Child Drowns in Abandoned Hill County Well
Six year old Thomas Britton of Mertens fell into a neglected water well on a vacant lot and drowned Sunday. His body was recovered after about two hours, with county attorney noting a stumble on the curbing as the likely cause. The well, three feet wide with only a brick high curb, lay near his home as other children collected flowers.
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Mertens
Thomas Britton
Otto Britton
Britton Lad
William B. Martin
Britton
U S Wants Better Rural Mail Boxes Week Appeal
The U S Post Office Department designates May 16 as Rural Box Improvement Week urging every mail box owner to keep boxes in good condition paint both box and support and display the owner's name on the approach side. Grayson County official says maintenance crews will provide a creosoted stand and install the box if the owner furnishes it.
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Uncle Sam
U. S. Post Office Department
Floyd Brent
Grayson
State Highway Department
War veterans costs projected at 43 billion in decade
A staff study for the Hoover Commission notes WWII veterans will cost at least 43 billion dollars over the next ten years, including 36 billion in pensions and 11 billion in medical care by mid 1958. The report cautions the figures may be conservative and could influence economic policy.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Hoover Commission
Veterans Task Force
Trundle Engineering Co
Cleveland
Herbert Hoover
House Committee On Veterans Affairs
Tension and Ulcers Are Mates, Is Doctor's Warning
Dr. Andrew C. Ivy says ulcers rise with work stress, especially among wealthy executives under constant pressure. He notes lower rates among their wives and urges relaxation and environmental relief from tension.
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Los Angeles
Andrew C. Ivy
University of Illinois’ Professional Colleges
Ivy
U. S. Navy
Seventh Day Adventists’ College of Medical Evangelist Postgraduates Assembly
Giving God a Year in Minnesotan Evangelical Drive
Reverend Edward Nelson leads 31 volunteers in a yearlong religious mission funded by a private donor. From Minnesota into Canada they travel by two buses and a station wagon door to door to urge church attendance and daily religious practice, promising new converts a daily necessity and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris News
Edward Nelson
Duluth
Minnesota
Harold Lidbom
Gamble
Nelson
General Baptist Conference
Association
Swedish Baptists
Canada
United States
Danish spinsterhood insurance offered in Copenhagen
Danish girls may now take out insurance against spinsterhood and statistics show they have higher odds of remaining unwed than other European women. Premiums grant a monthly pension if they remain unmarried by a set age.
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Copenhagen
Divorce Petition Command for Ruth R Murray
Citation in No 57253 commands Ruth R Murray to appear by 10 AM on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance to answer John B Murray's petition filed April 18 1949 in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment issued April 18 1949 by Clerk S V Earnest with deputy Nancy Drake.
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State of
Texas
Ruth R. Murray
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
John B. Murray
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Delinquent Tax Foreclosure in Grayson County Texas
State of Texas files suit No. 57273 in Grayson County District Court against E I Evidue Bruce and others for delinquent ad valorem taxes on Lots 10 to 19, Block 1 and adjacent parcels in Collinsville, with The City of Collinsville and other units named. Judgment sought includes taxes, interest, penalties, costs, and foreclosure of liens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Grayson
American Asbestos Products Co
Cities Service Oil Co
A Corp
Fairbanks-Morse & Co
Ben E. Keith Co
Linz Bros
H. J. Heinz Co
L. M
C. C. Collins
Collinsville
Grayson County
Texas
Waldo
E. I
Evidue
Bruce
District Court of
15Th Judicial District
Notice to all parties in tax suit foreclosing liens
All parties including plaintiff defendants and intervenors must plead to all tax claims delinquent at filing and any that become delinquent before judgment with interest penalties and costs. Defendants must appear and defend on the first Monday after 42 days from June 6 1949 before the Gray son County Texas District Court to show cause why judgment should not be rendered and property foreclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Grayson County
Texas
Sherman
A. D
S. V. Earnest
15Th Judicial District
Nancy Drake
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Hill County
U.S
Joseph Conrad
Encyclopedia Britannica
Pascal Farley
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Best Farm
M. & P. Bank Bldg. A. Y. Creager Co
Sherman, Texas
Helen Cornell
Kingston Drug Store
Rexall
Marco Polo
Far East
Europe
Babelone
Babcock Auto Store
W. E. Stanford
Joe Marsh
Main Street
United States Brewers Foundation
Banking House
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Securities
C. C. C. Cotton Loans
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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