Philip Livingston Signer of Independence Highlighted
A biographical sketch recounts Philip Livingston a New York signer of the Declaration of Independence. Born Albany 1716, Yale educated, he became a prominent merchant and civic leader. He hosted Washington’s war council on Brooklyn Heights and influenced New York politics as a founder of the Society Library and Chamber of Commerce.
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Livingston
Philip Livingston
New York
Philadelphia
Ethan Allen
Albany
Yale
England
Mund Burke
Burke
House of Commons
Brooklyn Heights
Washington
Long Island
New York Harbor
Continental Congress
York
New York Society
Chamber of Commerce
State Hospital
King’s College
Columbia
Renowned Texas plant specialist Dean McGee passes away
Prof M N McGee a noted plant expert from San Marcos died at his home Sunday night at 4 o clock. He originated the McGee tomato and helped popularize it across the Southwest. Born in 1858 in Mississippi he moved to Texas in 1887 and founded Lone Star Business College in San Marcos, later focusing on cotton breeding. He had been ill for months.
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San Marcos
Tex
M. ©. McGee
McGee
Texas
Winston County
Mississippi
Kyle
Hays County
Lone Star Business College
Charleston barred in Nice over new dance at hotels
Paris May 8 Dancing masters at two large Nice hotels barred the Charleston from their classes saying a hotel dining room is not a place for a dangerous form of pleasure. The move followed an American woman's fainting episode on the Riviera event.
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Paris
Nice
Riviera
Gillespie County History books move quickly at office
Advertises limited stock of Gillespie County History books with strong demand. Encourages readers to visit the office, view available volumes, and subscribe to the Standard newspaper.
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Gillespie County
Air Mail Service Starts Fort Worth to Chicago
The postal department awards air mail contract to National Air Transport of Chicago. Regular flights begin May 12 linking Fort Worth Dallas to Chicago with morning departures and evening arrivals. The service speeds deliveries up to about 36 hours to interior Texas cities and offers express service for rush orders. Fort Worth marks the christening of airship Miss Fort Worth on May 8 with a Flying Field ceremony and a 200-voice choir, followed by a Flying Circus with about 60 planes.
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Postal Department
Ft. Worth-Dallas
Chicago
National Air Transport
Ft. Worth
Texas
New York
Dallas
Fort Worth
Decatur Road
Mary Meacham
Major Meacham
Killed by Live Wire in Martindale
Allison Keath, 23, a TY P and L Company employee from Dallas, was instantly killed in Martindale when a ladder slipped he touched a live 2300 volt wire and a grounded iron bar. His body was taken to San Marcos for cremation arrangements from Dallas.
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Martindale
Tex
Allison Keath
TY. P. and L. Company
Dallas
San Marcos
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Burbank
Alfred Neffendorf
M. Johnson Poultry Ranch
Emil F. Klein
Ernst Gerhard
Robert Arkelger, Jr
Gus
Malchow
Basse Produce Co
Fleischman
Alfred Gold
E. E. Hahn
Saint
Charleston
Felix
LF. van Zelm
Westwe
Tom
Gimpey
Juenke & Schoenewolf
Stonewall
Austin Highway
Clarence Martin
Stonewall, Texas
City Garage
Wesley A. Franz
General Merchants
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