Neighborly aid and wartime rationing in the town
A reflective piece recalls Tom Sawyer's fence incident and highlights neighbors' yard work, then shares a soldier's letter about army life and treatment. It notes wartime paper shortages easing due to salvage, while metals and rubber remain scarce, urging scrap drives and tire conservation to support national effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Tom
Nocturnal San Jose Oddities and Work Absences
An unclear San Jose hold up ends with a cop biting a car part and other officers detaining a man. A worker skipped four weeks of shift then messaged his boss asking if he remained on the job. A new pinsless diaper provokes wonder over past male invention gaps.
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San Jose
California
Stamford Building Boom and Klan Events Highlight 1924
A Stamford city page notes a big construction push on the east side of the public square with five J P Astin fronts and Larche Grocery, plus a new street and Weatherbee street brick facades. It mentions the Shackelford station, Ham Fer, Pennington garage, and the Stamford Inn expansion. A Ku Klux Klan barbecue near College Lake drew thousands, while local weddings, receptions, and new residences fill the June scene. Judge Bruce Bryant seeks re‑election in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
J. P. Astin
Larche Grocery
Weatherbee Street
J. D. Shackelford
Hamilton and
Ferguson Streets
Pennington
Hamilton Street
Stamford Inn
Ku Klux Klan
College Lake
Anson
Suimford
Roc. Thomas
South Swen
Avenue
Agnes Muehrstein
Spring Creek
Antoine Hajek
West Station
F. E. Morrow
Campbell Street
Bruce Bryant
Haskell
Texas Wheat Farmers Approve Marketing Quotas in War Effort
In a Texas referendum, 10 232 of 11 564 wheat growers voted for marketing quotas, 4 142 opposed, yielding about 90 percent state approval. Quotas aim for orderly marketing and transport with loans at 85 percent parity. base loan is 1 34 dollars per bushel, varying by locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Wheat
AAA
George Slaughter
Texas Aaa Committee
Texas
War Bond Drive and Civic Duty in Wartime Stamford
A Stamford worker letter urges fellow-employees to support war bonds and stamps as a shared wartime duty. It argues personal sacrifice, employer backing, and community morale are essential to win the war and secure peace. The piece contrasts civilian effort with frontline courage and questions complacency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Stamford
You
America
Avoca Community News Note Complex Social Visits
Avoca residents and relatives visited family in San Antonio Anson Leeders Weatherford and Abilene. Local trips included Culwell Grimes Hughes and Henderson families with many kinfolk from Texarkana Lubbock and Stamford. The Busy Bee Club quilt project for Crowell Red Cross was discussed.
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Ralph Webb
Charleston
South Carolina
San Antone
George Henderson
Vida Ruth
Janelle
Asia Fern Weeks
Texarkana
B. F. Weeks
W. Culwell
George Culwell
J. W. Grimes
Anson
T. B. McNair
H. W. Culwell
Vaughn Weldon
R. E Hughes
Gene Edward
Raymond Allen
Leeders
Vera Christine Culwell
Texas Tech
Lubbock
C. W. Culwell
Walter Glazner
Avoca
Sylvia Plumlee
Miles Brown
Mr. Brown
Haskell
Windell Winstead
Weatherford
Mary Ellen Hines
Vera Culwell
Ed Gardner
Sue
Abilene
Bert Jennings
Hamlin
Jennings
Kerman Reeves
Hub Holland
Ed Hughes
Cellie
Susia Fay
Leoma Pearl
Archie Masters
Busy Bee Club
Red Cross
Crowell
Bethel Lutheran flag pole dedication on Memorial Day
The Bethel Lutheran Church held a flag pole dedication on Sunday evening at 7:45 during Memorial Day services. Veterans Ernest Segerstrom and M. Johnson raised the flag. A multi group program honored the flag with songs, talks, and a reading of local WWI service members names, followed by a church service conducted by Rev. Hugo B. Haterius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Lutheran Church
Hugo B. Haterius
Ernest Segerstrom
M. ©. Johnson
America
Haterius
Clements Richards
John Edward Youngquist
Claude Thompson
Axel Soderberg
W. G. Swenson
Stamford
H. D. Price
Edgar Shuquist
Lambert Stenholm
Eric Rosenquist
Marie Soderberg
Almquist
Red Cross
Okey Richards
Local Residents Return from Visits Across Texas
Lueders Mrs. Guy Douthit has returned from a visit with relatives in Waco. S K Hansen of Fort Worth visited relatives last week. Live Vickers of Kilgore is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gilliland and other relatives. Miss Mary Jean Kell has returned.
