Konjola Ends Two Years Of Stomach Miseries
A promotional medical advertisement touts Konjola as a treatment that relieved Mrs Bertie Cowan of two years of stomach distress including belching and backache. The copy urges a six to eight bottle course and lists Central Drug Store in Texas and Fredericksburg as distribution points through local druggists.
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Bertie Cowan
West Second St
Ft. Worth
Texas
Konjola
Central Drug Store
Fredericksburg
Autopsy Finds Three Stab Wounds on Dead Candidate
Earl R Swanger 37 a district attorney candidate was found dead beneath a wrecked car near Hym Harmon Creek bridge in Huntsville. Dr J L Martin noted chest neck and shoulder wounds with a severed blood vessel and possible fatal internal bleeding. A Trinity woman who rode with Swanger was questioned as investigators probe the death.
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Huntsville
Earl R Swanger
Harmon Creek Bridge
J. L. Martin
Swanger
Leon County
Trinity County
Houston
Tex
Earl R. Swanger
Trinity
N. L. Speer
R. T. Burns
Justice of the Peace
R. J. Camp
Spear
California Auto Fatalities Soar Past World War Toll
Figures released at the Presidio show California averaged 155.8 automobile deaths per month in 1928, far above the wartime civilian toll of 6.66 deaths per month. Data from the war department contrasts modern road danger with World War I casualties for Californians.
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San Francisco
California
Sterling Defends State Bond Plan To Fund Highways
Houston candidate R. S Sterling argues that state bonds would relieve county road debt and shift highway costs to users. He says the current county bonds have burdened residents and that 31 states have adopted similar plans, with West Texas senators backing him.
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West Texas
State Senate
Topping of Twelve Miles Road Finished
The hot topping of a little over twelve miles of Highway Nine from the Gillespie county line toward Mason is complete. A gap remains from Beaver Creek to Mason awaiting completion. The work is delayed by the Llano river bridge, Beaver Creek high water bridge plans, and a Comanche river bridge project, plus lack of right of way for a Mason river cut‑off.
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Gillespie County
Mason
Beaver Creek
Llano River
Comanche
Ford Unveils New Model AA Trucks and Model A Cars
Ford Motor Company announced new Model AA trucks and Model A light delivery cars this week. Displays show a redesigned front end with a higher radiator and wider fenders, plus a black cowl strip for distinction. The AA trucks retain the four speed transmission and offer enclosed or open cabs.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Passenger Train Collides Head On With Freight at Baird
A Texas and Pacific passenger train crashed head on into a freight locomotive on a spur at Baird. Most injuries were bruises and a single cut. no bones were broken and no one required hospital care. The passenger train returned to Fort Worth about two hours late, with officials noting minimal damage and slow speed at impact.
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Baird
Texas and Pacific
Fort Worth
Power line worker killed by falling live wire in Gonzales
James Edward Lyman, 33, was instantly killed in Gonzales Texas when a high power line wire fell during erection of a power line pole. Other workers fought for over six hours to revive him after he was struck.
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Gonzales
Tex
James Edward Lyman
Central Power and Light Company
Palace Theatre Announces New Matinee Times and Rates
The Palace Theatre will show a regular matinee at 2 30 on weekdays and 2 PM on Saturdays Sundays and Holidays. Weekday admission drops to 1 cent while 35 cents remains for other times and 15 cents and 40 cents apply on Sundays and Holidays.
Man killed stopping car overturns into creek
Westhoff Texas July 6 F Boldt died minutes after leaping onto a Buick running board to stop the car which had rolled into a creek and overturned. Boldt longtime resident survived by widow and four children. Interment at Lindenau cemetery Sunday at 4 p m
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Westhoff
Tex
F. Boldt
Boldt
Lindenau
Lamesa Plant to Start Making Dairy Products
A new $250,000 dairy plant in Lamesa will begin producing sweet cream butter buttermilk powder and skim milk powder soon after completion. Three Rivers Glass Co. plans to boost output from its current 50 million bottles annually. W. L. Moody III of Galveston was elected to the board, strengthening company leadership.
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Lamesa
Three Rivers Glass Co
W. L. Moody III
Galveston
For Sale Special Bunny Salt and Chow at R M Lewis
Local ad announces sale of Bunny Salt Rabbit Chow and Dog Chow at R M Lewis. Listings highlight promotional pricing and availability for pet owners seeking bulk purchases. Contact and store location implied by the ad.
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R. M. Lewis
Beaumont project eyed as possible Standard Oil venture
Beaumont newspapers report unnamed interests linked with Moody-Seagraves back a $6000 acid manufacturing plant to be erected in Beaumont, suspected to be a Standard Oil project. The note adds that Amarillo logged eighty two new industrials in 1929 and Central Power & Light is building a 20 ton ice plant at Edna.
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Moody-Seagraves
Beaumont
Amarillo
Central Power & Light
Edna
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Paramount Sound
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Doss
Doss Exchange
Tatsch’s Hall
Cain City
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