Will Improve Runnels County Fair Grounds
Ballinger Texas Aug 10 Work on the new buildings for the Runnels County Fair is in progress. The project calls for about 10000 dollars and will double the fair’s exhibiting capacity with a duplicated agricultural hall and grand stand. A large sheep building is built and the Fair Association has increased capital stock by 5000 dollars, using last year’s profits for improvements.
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Ballinger
Texas
Runnels County
Fair Association
Help Us Make a Better Paper in Winters
A local call for news items from Winters residents invites readers to share social, religious, and commercial happenings. Editors stress the paper’s role as a public service and ask for information via phone or other means to ensure coverage of community events.
Bradshaw Sees Bright Crop Prospects After Rain
Bradshaw Texas August 10 rains boost expected feed and cotton crop. Gins overhauled, Bradshaw Sheap Highway nearing completion, bank deposits at record levels. A. L. Newby commits three thousand dollar home south of town for Miss Cabelle Mosley of Waco, with visiting Mosley and Archer families from Waco and Holland.
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Bradshaw
Texas
Bank of Bradshaw
A. L. Newby
Cabelle Mosley
Waco
John Mosley
William
T. J. Archer
T. J. Jr
Holland
R. L. Mosley
Bouknight Praises Thedford's Black-Draught For Digestive Relief
In Ballentine South Carolina W B Bouknight credits Thedford's Black-Draught with curing lifelong indigestion from fast eating. He says after meals he felt bloated and sleepy but the remedy let him eat anytime and work better. He also notes quick relief from colds and biliousness.
Bryan's Will Filed as Widow Receives One Third
The will of William Jennings Bryan was filed for probate in Miami on Saturday. Mary Baird Bryan receives one third of all property and a life interest in Mary Mount. Each of Bryan's three children gets one fourth of the remainder, with the rest earmarked for an academy for boys combining religious and secular education.
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Miami
Fla
William Jennings Bryan
Mary Baird Bryan
Mary Mount
Bryan
Cocoanut Grove
Ruth Bryan Owen
William J. Bryan, Jr
Grace Bryan Hargreaves
Fairview
Neb
Jesus Christ
Wording of Bryan Will Revokes Past Wills and Settles Funeral Costs
The document states that all former wills made by the deceased Bryan are revoked and annulled. It also indicates the first provision of the will uses Bryan's estate to cover funeral expenses and the cost of a fitting monument for his grave.
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Bryan
Ford Truck and Tractor Deliveries Rise in July First Twenty Days
Ford reports show rising demand for trucks and tractors with retail deliveries up from last year. First twenty days of July record 12 168 Ford one ton truck sales, up 30 percent, with most sales to industry installations and growing farm purchases including Fordson tractor deliveries.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Fordson
July shoppers push up to record summer sales
July totaled 3 664 with a 48 percent rise from last July. Business conditions hint sales will stay strong through the summer. R W Dilday of Wichita Falls visited Judge and Mrs R T Thornton and praised Winter’s growth and prospects.
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R. W. Dilday
Wichita Falls
R. T. Thornton
Business trip to New Mexico by regional trio
Messrs. Wiley Rainwater Barney McCasland K D Peterson and Clyde Briley traveled to New Mexico the past week on a business trip.
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Messrs
Wiley Rainwater
Barney McCasland
K. D. Peterson
Clyde Briley
New Mexico
No dapper bandit holds his own until his clothes are out of style
A compact quip notes a stylish thief backed into a corner when his attire fails him. The line plays on the idea that appearance cannot save a capable criminal, implying taste and fashion can influence outcomes in tricky situations.
Illness Delays W R B Johnson and Lillie Belle Ivey
Sirs W. RB. Johnson and Miss Lillie Belle Ivey recover from a week's flu illness awaiting improved health.
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Sirs
W. RB. Johnson
Lillie Belle Ivey
Rubber Ball Bounces But Rubber Prices Sink
A playful line notes a rubber ball bounces yet falls back, while rubber prices fail to hold steady. The quip contrasts a simple toy’s rebound with market drift, hinting at broader commodity volatility.
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Antonio Moreno
Aileen Pringle
Queen Theatre
Martin
Owens Drug Store
Agency For
The
Austin Nursery
J. A. Berry
Winters, Texas
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
C. L. Logan
Winters Oil Mill
Ortie
G. T. Pounds
West Texas Telephone Co
West Texas Telephone Company
Dance Brothers
Dodge Brothers
Davis-Patrick Motor CO
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