Tom Bean Reaches Half Century Mark
A Tom Bean native will turn fifty on Thursday October 27 1888. The Tom Bean Times retells the town origin from the Cotton Belt Railway link between Commerce and Sherman and notes founder Tom Bean donor J. W. Pennell. It covers early businesses schools churches and civic progress including a modern high school 1935 and local football fame with the Tom Bean Tomcats.
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Tom Bean
Whitewright
Tom Bean Times
Cotton Belt
Commerce
Sherman
A. L. Clayton
Kate Taylor
North Texas
Sewell McKinney
Grayson County
Presbyterian Church
J. N. Nicholson
Baptist Church
J. L. Barrett
J. L. Truett
Church of Christ
Methodist Church
Culture Club
Lucy Lackey
Black Top
Howe
Tom Bean Tomcats
How Safe Are You at Home Red Cross Warns of Hazards
The American Red Cross will distribute an October safety check list to ten million homes and farms via chapters and Junior Red Cross volunteers. It recalls 1935 and 1937 home accident deaths and urges households to identify hazards both inside and outside to prevent injuries and save lives.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
National Safety Council
Rattigan’s 71-year-old eats 120 oysters at luncheon
Sydney N S T W Rattigan, 71, consumes 120 oysters at a luncheon during the eleventh annual Oyster Growers conference. The feat is hailed as the best weight for age display in years. Smith comments on preacher admiration as Jones notes his ability to keep many women still for an hour.
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Tom Bean
Bonham
San Antonio
Lyon Lumber Company
J. R. Elliott
Baxter & Harold
W. H. Lackey
H. W. Starks
J. J. Devine
E. A. Arnold
J. C. Williams
W. W. Arnold
Sydney
N. S
T. W. Rattigan
Oklahoma
Scientists Plan To Light Country Side With Radio
New radio based artificial aurora could illuminate country roads and sky up to 60 miles across from a single station. Dr. V A Bailey of Sydney explains 500 kilowatt stations WLW and RV-1 near Moscow already test the concept, with future power potentially reaching a million kilowatts to light 10,000 square kilometers overhead.
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New York
Nature
British Offical Science, Journal
WLW
Crosley Radio Corporation
Cincinnati
RV-1
Moscow
V. A. Bailey
University of Sydney
United States
Bailey
Dr. Bailey
Lord Bacon Quote About Patience and Soul
A concise reflection notes that patience guards the soul, while impatience signals a loss of inner possession. It emphasizes moral balance and self control as a spiritual measure.
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Lord Bacon
I Give You Texas Ranger Towns and Oil Boom Echoes
A nostalgic tour of Texas towns recalling the New Year’s Eve oil boom, colorful police legends like Byron Parrish, and the old Gholson driller lobby. Austin’s political heat, newsboy shouts, and Col. George T. Spears’s Graham Leader transformation with a new, airy plant and a historic vault. Spears also owns papers in multiple Texas towns.
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Ranger
Texas
Main Street
Gholson
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Russia
Mexico
Venezuela
Col
George T. Spears
Graham Leader
Graham Daily Reporter
H. I. Trout
Leader
Colonel Spears
Menard
Forney
Megargel
Stanton
Newcastle
Wylie
Throckmorton
Bridgeport
Dr Lancett Muttered Cure Quip At Anxious Mother
A wry exchange captures a doctor on a routine visitors card scene. Mrs Bones asks whether the soap and water regimen should occur before or after meals, while the physician breezily notes the boy is fine with simple cleanliness. The humor reflects small town bedside manner.
Wheeler Predicts Two-Price Crop Plan
Washington Sen. Wheeler of Montana predicts Congress will pass farm legislation next session establishing a two price system for crops with separate domestic and foreign prices. He brands the new farm program a failure and says Montana farmers are in revolt against production curtailment and government directives.
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Washington
Sen
Wheeler
Montana
Congress
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J. W. Pennell
Tom
Pennell
C. T. Curtis
T. J. Gates
Hade Gates
Waco
Baptist
Stephens & Bryant Insurance Agency
First
Nat'l Bank Bldg
Boyce House
Byron Parrish
Parrish
Austin
State
Cial Zilch
Willard
Yeager’s Service Station
TN Aai An
Mmun, Public Service Company
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