Political Calendar for Primary Elections and Absentee Ballots
The calendar lists filing deadlines for district and state candidates, schedule dates for executive committee meetings, primary and run-off events, and absentee ballot procedures. Key dates include June 7 filing, June 14 certification, June 21 ballot planning, June 28 expense deadlines, July 12 and 14 ballot access, July 24 and 28 expense finalizations, July 29 run-off expense filings, July 31 canvass and convention, August 8 absentee ballots, August 9 canvass of first primary, August 16 second financials, August 28 run-off, and related deadlines for absentees.
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Brownwood Bulletin
Tio
State Executive Committee
Peculiar Australian Chronicle Features And Ads From Adelaide
Readable excerpts from the Adelaide Chronicle show American cars priced higher in Australia, gas costly at about a dollar a gallon, and workers less likely to own vehicles. Ads emphasize American system tailoring, skins buyers, White Horse Schatch, Black and White Whiskey, and XXX Bitter Beer. Christmas pages include births, deaths, marriages, and thanks notes sold for help. References to early Balmorhea settlers and the old county seat near a river, with future notes on Kimbleville and Denman. Official dates hint at local political events and a county election calendar.
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D. T. Whittle
Australia
Adelaide Chronicle
Adelaide
C. C. Kountz
B. P. van Horn
Balmorhea
John C. Kountz
Messrs
J. C. Kountz
Mr. van Horn
A. O. Lawler
A. G. Warmer
H. G. Perry
Messrs. Kount
Hld
The
Eagle
Kimbleville
Denman
Junction
Franklin quote on diligence and timely work
A compact proverb style excerpt emphasizes industry over luck. It urges ploughing deep while others sleep to reap corn, work today to avoid tomorrow's hindrances, and not to defer tasks. It features Benjamin Franklin as the attributed author of the maxim.
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Richard
Benjamin Franklin
Junction doubles permanent buildings in two years
The Junction area shows a rapid growth with permanent rock and concrete buildings nearly doubling in two years. A new school building enhances education while several businesses expand or relocate, including Phillip Joseph, Wahl Bros. & Jordan, Loeffler Motor Co, and West Texas Utilities, with two new office structures planned and an ice plant under construction.
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Junction
Junction Hardware Co
Phillip Joseph
Heyman’s Drug Store
Wilson
Wahl Bros. & Jordan
Hamer
Butt & Garrett Grocery
First National Bank
Stevenson, Baker & Knetsch
Schreiner-Hodges
N. C. Patterson
Junction State Bank
Loeffler Motor Co
West Texas
Bissett’s Market
Wiggley’s Drug Store
F. M. Chase
State Bank
Junction Eagle
West Texas Utilities
Powell
Murff
A. L. Bartley
F. L. Wilson
Allen Produce
Patterson
Hamberger
Fergusons To Seek Further Vindication
A lengthy Iowa Times digest discusses political maneuvering around Governor Miriam Ferguson of Texas and her husband James E. Ferguson. It notes public sentiment turning against dual rule, cites a Dallas editorial calling for the governor to act independently, and details highway contract controversies involving the Ferguson era and the Texas Highway Commission. The piece explains investigations into contract awarding and profits, including the American Road Company case and resulting legal actions, with background on public reaction and state politics.
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Max Bentley
Dearborn Independent
Texas
Miriam Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Ferguson
McKinley
Hanna
Wilson
Coolidge
Stearns
Ma’ Ferguson
Jim
Austin
The
Austin American
Highway Commission
Highway Department
Silliman Hans
Amon G. Carter
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Frank Lanham
Joe Burkett
American Road Company
Missouri
Bro’t
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