Channel Shakeup To Improve Radio Reception
Washington reports the Federal Radio Commission created a nonheterodyne band to reduce interference. The plan limits simultaneous broadcasting to two or three stations per wavelength and reallocates about 50 stations from 600 to 1000 kilocycles, freeing most bands to improve reception though some outlets protest.
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Federal Radio Commission
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America
Canada
United States
Why Texas Don't Get Rich
A humorous clipping contrasts a Texas farmer's life with goods from every state, noting the patchwork of purchased items from many regions and ending with the line that this may explain why cotton farming seems unprofitable. The piece closes with the unrelated aside it pays to read the advertisements.
Owsley in Race For Senatorship
Alvin Owsley former national commander of the American Legion will run for the United States Senate from Texas in 1928. His platform will be released with his January formal announcement as campaign organization gears up across the state. A statewide meeting of Owsley supporters will be set later with the keynote stressing youth vigor clean life and real ability.
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Alvin Owsley
American Legion
United States Senate
Texas
Owsley
Dallas
All Friends of Owsley
Doctor Renews Sucker List Mail Fraud Battle
A Missouri doctor fought a mail order scam by sending back pills with a note about gall and a fake credit on a necktie bill. He warned the firm he charges $2.50 to mail items and forced them to remove his name from their list after nine exchanges.
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Press
Laughter Seen as Mask by University of London Professor
Professor F. Aveling of the University of London says the really happy man never laughs. He calls laughter an ugly mask worn by the superior or discontented, while smiles are beautiful signs of sympathy and understanding in a heart at peace with itself and all the world.
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F. Aveling
University of London
False rumors in newspapers and their harm in Houston
A Houston Press piece explains how false word of mouth drains newsroom time and injures businesses. It recounts a case where a student started a leprosy rumor about restaurant staff, spreading through clubs and families, harming several Houston eateries.
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Houston
M. E. Foster
Houston Press
Feeding Pigs and Starving Babies
A country physician condemns a seventeen year old girl described as subnormal and starving for proper nutrition at a community fair. He notes she is kept from school and that her body and mind suffer while others discuss well fed chickens and hogs via the Oliver and Shay plans.
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Oliver
Specialist in Internal Medicine to Visit Sherman
Dr. Mellenthin, internal medicine specialist with fifteen years of experience, will be in Sherman at the Binkley Hotel on Friday December 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. One day only. Free consultation. He does not operate for chronic conditions and has treated diseases of stomach, liver, bowels, heart, kidneys, and more.
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Binkley Hotel
Mellenthin
State of
Texas
W. Bennett
Roscoe
R. L. Daniel
Sweetwater
Otto Eickmann
Case of knowledge and wisdom in feeding livestock and ignorance in feeding children
The Progressive Farmer comments on parenting priorities and affording basic needs. It contrasts hog and fowl feeding with child nutrition and questions the idea of buying health aids from drug stores when families lack resources for staple foods. The note ends with a call to do better in Whitewright.
Probate Petition Notice for Anna T Gill Estate
Publication notice commands Grayson County officials to publish for ten days. Emma Gill Cooper seeks letters testamentary in Grayson County Court at Sherman on the first Monday in December 1927. Interested parties may contest the will, with return of service and publisher affidavit attached.
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State of
Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
Anna T. Gill
Emma Gill Cooper
City of
Sherman
Grayson County Court Clerk's Office Filing Note
Witness R Q Loving Clerk of Grayson County Court Texas states the document is dated November 14 1927 and issued at the office in Sherman with Deputy Lucile Schleuse signing the seal of the court.
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R. Q. Loving
Grayson Co
Texas
Sherman
A. D
Grayson County
Lucile Schleuse
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