What Jesus Taught About the Great Work of Our Lives
A 1926 B Y P U program outlines topics on Christian life led by Louis Bower Jr and others. The session includes talks on Jesus as missionary, life duties, and mission fields with humorous asides from J. W. Seddon and a playful quip about tadpoles and a frog’s bass voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Louis Bower, Jr
Grady Washburn
Bruce Long
Grace Taylor
Clematis Taylor
Jewel Redman
Naomi Brack
Perry A. Tackitt Dies At Seymour
Perry A Tackitt died about 1 30 Saturday after months of illness. He was 71 years four months old and had suffered health problems for years. Funeral services were held at his home with Rev J M Fuller and he was buried in Masonic Cemetery. Born January 1 1855 he was Parker County’s first white child and lived along Fish Creek, Belknap and Electra areas with frontier buffalo hunts noted in his youth. He left a legacy as a pioneer, with strong community ties and stories of early Texas life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry A. Tackitt
Tackitt
J. M. Fuller
Methodist Church
Masonic Cemetery
Electra
Springtown
Wise County
Parker County
Young County
Fish Creek
Belknap
Mr. Tackitt
Parker
Perry
Lest We Forget Gardens by Miss Norfleet Grimes
An old article outlines the value of home vegetable gardens over cotton, stressing dietary benefits and daily produce goals. It argues soil fertility, planting good transplants, and seasonal planning for continuous harvests, with anecdotal Missouri data on net returns per fraction of an acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfleet Grimes
Missouri
Tomato specialist M C McGee dies at San Marcos home
Prof M C McGee a noted plant expert and creator of the McGee tomato died at his San Marcos residence Sunday night. Born August 13, 1858 in Winston County Mississippi, he moved to Texas in 1887, founded Lone Star Business College in San Marcos in 1890, ran it for 33 years, then focused on cotton breeding. He had been ill for months.
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San Marcos
Texas
M. C. McGee
McGee
Winston County
Mississippi
Kyle
San
Oldsmobile Thrills Crowd on Portland Bridge Drive
Edw. E. Cohen manager of the Oldsmobile Company of Oregon drove an Oldsmobile sedan up a sharp incline on a raised bascule span of the Willamette River bridge in Portland. The car climbed the steep ramp without stopping until the front wheels were within a foot of the edge over a 100 foot river drop, thrilling onlookers.
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Willanette River
Portland
Oregon
Edw. E. Cohen
Oldsmobile Company of
Oldsmobile
Obituary Notice From the Baylor County Banner
An obituary note in the Baylor County Banner marks the passing of a good man, reflecting on his character and life and noting the obituary will appear in an early banner issue.
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Banner
Baylor County Banner
Candidates announce for July 1926 Democratic primary
The notice lists candidates for various county and district offices including Congress 13th District JUDGE B. D. SARTIN for Congress and W. H. KENNEDY N. S. FARMER for County Clerk. Others include GEO S. BERRY HENRY C. CARPENTER for County Attorney and W. E. STEELE TT. BE. WALLA for Tax Collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
B. D. Sartin
Geo. S. Berry
Henry C. Carpenter
W. E. Steele
Walla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ose Hare
J. W. Seddon
Seymour
D. L. Corley
Dallas
Misses Hope
Frankie Tackitt
A. C. Tackitt
Girard
F. H. Propps
Benjamin
L. A.propps
Truscott
Lem Colthorp
Weinert
M. Yackitt
Jo An P. Dickson
W. D. McFarlane
E. G. Thornton
30Th Dist
Ben P. Allred
Joe B. Carrigan
J. H. Timberlake
G. W. Ware
W. F. Parsley
Willie Riggs
J. H
Jim) Choat
W. H. Kennedy
N. S. Farmer
Sam Copelan
W. W
Bill) Martin, L. H
Bud) Harris
J. B. Foster
J. FE. Binkley
Velma Weisenman
Etna Wilkinson
Constable
J. ED. Dawson
J. D. Hodges
M. T. Phillips
J. E
Parsons
H. I. Reynolds
Joel Edens
J. Wiley Moore
A. C. Anderson
A. A. Donnell
C. W. Akers
Mack H., Sims
For Justice Peace
J. T. Rickman
Kerry-Kut —Cooper’s
Gotham
Madras
Broadway
Schloss Brothers
J. P. Alexander Co
Graham
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