Five Million Seven Hundred Four Thousand Three Hundred Ten Auto Sales
Grayson County auto sales in the first half of the year totaled 5 704 310 with April to June bringing in 2 849 903 and a 28 499 03 one percent tax. County retains 2 percent fee 569 96 while a pending bill would award Grayson about 10 000 annually. Sales in the second quarter outpaced 1948 by 632 419 and six month gains reached 1 204 131 over 1948.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Gragson County
Jefferson's Pistol Returns to Virginia Capital
Jefferson Davis’s six shot Colt revolver, long in Kansas City possession, is returned to the Confederate Museum in Richmond after Minty family ties and a suggestion by an Englishman. Dr. Robert McElroy endorsed placing the weapon with other Davis artifacts in Richmond. Minty visited the museum before making the personal delivery.
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Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Harry E. Minty
Kansas City
Minty
R. H. G. Minty
Davis
Georgia
Robert McElroy
Oxford
Davis Museum
Seeding Rain Clouds Shows Mixed Results in Vancouver
Vancouver report quotes meteorologist L O Grant on cloud seeding with dry ice. He says it may trigger rain or reduce thunderstorm potential, and could make rainier outcomes even if rainstorms aren’t started. Grant cautions several years needed to judge efficacy.
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Vancouver
B. C
L. O. Grant
Grant
Arizona
Cardus
Jefferson and debt critique in a values speech
The speaker defends Jefferson as a Democrat for liberty and warns against deficit spending. The text argues the national debt harms the government’s stability and questions ongoing borrowing and interest payments. It frames Jeffersonian wisdom as a remedy for modern fiscal crisis.
Conversation Piece and Sheriff Sale Notice in Grayson County
A historical notice describes a Sheriff sale in Grayson County Texas tied to Case No 57291. H E Bowles and wife Mary Bowles are defendants in a delinquent tax foreclosure with a judgment dated June 23 1949. The sale is set for September 6 1949 at the Grayson County courthouse to satisfy the taxable debt plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Grayson
A. D
District Court of
15Th Judicial District of Texas
H. E. Bowles
Mary Bowles
District Court
Grayson County
Texas
Ambrose
Markel Dicken
J. H. Brown
Sherman
Tex
Sarah Coleman
Elliott Coleman
State of
Sam Blagg
Rosedale Street
Town Spring Branch
Frisco Railway
J. B. Haning
J. H. Storey
Great Wisdom on Economy and Public Debt
A clipped quotation from a Canadian piece argues for rigid economy to protect liberty, warning against perpetual debt and wasteful government spending. It cites Jefferson and Hoover as sources, linking fiscal restraint to independence and better governance. A sheriff sale notice and land description are included in the surrounding text.
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Thomas Jefferson
Hoover Commission
Potent Crime Weapons Dumped Into Mississippi River
Memphis district attorney general’s office disposed of confiscated weapons by dumping them into the Mississippi River. The haul included 500 pistols 75 shotguns and rifles several machine guns and hundreds of razors and ice picks.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
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Jefferson
Virginia
William
North America
Thomas ‘Jefferson
Hans Bachelor
Switzerland
Durward Hines
Neosho
Kan
Hans
U. S
UMP
Frankie Frisch
Chicago Cubs
Larry Goetz
Dodgers
Wrigley Field
Goetz
Frisch
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Pascal Farley
Mississippi
Bassett Station
Sinclair Products
Ehe
Alowati
Community Public Service Company
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