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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1931
Page
2
The note states the Stamford American is published every Friday from 122 East Hamilton Street Stamford Texas with a subscription price of $1.00 per year in advance. It also shows the paper entered as second class matter August 11 1924 at the Stamford Texas post office under the act of March 3 1879.
A New York commission campaigns for quieter streets citing decibels from vehicles and street digs. It urges curb line mains placement to avoid tearing surfaces, reducing noise, wear, and accidents. Agricultural notes report terraced oats yield benefits, wool shrinkage, and county home demonstrations sparking improvements and profits.
A deputy sheriff and another officer kill two Mexican youths on a public highway in Oklahoma. The officers claim one youth drew a pistol as they approached to question them. the dead cannot provide their account. The piece argues officers are too quick on the trigger and notes rising killings by peace officers in recent years. It ends with a reflection on American civilization in 1931.
A life insurance company chart rates Jones County crops as good for April and May, the highest in the state besides a few Rio Grande Valley counties labeled excellent. Crops remain good into June despite rain concerns.
In a Rotary Club talk Miss Sue Bonner discusses the trio reign rain rein. She warns that misreadings overlook the idea that living at home could foster prosperity in Jones county as reign prevails.
Mrs. Fred Judy files for divorce in Columbia asserting her husband cut up her shoes and forced her to sleep in a chicken house for attending church. A separate note from Ida state notes school overalls were approved as suitable as teacher pajamas.
A quirky roundup notes John D Rockefeller named Knight of the Kingdom of God by Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, Miss Virginia Dawes attending a royal court, Judge Hanby ruling pets inherit. a Great Northern Empire Builder collision leaves one dead, many injured, plus a Kansas City joke about a robber and a Louisville tobacco plant listing Clara Bow and John Gilbert on payroll.
The article notes the writer William Sidney Porter known as "Henry" whose famed short stories emerged during three years in the Ohio penitentiary for irregularities as a bank clerk. Biographers estimate his later life whiskey intake at two quarts daily. he died in 1910 at 45.
All day visits occur in Flat Top with Emma Lammert and family in Sager ton. June 21 brings birthday celebrations for Mrs. August Ender Jr and Mrs. Andrew Hageman. Local families join meals and greetings as Emil Rainer hosts guests. Services announced for June 28 conducted by Rev. A. F. Pope. Separate items note a divorce testimony about sleeping in a chicken coop, a thief caught after falling between buildings, and Jack Morgan’s 30 day jail sentence for stealing a baseball glove.
Washington observers read Hoover's Indianapolis speech as outlining a self sufficient America and a public policy favoring high wages and living standards. The address discusses plans for national crime reports, prohibition enforcement expansion, and a broad push toward an industrial congress to guide a future plan for the economy.
Dallas June 25 Plans and policies for handling about 1 000 000 bales of this season s Texas cotton crop through co operative marketing channels have been completed by the Texas Cotton Co operative Association according to acting general manager B C Pittuck The federation says last season it moved 616 000 bales under the Farm Board and Agricultural Ad act program The group promotes direct membership service via district and branch offices and will continue the federally licensed cotton classing program to aid movement across the state as it starts in South Texas and expands statewide
William O'Brien of Saugus Massachusetts found his motor missing after returning to his parked automobile. He lifted the hood and discovered the entire engine had been stolen. A separate theft report notes Mark Mitenberger of Muncie Indiana woke to find a thief in his room taking a diamond ring and 100 dollars in cash while he bathed.
The piece notes political calculations around Roosevelt and Mr. Smith with New York circles not backing him, while agricultural data point to a bumper 1931 harvest boosting farm income. It also discusses postmen testing tanning methods, with chrome leather wearing more in rain but vegetable tanning more durable.
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