Tax Rate Increases Texas Is Prosperous
Austin March 29 Prosperity in Texas shown by State Board of Control figures with taxable property valuations rising by about 75.6 million annually over the past decade. 1917 valuation was 2 871 744 289 and last year 3 627 334 696. Present ad valorem tax at 23 cents would yield 40 157 965 40 for the 1927 1929 biennium. At the maximum 35 cent rate revenue would reach 47 186 165 40.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Escaped Convict Lopez Surrenders to Gov Moody
Severanio Lopez an escaped convict wounded and tired of fleeing law surrendered to Gov Dan Moody in Austin. Lopez described multiple jail escapes and begged for imprisonment to avoid recapture. He had earlier been convicted in Travis County in 1924 for burglary and later sentenced in Bosque County on additional burglary counts.
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Austin
Severanio Lopez
Dan Moody
Lopez
Moody
Travis County
Blue Ridge
Dalles
Bosque County
Deer Population Surges Prompt Crop Protection Proposals
In Burlington New Jersey farmers press for permission to shoot does for two days after the regular hunting period to protect crops as the state’s deer population grows. The fish and game commission estimates South Jersey holds about 18 000 bucks and 20 000 does despite historic declines and limited seasons going back decades.
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Burlington
N. J
New Jersey
Rock Bottom
Virginia
Weymouth
Fish and Game Commission
South
Jersey
Clog Dancing Heads to Replace Black Bottom at UC
In Berkeley a new clogging class at the University of California attracts over 100 students. Instructor Miss Louise Cobb says clogging promotes beauty, relaxes the body, and develops poise and graceful carriage on campus. Newark Ledger.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
University
Louise Cobb
Texas Leads In Junior Colleges
Texas has more than any other state among the three hundred plus junior colleges in the United States, per University of Texas School of Education. Texas also claims the oldest surviving junior college, Decatur Baptist College at Decatur, with Texas colleges categorized as public private and state. The state does not lead in public junior colleges but a movement to place more under public supervision has begun, discussed by the recently closed legislative session.
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Austin
United States
Texas
School of Education
University of Texas
Decatur Baptist College
Decatur
University of Texas Free News
Serice
Kathryn Maddrey
Insurance credits spark debate over fire rate cuts in Grayson County
The Sherman Democrat cites counties granting reductions for good fire records while questioning Whitewright and Whitesboro omissions. Tom Bean faced a 15 percent penalty, Jim Waggoner’s paper faced smaller penalties, and Van Alstyne received a six percent rate cut without similar coverage.
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Sherman Democrat
Grayson County
van Alstyne
Jim Waggoner
The
Sun
Whitewright
Tom Bean
Waggoner
Jim
Old Man Grouch
Democrat
Boys Taller Than 50 Years Ago For No Reason At All
Chicago March 30 The average American boy is three and one tenths inches taller than fifty years ago Dr Horace Gray reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association after measuring thousands of schoolboys He cites improved knowledge of vitamins and disease control as possible factors but finds no definite cause at present.
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Chicago
Horace Gray
Gray
Current Journal of
The
American Medical Association
Institute of Juvenile Research
Hogwallow News Oddball Local Notes
A peculiar week sees a storekeeper decline unwanted publicity as a stove pipe nears collapse. Rumors swirl about dying mice at Washington Hocks home and Raz Barlow blaming Miss Hostetter Hocks Poems. Sid Hocks laments a cold while others thread needles unaided. The Rye Straw storekeeper offers something unspecified.
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Washington Hocks
Raz Barlow
Hostetter Hocks
Kiss Shortens Life by Three Minutes, College Study Claims
Western State College psychology students report a genetic psychology survey finds kissing provokes heart palpitations that accelerate normal heartbeats. They calculate 480 kisses shave a day, 3,460 a week, and 175,200 a year, though the statisticians stop there.
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Gunnison, Colo
Western State College
Two More Payments Remain After Operation
A terse exchange shows one person asking about recovery while the other notes two remaining payments. The dialogue hints at ongoing financial obligations tied to a medical procedure.
Education exchange on gender terms sparks classroom dialogue
A teacher asks Johnny to name two genders and he answers masculine and feminine. He classifies the masculine as temperate and intemperate and the feminine as frigid and torrid. The fragment hints at outdated gender views reflected in a school setting.
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Johnny
Gas service quick to Whitewright and towns in line
The Whitewright Sun notes gas consumer quotas met in under three days. If Van Alstyne and Trenton match the pace, gas lines will run in weeks. The Tren ton Tribune reports Trenton reached its quota in just three days claiming 105 houses versus 240 in Whitewright and cites a Whitewright resident noting 600 houses in his town.
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Whitewright
van Alstyne
Trenton
Old Jack Frost
the Tribune
Trenton Tribune
Frisby Hancock Updates and Local Notes
Frisby plans a new calendar while keeping his old one in use a while. A post office inquiry seeks a missing man with advice that he can be found at several places. Luke Mathewsln notes some children may have left back doors open amid a breezy, cool feel. Sun office offers typewriter carbon paper and ribbons for sale.
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Ed Frisby
Frisby
Luke Mathewsln
Typewriter
Sun Office
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Newark Ledger
W. C. Bailey
Whitesboro
Ralph Huffaker
Huffaker
News-Record Office
Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Sid Hocks
Palace Theatre
W. T. Nicholson
Goodyear
Huffines
Gordon’s
Gordon’s Cash Grocery
Toore
Luther Gordon
R. B. Anderson
Alexander & Coldwell
Whitewright, Texas
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