Texas Voters Face Six Proposed Texas Constitutional Amendments
The August 23 special election will decide six proposed changes to Texas law including restoring a local fee system for officials, a new 3 percent tax discount for late payments, a banking amendment aligning state laws with federal acts, and social security related aid for destitute children and indigent adults. Several amendments target broader fiscal and governance reforms, with varied newspaper support and public interest noted.
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Texas
Senate
Allred
Dallas Journal
Denison Herald
Brownwood Bulletin
The
Clarksville Times
Dallas County
Dallas
Texas Bankers Association
San Antonio
Zeta Gossett
Oklahoma
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Department of Public Welfare
Harris County
For Sale Want Ads From 1933 Vehicles and Implements
1933 Chevrolet truck long wheel base in good shape for 325 dollars. 1929 Ford truck priced at 85 dollars. Fordson tractor good at 65 dollars. Plenty of disc and sulky plows, all kinds, all prices. Manning and Meador advertise.
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Chevrolet
Ford
Fordson
Manning & Meador
Deering
McCormick
Fordson Tractor
Automobile Loans for Sale Good Work Mule
J. L. Owen, age 13, reports sale of a work mule and offers a loan related to the animal. The location is four miles southeast of Whitewright. The notice resembles a classified ad or buyer’s opportunity in a historic rural newspaper.
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S. H. Montgomery Agency
Whitewright
Tom Lilley
R. H. May
J. L. Owen
The Gentler Embezzler Revealed in Analyzed Case
A newspaper profile describes a 35 year old married woman from a mercantile firm who is respected in her community. She is intelligent and steady, has not faced true poverty but felt desire for things she could not honestly obtain. The piece argues such embezzlement may occur among ordinary women rather than reckless crooks.
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Texas
Why Women Embezzlers Steal Says Baltimore Analysis
A study of 400 female embezzlers by the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore finds the acts stem from helping husbands. Over 12 to 18 months the average theft totals 3233 dollars, aimed at funding a better status for the family. The thief views money as a means to secure luxury for her husband and status for herself.
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United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Baltimore
Rome's Fire Chief and a Candle by High Note
An experimenter extinguished a candle flame by playing a high violin note. Hum then suggests Nero may have been unjustly censured, hinting at a quip or satire about authority and perception in ancient Rome.
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Wellbaum
Brooks Mays & Co
Dallas
Texas
Nero
Handel-way renamed to Handel-way continues path name
Local paper notes Handel-way in Stanmore remains a continuation of Handel-way and suggests we keep calling it Handel-way to avoid confusion, while the Punch echoes the same stance. The item centers on street-name consistency and public naming issues in local lore.
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Handel-way
Stanmore
Punch
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Booth Mooney
Texas Weekly
San Angelo Standard
Batiste
Auie
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
Gossard
Reserve District No
First National Bank OF
United One
Banking House Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Andinea
Total Capital Account
State OF Texas
Grayson
R. A. Gillett
Dick Montgomery
Emmet Penn C. B. Bryant Jr
J. H. Waggoner
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis Sr
Sherman
Grayson, Fannin
Collin Counties
Reserve District No. 11
Bells
United of Government
Banking House
Total
P. H. Wilson
Justin West
C. L. Wells
T. P. Wells
E. L. Craig
Rome’s
International Harvester
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