Local Correspondence Reports Teachers College Events
Mrs. J W Robbins Mrs W C Jones and niece Lillie Margarett Young returned from San Marcos with an account of an interesting program at the Teachers College commencement. Lillie Margarett enjoyed summer school and Howard Rothmann Loree and Woodrow attended the San Marcos exercises. Victoria Brewer William Deck and others returned from summer school and plan fall term. Rain brings good crops and gin running full time. The piece ends with a wartime political stance and calls for divine guidance and unity.
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J. W. Robbins
W. C. Jones
Lillie Margarett Young
San Marcos
Teachers College
Lillie Margarett
Howard Rothmann
Loree
Woodrow
Victoria Brewer
William Deck
William
Raymond Hodges
William Gentry
Don Fritz
Hatchell
China
Japan
Hull
STREETER SAYINGS Busy rural life and travel in Port Arthur
The community stays active with harvesting and cotton picking while Miss Shirley Carter visits Port Arthur. Local families attend a rodeo in Mason, Virginia Carter and granddaughter Julia Anna visit from Port Arthur. Preparations for school begin at the schoolhouse. Coffey Graveyard work slated for Monday. Russell family updates include Pat Carla Elon and Wilsa Rosa visiting Saline relatives and church events. Mr C A Russell travels to Menard on business.
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Shirley Carter
Port Arthur
Mason
Ralph Carter
Virginia
Julia Anna
Coffey
Pat
Carla Russell
Elon Richenau
Saline
Arch Barker
Wilson Russell
Wilsa Rosa
Carl Russell
Carla
C. A. Russell
Menard
San Antonio Livestock Market Reports Mixed Prices and Labor Day Closure
Cattle receipts total about 2 400 head with calves active and prices steady to firm versus last week. Hogs 900 head show initial firmness then softening with top around 10.25 and declines to 10.00 for good to choice weights. Sheep and goats offerings were light and no market established. market closed Saturday for Labor Day and open Monday as usual.
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San Antonio
Texas
Grandmother's Thrills Through Time From Car to Skies
A nostalgic poem contrasts a grandmother's youth with modern teen thrills. It traces past speed in a horse drawn buggy to today’s high powered limousines and daredevil joy rides. The piece foresees future risks as girls rise to aviation and aerial thrills.
Fallen Soldiers Remembered Under Quiet Skies
Poem tribute recalling fallen service members. The speaker notes buns and bunting, crosses marking lonely graves, and the flag as home’s symbol. It honors sacrifice and the return of the dead in a dignified farewell. The piece cites Mattie Lee Wadsworth of Breckinridge as author of Mirage at Dawn.
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Mattie Lee Wadsworth
Breckenridge
He Loved Beauty A Canadian Poet Remembered
May Stevens Isaacs, a Canadian poet, recalls her father who tended his garden with care. He loved all flowers and nature, and his grave is marked by blooming roses as a tribute to his memory and life.
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China
Japan
Russia
Alaska
May Stevens Isaacs
Earth and Stars Inspire Laredo Fort Worth Verses
Poetic excerpts by Josephine Baird of Laredo and Margie B Boswell of Fort Worth praise earth and heavens as healers. The lines urge will wisdom and love to lift gloom and unreality from mortal life.
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Josephine Baird
Laredo
Margie B. Boswell
Fort Worth
Wiedemans Begin New Mexico Colorado Trip
Dr and Mrs J E Wiedeman and their young daughter Barbara Jean departed Wednesday for a tour through New Mexico and Colorado.
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J. E. Wiedeman
Barbara Jean
New Mexico
Colorado
Resolution on pasture, grain sowing, and silage for 1937 grazing
County measures discuss drought risk and feed costs for sheep herds. They urge land prep for small grains, Sept 15 to Oct 1 sowing of barley oats or wheat, half again sowing, seed smut treatment, rolling fields, and careful grazing. If needed, plan trench silos as feed insurance. Estimates show 9,375 acres grain sorghum needed to feed 250,000 sheep 100 days.
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R. E. Homann
Kimble
Free speech vital to learning says Dr Studebaker
Dr John W Studebaker U S Commissioner of Education emphasizes that free speech for speakers and teachers supports citizens right to free choice in learning and rejects indoctrination while advocating open discourse.
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John W. Studebaker
U. S
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