The Romance of Paper and Linen in History
The article traces flax cultivation in Ireland, Italy, Russia, and Belgium from ancient times to today, describing slow manual farming, retting, spinning, and weaving into linen cloth and paper. It explains linen paper’s use in fine stationery and in electrical condensers critical to telephone systems, noting Western Electric’s Hawthorne Works as a major producer.
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Europe
Tutanka
Ireland
Italy
Russia
Belgium
Western Electric C
Hawthorne
Chicago
Western Electric Company
I Am Fire Curse All Over the World
A Houston Post excerpt personifies Fire as a universal blight consuming wealth and lives. It warns that fire destroys cottages and palaces, forests and cities, and claims thousands of children and women yearly. The plea urges vigilance against fires that invade homes factories and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Satan
Houston Post
Red Cross Drive Achieves Close to 290 County Members
The Red Cross Roll Call for 1928 ended on Thanksgiving with 290 memberships from the county, below the 400 goal. A long list of members and contributors follows, led by county chairwoman Mrs. Allen T. Jeffries, with several town reports still pending.
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Red Cross
Allen T. Jeffries
KK. M. Lindsey
R. R. Dawkins
A. T. Cole
Leon O. Lewis
Lon Rundell
W. B. Haile
Murrell
Earl Alderson
Swan
F. C. Johnson
R. F. Morris
O. C. Watson
Mr. Spiller
J. C. Killough
Dr. Wilder
J. S. Bugbee
Louie Holloway
Loyd Stallings
Ruth Stocking
Adam Risley
Tom Connally
Hemminger
Silverman
Joe Cluck
Curtis Vaughan
J. H. Morris
Harold D. Bugbee
Ed Smith
Phin McMahan
P. W. McMahan
O. G. Scott
H. C. McMahan
Jno
T. Sims
O. D. Leisberg
R. G. Dillard
George Garrison
Sybil Johnson
T. D. Nored
O. E. Harvey
L. M. Smith
W. T. Hunt
FE. M. Ozier
George Reed
Nellie Devine
O. R
J. J. Alexander
C. A. Burton
Lee Casey
G. J. Teel
A. M. Patman
R. S. Moss
J. R. Porter
Holman Kennedy
Katie Rathien
Fred Rathien
Hoover Aids Health Rule Making for Children
President elect Herbert Hoover backs the American Child Health Association urging a prenatal, infant, and preschool program. Resolutions call for sound birth conditions, hygienic living, proper nutrition, medical inspection, basic hygiene education, and support for a sound mind in a healthy body.
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Herbert Hoover
United States
American Child Health Association
Cotton prices tumble as crop estimate sparks liquidation
New York traders faced a sharp price drop after the government forecast 1928 cotton at 14,373,000 bales. January fell from 20.30 to 19.78 cents, December from 20.47 to 19.85, and May from 20.35 to 19.74 cents. Closing near day lows. Washington confirmed the final estimate of 14,373,000 bales with 12,561,618 ginnings to Dec 1.
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New York
New York Exchange
Wall Street
Washington
Department of Agriculture Today
Census Bureau
O'Donnell Plans Modern Sewer System And Farm Profit Outlook
O'Donnell to add a modern sewer system as part of a progressive acquisition. New homes, growth in population, and more industry expected. Farmers urged to invest in quality poultry stock for profit. good care and laying stock emphasized.
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O'Donnell
O’donnell
Notice of Stockholders Meeting at First National Bank
The stockholders meeting of The First National Bank of Clarendon Texas will be held at the bank on the second Tuesday in the month the fifteenth day for the election of a board of directors for the ensuing year and such other business as may properly come before the meeting. W. W. Taylor Cashier.
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First National Bank
Clarendon
Texas
Fach
W. W. Taylor
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Castleberry’s Market
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E. H. Noland
J. P. Parks
Robert Parks
J. C. Blackburn
W. A. Riddle
J. F. Heath
W. A. Wilson
Ruth Thompson
Homer Parsons
Bennett Kerbow
A. E. Benson
W. H. Cooke
Ralph Kerbow
Glyde Douglas
John Beverly
J. F. Blocker
Will Hayter
Lorena Stegall
Alfred
la Verne McMurtry
J. H. Eddins
J. L. McMurtry
Joe Horn
MecCanne
D. van Eaton
J. D. Swift
Julia Mae Caraway
S. E. Allison
Geo, Bagby
Houston Miller
A. J. Boston
Mary Frances
Mary Jo Caraway
A. T. Jeffries
James Trent
J. B. Baird
O. L. Jenkins
Joe A. Holland
J. T. Warren
H. G. Tatum
Clifford Allison
Lottie Tane
C. M. Lane
J. F. Warren
Hoover
Will C. McDonald
Cen Castor
Holland Bros
Magnolia Products
Ueers Dayton
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