Pilot Grove News Weather Woes And Local Elections
Heavy rains damaged land crops and gardens while a week of cold and frost hurt vegetation. Warm sun is needed to dry fields and allow work to resume. School dismissed for Miss Helen Oliphant’s mother’s funeral in Sherman. Arthur Conner re-elected and J H Dixon chosen to replace F M Sloan in trustee race. Easter programs were rained out.
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Helen Oliphant
Sherman
Denison
Arthur Conner
J. H. Dixon
F. M. Sloan
J. A. Henderson
Baptist Church
League
Woodmen Hall
Elmer St. John
San Antonio
Z. W. Binion
J. L. Taylor
D. M. Taylor
Earl Benson
R. E. L. Binion
Herbert Taylor
Tom Binion
S. G. Ashinhurst
D. Biggerstaff
W. D. Ownby
Whitewright
Bow Corner Club Meets For Salad Demonstration
The Bow Corner Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs J L Denton on Friday April 6 at 2 pm. Eleven members answered roll call. Miss Harris introduced by Miss Inez Derryberry. Salad making demonstrated and a talk by Miss Harris. Adjourned to meet with Mrs J B Dixon April 20 Reporter.
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Bow Corner
J. L. Denton
Miss Harris
Inez Derryberry
J. B. Dixon
For Sale Items Include Jersey Cow and Food Orders
Good Jersey milk cow for sale by Earl Fields contact 2411-2. Also cakes pies and dressed chickens to order from Mrs J L Cantrell contact 921.
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Jersey
Earl Fields
J. L. Cantrell
Jersey Auction Offers 35 Registered Cattle at Red River Fair
A public sale at Red River Valley Fair Grounds Friday April 20 at 1 30 p m features 35 registered Jersey cattle from Grayson County Live Stock Assoc Sherman Texas. Auctioneers Ed Heriff and George Apple invite catalogs. Dyer Jones products for poultry health are advertised in the same column.
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Red River Valley Fair Grounds
Ed Heriff
Oklahoma City
Okla
George Apple
MccKinney
Texas
Grayson County Live Stock Ass’n
Sherman
Washouts and Yaqui trouble delay mail by steamer in Mexico
News notes report transport disruption in Southern Mexico as washouts and Yaqui conflicts push mail by sea instead of rail causing a one day transit delay.
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Mexico
United States
Medellin
Columbia
Pacific Ocean
Switzerland
Bombay
Government Railways of
India
Soerabaya
Java
South Wales
Strikers Granted Credit for Theaters Admission
A concession allows strikers to gain admission credit at moving picture theaters for the strike’s duration. Separately, Melbourne plans a seven story office block with marble halls and Queensland marble and parquet floors.
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Moving Picture
Melbourne
Queensland
Ice Concrete: Finland Invents Porous Light Building Material
The new material called Ice Concrete blends cement and sand with crushed ice to create blocks honeycombed with tiny pores. As ice melts heat drives evaporation, yielding blocks that are exceptionally light and durable for use in houses and offices.
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Finland
Waldemar Kaempffert
New York Times
Ice concrete blocks save weight and insulate well
The Literary Digest notes ice concrete blocks can save 20 to 50 percent in weight. Their cellular structure insulates against heat in summer and cold in winter. Without sand the material remains tough, sawing and nailing as easily as wood.
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Literary Digest
America's Fruit Exports Rise Steadily in 1927
Department of Commerce figures show U S fruit exports valued at about 60 million dollars in 1927, nearly double 1925. Apples accounted for 30 million dollars of the export value, underscoring the prominence of fruit in international trade as other sectors push growth.
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Department of Commerce
American fruit exports outline key markets and orders
The passage notes shipments of fruit with oranges next followed by pears grapefruit and lemons. It adds England as the leading market for American fruits, highlighting shipping quality as a factor in demand.
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England
Fort Worth
Prohibition Conference Called by Pussyfoot Johnson
Detroit News reports Pussyfoot Johnson convenes a world prohibition conference in Africa amid optimistic forecasts due to favorable conditions in the Sahara.
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Pussyfoot Johnson
Africa
Sahara
Detroit News
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Pilot Grove News
BOW Corner Club
Tex Rickard
Louisville Times
Fall
Sinclair
Brunswick (Ga
Whitewright Hatchery
Durham
City
Planters Gin Company
Tom Barbee
E. O. Thomas
Lee Hampton
Joe Johnson
R. W. Ball
Route Four
P. C. Delfel
J. Lee Yates
J. A. Short
P. Janway
J. W. McMurry Grocery
Millsap
J. W. Murphy
Buell Spindle
A. G. Bradley
John Hollingsworth
Eclipse
Clark & Meador Good Hardware
Dyer & Jones
America
M. E. Greenway
S. H. Montgomery & Son
Southern Ice Service
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