Prisoners killed during daring escape attempt
A Stanton Reporter account says two prisoners gunned down while being moved from Pecos to Oklahoma. Sheriff John Russell of Stanton, with Benjamin Snakeye and Vernon Rosenkrans of Okmulgee, say the escape attack forced Russell to fire, killing both robbers instantly.
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Stanton Reporter
Pecos
Oklahoma
John Russell
Benjamin Snakeye
Vernon Rosenkrans
Okmulgee
Reeves County
Russell
Rosenkrans
Snakeeye
Stanton
Sosenkrans
Midland
T. J. Harbour Dead In Toyah Valley
T J Harbour died suddenly Monday night, the result of heart trouble. He was found near Balmorhea after an evening search. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church, with burial in Balmorhea City Cemetery. He is survived by a wife, son Jim, and three daughters. Born in 1850 in Washington County, Texas, he moved to West Texas in 1905, later settling in Toyah Valley. The News extends sympathy to relatives and friends.
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Toyah Valley
T. J. Harbour
W. W. Stewart
Presbyterian Church
Balmorhea City
Jim Harbour
Mary Hollebeke
California
Fritz Hnuelster
Fort Stockton
Leo. Hoelster
Balmorhea
Harbour
Washington County
Texas
West Texas
Kent
Statewide Agricultural Conference Call for Dallas January 23 1926
An official notice calls farmers farm organizations county agents editors teachers bankers and business interests of Texas to attend a state wide conference at the Baker Hotel Dallas at 10 am on January 23 1926. Objectives include reducing cotton acreage promoting better staple cotton planting sufficient feed crops soil rotation and crop building plus marketing plans and election of delegates to the Memphis conference.
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Texas
Baker Hotel
Dallas
Memphis
Tenn
Farm land value tied to urban boom, Kemper says
J M Kemper president of Commerce Trust Co Kansas City argues that 300 acres support one business nationwide. With population shifting to cities, land value and farm product prices could double as 300 acres sustain two businesses. He urges young practical farmers to stay on the soil and pursue intensive cultivation.
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J. M. Kemper
Commerce Trust Company of
Kansas City
United States
Tongue slips risk greater than foot slips, proverb warns
A Telugu proverb cautions that while a misstep of the foot may be recoverable a slip of the tongue leaves words unrecoverable. It emphasizes restraint and careful speech to maintain balance and reputation.
Bryan Widow Sheds Photo Silence With Diary Work
Mrs. Wm. Jennings Bryan widow of the Commoner appears in her first photograph in years as she works on her late husband’s diary with the assistance of her son Wm. Jennings Bryan.
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Wm. Jennings Bryan
Ideal service site found at Green's
A reader notes an ideal location for the service at Green's, indicating readiness to proceed with planned arrangements. No further details are provided in the excerpt.
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Green's
Safety First: FE Insurance Promises Fast Service
Slogan press ad urging insured protection for you and your neighbor. Highlights fire life and safety cover with Green's denying any weeklong wait for service and emphasizing prompt protection for families and loved ones.
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FE. L
Old English Industry Dwindles to a Lone Whetstone Worker
The historic whetstone trade on the Blackdown range in Devon near Blackborough and Saimthill has nearly vanished. John Rookley, over sixty, remains as the last craftsman, still mining and shaping stones famed for steel sharpening, amid a drastic drop in demand as scythes and Welsh stones give way to carborandum.
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Blackborough
Saimthill
Blackdown Range
Devon
England
John Rookley
United States
How She Told Peter L Banister Story At Banquet
Banquet in Chicago features Banister, the Australian meat king, claiming public ignorance of Australia. He recalls serving in France in World War I and a Monte Carlo Cafe de Paris moment where a girl mistakes a Canadian soldier for an Australian due to a kangaroo feather in his hat.
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Peter L. Banister
Chicago
Australia
France
Monte Carlo
Cafe de
New Thermometer Described For Extreme Low Temperatures
Dr. W A Noyes of the University of Illinois explained a thermometer capable of measuring temperatures down to 380 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. The device uses a mercury bulb linked to a narrow air tube. air expansion and contraction move a mercury globule as a temperature index.
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American Philosophical Society
W. A. Noyes
University of Ilinois
How Doctors Treat Colds and the Flu
An old advertisement touts Calotabs as a purer calomel compound that cures a cold overnight or grips quickly. One or two tablets at bedtime with water claim no salts or nausea and no dietary limits, with morning recovery and appetite restored. A family package with directions costs 35 cents at a drug store.
Most Extensive Forests on Pacific Coast Facing Exhaustion
The article notes that the country’s largest forests lie along the Pacific coast and, given current consumption and destruction rates, could be exhausted in 30 to 40 years. It ends with an advertisement urging readers to use Green's for moving services.
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Pacific Coast
Hayes Healing Honey Includes Open-Trate Salve
Quick relief for coughs with Hayes Healing Honey and a Grove Open-Trate Salve for chest colds and croup. The salve is rubbed on the chest to ease breathing in children. The combined price and treatment are listed as 35c for the set.
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Pak
Vow
Stee
Hayes
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