Border horse theft ring crackdown expands into Mexico
In Del Rio on December 8 authorities reported a large scale horse theft ring suspected of moving stock across the Rio Grande into Villa Acuna. Sheriff M. L. Whistler and Mexican officers, aided by Villa Acuna lawmen, conducted a daylong pursuit with three arrests and the recovery of 27 freshly branded horses. Judge Roger Gillis lost three saddle horses and a mule branded X-Bar, with the stolen stock believed to be moved across the river. A ranch hand operating across the river was among those apprehended and the Mexican side pledged broader action to break up the ring.
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Piedras Negras
Whistler
Villa Acuna
Unidentified Woman and Baby Die in Sanderson Crash
In Del Rio Texas officials seek to identify a woman about 20 and her infant killed in a car wreck seven miles west of Sanderson near midnight. Henry Gillan and wife, El Paso bound, picked up the unidentified rider at Comstock. the Gillans were injured. A photo of a man believed to be her husband was found with her belongings.
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del Rio
Val
Terrell Counties
Sanderson
Henry Gillan
el Paso
Bracketville
Tucson
Ariz
Precautions for Clean Cream Boost Dairy Demand
State Dairy Commissioner Walter R Freeman urges dairymen to daily groom cows wash and sterilize equipment properly cool cream and deliver frequently to produce clean well flavored cream. The circular from Colorado Agricultural College extension notes elaborate barns are unnecessary and outside contamination causes bad flavors.
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Walter R. Freeman
Colorado Agricultural College
The
College Extension Service
Two Brady Bank Employees Arraigned On Fraud Charges
Sam S. Graham former assistant cashier and Leo Campbell bank bookkeeper were arraigned in San Antonio on US charges of misappropriating bank funds. Graham allegedly took 16406 dollars from December 1927 to July this year. Campbell 5228 dollars from February 1929 to July. Both pleaded not guilty with bonds set at 10000 dollars.
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San Antonio
Sam S. Graham
Leo Campbell
Commercial National Bank of
Brady
McCullouch County
United States
Paul A. Lockhart
Graham
Campbell
F. M. Campbell
Geo D. Campbell
Liberty
McCulloch County
G. B. White
Lewis Brook
William D. Crothers
United States District Court
Austin
Drowning of 8 Year Old Boy Near Denton Texas
An 8 year old, Lloyd Ray Barnett, drowned in a swollen stream near his Plainview home as he and his older brother rode home from school. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Barnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Tex
Lloyd Ray Barnett
Plainview
Here
J. B. Barnett
Use Production Records To Locate Best Animals
The article discusses heredity in dairy cattle and asserts production records as the premier tool to identify top and bottom animals. It emphasizes using records to improve selection, remove undesirable traits, and encourage farmers to adopt this method to enhance transmissible dairy power.
Poison in School Soup Kills Dozens in India
In Erode Madras Bombay dispatches report 36 killed and 15 gravely ill after a soup served at the London Mission School contained a poisonous lizard. The cook also died. a lizard was found in the soup pot. Fatal reptile poisoning is rarely seen in Indian institutions.
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Bombay
India
London Mission School
Erode
Madras
Mission School
Kerr Co Tomatoes Yield $408 Per Acre
Kerrville Texas December 6 A Kerr County farmer F B Scott netted 2188 from four and a half acres of tomatoes selling 1600 logs and 100 bushel baskets. Gross receipts were 3000 with 812 deducted for logs baskets freight and fuel leaving over 408 per acre. He will plant tomatoes again next year but not on the same land to vary plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville
Tex
Kerr County
F. B. Scott
Scott
Texas School Enrollment Figures for Current Year
Texas reports a total of 1,563,596 students this year with 1,305,380 white and 258,215 colored students. The figures indicate continued enrollment growth across the state education system.
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Texas
Axes and tools offered at low prices at Juenke and Schoenewolf
Juenke and Schoenewolf advertise axes grubbing hoes butcher ing supplies stone jars and ammunition at the lowest prices. The ad emphasizes a wide range of hardware and farm goods available to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juenke
Schoenewolf
Five Bucks and Pants Gag Elicits Laughs
A brief exchange features Bill and a friend joking about money and dignity as a humorous quip about pants and ownership. The light banter captures tongue in cheek humor with playful self deprecation.
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Bill
Phone Your Grocery Order To No 14 Or 21
A brief rural advertisement urges customers to phone their grocery orders to numbers 14 or 21 for prompt delivery. The note mentions names Juenke and Schoenewoli in connection with the service.
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Willie
Merchant
Sterling Bros
Anton Schmidtzensky
Soup Potson
Mission
Central Drug Co
Evelyn
Hin
TaylOr-Burke Motor Co
Juenke and
Schoenewoli
Prompt Delivery Service
Peter Schneider & Son
Kuenemann Hardware Co
Schaefer
Parker and Scheafers
Him
Pangburns and Whitman’s Candies
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