Boyce House Echoes Texas Hospitality Across Towns
A Fort Worth columnist recalls small acts of welcome in Garland and Palo Pinto, noting coffee kindnesses and celebratory firecrackers. The piece muses on honoring Texas figures like Stephen F. Austin and LaFitte, and contrasts historic ironies with modern namesake hotels.
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Fort Worth
Garland
Palo Pinto
Gib Abernathy
Jean LaFitte
Galveston Island
Fate
Austin
Texas
Stephen F. Austin
The
Advancement of Texas
Unclear OCR Financial Fragments Highlighting Numbers
A garbled OCR block presents scattered monetary values and punctuation without context. No identifiable events people or organizations are discernible to form a concrete news item.
Mary Ridge Subdivision Built for Large Families Near St Louis
In 1940 the St Louis Post-Dispatch announced Mary Ridge a 53 acre tract offering 50 six room bungalows at $275 down $27 monthly only for families with four or more children. A nonprofit project by Charles F Watterrott Jr grew into a thriving communal village with schools playgrounds gardens and duties shared by residents.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mary Ridge
Charles F. Watterrott Jr
Watterrott
St. Ann’s Village
St. Joseph's Hill
Mary-Ridge
Illinois
California
Colorado
Texas
Texas Have Visited the Community To See. Mr. Vatterrott
John H. Ambruster
Community Federal Savings and Loan Association
Church Services Announced for Sunday July 11
Enterprise Baptist Church led by Pastor Joe Denton and Minister J R Wright Jr invites the public to Sunday school at 10 a.m. and sermons at 11 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Allen Harper of Rogers Ark will preach at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. at the Church of Christ.
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Enterprise Baptist Church
Joe Denton
J. R. Wright Jr
Allen Harper
Rogers, Ark
Church of Christ
Mr. Harper
First Baptist Church Service Schedule Announced
Weldon R. Drake pastor leads morning worship at 11 a m with Evening worship at 8 p m and a Wednesday prayer service at 8 p m. Training Union at 7 p m Training Class also at 7 p m with choir practice after. All are welcome at the First Baptist Church.
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Weldon R. Drake
W. T. Simmons
S. S
W. R. Drake
T. A
First Baptist Church
Uncle Sam Gets Revenue From Unexpected Places
Treasury officials expect bribes from law violators totaling 2200 as charges are dropped. Government takes a nickel from pay phone booth coins earning 1,500,000 this year. Cotton samples sent for tests yield 500,000. Ice cutting permits on park ponds bring 1,000. Desertions by service members lead to sale of belongings and 200 in proceeds. Income tax remains. Wakes across Ireland outpace other rites with keening and night prayers. Sun Advertising is Economical.
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Treasury
Agriculture Department
National Park
Army
Navy
Tire Prices Rise Again Across Major Makers
Akron Ohio reports two more tire manufacturers raising prices on Wednesday Seiberling Rubber Company lifts from 414 to 714 percent while Mohawk Rubber Company climbs from 5 to 6 percent This adds to prior increases by Goodyear Goodrich and U S Rubber prompting widespread cost bumps in the industry.
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Akron
Ohio
Seiberling Rubber Company
Mohawk Rubber Company
Goodyear
Goodrich
U. S. Rubber
Snuff Boxes in Senate Chamber Emptying Regularly
Senator Bricker of Ohio notes that despite filled snuff boxes in the Senate chamber none have been used for dipping. He observes that the boxes empty and must be refilled about every two weeks, but offers no explanation.
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Grayson
Fannin
Washington
Senate
Bricker
Ohio
Homesick cat returns after 400 mile hike
Leominster Massachusetts residents welcomed a year old Angora named Fluffy after the cat wandered more than 400 miles in a month. The journey ended when the homesick feline trudged back to its home area footsore and travel worn.
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Leominster
Mass
Fluffy
Missing cat found at door while family moves west
A provincial minded cat named Pussy Pad wandered to the back door of the Hansberry family’s former home in Buffalo. Neighbors discovered the distressed pet mewing as the family headed to Moses Lake Washington for a new residence.
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Ben Hansberry
Buffalo
N. Y
Moses Lake
Wash
Pastor grows Dewey mustache in pledge to vote
Rev. Louis W. West of Boston's South Baptist Church started growing a Gov. Thomas E. Dewey mustache promising not to shave until Dewey is elected president. He urged parishioners to join and joked about moving to Alaska if Dewey loses. Also notes Miss Launel Hansard's visit with cousin Rita Annette Carter in Dallas.
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Louis W. West
South Baptist Church
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Mr. West
West
Alaska
Miss Launel Hansard
Rita Annette Carter
Dallas
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P. H. Wilson
J. C. Alred
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M. W. Waldrum Directors
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Douglas Dillard Singer
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