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Kelly Thompson
Edgar Laughlin
Lagerton
Gertrude Riebold
Lamesa
Riebold
The
Wealth
Doe White
Mr. White
Eric White
Abilene Hospital
Tharp
Ralls
Milfred Magee
Ada Dane
Crowell
Inez Harris
Stamford
Eck Gillespie
Lenn Friday
Willis Hamilton
Lujean
Selda Lynn
Fort Stockton
Hamilton
Winifred Stenhelm
Augustana Theological Seminary
Rock Island
Ilinois
Ray Lundgren
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Kansas
Eunice Haterius
Jacqueline Hansen
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Stenhelm
A. W. Stenhelm
Peoria
Hugo B. Haterius
Neils Hanser
A. H. Lundgren
Leroy
Inez Ann
Courtland
Ri Rhards
Ft Worth
Carl Stetholm
Mesa and
Mmes
Jack McClendon
EB. W. Carlson
Berne Nelson
Roy Anderson
Fort Worth
Anderson
Miss Nelson
Fred L
Gladys Nelson
Philip Olson
Harold Hokanson
Okey Richards
Uls.c
H. B. Haterius
Imogene
Everett Carlson
Kenneth Wayne
Stamford Sanitatum
Milton T. Haterius
Washington
B. A. Honey
Indiana
Honey
Gilbert Hansen
Air School
J. C. Nichols
California
Nichols
Los Angeles
Elvira Choate
Larry Alan Carnes
Leona Carnes
Otto Hinze
E. W. Carlson
S. M. Watts
Cecelia Gail
Stephen Malcolm
Artesia
New Mexico
Theodore Segerstrom
Lawrence
Ernestine Segerstrom
Texas Tech
Lubbock
J. Jo. Hen
Reed
Whitman
R. L. Prince
Ben Ashburn
Tuxedo
Reuben Vanneford
W. L. Johnson
Weinert
Jack Spratlin
Johnson
Mr. Spratlin
Tom Smart
Dallas
Homer Hutto
Beverly Joe Delwaide
W. A. Mitchell
Edna Thomas
Mellesia Dillard
Roy Aycock
Homer Hutte
Fred Hines
Ray Rushing
Elvie Smith
Mae Dodgven
Marie Dillard
Mary Rushing
James Hardesty
Homer H
Post
Feswensen
Spur
Bruce Taylor
Austin
Georgetown
Sherothea Dell Mitchell
Southwestern University
Sir Mitchell
F. E. Tonrey
Gaday
Abilene
Rising Sun
Nugent
O. F. Seth
Doris Jean
Marvin
Oscar Wiltord
Patty Thornton
Jackson
Teen Anderson
Middleton
Rockdale
Haskell
Charlie Gwynes
W. M. Loop
Vernon Henderson
Frank Ferrell
Sylvester
Ferrell
Rowland Miller
J. B. Miller
Waco
Mavis Cathrine Walls
Annie Walls
John Murphy Tucker
Waco High School
Lueders
Houston
Guy Douthit
S. K. Hansen
Vickers
Kilgore
Ttine
Jim Gilliland
Mary Jean Kell
Blue Stamp Foods Potatoes Apples and Pears Declined
Blue stamp foods for June announced by H Brelsford Jr area supervisor of the Agricultural Marketing Administration list the same items as May with fresh apples and pears removed due to short supply and Irish potatoes removed due to favorable price position. The Alabama and Coushatta Indians continue living on a Polk County Texas reservation while maintaining their tribal customs.
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Jones County
H. Brelsford, Jr
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Alabama and
Coushatta
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