Texas tax dollars fuel education and roads, says Marrs
State Superintendent S. M. N. Marrs told the Grayson County Teachers Institute in Sherman that seventy five cents of every tax dollar goes to education and roads. He noted 32 cents to public schools, 12 cents to higher education, 38 cents to roads, and 25 cents to other government costs. He praised the $15 per capita law and the use of gas tax revenue to fund books, reducing average book cost from 98 to under 90 cents.
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Texas
Grayson County Teachers’ Institute
Sherman
S. M. N. Marrs
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Austin
University of Texas, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
State of Texas
Marrs
Mr. Marrs
State Department of Education
Department of Education
Boy Rides Tail of Airplane on Unusual Trip
Vincent Taylor a 17 year old from Hackensack clung to the tail skid of an air mail plane 3000 feet above ground during takeoff from Terboro Airport to Hadley Field. He survived the ordeal with only a chill and planned a return flight to Terboro.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Vincent Taylor
Hackensack
Taylor
L. Ponton De’Arce
Terboro
Hadley Field
Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy Promises Cure or Money Back
Bow-Wright Drug Co offers Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy with guarantee to please or refund. Targets sore gums bleeding gums and pyorrhea with a promise of certain results, claiming uniqueness among remedies.
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Leto
Bow-Wright Drug Co
Bond Sale Yields $11 680 Premium for Road District and County Bonds
The Sherman County Commissioners accept a bid from Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank Dallas for 649 250 special road district refunding bonds and 346 000 county wide road construction bonds. Premium 11 680. Funds used to refund existing bonds and finance gravel roads and right of way improvements. The state covers remaining grading and bridging costs.
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Special Road District
Sherman
Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank of Dallas
Religion to Be Future News Says Rector Hull
The Rev Charles T Hull rector of St Pauls By the Lake in Chicago predicts front page news in twenty five years will center on religion and science. He says readers shift from judging others to seeking virtues and achievements and expects stories of science and religion to dominate future front pages.
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Chicago
Charles T. Hull
St. Paul’s By-the-Lake Episcopal Church of Chicago
Hull
Child Smothered to Death in Ice Box
Chicago police found five year old Willie Weber dead inside an old ice box at his home. He had been missing since Saturday and was discovered in a sitting position with knees drawn up and arms folded. Neighborhood children are being questioned about possible entry into the box.
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Chicago
Ill
Willie Weber
Thomas Predicts Cotton Price At 30 Cents A Pound
Dallas cotton man Mike H. Thomas known as the Pattern of the cotton world predicts cotton will sell for 30 cents a pound before year end. He calls today’s report the greatest blessing to the South since 1924 and credits Southern newspapers for promoting reduced cotton overproduction.
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Mike H. Thomas
Dallas
Mr. Thomas
South
Truett Marks 31st Year At First Baptist Church
Dr. George W. Truett leads the 31st year celebration at First Baptist Dallas with large crowds at both services. He reflects on biblical law and declares the five words Christ died for our sins as the remedy for sin, amid simple observance directed by Robert L. Coleman.
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Dallas News
George W. Truett
First Baptist Church
Truett
Robert L. Coleman
Dr. Truett
Christ
Conscience and Sin in Dr Truett Sermon Delivers Hope
The sermon argues conscience drives moral outrage and sinners must suffer, yet Christ died for sins offering remedy and salvation. Illustrations include a youth who confessed burning a store for reward money and the call for universal salvation through Jesus. A brief aside notes astronomers warn sin may trigger a broad catastrophe in California.
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Dr. Truett
Christ
Competition drives Southern trade prospects after Coolidge pick
The Ohio State Journal notes a brighter business outlook for Southern delegates as President Coolidge makes his selection, highlighting revived competition as key to trade prospects.
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Coolidge
Ohio State Journal
Typewriter Paper on Sale at The Sun Office
The Sun office offers 75 sheets of typewriter paper for 25 cents at all times.
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