Noise debate highlights decibel limits and street repairs
New York commission campaigns for a quieter city by measuring decibels and curbing street excavations that roughen surfaces. The piece notes engineering fixes like placing mains behind curb lines to keep streets intact, reducing noise, vehicle wear, and accidents. It also surveys agricultural yields from terracing and local home demonstration successes across several Texas counties. It mentions Fred McConnell in Stephens County and percentages from wool samples, plus small business efforts in Denton and Bexar Counties.
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New York
Stamford Texas publication details and pricing note
The notice states a weekly Stamford American newspaper published Fridays from 122 East Hamilton Street Stamford Texas with a yearly subscription price of 1.06 in advance. It is entered as second class matter August 11 1924 at the Stamford post office under the act of March 3 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
East Hamilton Street
Texas
Too Handy With Guns and Other Double Killings
A Mexican youth and his cousin are slain in Oklahoma after a deputy sheriff and another officer say a pistol was drawn as they questioned the parked car. The piece argues that many officers are overly quick to shoot, noting the danger to civilians halted on highways and condemns excessive gun use by lawmen in 1931.
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Oklahoma
Rubio
United States
Jones County Crops Rated Good in State Report
Crops in Jones county are rated good in a chart issued by a life insurance company for April and May. Only two to three Rio Grande Valley counties are listed as excellent. Crops remain good in June despite rainfall concerns.
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Jones County
Rio Grande Valley
Miss Bonner Talks Of Reign Not Rain To Rotary Club
Miss Mixa Sue Bonner spoke to the Jones county Rotary Club last week urging home life leadership. The writer warns that the words reign rain and rein sound alike but have different meanings and tells of changing times as roads to prosperity.
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Rotary Club
Mixa Sue Bonner
Bonner
Jones County
Woman seeks divorce over abuse and confinement claims
Mrs. Fred Judy filed for divorce in Columbia charging her husband cut up her shoes and forced her to spend the night in a chicken house after she attended church. A separate note says a school near Pearl, Idaho, approved overalls as suitable as pajamas worn by a teacher, per state superintendent approval.
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Fred Judy
Columbia
8. C
Pearl, Ida
Frances Sarzynski
Bridgeport
Conn
Knight of the Kingdom of God honored by Cleveland church
A feature notes Joan D. Rockefeller receiving the title Knight of the Kingdom of God from Euclid Avenue Baptist Church Cleveland for distinguished service to humanity. The item sits among various brief items on society honors and odd incidents.
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the Kingdom of God
Joan D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church of
Cleveland
Standard Old
William Sydney Porter and His C Henry Legacy
The article profiles William Sydney Porter known as C Henry and notes his fame from short stories. It mentions his time in an Ohio penitentiary for irregularities as a bank clerk and cites biographers on his whiskey consumption and death in 1910 at age 40s.
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William Sidney Porter
C. Henry
Ohio Penitentiary
Community Notices and Local Celebrations In Flat Top
All day visits occur at Emil Rainer home in Flat Top with Emma Lammer Amora and Hertha from Sager ton. Birthday celebrations noted for Mrs. August Ender Jr and Mrs. Andrew Hageman on June 21. Guest lists include Ender, Suter, Lehrman, Stremmel families and Laferton residents. Services announced for Sunday June 2% led by Rev. A F Pope. invitations extended. Classified items report a divorce suit testimony and minor theft incidents involving Albert Lees and Jack Morgan.
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Emma Lammer
Amora
Hertha
Sagerton
Emil Rainer
August Ender, Jr
C. A. Ender
Albert Suter
Glory
Otto Lehrman
Henry Lehrman
Albert Stremmer
William Reber
Old Glory
Andrew Hageman
Albert Stremmel
August Stremmel
T. l. Thane
Ervin Schaake
Lee Roy
Stamford
Emona Lammert
Lagerton
A. F. Pope
Anson
Hoover's Indianapolis speech shapes 1932 campaign outlook
Washington views President Hoover's Indianapolis remarks as defining a course for his remaining term. Observers note hints of America for Americans and high wages within a self sufficient, outwardly restrained economic doctrine.
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Hoover
Indianapolis
Washington
Blican Party
United States
America
Co-Ops Prepare to Handle One Million Bales of Texas Cotton
Dallas June 25 plans and policies to handle about 1,000,000 bales of this season's Texas cotton through co operative marketing were completed by the Texas Cotton Co operative Association acting general manager B C Pittuck. The program expands direct membership services with district offices and agents statewide. The Federally licensed cotton classing program continues and movement will begin soon in South Texas and extend to other areas.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Cotton Co-operative Association
B. C. Pittuck
Co-Operative
Federal Farm Board
Pittuck
South Texas
Thief Steals Engine From Parked Car and Withdraws Cash
William O Bien of Saugus Massachusetts found his engine had been stolen after lifting the hood of a parked automobile. In a separate incident Mark Muenberger of Muncie Indiana reported a thief entered his room while he bathed and took his diamond ring and 100 in cash.
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William O'Bien
Saugus, Maesr
Mark Muenberger
Muncie
Ind
Roosevelt Rumors, Crop Talks Highlight era Headlines
The piece assesses political flavor around Roosevelt and Smith, noting Smith’s allies in New York favoring others and Roosevelt’s nomination uncertain. It then shifts to agriculture, citing Bureau of Agricultural Economics projections of a bumper 1991 wheat harvest and potential price dynamics. A brief note follows on postmen testing tanning methods for leather, showing chrome-tanned soles wear less but water soak in rain.
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Mr. Smith
Roosevelt
America
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Postmen
Department of Agriculture
Washington Postmen
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Fred McConnell
Stephens County
Oatea
Texas Agriculttural Experiment Station
Schleicher County
Case
Bexar County
Mitchell County Home Demonstration Club
Mere Walling
Angelina County
Aaw
Wereye
Denton County
Cleburne Huston
Buncoed
Miss Bonner
Rain
Virginia Dawes
King George
Queen Mary
Royal Court
Miss Dawes
Hanby
Los Angeles
Winterman
Great Northern Railway
Minnesota
Empire Builder
Kansas City
Clara Bow
John Gilbert
Louisville
Clara
Albert Lees
Chicago
Jack Morgan
Charleston
W. Va
Helm News Service
District Bankers’ Association
Woodcock
Cipally
Wickersham Commission
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Wool
Industrial Congress
J. Woll
Messrs. Smith and
Raskob
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