Whitewright Student Receives Fire Prevention Honor Letter
May Myrick, thirteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Myrick, is commended by the National Fire Protection Association in New York City for a poster entered in the 1928 contest. The letter praises originality and execution and notes the poster is on exhibit in New York viewed by fire prevention enthusiasts.
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May
Walter Myrick
National Fire Protection Association of
New York City
State Department
Memphis
National Fire Protection Association
New York
T. Alfred Fleming
Scotchman Given Tabbit’s Foot Causes Dinner
A playful note reports a Scotchman being given a Tabbit’s foot with the result that his family had stew for dinner, illustrating a humorous household misstep.
Three Die In Durant Area Auto Crash
Three Dallas residents were killed when their large sedan left the road near Durant Oklahoma. Victims were Tom L England 38 an employee of City National Bank Dallas Harry Gump 32 and Mrs H A Gump 67. Mrs England was injured but survived. The car rolled down a 20 foot embankment after crossing a bridge. Authorities cited high speed on a steep grade and a broken neck for England and Mrs Gump and a crushed skull for Gump.
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Durant
Okla
Dallas
Here
Tom L. England
City National Bank
Harry Gump
H. A. Gump
England
West Point Graduate From Blue Ridge Texas
Wm. L. Fagg of Blue Ridge is among sixteen Texas boys who graduate from West Point this June. He will receive a short leave to visit relatives in Blue Ridge before being assigned as a second lieutenant in the regular army.
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Wm. L. Fagg
Blue Ridge
Texas
West Point
Mr. Fagg
Return Holiday Service Guide from a Telephone Ad
The Rumseys plan a vacation and a telephone service interruption is proposed. The ad promises savings and convenience by paying regular rates, quick reconnection within 24 hours after notice, keeping the same number, and keeping the name in the telephone directory. Citizens are urged to mail the coupon or call the business office.
Connally Denounces Hoovers Senate Probed as Not Pro-Hoover
Texas Senator Tom Connally argues the 65 day post inauguration vote shows the Senate with a three vote majority against Hoover rather than a 15 vote pro Hoover majority. He says anti Smith sentiment faded and Senate independence grew, signaling waning White House influence and a split within the Republican farm relief plan.
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Washington
Hoover
United States Senate
Senate
Tom Connally
Texas
Mr. Hoover
Connally
Smith
House of Representatives
Representatives
White House
Coolidge
How To Kill A Chamber Of Commerce Satire
A satirical set of rules urges members to undermine a Chamber of Commerce by skipping meetings arriving late criticizing officers avoiding service and deceiving others. It describes ways to obstruct progress resist reform resign threaten to quit and withhold information while pretending to cooperate.
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Chamber of Commerce
Protesters decry tariff protection as protectionist bias
Activists argue that tariff protection mirrors protectionist aims and undermines free trade. They urge policymakers to balance duties with market access and consumer interests, warning against hidden costs to industry and households.
Wedding Ring Found After Thirty Years In Rain
A wedding ring lost thirty years ago near Comfort, twenty miles southeast of Kerrville, was uncovered by heavy rains in a dooryard. Mrs. Gus Albracht had misplaced the ring and later moved away.
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Kerrville
Comfort
Gus Albracht
Negro Forges Checks in Sanger Merchants Heist
A man identifying as a worker sought work from a farmer who wrote his name for memory aid. The caller used the signature to forge checks for forty to fifty dollars and cashed them at Sanger merchants before fleeing.
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Sanger
Man ships carload of cabbage from Paris for big profit
Jim Sharp of Slate Shoals grows early Jersey Wakefield cabbage on three acres and ships three cars. At $60 per ton, 12 tons per car, one car per acre, he should gain over 400 in profit per acre. The first car went to Denver, Colorado and was a fancy grade. The Sun office offers printing and engraving services.
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Three Acres
Jim Sharp
Slate Shoals
Paris
Sharp
Denver
Colo
Jersey
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Whitewright
Nyal Eas’em
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Rumseys
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
City
Princ
Dent
Alt Denison
MACK
Lynn Overman
Kisses
Paramount Sound
Gus Edwards
Chinatown
Florence Vidor
Wallace Berry
Warner Oland
Sun
Mangrum Bros
Sherman, Texas
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