Inside Store Burglary Foiled by Night Watch and Officers
Early Wednesday Floyd Rice, a 22 year old black man, pried iron bars from a store window at the Frank Stephens Company. Night Watchman Taylor, City Marshal Osos, and officers Conner and Polk cornered the intruder on the roof, bringing him down with a double barrel shotgun. Investigators note prior burglaries at the same site this summer. About $20 was taken previously. the latest attempt yielded little.
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Flord
Taylor
Frank Stephens Company
Thetro
br@&king
Sherman Polk
Besro
Darby Cafe
Faerie Company
Fes
Tre Negro
Otcers Conner
Qsoot
Anc Sherman Park
Polk
Rushins
Floyd Rice
Ospha
Conner
Rice
Gote
Py Giant
Floyd Ricele
Stephens Company
Berry
Jong
River fishermen Kyeton brothers haul record catfish
I eight found Gien and Eldin Kyeton are champions of the river. Monday morning they brought in a big river catfish caught with a trotline near the Altair ferry crossing Sunday night. The big fish weighed thirteen pounds while a second fish weighed thirteen pounds but was a minnow by comparison.
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Gien
Eldin Kyeton
Altair
Kye- 4Ton
Alg Barnes Circus Gave Two Exhibitions in Eagle Lake
The Alg Barnes circus performed twice in Eagle Lake Cavendale Addition, afternoon and night. Attendance was small in the afternoon but larger at night. The show featured trained animals and impressive acts led by Tusca the elephant, though some elephants were restrained. Prices were 75 cents adults 50 cents children plus 75 cents for reserved seats. The paper notes the circus is large for the town and may have drawn from wider areas in former years.
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ALG. Barnes Circus
Cavendale
Eagle Lake
Bert
Barnes
al G. Barnes
Davis promotes tomato farming and local shipping shed plans
Davis of Yookum visited the city last Saturday urging farmers to grow tomatoes and share growing methods at community meetings. He notes rich land near Eagle Lake and suggests business leaders support planting enough acreage to justify a local shipping shed. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sanders of El Campo visited L. D. Roberts, then headed to Stuttgart, Arkansas for a new rice association manager post.
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BR. Davis
Yookum
W. C. Sanders
el Campo
L. D. Roberts
Stuttgart
Arkansas
Sanders
The
Rice Association
Rice admits first break into A box car on Arinsas tracks
Rice says he broke into the A box car at the unloading entrance behind the Stephens Company warehouse on Arinsas Post tracks. He climbed to the roof and crossed to a window where he was found. Wet clothing suggests he waded through water or other liquid at custody.
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Rice
Arinsas Post
Stephens Company
Rain Ends Drought and Brings Pasture Revival
General rain swept the section ending weeks of drought with heavy showers at intervals. Tuesday's rain totaled about one inch and a quarter, and Friday morning another heavy rain added nearly an inch and a half. Cooler air followed, boosting pastures and cattle ranges as the Campus drought broke. farmers welcome two more weeks of good weather for crop gathering. Mrs Kathryn Putney of Houston buys Baton Drug Store at Wichita Falls, renaming it Putney Drug Company, plans to move there this week.
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Kathryn Putney
Houston
C. C. Fennington
Mansfield 18 Speaker At Colorado Institute
Colorado County Institute assembled at Columbus for a two day session with nearly all county teachers present. Principal speakers included J J Mansfield C L Bunting Benge Audrey Baumgartner W Young J H Wooten B H Meinert and Rev Guyon Mrs E P Bentley and Mina Via led singing. Towns family visit and health notes plus updates on local residents and Houston trips are mentioned.
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Colorado County Institute
Columbus
The
Bay
J. J., Mansfield
C. L. Bunting
Hunteville
Benge
Welmar
Audrey, Baumgartner
Schulenburg
W. B. Young
J. H. Wooten
B. H. Meinert
Guyon
M. Steinweis
Baptist Hospital
Houston
Attorney Rutta Returns From Two Week Southern Tour
Attorney Chas. D. Rutta completed a fourteen day automobile trip visiting fourteen states across the Southern and Eastern United States. He notes only one enjoyable visit among various stops and mentions traveling by car.
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Chas. D. Rutta
Wharton County Tax Values Double On Year
Wharton County total valuations jump toward 13 million dollars from prior totals. County tax assessor Gus Scudier reports this year’s valuations at about 3 072 19 and estimated revenue of 547 805 50 for the county with 144 663 88 for the state. Acreage totals 92 910 11 acres with value near one third of county total set at 2 042 600. Animal counts list horses and mules nine, goats seventeen, hogs one thousand four hundred sixty five, dogs eight hundred seventy one. Carriages listed.
