Robbery and kidnapping in Brownwood Sunday night
The Palace Drug Store on Austin Avenue was robbed Sunday night with two men forcing nine customers to the floor and taking cash. A couple, Mr. and Mrs. Efton Wells, were abducted to the Wells residence before escaping. one hijacker was captured by deputies after a police chase, while the other fled into the brush. Authorities identified the suspects and recovered about $20 of the loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownwood Sun- Might
Cool Bulletin
Austin Avenue
Efton Wells
Avenue H
E. T. Perkinson
Willie Lee Voss
Coushatta
Chester Avinger
Howard Becker
Ron
Wood
Becker
Califor
Palace
Jone
E. S. Murray
S Murray
P. Murray
Wells
Bill
E. P. Murray
Murray
Inauguration week and legislature begin in Texas
The second week of the Texas session centered on Governor W Lee O Daniel's inauguration and the two houses organizing clerical staff and committees. A grand inaugural drew crowds from Texas and beyond with Mills County presenting a goat to the governor. The governor and party attended numerous receptions and dances, and the joint session heard his formal message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Lee O’daniel
Senate
House
Texas
Twenty-Fifth
Mills County
Congress Avenue
O’daniel
O'Daniel
Recep
Lawmakers Debate Pension Reform and Revenue Plan
Members discuss a drastic shift from the current revenue setup aiming to settle the pension question. They consider using a 1.6 percent transaction tax for financing, though opposition is growing and a political storm may erupt next week.
Sketch of the life of Wm. Albert Smedley
William Albert Smedley born 1865 near Cove Springs Georgia moved with his mother to Arkansas at age three. He married Etta Payne, farmed in Texas, lived in Cross Roads Hicks Corner Cottonwood and Knox County. He died December 16 1938 at 72. Survived by wife seven children and a half brother. He was a school advocate and church member with a respected civic life.
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William Albert Smedley
Cove Springs
Georgia
Clark County
Arkansas
Etta Payne
Comanche County
Texas
Cross Roads
Hicks’Corner
Cottonwood
Comanche
Knox County
Etta Smedley
Lee Smedley
Lorene Smedley
Dallas
Velma Smedley
Washington, D. C
Otis Smedley
Wichita Falls
Ruby Gordon
Corpus Christi
W. A. Langley
Coma
Life Sketch of Willie Bob Foster
Willie Bob Foster died at his home in Beattie on Sunday night January 15. Born January 15, 1887 in Beattie he was the son of A. B. Foster former county sheriff. He married Cora Edwards August 27, 1905 and left four children and six grandchildren. Troy died in 1926. Surviving are his wife four children six grandchildren two brothers and four sisters. A dedicatory poem titled He Is Just Away accompanies the memory of Mr. Foster.
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Willie Bob Foster
Beattie
A. B. Foster
Cora Edwards
Troy
Don Foster
Stamford
Mamie Moore
Pauline
Robert Foster
Tom Foster
Comanche
Frank Foster
Houston
Alice Wallace
Sipe Springs
Sallie Roe
Guthrie
Pearl Trim
Moses poem praising teachers and leaders of men
A devotional verse recounts Moses birth and rescue by the Nile princess. It portrays Moses as chosen, raised in Egypt, guided by angels, and later prepared to lead Israel. The piece honors teachers and leaders who mold future generations.
Marriages Recorded at Courthouse Rival Dates
Courthouse notices list marriages on January 14 to 18 involving Maxwell Curry Rackley Jenkins Trimble Fluitt and others. Licenses are shown for Stewart Payne Capers and others as couples prepare for wedlock. A church or religious line-poem and a farm news price mention conclude the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Maxwell
Katherine Florence Curry
R.S. McCharen
J. L. Rackley
Jessie Jenkins
Dublin
Geo. C. Wetzel
Jack G. Trimble
Ruby Warnock
Brownwood
A. E. Wilson
Audrey M. Fluitt
Mae Attaway
W. B. Smith
Floyd H. Brawley
Fredonia Low
Comanche
James S. Duffy
Fisher Stewart
Oleta Powers
William Johnnie Payne
Anna Mae Allen
Jack Trimble
R. V. Capers
Vivian Baron
Audley M. Fluitt
Deeds Recorded From Local Property Transactions
Deeds show George Black to Louise Black for shares on multiple tracts totaling 406 acres from League and Labor Ybarbo and A Ybarbo Surveys with $8000. R R Harvey to C H Ayres for 40 acres in Deaf and Dumb Asylum Lands with $2500. Mrs L P Peterson to R E Adcock for 3% acres from Bren nan Survey with $53. Joe Hulsey to L E Osburn for a Downing village lot for $1 and other consideration. N R Shelton to Dr N A Fleming for Lots 11 12 13 14 15 16 in Sipe Springs for $100. Ted R Jay to Higginbotham Bros and Co for 221 acres in Lampasas School Land with $100 and other consideration. Atlas Parsons to Jessie Velma Lee for Lot 2 in Block XIX De Leon with $75. W B Glover to Mrs Annie Dry for 34% acres from H and T C Ry Co Survey with $2000. J H Kerley to Flora Kerey for 40 acres of Survey No 41 with $10. Dr H C McClenahan to J P Whitesides for Lot 9 Block 48 Sipe Springs with $10. Dr H C McClenahan to Audrey Whitesides for Lots 1 2 3 Block 23 Sipe Springs with $10.
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George Black
Louise Black
League & Labor
Ybarbo
A. Ybarbo
R. R. Harvey
C H. Ayres
Deaf & Dumb
County of
Comanche
Joe Hulsey
L. E. Osburn
Downing
N. R. Shelton
N. A. Fleming
Sipe Springs
Ted R. Jay
Higginbotham Bros. & Co
Lampasas
H. C. McClenahan
J. P. Whitesides
Audrey Whitesides
In Austin for inauguration observer finds shelter with Texas officials
An Austin visit during the inauguration era includes informal lodging with State Auditor Tom King. The narrator recalls Tennessee roots, Lake Austin views, and remarks on eggs prices, local gossip, and political chatter about Governor plans. Mentions Jerry Sadler’s economy moves and a Lions pilgrimage to Mexico.
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Austin
Tom King
Tennessee
Memphis
Mississippi
King’s Cabin
Lake
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Baker College
Buck Mccollege
Dannis Jefferies
Pickins Harper
M Preston Watson
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Neluiter
Hugh Gleaton
S. Murray
Jon Wells
Santa Fe Brake
Penrose Metcalfe
Gille’s Hatchery
Mammoth
Albert Smedley
Moses
Jesse Allen Tiner
Pharaoh
Israel
God
Egypt
Hand Divine
Teac
Courthouse News
Canaan
Boyce House
Walter Woodul
Coke Stevenson
W. Lee O'Daniel
Woodul
Sally
Mark Twain
Jerry Sadler
Lon A. Smith
Ernest O. Thompson
Bers
Railroad Commission
Matterholm
el Capitan
Julien C. Hyer
Fort Worth
Lions International
Texas Lions
Wilk
Mexico
Piggly Wiggly
East Texas
Prunes
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