Harding estate estimated at 700000 to 800000
Close ads from estatemakers place the late President Harding’s fortune between 700000 and 800000. Before his presidency he was wealthy from Marion Star ownership. He held major stock in Marion enterprises and was a director of Marion County Bank and Home Building and Loan. His will, made before Alaska trip, not yet probated.
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Ohio
Harding
Marion Star
Marion
Marion County Bank
Home Building and Loan and Savings Co
Washington
Alaska
Governor Alvin M. Owsley Signals Texas Governor Race Postponement
In Denton on August 5 Col. Alvin M. Owsley national commander of the American Legion said he would not decide on running for Texas governor until after his term ends next October and after he reviews the Democrats’ stance early next year.
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Denton
American Legion
Texas
Alvin M. Owsley
Whitewright Girl Writes From Denton
Dear Editor and Homefolks describes life at North Texas State Teachers College in Denton. Students report six weeks of work and recreation including lyceum lectures by notable leaders, dramatic club performances, a Japanese carnival and negro minstrel, and a Grayson Cooke County Club picnic at Club Lake with moonlit boat rides and watermelon feast.
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North Texas State Teachers’ College
E. H. Cockerell
Ft. Worth
M. H. Moore
Joseph W. Bailey
Walter Splawn
Railroad Commission
Lillie Bruce Dramatic Club
Mary Arden Club
Grayson- Cooke County Club
Club Lake
Grayson Cookes Sing Homeward After County Rally
On the way home after a county rally the Grayson and Cookes groups sang songs and shouted hearty greetings for their counties before returning to their homes. Best wishes to The Sun. Sallye Hamilton, Reporter.
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Grayson- Cookes
the Sun
Sallye Hamilton
Farmer J. T. Ethridge Files Bankruptcy Petition
J. T. Ethridge a farmer near Tom Bean filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S District Court Saturday afternoon. The petition lists liabilities totaling 2643 dollars and assets of 250 dollars. All assets are claimed as exempt.
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J. T. Ethridge
Tom Bean
United States District Court
Sherman Democrat
Local notes and characters from Hogwallow
Foggy preaching Sunday notices. a rain Thursday wets those who spared it. Columbus Allsop boasts a self made pig. Atlas Peck quits as traveling pants salesman after Calf Ribs store notice. Slim Pickens studies politeness. Sim Flinders wears his hat backward in Bounding Billows. Isaac Helwanger, recently ill, now sits on the porch remarking on passersby.
Neff to Open Red River Valley Fair October 2
Governor Pat M. Neff accepted an invitation from Lee Simmons of the Red River Valley Fair to open the Sherman fair on October 2 with an address.
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NEFF
Pat M. Neff
Lee Simmons
Red River Alley
Sherman
Lee Tipton Accepts Two Year Sentence in Assault to Murder Case
Sherman reports Lee Tipton, a prominent young farmer from south Grayson County, accepted a two year sentence after being convicted at the last term of court and withdrew his appeal for a new trial.
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Sherman
Lee Tipton
Grayson County
Local Visitors and Social Buzz At Ell(y) and Enterprise
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kidd of Dallas visit at Mrs. Brown's home. Weldon Wilson returns from a two week Dallas trip. Amazone and Fender May stay with aunt Mrs. M. R. Smith. Irene Jessie and Gertie Brown visit Maye and Faye Smith. Mrs. R. J. Phillips and daughter return to Ivanhoe after visiting the Smith family. Gladys Wilson visits Sabinal. Verner Smith and brothers travel to Slaton for a few days. J. T. Cox and wife return from visiting daughter Mrs. Sam Hodges at West. Revival continues this week at Marvin with several conversions.
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W. E. Kidd
Dallas
W. C. Brown
Weldon Wilson
Aubrey Wilson
Amazone
Fender May
M. R. Smith
Irene
Jessie
Gertie Brown
Maye
Faye Smith
R. J. Phillips
Ivanhoe
Gladys Wilson
Sabinal
Verner Smith
Lee
Charlie Moore
Slaton
J. T. Cox
Sam Hodges
West
Marvin
Bobbed Hair Divorce Trend Noted in San Francisco Courts
A San Francisco report notes that during two years of bobbed hair fashion no wife with bobbed hair has petitioned for divorce nor appears on hospital death by own action records. The discussion ties style to marital happiness and life preservation amid hot weather activity.
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San Francisco
Bobbed hair and divorce trends in San Francisco lawsuits
A Fort Worth Star-Telegram excerpt notes superior court rulings on divorce statistics, hospital vital records, and a curious link between bobbed hair and marital stability. It suggests bobbed hair reduced divorces by two years of cases, then argues fashion now bans bobbed styles, questioning its impact on marriage and self-destruction risks.
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Superior Court
San Francisco
Fort Worth
When Other Folks Go Wrong
A reflective poem from the Los Angeles Times on human fallibility and forgiveness. The speaker urges restraint in judging others, noting that both good and bad traits exist in everyone and temptations shape character. The poem advocates empathy and patience toward those who stumble.
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Los Angeles Times
Large Chicken Hawk Attacks Boy in Arnockville
Six year old son of Mr and Mrs Conrad Sauer was injured when a chicken hawk swooped from a wood pile. The hawk struck the back of his neck and the area beneath his eye leaving a long gash as older children restrained and killed the bird.
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Conrad Sauer
Arnockville
Calomel reform with Pepsinated Calomel touted
An advertisement extols Pepsinated Calomel as a gentler form of calomel that cleanses the liver without griping or nausea. It claims the pepsin treatment preserves purifying power, suits children, and comes with a money back guarantee from Dyer & Jones and other druggists.
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Dyer & Jones
Hawk Attack Leaves Child Severely Clawed in Struggle
Clarksville Review reports a violent hawk attack where a child fought to release and sustained deep lacerations to the face neck hands and arms from the bird claws during the attempt to kill the hawk.
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Clarksville
Texas Facts and Figures Snapshot
A compact overview of Texas demographics and agriculture. It notes population density relative to Massachusetts, land area compared to the old German Empire, total farms at 417 770 with 24 000 of them at 500 acres each, annual farm spending on implements at 16 million dollars, and the claim that Texas could support the U S population using two acres per person. It also lists cotton production and related industries: 18 percent of world cotton, 4670 gins, 113 compresses, 228 cotton seed oil mills and 20 cotton mills.
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Texas
United States
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