Whitewright Texas News Touts Local Prosperity and Highway Plan
Whitewright area notes homegrown progress with merchants updating storefronts and a prideful town image. Texas prison population growth raises housing concerns while state taxes and Grayson County road tax impact residents. Grayson County voters face August 23 unit road system election to hire a county engineer and centralize road work under his supervision.
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Grayson County
Commissioners Court
Loyal Negroes and Southern Faith in Eneas Africanus
An editorial excerpt praises Southern loyalty of Black citizens and recounts Harry Stillwell Edwards story Eneas Africanus about a slave who guarded his master's silverware during the Civil War. It invokes Henry Grady and Confederate memories, urging silent tribute to the good Negro of the South.
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Harry Stillwell Edwards
Eneas Africanus
South
Henry Grady
Marster
Old Dixie Charm of Southern Service Members
A reminiscence extols loyal self respecting Negro service people who earned Southern white employers' respect in a bygone era. The author laments new economic and political changes and warns against agitation, praising cross racial loyalty and leadership to preserve mutual trust.
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Dixie
Southland
Hubert M. Harrison
Wise Parents by Edgar A Guest
A compact poem praising parental guidance shaping a son’s ethical sense and resilience. It depicts loving instruction on right and wrong, self control, bodily strength, and mental faith enabling a young man to face life’s challenges with courage and resolve.
Blue Ribbon Cows Increase at Shows
Texas A and M Extension dairymen report thirty percent of dairy cattle shown at dairy days in College Station this spring earned blue ribbon awards, up seven percent from last year. The increase reflects stronger dairy cattle performance at the Texas A and M College station event.
Dairy Day standings show gains and ribbon shifts
Texas dairy farmers report stronger dairy type with fewer white and yellow ribbon cattle. Across 33 dairy days this year 2156 head were classified and 18720 people attended. Purple 2.1, blue 30, red 42.8, white 21.1, yellow 4 percent. Six breeds were shown: Ayrshire Brown Swiss Jersey Guernsey Holstein and Milking Shorthorn.
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Texas
Ayrshire
Jersey
Guernsey
Pipe-stem Legs Get Break as Skirts Become Longer
Fort Worth fashion notes from the National Fashion Exhibitors of America show at Hotel Texas. Women move to longer skirts for business and dress wear while youthful hats feature turned up brims and sheer drapery tails. New materials include fur felts returning to market and dress fabrics like luxury brocades and wool crepes gain popularity.
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Fort Worth
National Fashion Exhibitors of America
Texas
Exhibit Show Highlights Winter Clothing and Linens
The display features pure linen tablecloths back on exhibit at reasonable prices with items selling as low as five dollars per exhibitor. Handkerchiefs of fine workmanship are shown at lower prices than before. Nylon underwear including brassieres panties and slips attract buyers with varying lengths from briefs to longer leg styles for winter sales.
Longest running suit settles in part with Bates heirs
Houston officials report a 76 year old suit between Batesville founder Bates heirs and the Mexican government. Three Bates heirs Szora Bates Leonore Bates and Leonore Morgan received checks for 858.30 each as part of a 1871 rustling claim amounting to 13 000 with interest due since 1871.
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Houston
Batesville
Ballis A Bates
Szora_ Bates
Leonore Bates
Leonore Morgan
Mexico
Bates Ranch
Uvalde
Bates
U. S. Treasury
Processing Time For Different Canners Reassures Home Canners
Texas A M College Extension Service releases processing timetables claiming heating and cooling rates are similar across nine canners. Tests included porcelain enamel on steel pressed aluminum and cast aluminum models, weights 11 to 20 pounds, volumes 17 to 31 quarts, each fitting at least seven quart jars. Households may use standard processing times in any canner. timetables available via county home demonstration offices.
Little Lines by Margie B. Boswell
A short verse by Margie B. Boswell reflects on rain, fears, and restraint. It notes how small incidents expose faults, and how patience and toil lead to reward in a reflective, pithy style. The Sun is cited as the source.
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Garden
Gethsemane
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J. H. Waggoner
T. Glenn Doss
Postoffice
J. W. Stokes
Snow
L. LaRoe & Co
Kingston
Denison
Kingston Drug Store
Rexall
Edgar A. Guest
Gomer May
Taylor Maughan
Ouston
Sherman
Thompson
Community Frozen Food Market, Inc
Tom Sears
By Margie B. Boswell
Hi-Way
Edwin Badgett
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