Longest Unbroken Extension Service Streaks Highlight Texas
College Station report notes Milam County agent George Banzaff began in 1908 and remains farm agent. Edna W. Trigg of Denton County earns longest consecutive service as home demonstration agent in Texas, after work in Milam and Childress counties.
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College Station
Texas
Houston
United States
George Banzaff
Milam County
Edna W. Trigg
Denton County
Texas Service
Trigg
Banzaff
Childress County
Widow of Armistead Commits Death by Own Action
Mrs. George D. Armistead widow of the late George D. Armistead former postmaster of San Antonio was found shot to death in a Houston room Friday. A verdict of death by own action was returned by Justice of Peace R. Overstreet. Armistead, who died last September after a long illness, helped nominate Woodrow Wilson and served as postmaster during the Wilson administration.
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George D. Armistead
San Antonio
Houston
Justice of Peace
R. Overstreet
George
Woodrow Wilson
Texas
Princeton
Wilson
Armistead
Youths Killed and Injured in Mason Car Crash
Mason Texas January 20 Lester Nix twenty and Byron Hazeltine nineteen were in a auto wreck when Fritz Lurber driver tried to adjust a light switch during motion. Nix was killed instantly Hazeltine severely injured Surber was badly bruised and cut all residents of Mason.
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Mason, Tex
Lester Nix
Byron Hazeltine
Here
Mason
Fritz Lurber
Surber
Kerrville Negro Dish Washer Shot Dead
Kerrville observers report David Coleman a 23 year old African American dishwasher was killed around 4 am Sunday in front of a dance hall in the negro quarter Ed Daniels aged 40 is jailed in Kerrville county jail charged with murder
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Kerrville
Jan
David Coleman
Ed Daniels
Special price on goat sheds could recoup costs in a year
The issue notes a special price on goat sheds. The article suggests the shed may pay for itself in one year if bad weather follows this spring shearing.
Eaker’s Mother Dies During Return Flight Prep
Mrs. Y Y Eaker died in Eden Texas just hours before Capt. Eaker prepared for the Question Mark return flight from San Diego to Washington D C. The pilot’s mother had pneumonia and his father remained in a local hospital with mastoid trouble as the famed Army monoplane prepared to stop at Midland Texas en route.
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San Angelo
Tex
Y. Y. Eaker
Capt
Eaker
Question Mark
Eden
San Diego
Washington, D. C
Midland
Capt. Eaker
Capt. Baker
Ten Thousand Dollar Prizes for State Fair Band Contests
Dallas announces $10,000 in cash prizes for band contests at the 1929 State Fair of Texas under the Texas Band Teachers Association. Earl D. Irons of Arlington heads the committee to plan the event, with 150 to 200 state bands anticipated across five classes: school industrial fraternal municipal and military.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Band Teachers’ Association
Earl D. Irons
Arlington
First Texas settlement founded near El Paso
The text notes Ysleta near El Paso as the first permanent Texas settlement, established by Spanish explorers around 1682. It mentions Spanish missions from East Texas to Mexico beginning 1716 and the founding of San Antonio with Mission Alamo in 1718.
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Texas
el Paso del Norte
Ysleta
el Paso
East Texas
Mexico
Nacogdoches
San Antonio
Mission Alamo
Tax Proposal Aims Malt Sellers in Texas
Austin reflects on a bill by Representative Carl Rountree to tax malt retailers with one dollar per pound sold. Purchasers must sign a public record listing their address and reasons for purchase, the measure applies to malt in any form and would require open access to the record.
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Austin
Tex
Carl Rountree
la Mesa
Rountree
Rats Invade Lockhart in Local Infestation
Lockhart reports an invasion of rats unsettling residents. People vow a hot reception, recalling a previous rat outbreak years ago. The pests swarm droves into homes and barns, raising concern over sources and control. An unrelated joke between Eve and Adam appears as a stray OCR fragment.
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Lockhart
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