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Wharton County
Gus Scu~dier
County School Meet Set for Eagle Lake Two Days
The county interscholastic meet for the present term will be held in Eagle Lake for two days around the first of April. Promoters expect up to four hundred visitors. At a teachers institute in Columbus last Friday, the county league was organized with a full executive committee led by Director-General Supt. W. G. Reed.
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Eagle Lake
Teachers’ Institute
Columbus
Colorado County
W. G. Reed
Olds Colley
Howard Townsend
Rock Talents
Shaver
Weimar
W. G. Oibyton
Rabb
Wildwood School
Willard “Batra
Harmony School
Direstrof Eistre
Erna Zue
Williams, Gargood
Culpepper
Ghdden
Catherine Burford Cobler
J. Hi Wooten
Universal Motor Co Showcases New DeLuxe Fords
Ford dealer Universal Motor Company displays the latest Ford DeLuxe bodies including Phaetons Sedans Coupes and Roadsters at the Fort factory showroom manager B He McElhinney invites customers to inspect the new models next week as production linings and styling updates draw interest from local buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Mot Motor Company
Versal
Fordac
Divorces Granted In District Court Rounds Up
In Columbus district court this week several divorces were granted. It also handled cases including O W Boyd delinquency and Ramon Alvadar rape, with sentences and continuances noted. Custody was awarded in Ivory Tooke v Tooke among other finalized petitions.
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State of
Texas
O. W. Boyd
District Court of Columbus
Ramon Alvadar
John Wheeler
Ivory Tooke
Ruby Tooke
J. W. King
Emma King
McKinley Carter
Alice Carter
Mitchell Williams
Alice Williams
Sue Cabos
Gabino Cabos
Prince Stephenson
Percy Stephenson
Governor grants pardon to Leonard Frisbee in swindling case
Governor Dan Moody has granted a general pardon to Leonard F. Frisbee, sentenced to two years in Angelina County for swindling in June 1928. Frisbee was a pastor at a church in Glidden county and is well known in the region.
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San Antonio Express
Dan Moody
Leonard F. Frisbee
Angelina County
Contract 15 Set for New El Campo Catholic Church
Father Victor A. Raske said construction has begun on the new Campo church by T. C. Hubbard Construction Co. The mission style brick building will feature twin towers and Spanish tile roofing with wiring and plumbing contracts already awarded.
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EL Campo Catholic
Victor A. Raske
el Campo
Wharfoft
T. C. Hubbard Construction Company
Campo
Committee to Austin Urges Immediate Steps for New Columbus Bridge
A Columbus committee traveled to Austin with requests from seven local groups to the State Highway Engineer and Bridge Engineer. They urged action to replace the aging Colorado River bridge east of Columbus on the Old Spanish Trail, or to safeguard crossing. The current structure, warned for loads over 3000 pounds, remains in service after a 30 year design, with recent fatalities and ongoing makeshift repairs.
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B. H. Meinert
M. Tolbirt
A. W. Hahn
T. B. West
Misa Marthe Waugh
Austin
Columbus
Gib Gilchrist
G. G. Wick
Colorado River
Colorado
Pew
Extension classes offered at Wharton and El Campo
The State Teachers College at Huntsville and Ban Marcos will offer extension work to teachers and others at El Campo and Wharton this winter. Contact M. M. Hopper, county superintendent, Wharton, Texas, to join the class starting immediately. A number of teachers from Colorado, Fort Bend, Matagorda and Wharton counties attended.
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M. M. Hooper
Wharton County
State Teachers College
Huntsville
Ban. Marcos
EJ Campo
Wharton
M. M. Hopper
Texas
Colorado
Fort Bend
Matagorda
Universal Motor Company
Mansfield Plea Aims to Save Texas Hay for Army
Congressman Mansfield travels from Columbus to San Antonio to urge before an army board at Fort Sam Houston the continuation of Texas hay shipments to the military post. Brazoria Harris and Galveston counties have long supplied hay, but color standards under department rules threaten continued sales to the Army.
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Mansfield Sunday
Columbus
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Munday
Brazoria County
Brazoria
Harris
Galveston
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
War and Sericulture Department
Washington
Ing
South Texas
Eagle Lake Mayor Proclaims Fire Prevention Week
By authority vested in me as Mayor of Eagle Lake Texas I designate October 5 to October 11 as Fire Prevention Week Our goal is to reduce fire losses through continuous fighting against careless fires signed Welford Mayor.
