Bandera Wool and Mohair Sale Totals Released
Bandera County Ranchmen and Farmers Association finished counting wool and mohair sales totaling 600000 pounds with about 60000 pounds remaining. Prices ranged from 16 to 19 cents for wool 25 to 31 cents for grower hair and 25 to 46 cents for kid hair. San Angelo posts tax collection record for first half 1938 with 105.55 percent of expected. Edinburg reports no serious fire losses in first six months keeping its fire department rating at 3. minor losses totaling 79.05 were paid to insurers.
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Bandera
Bandera County
San Angelo
Sam Lanne
Edinburg
Watermelon crop moves at Bastrop
The 1936 watermelon crop began moving in Bastrop this week with prices from 25 to 40 cents. The crop runs about four weeks late and only about 50 percent of normal due to morello weather.
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Bastrop Bastrop
Death of Woman II Ruled Suicide by Own Action
A coroner's verdict ruled Miss Mary Britton's death a suicide after she was found dead with a bullet through her heart two days earlier in Centralia. A revolver and a handwritten note stating heartbreak over her sweetheart's love for another woman were found near the body.
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Centralia
Jins
Mary Britton
John Boles and Wife En Route to Tyler
Movie star John Boles and his wife travel toward Tyler to be beside Mrs. Boles' father N. J. Dobbs, a local furniture dealer, who lies critically ill. The report notes confusion over whether the father’s condition involves a murder linked to a gunshot, but authorities seek proof of death by the defendant's act.
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John Boles
Tyler
INS
Hayes County Bar Endorses Cruz for Judge Re‑election
Hayes County Bar association unanimously endorses Judge Richard Critz for re election as associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Endorsement published by the San Marcos Record this week. Signatures include R E McKie Tom G Oliver Jr E M Cape Henry C Kyle and Tom C Johnson Jr all San Marcos attorneys.
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Hayes County
Cruz
San Marcos
Hays County Bar Association
Richad Critz
Supreme Court of Texas
Valley to Exhibit at New York World's Fair 1999
Rio Grande valley plans a prominent role in the Texas exhibit at the New York World's Fair of 1999. Preliminary plans presented by Roger Seaman, Brownsville chamber secretary, at the Valley chamber secretaries meeting in Raymondville call for an exhibit of the Valley citrus industry.
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Raymondville
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Roger ‘ Seaman
Brownsville
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