Pilot Grove 4-H Winners Highlight Encampment Medals
The thirteenth Grayson County 4-H Club encampment at Red River Valley fair grounds awarded twelve medals to boys and girls. Dairy and poultry judging results crowned top scorers from Pilot Grove, Collinsville, Range Creek, Ethel, and Dripping Springs. The Pilot Grove club earned the large candy prize for best representation, with Burke community second.
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Grayson County
Red River Valley Fair Grounds
Retail Merchants Association of Sherman
O. D. Worthley
Sherman
Letty Dunning
Hagerman
Cornell Andrew
Pilot Grove
Jewell Varley
Collinsville
Woodrow Ball
Carl Rickerson
Burke
Cecil Scoggins
Range Creek
Carl
Daisy McDonald
Hulda Lou Shumate
Liberty Hill
Belma McKnight
Ethel
Richard Cole
Carl Samsel
Ownsby Dougherty
Dripping Springs
Interstate Refining Company
C. C. Morris
Inez Derryberry
Home Demonstration Camp Impresses 160 Youth
The encampment drew 160 boys and girls who participated actively in a two day program of fun contests talks and free movies. They appeared to enjoy the planned activities as the home demonstration agent organized the event.
Ice’s value to civilization detailed by Melver
Jesse Melver of the Southern Ice & Utilities Co explains ice preserves food quality from farm to market in refrigerated cars and stores. He says ice supports hospitality and health, cooling beverages and foods, aiding beauty, and serving as a nurse in hospitals by keeping items fresh and diets appetizing year round.
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Jesse Melver
Southern Ice & Utilities Co
McIver
Albert C. Sanders Dies in Sherman After Illness
Albert C. Sanders age 61 longtime Grayson County auditor and Sherman resident died at a local hospital Friday night after an operation for appendicitis. He had lived in Sherman for over forty years remaining active in county affairs until his illness.
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Sherman
Albert C. Sanders
Grayson County
Budded Pecans Paying Dividends In Texas Groves
Texas farmers report dividends from paper shell pecans budded to better varieties. C. D. Spekce sold 17400 worth of improved pecans from 145 acres since 1925. Individual trees from 11 to 160 buds produced up to 50 pounds per tree by 1928. Demonstrations in thinning topping and budding boost yields and sales across counties.
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M. O. Patton
San Saba
Burkett
L. J. Pipes
Cleburne
Texas
Cat and Dog Hunt Squirrels in Henderson County Tale
A Henderson County pair, a cat and a dog, hunt squirrels as a team. The dog trees the quarry while the cat climbs the tree to force the squirrel to jump, the dog then captures it and returns it to Rice, in a peculiarly cooperative behavior noted by Tyler Journal reporters.
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Henderson County
Tyler
Rice
Odd Facts From Various Fields
A textile method adds olive oil to fabrics to lubricate the air for workers. A gold watch and chain stolen 30 years ago were found in a hollow tree two miles from the crime scene, with preserved case but rusted works. An instrument four inches wide and seven inches high allegedly detects 1 percent gas leaks in tunnels and alerts the nearest exchange. In French Indo China dogs roam free while cats are chained, women wear trousers, men wear skirts, and children receive numbers instead of names.
Systematic Wife Theorizes Hidden Truths
In a dialogue, a wife describes a systematic approach to finding what you seek by looking where it would not be if you desired it. The exchange highlights practical philosophy about perception and desire.
666: A Quick Cure, Claim For Broad Malady Relief
An old medicinal claim touts 666 as a speedy universal remedy for colds grippe flu dengue bilious fever and malaria, pitched as the most swift cure available.
On Becoming a Millionaire in Babson's Modern Ideas
Roger W. Babson outlines twenty routes to a million in the Forum, all stemming from new ideas, discoveries, and inventions. He argues the present era mirrors past spirit of exploration and highlights possibilities from rotary engine autos to diesel engines, practical helicopters, fog piercing lights, child friendly gliders, solar tides and geothermal power, short wave electricity, and fireless cities.
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Roger W. Babson
Forum
Mr. Babson
Colonel Lindbergh
Nine undiscovered discoveries in electricity and lighting
Glenn Frank notes nine undiscovered ideas in electricity aiming to heat a city from a central plant and to harness cold light. He argues that 95 percent of lighting electricity becomes heat, suggesting a path to dramatically cut lighting costs.
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Glenn Frank
Grayson County Election Costs 61 Cents Per Ballot
Grayson County reported 1450 ballots cast in last week's election to raise the governor's salary and add six Supreme Court judges. The county spent about 660 dollars for election services across 59 boxes plus 162.75 for ballots and 44.25 for delivering boxes and ballots, totaling 877 dollars. The official cost per ballot was 61 1/10 cents.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Supreme Court
Sheriff’s Department
Claud Anderson and Walter Jenkins Visit Friends
Claud Anderson and Walter Jenkins visited friends at Sulphur Bluff on Sunday.
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Claud Anderson
Walter Jenkins
United Cigar Drops Coupons for Newspaper Ads
United Cigar Stores Co ends coupon merchandising and adopts nationwide newspaper advertising after an experiment on the Pacific Coast added 200 000 customers in one month. On May 24 the policy took effect bringing in about 500 000 more customers in the first week and saving roughly 3 500 000 annually through reduced coupon use.
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United Cigar Stores Co
Pacific Coast
A. C. Allen
United Cigar Stores
Al Smith Special cotton stalk on display at farm supply store
A specimen stalk of cotton called the Al Smith Special is shown at a local farm supply store in Tyler. E. E. Simmons, the exhibitor, presents the large rooted and fruitful stalk to visitors and farmer interest in the area.
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AL Smith
Tyler
E. E. Simmons
West Smith County Farmer Sees Record Cotton Prospects
Mr. Simmons believes planting more of this cotton variety would break county production records this fall, and he is convinced the crop could yield unprecedented results across the area.
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West Smith County
Thompson named acting auditor for Grayson County
Sam H. Thompson is named acting auditor for Grayson County after the death of A. C. Sanders. He was appointed assistant auditor Jan 2 and will serve both roles until a successor is named by judges R. M. Carter and F. E. Wilcox under state law.
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Sherman Democrat
Melver
Southern Ice and Utilities Company
Prescription Department
Whitewright and
Section
J. L. Kirkpatrick
E.R. Lay
Robbins & Compton
United Cigar
Sam Thompson
Tommie Chenoweth
Northwestern University
Chicago
Kidd-Key Conservatory
London Conservatory
Dallas
Carlton College
Bonham
Whitewright
Dimity
Don
Adams Motor Company
Martinel Bra Company
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