Texas Needs Reform and Rural Prosperity Guide
An essay argues that Texas must address rising living costs and farm housing scarcity as population grows to six million. It critiques land ownership dynamics, calls for protective associations, and presents a neighbor’s view on land value inflation driven by railroads and infrastructure. The piece urges action to align property, taxation, and opportunity with broader public needs.
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Texas
Oracle
Uric
Welrig
Prairie Euneraly
Humber
Pioneer Base
Simut
Land Owners Protectve Association
Lita Tuyshais
John Phat
Ib Wiatever
Pires
Sabor
Byen
Jon
Nesa
Jom
LIFE CYCLE OF AMERICAN EAGLE IN AMERICAN RHYTHM
A long passage discusses landowners and tenants in Texas, urging shift of focus to land users amid tax and rate debates. It moves to Dr Francis Herrick’s study of the monarch of the air, the American eagle, detailing its biology, nesting, life cycle, and historical symbolism with quotes about its role as a national emblem and its powerful nature. The article covers eagle habits, nesting cycles, chick development, and notable past eagles including a Vermilion Ohio nest in 1928.
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Angiers
Francis H. Merrick
Western Reserve University
Herrick
Dr. Herrick
National Cariaraphic Society
America
North American
Uv Bky
Balte
Marius
Napoleon
Eluss
Vermilion
Ohio
Thia
Lonely Olt Man Rings Bell to Signal Safe Health Nearby
S. G. Linebarger, a 79 year old loner on Grapevine road near Arlington, lives on a 50 acre farm with a bell to summon neighbors if needed. He tends five acres of alfalfa and clover, a garden, pasture, and cattle, milks cows, feeds chickens, and rides a horse for groceries. He keeps close neighbors in the Hil and Clark families and greets visitors with the bell rung each afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Arizona
Tosh
Grapevine Road
S. G. Linebarger
Unis
Arlington
Ei L. Hil
Mat Clark
Hovse
Intimate study of eagle home life at distant eyrie
Observatories rose about 100 feet to study eagles in their nest. An upper platform and a hiding tent shielded the eyrie from view as researchers watched the birds for days. The setting perched above brown fields, corn, grain, and the blue waters of Lake Erie, framing a vast theatre.
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Mn Observatories
Erge
Eyrie
Lake Erié
Shipmates at Avalon Navy life drama stars Montgomery
Robert Montgomery headlines Shipmates a Navy life romance at Avalon, portraying a sailor who hides his identity to win a admiral’s daughter. The film uses real Navy sequences including Pacific Fleet maneuvers and shipboard scenes aboard the U S S Colorado. Cast includes Joan Marsh and Ernest Torrence with director Marty Pollard.
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Robert Montgomery
Avalon
Isdy
Dorothy Jordan
Navy Department
U. S. S. Colorado
Witt
C. P.O
Hobart Bosworth
Cit Edwards
Bilge
Gavin Gordon
Mike
Montgomery
Edward Nugent
Whet- Ho
Joan Marsh
Hedda Hopper
George "Trving
Captain Beatty
Allyn Warren
Willam Worthigios
Suerone
Roy Turk
Pred
FE. Allert
CIT Edwarets
Rock Island Residents Headed Home After Weekend Visits
Rock Island items note Royce Flournoy and Mrs Flournoy returning from San Marcos after a summer school visit. The May and Maze party from Houma traveled home with Richard Muze. Tillie Young left Friday for Catala with Katherine Byersyle returning. J T Hunt and May Wilens plus Jett Weedhesday plan several days in Laturn. Miss Maho Weaver retires from Bat Mines for the week. Milew Uinghenian left Friday for Bust Texas for an extended stay. Chrexter Myster of Sempsteat and Forrest Norman of Efuilston visited with the Humphreys. Yelquitiiy hosted the Sunday school gathering with forty-two guests and a meal.
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Royce Flournoy
San Marcos
Flournoy
Jerome May
Mary
Roswlitte Maze of
Houta
Richard Muze
Tillie Young
Priday
Catala
Katherine Byersyle
Wil
J.T. Hunt
May Wilens
Jett
Laturn
Maho
Milew Uinghenian
Tor
Texas
Chrexter Myster
Sempsteat
Forrest Norman
Efuilston
Jh.p. Humphreys
Golf Controversy Sparks Protests Over Ball Size
The Pentext protest targets Ue ew baloon pall and the United States Golf Amphitop over ball size and weight, arguing six hundredths of an inch difference brings unfair advantage. Golf elites control rules, while average players demand change and a break from tradition.
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United States Golf Amphitop
Ace
Okland
Ford’s New Experiment Prompts Texan Trade Vision
The Dallas News reports on Henry Ford’s plan to blend farming with industry by using experimental farms to produce materials for factories. Ford envisions a nationwide shift where farming supports industrial needs, with skilled, well paid workers rotating between agriculture and manufacturing. The piece suggests Texas could adopt a similar model to boost rural employment and rural industries, aligning farming and export farming with native industries for regional growth.
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Ford
Benny Fenrir
Everrom
Texas
Pord
Dallas News
Lissie Happenings and Local Visits in Pasadena Area
Mrs W F Swan and daughter Migs L din visit relatives in Lissie alongside Wilfred of Pasadena California to attend a family gathering for Ove Causey of Polk County. The annual school picnic at Byigelleat hurl way on Thursday featured ruined banks and a day of contests and meals. Nearby residents report Texans discussing women’s meeting at Mrs J Beckmay’s home Tuesday and extended family visits including Kellgore and Timmy’s family in Houston. Dr Milley notes cabbage health remarks and Rockefeller as a model. Eagle Lake native Parker visits with parents G W Parker and relatives, finding cooler weather at home.
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W. F. Swan
Migs L ¥Din
Som
Wilfred
Pasadena
California
Sisiliyus
Fey Ove
Dave
Jett Beokmay
Jett
Thich Selina
Tim Mater
Hey
Uid
Stallwi
Bis Bpattier
GE Everiit
Fei Milles
Anvrlean College of Surgeons
Vives
Dr. Milley
Tours
de. Milles
Jess Dickness
Hockefeller
Parker
Port Worth
Eagle Lake Boys
G. W. Parker
Fort Wortts
Vacant towns in West Texas and New Mexico boom to bust
A fragmented reminiscence traces booming oil towns like Wink, Hobbs, Jal, Bakerfield, and Brookline, then fades to decline as payrolls vanish and population halves from about 50,000 to 15,000. The piece muses on real estate allure, ear piercing myths, and notes Mrs. Wood Baggers and her Munston visit, with Beckman’s Drug Store highlighted.
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Boon
West ‘Tess
New Mexico
Cagtus
Wink
Hobbs
Jal
Bakerfield
Brook
Finottier i
Snegessta
Texas
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West Texas Paper
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Eagle Lake
S. C. Holloman
Norris Bldg
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Beckman’s Drug Store
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