Free Tracers Chapter 1 to 3 Teems with Trust and Danger
Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman Les Anderson pursues murderer Pelly in the Stony range and guards Jim Rathcray, leader of illicit liquor runners. At a remote hotel a wary girl, hunted by two men named Pierre and Shorty, clashes with Anderson as she seeks safety. Their uneasy bond deepens as she wrestles with trust and danger in a harsh frontier landscape.
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Les Anderson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Stony Range
Pelly
Jim Rathcray
Pally
Chapthrw
Anderson
Pierre
Shorty
Lee
Hetle Lind
Lfe
Estelle
Dangerous Trail Ends In Girl's Peril On Mountain Pass
Lee and a companion push toward a Canadian pass when two men set dynamite on a narrow path. A rockfall and explosion imperil them as Lee signals the girl to retreat and leaps to save her from a crushing landslide.
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Lee
Giel
Dee
Lea
Dick Sellman Called by Death in San Antonio
Richard Sellman known as Dick died in a sanitarium in San Antonio Monday night. The body was shipped to Brady for burial Wednesday. A respected rancher, he owned Mountain Vale Ranch spanning San Saba and McCulloch counties and prided himself on fine Angus cattle and Morgan horses. His World War I horses were approved for government use, and he was summoned to Washington for army horse procurement discussions. Funeral details were not yet learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Sellman
San Antonio
Brady
Sellman
Mountain Vale
San Saba
Escapee Henry Curry Returns to Land of the Gods
Henry Curry has fled Fisher County and arrived safely in the land of the gods the first of the week and is busy shaking hands with friends this week.
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Henry Curry
Fisher County
Land of the Gods
Mrs Gates Visits San Saba Then Heads to Chicago
Mrs. W. E Gates of San Antonio spent a couple of days in San Saba with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam T. Taylor. She left Tuesday for Chicago where they are moving and Mr. Gates has employment with a large corporation.
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W. E Gates
San Antonio
Sam T. Taylor
San Saba
Chicago
Mr. Gates
Board of Managers Sustain Lynch Davidson in State Railroad Report
The semi annual report of the boards of managers to the governor and legislature defends Lynch Davidson’s four year stewardship of the Texas State Railroad. It asserts the road from Rusk to Palestine remains in operation with most equipment on hand, notes financial savings, praises Southern Pacific oversight, and urges legislative transfer of title to facilitate sale. The board recommends against State operation and supports selling the railroad when advantageous.
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Houston
Texas
Lynch Davidson
Texas State Railroad
Road
J. A. Glen
Beaumont
E. €. Durham
Diboll
State Railroad
Rusk
Palestine
Southern Pacific
Federal Bureau of Good Roads
House
Senate
Davidson
Texas Highway Department
Bend By Gimlet weather halts stock feed in icy Texas
The report notes freezing conditions decked with ice slowing the stock market. W. F. Lewis is the heaviest feeder and still active, though losses are light. Prickly pears have vanished from the area forcing stockmen to rely on pricier feeds, dragging the business. In Mexico they call workers peones.
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W. F. Lewis
Mexico
Texas
Bills Bow For Schools As Texas Legislature Opens
Austin Jan 15 Bills to appropr iate 4 000 000 for public schools for the next biennium were introduced in the senate bringing total for elementary education to 10 000 000 for the period. A rural schools bill sought 3 000 000 annual funding. Other measures included a grade crossing law requiring 50 to 20 foot stopping distances at rail crossings and a reform to not incarcerate mentally unsound persons where suitable asylums exist. Senate tar encan session assigned two and four year terms by lot with Bailey absent and Holbrook drawing for him. Names of even termers and odd termers listed.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Charles R. Floyd
Paris
T. J. Holbrook
Galveston
John Davis
Dallas
Bailey
Il l
Woodward
Berkley
Bledsoe
Bowers
Fairchild
Floyd
Hardin
Erath
Lewis
Pollard
Price
Real
Reid
Smith
Ward
Witt
Wood
Davis
Af Arms
Holbrook
Miller
Moore
Hunt
Cook
Murphy
Wirtz
Russekl
Parnell
Parr
Strong
Stuart
Triplett
Simplified preferential primary election proposal discussed
Rep A J Durham of Sabinal and Assistant Attorney General L C Sutton draft a one primary election amendment. Voters would pick first and second choices for state and local offices on the third Tuesday of July. The measure requires parties with 20 percent or more of gubernatorial votes to hold primaries, affecting Republicans and Democrats.
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Brownwood News
A. J. Durham
Sabinal
Uvalde County
Austin
L. C. Sutton
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Texas Voter Rules On Poll Tax and Party Affiliation
The text describes Texas election rules requiring voters to provide information now used for poll taxes, including sex and party affiliation in certain cities. It notes voters may refuse party affiliation but then cannot vote in any party primary. It also covers the Tax Collector supplying precincts with a certified elector list, waiving the need to produce poll tax or exemption certificates at voting.
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Texas. A
Your Income Tax Exemptions and 1924 Credits Explained
The 1924 revenue act sets exemptions of 1000 for single and 2500 for married or heads of families. A 400 credit per dependent under 18 or disabled applies. Normal rates are 2 percent on net income over exemptions up to 4000, 4 percent on the next 4000, and 6 percent on the balance, with earned income up to 5000 receiving a 25 percent tax credit.
Tax exemptions and credits for head of family rules and local incidents
The text explains head of family exemptions under the 1924 revenue act including a $2500 personal exemption and a $400 dependent credit, with conditions on who may qualify and dependence. It also mentions bill Millican in Bend and the River Bend Farm, plus Mabel Winslow's injuries from a car accident with facial cuts and bruises.
Mrs. R P Terry Undergoes Critical Temple Operation
Mrs. R P Terry of near Richi Springs was taken to a Temple tarium last week and submitted to a very dangerous operation Friday. She was reported to be getting along as well as could be expected Monday.
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R. P. Terry
Richi Springs
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Dictor Rousseau
Shavion
W. G. Chapman
Biaton Lak
Tae
Wwell
Harth
Chapter
Dick Sellman
Board of Managers
Carson
Cherokee
W. B. Hubbert
Ida Byrd
Literary School
EB. J. Kyle
A. & M. College
Bill Millican
Bend
River Bend
Mabel Winslow
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