Texas to Approve Record $15 Per Child School Apportionment
State Superintendent S M N Marrs announced the next scholastic season will see Texas allot $15 per child, a record funded by higher gasoline revenue and a steady textbook supply. If enrollments reach 1,860,000, the total would exceed $20.4 million, with $1.5 million extra appropriated for 1928-29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
S. M. N Marrs
Texas
Board of Education
Marrs
Textbook Commission
Accidents Spur Vision That Transforms Invention
A Thrift Magazine excerpt recalls how accidents sparked key ideas from Gillett, Edison, Watts, and Newton, noting that progress comes from vision that turns chance into advancement. The ad mentions Sun Office offering 75 sheets of bond typewriter paper for 25 cents and not breaking 25 cent packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gillett
Edison
James Watts
Issiac Newton
Newton
Thrift Magazine
Sun Office
Rain Delays Farm Work and Local Socials in Pilot Grove
Thrift and Kaiser transacted business in Dallas. Families visit relatives in Sherman Gainesville Trenton Leonard Cannon Anna and Commerce. Miss Velma Caraway and Lois Williams visit. Rev M C Sooter preached and will conduct revival in Denton County. Friday night singings grow in interest with Cannon visitors. Large crowds attend Methodist services Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Thrift
Charley Kaiser
Dallas
A. B. St. John
R. W. McMillin
Tom Russell
Sherman
Velma Caraway
Kentuckytown
Taylor Scott
S. F. Garland
Lois Williams
Cannon
C. B. Neely
Breckenridge
Louvicy Neely
East Texas State Teachers’ College
Commerce
D. M. Taylor
Gainesville
J. M. Spangler
L. F. Swanger
Trenton
Marie
Allie
Clara Fae Sooter
Anna
Clara
Lola Scott
Leonard
Bess Thrift
Paschal Neathery
John McDougal
Thelma Jo Ashinhurst
Thelma Thrift
Clint Hopper
Epworth League
M. C. Sooter
Denton County
If You Don’t Feel Right Why Not Marry the Girl
A compact humorous verse notes common romantic anxieties and urges reading advertisements for marriage hints. It weaves questions about health sleep appetite and nerves into a playful invitation to wed, implying ads offer guidance.
Sherman Merchants Offer Prize for Best Name
Sherman merchants promote North Travis Street as The 200 Block Improvement Club with a $25 prize for the best name for the block. Entries due by 10 am June 28, 1927, sealed in The 200 Block Improvement Club, Box 323, Sherman. Prize split if multiple winners share the name.
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Sherman
Travis Street
Wall
Pecan Streets
Grayson County
Box 323
Texas
Home for All Negroes Born in Slavery Planned in Okla City
FayettevilleArkansas June 21 How many negros born in slavery are still alive The old South hopes to find out and offer a home for destitute or disabled darkies born before the Civil War The plan calls for an annex to the National Negro Orphanage and Old Folks Home in Oklahoma City Rev A S May discusses the need as many ex slaves faced poverty in old age
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Field
D. D
Oklahoma City
Palmer
Texas
Mayfield
Ex-Slave Home Association
South
Middle West
Old South
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Fayetteville
Ark
National Negro Orphanage
A. S. May
Say that fellow over there looks just like your brother
A clipped quip swaps confusion about kinship with a quick joke. The line highlights a playful misunderstanding as one speaker notes the appearance of someone nearby and the other confirms a family tie in a humorous reversal.
Bridget's Number Raised by Plumber Visit
A line of comic wordplay shows a plumber announcing arrival to fix an old kitchen tub while a child introduces the doctor to see the cook, hinting at a humorous domestic scene.
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Pilot Grove News
United States
the Sun
Slavery
Seiberling
ANL
S & S$ Service Station
Whitewright, Texas
Bridget
Ackley
Garland Gas
Whitewright Lumber Company
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