Fire insurance credits listed for Texas towns
The State Fire Insurance Commission reveals its first list of Texas towns awarded good fire record credits for the year beginning March 1, 1925. Credits range from 3 to 15 percent of schedule rates, based on a three year loss ratio. many towns are included though no large cities appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Fire Insurance Commission
Tulsa
Bowie
Cleburne
Round Rock
Whitesboro
Gunter
Rising Star
Sanger
West
Beeville
Devine
Savoy
Smithville
For Sale at Queen Theatre Features Mary Carr and Tully Marshall
First National drama For Sale arrives at the Queen Theatre for two days starting Monday February 23. Adolphe Menjou stars as Joseph Hadley a social climber who uses wealth to win a girl. Cast also includes Tully Marshall and Mary Carr in a striking departure from her previous roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Theatre
America
Joseph Hadley
Adolphe Menjou
Paris
For Sale
Tully Marshall
Mary Carr
Lost items and bankruptcy notice from 1926 Texas
A personal lost item notice requests return of a brown jumper coat with a Burnet check book and a boy’s blue gray cap, offering pay at an ice plant. Separately, in the Northern District of Texas, San Angelo, Mack Lee Maples petitions for bankruptcy discharge. creditors must object by March 7, 1926, to challenge the decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters
J. Wyatt
District Court of the United States
Northern District of Texas
San Angelo
Mack Lee Maples
Texas
Wingate
Runnels County
Mack Lee ‘Maples
Dress Suit and the D. C. in Congress
The Washington Times defends Congressman Tom Blanton amid claims he wore evening dress at a Firefighters Association banquet. The piece praises Blanton as sincere and honest, noting his tenure favors Texas colleagues while supporting District citizens, and rejects the dress suit criticism as unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanton
Firefighters’ Association of Washington
Tom Blanton
Washington
Congress
Tom
Texas
Joe Bailey
Firemen
Wahington Times
Novice Man Raises Pure Bred Turkeys
J. M. Roberts of Novice visited Winters to call at the Enterprise office. He is a farmer who raises pure-bred turkeys as a business and cotton as a sideline. He sold 286.00 dollars worth of turkeys last year and aims to beat it this year. Roberts came from Valera Texas last year. Hon J. M. Winterbotham of Galveston visited the city Friday to see H. W. Lynn and handle business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Roberts
Enterprise
J. M. Winterbotham
Galveston
City
H. W. Lynn
Inaugural Plans Hit Setback for District of Columbia
Preliminary news stops colorless preparations for a big show on March 4. Citizens fear Uncle Sam will foot the bill for the event as plans falter in the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Uncle Sam
Tax Consultant N Don Chapman in Winters February Visit
N Don Chapman income tax consultant will be in Winters Texas February 2 to February 7 for preparing 1924 returns due by March 15 1925. Office at E A Sheppersd. Bring 1924 figures and visit him. Music is the medicine of the mind.
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N. Don Chapman
Winters
Texas
E. A. Shepperd’s
Organizing Christian Church in Winters
A. K. Scott state evangelist of the Christian Church filled his appointment here Sunday in the Chamber of Commerce hall. He aims to organize and build a church for his denomination and asks all local members to attend or speak with him. The town lacks a Protestant church and construction plans are being prepared.
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A. K. Scott
The
Christian Church
Chamber of Commerce
Norfleet to Talk to Stock Show Visitors
Fort Worth reports J Frank Norfleet of Hale Center a former deputy sheriff who led a high profile manhunt for four swindlers is set to speak at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show. From his booth he will recount experiences across 386 states and three countries as he pursued the men ultimately arrested and convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
J. Frank Norfleet
Hale Center
East Texas man is champ cotton picker
A. J. Essary of Onalaska in Polk county is hailed as the champion cotton picker. From Sept 15 to Jan 17 he worked 68 days, picking 41,699 pounds at an average of 613 pounds per day, with a noted fall season record compared by locals. Wise men think, fools talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
A. J. Essary
Onalaska
Polk County
Texas
Essary
John Shipman
Clements Hardware Company
Pioneer C Ernst dies on 52nd wedding anniversary
C Ernst aged 79 years nine months and twenty six days died last Friday at the family home four miles west of town near midnight. He lived in Winters Country 27 years and leaves a wife seven children and twenty five grandchildren. Burial was at Lutheran Cemetery with Rev Wehmeyer and Spill Bros funeral directors. The Enterprise extends sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Ernst
Ernst
Lutheran Church
Wehmeyer
Spill Bros
Charlie
Fritz
Louise
Adolph
Will
Louis Frick
Wm. Mincenmeyer
Dallas
Enterprise
Electric steam pleating and hem stitching services
Mrs. J. T. Stevenson offers electric steam pleating, hem stitching, and button making services. For details or inquiries, call phone number 340.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Stevenson
Tfe
Reward Offered for Shooting High Line Insulators
Winters Light and Power Company offers a $25 reward for information leading to conviction of anyone who shoots or breaks insulators on the high voltage line. The notice stresses honesty and upright conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters Light & Power Co
Palmer to Build Two More Residences in Winters
A. D. Palmer, who moved with his family to Winters last fall, plans two new six room houses next week. One sits two blocks south of the high school, the other on Tinkle street, bringing his total local homes to four. He praises Winters County. 5S. T. Hogg and family of Bronte visited Winters Saturday. Mr Hoge prefers to do business in Winters despite living within three miles of Bronte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Palmer
Winters
Tinkle Street
Great Winters County
T. Hogg
Bronte
Mr. Hoge
Enterprise Office
Mental Power Requires Adequate Nourishment
A proverb asserts that mental strength comes from proper nourishment, not from hunger or neglect. It emphasizes that a fed brain supports clear thinking and sustained capability.
Car repair note hints at wheel service by Logan
A brief notice mentions C. L. Logan offering wheel repair services. The fragment implies car maintenance assistance and a prompt to remember repairs.
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Commission
Abanathy
Alvarado
Alvin
Bradwell
Bartlett
Bellevue
Canadian
Carbon
Clifton
Coleman
Deport
Eagle Lake
el Campo
Fayetteville
Ganado
Gatesville
Giddings
Groverton
Hamilton
Henderson
Hereford
Honeygrove
Itasca
Kerrville
LaGrange
Lometa
LaPorte
Mission
New Brunsels
Olney
Pampa
Pharr
Pilot Point
Rock Port
Rockwall
Roscoe
Sabina
San Augustine
Shiner
Timpson
van Alstyne
Waelder
Window
Winnsboro
Yorktown
Queen
D. C
Bill Price
Zihiman
Maryland
Norfleet
H. A. Sykes
P. J. Stark
Troy Steam Laundry
Badger
U. S
Beaver Eire
Hall
Rexall
Louis P. Liggett
Bara
Winters, Texas
C. L. Logan
New Spring
Happy
Fannie Thornton
Gardner Bros
Florsheim Shoe
Kilpatrick Motor Co
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