Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty in New Penal Code
Mexico City reports the new penal code will ban the death penalty in criminal cases and follow practice of long prison terms. Eight years for murder is common, with women receiving about three years. only one execution occurred in 1928, sparing Jose Leon Toral. President Portes Gil supported the change.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Federal
Republic
Jose Leon Toral
Alvaro Obregon
Portes Gil
Maysfield Social Roundup Notes Local Visits and Plans
Miss Mildred Thweatt spent Friday night with Miss Ada Lee Massengale and Rev R L Nicholson then traveled to Camer on to catch a Brownwood train for Daniel Baker College. The community plans a Friday school house cleanup and grounds tidying to start Monday.
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Mildred Thweatt
Ada Lee Massengale
R. L. Nicholson
Elizabeth
Cameror
Brownwood
Daniel Baker College
Community Notes and Social Visits From Jones Prairie Area
Clarkson Bill Smith and family visited Mrs. Smiths parents Will Harper of Jones Prairie. Mrs H Schwarting and family traveled to Onenville for a guest stay with Will Herring. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bell died Tuesday and was buried at Little River Cemetery Jones Prairie. The community extends sympathy to the Bell family. Howard Schwarting and wife visited R K Fontaine at Jones Prairie. La Rue Douglas had dinner with the Mock family near Maysfield. Joe Scheiler and family called at R K Anderson store. Howard Schwarting and wife traveled to Rosebud. Ralph Mitchell suffers a bruised foot. Deurell and Ralph Mitchell visited Rosebud. Paul Brast and family of Temple and Mrs. Ed McAfee of Burlington were dinner guests in Herman Schwarzing home. Mrs E F Campbell and Mrs H Lindsay were business visitors in Cameron. Howard Schwarzing and wife attended H C Keith home in Cameron. Greer and Howard Douglas were in Cameron. C C Black was a business visitor in the area. There are meters of voice and tone but the best is meter alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bell
Little River
Jones Prairie
Mrs. Bell
Paul Brast
Temple
Ed McAfee
Burlington
Herman Schwarzing
Refusal and Rescue Attempt Recounted in Brief Exchange
A quoted exchange recalls a moment when one person says they refused Jack repeatedly and were saved from drowning. The other responds that surrender came quickly, but the first notes they pretended the act was a suicide attempt.
Enter Business for Unemployed Teachers and Students
Unemployed teachers and college students are urged to enter business, with Tyler Commercial College promoting a plan to place trainees on payroll quickly. The college offers courses in accounting, banking, bookkeeping, secretarial work, stenography, radio, telegraphy, cotton classing, civil service and more, with a free booklet titled Achieving Success in Business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Texas
Tyler Commercial College Coupon Offer
A brief notice from Tyler Texas invites readers to mail the coupon for a scholarship at Tyler Commercial College. The Herald editor is mentioned as a contact for details.
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Tyler Commercial College
Tyler, Texas
the Herald
Milam County election on range animals at Liberty School House
Notice of an August 12 1929 election ordered by the Milam County Commissioners Court to decide whether horses mules cattle and other stock may run at large in a described territory beginning at Cannon Snap Creek crossing the Cameron Gause road and following creeks and land boundaries toward the R L Butte 290 acre tract. The petition was filed by G W Malone and twenty other freeholders.
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State OF Texas
Milam
G. W. Malone
Commissioners Court
Milam County
Texas
Liberty School House
Justice Precinct
Justice Precinct No. 3
Cameron and Gause
J. H. Ashenbeck
Milano and Hanover Road
R. L. Butte
Milam County Court Sets Sept 28 1929 Election
Court orders election on Saturday September 28 1929 along road crossing the Stock Law District established January 29 1927. G W Malone appointed manager. Witnessed by JEFF T KEMP Milam County Judge August 16 1929.
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G. W. Malone
Same
Jeff T. Kemp
Milam Co
Tex
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Maysfield
Maysfield School
Mariema
Mildred
Grace Thweatt
Ireland
Ruby
Cameron
Mrs. Wm. Freeman
Calvert
Mrs. Red
Mary White
Mary Ethel Massengale
Vera Mayes
Carlton Newton
Tyson Freeman
Martin Mayes
Mrs
Roy Newton
Homer Peel
John Thweatt
Port Sullivan
Archie Peel
Bertha Kelso
Bernice and
Josephine Baylor
Mary Freeman
Lanier Newton
Mable Tyson
Clarence Freeman
Ditto
Dillehunter
Vaughan
Walker's Creek
Clarkson
Bill Smith
Mrs. Smith
Will Harper
H. Schwarting
Katherine Schwarting
Howard Schwarting
Onenville
Will Herring
R. K. Fontaine
la Rue Douglas
Joe Scheiler
R. K. Anderson
Rosebud
Ralph Mitchell
Deurell
E. F. Campbell
H. Lindsay
Howard Schwarzing
H. C. Keith
Greer
Howard Douglas
C.C. Black
Wofford
Cameron Herald
Cameron Furniture Company
Dodge Brothers
Sapp Motor Co
Cameron, Texas
Jack
Said
Stock Law District
Cannon Snap Creek
Mamie Arnold Hefley
Essex
Horstmann Brothers Tire Store
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