Cotton Growers to Receive Government Checks in Texas
Texas farmers soon receive government cotton checks as part of the acreage reduction program. Checks total an estimated 42.68 million dollars for the state, mailed through county and special agents. If a farm has a lien, the check is made out jointly to producer and credit agency to be divided.
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College Station
Texas
Washington
H. H. Williamson
Texas Extension Service
Farm Credit Administration
Crop Production Loan Office
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Federal Land Bank
Intermediate Credit Bank
Credit Administration Agency
Williamson
Why Those June Weddings
A humorous riff explains why June weddings are so common, arguing women look more beautiful in June due to spring air and outdoor activity. It claims March winds ruin complexions, while June brings healthful appearance that stays through summer before fading in fall and returning to March ugliness.
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Jack Frost
Flouting a Proverb The Cannibal King Renounces
A humorous note from The Humorist in London reports the cannibal king of the Mambas claims to have given up eating small boys. He asserts youth will no longer be served.
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Britain
Humorist
London
Cotton Picking Occupies Orangeville Week
Orangeville reports busy cotton picking with little other news. A light shower hindered picking Friday. Local families and visitors from West Texas Whitewright Dallas Kerr Telephone Trenton Bonham and Arkansas are present. Church services at the Baptist Church are announced for Saturday and Sunday.
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Claud Blanton
West Texas
Blanton
Paul Bowen
Whitewright
Dallas
Jimmie Bowen
Day Snow
Mr. Woods
Kentuckytown
Woods
Clifford Brookins
Kerr
Frank Holt
Pat Miller
Sam Donihoe
Bernie Richey
Telephone
J. D. Richey
Carl Burchfield
Arkansas
Wayne
Lucile Bowen
Ray Mayes
Ottis Wilder
David Ray
Francis
Geneva Burden
Jewel
Lucile Holt
Lloyd Eason
Bonham
Lucian Jones
Dan Harris
The
Baptist Church
Fingerprints urged for family album by police chief
Chicago police commissioner Austin Roche urged fingerprints as well as photographs for family albums at a chiefs of police convention. He said prints would aid missing persons or kidnapping cases and could be collected in childhood to preserve identity into adulthood.
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Chicago
Austin Roche
Buffalo
N. Y
Rancher Nearly Killed by Bullet 25 Years Ago
Del Norte Colorado rancher Joe Valdez recalls a 25 year old near fatal incident when a rifle misfire blasted a bullet into his head. He survived with loss of sight in one eye and recently learned the slug remains lodged in his skull just inches from the brain.
Presbyterian Church Sunday Services and Sermon Titles
Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. with preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. The Lord's Supper will be observed at 11 o'clock. Rev. Yell delivers Our Passiover and Living Waters. The Pastor notes a domestic quip about a daughter and mother with a cold remark.
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Yell
Beer election results in Grayson County 1933
A Texas court reports the August 26 1933 beer referendum in Justice Precinct No 3 Grayson County. Of 596 total votes 146 favored sale of beer containing 3.2 percent alcohol by weight and 428 opposed. Precinct tallies are listed for Pilot Grove Whitewright Kentuckytown Tom Bean Coee and South Bells.
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Justice
Grayson County
Texas
Pilot Grove
Whitewright
Kentuckytown
Tom Bean
Coee
South Bells
Local Referendum Results Show Beer Sale Question Fails
The vote totals reveal 146 for and 428 against the beer sale measure, with a majority of 282 opposing the sale. The result confirms a decisive defeat for allowing beer containing not more than a set percentage by weight.
Court declares prohibition on beer sale in Justice Precinct 3
The court finds voters in Justice Precinct No. 3 rejected beer up to 3.2 percent alcohol by weight. It orders prohibition effective immediately until a future majority vote allows sale again. County Judge must publish this order for four consecutive weeks in a local newspaper.
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Justice
Grayson County
Texas
Grayson County Court Certifies August 31 1933 Election Order
County Clerk C M Cole certifies the Commissioners Court order from August 31 1933 to canvass returns and declare the election result. The document is recorded in Vol 1 page 606 with seal and witness by Deputy W O Williams. County Judge Jake J Loy directs the copy to be certified.
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I. C. M. Cole
Grayson County
Texas
Commissioners Court
Said County
C. M. Cole
W. O. Williams
Jake J. Loy
Notice of Publication for Court Order in Grayson County
The publication order requires four successive weekly issues in The White Wright Sun to satisfy legal publication. The affidavit must show oath and seal of publication. Witnessed by Jake J. Loy, County Judge, August 31, 1933.
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Whitewright Sun
Justice Precinct No. 3
Grayson County
Texas
Jake J. Loy
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Orangeville News
T. W. Ayres & Son Whitewright’s New Dry Goods Store
Presbyterian Church
I. Witt
J. L. Denton, Jr. Whitewright
E. D. Barlow
Greenville
L. LaRoe
Kimbell Milling Company
North Texas Seed Company
Pascal Farley
E. W. Fields
Business
David Ray Manning
Bargain
Bryan Holcomb
Holcomb Tire Store
F. W. Hudson
Sherman Steam Marble and Granite Works
W. Lamar St
Sherman, Texas
Auto Finance Company OF
Sherman F
A. I. Bowles
Guy Hamilton
State OF
Grayson
Nicholson’s
Prince Albert Tobacco
East Texas
Nicholson
Superior Greasing Service
Supreme Service
Stateville & Spindle
R. R. Waldo
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