Benjamin Franklin remembered in Washington era tribute
January 17 marks the 226th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin, noted for science, diplomacy, and early American unity efforts. The piece highlights his Boston birth, Philadelphia printing rise, Poor Richard’s Almanac, scientific experiments, and crucial Franco-American influence guiding the Revolution, ending with his 1790 death and gift of a cane to Washington. Sun and Semi-Weekly Farm News subscription note at end.
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George Washington
Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
America
Boston
United States
Philadelphia
Keith
London
Denham
Hugh Meredith
Pennsylvania Gazette
Union
France
General Washington
Farm budget slashes target federal aid highway funds
The House Appropriations Committee reported an Agriculture Department bill at 175,443,814 dollars for the current year, 10,799,591 less than Hoover's request, with major cuts in Federal aid highways and several bureau budgets as part of a broad economy drive.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Agriculture Department
Hoover
House
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Plant Industry
Bureau of Entomology
Bureau of Plant Quarantine
Pilot Grove News Society Notes and Local Movements
Pilot Grove news lists visitors and trips including Mrs. Bernice Davis in Dallas and Denison guest J D Judd, plus locals in Whitewright and Sherman. Mentions families moving to Ely and shared social visits with Fort Worth and Tom Bean connections. A sheriff sale notice for Grace Milling Company details a 1931 property and personal estate levy with specific parcel descriptions and a January 4 1931 filing.
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Bernice Davis
Dallas
J. D. Judd
Denison
J. D Judd
Taylor Scott
Whitewright
Beecher St. John
Lone Star
Royce Elmer
Donovan Lee Conner
Valda Smith
Sherman
Mr. Burkhalter
Oscar
W. T. Burkhalter
Oran Judd
Ely
Westminster
Howard
Boss Garland
Simmie Ward
Fort Worth
S. F. Garland
Pilot Grove
Trenton School
Jasper Sparks
Holloway
Mildred Holloway
Tom Bean
F. Garand
Pacific salmon life spans differ by variety
Pacific salmon, unlike Atlantic salmon, spawn once and die. All five Pacific varieties remain in the Oncorhynchus family but show distinct lifespans: pink two years, coho three, chum four, sockeye four to five, and spring six to seven years.
Sheriff Sale in Grayson County Texas Lands
Public auction to sale the land described as 1093 acres more or less with mineral rights reservations in Grayson County and a leasehold interest in Sherman Texas under a January 1932 court order in the case Texas Investment Company of Galveston vs Grace Milling Company et al. Sale set for the first Tuesday in February 1932 at the Grayson County Courthouse.
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Canning Station
H&tc Railway Company
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Lot 2
Block 13
Willow Street
Grace Milling Company A Corporation
Grace Milling Company
Grayson County
Texas
Frank Reece
Fred Holloway
State of
Grayson
10Th Judicial District Court
Galveston County
Texas Investment Company of
Galveston
Court House
Towit
Samuel A. Maverick
John McMullen
James McGloin
Jacob Groomer
D. Jones
Jones
L. B. Ham
S. W
H. Marshall
N. W
Thomas Polk
W. R. Bryson
Red River
H. Cowan
S. C
S. Bank
S. E
L. C
M. H. Harris
Groomers
N. E
Sherman
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Mark Montgomery
Austin
S. B. McCall
Colorado St
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Ven
Pilot Grove News
Sheriff’s Sale
Tae
Castoria
Bayer
Aes
the Sun
Metro Art Studios
New York
Whitewright Sun
The
Whitewright, Texas
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