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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1933
Page
4
Readers report numerous short trips and visits. Pat Booth returns from San Antonio to stay with her aunt Amer Cote while Miss Evelyn Warwick and Mrs. Bandeen came back from El Paso. Families from Cisco Abilene Vernon Dallas and Graham share weekend visits and relocations.
Midland indoor baseball announces a two game series with Stamford here on Monday and Tuesday nights August 28 and 29. It is a return match after Stamford lost both July 10 and 11 games. Night games are paused until after the Church of Christ revival ends August 27.
A bolt during Stamford’s worst electrical storm struck a radio in a room shared by Miss Joan Bailey and Ollie May Burge at the hospital nurses’ home. The concussion threw both from their beds but caused no injuries or building damage.
An oldtime revival meeting will be held at Avoca Sunday night at 7 o'clock, with H. M. Waits as speaker. The event invites area residents to attend and participate in the service.
A collage of New York notes shows bicycle and roller skate makers expanding output, a restaurant serving its 2,000,000th beer, women drinking more beer, love letter exhibits, a new men’s magazine planned, Christmas card displays, hotels courting conventions, a penny restaurant in a chop house, beach patrols arresting lewd behavior, giraffe Jennie returned to a circus, and an actress reading plays with no hit to date.
Ward and Rush of Valley Mills in Bosque county completed two silos each 350 feet long to store crop from 100 acres of hegari and red top cane. Ten farmers are building trench silos. no silos existed in the county last year.
The half fare rate on the Texas Central Division of the Katy extended to December 31 after prior approval. Local agent T J Boston announced the extension, noting it had been in effect for several months and was set to expire August 1.
Card of Thanks expresses heartfelt thanks to the community for support during bereavement from Jewel Sadler and family and others. A separate note reports Rev. John E. Hester of Los Angeles sentenced to one year in jail by Municipal Judge Crum for stealing gas and electricity using meter jumpers.
Scout Troop No. 40 of Stamford departed Thursday noon for an eight day camp on Flat Top Mountain sixteen miles away. Scoutmaster Fred Pauling returned from vacation to supervise the camp. An outlined program of instruction study and recreation will guide the stay with swimming hiking and games plus daily scout work lessons. Ed Schumway regional scout executive will inspect the camp and offer guidance.
A total of 223 Texas counties are now organized into full campaign units to support the proposed constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to issue relief bonds. Each county has a campaign manager publicity director and speakers bureau managers. William Strauss of Houston, campaign steering chair, cites strong newspaper and weekly paper support and urges a vote to prevent hunger.
The Vernon D. Hart Post of the American Legion plans a week long outreach August 20 to 26 to recruit and prepay 1934 memberships. A committee will visit servicemen across the county to meet all former members and encourage joining as Stamford supports the National Recovery Act effort. Charles Sledge becomes Adjutant for the coming year, with installation set September 4.
Pneumatic tires, first used on tractors last year, now extend to farm implements. Steel wheels caused jolts and limited speed over rough fields. The new development includes a combine, promising smoother operation and greater efficiency on farms.
An Akron Ohio announcement proclaims a harvester that cuts and threshes in one operation and uses Goodyear low pressure tires. Engineers say the tire system reduces shocks, raises travel speed, and increases capacity of the harvesting machine, signaling a revolution in farm machinery design.
Readable text notes a trend toward lowering the price of combines, contrasting smaller units with larger models. The passage emphasizes a reduced cost figure, suggesting economic pressure on buyings and potential shifts in equipment selection for farms.
Former Texas governor Jim Ferguson will address an Abilene audience Saturday night at 8 00 on the twenty million dollar bond issue and the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. He will discuss the federal lawn as the meeting topic.
Ramon Novarro stars in The Barbarian to be shown at the Palace Theater Sunday through Tuesday. Myrna Loy arrives with Reginald Denny as plans unfold for a romance amid Cairo set scenes. A clash between a roving dragoman and a jealous rival drives love and intrigue as Myrna contemplates a desert voyage.
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