Texas Liquor Battle Waged For 79 Years
Grayson County voters face three questions on August 26 including repeal of national prohibition and sale of 3.2 beer. The article traces Texas liquor history from 1854, noting dry success and wets’ landslide losses, with Grayson, Hunt, Denton, Collin, Fannin and Cooke counties listed in past tallies.
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Texas
Sherman Democrat
Grayson County
Sherman
Hays
Supreme Court
H. A. Ivy
Sherman Business College
Ivy
Jasper County
Fannin
Cooke
Tarrant
Williamson
Grayson
Hunt
Denton
Collin
Cooker
War and Prohibition Clash in Texas and Nation
The piece discusses prohibition politics in Grayson County Texas from 1903 to 1914, noting dry victories and wet contests, and reflects on shifts in anti liquor battles. It also summarizes state department documents alleging Allies delayed World War I peace and blamed Great Britain France and Italy for prolonging the conflict despite German overtures.
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Texas
Grayson County
Ivy
Sherman
Denison
Cashion
Preston
Pottsboro
Cedar Mills
Delaware
Jamison
Des Voignes
Hyde Park
Dripping Springs
Cotton Mills
Sunday School Temperance Department
State Association
Washington
the Argonne
United States
U. S. State Department
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Austria
Bulgaria
Wilson
State Department
U. S
Weather Bureau plan to close 23 observation stations protests grow
Plans to shut 23 Weather Bureau stations on August 1 drew protests from 17 states. Hartford will receive a modified service, with some work cut or done by volunteers. The effort aims to save about 800000 dollars while about 200 stations stay in full operation.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Hartford
Conn
Wallace
Tramp and Lady Exchange Birthday Cake Banter
A brief vignette shows a tramp asking a well dressed lady for cake on his birthday. He explains he has not eaten for two days and wants to celebrate with cake, while she questions whether bread would suffice.
Bruno the watch dog questioned for guarding home
Is Bruno a good watch dog. Our house was robbed three times and Bruno watched intently.
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Bruno
Juries Get Strange Ideas Declares Veteran Judge
Judge F E Wilcox recalls a Grayson County burglary trial 30 years ago where a jury acquitted a man despite apparent evidence. The foreman explains that the jurors interpreted burglary as breaking in, not breaking out, leading to an acquittal by farmers who think differently.
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F. E. Wilcox
Fifty-Ninth District Court
Grayson County
Wilcox
Sherman Democrat
Exchange in a restaurant over smiles and flies
A humorous street encounter follows a diner taunting a waitress and a doctor asking about charges. Mr Binks cautiously inquires if telling the doctor will cost him anything, revealing a clipped, playful dialogue style.
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Chargem
Sweet Potato Said To Belong To Morning Glory Family
Scientific sources note the sweet potato is not a true potato but part of the morning glory family. The distinction clarifies classification separate from true potatoes.
Heat From Sun Hatches Chicks in Old Icebox
An old icebox left in a sunlit area in northeastern Jones County produced a 100 per cent hatch of day old chicks after a hen laid eggs there. The eggs remained at a steady heat as winds and two weeks of heat kept the temperature even, and nature completed the incubation.
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Anson
E. P. Adams
Jones County
Tax Collector Credits Advertising for Tax Collections
Dallas county tax collector Fred Cullum says newspaper advertising boosted revenue in June. He spent $100 on ads to remind taxpayers the second installment was due by June 30 and found June collections about $69,500 higher than the previous year. The Sun notes the ad campaign correlated with the rise.
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Dallas
Fred Cullum
Dallas County
Cullum
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