Valley greet Texas lawmakers on Cameron county tour
Harlingen Texas February 28 The Mazic Valley hosts the visiting Texas Legislature accompanied by state officials for a tour through Cameron county. Automobiles carried about 300 visitors to a ranch event and a banquet at Matamoros Mexico followed by a Browns ville stop. The group plans further stops in Kingsville and Corpus Christi before returning to Austin Tuesday.
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Harlingen
Tex
Mazic Valley
Teras
P -Automobiles
Cameron
Bob Stuart
E Solons
Baxanet Matamoros
Mexico
Brownsville
Kinesville
Jos’ Christi
Austin
Legislators Dine in Matamoros on Border Trip
Texas legislators toured Cameron and Hidalgo counties touring citrus groves and packing plants from Harlingen to the Rio Grande. They heard calls for state tax remission to protect lands, boost taxable values, and spur development of the Winter Garden of America amid plans for thousands of citrus acres and irrigation projects.
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Meron County
Harlingen
Satellite
Brownsville
Lafena
San ‘Gan
Cameron
Hi- Minigo County
Ender Palm Trees
Iris
America
Bob Stuart
Rio Grande
San Benito
Hidalgo County
Legic Ustute
San Aenesto
Tex
Solons
Cameron County
Stuart Arbecue
Matamoros
Woolstead
Dudge
Oscar C. Daney
Texas
J. A. Hick
Rio Hondo
Yale
Kingsville
Carpur Christi
Blacklands
Woman Leaves Servants 75000 In Will
New York newsroom reports Helen Parish of Lakewood North Dakota and Renzo Massachusetts left a sizable will for probate. Three servants Sarah McDowall, elixn German and Josephine White receive income from a 15000 trust. others gain from a 24000 fund. Legatees take one third of servants quarters contents. Residuary estate split among sixteen heirs.
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New York
Helen Parish
Lakewood
N. d
Renoz
Mass
Sarah McDowall
Elixn German
Josephine White
Lenox E States
Anniversary recalls hero death at Alamo battleground
This week marks the anniversary of the Alamo siege in San Antonio shown in poetry as the bloodiest tragedy of the era. Accounts recount Travis and his men awaiting reinforcements, the famed line crossing, and the final Mexican assault ending with the fall on March 6. Three women, a servant, and a baby survived.
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San Antonio
Alamo
Sidney Lanier
Wiliam B. Travis
Cos
Ben Milam
Weil
Alamo Barricade
Travis
Bowie
Rose
Canton of
Santa Anna
Man Held on Charge of Stealing Rings
Bevered to have stolen a diamond ring and a cameo ring belonging to Miss Gwendolen Corb. 1410 Hoefgen avenue, a 25-year-old Black man was arrested by Detective Hugh Proudfoot and booked on the police blotter on charge of theft over $50. The rings were stolen when Miss Corb left them in a rest room at a local department store.
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Gwendolen Corb
Hoefgen Avenue
Hugh Proudfoot
Miss Corb
Third Car Crashes Into Wrecked Autos In Houston Intersection
A multi-vehicle collision occurred at Flores and Travis streets Saturday involving a driver at 10 Mason Street and Trumann Tyres near a Houston hotel. A third car driven by J Rodriguez at 1524 West Houston Street collided as drivers freed from the wreck. All cars sustained minor damage and no injuries were reported.
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Carroll
Mason Street
Trumann
Houston
Flores
Travis
J. Rodriguez
Houston Street
Fernando Expects Building Record at Brand Boulevard
February reports early construction activity for a $42,000 apartment building to be erected at Brand Boulevard and Fourth Street in San Francisco for M. B. Ethridge. Ground materials arrive today as the project aims to set another city building record.
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San Francisco
Brand Boulevard
Fourth Street
M. B. Ethridge
Bear mistaken for cattle buyer’s bear turns out to be porcupine
In Saranac Lake Mountain View, a cattle buyer described a large bear he spotted in an abandoned farm barn. Local hunters rushed to the scene with guns ready, only to find an oversized porcupine sleeping on a barn rafter, not a bear.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Mountain View
Salvatonists Fund Appeal Planned in San Antonio
R Neil Campbell Bexar county tax collector leads a civic driven Salvation Army home service drive in San Antonio. Volunteers plan the three day annual appeal March 24 to 26, delayed from March 17 to avoid clashes with the Tex Cattlemen convention. Campbell says many are ready to begin and will appoint committee chairs and members soon.
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San Antonio
Neil Campbell
Bexar County
Salvation Army
Army
Salvation Army Home Service Campaign
Tobin
Chamber of Commerce Convention
Texas Cattlemen's Convention
Campbell
Visitors Enter House While Woman Is Away
Angelina Diaz of 615 South Frio street was away Saturday when unknown visitors, finding all doors locked, entered through a side window. On return, she found six gold rings a gold wristwater, six gold earrings, a pink silk dress, two small savings banks containing five dollars each missing, and notices the visitors forgot to leave their cards.
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Angelina Diaz
South Frio Street
Bride wed in wealth display in Pensacola scare
In Pensacola on February 28 Byron Leon Murdock an 82 year old from Indianapolis married Elizabeth Patterson claiming an urgent need to wed before 6 oclock to inherit over 100000 dollars He paid a taxi driver 100 another driver 20 a preacher 25 and 2850 for a car but checks bounced and he was arrested Police traced alleged funds to Indianapolis lawyers who denied knowledge of him and bank remittance to Cincinnati uncle estate sources ahead of any confirmation.
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Pensacola
Fla
Byron Leon Murdock
Indianapolis
Elizabeth Patterson
Murdock
Taximan
Harper
Cincinnati
Burlingame Chianese Houseboy Drives Boss Car Into Tree
Burlingame police charge Ho John a 16 year old Chinese houseboy with driving an automobile without the owner's permission after he took the car from a home garage and collided with a Burlingame tree. He says the act was for educational purposes to awaken the sleeping giant within him and become a chauffeur. He was held at the city prison.
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San Francisco
Ho John
Burlingame Police
Bruce Kennedy
Burlingame
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Jungkind’s Drug Store
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Hicks Bldg
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Alamo Jewelry Co
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