Orr Reappointed President of Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association
John T. Orr of Dallas was re-elected president for the fifth consecutive time at the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association meeting in Dallas. W. D. Harris of Ennis elected vice president. new executive committee members named include Farris, W. W. Pitts, Henry Coit, and Lynn Stokes. Department heads to be chosen at a board meeting tonight as Orr travels in Europe to expand foreign outlets.
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Dallas
John T. Orr
Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association
W. D. Harris
Ennis
Orr
Farris
W. W. Pitts
Wills Point
Henry Coit
Rennar
Lynn Stokes
Ballinger
Europe
Dick Turpin Robs Farmer as He Seeks King’s Rag Fame
The famous highwayman Dick Turpin, famed for daring deeds and lavish garments, robs a farmer near Rippon Side in April 1785, taking seven hundred pounds with a pistol after learning of the flock’s value. He then sails to the Blue Boar Inn in London to bet on a prize fight.
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Dick Turpin
England
Drury Lane
London
Ripple Side
Benny Black Bess
Blue Boar Inn
Turpin
Tom Mix
William Foxstar
Christ as Seen From Various Walks of Life at Baptists
Sunday program lists morning preaching on Christ seen through diverse lives and evening topic faults and ideals. Wednesday meetings include unions deacons and choir practice. Summers plans note encampments at Christoval July 6 to 16 with Winters attendees and teachers training courses. A motion picture featuring Alan Hale as Turpin shown at Mission Theatre Friday and Saturday.
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Christ
Miles
Mary D. Taylor
H. H. Stephens
Christoval
Alan Hale
Turpin
Tom King
Kathleen Meyers
Alice Bookfield
Philo McCullough
Lord Charlton
James Marcus
Squire Crabtree
Bull Montana
Sid Jordan
Charles Kenyon
Dick Turpin
J. G. Blystone
William Fox
Mission Theatre
Topeka Merchants Boycott Bus Lines Between Cities
The Topeka Merchants Association adopted a unanimous resolution calling for a boycott of bus and truck lines operating between Kansas City and Topeka. The aim is to pressure merchants to patronize railroads for shipments, arguing buses burden roads and railroads. Winters started the movement, noted as a pioneer of the effort.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Miss Lorene Briley Visits Dallas and Fort Worth This Week
Miss Lorene Briley is visiting relatives and friends in Dallas and Fort Worth this week.
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Lorene Briley
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Nilate in Home Use Question Puzzles Reader
A reader asks if a bottle of Nilate is kept at home. The note seeks guidance on availability and safe storage practices for household use of the chemical.
McCaughan Joins Alamo Garage as Salesman
W B McCaughan has accepted a salesman position at the Alamo garage handling Studebaker and Star cars. The note asks who Nilate is and suggests James W Smith knows.
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W. B. McCaughan
Alamo Garage
Studebaker
Star Cars
James W. Smith
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