Mexia City Builds New Water System With Nine Pipe Cars
Nine carloads of 10 inch pipe arrive for Mexia planned line to connect newly drilled wells to a city reservoir. Crews lay pipe at 1000 feet daily while a large 200 by 200 foot reservoir and 7 foot high dam are dug west of the city. Two more wells planned, aims for six total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Water Department
Tiley Place
City
Water Department
Humble Oil and Refining Comany
W. B. Kendrick
R. D. Morgan
Mexia
Springfield
Hexia Masons Visit Wortham for Royal Arch Degree
Mexia Masonic members traveled to Wortham Friday night to help confer the Royal Arch degree with Noel Hollingsworth as the presiding conferrer. Afterward, refreshments were shared and attendees enjoyed a social hour together at Central Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hexia Masons
Wortham
Mexia Masonic Fraternity
Royal Arch
Noel Hollingsworth
Puncture-Proof Inner Tube Promises Long Mileage
Chicago introduces a puncture proof inner tube that survived 600 punctures without air loss and could boost mileage to over 12 000 miles while remaining in the wheel. Priced like a standard tube, it invites inquiries from Airlex Tube Co Dept 4641 H Sioux Falls SD. Agents sought. County Clerk J. Le Day visited Mexia on Friday.
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Chicago
Airlex Tube Co. Dept
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Smith Oil Declares 10 Percent Dividend For Stockholders
The E. L. Smith Oil Company will pay its annual 10 percent dividend Monday June 15. Checks totaling about 186000 will go to stockholders representing ten percent on 1860000 shares. The firm reports 2500 barrels daily at $2.00 oil with steady income around 5000 daily and shows conservative management under President E. L. Smith and Vice President Blake Smith of Mexia.
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E. L. Smith O31
Treasury
E. L. Smith Oil Company
E. L. Smith
Blake Smith
Mexia
Boy Scouts Complete Comanche Crossing Hike
Boy Scouts of Troop No. 8 enjoyed an overnight hike to Comanche Crossing from Friday to Saturday afternoon. Twenty six boys participated with some passing tests and advancement. All scouts meet Sunday 2:15 PM at the Christian church for the Flag Day service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Comanche Crossing
Christian Church
Freestone County Audit Assured After Mass Meeting
Freestone County Commissioners Court votes three to two to conduct a complete audit of county books. A mass meeting in Fairfield drew 1300 citizens demanding financial transparency after the First State Bank of Teague failure and questions over a $600,000 road bond issue. Judge W B Boyd spoke. R M Edwards led the meeting. some officers sought stricter law adherence. others disputed irregularities.
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Teague
Freestone
County Commissioners Court
Fairfield
First State Bank of
R. M. Edwards
W.B. Boyd
Wortham
Many Attend B Y P U Picnic at Reunion Grounds
The First Baptist church B Y P U members gathered Friday at the reunion grounds for a large picnic with lunch and games. New members were listed and attendance remains strong. Frances Vickers, quiz leader, returned from a trip and Bonnie Kirkpatrick came back from Baylor College.
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First Baptist Chirch B. Y. P. U
Frances Vickers
Bonnie Kirkpatrick
Baylor College
Belton
Pledger Cato
Ralph Beene
H. S. Tegler
David Williams
Albert Williams
Mr. Miller
Mr. Stewart
Murray Cross
John Allen
D. V. Kirkpatrick
Loundelyn Taylor
Lillie Mane Young
Fearl Young
Ethel Young
Eileen Hickman
Lily Savage
Winnie Let Mackie
Ruby Skeen
Pauline Calaway
Elton McDougal
Dixie Kerzee
Huss and Luther Prophecy At Martyrdom And Faith
The passage recalls John Huss's calm defiance at the stake saying Christ bore a heavier chain for him and he would not recant. It notes the Duke of Bavaria pressing for abjuration and Huss predicting a future swan for Luther. It ends with a cry of faith and a line about an army of the living God crossing the flood.
