Houston Prepares for Largest Democratic National Convention
Houston gears for a citywide Democratic National Convention with 100000 delegates. Jones directs planning as a $200000 hall with 25000 seats nears completion. Hotels, rooming houses, and expansion from Galveston aid staying capacity. Clean-up campaigns and beautification efforts run citywide.
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Houston
United States
Jones
Jesse H. Jones
Galveston
Oscar Holcomb
Citation by Publication for N. B. Warner Estate
Public notice from Grayson County Texas appoints J. A. Warner as administrator of the N. B. Warner estate. Creditors must present claims and debtors settle at the administrator's Greenville Texas residence by the 25th day of May 1928.
Many Great Americans Known to Save Pennies
An obituary tribute to E. M. Statler and a list of notable figures who started poor and learned thrift. It stresses apprenticeship in thrift as a path to success, citing Woolworth Curtis Harriman Carnegie Schwab Wanamaker Hill Ford Edison and others, ending that thrift builds character and will.
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S. W. Straus
American Society For Thrift
E. M. Statler
Thrift
Frank W. Woolworth
Watertown
N. Y
Cyrus H. Curtis
Philadelphia
E. H. Harriman
Andrew Carnegie
Pennsylvania
Charles M. Schwab
John Wanamaker
James J. Hill
Henry Ford
Detroit
Thomas Edison
Waco School Children Save Thrift Funds Reach $38,606
Public school children in Waco have deposited a total of $38,606.68 since October 15 when a school thrift savings system began. The high school pupils account for the largest share of the total.
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Waco
Notice to creditors in estate of G F Hall Grayson Texas
The County Court of Grayson County Texas summons all interested in the estate of G F Hall deceased to appear at the next term for civil and probate business in Sherman on the first Monday in August 1928. S N Hall is temporary administrator appointed May 5 1928 and may obtain letters of administration if not contested. Witness R Q Loving Clerk. Given May 16 1928.
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State of
Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
G. F. Hall
S. N. Hall
Court House
City of
Sherman
R. Q. Loving
A. D
Lucile Schleuse
Native of Grayson For Attorney General
C A Wheeler a Grayson County native now in Austin announced his candidacy for attorney general subject to the Democratic primaries He formerly served in the offices of W A Keeling and Moody and was six years district attorney for Bowie and Cass Counties He plans an active campaign and has practiced law about twenty years
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Austin
C. A. Wheeler
Texarkana
Wheeler
W. A. Keeling
Moody
Bowie
Cass
Claude Pollard
Grayson County
Illness Fatal to Bonham Physician
Dr. J. F. Rayburn, 58, longtime Bonham resident and brother of Congressman Sam Rayburn, died at his home Saturday after a prolonged illness. He leaves his wife, a stepson George Adkins, principal of Bonham High School, three brothers and three sisters. Brothers Tom and William and sister Miss Lou Rayburn reside on the Rayburn farm near Bonham. other sisters Mrs. W. A. Thomas and Mrs. Edward Bartley live in Dallas.
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Bonham
J. F. Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
George Adkins
Bonham High School
Tom
William
Lou Rayburn
Rayburn
W. A. Thomas
Edward Bartley
Dallas
Airplane Over Desert Carriers Birds for Easy Transport
An airplane flying over an arid region carries twelve to twenty birds as a means of easy transport, illustrating an unusual aerial cargo scene in a remote area.
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East End
Press Association
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic National Committee
Houston Chamber of Commerce
N. B. Warner
R. M. Carter
Said County
Greenville
Hunt County
J. A. Warner
Michelins
St.Louis
Whitewright
Commerce
Memphis
Lone Star
D. G. Coley
Ticket Agt
R. R. Robinson
Stigler
Okla
W. S. Hays
Eagleton
Ark
Chevrolet
Ee Canal
O.K
Bob Sears
Texas Save-a-Life
Supreme Service
Stateville & Spindle
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