Farm income shows increase in Texas July 1943
Wartime farm cash income in Texas rose in July 1943 to 74 million dollars from 57 million in July 1942 as higher prices boosted earnings more than output. For 1943 total farm cash income reached 454 million, up 38 percent from a year earlier, with cotton early maturation and prices helping gains.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
F. A. Buechel
Bureau
Beuchel
Buechel
Whitesboro School Head Resigns for State Department
A. E. Boyd, Whitesboro School superintendent since 1922 with a break for Quitaque years, resigns effective immediately and heads to Austin to join the States Department of Public Welfare. After training, he will settle permanently. Mrs. Boyd remains a high school instructor. Boyd holds B A, B S and M A degrees as the district expands from 17 to 39 units.
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Whitesboro
A. E. Boyd
Quitaque
Austin
States Department of Public Welfare
Fort Worth
Boyd
Texas Business Is Still Increasing
A UT business analyst reports Texas business has grown steadily during World War II, nearly doubling since 1940 with an overall 90 percent gain. In July the Bureau composite index rose 2.6 points from June and 30.3 points from July 1942, with industrial payrolls and department store sales also climbing.
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Austin
Texas Business
University of Texas Business
F. A. Buechel
Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
First Slaves in America and the Atlantic Racial Trade
The article traces the origin of slavery from European and American traders selling Native Africans, noting high death rates during capture, voyage, and after arrival. It cites 1620 as the first sale in America and records 200,000 enslaved people in Virginia by 1790. It highlights the Pilgrim era context at Jamestown and the vast early slave market.
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Europe
America
Africa
Pilgrim Fathers
Plymouth
Jamestown
Virginia
Slavery in America and Founding Figures Recalled
The text notes 1786 ship use for slave transport, 192 ships carrying 47 146 slaves. It cites Washington freeing slaves in his will and mentions Franklin Adams Jefferson and Henry opposing slavery. Jefferson warns of divine justice as the nation faces slavery.
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Africa
America
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Patrick Henry
Jefferson
South
North
Dallas News
Housewife Hints for Cleaning and Painting Tasks
Practical kitchen and home tips on vegetable storage sandpapering painting and soil preparation. Advises avoiding long water-soak vegetables, folding sandpaper, storing garden soil, and careful painting with tarps newspapers and turpentine ready for mistakes. Emphasizes gradual work from dark corners toward light.
Practical Home Care Tips From a Mid Century Guide
Advice on keeping plant pots moist with sand or sphagnum moss and maintaining temperatures below 68 degrees. Lemon juice preserves sliced fruit color. Stirring air into hot food or during sieving increases vitamin loss. Replacing butter with unsalted fats may require extra salt. Encouraging children's involvement boosts acceptance of family planning.
Farmer Blunt's blunt reply echoes a lesson
A college student asks if he’ll become a successful agriculturist during a farm hand stint. Farmer Blunt doubts the outcome, replying that the student may never be a farmer, underscoring a hard reality about pursuit of farming careers.
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Farmer Blunt
Want Ads and Property Notes From Whitewright
Want ads itemize cattle buyers flowers and gifts with agents and phone contact. Real estate notices advertise sale of a 185 acre farm thirty one and a half miles southwest of Whitewright with 120 acres cultivated, timber, two improvements, a $1200 barn and farming equipment.
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Whitewright
Ralph Wallace
The Right to Criticize in 1864 and Today
Carl Sandburg argues the right to criticize is essential in a democracy but warns that criticism does not justify abuse. The excerpt contrasts President Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, tracing how press and public figures faced harsh judgments in 1864 and in contemporary times.
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Urbana
Mr. Randall
James Gordon Bennett
Abraham Lincoln
Quotations on Leadership, Factionalism and Publicity
The passage critiques praising mediocre men with favorable publicity and warns that assaults on a leader driven by factional motives can yield disastrous outcomes. It emphasizes caution against harmful public, political or personal attacks and overzealous support.
Texas citation seeks appearance in debt suit 1943
Citations command Hansel Fritts to appear by 10 AM on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, in Grayson County Court Sherman Texas. Plaintiff Automobile Financing Inc seeks $234.84 unpaid note balance and foreclosure on a 1936 Packard. Also notes oil and geology remarks and Texas oil production.
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State OF
Texas
Hansel Fritts
A. D
Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Automobile Financing, Inc
Packard
H. Grady Thompson
J. C. Buchanan
Card of Thanks for Charlie M. Fulton
Expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for help during illness and after the death of Charlie M. Fulton. Mentions Sam Irvin and Kate Fulton and Mrs Annie Gates in farewell thanks.
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Charlie M. Fulton
Sam
Irvin Fulton
Kate Fulton
Annie Gates
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State Department
U. S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations
San Francisco
Southwest Pacific
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
Pascal Farley
Allen T. Short
Hannah’s. Phone 100
Whitewright Trading
Picture Shoe
Jim Billner
Tom Barbee
Whitewright Trading Post
Foster’s
Butane
Denison
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Carl Sandburg
Roosevelt
Washington
War Department
Navy Department
Lincoln
The
United States
Amercia
New York Herald
Harrisburg
McClellan
James G. Randall
Mr. Lincoln
Abraham
Bureau of Economic Geology
University of Texas
Travis, Burnet, Llano, Mason, Lampasas, Gillespie and
San Saba
Whitewright Sun “Commercial Printers
Grayon County
Ann
WAVES
ANNS
Jane
Mary
Aining
Naval Air Station
Résir
Navy
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
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