Girl Sells Peanuts to Pay College Education
Denton Texas October 17 Frances Flados a freshman at the College of Industrial Arts began selling peanuts to fund her education. She earned money by odd jobs and waiting tables while balancing study and work to pursue a degree in physical culture. The article notes her determination and the support of faculty and friends.
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Denton
Texas
Frances Flados
College of Industrial ‘Arts
Mies Flodor
Courthouse Shelters Hit by Cold. Hearings Abandoned
Cleburne reports a cold courthouse forces District Judge Erwin T. Ward to abandon hearings for the day and dismisses jurors until Tuesday. Oil stores will be placed in the courtroom for officials' comfort. City water department heat plan abandonment prompts new heating equipment purchases.
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Cleburne
Erwin T. Ward
City Water Department
Weathered stand shines after help from neighbors
In Clifton, a ragged weather scene becomes a salvage effort as locals revive a stand with paint and shellac, dig a ten foot gas line, and a shop owner donates space for the besting. Frances insists on self funding and a new plan, while a bank failure echoes past hardship and thrift.
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Fladon
Humour and Bore Tales From a Bygone Era
A collage of anecdotes and harsh quips about relentless talkers from politics to religion. Parson Smiley, with three hour sermons, joins tales of old time barbecues and tariff debates. The piece blends humor with social caricature and obscure local references across multiple dated anecdotes.
Bargain Days Offer for Star-Telegram Subscriptions
Fort Worth Star-Telegram announces a bargain plan for one year daily and Sunday delivery at 7.45 dollars, regular 10 dollars. Daily except Sunday 5.95. New subscribers start now with expiration December 1 1926 ensuring November free. Readers urged to place orders through the Record.
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Star-Telegram
Fort Worth
Apple Harvest Progress Report From Field At Sear
A fragment reports 20 000 duybels of apples hanging from trees in the field at Sear. It notes a second harvest crop size for the season and ongoing fruit production progress.
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United States
Field Museum
Chicago
Renee
Hiv
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W. K. Golden
Prop
Johnson Grain
Oscar A. Carlson
Rt 2
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Joe Sappington
Gabriel
Trang
Republican Party
Rim
Dick Murdock
Squire Sanders
Bowers
Old Post
Watehdai
Mulgaria
Texan
Charles Fel‘Wer
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College Experiment Station
Furl Felker
Don McKensie
Yelle
O. Y. Miller
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