Texas Receives 4 415 715 From Federal Good Road Fund
Texas will receive 4 415 715 of the 75 million federal good road fund, boosting total federal aid to 38 136 000 since the program began. Texas leads in highway mileage with 3 122 miles completed at a cost of 42 341 998, government spending 16 190 624. In the first half of the current year 400 miles more were finished for 6 230 118, with 1 450 miles under construction at 24 153 852 and 359 miles approved at over 5 000 000. A Texas fund of 1 012 094 remains.
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Texas
Congress
Troop 9 Announces New Technical Library
Memphis Tennessee Troop 9 plans a new library of technical reference volumes for scouts. Books from the National Scout Library Department list will occupy honor shelves. Each scout may borrow a book at weekly meetings for a limited period.
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Memphis
Tenn
National Scout Library Department
Crossword Puzzles and Mental Fortitude
A fragment references Thomas L Masson on crossword puzzles as intensely structured wordplay designed to promote rigorous thinking and cognitive growth through deliberate challenge and internal discourse.
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Thomas L. Masson
January ad spend leaders in magazines top P&G and Campbell
In January the leading advertisers spent 8.66 million dollars on magazine ads. Procter & Gamble led with 141,075 dollars and Campbell Soup Company followed with 140,050 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Procter & Gamble
Campbell Soup Company
The 1000 Car Order That Was Refused
A Dodge Brothers official recounts a rare 1000 car order offered at a 10 percent discount but refused to preserve price policies. The salesman kept selling, and the order remains on the desk, illustrating the company’s stance on discounts and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Jennings
Dodge Brothers
New York City
Mr. Jennings
F. J. Haynes
John F
Horace Dodge
Haynes
Dodge Brothers Motor Care
Simple Tests for Investing in Electric Utilities
The article analyzes the electric power industry noting 1924 figures: extensions and new customers, total kilowatt hours, and revenue from over 160 million customers. It argues investing in electric light and power stocks offers safety and steady returns, with tests to weed out risky securities and ensure reliable earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Inspirational Quotes on Life and Death by Montaigne and Byron
A pair of reflections contrasts living well with dying, noting how teaching life from society and solitude from death shape human resilience. The lines explore the paradox of learning to live from communal life and to die from solitary contemplation.
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Montaigne
Byron
S A Penix Lawyer in Graham Texas
A short listing identifies S A Penix as a lawyer operating from the Graham Land Office Building in Graham, Texas, noting a legal professional presence in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Penix
Graham Land Office
Graham, Texas
Notice of Road Bond Election in Young County Texas
The Commissioners' Court of Young County Texas orders a road bond election for Road District No Two on April 25 1925 to decide issuing 110000 in bonds at 12 percent for up to thirty years and whether to levy a tax for interest and sinking fund. The election follows state law and lists precincts polling places Eliasville Murray Miller Bend and Huffstattle with officers named and notice to be published in The Graham Leader for four weeks and posted at three public places.
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Texas
Young
Road
Young County
Commissioners’ Court
Court House
Graham
W. F. Parsley
A. C. Anderson
A. A. Donnell
Sam Bird
M. H. Sims
W. W. Harris
N. W
S. E
N. E
Eliasville
Murray
Oung County
Miller Bend
Commissioners’ Court of
Will Davis
E. E. Brockman
Ed Reeves
Huffstattle
A. M. Jones
State of Texas
Graham Leader
Hoopers Tetter Rem and education trends in the era
An advertisement offers Hooper's Tetter Rem with a money back guarantee for skin diseases and mentions two bottle sizes. The piece also cites historical school enrollment data from 1870 to 1922 and notes Americans spend a portion of income on luxuries and education, plus crime costs and waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
L. M. Davis Drug Co
Graham Poxas
Eucaline Medicine Co
Dallas
Texas
Temporary Guardian Appointment Notice for Minors in Young County
Writ commands the Sheriff to publish weekly for ten days a notice about M Foehr appointed temporary guardian of Edgar Renata and Hilmar Braune minors by Young County Court on December 3 1915. The guardianship will become permanent unless contested at the next term starting April 6 1925 in Graham Texas.
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Young County
State of Texas
Edgar Braune
Renata Braune
Hilmar Braune
M. Foehr
Texas
Graham
W. H. Kennedy
Citation by publication of final account in Young County
The State of Texas issues a citation by publication for the guardian J A Holt of E R Holt non compos mentis. The county court in Graham Texas orders ten days of notice and a hearing at the April term 1925 to contest the final account and application for discharge.
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Young County
J. A. Holt
E. R. Holt
Young
Graham
W. H. Kennedy
Texas
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John E. Morrison
Olney, Newcastle and
Loving
Ward Spivey W
Fourth St. Tidwell Bidg
Heiskell
Nston
Holloway & Co
Philada
Johnson & Johnson Lawyers
West Side Square
M. D. Brown
First National Bank Bldg
Graham Title Company, Inc
S.W
Ind
R. F. Arnold
Fred T. Arnold
Arnold & Arnold Attorneys-At-Law
Nat'l Bank
McCfarlane
McFarlane Lawyers
Tidwell Building
Young County Abstract Company
Arnold & Kay
First National Bank
GEO
Lawyer Oil Field Maps Abstracts
First State Bank
Newcastle, Texas
Ifl
Grocer
Graham Mill & Elevator Co
State OF
Crah
Emirate
Fort Worth
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