Grayson County Prepares February Road Contracts
Grayson County will begin active road work in February with state contracts planned for grading and bridging two sections of highway No. 6 from Howe south through Van Alstyne to the Collin County line and Sherman to Red River. Rights of way are being secured. suits may be filed to obtain remaining signups.
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Grayson County
State Highway Commission
Sherman
R. M. Carter
Howe
van Alstyne
Collin County
Red River
Carter
J. G. Rollins
Commissioners’ Court
Denison
Preston Bridge
Judge Carter
Highway Commission
Highway Commission. Work Is Also Being Done On Highway No. 10 From Whitesboro
Denton County
Bells
Cooke County
Whitewright
Cottonseed Five Month Report Out
The Census Bureau reports a drop in cottonseed figures for Aug 1 to Dec 31. Totals show 3,007,030 tons processed, 992,049 tons on hand, with crude and refined oils, cake and meal, and linters produced and stocks detailed against last year’s period.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Linters
Liquor Left Beside Milk Plagues Little Rock Resident
A Little Rock resident, an ardent prohibitionist, reports daily for a week a pint of liquor left at his door in place of milk. The tale states the incident has brought 13 offers to sell his home and over 50 to rent, causing him embarrassment as police withhold his name.
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Little Rock
Japanese Maid Cuts Tongue In Self Punishment
In Seattle a 25 year old Japanese maid identified as Mrs Emy Tochi cut about an inch off her tongue in a act of self punishment for a sin. Doctors doubt she will speak again. Local Japanese say such self punitive acts are not uncommon in their community.
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Seattle
Wash
Emy Tochi
Senate Responsible For 3 Cent Gas Tax
Dallas report says the Texas Senate blocked a House plan to reduce motor vehicle license fees while approving a 3 cent gasoline tax. Representative Ray Holder notes the House bill would cut the license fee by about one third and set a 22 horsepower car tax at around four dollars. He states Dallas delegates supported the fee cut, and House supporters would back it again if reelected.
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Dallas
Senate
Texas
Ray Holder
Lancaster
Holder
House
Johns Hopkins Receives 195000 for Common Cold Study
The Chemical Foundation funds Johns Hopkins University to explore the origin nature and possible cure of the common cold. Francis P Garvan president of the foundation makes the gift aimed at uncovering why people catch colds about every 18 months and seeking remedies.
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Baltimore
School of Medicine, Public Health and Hygiene
Johns Hopkins University
Chemical Foundation
Francis P. Garvan
Foundation
Will 1928 nomination go to a dark and not a draft horse
The item questions the 1928 nomination process and asks whether the outcome will be a discreet, indirect choice rather than a straightforward selection. It frames the political maneuver as a test of strategy and alignment.
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Wall Street Journal
Pittsburg
Ranger Keeps Own Diary of Gun Battles
Laredo report: Jess Perez a Texas Ranger for 30 years keeps a diary of gun battles along the Rio Grande. He notes each clash with bandits and whisky runners from the Villa era onward, saying he will start a new record after finishing the current volume.
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Ranger
Laredo
Jess Perez
Perez
Texas
United States Mounted
Rio Grande
Villa
Fake Movie Battle Costs Actor's Life in Nevada Trench
Reno man Daniel Silverwood, 30, dies from injuries after a dynamite blast during a snowbound film shoot near Truckee. Location trench for a Cossack engagement on Siberian steppes destroys sections of the scene. Detroit News notes stray prosperity line.
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Reno
Nev
Truckee
Daniel Silverwood
Siberian
Smith Declines 276 Invitations
The New York Evening Post questions whether a bigger invitation or event is imminent as 'Smith' declines 276 invitations in a poised public stance.
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Smith
New York Evening Post
Controlling argument on inheritance tax cites dead men voting
The Wall Street Journal argues that the federal inheritance tax faces a challenge because the premise that dead men cannot vote underpins the policy. The piece frames the tax debate as a proxy for voting rights and fiscal policy.
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Wall Street Journal
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Quaker State Motor Oil
Seiberling Tires
Supreme Service
Stateville & Spindle
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City Property
S. H. Montgomery & Son
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Reeves
North
South Side
Main St
The
Bank of Friendly
Friendly Banking Service
Planters National Bank
Dyer @ Jones
Drug Store No
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Cash Grocery
PittSb
Whitewright Lumber Company
Garland Gas Ranges
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