The items address voter voice, appointments for defeated candidates, and citizen rights in July submissions. Readers cited include Denison Herald Llano News The News Rogers News Hamilton Herald Hillsboro Dispatch.
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Denison Herald
Texas
Llano News
McClure
L. E. Strickland
San Marcos Baptist Academy
Rogers News
Hamilton County
Bailey
Tom Ball
Ferguson
Ball
Jhis
Hamilton Herald
McClure Backed for Texas Comptroller by Prohibition Wing
Tom F. McClure of Jones County was named the prohibition wing’s favorite for Texas state comptroller. Worth 8S. Ray of Denton and Charlie B. White of Austin were eliminated, a decision accepted good naturedly by four clergy members. Charles B. White declares he is staying in the race for the Democratic nomination to be state comptroller until July 25, promising to explain his reasons in coming days.
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Tom F. McClure
Jones County
Texas
Worth
Ray
Denton
Charlies B. White
Austin
McKinney
Charles G. White
Charles B. White
Waco Morning News
McClure
West
White
Denton County
Trumer
Champ Clark
Baltimore
Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald
OWN A HOME
A column extols home ownership over renting, arguing real estate agents aid city and individual wealth. It urges youth to buy, notes savings discipline and pride in ownership, and claims homeowners improve neighborhoods and family well being. The piece portrays renters as less motivated to invest in property.
Death of C. W. Post Ends In Santa Barbara Suicide
C W Post founder of Post City Texas and originator of Postum took his own life with a rifle in Santa Barbara California on the ninth due to ill health and despondency. He warned that too much persistent work ruins even millionaires and that money is harder to manage than to earn.
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C. W. Post
Post City
Texas
Postum
Post
Santa Barbara
Cal
Robstown Weed-Chopping Drive Mobilizes Community Labor
About 100 men and boys from Robstown gathered to weed fields after rains slowed farm work. Farmers faced labor shortages and weed infestation, especially in cotton, prompting broad local participation as nearly all businesses closed for the effort and workers toiled in fields.
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Robstown
Austin approves $1 075 000 McLennan road bonds
The attorney general approved a large road bond issue of 1 075 000 dollars for McLennan county. Backed by a 2a 22c tax, bonds bear 5 percent interest, mature in forty years with optional serials after five years. Proceeds fund 185 miles of macadam concrete and gravel roads linking Waco Lorena and Weat with work expected to start this summer.
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Austin
McLennan County
Waco
Lorena
Weat
War on tango fades as it begins to go
A reflective exchange notes that as conflict over tango diminishes the dance itself starts to fade away. The speaker observes that activity around tango is already declining and hints at broader cultural shifts.
Real Estate Dealers Urged to Pressure Elderly Husband
A Fort Worth Star-Telegram item suggests wives contact all local real estate dealers to pressure an old husband into investing, aiming to spur him into action by worry and urgency.
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Fort Worth
First Marriage License Issued in Littlefield
J. B. Hall bought the first marriage license ever issued in Littlefield last week, securing the certificate to wed Mise Timmie Wallis of the town.
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J. B. Hall
Littlefield
Mise
Timmie Wallis
Houston Chronicle April Circulation Figures Reported
The Houston Chronicle shows an average daily circulation of 40,607 for April and a Sunday average of 46,984. The figures indicate a strong Texas daily, possibly the state’s largest.
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The
Houston Chronicle
Texas
State Druggists Meet Promises Texas Druggists a Grand Trip
The annual Texas Pharmaceutical Association meeting in El Paso is set for June 16 17 and 18 with a Dallas Fort Worth and San Antonio special rate of 18 dollars plus one cent per mile for longer distances. An excursion to Cloudcroft and the Sky Mountain is planned and a possible Mexico trip with bull and stock fights. Trolley rides and Mexican suppers are on the agenda as part of the entice for local druggists. Sent to Eberlee in Dallas or Scott White in El Paso for more information.
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Texas Parmaceutical Association
el Paso
Scott White
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Cloudcroft
Sky Mountain
Mexico
Texas
E. G. Eberlee
Ingenious Calculating Machine Invented in Hungary
A Hungarian citizen has devised a small watchlike instrument that instantly shows the interest due on any sum for a chosen period at a given rate. The device is compact and simple in construction, designed to simplify calculations of interest.
Wires and rumors swirl over Texas comptroller race
Four eminent divines in Dallas form a court to eliminate candidates for Texas comptroller. T F McClure wins the nomination with whispers that Charles B White may be the true pro candidate if McClure withdraws. The piece notes wire crossing and political intrigue amid Denton and North Texas ties. Bob Henry seeks reelection to Congress amid uncertain opposition.
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Bob Henry
Congress
Heele
Senator Oultson
U. S. Senate
Henry
Mally
Henry Ia
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P. Terrell
A. W. Smith
Crawford
Brother Gay
Hillsboro Dispatch
Toby
Hill
Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
H. B. Terrell
Mac and White
Jones
T. F. McClure
Worth S. Ray
Prohibition
Progressive Democratic Party
T. N. Jones
W. P. Lane
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