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Whitewright Sun
Sherman Laundry Co
Whitewright
Cull Reeves
Whitewright Weather Promises Favorable Two Month Outlook
In Whitewright the next two months are expected to bring favorable weather, aiding a record cotton harvest. Observers predict the crop could average more than half a bale per acre, with some farmers storing two or three bales for market when yields lag. A Mississippi farmer reportedly kept a bale for forty two years, remaining as good as new in the buyer’s view.
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Whitewright
Mississippi
Legislative special session to raise taxes planned
The Texas Legislature will convene a special session on Monday September 27 called a tax session to raise about 12 million in new taxes and increase existing ones. The piece notes broad impact on consumers and expresses mixed public sentiment, summarizing that the burden ultimately falls on the Jones family.
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Texas
Jones
Genuine Success in Home Ownership Story
A lifelong renter recalls buying 41 acres in 1928 and 53 more later, moving to the new farm in 1930, then improving it. By 1931 they owed 1200 dollars with no other debt, a terraced land, windmill, running water, and over 100 budded pecan trees. The letter emphasizes steady work and sound management as the key to owning a home.
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Collin
W. W. Dugger
Ground tilling life and self reliance in Dust Bowl era
Recounting a farmer family’s ethos of independence they claim flexibility to weather debts and market swings. The Duggers farm ninety acres and rely on land as their main asset while stressing self employment, constitutional property rights, and prudent management amid uncertain bonds and stocks.
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United States
State Press
Dallas News
Leaks Stopped and Taxes Rise in Texas Reform
Texas Comptroller George H. Sheppard reports saving the state about 10 million dollars over three years by tightening gasoline and cigarette tax law enforcement. He details new penalties, shifted resources to East Texas refineries, and audits that recovered delinquent taxes.
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Austin
George H. Sheppard
State of Texas
Sheppard
Sweetwater
East Texas
Texas
United States
False cotton packing probe to be resumed
Washington announces resumption of investigations into false packing of American cotton bales led by Fred Taylor and Dr. A G Black. The study aims to curb two sided and false packed bales, improve bale tagging, and trace sources amid reports of sandwiched bales and mixed packed material across export shipments from Texas and Oklahoma.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Europe
Fred Taylor
A. G. Black
Bureau
Black
America
Taylor
Time To Grow Said MacPherson In Nursery Garden
MacPherson enters a nursery garden asking for a cucumber. The gardener offers one cucumber for five pence. A bargain is struck when the buyer negotiates to Tuppence and pays. The buyer jokes about returning in a fortnight for another cut.
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MacPherson
Printing of Bank Notes Costs Rise at Government Press
Washington reports that printing costs for Federal Reserve notes have climbed to about $97 per thousand sheets. The rise from $86 in June 1935 reflects the continuing impact of government paper costs, with Section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act requiring Fed Reserve Banks to cover issuance expenses.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Government Printing Office
Federal Reserve Banks
English School to Train Dogs for Conversation
London plans a fall opening of a school teaching dogs to read, perform arithmetic sums, and converse with humans. Sponsored by Miss L Lindafhageby, founder of the Animal Defense and Anti vivisection Society, the program argues dogs and other higher animals possess independent thought and spiritual feelings.
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London
L. Lindaf- Hageby
The
Animal Defense and Antivivisection Society
Activist Advocates Humane Education Advance
A prominent advocate says widespread humane education would curb thoughtlessness and cruelty to animals, arguing schools and communities should integrate ethics and animal welfare into curricula and public programs.
Sammy Baugh to Play Pro Ball in Washington Redskins
Texas Christian University quarterback Sammy Baugh announced he would fly to join the Washington Redskins after initially planning to coach Frog freshmen. Owner George Marshall offered a salary that Baugh could not refuse, and he consulted Coach Dutch Meyer, who advised acceptance.
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Fort Worth
Sam Baugh
Texas Christian University
Washington Redskins
Redskins
George Marshall
Dutch Meyer
TCU
Poem Excerpt The Phantom Beckons From A Distant Window
A poem by Caroline Ainslie evokes country roads through stubble fields and fading evening light. The speaker notes drowsy streams and a cricket’s song from deserted home hearths while a sunset window glows and a phantom beckons the roamer.
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Caroline Ainslie
Epitaph With Violet Cuddling in His Arms
A short poem reflects on memory and loss as Violet sits in his arms once more. The scene shifts from affectionate embrace to a lily in place of a former kiss, signaling mourning and farewell.
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Violet
Silly
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