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John Huss
Jesus Christ
Bavaria
Huss
Martin Luther
Coolidge Wins Back-to-Back Games in Two Days
Coolidge defeated Penelope 28 to 12 on Thursday with Moody posting two singles two triples two home runs and a walk in seven at bats. Coolidge had 83 hits to Penelope 15 as Hill Py ree and Frazier vs Wolfe Stokes and Magee worked the batteries. Earlier Coolidge beat Teague 19 to 6 as Berhan earned two triples and two home runs in five at bats with Lowry and Frazier behind Coolidge against Teague Derberry Dunn Robertson Dunn.
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Coolidge
Penelope
Moody
Hill
Pyree
Frazier
Wolfe
Stokes
Magee
Teague
Berhan
Coolidge Lowry
Teague Derberry
Dunn
Robertson
Pure Oil employee undergoes appendicitis operation
Vernon K. Breithaupt of the Pure Oil company production department underwent an appendicitis operation Friday afternoon at the Pure Oil Hospital. His many friends wish him a safe and speedy recovery. A light humorous note ends with a proverb about aging and love.
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Vernon KR. Breithaupt
Pure Oil Company
Pure Oil Hospital
Mr. Breithaupt
Balconnes Fault Test Planned in Kaufman County Texas
A new test location for the Balconnes fault line near Kaufman County will see a derrick erected within three days for a Woodbine sand well about 3 300 feet deep by Humphreys Kirby Cranfill interests. The Prairieville well on the G P Dyke survey is expected to take up to thirty days to complete with major oil companies watching closely.
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Balconnes
Kaufman County
Humphreys-Kirby-Cranfill
G. P. Dyke
Prairieville
Texas Company
Humble Gi Company
Sun Oil Company
Fred Haynes
E. G. Bounds
Henderson County
Ranney
Bazette
Navarro County
S. M. Huggins
Conner
Humphreys
Gulf Coast
Southwest Texas
Southwest
Oklahoma-Kansas
North Texas
East Central
Texas
West Centr
North
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Burbank
Tonkawa
Cromwell
Stroud
Papoose
Bristow
Mexia
Corsicana-Powell
Wortham
Reagan County
Haynesville
Cotton Valley
Smackover
Hull
West Columbia
Liberty
Luling
Lytton Springs
Rocky Mountain District
Salt Creek
Sunday Five Best Dario Features
Radio listings from 1925 note broadcasts across multiple stations. Roxy and his gang headlines the evening lineup with music shows and chapel services, including Kopp's orchestra and a flag day program.
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United Press
WEAF
New York
WJAR
Providence
WEEI
Boston
Ww4j
Detroit
WCTS
Worchester
WOAP
Washington
WCAE
Pittsburgh
Roxy and His Gang
WOAW
Omaha
WOC
Davenport
Little’ Symphony Orchestra
WLW
Cincinnati
Kopp
WBRZ
Springfield
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Central Presbyterian Church
Pabst
Christian Endeavor
Stoughton
Jesus Savior
Sudds
J. le Day
Gustave Stresemann
Germany
von Hindenburg
Hiss Corinne Desenberg
New Orleans
Corinne Desenberg
J. Desenberg
Edwin Katten
South Canton Street
Emile
Nussbaum
Gertrude Newman
Henry Desenberg
Monte Lawrence
Waco
Rabbi Cohen
Galveston
Killarney
Wright Kincheloe
Cuple
M. E. Lawrence
Helen
Edwin
Marvin Katten
Sarah Efron
Dallas
Ed. Silvers
Ed. Schlee
Mich
Libbie Lawrence
L. Miget
Dorothy
Harry Archenhold
Rudolph Archenhold
H. Scharff
al Scharff
Jos. Nussbaum
Herman Nussbaum
Frank
John Frenkel
Bloom Kahn
Gloster
Miss
Paul Asher
New York City
8. Katten
Kahn
Hariette Kahn
Bea Levy
Oscar Levy
St. Jo
Elaine Levy
L. Scharff
Smith Oil
First Methodist Church
W. B. Andrews
Oscar Denning
Roy Akin
W. M. Society
France
B.Y. P.U. Picnic
Knox
Mexia, Texas
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