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Newspaper
Taylor Weekly Press
Location
Taylor, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
2
A real store should show spirit of enterprise by promoting constant advertising and news sharing. An eager manager spreads information about valuable lines and uses newspaper advertising to build the image of a busy, proactive shop rather than a passive one.
An editorial argues that home merchants offer personal service and informed guidance unlike distant mail order houses. It warns shoppers to value clerk expertise, avoid overlong commutes, and seek satisfaction when goods do not fit, while noting wartime dudas and political talk in a brisk, period voice.
The column offers humorous takes on trust, marriage, education, health, and fashion. It playfully contrasts modern behavior with old fashioned virtues while lampooning social pretensions. The tone remains wry and observational, delivering quick, pithy social observations.
Georgetown docket lists Clyde Graham guilty of theft fined $1 and an hour in jail. John Jordan ruled on for aggravated assault, dismissed on motion. Neulah Miller and Ernest Harris cases continued or dismissed. Casimino Cruz liquor sale in prohibition territory, witness issue. Multiple defendants plead guilty, be fined, or set for January trials. Witnesses bonded. some cases continued on state motions.
City Marshal W. W. Lone escaped serious harm when his Maxwell car stalled on the L and G N Main Street crossing and was struck by a detached oil tank car. The car was hurled off the tracks as Lone vacated the vehicle, and no locomotive was attached to the tank car. Joln Kohutek of the T W Marse Co shoe department fell ill Saturday and faces emergency surgery at Taylor Sanitarium.
Summary of court actions includes default judgment for Whitlow v Dean, Rowntree Bros wins 412.50 against Stalcup, Rowntree v Wells contracts with 753 awarded, others involve judgments against plaintiffs, damages, and continued cases. Estates of Root Stuckley Mood Lindell list administrators guardians appraisers bonds and final estate actions.
Howard Bland of Taylor was re elected president of the Texas Good Roads Association. Officers named include Sam Sparks as vice president and D B Colp as secretary treasurer with directors and district vice presidents listed. Dean T V J Taylor presided as Bland attended a committee meeting on the highway bill planned for presentation to the house soon.
The article outlines two roles of the Farm Loan Act: money assembling via capital stock in the twelve Federal Land Banks and money lending backed by mortgages. Bonds issued against mortgages are tax exempt, secured by land values, with denominations from 25 to 1000 dollars. Investors gain safety from government backing and diversification across farms.
O. W. Sherrill, County Demonstration Agent, outlines how ten or more farmers can form a Farm Loan Bank Association with articles of incorporation, election of directors, loan committee duties, and steps to obtain Federal Land Bank forms in Houston. Loans range from 100 to 10000 per member, with minimum association loan 20000 and mortgage limits set, promoting home ownership through long term government contracts.
President Wilson sent Judge R L Batts of Austin for justice of the circuit court of appeals fifth district. Citizens called at his Austin National Bank building office to express gratification. Judge Batts will succeed Judge A P McCormick of Waco who died recently. Salary is seven thousand dollars a year plus expenses.
London reports reveal Sergeant-Major Greener Royal Engineers who vanished from Aldershot in 1895 reappeared after 21 years in Chile as a mining prospector. Court records show a charge of selling curtain army supplies and a court martial reduced him to private. Now in his sixties, he resumes army life with the Sappers and heads for Northern France.
A long list enumerates auto licenses and owners across Taylor Georgetown Hutto Jarrell Granger Bartlett Coupland Round Rock Leander Weir Granger Elgin and Liberty Hill. Names include McConnell Nord Isbhy Olander Miller Wolf Dollinger Petersen Wall Woods Landrum Franklin Schroeder Bowie Malmberg Mikus Carlson Anderson Grimstead Schorbire Volcek Webster Gustafson Berger Farrow Hesl Sjeberg Pennington Springborn Galloway Watson Williams Mitchell Harrison Bushnell Snodgrass Kubacek Tschoerner F Tschoerner Webmeyer Cunningham Kruger Koterla and Carlson partners among others.
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