Whitewright Women Eligible for National Canning Contest
Announcement from Chicago details Sears Roebuck Agricultural Foundation offering 1250 dollars for the best jar of canned fruit vegetables or meat in the United States. Contest open to all women and girls with divisions for fruit vegetables and meat. Entries must be mailed between August 15 and October 1 and may win cash prizes plus agent awards for counties with most entries.
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Chicago
United States
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
U. S. Department of Agriculture
National Canning Contest Seeks Entries for Uniform Samples
The article outlines judging rules and methods for pressure canning contests. Contestants must submit standard quart jars with uniform samples. The National Canning Contest provides one Ball mason jar per entry and shipping cartons, with participants in multiple divisions supplying additional jars. Headquarters are at 925 S. Homan Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
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S. Homan Ave
Chicago
Ilinois
Mayor Brown Announces Run for Texas Governor
Mineral Wells Mayor Charlton Brown declared on Saturday his candidacy for Texas governor from his city hall office. He described his plan as a simple cotton stocking and overall platform aimed at ordinary people, promising a formal statement soon. A Dallas official urged support, calling Brown a “one-gallus” representative of laborers and farmers.
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Mineral Wells
Charlton Brown
Texas
Austin
Brown
Gowrner
J. Waddy Tate
Dallas
Jim Hogg
Texas Harvest Records of 1928 29 Highlight Poultry Honey and Tomato
Texas shipped 27 million pounds of dressed poultry in 1928 a state record. The 1928 honey crop reached 6 million pounds from an investment of 1,247,430 across 249 027 colonies. Texas hosts 589 bird species the most in the nation. The 1929 commercial tomato crop is valued at about 3 500 000, more than double 1928.
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Texas
State
The
Union
Wealth Won By Unsound Means Not Of Lasting Value
Essay argues that thrift is the essential foundation of lasting wealth. It contends many successful financiers fail due to thriftlessness, and that saving money is achievable by anyone, while plunger tactics rarely yield enduring wealth.
Too Cheap a Kind Stranger Bargains for a Kiss
An elderly man offers a nickel for a kiss from a girl in the park. The child refuses, noting she earns a dime for taking castor oil, asserting she does not accept his offer. The scene presents a sharp exchange highlighting social behavior and stinginess.
New Road District Formed in Grayson County
A new highway maintenance district No. 18 was announced by state highway engineer Gib Gil christ. The district will include eight counties from former districts 1, 2 and 3, with Clifton Rice of Dallas noted as a former assistant engineer in the field.
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Austin
Gib Gilchrist
Clifton Rice
Dallas
District 18 to Hold Most Pavement Miles in State
The highway department announces a new maintenance engineer in charge as District 18 gains 900 miles of pavement within its borders. Grayson Cooke Rockwall Collin Ellis Kaufman and Dallas counties form the district, with Grayson moving from district 1 in Paris where W. D. Dockery was replaced by J. B. Metcalf after transferring from Paris.
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Highway Department
District 18
Grayson
Cooke
Rockwall
Collin
Ellis
Kaufman
Dallas
Paris
W. D. Dockery
Sherman
J. B. Metcalf
Gang War Begins in New Orleans Sparks Modernity Debate
A Miami Herald quote questions the South's progressiveness as gang conflict erupts in New Orleans, framing the event within a debate on regional modernization. The remark highlights tensions between crime, urban life, and cultural perception.
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New Orleans
South
Miami
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S. W. Straus
American Society For Thrift
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New Road
Grayson Co
Grayson County
Clarence
Red) Pace
Pace
Red
Lee Norris
Bob and
Buell
S&s
Supreme Service
Stateville & Spindle
Hotpoint Electric Range
Ooking School
Hotpoint
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