Bosque County Cotton Contest draws twenty entrants
Twenty Bosque county farmers have entered the Bosque County Cotton Contest to date as County Agent L. E. Bailey notes. The contest, run with Bosque businessmen and the A and M College Extension Service, offers liberal prizes and encourages all farmers to compete. Fertilizer use aims to lift production with barn manure, commercial fertilizers, and cottonseed-product fertilizer. Bailey plans a carload order for 26,000 pounds ready by Feb. 27.
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Bosque County
L. E. Bailey
Bosque
A. & M. College Extension Service
Dallas News
Waco Chamber of Commerce
Bailey
Mr. Bailey
H. W. Stoerner
Henry F. Smith
E. C. Johle
Hendrick Nelson
Simpson Seeks Re Election for Bosque County Treasurer
W H Simpson is a Democratic primary candidate seeking re election as Bosque County Treasurer. He was first elected last cycle and has served efficiently, backed by a long Bosque county residence history on a farm between Mosheim and Turnersville and eight years in Meridian. He pledges prompt courteous and impartial duties if re elected.
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W. H. Simpson
Simpson
Bosque County
Bosque
Mosheim
Turnersville
Meridian
See me at Mrs Tone Christensen's Miss Josie Neystel
A brief social notice announces a meeting or visit at Mrs Tone Christensen's residence with Miss Josie Neystel referenced. The fragment mentions "51-4tp" likely a page or routing cue and does not provide additional context or events.
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Tone Christensen
Josie Neystel
St Olaf Lutheran Church Texas Circuit Meeting at Cranfills Gap
The Texas Circuit meets at St Olaf Lutheran Church in Cranfills Gap with an English service on Sunday February 28 at 10 50 am and an offering for church activity. Afternoon service in Norwegian led by Rev Jordahl Dallas Rev Larson Norse. Night session features speakers and junior choir. March 1 2 discuss The Sower Luke 8 4 15 with Monday music. Clarence Miller visited from Ft Worth.
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Texas
St. Olaf
Cranfills Gap
Jordahl
Dallas
Larson
O. T. Roe
Clifton
Meridian Court and Local News Deeds and Notices
Land transfers include J C Bearden to R A Underwood and others in Clifton and Valley Mills with several parcels valued at around 1300 to 9744.60. Marriage licenses issued for Robert Cole and Becky Stringer Rudolph Christ and Malinda Kerhlmann. Local social notes mention church events, births, visits, and residents' journeys amid illness and flu.
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Robert Cole
Becky Stringer
Rudolph Christ
Malinda Kerhlmann
Large Texas college mess hall feeds 2300 daily
W A Duncan director of subsistence at A and M College of Texas oversees three hot meals daily for about 2300 hungry students. The long time administrator welcomes new ideas and periodically invites food inspectors to assess the system. Recently R T Ellifritz manager of the Adolphus Hotel Dallas and F R Williams of the Rice Hotel Houston reviewed the mess hall and plant to propose improvements.
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W. A. Duncan
A. & M. College of Texas
Duncan
R. T. Ellifritz
Adolphus Hotel
Dallas
F. R. Williams
Rice Hotel
Houston
The
College
Cranfills Gap Briefs Highlight Local News and Events
Mr. Curtis Thompson of Evant visited the Carlson home in Boggy week. Golden Tindall and mother visited. Golden attends John Tarleton College. Ford plant workers Goar and Rohne returned to Dallas after a brief home break. Rosebud’s Mrs. Reissner visits Pluenneke funeral. Oscar Rohne’s forty second birthday celebrated. Town forms Crawfils Gap Mutual Water Works to overhaul water service after March first. Washington celebration hosted by Pluenneke. Wool and Mohair Growers Association to meet March sixth to adopt constitution and pool wool mohair. Association accepts Texas members. last year sold about 75000 pounds. Charles Pierre King recital at school house Wednesday. Selmer Knudson welcomes a baby girl Friday.
