School board bids and New Year's Eve dance notice
Howard Fite, president of the school board, warns that the board reserves the right to reject any bids. A New Year’s Eve dance is listed at Austin's Hall on December 31 with admission 25 per person. Also promotional copy for a seed and plant catalog from RAM SEY AUSTIN NURSERY in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gue
Nai
Howard Fite Pera
Austin
Este
RAM
Austin Nursery
Aven
Texas
Local Chesterville News Brief Highlights Community Christmas Visits
A brief Chesterville item notes residents and visitors sharing Christmastide greetings. Miss Luanne Si, Mr and Mrs Hid Kretzschmar and their daughters Betty and Laois are mentioned among friends traveling to Washie and other stops, with references to past and upcoming congressional news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washie
Congress
Hid
Kretzschmar
Betty
Laois
Christmax
Christmas Holiday Guests and Family Visits
The misspelled and fragmentary notice lists numerous relatives visiting and staying with families in Texas for the holidays. Mentions include Mr. and Mrs. Tao Singaman and Mrs. Dick Black of San Antonio, Bruce Bingaman of Wharton, Mrs. Edna Vegetal of Spring Branch, and Victor Wesenhelt of College Station among others. Several trips to Houston, Edna, Georgetown, Kingsville, and Bon Antonio are noted, with departures to La Prior and visits from relatives in Comite Christi, Los Fresnos, and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tao? Singaman
Dick Black
San Antonio
Creece Rate
Houston
Bruce Bingaman
Wharton
Bingaman
Rate
Miles Singaman
Berney
Jeannie Kinghloe
H Burkhalter
Sir Algietine
Lupi
Moody Galpreath
Georgetown
Thorhdsie
Deg Nivewander
Kingsville
Elaine Nicewander
el Campo
I. Nieewarde
T. B. Curry
Ms Curry
Wampler
Marshall Grant
Conroe
Asansas Pass
Missouri
Richard Meze
Austin
R. E. Maze
Evolution of Early Mail Service and Its Delays
The article traces 50 years of mail delivery before modern networks, describing messengers, riders, and horse packs that carried letters between cities like New York and Albany. It notes slow, seasonal service, rough roads, and the reliance on travelers to move mail, with Ben Franklin cited as a pioneer poster and organizer.
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Yasteeyear
Lite Pograms
Wavelers Oorpy
Dotlers
Dhal
Hetiist
Etiireant
New York
winoNts
Cdis
Henyern Polladelphia
Tamasa
Ben Franklin
A. R. Armstrong
Pitsburg
Daffynitions And Odd Riddle Puzzles From Local Notice
A scrambled OCR of a local page lists humorous Daffynitions and playful word clues, including entries like Syam-Wateh Bone and Laugh Snowing, plus a long line of names and families such as Beaumont, Houston, Walker, and Daty. The fragment hints at a community column mixing jokes, wordplay, and family notices.
Rosetta Stone Found in Historic Egyptian Site Tale
Reports from Washington headquarters of the National Geographic Society describe four large basalt slabs bearing hieroglyphics near Rosetta in northern Egypt. The stones resemble the Rosetta Stone, key to deciphering ancient Egypt, uncovered in 1789 by Napoleon’s officers and now valued for linguistic breakthroughs by Young and Champollion. Rosetta lies six miles north of Alexandria, once a trade hub, now a Turkish town with about 28 000 inhabitants.
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Rosetta
Egypt
Bione
Washingston
D. C
National Geographic Society
London
Boussard
Napolicon
Anny
Fort Julien
Ressett
Nie
Menouy
Napoleon
National
Cairo
Real
Stone
MVI
Megmna
British Museum
Thomas Young
Ptolemy
Jen Francios
Ibiriye
Alexandria -Newr Soteay
Recetts
Alvaandria
Alexandria
Ntlz
Roseslia
Buzsary
Small-Town Nation Rules Vast French Colonial Empire
The piece surveys Francen empire spanning Africa, Asia, the Orient, and the Caribbean. It highlights population, territory, and economic strategy, noting mandates in Syria and Lebanon, Indo China, Africa holdings, and the inland empire. It emphasizes wealth potential, industrial needs, and trade aims shaped by the postwar era.
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Frente
Pranté
Dulletin
Wabtington
D. C. Neage
National
Great Britain
France
Arth
Central
West Africa
Algona
Tunisia
Africa
Senegal
French Guinea
Ivory Coast
Dahomey
Sudan
Mauritania
Niger
Dakar
Somaliland
Togoland
Cameron
Syria
Lebanon
Near East
South America
Hert's Island
Kartal Chambernagor
Yanaen
Wieman
India
Annam
Cambodia
Tonkin
Laos
Galina
Corica
Gugtelouza
Matawascar
Adria
Iternal
Qamdin
Ini Gener
Ana
Tade-Ghitta
Madagascar
New Caledonia
Mpoance
North Africa
Algeria
Beross
Mediterranean
Nuober
Pythei
Delanting
Elmost
The Typographical Error in the Leader News
An editor laments a typographical error in the Uvalde Leader-News. The flawed print shows ink blotches and misaligned text while production workers struggle with the rigors of the press and copy editing.
