Vernon High Falls to Belton High in Tight Baseball Battle
Vernon High School lost to Belton High 8 to 8 in a hard played game at the fairgrounds. Belton outclassed Vernon after the sixth inning as Moser held Vernon to few threats while Baird pitched well for Vernon but received shaky support. Attendance estimated at 1,500 with 300 more along the outfield fence.
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Belton
Vernon
Winston
Moser
Baird
Curtis
Cabe
Jarrimore
Small
Holcomb Program at Church Tonight
Graduating exercises for the Holcomb Training School will be conducted this evening at First Methodist Church at 8 o'clock. The program features piano duet, salutatory, address, and diplomas for nineteen graduates, with multiple performances and speeches planned by students and faculty.
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Holcomb
First Methodist
Gladys
Emerson Holcomb
New Fiction Titles Arrive at Public Library
The library lists several new books with brief synopses prepared by librarian Miss Lilliag Newton. Seed of the Sun by Wallace Lewin follows two New York girls West to work a fruit ranch while critiquing Japanese influence. Sister Sue by Eleanor H Porter features a radiant heroine. The Bar To Three by Clarence Mulford stars Tropalong Cassidy and friends in Wild West tales. The Pagan Madonna by Harold MacGrath is a mystery. You Never Saw Sneha Girl by George Weston offers a light romance. The Top of the World by Ethel M Dell. The Trumpeter Swan by Temple Bailey explores Southern courtesy and romance.
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Coast States
Sister Sue
Eleanor H. Porter
Harold MacGrath
Sneha Girl
George Weston
Ethel M. Dell
Temple Bailey
Old Dominion
Harvest to Begin Soon in Wilbarger County
Wilbarger County farmers expect harvest to start within a week or ten days. Wheat prospects look fair with yields possibly fifteen to twenty bushels per acre. some fields may be better. Cotton stands good where planted, but many have shifted to corn and other grains. alfalfa and gardens prosper. Rain is needed, moisture remains, unemployment may supply harvest labor.
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Winster
Wanderer Creek
Wilbarger
Althone
Vernon
Wilburger County
Nine Year Old Harriet Mitchell Drives Crowd at Show
The photograph captures Harriet Mitchell nine daughter of Brigadier General Mitchell riding a hurdle on Home Again at the National Capital Horse Show in Washington. The youngster drew much applause and is regarded as the capital’s best child rider.
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Harriet Mitchell
Mitchell
Washington
Miss Mitchell
Capital
City votes funds for upkeep of Shire and Allingham parks
City Commissioners approved an appropriation of 380 4 a month for park maintenance and assigned supervision to the Phinds of Mire. The Allingham park, bought in 112 by a women’s league from W. H. Snodgrass, was deeded to the city. Shive park, given by T. H. Shive, completes the west-side park system. A sewer and water line will run 1,000 feet along Yamparika Street to block 1, near South Tolar, with work to begin when pipe arrives from a San Antonio firm.
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Shire
Allingham Parks
Allingham Park
League of Women
Yamparika Street
Block 1
Tolar Street
San Antonio
Informal Farm Bureau Meeting Draws Area Farmers
A Saturday gathering in the district court room drew many local farmers for an informal Texas Farm Bureau meeting. County agent Guy R. Jones and speaker T. K. Davis addressed attendees before a short audience discussion, with the session lasting about two hours.
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Texas Farm Bureau
Guy R. Jones
Tad Marlow Injured Moving Reaper Tables at Terhune-Orr
Tad Marlow an employee of Terhune-Orr Implement Co. was badly hurt Monday when several reaper tables toppled from a car while unloading. He suffered bruises to a left thigh right knee and left hand and was taken home after medical care. He had just started work at the company yesterday.
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Tad Marlow
Terhune-Orr Implement Co
West Wanderer Street
Marlow
Implement Company
Vaughn Barn Burns In Texas City Fire
A barn owned by Sid Vaughn at the corner of East Yamparika and South Fagle Streets was nearly destroyed by a fire about 7 am Saturday. The family children were at home when the blaze started and most loss was feed stored in the old structure.
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Sid Vaughn
East Yamparika
South Fagle Streets
Recital by Mrs. Guy Puckett’s Piano Pupils
Mrs. Guy Puckett hosts a private piano recital at her home on Friday afternoon. Fifteen pupils perform while parents and a few friends attend the entertainment.
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Guy Puckett
Deepening Test Planned for Burton Lease Wells
W G Burton and associates plan to deepen a well south of town in Section 1% block 17 from 900 feet to a contract depth of 2 150 feet. W E Cabeen and Watts and company will run the operation, with work to start in about two weeks near the Pyramid area considered favorable.
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W. G. Burton and Associates
Burton
Watts and Company
Burton Holdings
Pyramid
Puckett Brothers Grocery Opens In New Location
Plckett Brothers Grocery Store owners Guy and Chauncey Puckett hosted opening day patrons at their new shop one door south of the former building. Mrs. Guy Puckett and Miss Lois Morrison served punch beside asparagus ferns while cape jasmine petals were given to callers. The store showcases include a 30 by 110 foot layout with a rear ware room, tall shelving, a front counter, a long wrapping counter, a central fruit and vegetable rack, and a refrigerator set in the partition wall. Floors are concrete and wood shelving is stained dark to highlight grain.
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Guy
Chauncey Puckett
Puckett Brothers Grocery Store
Guy Puckett
Lois Morrison
Puckett
Bach
Farmers Hear Texas Farm Bureau Marketing Plan
Moser argues farmers live in a different era and outlines a marketing system for cotton. He stresses quality driven pools separated by grade, farmer only membership, iron clad contracts, and expert guidance to form a large Texas federation with over 50 000 members.
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Moser
Texas Bureau
Prine
California
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Wilbanks
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Aer
Morer
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B. B. Dfeleonb
Onie Samnels
Virgil Crabtree
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James Shepard
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Wasshington Girl
Wonderful Rider
Moses G. Palmer
Vermont
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HH. Pwigins
W. H. Snodgrass
Farm Bureau
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Burton Lease
Mar
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New Nod Modern
Coo Moser
District Court Room
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England
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Burene
Farmers’ Marketing Association
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