Representative Shires Backs Flood Control Bill
Austin Texas Jan 15 Rep Tom Shires of McLennan county says he has received more than twenty constituent messages urging support for the Rountree Flood Control and Reclamation bill introduced last week in the house He is a signer of the measure and pledges full effort for its passage He adds that if the bill passes the Bosque river would be the first stream surveyed topographically and hydrographically.
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Austin
Texas
Tom Shires
McLennan County
Shires
Bosque River
Passion players of Oberammergau refuse film rights offer
An American offered one million dollars to film the Passion Play without raising costs. The players sacrificed their wigs and kept their self-respect and honor despite pressures from currency depreciation. Anton Lang says riches do not bring contentment and happiness, which the players now possess.
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Passion Players
Oberammergau
Anton Lang
County Pure Bred Livestock Meeting Scheduled
A meeting will be held at City Hall in Clifton on Saturday January 20 at 3 p m to form a County Pure Bred Live Stock Association. All breeders of pure bred livestock are urged to attend. L L Johnson County Agent. The Record and Dallas News.
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Joe A. Reeves
Waco
Clifton
Price & Stuart
L. L. Johnson
Bomb Explodes After 57 Years In Volunteer Fire Blacksmith Tool
In Opelousas Louisiana a Civil War era bomb used as an andiron and later as a shot put tool exploded today two miles south of town, wrecking and burning a tenant house on A E Veltin plantation. No one was in the house.
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Opelousas
A. E. Veltin
Here
Church Services and Meetings Schedule
Church notices list English service at Rock Church next Sunday at 11 o clock. South Ladies Society meets at August Eager’s home Wednesday afternoon. Cathedral Classes meet at Brick Church 10 am and Rock Church 2 pm Saturday of this week.
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Rock Church
South Ladies Society
Cathedral
Brick Church
Woman Legislator Edith Wilmans Absent From Texas House
Edith Wilmans of Dallas, the first woman to sit in the Texas House, was absent for a week after requesting an excused absence. Her former husband, from whom she was divorced months ago, died Sunday night. Wilmans had introduced bills on marriage law and public health.
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Austin
Edith Wilmans
Dallas
House of Representatives of
Texas
Lewis T. Carpenter
Poultry Lectures At Hamilton Draw Large Crowd
Hamilton Texas January 12 Hamilton high school and five Hamilton county schools plus over a thousand poultry enthusiasts attended lectures and egg show aboard Cotton Belt demonstration car. E D Edson M A College advised medium birds best for egg and meat including Rocks Reds Wyandottes Orpingtons and Cornish. Prizes totaled thirty dollars with winners in white eggs brown eggs and a cartoon contest led by Herbert Klatt Clistine Newcomb and others.
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Hamilton
Texas
Hamilton High School
Hamilton County
E. D. Edson
A. & M. College
J. C. Shippman
Jessie Pruitt
Zora Kirkland
Herbert Klatt
E. D. Williams
Clistine Newcomb
Nickels and Dreams on a Porch in the Moonlight
A young couple share a porch scene under moonlight. He laments lacking money to travel. She suddenly withdraws into the house, leaving him astonished as he discovers a nickel in his palm. The moment frames a bittersweet exchange.
University of Texas to Advertise Bids for New Biology Building
Regents approved plans by architect Herbert M. Green for a 400000 biology building on the University of Texas campus. Building committees will soon advertise for bids. The structure will sit on the northwest corner between the women’s building and the University Methodist church at Twenty Fourth and Guadalupe Streets.
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Austin
University of Texas
Board of Regents of
University
Ef] Paso
Herbert M. Green
Dallas
Twenty-Fourth
Guadalupe Streets
University Methodist Church
Kell urges bankers to back legislation at state convention
Frank Kell urged greater banker interest in legislation at the Twenty-Fourth District State bankers convention in Wichita Falls Texas. He reviewed the Federal Reserve System’s work and warned of excessive socialist influence in current trends. W L Rush Huff and others spoke. the event closed with a Wichita Club luncheon.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Frank Kell
Twenty-Fourth District of State
Kell
Federal Reserve System
W. L. Rush
Decatur
R. E. Huff
A. P. Pierce
Quanah
H. O. McCallon
District Bank
Wichita Club
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Death
We extend our sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for every attention shown our dear mother during her illness and for words of sympathy and deeds of kindness after her passing. May God bless each and every one of you. Mrs. Joe Loper, Mrs. Doc McFadden, Mrs. A. F. Haley, Mrs. Ole Solberg, Mrs. Neal Rude, Mrs. Tom Windom, Alfred M. Johnson.
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Joe Loper
Doc McFadden
A. F. Haley
Clifton Merchants Close Shops For Home Team Game
Local merchants sign a pledge to close next Friday from 3 45 to 5 30 to cheer Clifton High School basketball as they face undefeated Morgan after a 21 17 win over Valley Mills. The list includes The Show Co First Guaranty State Bank Home Grocery Clifton Mercantile Clifton Mill office Clifton Lumber J H Rachirg A A Miller Castlemans Confectionary Clifton Record Broadway Cafe John Mack City Market J K McSpadden City Bakery R C Hardie Rowe Bros H R Josey Clifton National Bank Joe Loper John E Swenson Willard Murphree Findley Produce Olson Bros Gadager Mabry Helton Clifton Battery H W Hering Clifton Tailors Quick Tire Service W E Hurst Son Oscar J Rea Sellars Sellars Pearson Hauke Clifton Meat Market J T Torrence W A Hanna Restaurant Louis Fricke Fort Co Thompson Bros.
