Winter weather chills Pilot Grove area and slows road work
The Pilot Grove news notes continued cold weather. Sunday services were canceled due to near zero temperatures. School resumed Monday with positive reports from teachers and students. Local social and family visits are listed, plus road work resurfacing west of Cannon to Bow Corner slowed by rain and cold, with twenty wagons moving gravel daily.
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Charley Dossey
Clinton
Okla
L. R. Dossey
Loyce Deberry
Whitewright
Virginia Benson
G. W. Judd
George Parrish
Slaton
Edith Ward
Gainesville
Leonard Ward
San Antonio
Simmie Ward
Pressley Ward
Page Ashinhurst
J. C. Henderson
Sherman
Earl Benson
Virginia
McKinney
J. E. Perkins
Cannon
Vondelee Matthews
Leonard
Viola St. John
New Year Adds Many To Sun Honor Roll
The Sun lists numerous new honorees as subscriptions stretch past January 1 1929. Weather delays renewals and a limited time offer keeps The Whitewright Sun and Semi-Weekly Farm News at 1.85 for one year. Names include Rev W A Kirkpatrick J W Mullens Miss Mattie Allison Jesse Bow R F Williams R D Benson and many others.
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Sun
Whitewright
W. A. Kirkpatrick
J. W. Mullens
Mattie Allison
Jesse Bow
R. F. Williams
R. D. Benson
Emma Dee Randle
J. L. Denton
W. H. McBroom
J. L. Ashlock
T. C. L. Hall
Fred W. Smith
Dave Alverson
W. F. Caraway
Gladys Wilson
P. J. Maynard
Charley Moore
Guy Hamilton
Burn Everheart
J. M. Simmons
Joe Hamilton
Ott Lack
R. H. May
W. F. Fields
Orbia Blanton
J. C. Skaggs
Claud Phillips
Me's King Garlic Eater of America in Rochester
Joseph Bellavia claims the world garlic eating title in Rochester. His manager Joseph Lauria posted 1000 dollars to any challenger who can beat him in a catch-as-catch-can contest. In Detroit he ate three bowls while rivals quit after two helps. Bellavia, a former 27th Division soldier, says he can eat two strings and over 60 heads at once.
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Rochester
Joseph Bellavia
Joseph Lauria
Villa Restaurant
Detroit
Bellavia
Three Cent Gas Tax Cut Planned in September
Texas State Treasurer Hatcher announced the 3c gasoline tax will be removed in September and return to a 2c rate. The move would cut about 1.5 million dollars from the school fund but leave roughly 5 million available to offset the loss and allow possible further tax relief next year. He projected balances of 15 million by March and 23 to 24 million by April, with no deficit expected.
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Austin
Hatcher
Marek
First Wife Becomes His Fifth Bride in Reunited Romance
In Aha nt Massachusetts Eugene Brann, age 79, reunites with his first wife now 75 after forty years apart. They wed during a honeymoon, stating the first love is true. Brann’s life includes multiple marriages and divorces with Flora Woodbury, Mary Quimby, and Mary Clifford, all noted in the report.
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Ahant
Mass
Eugene Brann
Branns
Brann
Gardiner
Maine
Whitefield
N. H
Mary Quimby
Meredith
Mary Clifford
Thurston
U. S. Failures Rise Slightly in 1927 Despite Liabilities Fall
U S fail ures total 20 265 with liabilities of 654 282 367 in 1927 per Bradstreet s. Failures up 1 2 percent from 1926 while liabilities dip by 0 1 percent. The year marks the second largest failure total on record, but liabilities remain below 1922 and 1921 peaks.
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New York
United States
Bradstreet’s
Political Announcements for 1928 Democratic Primary
The Sun lists candidate announcements for the July Democratic primary. for Tax Collector W. J. Bud Hogan is named as a candidate.
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the Sun
W. J
Bud) Hogan
Poor Man’s Views of 1928 from Beverly Hills
In Beverly Hills, Will Rogers chides newspapers for New Year’s optimism from rich bankers and millionaires. He notes 30,000 millionaires and 110,000,000 not, questioning why the 110 million are ignored. He suggests printing a poor man’s forecast for the coming year.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Will Rogers
London Zoo Opens Reptile House With Snake Hospital
The new reptile house at the London Zoological Gardens features a snake hospital with comfortable beds a resident physician a diet kitchen artificial sun lamps and an adjoining area where rare bugs are raised to feed the patients.
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Zoological Gardens
London
Victim Finds 1000 Francs Left In Hat After New Year Party
Frank Upman of Chicago awoke in the Hotel Negresco lobby to discover about 1000 francs, roughly $40, left in his hat by jokers who had placed him there after a New Year’s party. He heads to Monte Carlo on Tuesday to try his luck.
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Nice
Frank Upman
Chicago
Hotel Negresco
Upman
Monte Carlo
Payroll Probe Resumes on 1926 State Highway Dept
State Attorney General investigators resume inquiry into alleged padded payrolls from 1926 State Highway Department. Two former highway officials have already received prison terms. Travis County grand jury to be reconvened Monday, with data prep ongoing.
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Austin
Attorney General’s Department
State Highway Department
Travis County
Grand Jury
Kentuckytown Self Help Club Meeting Report
Mrs. Grady Brown hosted the Kentuckytown Self Help Club on Friday afternoon. Harris read a story promoting brotherly love after the business session, followed by social hour and refreshments. Mrs. P. H. Connelly will entertain January 12, with Miss Inez Derryberry leading the next meeting. Police in parts of Japan curb open-window sleep due to rising robberies.
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Grady Brown
Kentuckytown
Harris
P. H. Connelly
Inez Derryberry
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