Farmers can gain from new farm legislation and controls
Public interest runs high as farmers press for legislation to reduce marketing costs through cheaper transportation and river improvements. The piece outlines three groups favoring different strategies from protective price methods to export corporations, aiming to place farming on a stable, prosperous footing nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Coolidge
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Why the Farm Shop Pays
Those who understand machinery know that keeping it repaired without delay doubles its life. A well equipped farm shop, warm and well lit, enables immediate repairs, reduces breakdowns, and keeps machines efficient, especially during winter and rain. With power farming, farmers must become efficient machinists to maximize shop benefits and farm success.
Texas president pardons in stockings raise holiday quip
The Chicago Tribune notes Ma Ferguson issued thirty two Christmas pardons to Texas penitentiary inmates. The piece humorously suggests convicts should remove the pardons before stuffing stockings with sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma Ferguson
Texas
Chicago Tribune
Pedestrian Evolved Into Runner Jumpers and Runners Rise
A pedestrian once described as a person who walked has evolved into a figure who jumps and runs. The statement marks a shift in how the term is used to reflect broader mobility abilities and athletic activity.
Wildlife in cities a problem as forests preserved
The Times-Picayune notes that protecting wildlife in forests is acceptable, but managing it in urban areas poses difficulties for cities and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times-Picayune
Despondent mother slays two daughters and attempts suicide near Lockney
In Amarillo Texas on January 16 Essie Moore 34 slashed the throats of her daughters Terenda 8 and Dorothy 6 then tried to kill herself. Terenda died at the door Dorothy and Essie are gravely injured Ed Pratt brother heard the screams and said the mother had recent delusions of kidnapping. The husband a cripple is in California sanitarium with no inquest yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
Essie Moore
Lockney
Terenda
Dorothy
Ed. Pratt
California
Pratt
San Antonio Auto Deaths Show Gain
Dallas report details a United States Dept of Commerce tally of auto fatalities in 79 cities for 53 weeks ending January 2. An average of 17 people died daily, totaling 6,370 deaths, with 42 cities showing increases over the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
United States
United States Department of Commerce
Death toll shifts in Texas and other cities for 1925 period
The report lists mobiles in New York and Chicago and Philadelphia figures 598 306. Five Texas cities appear with changes noted Fort Worth 23 deaths in 53 weeks to Jan 2 down four from 1924 Houston 81 to 24 Dallas 35 to 49 El Paso 31 to 32 San Antonio 22 to 39.
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New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Texas
Fort Worth
Houston
Dallas
el Paso
San Antonio
Gillespie County History books selling fast at office
Readers urged to visit our office to purchase Gillespie County History volumes before stock runs out. Demand is high and copies may sell soon. come in to browse and buy.
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Gillespie County
Living Room Action at the Rectory
The scene unfolds entirely in the rectory living room. Details are sparse but focus on domestic setting and character interactions within the church residence.
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Fredericksbur Standard
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Alamo Lines
R. R. Reppert
Extension Service
Standard Motor Co
Mesa
Stephen Grandon
St. Paul’s
Edgar Ahrens
Mary
Dora Conrads
Martha
Elsie Kolmeier
Christina
Puera Franz Raymond Hunting
Marvin Hitzfeld
Vera Matherson
Pete Knopp
Nina Lee
Irene Itz
Cecily Moorland
Cora Jung
Sylvia Stewart
Bertha Maier
Lynn Lockwood
Clarence Harlan
Alice Hunting
Minnie Schmidt
Murray Kent
Alonzo Evers
Tacks
Mulford
Eugene Hirsch
Selina Blair
Lily Gold
Les Oe
Eee
Heatherdale
Central Drug Co
Peter’s Cafe
Ford
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