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the Show Co
First Guaranty State Bank
the Home Grocery Company
Clifton Mercantile Co
Farmers Guaranty State Bank
G. L. Polk
Clifton Mill & Elevator Co
Clifton Lumber Co
J. H. Rachirg
A. A. Miller
Castleman's
The
Clifton Record
Broadway Cafe
John Mack
City Market
J. K. McSpadden
City Bakery
R. C. Hardie
Rowe Bros
H. R. Josey. the Clifton National Bank
Joe Loper
John E. Swenson
Willard Murphree
Findley Produce Company
Olson Bros
A. G. Gilliam
Gadager Bros
Mabry Helton
Clifton Battery Company
H. W. Hering
Clifton Tailors
Quick
W. E. Hurst & Son
Oscar J. Rea & Co
Sellars & Sellars
Pearson & Hauke
Clifton Meat Market
J. T. Torrence
W. A. Hanna
Louis Fricke
Fort & Co
Thompson Bros
Week's Program at the Queen Theatre
Doris May stars in Boy Crazy a dandy comedy drama Thursday. Ruth Roland appears in The Timber Queen episode six The Hidden Peril on Friday and Saturday matinee 2 30 P M. Bryant Washburn in Kidder and Ko a comedy Harold Lloyd Just Neighbors also shows Saturday night George Larkin and Jane Novak in Barriers of Folly a western. Monday and Tuesday includes Wallace Reid in The Hell Diggers a Paramount Picture Wednesday and Thursday Silent Years. Coming Soon Betty Compson At the End of the World School Days Gay and Devilish Doris May Blazing Arrows Lester Cun ee Dont miss School Days featuring Wesley Barry.
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Ruth Roland
Bryant Washburn
Kidder & Ko
Harold Lloyd
Doris May
Lester Cuneee
Wesley Barry
Secret of Happiness From Past and Future Thresholds
The excerpt argues happiness comes from living in memory of pleasant past and hopeful anticipation of a good future. It emphasizes forgetting sins and learning from errors to avoid repetition, seeing forgiveness as emancipation rather than servitude. Reference to Doctor Abbott's Reminiscences.
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Doctor Abbott
Texas Is Broke and Legislature Cannot Pay
Austin reports Texas is broke as lawmakers cannot receive mileage and the $5 per diem salary. Senators Dudley Holbrook and McMillan form a committee to meet local banks and cash the Senate employee salary warrants, while Sam Sparks plans to buy warrants from members at face value but will not buy those of employees.
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Austin
Texas
Sam Sparks
Senate
Dudley, Holbrook and McMillan
Remains Dumped From New York Rub bish Scow
Two loads of human bones from early New York settlers were dumped into the ocean from a New York City rubble scow. Workmen uncovered an ancient churchyard with brown stone tombstones dated up to 1820. Records link the graveyard to two Massachusetts churches of the early nineteenth century and suggest Revolutionary and War of 1812 heroes rest there.
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New York
New York City
Massachusetts
Missing Buckner boys found after dormitory fire
Two boys reported missing after Buckner's Orphans Home dormitory fire were located at Kaufman on Monday. Leon Odell and Scott Williams, who had escaped the blaze the day after the fire, were brought back to the orphanage amid relief after fears they perished in the flames.
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Dallas
Jan
Buckner’s Orphans Home
Kaufman
Leon Odell
Scott Williams
Cal at the Record Office for Your Adding Machine Paper
A brief item notes a person visiting the records office to obtain or inquire about adding machine paper, indicating routine clerical activity.
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Tfe
Richland Man Trains Cats To Catch Squirrels
Richland Texas January 11 Gradie Durand owns two house cats trained to treed squirrels and kill them, a first here. The cats chase into woods and catch prey faster than a dog. He has turned down $20 per cat several times.
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Richland Man
Richland
Texas
Gradie Durand
Mr. Ourand
Tax Notice Urges City Tax Payment to Avoid Penalty
Only a few days remain to pay city tax and avoid a penalty. Contact H. W. Hering, City Tax Collector, for service and payment details.
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Kate
Clifton, Texas
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J. M. Jenson
Tom C. Parks
Arnold Brandes
Clifton High School
Valley Mills
Morgan
Meridian College
T. W. Anderson
Geo. Oswald
C. M. Moore
Jesse O. Jenson
P. T. Hoff
F.O. Muhlhouse
R. S. Clement
Clifton National Bank
Uncle Sam
Queen Theatre
George Larkin
Jane Novak
Wallace Reid
Paramount Picture
Betty
Compson
Secret OF
Broadway
Kk. C. Hardie
Pennant Oils
Polk’s
Moffatt’s
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