Texas Children’s Home Finding Society Promotes Foster Homes
The Texas Children’s Home Finding Society advocates private homes for homeless children. under Miss Madelene Ostema and Miss Jennie Farlow, the group matches children with willing families to provide permanent adoption and care, funded by voluntary donations. The effort aims to reduce dependent children and lessen public charges while boosting state welfare and economy.
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Texas
Madelene Ostema
San Antonio
Jennie Farlow
Little Mother of
Llano to Host Granite Dealers Association Meeting
Llano Texas plans a three day welcome as the Retail Monument Dealers Association of Texas holds its regular annual meeting June 8 9 and 10. The town will be decorated with banners pennants and store displays to attract visitors and present an attractive convention site.
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Llano
Texas
Retail Monument Dealers Association of Texas
Nighttime vehicle lighting requirements under Texas law
The act forbids operating any motor vehicle motorcycle tractor trailer semi-trailer or bicycle on public highways at night without proper lights. Front headlights must be two lamps for vehicles and tractors and one for motorcycles, with visibility from the front. Rear tail lights must illuminate the license plate, and bicycles require front white or reflex lighting and rear red or yellow lighting. A headlight may only be used if approved by the State Highway Commission and tested. UT Austin is named as the official testing agency, with supervision by the Experiment Station.
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State Highway Commission
University of Texas
State of Texas
Vacation Begins With a Long Road Trip May 23 30
The narrator details an extended May journey starting May 23 from Mason to Brady then Melvin and beyond toward Dallas Fort Worth Oklahoma City and Stillwater. They note weather, farms in Stamford Albany and Weatherford, a trailer brake repair in Anson, a toll crossing into Oklahoma, and tally 1092 miles with 5414 gallons of gas and 3 quarts of oil.
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Mason
Brady
Melvin
O. K
Jordan
Ss A. M
Eden
Paint Rock
Winters
Anson
Dallas
Forth Worth
Stamford
Albany
Weatherford
Dallas Fair Grounds
Gainsville
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Designation of Testing Agency for Photometric Tests
The text designates a new testing agency to carry out photometric tests in laboratories equipped for such work. Tests will follow best practices recognized by the National Bureau of Standards and other states with similar requirements.
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National Bureau of Standard
Sheriff Slayer Doomed in Texas Electric Chair
John Smith, 23, a Black man, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of Coleman County Sheriff Dick Pauley. A jury in Brownwood District Court deliberated 18 minutes before delivering the verdict read by Judge Woodward. Sheriff Bert Hise will transfer Smith to Huntsville promptly.
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Brownwood
Texas
John Smith
Dick Pauley
Coleman County
Smith
W O. Woodward
Bert Hise
Huntsville
Stonewall Barbecue School Closing and Play Night
A school closing event at Stonewall features a dinner and supper with bring your own bread. An outdoor program by Elementary Grades at 3 pm at River Side precedes community singing games and stunts. High school pupils perform The Dust of the Earth at 8 pm, followed by a dance.
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River Side
Sorrel mare branded T6, about 14 hands
A sorrel mare about 14 hands tall and 6 or 7 years old is missing. It bears a distinctive branded mark ! (T6). A liberal reward is offered for information leading to the recovery of the horse.
Let Us Can Your Beef For You Instead Of A Club
A reader extols home canning of beef as a daily option over joining a butcher club, noting convenience and steady supply despite the text ending abruptly.
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Headlight Law
By Christian Mathiesen
Sheriffs
Stonewall
Max Enderlin
Fredericksburg
Cannery
Fredericksburg Junction
N. P. Hatchett
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
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