Farm Gossip and Pecans From the Texas Hills
A series of rural notes highlights how children mistake modern goods for novelty, a Chicago cow gift to teach kids about milk origins, and the famed Jumbo Hollis pecan tree near San Saba yielding high profits. It also discusses how color in dairy barns may boost milk flow, the scientific farming mindset, and the shift toward artificial manure for mushrooms.
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San Saba
Texas
Colorado River
University of Nebraska
Old and new type farmers in country life essay
Charles Josiah Galpin discusses old-type versus new-type farmers in Country Gentleman. He argues the old farmer must expand labor to feed more mouths while the new farmer uses knowledge to boost wheat and butter yields with no proportional increase in hands. The piece emphasizes efficiency and modern methods.
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Charles Josiah Galpin
Country Gentleman
Maestri Names Aids In Department of Coase
Commissioner Robert Maestri appointed Dr J A Shaw of Shreveport head of the minerals division Thursday evening, replacing W F Chisholm who resigned two days earlier. Blinn G C Chesseman became field agent, replacing P B Mayer, and R P Webb of Monroe was named head of the Monroe office, a post vacant after H W Perritt’s resignation.
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J. A. Shaw
Shreveport
Department of Coase
Robert Maestri
W. F. Chisholm
Mr. Maestri
Blinn GC. Chesseman
P. B. Mayer
R. P. Webb
Monroe
Scout Troop 45 Wins Annual Merit Badge Banner
Scout Troop 45 led by Scoutmaster H T Hubbard wins the Banner for 1930 after scoring 6005 points. The troop has 41 boys with all but four advancing to first or second class. Troop 47 led by S E B McFadden placed second with 4585 points. Troops 46 and 60 were reorganized and not yet scoring. The Banner will be awarded at the Court of Honor in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Folk
M. M. Cragon
H.T. Hubbard
S. E B. McFadden
Mrs Anna A Thornton Entrant In Parish Contest
Announcement says 83 year old Mrs Anna A Thornton will enter spinning contest at the parish wide community meeting in the Boys Gym at Louisiana Tech Thursday night. She was born and raised in Union parish and has never lived outside Louisiana, saying she refuses to move.
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Anna A. Thornton
J. G. Davis
D. 8. Calhoun
Louisiana Tech
Thornton
Union Parish
Louisiana
Sheriff Thigpen Takes Prisoner to Baton Rouge
Sheriff A J Thigpen left for Baton Rouge to transport Louis Frasier, a man convicted of manslaughter in the Willing of Shep Forks case. Frasier was tried for murder but jurors returned a manslaughter verdict with mercy recommendation, sentencing him to one to three years in the state penitentiary.
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A. J. Thigpen
Baton Rouge
Louis Frasier
Shep Forks
Frasier
Court of Mercy
State
Mrs. Lofton Powell Dies at 82 in Simsboro
Mrs. Lofton Powell 82, a pioneer Simsboro resident, died Sunday morning at her son Paul Powell’s home. Funeral and burial were held today with Rev. H. J. Boltz officiating, interment in Simsboro cemetery.
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Lofton Powell
Simsboro
Paul Powell
H. J. Boltz
Mrs Powell's Survivors Listed in Simsboro Notice
Mrs Powell is survived by two sons Paul and William Powell, both of Simsboro, and several daughters including Mrs Will Powell of Arcadia and Mrs Sam Gurratt of Simsboro, with other children and unknown addresses. Mr Powell, her Confederate veteran husband, served throughout the Civil War. A misformatted ad follows about Ivory Doff Cabs with rubber tires priced at 1.98.
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Powell
Paul
William Powell
Simsboro
Will Powell
Arcadia
Sam Gurratt
Murderess Laura Weaver Sentenced for Lover’s Death
Laura Weaver, described as an agonist murderess, pleaded guilty to murdering her lover Towen and burning his body. She received a life sentence, with authorities detailing the grim act and the case’s final outcome.
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Towen, Wl
Laura Weaver
Ian
Pardon Board Asked To Release Would-Be Slayer
New Orleans date. 162 clemency applications to the state pardon board open their December session. Mrs. Della Powell of Tunica Mississippi pleads mercy for her husband Pat Powell, jailed for two to six years after an alleged murder attempt on Isaac McKeithen. McKeithen backs a pardon for Powell while urging mercy for Mrs Powell, who has three starving children. Judge F E Jones recommended clemency for the woman.
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New Orleans
State Pardon Board
Della Powell
Tunica
Board of Pardons
Pat Powell
Isaac McKeithen
F. E. Jones
Powell
Christmas Pageant Presented At Local Church Last Night
Trinity Methodist church drew a full house as its choir staged a Christmas story pageant with prelude carols on violin and piano. Mr. W. R. Pratt read the narration. Mrs. Add Thompson portrayed Mary with praise, while Byron Cann Gabriel and Simeon actors stirred reverence among shepherds, Wise Men, and angels. The program highlighted sacred tableaux, organ music, and dedicated church volunteers in a community Christmas festival.
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Trinity Methodist Church
W. R. Pratt
Add Thompson
Thompson
Byron Cann
Gabriel
W. B. Hale
Simeon
Christ
Dorothy Spinks
Joseph
J.T. Folk
Floyd James
Clay Skinner
Glen Shadow
Howard Smith
L. F. Green
Christ Child
S. J. White
Cralen Davis
Tigner Conese
Ben Rush
W. #. Spinks
Sallie Robinson
Altes
A. A. Cann
Poole Robison
Daisy White
Sibert
Haskins
Bob Seegars
Rodney Cline
Coolidge May Go to Senate in 1930
Boston dispatch reports Calvin Coolidge may seek the Senate seat in 1930. Washington sources say officials near the administration are pressing him to run, with Massachusetts leaders coordinating efforts. He would consider if the field could be cleared for him.
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Boston
Boston Transcript
Calvin Coolidge
Senate
Washington
The
Transcript
Massachussetts
Hungry Runaway Inherits $250,000 Claim
In Macon Georgia Robert F. Kelly, a starving runaway from Albany North Carolina, was found by private detectives and told he is the heir to a $250,000 estate left by his grandfather. The search involved his brother George who instigated a nationwide hunt. He had not eaten for a week. The report also notes an above normal crop of cascara bark.
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Macon
Robert F. Kelly
Albany
N. C
George
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