Joint installation and county veterans drive planned in Denison
World War veterans from Spanish American War and VFW groups join for a joint installation at the Denison American Legion home on September 20. Mayor Clarence Scott to welcome attendees and Carl E. Nesbitt to conduct the ceremony. A county wide membership push, chaired by county units, aims to double participation with a free post event feed at the Legion Boy Scout camp in East Denison.
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Denison
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Denison American Legion
Clarence Scott
Post Department
Carl E. Nesbitt
Mineola
Cheatham
Grayson County
Legion’s Boy Scout
East Denison
Mussolini Plans To Take Women Out of Industry
Rome reports Benito Mussolini plans to remove women workers from Italy's industry. He argues women's primary duty is family formation and population growth, with men filling jobs to reduce unemployment and boost morale. An editorial in Popolo D’Italia supports ending female labor as harmful to reproduction and national vigor.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Il Duce
Mussolini
Popolo D’italia
Milan
Ducks and wheels echo a trolley tale revival
The piece recalls a bygone joke about a trolley incident where an irate woman scolds a male passenger, claiming his glass eye damaged her hat pin. The vignette ties the revival of the cartwheel and vintage humor to old timer anecdotes.
August Records Show Too Many Getting Relief
Sherman reports a new Grayson County peak with 2,865 relief cases totaling 12,892 persons in August. Food and cash aid reached 34,585.63 dollars. beef shipments, sewing program distributions, and relief staff efforts aim to curb winter shortages as new cases rose and aid categories expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Grayson County
Marion Wilson
Dallas
Fort Worth
Clothing Department
Sherman Sewing Project
Denison
W. J. Crain
Denison and
Texas Relief Commission
Wilson
Umbrella Age Question Sparks Boyish Debate on Beach
An old man teases a boy asking his age and compares him to an umbrella. The boy replies asking the umbrella’s age, turning a simple beach chat into a witty exchange about height and perception.
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Sonny
Want Ads Automobile Loans
If you need money for any reason or want to refinance car payments making them smaller they will loan any reasonable amount or length of time. No delay bring license receipt and car for inspection. Auto Finance Company F W Creager Manager of Sherman.
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F. W. Creager, Mgr
Sherman
Congressional Bill on Old Age Pensions Action
Congress introduced a measure to fund one third of pension costs to states and territories with a sixty five minimum age and asset/support restrictions. It adjourned without definite action on the bill or the District of Columbia act.
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Congress
States
Territories
District of Columbia
Exchange
Infant prodigy Sheldon Gilgore earns praise at Penn
Philadelphia reports 2 1/2 year old Sheldon Gilgore praised by the University of Pennsylvania psychology department as a genius with an estimated 146.6 I Q while his playmates claim a .300 batting average. The child quotes poetry, performs arithmetic, and spells two syllable words, yet his mother says he is more interested in baseball and swimming than impressing others.
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Philadelphia
Shelly” — Gilgore
Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
Little Sheldon
Harry Gilgore
Pet spaniel fights cougar in Paradise Valley
In Powell River British Columbia Frank McQuarrie's small spaniel challenged a full grown cougar in Paradise Valley. Two witnesses watched as the dog clung to the cat's throat, biting the jugular and killing the cougar while the spaniel avoided serious injury.
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Powell River
B. C
Frank McQuarrie
Paradise Valley
Trade Places to Understand Each Other's Problems
Claude Callan argues country and town residents should swap roles periodically to grasp differing concerns. He notes farmers seek high prices for crops while urban buyers want low prices and suggests trading places would foster sympathy and insight between classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Fergusons Sued for 12500 in Texas Foreclosure Action
The Rutland Savings Bank of Rutland Vermont filed in Travis County District Court for collection of a 1923 note for 12500 by Governor Miriam A Ferguson and her husband James E Ferguson. The petition seeks foreclosure of 185 acres of land in Bell County due to unpaid principal and interest.
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Austin
Rutland Savings Bank of
Rutland
Travis County
Miriam A. Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Bell County
Security transfer dispute over notes and liens on Bell County land
The Rutland Savings Bank had purchased the note from Pearsons & Taft, Chicago. Pearsons & Taft along with the Associated Manufacturers Company of Waterloo Iowa J P Messer of McLennan County and J H McEvoy & Co of Houston were named defendants claiming liens on the Bell County land in the petition.
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Rutland Savings Bank
Pearsons & Taft
Corporation
Chicago
Associated Manufacturers Company
Waterloo
Iowa
J. P. Messer
McLennan County
J. H. McEvoy & Co
Houston
Bell County
Government Aids Speech Instruction Program Offered
Government offers free speech instruction for those 16 and older unable to pay. Duration four to eight months with monthly sessions. Whitewright residents may join led by J. L. German at the high school Saturdays at 10 a.m. Mr German trained at Columbia University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1926.
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Whitewright
J. L. German
German
Columbia University
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
N. Y
Thankful note to Whitewright for kindness to uncle C A Smith
Mrs. J M Davis expresses gratitude to the people of Whitewright for kindness during her uncle C A Smith illness and for words of sympathy after his passing. The family says they will always remember the community’s thoughtful deeds and condolences.
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Whitewright
C. A. Smith
J. M. Davis
FERA Enrollment Begins in Grayson County This Winter
Enrollment is already complete in twenty one classes of the sixty or more expected to be formed in Grayson County as part of the FERA emergency education program. J B Brooks county director inspected Sherman buildings and will decide on sites this week. Whitewright Whitesboro Sherman Denison Van Alstyne Collinsville and Tioga seek the one nursery school for winter.
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Sherman
Grayson County
FERA
J. B. Brooks
Brooks
Whitewright
Whitesboro
Denison
van Alstyne
Collinsville
Tioga
Dillinger Complex Explained by Probation Officer
Milton Weiffenbach, US Probation Officer for the Eastern District of Missouri, argues Dillinger could have become a law abiding citizen if given early scientific study and treatment. He says nine years among criminals shaped a mental attitude viewing organized society as the enemy, unlike his co-defendant who served one year.
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ST. Louis
John Dillinger
Milton Weiffenbach
United States
Missouri
Weiffenbach
Loans by pawnbrokers reach half a billion dollars yearly
The article reports that pawnbrokers issue loans totaling about 500 million dollars each year. It notes the business volume, lending practices, and potential implications for customers and local markets.
Employers Pay Over 200 Million for Injured Worker Benefits
The report states that employers in this country now disburse more than 200 million dollars annually in benefits to injured workers. The figure reflects growing long term costs and policy implications for workplace injury programs and insurance schemes.
Parrot Slang Lesson Sparks Family Witty Exchange
A mother questions if her six year old son Herbert is teaching the parrot slang. He replies he is only telling the bird what not to say, eliciting a humorous family moment.
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Herbert
Mamma
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Ayres
Peters Diamond
Oxfords
Brassieres
T. W. Ayres & Son Dry Goods and Shoes
Grayson
County Relief Board
P. O
Investment Recovery Corporation
P. O. Box
Dallas, Tex
Claude Callan
Fergusons
Bow-Wright
Dillinger
Nicholson
Nicholson’s
R. R. Waldo
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