Ellison and son arrested after Llano County manhunt
D K Ellison and his son Barbey were captured at the Landers farm near the county line after a days long search for the killing of L C Calloway. Ellison claimed self defense and said he fired the shots that killed Calloway during a struggle over a pistol.
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Mr. Landers
W. M. Faubion
Lampasas
Llano
L. C. Calloway
Llano County
Landers
Sanders
Winchester
Faubion
Ellison
Dist
Atty
F. H. Simmons
Calloway
City Commission
Erikson
Barney
Burnet Increases Bounties on Wolves and Cats
The Burnet County Commissioners Court raised bounties for grown wolves from 15 to 25 dollars and for wolf pups from 2.50 to 5 dollars. Wild cats now earn 1 dollar per head. The Burnet County Wolf Club adds 75 dollars for grown wolves, 15 for pups, 5 for wild cats, and 1 for nest kittens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marble Falls
Commissioners’ Court of
Burnet County
Wolf Club
Fly-Tox Ad Claims Safe Moth Killer for Home
No more anxiety or danger with Fly-Tox. The advertisement promotes Fly-Tox as a safe, stainless insecticide developed at Mellon Institute for killing moths eggs larvae and other household insects. It guarantees fragrance scented bottles with simple usage instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellon
Institute of Industrial Research
Rex Research Fellowship
Becky’s Jury Discharges After 48 Hour Deadlock
New Braunfels Texas September 20 the jury in the Rebecca Bradley Rogers bank robbery case was discharged after nearly 48 hours without agreement the panel stood 9 to 3 for acquittal The trial marked the county's first felony mistrial in a decade Rogers 24 a former Texas university student and her husband Otis Rogers 27 faced substantial questions about insanity and motives in the December 1926 Buda Farmers National Bank holdup with about $1000 taken and their legal path moving to Fort Worth pending state action
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New Braunfels
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Fred Blundell
Rogers
Texas University
Buda Farmers National Bank
Otis Rogers
Frank Voigt
Blundell
Lockhart
Becky
Fort Worth
Atty. Blundell
Rebecca
Legion
Wilmer Allison
Buda
LaGrange
Norman Bros Trades Day Hat Sale Opens October Ninth
On Trades Day October 9 Norman Bros offers Ladies and Children Winter Hats at two and three dollars. Hats priced at ten cents each with a limit of one per customer.
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Norman Bros
Wide search for missing Dallas boy ashes?
Ash ford Hughes, 14, of Dallas, disappeared en route to Kemper Military Institute in Missouri. His parents organized a wide search after he left Dallas Saturday night and was last seen Sunday night in Parsons Kansas. radio broadcasts and trainmen prevented his exit at Muskogee Oklahoma. A Florence Kansas man reported seeing a boy matching his description in Wichita, where aviation activity is high.
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Dallas
Tex
Ashford Hughes
Booneville
Kemper Military Institute
Hughes
Huey Hughes
Parsons
Kaw
Joe
Muskogee
Oklo
Florence
Kan
Ashford
Wichita
Question Time at Farewell Dinner Echoes Reformer's Disappointment
Judge Pierce Butler says reformer faces disappointments as a banker learns lesson from a reformatory visit. A redhaired boy asks bluntly if a tunnel torch could burn through new style safe doors, prompting brief amusement and reflection.
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Pierce Butler
Europe
New York
Boston News Bureau
Terracing Boosts Corn Yields in De Witt County
Cuero Texas September 22 Terracing raises corn yields for Gus Schaffner of Westhoff from 10 to 35 bushels per acre in two years with big ears now on hillside. Trigg Peebles notes nine years of terracing doubled cotton yields and corn from 13 to 35 bushels per acre.
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Cuero
Tex
Gus Schaffner
Westhoff
DeWitt County
Trigg Peebles
Houston real estate boom prompts purchase offers
Bell Construction Co offers homes and apartments across Houston with flexible terms. Accepts ranch or farm land as part payment. Located at 1405 Main St Houston Texas contact Hadley 1284.
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Houston
Bell Construction CO
Main St
Texas
Hadley
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