Grayson Candidates File Expense Accounts
Grayson county candidates filed first expense accounts with county clerk N Cox under the corrupt practices act. Expenditures cover newspaper publicity voter lists travel hotel and campaign gear with no amounts exceeding legal limits. Notable sums include Craig 320 Bookout 508.81 Steed 232.50 Cole 432.50 Leslie 333.37 Aston 482 Parton 281.75 Legate 477.85 Lewis 487 Johnson 105 Davis 372 House 15.50 Hare 100 Acton 65.75 Kane 513.45 Finley 520.25 Holliday 452.10 Boren 170 Wilson 117.50. Additional statements due before and after the primary.
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Sherman
Grayson County
N. Cox
G. Durrett
W. B. Craig
Hubert Bookout
D. B. Steed
C. M. Cole
J. P. Leslie
R. B. Aston
A. B. Parton
J. L. Legate
A. L. Lewis
J. H. Johnson
J. H. Davis
D. O. House
Silas Hare
Habitual Constipation Cure Promoted as 14 to 21 Days
Advertises LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN Syruphonic Laxative for habitual constipation. Claims prompt relief with regular 14 to 21 day use to induce regular action. Describes as stimulating and regulating and very pleasant to take. Price 60 cents per bottle.
Cotton Crop Forecast Exceeds Last Year’s Output
Washington reports a Department of Agriculture forecast of 11,450,000 bales for the current cotton crop. Improvement since May 25 lifted crop condition to just above last year’s level as acreage rose about 1.1 percent to 35,504,000 acres.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
The Man Who Wins
The man who wins is the average man who stays steady and earnest, answers questions clearly, and completes hard tasks. He waits for better work and higher pay, while shirkers fall behind as he proves his effort pays off.
Quinine Tonic Laxa tive Bromquinine Advertisement Highlight
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as a superior tonic and laxative with no head nervousness or ringing, claiming better effect than ordinary quinine. It urges noting the full name and seeking the signature of E. W. GROVE, offered in 30c.
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E. W. Grove
Cracks at the Crowd Cloud Callan in Kansas City Star
Grandma Darner loses track of grandchildren at a picnic while the family helps, the band plays, and the last scenes show Grandma searching for Grandpa as dinner time approaches. The tale captures rural family dynamics and comic misadventures during a community gathering.
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Cloud Callan
Kansas City
Grandma Darner
Mrs. Darner
Grandpa Darner
Grandma
Mr. Darner
Brothers take, wife scorns Cobbler land tale
A family dispute follows Joe Cobbler who was sent to school when younger brothers divided land fairly but later manipulated finances. Joe later bought a store with borrowed funds and fell into debt, covered by his brothers. His wife derides the brothers for profiting from Joe’s youth and hardship as the brothers pulled him into business and then to bankruptcy.
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Joe Cobbler
Mr. Cobbler
Joe
Cobbler
Grandma Cobbler
Family schemes drain a widow of thousands of dollars
Witnesses describe a widow’s children plotting to take her money. The mother’s substantial funds, likely in the thousands, were kept in close confederation with the family, with little or no accounting given to authorities or relatives. The case outlines a pattern of exploitation and deceit within the household.
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Joe
Congressmen Abuse Franking Privilege in Political Ads
The Greenville Messenger condemns congressmen using franking to print campaign literature funded by taxpayers. It argues the practice floods the public with speeches that may be fictitious, wastes money, and skews elections. The paper calls for curbs on the privilege and labels the conduct contemptible political campaigning.
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Congress
Greenville Messenger
What Makes the Gas Engine Stop
A Texas citizen writes to a gas engine maker complaining that his engine stops without cause even after receiving the instruction book. He asks for reasons and expresses frustration with the unpredictable stoppage.
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Texas
What Makes the Gasoline Engine Stop
A reader asks for a book titled What Makes the Gasoline Engine Stop. The letter from Hiram Diggs notes frustration with an unreliable engine described as rotten and failing to run despite everything seeming OK. He seeks explanations for engine stoppage.
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Hiram Diggs
Eagles Reach Great Heights and Ice Fields Deep
The note states eagles can soar to six thousand feet and Greenland ice fields reach half a mile in thickness. This compact health of natural facts highlights bird altitude and polar ice extent.
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Greenland
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claim
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine works internally through the blood on mucous surfaces. It mentions sales by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and claims testimonials and forty years of series.
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HALL
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Roy M. Finley
J. G
Gray) Holliday
J. A. Giles
Co. M. Cole
John L. Legate
Hgee
Jim) Davis
H. H
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Hugh M. Boren
B. F
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James S. Kane
Wilbur Carter
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Linz Annex
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G. J. Hornbuckle
R. May
M. D
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R. C. Hoyle
Whitewright
James D. Buster
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R. B. Nall
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Coca-Cola Company
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Dray Line
Ode Crowell
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