Orth district votes to double tax despite lone dissent
The Orth district approved raising the tax rate from fifty cents to one dollar by a 23 to 1 vote last Saturday. The lone vote against was reportedly an error. The district plans institute work for teachers from nearby counties and will build or expand several schools including Eliasville Jean South Bend Bunger Tank Valley Ming Bend and Proffitt. A teacherage will be built for Jean. New text books arrive for September distribution as many teachers attend state college summer terms.
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Orth
Graham
Eliasville
Jean
South Bend
Bunger
Tank Valley
Ming Bend
Proffitt
Wierd Happenings as Shown in Daily News
A Newark woman seeks divorce citing excessive golf as the cause, arguing the husband chose golf over being a husband. The piece notes a Des Moines case where a wife discovers her husband is a woman who is overpowering and controlling.
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Wierd
Newark
N. J
Hubby
Des Moines
Iowa
Unsettled Tales and Fashion Echoes From A Turbulent Era
A jumble of items notes a year and a half of terror involving a man and a deluded wife leading to an arrest, vanity about Vas sar followers, and a Charleston boy shot in a car accident with an unusual heart placement. It also reports Paris fashion trends predicting shorter skirts and a dress engineer’s adjustable skirt causing a parade reveal.
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Vassar
Great
Woman’s College
Vassarites
Charleston
W. Va
Paris
America
Milady
Seventeen Year Cicadas Expected in Midwest States
The 17 year cicada or locust is due in Illinois and southern Wisconsin with small Lakes area broods. In Indiana and Michigan border counties the cicada will be heard, with a large brood in eastern Iowa. The USDA Bureau of Entomology seeks observations to track broods as 30 such broods exist nationwide and scarce cicadas appear 1924 to 1928.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Iowa
Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Siam Bans Kissing Amid Moral Reform Drive
A new Siamese law forbids kissing as part of a broader moral reform effort, though observers note the many photographs of local beauties appear to contradict the need for such legislation.
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Siam
Substitute Trustee’s Sale Notice in Graham Texas
Fred T. Arnold announces, as substitute trustee, a public sale of Let 23 in Block 42 Newcastle at Graham courthouse on September 5, 1922, between 10 am and 4 pm, to satisfy notes of The Pennsylvania Rubber Company of America secured by a deed of trust. The sale follows default by G A Terrell, with R A Choat's refusal to act and appointment of Arnold to carry out terms.
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Young
G. A. Terrell
Texas
R. A. Choat
R. A
Newcastle
Young County
Pennsylvania Rubber Company of America
Court House
R. A. Cheat
Pennsylvania Rubber Company
Fred T. Arnold
Graham
Fred T
Arnold
Home paper as guardian and liar through life’s stages
The piece humorously extols the home newspaper as a constant, transformative influence from birth to death, shaping destiny through faux cheerfulness and providence. It contrasts this with a Siamese paper boasting universal reach, “latest news,” and sensationalism printed with grandiose style.
Mrs. Lacy Leaves Fort Worth for Springfield Missouri
Mrs. X Lacy visiting her brother W H Dyer and relatives left for Springfield Missouri Tuesday morning. Mrs W H Dyer and Mrs R Owens accompanied her to Fort Worth.
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Robert Lacy
W. H. Dyer
Springfield
Missouri
R. Owens
Fort Worth
Local visitors return from Baylor and trips
Miss Sadie Scott has returned from Mart Waco and Humble where she visited since commencement exercises at Baylor University. Sir and Mrs R M Perry Mr and Mrs J L Hathcock and children returned last week from an automobile trip to Northern Oklahoma.
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Sadie Scott
Mart
Waco
Humble
Baylor University
R. M. Perry
J. L. Hathcock
Oklahoma
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H. H. Avants
Uncle Johns
Josh
Aetna Life Insurance Company
The
OIL Insurance Association
Graham Insurance Agency
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Saint Peter
Peetor Stork
George
Insect Inn
Bingville
Satan
Mary Pickford
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Lord Fauntleroy
Dearest
Ethel Clayton
Leena Owen
Matt Moore
Fannie Hurst
Timber Queen
Ational Theatre
Lattimore
N. Elm
Texan
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