Oppose Discharging County Farm Agents in Grayson County
Farmers and HD club members protest a plan by the Grayson County Taxpayers' League to abolish the county farm agent and home demonstration agent along with five other officers. The meeting debated rescinding last week's abolition vote as candidates sign a tax cut pledge and election procedures are adjusted.
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Sherman
Grayson County Taxpayers’ League
Home Demonstration
Grayson
League
Fifty-ninth District
Dave Taylor
Pilot Grove
Edwin Kidd
Taylor
Grayson County
Taxpayers’ League
Earl Williams
R. L. Cherry
Tioga
County Council of HD Clubs
Sam C. Johnson
P. F. Boggs
Taxpayers’ Committee
Mr. Boggs
Gray
Benny F. Gray
Kidd
Ivy
Johnson
Grand Jury
James V. Allred
John Umphress
van Alstyne
Committee On Election
Hitch-Hiker Laws Spread Across Eight States
Eight states have made hitch-hiking a misdemeanor and New Hampshire considers a humorous bill requiring a $3.20 registry, a $2.30 license, a metal destination sign, a one-gallon gasoline contribution, and night lights for hikers. The column also urges using the Want Column for lost items.
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New Hampshire
Secretary of State
Desert News Social Roundup and Local Visit Notes
Desert News items recall Dr Tommie Morrow visiting Mrs J H Matthews in Blue Ridge. Local shopping trips include Mesdames J H Matthews Jodie Akridge Jess Cooper Doyle Matthews and Mamie Matthews in McKinney. Obituary notes Mrs Jim Norwood 78 dies at daughter’s Sedalia home with Westminster church funeral and Cross Roads Cemetery burial. Community attendance includes C C Gentry Sherman visiting Uncle John Gentry and Pascal Binion and family from Dallas visiting Mrs D B Tate.
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Tommie Morrow
Blue Ridge
J. H. Matthews
Jodie Akridge
Jess Cooper
Doyle Matthews
Mamie Matthews
McKinney
Jim Norwood
John Jackson
Sedalia
Westminster
Cross Roads Cemetery
C. C. Gentry
Sherman
John Gentry
Pascal Binion
Dallas
D. B. Tate
Rocky Ewell
Ector
J. D. Butler
Trenton
Louise Akridge
Desert
Taylor Holcomb
Wallace Caraway
Merritt Caraway
Smith
Leonard
Byron Caraway
Rube Frazier
J. T. Norwood
Glory
Hopper
Joe Skidmore
Paris
W. D. Norwood
Greenville
Lota Frazier
Bob Tilton
W. A. Bates
Lawrence Kelly
Howe
Billie Dunham
Albert Gentry
George Miller
Clyde Southerland
John Adams
Shaver Named State Superintendent to Succeed Marrs
Gov. Ross S. Sterling appoints Charles N. Shaver as State Superintendent of Public Instruction to replace the late S. M. N. Marrs. Shaver, Huntsville superintendent, has long been associated with Texas schools and served in the Fortieth and Forty-First Legislatures. His term ends December 31, with L. A. Woods, George P. Barron, and Jefferson Smith mentioned as potential candidates for a full term.
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Austin
Charles N. Shaver
Ross S. Sterling
S. M. N. Marrs
Shaver
Huntsville
L. A. Woods
Waco
McLennan County
George P. Barron
Pearsall
Jefferson Smith
Monkeys Cause Trouble Around Nikko Town
Wild Japanese monkeys raid fields and poultry yards around Nikko. In Fukushima prefecture villagers report monkeys chasing horses into hills. A villager named Zainikazuka saw his horse disappear while cutting hay and followed it to a valley where a monkey led the pack into the hills. Sun and Semi-Weekly Farm News advertised at the same address for $1.85 per year.
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Nikko
Fukushima
Zainikazuka
Sun
Notice of Suit for Title and Possession Grayson County Texas
The State of Texas issues a citation by publication in Grayson County for four weeks to B. Stell J. G. Hagan and wife Beulah Hagan and T. B. Palmer to appear May 1932 in Sherman before the District Court to answer a petition filed March 19 1932 by Jacob Held seeking judgment for title and possession of land on Post Oak Creek Lot 15 Block 2 G Y Gray Add and Lot 18 Block 2 as per deeds Vol 309 page 493. Plaintiff claims July 1 1928 seizure and unlawful entry by defendants with damages sought totaling 1000 plus costs and relief. The writ directed to the Sheriff or Constable with return. Witness Clerk G P Gafford District Court Grayson County Texas.
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State OF Texas
District Court
Grayson County
Grayson
B. Stell
J. G. Hagan
Beulah Hagan
T. B. Palmer
State of
Texas
Sherman
Jacob
S. B. Stell
Jesse H. Howell
Stella Howell
Post Oak Creek
G. Y. Gray
City of
G. P. Gafford
District Court of Grayson Co
Seerenan
R. B. Aston
Typographical Gems Celebrate Mr and Mrs Edward Daughter
A Homer New York paper notes the girth of a daughter for Mr and Mrs Edward in a brief society style item filled with old fashioned phraseology and typographical quirks.
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Mademoiselle
Edward
Homer
N. Y
Battle fleet armament totals reveal sixteen 16-inch guns
An unidentified paper notes the main battery of the battle fleet comprises sixteen 16 inch guns and eighty 14 inch guns.
Courage Leads To Locked Bedroom Door Mystery
A Paterson Evening News item notes a woman gathering courage and leaving for her door, only to find the bedroom door locked amid garbled text. The fragment suggests a puzzling incident without clear names or outcomes.
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Paterson Evening News
Fred Hill Welcomes 9% Pound Boy in Yorkville
Fred Hill becomes father to a nine pound boy born last Wednesday. Both father and son are doing well in Yorkville Illinois.
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Fred Hill
Yorkville (Ill
Giants star Mel Ott balks at 1932 salary cut
Mel Ott, star right fielder for the New York Giants, refuses the proposed salary reduction for 1932. He says the cut suggested is too large and declines to accept it.
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Melvin Ott
New York Giants
Early Morning Kitchen Fire Damages Prince Edward Home
A fire at a residence in Farmville damages the kitchen and contents, causing smoke and heat spread through the building. Firefighters from Prince Edward respond, extinguishing the blaze with no injuries reported. It remains under investigation for a cause.
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Prince Edward
Farmville
Suffering Humanity: mass displacement reported in Fall River
Twenty people were driven from a property along with eight children two dogs a litter of eight puppies and two canaries. The incident highlights a humanitarian crisis center on a local property.
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Fall River
Mass
Paul M Shelby Opens El Paso Office for Nevada Mines
Paul M. Shelby, veteran miner with activity in several Nevada camps, has opened an El Paso office and plans operations across the United States and Texas.
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Paul M. Shelby
Nevada
el Paso
United States
Texas
el Paso Paper
Meaning of chauf feu explained in father son banter
A father tells his son that chauf feu is the word for the driver of a motor car. The son then muses that this was not the label he used for the driver who nearly hit their father yesterday.
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Palace Theatre
Planters Gin Co
Interstate Contracting Company
Desert News
Marrs
Attaboy
Tve
Minneapolis Journal
Kimbell Milling Co
Louisiana “Power
General Electric
G-E
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