Ranger Captain Hickman Honored by Senate and Granted Leave
The Texas Senate passed a resolution praising Ranger Captain Tom Hickman for his action in stopping two Clarksville bank robbers. Adjutant General D J Matthews granted him leave to witness the Dempsey Tunney fight in Philadelphia as he traveled to Eagle Pass for a sheriff’s convention. General Matthews praised Hickman for upholding Rangers’ traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tom Hickman
Clarksville
Senate
D. J. Matthews
Philadelphia
Walter C. Woodward
Coleman
Floyd, Holbrook
Wirtz
Smith
Murphy
Lewis
Senate of Texas
Hickman
Eagle Pass
Matthews
Texas Rangers
Kentucky Town Club Elects New Officers
The Kentucky Town Club names Viva Phillips as president Eunice Turner as vice president Grady Brown as secretary Percy Darwin as treasurer and Lester Taylor as reporter at the last meeting with Mrs Anderson on Friday the 10th. The next gathering is planned with Mrs Fannie Badgett on Friday September 24 with visitors welcome.
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Anderson
Miss Saunders
Mason of
Sherman
Viva Phillips
Eunice Turner
Grady Brown
Percy Darwin
Lester Caylor
Fannie Badgett
Community Notes Highlight Crop Progress and Local Events
Garland and Conner ginned three bales of cotton, the first of the season, as open-ing starts slowly. A county road crew moved to Tom Bean after two months in the area. The community forms a Farm Club with officers for a Sept 28 29 fair, while Riley Williams of Bells promotes syrup production and a cane stripper patent interest.
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Garland & Conner
Tom Bean
S. T. McSpedden
West Texas
Will Scott
Waxahachie
Annie Wilson
Wilson Kaiser
Denison
Roy Wilson
George Miller
Blue Ridge
Burr Hulett
Dave Taylor
Olney
Orion Judd
J. D. Judd
Harry Henry
Taylor Scott
Kilgree Place
Paschal Binion
van Alstyne
Z. W. Binion
A. J. Matthews
Dave Anderson
Tulsa
Okla
L. A. Matthews
Ben Calhoun
Near Sherman
F. M. Sloan
Ralph Judd
Les Andrews
A. Matthews
E. R. Matthews
Leonard
S. T. Pierce
Savoy
C. A. Baxter
Jim Matthews
Desert
Richard Matthews
Anderson
A. V. St. John
W. T. St. John
Sam Mitchell
Here
R. E. L. Binion
Binion
Riley Williams
Community Farm Club
W. L. Evans
Callie Taylor
Doss Chism
Ff. Lovell
George Spencer
G. E. Thrift
Local Fair Winners and Committee Names
Old Fiddlers Contest and quilting events led by Jim Biggertaff with others like Mrs Arlie St John and Mrs Don Andrews. Poultry and baby show committees included Joe Waldrop Mrs Joe Burks and Mrs F Lovell with a program team led by Mrs Mary Benson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. G. Bow
Joe Burks
Jim Biggertaff
Arlie St. John
Don Andrews
Joe Waldrop
F. Lovell
Mary Benson
Lee Hulett
Jewel Hopper
Naoma Kaiser
Clara Scott
Joe Ashinhurst
Howard McSpedden
Hogwallow Notes Reveal Tiny Town Tales
Poke Eazley upgrades a pig pen while a prankster shouts fire drawing a crowd away. The Hog Ford preacher jokes about vacations, and Tickville marshals feel power but absence of trains saves some from arrest. Washington Hocks teases Raz Barlow over days, Moseleys plan to move with Fletcher Henstep lending a wagon.
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Moseleys
Gander Creek
Fletcher Henstep
Fletch
Improvement Association
Loyalty to Country and Self in Editorial Prize
The Denver Post highlights prizes for editorials and prints a piece arguing loyalty to God and nation over dual allegiances. It cites President Coolidge on unassimilated loyalty and praises A. A. Mayfield of Denver for a prize editorial on patriotic duty and citizenship.
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Coolidge
United States
United States of America
Denver Post
A. A. Mayfield
Mountain States Monitor
Denver
Texas Facts From the Lone Star State Archive
The data cover cattle brands in Texas exceeding 15 000 registered by the Texas Cattle Raisers Association. Texas cotton output in 1924 reached 4 851 000 bales of 19 360 000 world total. Crockett sits on Mission San Francisco de los Tejas site founded 1690. U S receipts from Texas for year to June 30 1925 totaled 34 673 543.08 dollars.
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The
Texas Cattle Raisers Association
Texas
Crockett
San Francisco de Los Tejas
United States
Chimneys Tend Eastward From Temperature Stresses
An editorial in Buildings argues that chimney lean is caused by thermal expansion. West faces heat more in the afternoon and shrink more at night, creating greater stress and spalling, with south faces also affected. Examples cited include the Egyptian obelisk and tombstones in New York.
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Chicago
Central Park
New York
St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul’s Tomb
New Orleans
World motor cars total near twenty four million
Department of Commerce figures show about 24 000 000 motor cars in the world about one car for every 71 people based on a 1925 world population of 1 748 700 000. in the United States there is one car for every six persons. The piece notes unequal distributions and envisions future invention possibly reducing car use while improving travel.
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Department of Commerce
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kentuckytown Club
Pilot Grove News
Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Poke Eazley
Hog Ford
Tickville
Washington Hocks
Raz Barlow
Rosley and
Radiola Dealer
Joe Johnson
J. D. Reece
Tom Barbee
R and R
Elmo Wallace
West Whitewright
Sun Office
P. Janway
J. W. McMurry Grocery
J. Lee Yates
Paul Owens
Ely
P. A. Short
W. F. Brown
Dyer & Jones’ Drug Store
Whitewright
John Hollingsworth
Love Monument Company of
Mark Montgomery
Atwater Kent
Manning, Clark & Meador
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
R. Nickerson
W. C. Rountree
Texarkana
W. W. Foust
Hico
Rt. 1
Ran
R Theatre
Whitewright, Texas
Colleen Moore
Charleston
Syd Chaplin In
Bob Custer
Sun
Dixie
Championship of the World
Atwater
Kent
Manning, Clark
Meadow
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