Robert Treat Paine Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Robert Treat Paine, Boston born in 1731, signed the Declaration and served in Massachusetts roles from lawyer to judge. He helped prosecute the Boston Massacre soldiers, toured with Schuyler’s army mission, and died in 1814 at 84 after a long public career.
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Robert Treat Paine
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Boston
Harvard College
Taunton
Timothy Angeles
Bos
General Congress
Supreme Court
Fraud Order Hits Lea Savage Estates Florida Land Schemes
The Lea Savage Estates along with C A Allen Henry H Rolde Baldwin and Palmdale heights were barred from using the mails by a post office fraud order The Chicago based company sold Florida land at Palmdale heights near Moore Haven and Baldwin heights near Jacksonville though largely inaccessible or not valuable as city lots Post office inspectors led by Walter Johnson cited misrepresentation and fraudulent mailing practices.
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Washington
Florida
Post Office Department
Lea Savage Estates
C. A. Allen
Henry H. Rolde
Baldwin
Palmdale Heights
Chicago
Illinois
Walter Johnson
Moorehaven
Lake Okeechobee
Fla
Baldwin Heights
Jacksonville
Short course planned at A. and M. College ranch station
The agricultural experiment station of Texas A. & M. College announces a two day short course for August 17 and 18 at the Sutton Edwards County ranch station near Sonora. The second annual ranchman's round-up aims to unite ranchers to discuss their problems.
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College Station
Tex
West Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station
A. & M. College
Sutton
Edwards Counties
Sonora
Rock Spring
Prohibition Bills Take Up by Senate Committee
Washington April 80 The senate prohibition committee will meet next Wednesday to consider 16 pending bills and resolutions on wet and dry questions. Seven are administration measures to ease enforcement and the rest include amendments to the 18th amendment and a proposal for 2.75 percent beer.
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Washington
Senate Prohibition Committee
Spray Advice For Grape Leaf Blight On Scuppernong
A reader asks about dark brown spots on Scuppernong grape leaves and blossom drop. L. A. Niven cites the black rot disease affecting leaves and blossoms and recommends Bordeaux spray with three or four applications starting before appearance, repeated every one to two weeks.
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L. A. Niven
Ride in country ends in death of Dallas man
Sam Levy 65 longtime floor manager of the Sanger department store died after his car collided with another on the Orphans home road near a cemetery north of Dallas. He died about 30 minutes after being taken home.
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Dallas
Sam Levy
Sanger Department
Levy
Orphans’ Home
Woman Dies In Smokehouse Fire Near Shamrock
Mrs. Barney Howe, 42, died when their smokehouse burned after a kerosene explosion. Her husband, working in a field, unaware of the blaze, had left her cleaning and said she likely entered the smokehouse to fetch kerosene stored there.
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Shamrock
Barney Howe
Howe
Pimple Infection Claimed Life Of Baylor Student
Miss Katherine Mizell aged 18 died at the Methodist Orphans Home in Waco after picking a lip pimple that became infected and led to blood poisoning. She had lived at the home six years, graduated from the high school, taught at Prarie Hill, and entered Baylor last Christmas.
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Waco
Katherine Mizell
Methodist Orphans’ Home
Married in Mason Wachtman Holtzer Lucille Brown wed
Wachtman Holtzer and Miss Lucille Brown were quietly married at the Mason Methodist church last Sunday at 9 30 am witnessed by two friends. The couple, both lifelong Llano residents, will reside in Junction where the groom has worked recently.
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Wachtman Holtzer
Lucille Brown
Mason
Robert Mayfield
Junction
Clara Fritz
Miss Brown
Mr. Holtzer
New Indian Scandal Indicts Tribes Official and Nine Others
Shade E. Wallin superintendent of the Five Civilized Tribes and nine others are indicted by a federal grand jury examining administration of the tribes affairs. Charges' nature withheld until remaining defendants are arrested. names of others not released.
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Muskogee
Okla
Shade E. Wallin
Five Civilized Tribes
Federal
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Dr” Pierce
J. M. Hammonds
Phelps St
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo, N. Y
P. Paince
Anna Gold
Percy Brown
Llano High School
Holtzer
Llano
S. M. Holtzer
A. and M. College of Texas
San Antonio
Llano News
Durst
Doell
Blum Bldg
Hiriset TorRy
USCO
United States Rubber Company
Fredericksburg Motor Co
United
the Loan & Abstract Company
Fredericksburg, Texas
Sinclair
Texaco
Fredericksburg
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