Young County rural schools push consolidation plans
Citizens in Belknap and Brier Bend districts petitioned for an August 9 consolidation election. Transfers require a letter to the County Superintendent by July 31. The county plans new one room schools at Hulfstuttle Center Ridge and repairs at Bunger with a library. Seventeen rural schools now support a one dollar tax rate to fund improvements. Teachers’ exams are set for August 15 16 and the first Friday and Saturday of September and December. Applications due by the twentieth of the prior month.
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Belknap
Brier Bend
Young County
Markley School Board Erects Modern Building Near Completion
Markley school board announces the erection of a modern school building expected to be ready for use soon. The project, funded locally, reflects efforts to update facilities and expand educational capacity for the district.
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Markley’s School Board
Traffic Cop Flirts Sparks Between Driver and Pedestrian
A playful clash unfolds when a traffic officer negotiates with a woman driver who retorts that if her companion George were present he would strike the officer. The exchange captures a comic, tense street moment.
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George
Davidson for Governor Campaign Ad
A brief political notice endorses T. W. Whit Davidson for governor as a clean courageous constructive candidate. It cites him as able to lead and directs readers to vote on Saturday July 26 in the election.
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T. W
Whit
Blues Remedy Debate in Country Folklore
An outspoken critique riffs on the futility of curing blues using science and jokes about jazz, gospel, and spiritual absurdities. The speaker mocks medical cures and muses on turning blues into music, while lamenting the emotional ache as worse than disease.
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Doe
Sing
Phonograft
Henry Chapel News and Local Happenings
A Finis picnic drew a large crowd on the 12th with plentiful beer, cold drinks, and water stands. Sunday School and a sermon by the presiding elder Bro Rucker were enjoyed, and a quarterly meeting at Flat Rock drew many from Henry Chapel. A bountiful dinner was served, visits from relatives noted, and grain yielded well. News of Mrs Sam Tipton’s death and burial plans in Graham were shared.
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Finis
Bro
Rucker
Henry Chapel
Flat Rock
Amanda Crow
Grisby
Breckenridge
Byron Wade
Fred Moren
Moren
Misses Fay
Mildred Moren
Charles Moren
Alex Sadberry
Tom Glidewell
Sam Tipton
Limestone County
Graham
Mr. Tipton
Oak Grove Cemetery
B Y P U Program Sunday July 27 Evening Highlights
A church youth program features the Missionary Meeting Light Bearers in the Dark Continent focusing on the Moffats with Wesley Taylor leading. Readers include Miss Gladys Woods Miss Cleo Woodrum and Miss Betty Dawson among others with several songs readings and solos.
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Moffats
Wesley Taylor
Constable's Sale in Young County Texas
A constable sale in Young County Texas on August 5 1924 at R A Fains garage South Bend, to satisfy an $82.36 judgment in favor of S F Bowser Co of Texas. One 5 gallon 102 R E gasoline pump to be sold under an order of sale issued by Dallas County Precinct No 1 Justice Court.
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Justice Court
Dallas County
R. A. Fain
South Bend
Texas
S. F. Bower & Company of
Seven Million Dollar Hotel Chicago Plans Largest West
The Hotel Sherman completes plans for a seven million dollar addition to its Chicago hotel. The expansion will rise twenty six stories and include a radio system in every guest room making it a landmark project west of New York.
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Chicago
New York
Sherman
Blue Star Remedy for Various Ailments Sold Locally
For sale by L. M. Davis Drug Co. Blue Star Remedy advertised to treat eczema tetter cracked hands ring worm chapped face poison oak sunburns old sores and sores on children and also relieves all forms of sore feet.
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L. M. Davis Drug Co
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