Ex-Sheriff Sued Over $10,000 Payment Error
The state filed suit in Travis County district court to recover $10,000 plus interest from former Reagan County sheriff R. W. Weatherby and others. Weatherby allegedly caused an $11,171.05 warrant to be paid as $1,171.05, with the excess $10,000 borne by the treasury. The case names Weatherby, ex- comptroller employee Robert Goodfellow, ex-treasurer S. H. Terrell, and bondsmen, with Weatherby endorsing and depositing the warrant in a Big Lake bank.
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Austin
Travis County
State Treasury
R. W. Weatherby
Reagan County
San Antonio
Comptroller’s Department
Weatherby
Treasury
Robert Goodfellow
State Comptroller’s Office
S. H. Terrell
Henry Brooks
First State Bank
Big Lake
Goodfellow
Powder horn required for militia service through 1847
A powder horn was part of a colonial militia man’s equipment for service at a moment’s warning. The requirement was continued by act of Congress on May 8 1792, not repeated until 1820, and its use persisted until the Mexican War in 1847.
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Congress
Daily Births and Deaths Global Estimates
The world experiences about 100000 deaths and 150000 births each day. Estimates highlight ongoing population change and demographic activity across regions and periods.
Desert News Social Roundup From Sherman to Nashville
Desert News items note Miss Aletha Barrett of Trenton visiting Mrs. Joe Tate in Sherman visits by Mrs. Hughes ill in Sherman and no improvement reported. Several Sherman and Dallas visitors, trips to Van Alstyne Whitewright and Greenville, and a school trustee election with 53 votes. Mrs Hughes illness and Betty Bates’s Nashville death are reported.
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Aletha Barrett
Trenton
Joe Tate
Mesdames Doyle Matthews
Jodie Akridge
van Alstyne
Sherman
M. C. Hughes
Homer Gentry
McKinney
J. H
Doyle Matthews
Elvin Petty
Mamie Matthews
W. A. Bates
Betty Bates
Nashville
Tenn
Betty
S. B. Martin
Asa Walker
Miss Vivian
Celina
Will Eubanks
Westminster
Bird Webb
Dallas
Mildred Caraway
Curtis Woods
Clay Dodson
Leonard
Carter Fletcher
Savage
W. A. Fletcher
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
I Like the Low Mood by Henry Ansley
A humorous first person reflection on downsizing prosperity during the Depression era. The narrator celebrates simple social life, neighborly visits, modest meals, and a return to church while noting reduced work travel and a leaner lifestyle. He contrasts former status with new frugal habits and renewed family ties.
Old West Emphasizes Suspended Justice Says Buffalo Evening News
The Buffalo Evening News argues the era’s effectiveness came from suspending the bad man’s sentence rather than enacting full punishment, reflecting a frontier justice stance.
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Buffalo Evening News
Empire State Building Reaches 102 Floors In NYC
The Empire State Building in New York City will hold 25,000 tenants when fully rented. It has 86 office floors, 14 tower floors, and two sub-basements, totaling 102 floors at 1,250 feet high. Construction cost was 55 million dollars. Window washers clean 6,000 windows from top to bottom, restarting after reaching the first floor.
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Empire State Building
New York
Enter prise Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Nobility resident Mrs. Madge Ayers visits her parents the Martins while numerous locals attend family gatherings visits from Ely and Ma fordert, and area residents travel to Bonham and Savoy. The Enterprise quilting club meets, young people attend a play, and community hosts hold parties and visits across Mahurin Ravenna Orangeville and Ranger locales.
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Madge Ayers
Nobility
H. L. Martin
Dorothy Medearis
Ely
Helen Burris
G. C. Hundley
Wichita Falls
J. D. Fleming
Bonham
Ray Burris
Savoy
J. B. Burris
D. E. McCoy
Kentuckytown
C. F. Collins
Willa Dean Johnson
Mahurin
Verna Fae Fleming
Ayers
Bennie Rufferts
Dee Rufferts
Irene Blithe
Enterprise
Canaan
Enterprise Quilting Club
W. B. Martin
Bon
F. S. Roark
Ranger
J. J0. Fleming
Loren Smith
Rufferts
Eddie Lindsey
Greenville
J. M. Lindsey
Leo Meade
Ravenna
W. C. Brown
Hen House Shooting Surprises Denison Man
Burt Finley of Ector rigged a gun in his hen house door to deter thieves. Thursday around 1 to 2 am the weapon fired injuring Arthur Ford of Denison, who was taken to Bonham hospital with a serious leg wound. Ford, Odell Ford, and Ocey Ellison were arrested. Ellison claimed not to be present.
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Burt Finley
Ector
Arthur (Tetch) Ford
Denison
Bonham
Odell
Ocey Ellison
Ellison
Short
Sheriff’s Department
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Desert News
Chicago
Melvin A. Traylor
Henry Ansley
Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
News-Globe Organization
News-Globe
Young Mothers’ Club
Hoover
West
Texas
Lilley Dry Goods Co
the Star
Brown Shoe Co
Perfek
Empire Building
New York City
Enterprise News
Whitewright
Sinclair
Main and
Bond Streets
W. P. Vaughn
Roscoe Vestal
Goodyear
Roscoe Vestal Service
Stn
International Harvester
Harvester Company
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