Bonham Woman Holds Early Texas Map of Red River and Trails
Bonham resident Mrs. Alice McClellan, widow of Judge BE. D. McClellan, owns a 1839 General Land Office map of Texas compiled by her father R. Hunt and Jessie F. Randel. The map outlines Red River County, Nacogdoches County, old trails, buffalo ranges, and Rusk’s 1839 march, with notes on Waco as an Indian village and Austin’s colony.
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United States
Fannin County
Gainesville
Buffalo
Nacogdoches County
Fannin
Red River
Roxo de Natchitoches
Waco
Caddo Lake
Pecos
Gains Landing
Nacogdoches
San Antonio
Rusk
General Rusk
Clarksville
Jack County
Mrs. McClellan
Quirky Tales From Hogwallow News
A lighthearted column from Hogwallow parodies daily life with residents like Frisby Hancock and Columbus Allsop. Characters discuss spring frogs, misplaced items, and humorous misunderstandings around chores and fashion. The mood is playful and satirical about small town antics.
Pieces of Steel Insured for $20,000 on Display
Eleven one millionth inch steel gauges by Carl E Johansson are shown at the Petit Salon in Stanleigh Court Dallas. Each block is one millionth inch larger than the previous one and kept at 68 degrees for accurate reading. Heat from fingers can alter measurements, so tweezers are used. The set is insured for $20,000.
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Stanleigh Court
Dallas
Carl E. Johansson
Johansson
Fifty Hurt as Louisiana Storm Rips New Orleans
Fifty people were injured when a severe wind and hailstorm struck sections of New Orleans on Thursday night. The storm wrecked numerous residences and damaged others, with police estimating property damage over a quarter of a million dollars.
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New Orleans
Texas plants 30 400 acres in melons
Texas will be second to Georgia in watermelon production this year if weather stays favorable. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics lists 30,400 acres in Texas, with Georgia at 40,700 and Florida at 28,830, among other states.
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Austin
Texas
Georgia
South
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Co-Operative State Federal Market News Service
Florida
South Carolina
Alabama
North Carolina
Imperial Valley of California
Teacher Acquitted in Assault Case Near Denison
Sherman jury freed G. E. Chapman former Layne School principal on a criminal assault charge after a forty minute deliberation. Chapman testified to deny the accusation while the pupil testified earlier in the trial.
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Sherman
G. E. Chapman
Chapman
Layne School
Denison
Helps Over Hard Places with Chamberlains Remedy
A recipe style product note touts Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as easy to take when diluted with water. It claims near instant relief from sudden stomach pains cramps and intestinal disorders and states it is safe for giving to children for common childhood stomach aches.
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Chamberlain
Fortune for Smiles: Youth Receives Meriden Superintendent’s Estate
The Meriden Connecticut factory superintendent left about $59,000 to a young newspaper seller who cared for him. The will was filed recently and revealed the man’s entire estate passed to the smiling helper.
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Meriden
Conn
Independent by Will Gains From Factory Encounter
While selling his papers at a factory, a young man impressed a passerby whose act of generosity made him fairly independent through the man’s will.
More Than a Million Poll Taxes This Year
Poll tax receipts issued in Texas this year total 1,195,239 across 251 counties, up 181,421 over last year. Dallas County leads, with Harris, Bexar and Tarrant next, while 227 counties show increases and 24 show declines. The total voting strength is estimated at 1,274,525 after exemptions.
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Texas
Dallas News
Galveston News
San Antonio Express
Dallas County
Harris
Bexar
Tarrant
Grayson Buise
Tariff as Great as All Local Taxes Combined
Revenues from taxes collected by states counties cities townships and all local units for the year ending June 30 1925 totaled 4 224 616 000 or 38 86 per person. The current Republican tariff is estimated to be at least 4 000 000 000 or 36 36 per capita. These tariff taxes fall most on agricultural regions of the country.
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Advertises a cold remedy named Laxative Bromo Quinine with E W Grove signature on each box. Claims to stop cough and headache and work off the cold in one day. Presents the product as a proven health solution from a labeled tablet brand.
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E.W. Grove
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Bonham Woman
Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Frisby Hancock
Sile Kilden
Tickville
Fitcher Henstep
Jefferson Potlocks
Columbus Allsop
Ellick Helwanger
Washington Hocks
Atlas Peck
Sim Flinders
Sim
Sidney Hocks
Yam Sims
Sidney
Warden
Sun and
Louisiana
Thrifty
Planters National Bank
Mangrum Brothers
Sun
Worle
Mondor
Lele
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