V. B. Weir Dies at Home in Ward Two
V. B. Weir 68, prominent planter and merchant of Ward Two, found dead at his White Lightning Road home Monday afternoon. Heart stroke suspected. body found by wife and daughter. Survived by widow, four sons Roosevelt Forrest Stead Rivers, three daughters, and funeral set at St Best's Baptist Church with interment at the cemetery under B. F. McLure.
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V. B. Weir
Ward Two
White Lightning Road
Here
Monroe
St. Best’s Baptist Church
B. F. McLure
Tyler Commercial College offers home study for business courses
The Tyler Commercial College and School of Business Administration promotes a Home Study Department enabling students in the Southwest to complete thirty nine courses from home, with mail lessons and exams. Regular class benefits are sacrificed but savings and flexibility attract busy students, who may later join regular classes for final work. Tyler-trained graduates are in demand by firms across the region.
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Tyler Commercial College
School of Business Administration
Southwest
Tyler
Woman Bitten By Snake Near Cooktown Home
A Cooktown woman, Mrs. R. E. Barker, was bitten by a snake while around her home about seven o clock Monday night. She was taken to a local physician, treated for venom, and resting well though in great pain. Doctors suspected moccasin or non-rattler. the bite occurred well away from water.
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R. E. Barker
Cooktown
Uriburu Provisional Government Faces Violent Day of Unrest
Firing and confusion erupted in Buenos Aires as Gen. Jose Evaristo Uriburu was sworn in as provisional leader after Irigoyen’s deposition. Soldiers and civilians battled in Plaza de Mayo and near the post office, with officials calling the outbreak a dangerous misunderstanding rather than a revolution.
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Jose Evaristo Uriburn
Eresheer Hipolito Irigoyen
Aciats
Uriburu
United Press
Government House
Post Office
Government, House
Plaza de Mayo
Eighth Infantry
Irigoyen
Platte River
Lightning Takes Two Boys While Picking Cotton in Downsville
In Downsville Louisiana on Monday afternoon a bolt of lightning struck the Hyves of Muriel Bryan and John Bryan aged 11 killing both instantly as they worked in a cotton field near Downsville on the plantation of P Bryant. A nearby Negro girl was knocked down but escaped with minor injuries. The two boys, sons of Rommie W Bryan, were described as steady workers with commendable traits. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 PM in Downsville. The family also lost their two sons and three sisters survives them along with the father and mother.
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Downsville
Muriel Bryan
John Bryan
Rommie W Bryan
P Bryant
Output Of Crude Oil Shows Small Decrease In Week
Daily average crude oil production in the United States for the week ended September 6 was 2,437,712 barrels, a decrease of 35,440 barrels, the Oil and Gas journal reports from Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Tulsa
Oklo
United States
The
of and Gas Journal
Cardus credited for relief in weakness case from Georgia
Mrs. J. E. Thornton of Blackshear Georgia describes how Cardus eased her back pain nerve trouble and fatigue after taking six bottles. She reports better sleep increased appetite more strength and easier work. Cardus is praised by women for over fifty years.
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Blackshear
J. E. Thornton
Cardus
Mrs. Thornton
Aenea
Energy production by region shows varied output drops
The report lists estimated nightly oil production by U S regions with totals such as Oklahoma 64 545 barrels Kansas 113 485 North Texas 122 432 West Texas 277 037 Texas Panhandle 96 541 East Texas 40 758 Gulf Coast 195 999 Southwest Texas 94 997 Louisiana 40 440 Arkansas 53 500 Eastern 120 000 Rocky Mountain 106 478 and California 611 500, noting a decrease of 23 081 barrels.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
North Texas
West Texas
Texas Panhandle
East Texas
Gulf Coast
Southwest Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Eastern
Rocky Mountain
California
Eastland Grammar School Opens With Large Enrollment
Eastland Grammar School started the new year Monday with 342 pupils present in the crowded auditorium. Reverend S. F. McFadden led a prayer after the singing of America and a violin solo by Leonard Jenkins. Mr. Seegers offered year-end goals, while Miss Vallie Nelson accompanied on piano. The event fostered a hopeful, productive outlook for the year alongside a lighthearted anecdote about a birthday gift.
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Eastland Grammar School
America
S. F. McFadden
Leonard Jenkins
McFadden
Seegers
Vallie Nelson
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St. Rest Baptist Church
Tyler Commercial College Extension
Tyler, Texas
Ruston
Buenos Aires
Milam Drug Co
Traugie
Haynesville
U. S Supreme Court
Georgia
T Cardus
Carter
Eastland
Ourlt 2
Davenport
Hollywood
Kavanaugh Furniture Co
United Furniture Stores, Inc
Mississippi Avenue
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