State Fair races project moves ahead in Dallas
Dallas city council approves a $141,000 contract with R B George to build a new race track at Fair Park. Work begins immediately with completion aimed for a spring meet starting April 28. The track will host 700 horses, a 10 000 seat grandstand, and pari mutuel booths.
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Dallas
The
Fair Association
R. B. George
Dallas Capitalist and Sportsman
Fair Park
State
Texas Fish and Game Commission
White Rock
CWA
Lake Dallas
John N. Edy
George
Rosser Coke
Texas
Coke
E. J. Kiest
Lumberjacks Strike for Better Baths in Wyoming Forest Camps
Lumberjacks in camps along the Wyoming-Colorado border staged a strike of 145 workers shutting four of six camps. They demanded improved bathing facilities among other issues, signaling labor unrest in a remote forest region.
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Laramie
Wyo
Wyoming-Colorado
Thirteen Seek Bonham Postmaster Job in Exams
Thirteen persons have applied for the Bonham postmaster examinations, the civil service commission announced. Applicants include Philip P. Wise Wade H Lipscomb Hugh L Rodgers William H Coppedge Lonnie A Vermillion Wesley Farmer John F Hendrix Neil Williams Nellie C Nevill Paul C Arledge Charles R Jones Clarence Belvin Buie Luther K Crawford. Receipt of applications closed February 20. The Bonham postmaster position pays 2600 dollars annually.
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Washington
Bonham
Civil Service Commission
Philip P. Wise
Wade H. Lipscomb
Hugh L. Rodgers
William H. Coppedge
Lonnie A. Vermillion
Wesley Farmer
John F. Hendrix
Neil Williams
Nellie C. Nevill
Paul C. Arledge
Charles R. Jones
Clarence Belvin Buie
Luther K. Crawford
Man Hangs Self After Meal At Philadelphia Eatery
A man visits a Philadelphia restaurant, eats a square meal including roast beef pie and coffee, pays 70 cents, and later hanges himself in a washroom. He was found by staff and rushed to a hospital. doctors say survival odds are uncertain. Local urged to spend money in town.
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Philadelphia
History of the cotton gin and Eli Whitney
The article chronicles the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney, his move to Georgia, and how Mrs. Nathaniel Greene aided him. It notes Hodgen Holmes improving the gin saws, state purchases of patent rights totaling about $90,000, Whitney’s patent limitations, and the gin’s profound impact on the Southern economy and agricultural shift.
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South
New England
Eli Whitney
Yale
Georgia
Savannah
Whitney
Nathaniel Greene
Mulberry Grove
Mr. Whitney
Hodgen Holmes
South Carolina
North Carolina
Tennessee
To Let Contract On Collin Highway
County officials announce bids will be let Monday March 5 for a new highway from the Collin County courthouse square to the Dallas county line. State highway plans have bureau approval and federal funds will aid construction with jobs for unemployed Collin County men.
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Labor Department
Collin County
May Modify Cotton Curb In Drouth Areas
Washington March news service Chairman Jones of the House Agriculture Committee said the Bankhead cotton bill could be amended to adjust average production rules for drouth areas. The measure ties farmer cotton output to the past five years average, which would hit Texas and other states hard without exceptions. Jones signaled forthcoming efforts for relief adjustments for affected farmers.
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Washington
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Drouth
Texas
Retail food prices rise in two-week period to Jan thirty
The labor department reports retail food prices up six tenths of a percent in the two weeks ending January 30. Prices sit 17 percent above the April low, signaling ongoing inflation on essential groceries.
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Washington
Labor Department
17 Years Ago In Whitewright 1917 News Snippet
The Sun reports Kay Kimbell bought Wolfe City Milling and will split time between plants. Y T Manning & Sons prepare a hardware store in Holcomb building with C L Manning in charge. Local marriages, coalitions, and civic notes accompany a busy Whitewright snapshot.
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Kay Kimbell
Beatrice Mills
Wolfe City Milling Company
Wolfe City
Y. T. Manning & Sons
Leonard
Holcomb
Odeon
C. L. Manning
Murray Bryant
Thurston Montgomery
D. A. Ray
J. T. Stillwell
W. T. Ross
C. W. Hampton
W. T. Hamilton
Riley Williams
The
Sun
Tom Truett
Ector
May
J. A. Norris
Ila May Moore
Penile
W. H. Stedham
W. R. Wilson
J. H. Davenport
W. M. Stockton
Charley Medearis
Baptist
Methodist
Two killings and a wedding headline from 1922 Sun issue
Ben Smith, a Black man, was killed during a dice game in the northern Black settlement. Will Jones is charged with stabbing Smith to death. Sue King and Eugene McElvaney wed at the King home, while Dr. C. P. Johnson moved his office to Gallaher & Son drug store.
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Ben Smith
Will Jones
Smith
Sue King
Eugene McElvaney
Dallas
W. H. King
C. P. Johnson
Gallaher & Son
Hardware stock sold to highest bidder in auction
Seven years ago, on a Wednesday, J. W. Wilson hardware stock was sold at auction to the highest bidder. The article notes the sale date as March 3, 1927 in The Sun.
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Sun
J. W. Wilson Hardware
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Bow-Wright Pharmacy
Brussels
Belgium
Leopold III
Albert I
Astrid
New York
Elizabeth Allen
Our
Mangrum’s
Mangrum Bros
Adlerika
the Atlantic Monthly
Atlantic
America
Arlington St
Boston
Collin Highway
Gladys
Whitewright
Simon Daniels
Corsicana
Frances Delfel
P. C. Delfel
E. T. Doss
East Whitewright
Roscoe Pace
Margaret Pierce
Sherman Hospital
Eugene Melver
Bailey
Mattie Doss
O. L
Pig) Jones
North Texas Seed Co
Pascal Farley
Torres Straits Islands
East Indies
Fly River
New Guinea
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