Park Dedicates Tribute to Texas Highway Engineer Gibb Gilchrist
A Van Zandt County park on Highway 15 was dedicated by the Porewood Garden Club to honor Gibb Gilchrist state highway engineer for his work in developing the Texas highway system. Gilchrist born in Wills Point received the ceremony with appreciation and gratitude.
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Austin
van Zandt County
Gibb Gilchrist
Porewood Garden Club
Gilchrist
Wills Point
Hachway Commission
Harry Hines
Mineral Wells
Gilchrist Park
Abilene
Sorce
W. R. Ely
Commission
Fly
Highway Commission
Irs
Comes
Highway Department
Poad
Southwest and South Lead in Furniture Sales Rise
Dallas June 1 The Southwest and South led the nation in a substantial 1934 furniture sales increase per a survey by the U S Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce through Arthur Fertig Co advertising. Cash and credit sales rose with competition and Federal spending. profits stayed low at 3 to 12 percent.
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Dallas
Southwest
Cal
United States
Arthur Fertig & Co
York
Ranch Population of Nevada Shrinks
Reno Nev June 14 though this state holds 30 percent of the public domain cattle on its public ranges have fallen 39 percent since 1910 a survey shows. Death low mood and other factors cut sheep from 1585000 to 890000 cattle from 423000 to 295000 horses and mules from 102000 to 63000.
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Reno
Nev
United States
White House Bound To Tell Story of Blue Eagle's Doom
Donald R. Richberg, custodian of the Blue Eagle, steps from the Capitol after the Supreme Court wrecked the NRA, signaling turbulent times for New Deal symbols and policy.
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White House
Blue Eagle
Capitol Dome
Donald R. Richberg
Capitol Steps
U. S. Supreme Court
NRA
She Wed Two Men in One Day
Jessie Clyde Cavender, 15, of Memphis Tenn, married Earl Longmire, 20, and two hours later asked her mother to annul the marriage by telephone. She then married Denison Manning, 39, in Denison. In court she insisted she loved Manning despite the muddle.
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Jessie Clyde Cavender
Memphis
Tenn
Earl Longmire
Denison Manning
Jessie
Manning
Winters man gathers thousands of photos in 14 albums
A. N. Sparks of Winters has collected 3000 pictures over 32 years from 38 states. The historic scenes include American battlefields and groups of Western outlaws. The collection is housed in 14 albums and Sparks runs Sparks Cafe on South Main Street in Winters.
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Winters
A. N. Sparks
Mr. Sparks
Sparks Cafe
South Main Street
Allred Signs Bill Bringing $750,000 Marble Tax Yearly
Governor Allred signs legislation taxing marble machines at $10 yearly for nickel machines and $20 for dime or larger units. The measure, the sole new tax of a 124 day session, faces AG opinion on gambling statutes and beer tax refund vetoes. News mailed at $5 per year.
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Allred
Austin
Texas
James V. Allred
Texas Receives Higher Federal Grants In Early 1935
A state survey by State Auditor George Simpson shows Texas received 2.85 per capita in federal relief for January to March 1935, above 1934 levels. Texas ranked sixth nationwide with 17,169,622 dollars in three months, behind New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, California, and Ohio, with allocations split among general and transient relief, rural rehabilitation, and commodities.
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Austin
George Simpson
Texas
Vermont
South Dakota
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
California
Ohio
Ilinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Simpson
Division of
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Civil Works Administration
Farmyard Biddies Help Grow Hutch Watermelon Seed
In Hutchinson Kansas Roy Pinyeard uses live hens in a watermelon incubator system. Seeds are soaked placed in tobacco pouches and cared for by four hens until sprouting. Cull seeds are discarded and planted later.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Roy Pinyeard
Pinyeard
Gum paper tape widths for sale at The Herald Printing
The Herald Printing Co offers gum paper tape in 1 inch 1.5 inch and 2 inch widths for purchase at 110 West Greenwood.
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The
Herald Printing Co
W. Greenwood
the Herald Printing Con
Cattle Market Rises in West Texas After Rains
Rain brings relief to West Texas cattle markets with prices up seven to eight cents a pound for steers and several thousand calves selling to $50. Feeder lamb contracts and yearling purchases noted, with mutton lambs at four to five cents a pound for Fall delivery. Othro Adams contracted 5,000 mutton lambs at five cents for Fall delivery to Colorado buyers.
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Othro Adams
Fort Stockton
Colorado
del Rio
Brady and
Mason
Cattle Movements From Big Bend to California Seen Cooled by Rain
L. J. Wardlaw of Fort Worth bought 2,500 cattle in Sonora at $1 to $1.50 a head. In 1933 he bought mo hair and sold it in fall for over 40 cents a pound. Thousands of cattle moved from the Big Bend to California ranges, now slowed by recent rains.
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Sonora
L. J. Wardlaw
Fort Worth
Big Bend
California
Quicksilver Culb Seen in Brewster County News
Alpine June 1 There have been two items of great interest to the quicksilver producing territory of Brewster County recently A bill to tax quicksilver five dollars a flask was defeated in the Legislature The product today is worth seventy five dollars a flask of seventy five pounds each There is word from Washington of possible severe restrictions that could nearly embargo imports of this product.
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Alpine
Brewster County
Washington
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South
Nevada
C. C. Smith Sheet Metal Works
Ferg
Richberg
NIRB
NEA Features, Inc
Ben Cole
N. Main St
Harry Mills
Oroville
del Rio Enterprises
Tain del Rio
Chamber of Commerce
del Rio, Texas
Mary Cummings
Truman E. Keller
Birmingham
Ala
West Texas
San Angelo
Lee Adams
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