Lone Star Gas Ad Wins Third in National Contest
Lone Star Gas Co. received third prize in the National Better Copy Contest for the ad titled Natural Gas Is a Community Builder. The award was noted in a letter to R A Crawford Dallas vice president and general manager.
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Lone Star Gas Company
Natural Gas
Lone Star Gas
Sun
Public Utilities Advertising Association
R. A. Crawford
Dallas
Lone Star Gae Co
Crawford
Lone Star Gas Co
Tracey-Locke-Dawson, Inc
Seven Common Social Sins and Public Advice
The item lists seven social sins as Politics without principles Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Knowledge without character Commerce without morality Science without humanity Worship without sacrifice. Cannon Donaldson of England urged spending money in Whitewright.
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Cannon Donaldson
England
Negro landowner killed by tenant near Bells Texas
George Andrews a wealthy negro farmer ten miles northwest of Whitewright was beaten to death by his tenant Sam Wyatt on the road southwest of Bells after a dispute over cotton sale settlements. Wyatt surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Jim Fagan. Andrews sixty five, a Texas immigrant from Iowa, left a large estate valued near two hundred thousand dollars with farms in Grayson County and Oklahoma. He was a church and fraternal leader with a wife, a step-daughter, a sister and three brothers. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon.
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George Andrews
Whitewright
Sammie Wyatt
Andrews
Wyatt
Sherff
Jim Fagan
Bells
Iowa
Texas
Grayson County
Oklahoma
Mulberry Street
Sherman
Muskogee
Okla
Negro Baptist Church
Negro Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge of Texas
Negro Odd Fellows
I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge
Women to Shape Election as Voter Numbers Rise
The article notes 58 million Americans will be eligible to vote in November with about 28.5 million women, or 49 percent. It argues women may play a larger role than since gaining suffrage, predicting a greater turnout than the roughly 30 million who voted in the last presidential contest.
Train Crash Collision Questioned In Driver’s Account
A driver reports the collision occurred after the train struck the vehicle. The driver recalls the moment as the impact happened between the first and second payments, describing a sharp, immediate crash. Local authorities are investigating the sequence of events and assessing safety signals at the crossing.
Grayson Democrats Organize For Al Smith Campaign
W L Hay of Grayson County leads regular Democrats in organizing a county wide campaign for Al Smith. The plan includes precinct chairpersons, education through literature and public addresses, and a calm, issue focused effort on prohibition, agriculture relief, and religious freedom.
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Hay
Republican Party
Grayson
Friends of Agriculture
Smith
Joke about temper and marriage in a tale
A man and his wife buy a horse and discuss its temper. The man quips that the horse’s temperament mirrors his wife, remarking on the thought that passed through his mind when he married her. The wife’s reaction anchors the humorous twist.
New Democrat Eight satire on Raskob auto line
Brownwood News parodies national politics with a Raskob style campaign pitch. The piece contrasts the Smith Robinson and Hoover autos, praising the Smith Robinson as a radical new model with easier controls and promised four years lubrication relief.
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H. I. Phillips
Brownwood News
Raskob
Smith-Robinson
Hoover
Smith-Robinson Car Promises Versatile Family Use
Sales dialogue touts a car with an Arkansas chassis and Oliver Street motor offering a convertible body for family, farm, beer truck, and business use. It guarantees 60 percent purchase-price refund if not as represented and offers a $4 allowance for a Calvin brougham trade-in amid issues with the latter.
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Arkansas
New York
Albany
Houston
Smith-Robinson
Death from smoking joke
Secretary Henry A Wilson claimed cigars shorten life by three days, a Portland doctor quipped he has been dead over a century, prompting laughter and a reminder of aging figures in a humorous exchange.
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Henry Allen Wilson
New England Anti-Tobacco League
Portland
Wilson
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Grayson Democrats
Whitewright, Texas
W. C. Huffines
Goodyear
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Goodyear Tires
DRS
Jno. T. Nall
Sears
W. C. Rountree
M. D. Pellagra
M. D. Austin
Mr. Raskob
New Democrat
Calvin Brougham
City and Farm
H. G. Webster
The
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Nantes
Fr Biance
Chevrolet
Fisher
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