Former Whitewright educator G W Austin dies in Chickasha
Dr G W Austin 55 former Whitewright Texas superintendent of schools and president of the Oklahoma College for Women Chickasha died of heart trouble after dinner Saturday He had led the college since 1914 expanding it from one building to seven He leaves a wife sister in law a son Marsden in Amarillo and a daughter Miriam at Norman Oklahoma City.
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G. W. Austin
Whitewright
Chickasha
Oklahoma
Austin
Wagoner
Oklahoma Woman’s College
Dr. Austin
Dallas Morning News
The
Oklahoma College For Women Here
D. P. Austin
Marsden Austin
Amarillo
Miss Miriam
Oklahoma University
Norman
Mississippi
Oklahoma College For Women
Southwest
Texas
Board of
Regents
First Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Regiments of Fool Killers and Cotton Panic Parables
Albany News laments American overconfidence and repeated farm protests from Grange to Farmers Union as cotton overproduction worsens. It cites leaders who pledge curtailment yet plant vast acreages, boasting a 16 million bale crop with boll weevils and pests curbing collapse.
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Grange
Farmers’ Alliance
Farmers’ Union
Albany News
Quinine Product Promotes Nervousness Free Effect
An advertisement touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary Quinine, claiming it lacks head ringing and nervousness due to its tonic and laxative action. The text mentions a signature by EH W GROVE.
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EH. W. Grove
Goss Receives 25 Year Term in State Penitentiary
H E Goss of Honey Grove was sentenced to 25 years by a Green ville jury in the Eighth District Court. The murder case involved Claude Raney, 21, near Bonham in Fannin County. Goss had a prior 10 year sentence at Bonham and the case moved to Greenville for a new trial under special venue.
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H.E. Goss
Honey Grove
Greenville
Goss
Fannin County
Bonham
Claude Raney
Bonham News
Four Amendments to Be Voted on in Texas Election
Texas voters will decide four constitutional amendments at the November 2 general election. Proposals include abolishing the Board of Prison Commissioners and shifting prison oversight to the Legislature, taxing county school lands, revising school taxation and free textbooks, and allowing National Guard and U S Reserve officers to hold public office in Texas. Also notes a Sun subscription offer and an optometrist ad copy.
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Texas
Board of Prison Commissioners
National Guard
National Guard Reserve
United States Reserve Corps
Organized Reserves
Borozone Healing Remedy Promises Fast Wound Cure
Advertises Borozone as a powerful flesh healing treatment in liquid and powder forms. Claims quick recovery from bad wounds and cuts, purifying wounds of germs. Prices listed: liquid 30c 60c and 1 20, powder 30c and 60c. Sold by J L Kirkpatrick Drugist.
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J. L. Kirkpatrick
Grove's Tasteless Tonic Health Claim Ad
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming to purify and enrich the blood, boost energy and appetite, and improve color and vitality. It asserts the tonic contains iron and quinine and fights malaria and grip germs. Price listed as 60c.
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Grove
Whitley Wins Fannin Sheriff Election Case
Judge George Blackburn ruled Thursday in favor of Whitley in the Biggerstaff versus Whitley contest over the Fannin County sheriff race. The injunction to keep Whitley off the ballot stemmed from alleged irregularities in the August primary where the nominees were decided. In the July 24 primary Biggerstaff led with Whitley close behind.
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George Blackburn
Biggerstaff
Whitley
Fannin County
Sherman Paving Contract Let for 400000
The City Commission of Sherman awarded a street paving contract to Jagoe Construction Company of Dallas for about 400000. Work is to commence immediately, paving parts of twenty nine streets across the city.
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City Commission of
Sherman
Jagoe Construction Company
Dallas
Texas Prison Population Drops to 3400
State warden N L Speer says the prison system holds 3400 inmates, lower than the normal 3600, reflecting record pardons by the Ferguson administration. He notes that during the Neff era the population peaked at about 4000.
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Ferguson
N. L. Speer
Speer
Neff
Prince of Wales Adapts American Accent Rumor
Gossip from London suggests the Prince of Wales is adopting an American accent. The anecdote playfully warns that locals may sell him their castles if the shift continues.
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London
Prince of Wales
Norfolk
Virginian
Electric bricklaying machine lays 1200 bricks per hour
A Texas Public Service Information Bureau report describes an electric bricklaying machine. It uses a traveling boom and a 3 horsepower motor to lay bricks around building walls with two bricks per cycle and mortar being spread as it moves. Buy It in Whitewright.
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Texas Public Service Information Bureau
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Annie Tate
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Candy
Chesley Rutledge Confectionery
Bow-Wright Drug Co
Texas Life
S. H. Montgomery & Son
the Insurance Men
P Drug Store
Dyer
Jones Drug Store
Rexall
Planters National Bank
Whitewright Lumber Co
McAlester Coal
Henryetta
Condie
Bray
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