Mexia Daily News front and creed snippet
The Mexia Daily News appears with advertising and editorial staff details and a reprint of The American Creed. It notes publication as daily with a Saturday exception, rates by carrier, and Mexia branding as a city vision project.
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United Press and International News_ Services
The
News Publishing Company
Ge A Ee Cg
W. EK
BOYD
GL. Tatum
A. Garland Adair
Mexia
Texas
Mexia Daily News
Mexia’s Proposed Civic Program Aimed at Rapid Progress
Citizens and the Chamber of Commerce discuss Mexia’s needs including a modern office building with elevator service water to all floors a municipal auditorium a Hughes Park caretaker and tourists camp better street lighting a municipal band support for poultry and dairying growth a Fall Fair more industries paved streets a business college and a prioritized water solution as the city plans rapid improvement and expansion.
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Mexia
Chamber of Commerce
Hughes Park
Texas
Up-Tend In Farm Land Prompts Last-Chance Advice
A 1925 low point in U S farm land values near 68 dollars per acre has begun a rebound, per a News special inquiry. Brookmyer Economic Service and farm officials predict land will rise 25 to 50 dollars per acre in the next year, urging farmers to hold on for one more year to realize profits.
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United States
Brookmyer Economic Service
Brookmeyer Service
Federal Land Bank
Farm Loan
Farm Organization
Chicago
The Flat Earth Letter to the Newspaper
A northern city resident argues in a letter that the earth is flat. He cites phrases like get off the earth and end of the earth as proof and references Gulliver’s Travels and Grimm’s Fairy Tales among others to support his view, challenging scientists.
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Herschel
Newton
Galileo
Kepler
Columbus
Copernicus
Gulliver
Baron Munehausen
Little ‘Red Riding Hood
Editorial of the Day: Coolidge Urges Respect for Authority
In a Memorial Way address at Arlington President Coolidge defends the federal system and dual sovereignty. He calls for state responsibility and law enforcement for national demands, opposing local option on prohibition and stressing cooperation with the national government.
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Arlington
Coolidge
Local body shop offers on-site auto repairs
A local ad urges motorists to avoid shipping their cars out of town for repairs. Instead Pat F. Hopkins Wheel and Body Works on West Milam Street promises to roll fenders and fix bodies right in town, with a contact phone number 725.
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Pat F. Hopkins
Curley’s Barber Shop Adverts Odd Self Sustaining Ranch
A quoted proposal describes a self sustaining ranch where cats eat rats and rats eat cats to produce skins. Interested parties are invited to Curley’s Barber Shop beside the National Theatre to discuss the venture after a shave or haircut. Dr Marion M Brown notes a London visit and a stop at Shakespeare’s birthplace in Bath.
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Curley’s
National Theatre
Marion M. Brown
London
Bath
Shakespeare
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