Rutledge Signer Remembered Among Declaration Heroes
Edward Rutledge one of four South Carolina signers of the Declaration faced capture by the British in Charleston and endured a year at St Augustine before exchange. The Sesqui-Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia honors the signers with bronze tablets noting Rutledge along with Lynch Heyward and Middleton on Flag Day.
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South Carolina
Charleston
St. Augustine
Florida
Philadelphia
Edward Rutledge
Old Southern City
John
England
Temple
Board of War
Lord Howe
Rutledge
Artil
United States Supreme Court
Thomas Lynch
Thomas Heyward Jr
Arthur Middleton
Banker's hero death saves children at Spring Creek
Houston July 5. C 8 Sibley 47 cashier of Spring State Bank died while attempting to rescue his two daughters and another child from Spring Creek seven miles east of Spring Texas. His body was found in 25 feet of water two hours later. An ambulance attendant tried to revive him with a pulmotor but failed.
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Houston
Sibley
The
Spring State Bank
Spring Creek
Spring
Texas
Iis
Boy Drowns Seining for Minnows at Lake Near Wichita Falls
Paul Trim, a Wichita Falls printer, drowned while seining for minnows at a lake 25 miles west of the city. His body was recovered as an ambulance with pulmotor arrived, but resuscitation failed.
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Wichita Falls
Paul Trim
Itis
Submarine 851 Raised by Salvage Team at New London
Submarine Sol raised to surface at 2 p m today after sinking last September near New London with 33 lives lost. S-51 appears in good condition as Falcon blows air into pontoons and divers finish tests. Vestal reports S-51 towed toward Point Judith after lift in initial salvage effort.
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New London
Conn
Sol
City of Rome
U.S
Falcon
U. S
Only Son Drowns In San Saba River Town Outing
Robert Crockett 11, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A R Kendrick of Mart, drowned in the San Saba River near Parkyville Sunday evening. The family had just arrived for an outing and took the body back to Mart Sunday night.
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San Saba
Tex
Robert Crockett
A. R. Kendrick
Mart
San Saba River
Parkyville
Three year old dies after boiling water accident
Herbert Zeigler III, three, son of Mr and Mrs Herbert L Zeigler of Mirando City and formerly Wichita Falls, fell backward into a kettle of boiling water at his home last Thursday and died in a hospital Sunday leaving grief stricken parents.
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Laredo
Herbert Zeigler
Herbert L. Zeigler
Mirando City
Wichita Falls
Texas Crop Prospects Rise on Grain and Cotton Yield
June crop reports from Southland Life Insurance Company show Texas farmers gaining prosperity as grain and feed crops reach record scales. Cotton conditions improve with intermittent rains, corn shows surprising gains, and the boll weevil remains weak. Knox County suffers from a June hailstorm, but most counties report better conditions and early signs of a strong harvest by September.
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Texas
Southland Life Insurance Company
Knox County
Rio Grande Valley
Frigidaires on Display and In Use in Local Listings
Frigidaires are gaining popularity with several models shown in the display room. They are currently in use at City Cafe Travelers Cafe Schneider's Produce Co Central Drug Co Henke Bros Peter Kleck A P C Petsch R G Striegler H Mogford R Maier Fr W Maier Louis Seiter Aug Lott. For sale by Felix W Maier Machine Shop.
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City Cafe
Travelers Cafe
Schneider's Produce Co
Central Drug Co
Henke Bros
Peter Kleck
A. P C. Petsch
R. G. Striegler
H. Mogford
R. Maier
Fr. W. Maier
Louis Seiter
Aug. Lott
Felix W. Maier
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oscar Stein
Tanglefoot Company
Grand Rapids, Michigan
City Flour and
CP Squicentennal
Joe Deese
Deese and
Deese
Silbey
L. F. van Zelm
Qrete
Sewepeper Union
MR. Paste
Rico
Bestra ED
Wes Siru
Frigidaires
Delaine Merino Rams
Arthur Real & Son
Kerrville, Texas
Buick
Chevrolet
Standard Motor Company Inc
Fredericksburg, Texas
Blue Bell Cheviots
Blue Bell
Arrowhead
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