Eleven Dead Men Lynched In Christmas Day McDade Lynching
Story recalls the 1823 McDade Texas lynching where eleven men were hanged on a depot platform after robbing and killing a farmer. Vigilantes disarmed six outlaw leaders at Pat Stehart’s Christmas Eve dance then executed three more. bodies displayed for all to see as the train passed.
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McDade
Texas
Imule
Main Street
Hha Sang
Mic- Dade
Hey
Hus
Austin
Conclave
Jesse James
Kit Carson
Brothers McDade
Pat Stehart
Pat
Frey
Rose Carpenter
Pat Srehart
Paradise Alley
Pat’s
Houston
Texas Central
Central Texas
Heat Wave Relief Spreads Across Midwest After Fatal Week
Chicago reports a heat wave easing as scattered showers cut temperatures from 100s to 80s. Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Nebraska tally dozens of heat related deaths this week. relief expected within 36 hours as Mississippi Valley cools.
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Chicago
Middle West
Mississippi Valley
Great Lake State
Mercury
Lake Michigan
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Ilinois
Work Manure Into Soil Soon After Spreading
Barnyard manure loses up to 60 percent of its nitrogen in four days when left on the surface due to evaporation in warm windy conditions. Wisconsin experiment station tests show heavy nitrogen losses when manure is partly decomposed. Quick soil incorporation by plowing and disking is advised, with disking within twenty four hours after spring spreading on corn stalk ground seen as potentially profitable.
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Wisconsin Experiment Station
Texas Fourth in Gypsum Production
Texas ranks fourth in gypsum output with 1929 production of 520,519 tons. Of this, 29,991 tons were sold uncalcined and 416,276 tons calcined. Total U S gypsum production reached 5,016,132 tons with 4,427,277 tons sold valued at 31,292,959 dollars.
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Texas
United States
Boy Dragged to Death by Horse in McAllen
Funeral services were held for Juan Perales 13 in McAllen Texas after he was thrown from a horse and dragged 16 blocks. The halter rope wrapped around his neck as the horse fled fracturing the skull and breaking the body. Interment followed at La Piedad Cemetery. The boy died at McAllen Municipal Hospital with family survivors. Also notes fur crop value and tax figures from Texas. Stein Lumber Co. advertising closing lines.
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Pat
McDade
Pat's
McAllen
Tex
Juan Perales
la Piedad
McAllen Municipal Hospital
Rat Snap Extermination Ad Promises Odorless Results
Rats and mice die after eating Rat Snap with no odor. Cats and dogs avoid it. Three sizes priced 25 cents 65 cents and 1 25. Used in pantry kitchen chicken houses farms and factories. Sold and guaranteed by R M Lewis and Knopp Metzger.
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R. M. Lewis and Knopp & Metzger
For Sale or Trade Registered Nannies and Billies
For sale or trade a few choice registered Nannies sired by Texas Best. Will sell or trade for mut ton sheep. Also a top bunch of billies for this year’s trade. Prices in line with country conditions. Phone, write or see.
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Texas Best
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Frontier Times
Bandera, Texas
Oscar Stein
Stein Lumber Co
Co-Operative Creamery
W. T. Yett
Blanco, Texas
Travelers Cafe
Alex Mittendorf
Hill Country
Hill Country Motorbus Co., Inc
Oak HiLl
Cedar Valley
Dripping Springs
Henley Mount View
Johnson City
Hye Stonewall
Fredericksburg
Kerrville
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