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Curtis Thompson
Evant
Olie Carlson
Thompson
Carlson
Golden Tindall
Stephenville
Golden
John Tarleton College
Mesers
J. B. Goar
Alvin Rohne
Ford
Dallas
Oscar Rohne
Crawfills Gap Mutual Water Works
Washington
P. C. Pluenneke
Craw
Texas
Charles Pierre King
Clifton drives needs support for Confederate Memorial Coin drive
Mrs Olaf Westgaard, Clifton quota committee chair, reports slow progress on the fifty cent Memorial coins toward the local quota. She urges residents to buy one or more coins at one dollar each to fund the Confederate Memorial project. Banks and most businesses in Clifton will supply coins on request before the drive ends this week.
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Olaf Westgaard
Clifton
Whig Leaders Meet at Woodburn Abbey in 1795 Hair Powder Tax Plot
In September 1795, Whig leaders gathered at Woodburn Abbey to devise a plan to avoid William Pitt's tax on hair powder by cutting off their queues. The event highlights political maneuvering over fashion levies in late 18th century Britain.
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William Pitt
Woodburn Abbey
Holland Farmers Row Out in Canal Boats at Milking Time
Holland farmers and farmerettes navigate canal boats to cow pastures at milking time, a rural scene reflecting local irrigation and dairy practices in a small community.
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Holland
Mumps Affected 67 Of Every Thousand US Soldiers In 1818
A historical statistic reports that sixty seven per thousand United States soldiers contracted mumps in the year 1818, reflecting early military health challenges and disease impact on troops.
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United States
Big Observatory to Top Texas Hill
Regents of the University of Texas will accept a 1 500 000 bequest from William J McDonald of Paris and begin plans for an advanced astronomical observatory on the highest peak of UT land near Lake Austin The gift ranks UT with leading American schools in astronomical research and aids Texas students in pure science studies.
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Austin
University of Texas
Texas
State University
Paris
America
Anton Pedigreed Seed for Sale at Clifton Gin
For six years Anton has improved staple, now producing a strong 11 16 to 13 16 inch cotton with high lint retained. On March 5th Anton Pedigreed Seed will be for sale at Clifton Gin, and gin-run seed will be bought at best obtainable price by Clifton Gin Company and I M Solberg.
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Anton
Clifton Gin Company
I. M. Solberg
Mer
Chinese shopkeepers open at six in the morning
At six o'clock in the morning, Chinese shopkeepers typically begin their daily business, marking the usual opening hour observed in many markets.
The Clifton Record and the Dallas News price hike
The Clifton Record and the Dallas News announce a subscription rate of 2.50 dollars per year. This change affects readers across their markets as the papers adjust to rising costs and seek steadier revenue.
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Clifton Record
The
Dallas News
Clifton P. T. A. Observes Child Welfare Day
Clifton P T A marked Child Welfare Day at City Auditorium on Feb 17 the group’s 29th birthday. A program of singing prayer and a morals pageant featured about fifty mothers and children followed by a candle lighting monologue. A five tier birthday cake was shown and sliced for sale, with a social hour closing the event and notice of the next meeting and parents day.
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Clifton P. T. A
City Auditorium
Rev. Story
Old Virginy
W. D. Raley
H. L. Little
Cor
Clifton Texas Election Notice to Elect Aldermen
City Council of Clifton Texas orders an election at City Hall on Tuesday April 6 to elect one alderman for one year replacing F K Bradstreet and three aldermen for two years replacing C E Carpenter W D Miller and J M Jenson G B Helm named presiding officer with power to select judges and clerks election held under general city election laws Ed Handley mayor W C Hurst secretary
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Clifton
Texas
F. K. Bradstreet
C. E. Carpenter
W. D. Miller
J. M. Jenson
G. B. Helm
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A. R. Ellis
J. C. Bearden
R. A. Underwood
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Agnette Huse
William Lennox
William Lennor
W. W. Allsberry
J. H. Alexander
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Meridian College
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Cleburne
J. A. McGeehee
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the Richards
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Henry King
Leonard
Fannin County
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Babe
S. R. Carruth
Wilburn Lester
Sabine
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C. C. Tittle
Hillsboro
R. V. Ferguson
Belton
Miss Stockard
Temple
Mollie
Hollingsworth
W. G. Cobb
Tulsa
W. W. Wright
Chris L. Rohne
Selmer T. Knudson
the Queen Theatre
Hoot Gibson
Calgary
South Sea Island
Jack London
Tom Moore
Pauline Starke
Wallace Beery
Fox News
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