Texas Legislature Viewed as Wet by Early Standards
Texas 41st legislature showed liberal tendencies on prohibition related bills. It resisted widening search warrants, while the house softened Dean act penalties to align with federal statutes. The Wirtz anti Democrats vote passed, and moving pictures on Sunday and anti evolution bills faced mixed outcomes. The horse racing legalization bill was defeated.
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Austin
Texas
Union
Senate
House
Dean
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Wirtz
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Marriage Bureaus In Warsaw Unionize
Warsaw marriage brokers organize a trade union to defend their interests against rival brokers and interference. Reichman, famed for arranging about 80 000 matches, runs open-house events and keeps extensive family data. He markets cautious, family centered arrangements over love matches, saying engineers are plentiful as potential husbands.
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Warsaw
Reichman
Growing Boys Fashioned Rooms Recall Past
An Upper Marlboro Maryland paper notes spacious rooms tastefully fitted by our Leader with ancient walls and a fireplace, recounting growing pants and memories that stirred deep emotions among readers.
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Upper Marlboro
Van Alstyne Youth Dies From Wounds
Seldon Taylor twenty from Van Alstyne died in a Sherman hospital after gunshot wounds received near the Alvin Exam home in Southeast Van Alstyne. He was an onlooker at a Sunday morning gambling game. a shot intended for the winner struck him as the game broke up. Officers sought a man in connection with the shooting.
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Seldon Taylor
van Alstyne
Sherman
Taylor
Texas Prisoner Ratio Decreased Since 1910
The 1927 Texas prison census shows 2 325 prisoners admitted from courts, up from 1 131 in 1910, and a ratio of 43.1 per 100 000 vs 29 in 1910. Jan 1 1928 prison population reached 3 864 with a ratio of 70.9 per 100 000, while male to female counts rose from 2 282 to 2 797 males and 43 to 67 females.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Texas
Texas State
Family Reunion Honors A T Scott at Pilot Grove
A family reunion marked Mr. A T Scott s eighty second birthday at his Pilot Grove home on Sunday with fifty three guests. A noon dinner followed by an afternoon of singing and conversation featured numerous Scotts and relatives from Waxahachie Dallas White Mound Canon Jamison Gunter Sunny Hill Weston and more.
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A. T. Scott
Pilot Grove
Scott
W. H. Scott
Waxahachie
Lizzie Beardsley
Dallas
J. B. Allison
White Mound
Eula Williams
Lois
Otis Williams
Canon
A. R. Williams
Weston
S. T. Scott
Sunny Hill
Dee St. John
Jamison
J. E. Vandergriff
Gunter
A. L. Scott
Euel Scott
G. E. Scott
R. I. Scott
J. L. Scott
J. A. Scott
Mollie
Sue Scott
Missouri Town Shows Dairy Growth Through Farmer Support
John V. Nevitt recalls Jasper Missouri’s dairy surge after a big new plant arrived. Farmers around Jasper raised milk supply from 8 500 pounds daily to 62 000 pounds within 11 months. Similar gains were seen at Carlisle Arkansas with Kraft Phoenix and Lewisburg Tennessee with Borden condensed milk unit.
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John V. Nevitt
Missouri Pacific
Hope
Missouri
Nevitt
Jasper
New York Dry Milk Company
Carlisle
Ark
Kraft-Phoenix Company
Kiwanis Club
T. C. Jobe
Lewisburg
Marshall County
Tennessee
Borden
Pardon the Map Want Ads Pay Off for Lost Items
A columnist notes readers should try the Want Column to recover lost items, with a humorous exchange about justice and mercy. The piece endorses classified ads as effective and affordable, citing reader success and urging use for small losses.
M K T Scout Executive Visits Whitewright
W A Zischang of the M K T Railroad toured Whitewright visiting grade schools and assemblies to promote Safety First through Boy Scouting. He urged home night safety, proper clothing storage, and urged community business and parent support for scouting in the Katy line towns.
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National Field
W. A. Zischang
M-K-T Railroad Company
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Whitewright
Katy
Zischang
Katy Railroad Company
Scout ideals cited by Katy Railroad Chamber and clubs
The Chamber of Commerce, the business men's clubs and the Boy Scout movement commend Scouting for teaching Safety First, health preservation, character development and training for good citizenship as essential to boys’ growth.
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Chamber of Commerce
Business Men’s Clubs
Boy Scout Movement
Katy Railroad Company
Reasons for Not Wanting a Home Bulletinboard Sentiment
A Dallas realty firm posts a sentiment on its bulletin board asking what appeal a home holds for someone. The line traces a life path from birth in a hospital to schooling, courtship, a honeymoon and marriage in a church, and moving into a home, highlighting a skeptical stance toward homeownership.
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Dallas Realtors
Why have a home asks a nameless narrator
A reflective monologue traces a life through apartments, meals at a cafeteria, hospital visits, time spent driving and shopping, aging with diminishing funds, possible end in a poorhouse, and burial from an undertaking parlor, questioning the need for a permanent residence.
German explains meaning of billion
A German, famed for figures, asks a friend how much Germany must pay. The friend says a billion is a thousand million. The German corrects him, noting it is the number of minutes since the birth of Christ and that the reparations would amount to 130 times the minutes elapsed in German marks.
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Geneva
Germany
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Majestic Radio
Majestic
Cadillac
Dyer
Jones Drug Store
Bow-Wright Drug Co
Missouri Town
M-K-T
Lloyd Moore
Texas Bus
DRS
Jno
T. Nall
Sears
C" Nall
F. O. Mangrum Filling Station
Mangrum Bros
LAN
Northrup,King &Co Seeds
Aisk
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