One Hundred New Laws Start June 18
Austin, June 9. The Thirty-ninth Legislature ended a sixty-six day session with more than 100 new laws set to take effect June 18 and others on Sept 1. Bills cover mental health reform, convict clemency, highways, child labor, tax, textbooks, tick control, and an amnesty measure for impeached governors.
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Austin
Texas
Teer and Chitwood
Galveston
State Medical College
Dallas
Irwin
Senate
Ku Klux Klan
Textbook Commission
Brazos River
Robertson County
Louisiana
James E. Ferguson
House of Representatives
Dan Moody
House
Fortune's Tide Ebbs For Collier Family
Wichita Falls report on Frank Collier once mayor and his wife Mary Frances facing tragedy. Elzie Buster Robertson’s secret marriage to Mary Frances ends in his death and a manslaughter verdict for Collier. Mrs Collier later convicted for urging the killing while the couple's daughter navigates scandal. The family endures appeal suspense as their troubled past shadows a reunified home.
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Wichita Falls
Frank Collier
North
Texas
Mary Frances
Elzie “Buster” Robertson
Collier
Buster
State
Bonham Business Visitor Arrives Saturday
C. R. Truett of Bonham visited here on Saturday for business, meeting local officials and examining prospects for trade and cooperation with the community.
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C. R. Truett
Bonham
Real Help to Elderly Persons Constipation ad
A promotional note urges elderly readers to avoid constipation as aging reduces resistance to toxins. It touts Chamberlain's Tablets for relief, claiming they improve appetite digestion the liver and bowel movement without griping or nausea. Cost is 25 cents.
Habitual Constipation Cure in 14 to 21 Days
LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN is a syruphonic laxative promoted to relieve habitual constipation promptly and then be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days to induce regular action. It stimulates and regulates the bowels and is described as very pleasant to take, priced at 60 cents per bottle.
Epworth League Sunday Program June 14
Epworth League sets Sunday service at 7 with Leader Ben Sturdivant. Topics include Where and How We Should Spend Our Sabbaths and Should a Christian Accept a Position that Requires Work on the Sabbath. Speakers include Miss Dale McGaugh ey Beveridge Brents and John Reeves. Delegates’ North Texas League report. Hymns and prayers. All young people and community invited.
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Ben Sturdivant
Beveridge Brents
John Reeves
North Texas Epworth League Conference
Jesus
League
Margaret Everheart
County Courts Lack Jurisdiction in Drunken Driving Cases
Assistant Attorney General C A Wheeler informed Coryell County that county courts cannot try intoxicated driving charges. District Courts hold exclusive jurisdiction to try such offenses established by the 38th Legislature.
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Austin
C. A. Wheeler
Coryell County
Appendicitis Attack Fails to Stop Kansas Girl Becoming Bride
In Hutchison Kansas Louise Paul and her McPherson fiancé Ben Morris wed during Louise surgery. He called an ambulance and a minister as she was taken to the hospital for an appendicitis operation. The operation succeeded and the marriage occurred on the operating table.
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Kansas Girl
Special school tax approval by majority vote
An election held Monday determined whether an additional special school tax would be approved, with a majority voting in favor. The measure seeks to raise funds for district needs. Officials reported turnout and preliminary results as ballots were counted.
Tax for school maintenance passes at vote tally
The 25 cent tax on each hundred dollars of property valuation for school maintenance won 105 to 71, with 176 total votes. The district plans to add the eleventh grade and seek state-affiliate classification for the school, per the Trenton Tribune.
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State Institutions of Learning
Trenton Tribune
Weeping Women Jurors Send Lad to Penitentiary
Three Kansas City jurors sentenced Harry Reagan to nineteen years for highway robbery and wept for the youth. The decision followed a trial that left the court and community moved by the apparent sorrow of the convict.
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Kansas City
Harry Reagan
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims cure for deafness
Catarrhal deafness results from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. If inflammation persists, hearing may be permanently damaged. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised to relieve catarrh and related deafness. Sold by druggists for over 40 years. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Blu Star Remedy Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old time advertisement offers Blu Star Remedy for skin complaints like itch eczema tetter poison oak ring worm and sores. It promises relief after the first application and states it won’t stain clothing and has a pleasant odor. Sold by Dyer & Jones with a money back guarantee.
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Dyer & Jones
Jury’s Duty Overrules Tears in Whitewright Case
Mrs Georgia Allen and forewoman Carrier O Grady led a stoic jury as a young defendant is sent to the penitentiary. Male jurors showed little emotion, underscoring the community duty felt in Whitewright.
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Georgia Allen
Carrier O'Grady
O’grady
Worms Harm Sickly Children Remedy Prescribed
Describes intestinal worms making children cross restless and unhealthy with pale skin dark rings under eyes and bad breath. Recommends White's Cream Vermifuge as sure remedy destroying worms while being harmless. Price 35c. Sold by Bow-Wright Drug Co.
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Bow-Wright Drug CO
Notice of Letters Testamentary by Publication
Notice to Grayson County sheriff to publish a probate notice for M D Skaggs estate. Guy Hamilton filed in County Court to probate the will and seek letters testamentary. Hearing set for first Monday in August 1925 at Sherman Court House. publication required at least ten days prior. Writ issued by Clerk R Q Loving with affidavit of publisher.
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State of
Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
M.D. Skaggs
Guy Hamilton
Sherman
R. Q. Loving
Lucile Schleuse
Hayes Healing Honey With Open-Trate Salve Bundle
Quick cough relief from Hayes Healing Honey with Grove Open-Trate Salve for chest and throat. The salve is rubbed on the chest and throat of children with colds or croup. Combined healing inside the throat and through the skin slows the cough. Cost is 35 cents per carton.
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Hayes
Grove
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
A historic ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets as a one day cure for colds. It claims to stop cough and headache and cure the cold, with E W Grove’s signature on each box and a price of 30 cents.
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E.W. Grove
Pierce's Cafe Curb Service Encourages Quick Orders
A vintage ad invites drivers to curb service at Pierce's Cafe with a playful prompt to toot the horn and observe how fast staff come out to take the order, capturing a bygone era of quick, sidewalk-facing hospitality.
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Epworth League
Maude Mangrum
Dale McGaughey
Whitewright
Wilbur Carter
Kelly
Lloyd Moore
Texas Motor Hearse
R. B. Nall
Commercial Bank Building
Sherman, Texas
City Meat Market
Baker Laboratories, Inc
Linden Ave
Tenn
Hunt
Elks Garage
Manton Fain
Houston and
Walnut Sts
Ode Crowell
J. H. Biggerstaff
Davidson’s
Pace Brothers
Lower Main Street
First National Bank
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