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Suial
Kumar Eye
Iadr
Creans
Uvalde Leader-News
Christmas Visit Among the Vacs Family
Mr and Mrs Adolph Vacs and children spent Christmas with Mr Vacs wife Mrs Vacek and family at SeistHyne. On Monday they visited with deceased parents.
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Adolph Vacs
Vacek
Cowboys and Wardens Engage in Deer Drive
A Texas backcountry scene describes Wardens WB Stokes and Jack Blevins pursuing a buck after it sprang from brush as a range rider, Bt Rachal’s thoroughbred horse, and the deer measured about 197 pounds with ten points. The rider halted the animal while Stokes and Blevins coordinated to restrain it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bidte
Stokes
Jack Blevins
Buck
Ayrey
Bt Rachal
Genie Warden
Cisrrette
Christian Science Sunday Lesson Sermon and Community Notices
The item lists the Church of Christ, Scientist Sunday Lesson Sermon theme for January and cites biblical passages. It also mentions Miss Pearl Lee Adams visiting Houston, local family holiday gatherings, and upcoming Methodist Missionary Society meetings, urging attendance and participation.
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Christ
Scientist
Japhary
Israel
God
Canfiise
Lasson
Mery Boxer Eddy
South
Kingdom of Heaven
Universal
Hamany
Cannes Dé Jost
Remuli
Christmas Visit Highlights Hutchings Family Guests
N and Mrs L Hutchings of Houston were in town for Christmas with Mrs Hutchings parents Mr and Mrs W C Elkins. Also visiting were Tomes Elkins of Galveston and Mr and Mrs Wallawe Paul of Mexia along with their parents, sharing the holiday together.
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R. L. Hutchings
Houston
Hutchings
W. C. Elkins
Tomes Elkins
Galveston
Wallawe Paul
Mexia
P Perents
Mrs Elma Schalang Visits Colly Family in Oakdate
Mrs Elma Schalang of Oakdate Louisiana came in Christmas Eve for a visit with the family of her aunt Mrs a BR Colly.
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Elma Schalang
Oakdate
Louisiana
A. BR. Colly
Garwood Methodist Watch Party and New Year Services
Rev Clayton AtcMahill encourages attending the Garwood Methodist Church watch party Saturday night. Services will be held Sunday at 11 am and 7:30 pm. The message notes Moses and the burning bush as a call to begin the new year with faith. Christmas visits listed include Grist Tuomas Jr, Harvey White, Mr and Mrs W H Cook and family, Mrs Seahorn, Miss Jacqueline Oliphant, and Miss Maurine Heffley visiting relatives in Houston and Bugle Lake.
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Clayton AtcMahill
Garwood Methodist Church
Garwood
Moses
Burning Bush
Grist Tuomas, Jr
Angieton End Or
Harvey White
East Bernart
W. H. Cook
Ingo Wert
Mrs. Cook
4. Seahorn
New Year Eve Dance Promises LargeAttendance at Nagla Lake
The text notes a New Year Eve event at Nagla Lake, with efforts for a large attendance if weather cooperates. It mentions Nagla Lake dances for past seasons drawing big crowds and lists several visiting family members from Austin and Dallas, plus others from Houston Alvin Bay City and East Bernard, with holidays spent and relatives visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schilling
Austin
Hell
Inagle Lake
Nagla Lake
O. R. Dayia
der Mother
3. B. Buffington
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M. Cason
Matthews
M, Welte
Brocs Mays Pismo
Main St. Bouse
Dee
Poland
Eldridge
Eegie Cleaners
Jersey
Dean
Lana
Chesterville News
Learers Satoh
Nottawa
Miss Luanne Si Wide An Cama
Tom Su Teas
Daffynifions
Garten
Beaumont
Bob
J. Oo. Walker
Suiarland
Sand
Frank Daty
Christian Science Services
Pearl Lee Adams
Jesse Adams
Jimmie Skinner
Bay City
Methodist Missionary Sociery
AGAR
Rock Island Methodist Church Digest
M. & Guyman
Jacqueline Oliphant
Bugle Lake
Sam A. Davidson
Maurine Heffley of
Hosston
Mr. and
Moy
R. W. Heffley
Harry Lada
Calmen Landa
Ney
Dallas
Mei End
Vic ‘Engelhard Apenit
Alvin
Mr. Terrell
Jar
Sud Wmirs
Lee Gines
Fegie Lake
East Bernard
Christimas
Jase
First Baptist Church
SouthWest
Ramsey’s
Frank Stephens Co
Eagle Lake
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