Business Outlook for 1930 Gains Optimism With Spring
Leaders in industry express renewed confidence as production and distribution stay high. Federal and local spending on permanent improvements begins, with railroads and utilities expanding. Home building rises, Spinner washer survey notes 425 percent since 1920, wired homes doubled. electrical distributors plan new business. Tariff bill passage expected to ease market uncertainty and bolster sentiment for 1930.
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Altorfer Bros
United
Sticking to the Job: 62 Years as Sentinel Publisher
August C. Kessinger of Rome New York has remained with the Sentinel for 70 years, eight as an employee and 62 as publisher. His tenure spans the Civil War era through World War I and into modern times, guiding a paper that chronicled local growth and major conflicts.
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August C. Kessinger
Rome
The
Sentinel
the Sentinel
Mr. Kessinger
Surest Farm Relief For Rural Gains From Farmer Led Changes
Agricultural authorities say true farm relief must come from the farmer, with government agencies as a backup. Key ideas: produce more at home, protect and improve land, keep livestock and cash crops, and boost poultry income which can yield $1.50 to $2.50 per hen yearly with better hatchery stock.
Discovery of the ninth planet reshapes solar system history
Clyde Tombaugh, a 23 year old American observatory assistant, identified a faint spot on a photographic plate as the long sought ninth planet beyond Neptune. It is unnamed and its size remains undetermined, thought to lie three to four million miles from the sun, with little impact on daily life. A rival Italian amateur claimed four more planets, but it remains unverified.
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Neptune
Clyde Tombaugh
Current comments of other editors in local papers
A compact collection of editorials and quips from several Texas papers. It includes opinions on student behavior, government responsiveness, alcohol’s role in society, fire safety at home, a party loyalty dispute in 1930, a bank robbery with an amusing crime–punishment twist, and a call for a town clean-up drive to keep Estelline neat.
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Texas
Fred Landers
Estelline News
Didactics and oil outlook in Collingsworth County
Local column discusses Collingsworth County oil prospects and lease activity, notes potential population changes in Wellington, and urges census cooperation. It recounts remarks on local business spirit, labor use in contracts, and critiques public figures and letters to the editor with a stream of anecdotes and community chatter.
Snail in Roo Gizzard Hints Surreal Local Oddities
Richmond Indiana man Fred Mahon finds a one and a half inch snail in a roo gizzard. Burglars strike a Los Angeles church, flee with Spano after slipping past an open gate. Mrs Mare Louthitt, an elderly American woman, taxis across America. In Maine a man shot during a woods incident injures both hands after a mistaken deer shot. A hearse in New Carlisle bears the sign Down Hras Undertakers. Carlos of Cincinnati is granted a divorce for wife neglect and making him cook scrub and wash.
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Fred Mahon
Richmond
Ind
Los Angeles
Spano
Odd Bits From The News Reel And Inky Quips
A quirky item notes why women may be habitually late and what tylos prevent Cher training. A circus owner warns to keep on the animals right side. Airmen saw a castle in the air during flight. A tip says beer makes good stave polish and may be strong in taste. John D. Rockefeller was sentenced to 7 to 10 years in a Marquette penitentiary for robbery.
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John [J. Rockefeller
Marquette
Mich
Sidelights and oddities from a restless world
Jamestown woman Mrs L T Foster was stabbed by a tramp after she refused to give him money following a comment. A columnist riffs on marriage advice and a quip about wedding plans. Chicago story: Margaret Black passed a bad check on James Dale who had her arrested but the judge dismissed the case after a tale of hardship. Dale repaid the money. Philadelphia widow Mrs Mary Craft let her ex-husband stay as a boarder in their home but forced him out after he began beating her.
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Mre
L. T. Foster
Jamestown
N. D
Margaret Black
Chicago
James Dale
Court Spectatora
Dale
Maygret Black
Mary Craft
Philadelphise
Texas and Texans Penitentiary Compromise
The Texas legislature unlikely to move the main penitentiary near Austin. Proposal suggests building a Huntsville unit, using prison labor for highways, and easing congestion by leveraging road projects. Also notes Nueces County diversifying cotton withRobstown and nearby towns boosting vegetable shipments and local cooperation.
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Texas
Austin
Huntsville
Houston
Dallas
Moody
Highway Commission
Hunstville
Singleton
Bryan
Lexington
Elgin
Madisonville
Fairfield
Corsicana
Ennis
Texas Draws Northern Visitors For Statewide Return
Will H. Maves notes a wave of visitors driving and busing into Texas. Maine potato growers toured Texas with Governor in April to market spuds and showcased Texas weather as a draw for permanent settlement. Wisconsin dairymen followed with dairy product displays and plans to expand dairy work in Texas. Northern visitors praised Texas hospitality and climate.
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Maine
Texas
Wisconsin
Valley vegetables boost Valley prosperity after January frost
Evidence of the January frost largely faded in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. While publicity centers on the citrus sector, the season’s trainload vegetable shipments, spanning thousands of cars, are driving business activity and visible prosperity in the Valley.
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Nueces County
Robstown
Odem
Bishop
Qdem
lKobstown
San Patricio County
Linton
Taft
Gregory
Texas
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
South Texas Pullman Car Visitors Reported
About 12 500 prospective homeseekers have visited South Texas in Pullman cars during the first three months of the year, according to railroad reports.
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South Texas
Highway Cooperation in Texas Builds Wider Access
A article stresses that highway construction requires regional cooperation beyond a single town or county. Roads should connect definite points to serve many people. As Texas leads with united meetings and shared plans, Texans are urged to act together to build up the state.
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Texas
United Effort
London Woman Reunites With Ex Husbands Past Howl
Mrs W J Calver of London who married divorced her husband and remarried him has discovered him again in a surprising family turn of events.
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W. J. Calver
London
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