Grayson County Budgets for 1936 Tax Hike Ends in Court Endorsement
Grayson County Commissioners endorsed a 93 cent county tax rate for 1936, an 8 cent hike over 1934 due to warrant debts, with the budget prepared by county auditor B. M. Whiteacre. The plan anticipates $93,853.27 general fund revenue for 1936 and notes a low cash balance, hospital and pauper care costs, and proposed cuts including prisoner feed and utility savings to balance the budget.
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Sherman
Commissioners’ Court
B. M. Whiteacre
Whiteacre
R. M. Carter
Household Hints From A Century Ago
Practical consumer tips cover keeping pleats, poaching eggs, and flavoring fried potatoes. Soil and stain guidance includes storing milk cold, pressing onions for juice, waxing wood, refreshing wilted lettuce, and stain removal for fruit, meat, and blood using cold water or soap.
Root Rot Strikes Dallas Elm Forest Amid No Known Cure
Dallas elm trees suffer from cotton root rot with no cure known. Forest Jacoby, director, says trees in parks will be removed when in parkways and urges planting hackberry as a hardy alternative. Dallas crews increase pruning to improve city beauty before the Centennial. A separate note mentions a Chicago bookseller seeking Farrar's Seeker After God and receiving a quip reply.
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Dallas
Forest Jacoby
Jacoby
Park Board
Chicago
Canon Farrar
Seeker
God
New York
Philadelphia
Perilous Flights Highlight Texas Governor's Travels
Secretary Ed Clark and Governor James V Allred endure rough air trips including a Port Isabel fishing voyage and a Center to Austin flight where landing gear doubt sparked a note from the pilot. Attorney General Bill McCraw pilots his own plane and prefers the cockpit occupied by himself.
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Austin
Ed Clark
James V. Allred
Clark
Port Isabel
San Augustine
Bill McCraw
Humorous Exchange on Marriage and Understanding Women
Comic dialogue contrasts male ignorance before and after marriage with a witty banter about relationships. The joke highlights differing perceptions of women across life stages in a single exchange.
All-in wrestling bite scene escalates between fighters
A referee misses a biting incident as one wrestler bites the other leading to a heated exchange. The suff erer accuses the opponent, who retorts that swallowing is not possible, highlighting the tension and improvised violence in the match.
The Country Doctor and the 1873 Epidemic
Nostalgic note on old country physicians who treated many ailments, contrasted with modern specialization. A anecdote about a town named Marshall in 1873 facing an epidemic, illustrating harsh conditions and limited medical pay.
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Marshall
Divorce Action Filed in Grayson County Court
Citation issued in 1935 for J B Robertson to answer Florence Robertson in the 15th Judicial District, Grayson County. Case number 44191 cites cruel treatment and adultery as grounds, with publication four weeks in a Grayson County newspaper. Return date set for the first Monday in October 1935 in Sherman.
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State OF
Texas
District Court
Grayson County
Grayson
J. B. Robertson
15Th Judicial District
Sherman
Florence Robertson
S. V. Earnest
District Court of
Grayson Co
City of
S. W. Earnest
B. M. Whiteacre
Faithful Doctors Worked Through Texas Yellow Fever Outbreak
Homer M. Price quotes Tyler Journal on a yellow fever surge where over a third of the population fell ill and about 150 died. Most fled the area leaving only two doctors who toiled nonstop. One doctor, exhausted, told his son he would sleep three hours but must be disturbed for a dying child.
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Homer M. Price
Tyler Journal
Governor's Catch-22 Spoils Puzzle
A disputed election left many claiming the governor as the sole chooser of spoils. One job led to a drowning accident when a candidate perished in the river. A claimant rushed to claim the prison superintendent post only to be told the job had already been filled by the man who witnessed the fall.
Wholesale index slightly higher as farm goods lead gains
The wholesale commodity price index rose six tenths of 1 percent for the week ended Aug. 10. At 80.1 percent of the 1926 average it is 6 percent above last year and 15 percent above two years ago. Farm products and foods drove most gains with live stock and poultry up over 6 percent. Building materials and house furnishings edged lower.
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United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
As a Woman Sees It Love's Quick Change
Clara admits she adored George a month ago but now feels indifferent. Anna notes men are changeable, observing a moment of shifting affection between the two women.
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Clara
George
Anna
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