Five Women Honored as Master Farm Homemakers at Texas Short Course
College Station July 29 five rural homemakers were named Master Farm Homemakers at the Texas Farmers Short Course. The honorees Mrs. R. W. Fenton Celeste Mrs. J. E. Fooshee Hunt County Mrs. A. F. Ernst Somerset and Mrs. O. W. Fry Lockner received gold pins and the national Farm Wife magazine partnered recognition. They lead local clubs and advocate education and home management as a vocation.
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College Station
Texas
Annal Farmers
A & M College of Texas
Masters Farm
R. W. Fenton
Tahoke
Nevil Petty
Celeste
J. E. Fooaker
Greenville
A. F. Ernat Somerset
0. W. Fry. Lockner
Parmer
Wife
National Farm Womens: Magazine
St. Paul, Minn
The
Bess M. Rowe
TWO TEXANS SHOOT SELVES
Two Ellis county farmers born in Georgia died by suicide. E. J. Tapp, 44, of Italy, shot himself in his sister’s garage. George Calvin Gothard, 64, shot himself at his daughter's home. Both had poor health. Gothard left several children. Crystal City in the Winter Garden district is noted as a major spinach shipping point, with 1928 29 season shipments totaling 4,300.
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Wahabachie
Tex
Ellis County
Georgia
E. J. Tapp
Italy
George Calvin Gothard
Tapp
Gothard
Crystal City
Winter Garden District
Brady City Council approves new airport plan
Brady Texas July 20 The Brady City Council votes unanimously to build a new airport. A 157 acre tract on Highway 9 south of town is leased from Frisco Railroad and approved by the Commerce Department. Construction supervision is assigned to the Chamber of Commerce committee with ground cleaning beginning immediately.
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Brady
Tex
Frisco Railroad
Highway No. 9
U. S. Department of Commerce
Brady Chamber of Commerce Airport Committee
Texas wool clip and commerce data from 1928
Texas reports a 1928 wool clip around 40 million pounds valued over 12 million dollars. The state lists 3136 cities and 92500 business concerns. Texas shipped over one seventh of US mixed vegetables in 1928-29. Totals show US 35000 ears and Texas 7556 ears.
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Texas
United States
U. S
Carload of woven and barbed wire arrives for Kolmeier & Klier Co
A shipment of woven and barbed wire and steel posts is received by Kolmeier and Klier Company. The notice promotes a thrilling picture, Strange Cargo, showing at Palace on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 6 and 7.
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Steel Posts
Kolmeier & Klier Co
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Hunt County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Mes
W Fry Lockney Terag
John
Endurance
Elks Club
Houston
Itv Cafe
Fredericksburg
Plymouth
Legion
John J. King
Ter
Pige. of
Tve Soc
Wade & Butcher
Sheffield
Central Drug Co
Stein’s Ice Factory
City Garage
Dist
Willard
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