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Eagle Lake
WE. Welpord
Governor Moody Grants $100 Reward in Joe Gola Murder
Governor Ban Moody offers a $100 reward for the arrest of Natividad de la Cruze, a Mexican man alleged by a grand jury to have murdered Joe Gola. Gola’s body, found in the Tower section of The Flat, shows a crushed head. de la Cruze, 5 ft 8 in, about 145 pounds, last seen near Bagh Lake wearing a brown coat and light felt hat bearing a Daily store imprint.
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Ban Moody Har
Colorado County
Greadh
Joe Golly
Natividad de la Cruze
Bagh’ Lake
Golla
Biv
B. M. Daily
Frank Stephens Company Buys Cotton At 15c Pund
The Frank Stephens Company offers 15 cents per pound for cotton based on initial payment on a Parquill and one dollar per bushel for standard coin. No. 2 one inch staple cotton sets the price. Farmers urged to supply for next year. Local Fire Chief Geo W Keith promotes Fire Prevention Week October 4 seeking flue checks and repairs to prevent costly fires.
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Frank Stephens
El Campo High Defeats Ganado Eleven 40 to 0
El Campo High School routed Ganado Eleven 40 to 0 in El Campo last Friday. Cyndi Rich opened with second-string players who overwhelmed the visitors, then the third string added 26 points before the quarter ended. Mrs W W Moore and her daughter Mary Catherine from Egypt visit San Antonio for medical care.
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EL Campo
Ganado
Ine
el] Campo
W. W. Moore
Mary Catherine
Egypt
San Antonio
Moore
Special Sale at the B. F. Daily Store
Headline notes a single day sale at the B. F. Daily store with sale prices across all departments. The notice urges readers to visit the store, check stock, and request sale prices on any unquoted items. The sale continues amid crop price concerns and stock display.
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B. F. Daily
Here Comes Arabella Musical Rehearsals at Eagle Lake High
The Eagle Lake community prepares for the musical comedy Here Comes Arabella at the Hate Lake High School Auditorium next Friday at 8 15 sponsored by the Episcopal Guild directed by Miss Yverine Page with the Wayne P Sewell Lyceum Company of Atlanta Georgia arriving Wednesday. The Gypsy orphan Arabella played by Mrs Harry Larson draws audience with gypsy love and music as forty chorus girls join with two hundred costumes. Tickets at Barris Confectionery.
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Eagle Lake
Hate Lake High School
Arabella
Episcopal Guild
Yverine Page
Wayne P. Sewell
Fam
Harry Larson
Auditorum
Tyre
Bob Adair
Hal Duncan
Sydney Hopewell
Bes McElhinney Jr
Jack and
Bill
Terry Wallace
Wille Bardow
Henrietta
Imogene
Crys
Tavelle
Lucy Este Rogers
Ethel Barksr
Margie Parker
Josh
Bob
Max Conner
Prudence
Debby
Jesse Adams
I. V. Duncan
Larkins
Waddell
C. Wilson
Levingki
Masic
Jon Sale
Barris’ Confectionery
Meeting of church auxiliaries next Tuesday afternoon
The Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church hosts the Union Missionary Society Tuesday at 3 30 p m at the Heiney Hotel. Each society reports on women's work for the church in recent years. Members are invited to attend and pay admission to hear Mrs Harry Larson in Here Comes Arabella at the High School Auditorium on October 3.
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Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church
Union Missionary Society
Heiney Hotel
Ste
Harry Larson
Arabella
Man Killed In car wreck near Sugar Land
A two-vehicle collision on the Old Spanish Trail two miles west of Sugar Land killed T. Harum 58 of Fort Worth. His daughter Mrs E S Bentley of Wharton and granddaughter Marthe Bentley 12 were injured. Bentley’s daughter and two other children escaped unhurt. Harum was visiting relatives at the time. funeral arrangements were reported.
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T. &. Harum
Fort Worth
Granddaughiter
Sugar Land
Bentley
Wharton
Marthe Bentley
Mer Bentley
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McCarty
S. K. Seymour
Hous J Lan
Beheld
Eagle Lak
W. C. Reid
Columbus Bridge
Highway Department
H. McElhinney
Universal
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Main Street
Eagle Tatke
J. C. Studeman
Lucille Ney
Studeman
Gasville
Missouri
Mansfield
Yexas Hay
Te Ptet
Moody
Joe Gola
Locst
Geo. W. Keith
Keith
Mr. Keith
High Auditorium
Harum
Hartm
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