Local Notes and Tragedy Touch Kimble County
County correspondence covers visits by W Atchison and Mrs Bannowsky, a drowning death of a Rankin infant, and community notices. Includes revival at the Christian Church led by Elder Walter Leamons, reflections on Francis Perkins, and memories of London church customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walton
Hheir Fine
Rochester
Texas
Mr. Walton
Vera Carpenter
Leonard Hensley
San Antonio
Carpenter
Mr. Jensley
Josie Sumners
Mother Bell
Joe Welsh
Menard
Francis Perkins
Christian Church
Walter W. Leamons
Junction
London
Dual Loyalties in Early Community Life
In days gone by church members did not head social scenes at dance halls or race tracks, illustrating the tension between sacred duties and worldly pleasures. The saying warns that one cannot serve two masters in public life.
San Antonio and Fort Worth Livestock Markets Slide on Holiday Trade
Light supplies Monday on the San Antonio market due to a holiday, with calves firm and cows generally steady. Fort Worth market shows declines in cattle and calf prices over 10 days, with hogs strong to $11.50 and sheep and lambs easing slightly amid mixed demand. Treasury deficit in the general revenue fund reported at $10,313,466.03, down $201,611.32 in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Austin
Treasury
General Revenue Fund
Peachers Swindled by Magazine Salesman
Two Clarksville teachers were swindled by a man claiming to represent two national magazines. He offered free subscriptions in exchange for answers to questions to be published, then clipped and cashed checks marked not to be cashed.
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Clarksville
Detroit News- Herald
Detroit
Times
Recipe for Education Passages from Edwin Grover
A quotation urges infinite patience and wisdom blended with experience to educate restless boys. It extols kindness common sense and disciplined steady teaching to transform inquiry into an educated mind.
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Edwin Osgood Grover
Wheat harvest marked by tragedy in Weatherford
In Weatherford Oklahoma on July 5 a farm at P. E. Friesen saw a harvest marked by disaster. The largest wheat crop since 1896 followed by the death of Friesen's son in the previous day. The funeral sparked a fire that burned seventy acres when a passing locomotive caused sparks. Thieves looted the country filling station nearby. A hand injury during harvest threatened amputation of two fingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford
Okla
P. E. Friesen
Communism Defined by Wichita Detective H M Tomlinson
A police definition lists six charges against communism including opposition to religion property rights and free government while seeking world revolution under a Soviet union with Moscow as capital. Christine Schraub appeared as duchess at the Brady Jubilee coronation with Robert Motley as her escort during the queen's ceremony.
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Poletariat
Moscow
Russia
H. M.tomlinson
City Police Department
Wichita
Kansas
Christine Schraub
Junction
Robert
Buzz) Motley
Kilrain Retires at 78 After Bare-Knuckle Fame
Jake Kilrain, once beaten by John L. Sullivan in a 75 round bare-knuckle fight at Richbourg Massachusetts on July 8 1889, retires as night watchman in Fall River shipyard Massachusetts. Odd McIntyre comments on Gotham gossip finds New Yorks best sport. A man paying $100 weekly alimony sends the check in a box of roses.
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Jake Kilrain
John L. Sullivan
Richbourg
Mass
Fail River
Odd McIntyre
Gotham
New York
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G. Lewis
W. Atchison
Mr. Atchison
John L. Lewis
America
Albert Bannowsky
Cleo
Mr. Bannowsky
Kimble County
Cassa Weaver
Saline Cemetery
John Northcut
Rankin
Mr. Northcut
Hext
Texas Motor
Humble
RCA Radios
C. W. Walker Garage
West Main Street
Kerrville, Texas
Service
Clatamon
Sowder
Rose Brand
Chuck
R. H. Carmichael
Ryone
Junction National Bank
C. A. Schraub CO
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