Planning the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas 1936
Hundreds of workers begin remodeling and new construction on the Worlds Fair of 1936 in Dallas Texas. The Administration building leads with a $125000 front redesign while demolition clears sites for exhibit palaces and a civic center including an Art Museum Aquarium and Natural History building. The expositions theme honors Texas independence and Southwest growth with celebrations planned across historic shrines in 1936.
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Dallas
Haseen
Southwest
Texas
San Antonio
Goliad
Houston
Nacogdoches
Gonzales
Huntsville
Arson conviction for Vineland man over jealousy motives
John Swain 56 of Vineland New Jersey received a 30 day jail sentence after burning his wife's clothes to force her to stay home authorities said he started the fire to control her whereabouts and keep the family together.
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John Swain
Vineland
N. J
Nash-Finch Celebrates 50 Years of Wholesale Growth
Fifty years after three young partners founded Nash-Finch in Grand Forks North Dakota the firm has grown into a major wholesale grocery company. Founders Willis K Nash Fred P Nash and Edgar Nash later joined by Harry B Finch built a network of 57 wholesale houses across several states and expanded into fruit growing and Nashs Toasted Coffee. Today over 65 percent of employees own stock and W K Nash remains active shaping company policy.
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Grand Forks
North Dakota
Nash-Finch Company
Willis K. Nash
Fred P. Nash
Edgar Nash
Harry B. Finch
Nash Brothers
Warehouse Bay
Nash’s
Pany
California
Idaho
Washington
Colorado
Texas
South da
Nashvnch Company
H. B. Finch
Finch
Grim recollections of death and electrocution in old narratives
A narrated sequence blends historical executions with personal recollections. It recalls Charles I’s execution and Bishop Juxon, plus vivid scenes of scaffold duty in Smithville Kentucky and Richmond Virginia. Anecdotes reflect on fear, courage, and the grim fascination of death.
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Charles’ I
Juxon
Henry
Mais
Legenza
Richmond
Virginia
Mass
Smithville
Kentucky
DeBoe
John Sanders
John
Seifield
Bourne
Sam Matthews
LILLIE By Ollie Webb
Reverend Vernon Jones preached to a large audience at morning and evening services. Several families and individuals are noted visiting, attending encampment in Miami Texas, and sharing in Sunday gatherings and picnics around local towns.
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Vernon Jones
J. E. Wood
Marie Harwell
Miami
Texas
Earl Akins
Longview City Attorney Fines Self For Parking Ticket
When his automobile was tagged for a parking violation City Attorney J McCoy of Longview Washington prosecuted himself in police court and paid his fine.
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J. McCoy
Longview
Wash
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Nash-Finch
Minneapolis
Kota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Wyoming
W. K. Nash
Pres
Nash the Original Coffee Co
Affili
Ated
Flurry B. Finch
Harold Finch
Nash
W. EB. Dietz
Nash Coffee Company
A. E. Selby
Buscis
Old Buscis
Lillie
Ollie Webb
Corbitt Ford
Oleta Faye Jones
Glenn Jane McMinn
T. (. Lemons
Loco
O. M. Hall
Vernon Hones
J. EB. Wood
Selma Hall
Eva Thurman
Quail
M. L. Cunningham
L. D. McMinn
Ett Farrar
Josephine Hall
Leo
Chesterfield
Bright
Burley
Maryland
Tozcery
Wellington
Wats
Roy M. Torn
L.W. Mangold
Ford
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