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Newspaper
Carrollton Chronicle
Location
Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1938
Page
8
Local advertisements mention advertising for businesses, a visit by Mrs Mildred Dena of Malta, and various residents like Jess Gammon and Billy Towey. Editor offers fresh eyes for sale, Christmas program at the high school auditorium, and cheap greeting card bundles with envelopes. Subscriptions and town support are urged amid everyday notices and local humor.
A garbled OCR fragment references McCormick Pharmacy, cigars, and a family event in Dallas County or nearby. It mentions unsigned offers, signs of promotion, and a film, with scattered proper nouns and incomplete phrases. The text lacks coherent narrative or clear dates or outcomes.
A historic editorial urges curbing reckless excess and expan ded government by private enterprise to restore employment and prosperity. It argues sustainable growth depends on productive industry, private commerce, and public confidence, warning against political extravagance and stressing tax and policy reforms. It calls for the new Congress to prioritize employment, prosperity, and national happiness over partisan spenders.
Dora Barnes of Texas A and M College Extension urges smartness over mere beauty. She says women should study themselves to choose colors and designs suiting their type, adapt trends to personality, and tailor dress to their figure, with varied hair styles and appropriate lengths. Also notes cold weather, local illnesses, rain, and a new Carrollton grocery and lunch room opening by Mr. and Mrs. A W Myatt on the Belt Highway.
In Carrollton and surrounding areas Farmers Branch Addison Lake Dallas residents seek lighting service information. The notice directs readers to contact Mir Good in Carrollton by phone for home electric service inquiries.
Two young police recruits rose quickly by summoning dozens on minor charges and fining most defendants. On the eve of promotion, they resigned to form their own operation, one planning to detain beggars and the other to fine them, according to TiLBits Magazine.
A jumble of comic lines and captions from a newspaper page features quips about cinema and taxes, playful exchanges, and character snippets. The collage includes references to Cactus Jos, a motion picture era motif, and a string of humorous asides with unrelated names and lines.
A fragmentary piece uses broad dialect to hint at an escape from restraint and a tense reaction. It alludes to a man named Tom and a dog, with cryptic dialogue about punishment and anger, in a rough, period voice.
Ray Edward Seamans age 81 died in a Dallas hospital on Thursday December 8 1933. He lived around Carrollton Tennessee born September 20 1907 he was a Baptist church member. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 PM at the First Baptist church Carrollton with Rev L B Collins and Preston Saylor officiating burial in Forest Lawn cemetery. He is survived by his wife Beulah Seamans daughter Allee Rays and son J B Seamans of Coppell brother J B Seamans of Coppell and several sisters. Pallbearers included Charlie Harwell Cyewolt Forkland Morgan Jabsster Raymond Cribbs Lem Coomer Calvin Albright and Tom Moore.
We express appreciation to friends for kind acts during our hour of sadness. May God bless you all. Signed by Mrs Beulah Seaznons and Daughter and Mr and Mrs J O Sexsun Punfly.
The Home Demonstration Club met recently and elected officers for the coming year. President Air Kasherine-jfuphe, Vice President Svs Belle Allen, Secretary Mie Bator Oglun, Treasurer Spa MT Widwell, and other officers were chosen amid formal proceedings.
Fragmented notice describes a sale of a house and estate in Carrollton with directions to apply at Ave Dallas and mentions individuals Nannie McGee and Floyd W. in a garbled, OCR-like segment. The readable parts indicate a property for sale with location Carrollton and a contact point in Dallas, with unclear surrounding text.
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