Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1929 Page: 2 of 10
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Ctobank* Hafllon, KdH©r and Owner
• -rti«hi~tl >»>f| Tkindey at the Stamford Amarieaa office at it4 Eaat
Hamilton Street v.-,
SabHcription Price $1.00 per year, in Advance_
* -'*red a* ooeond elas* matter August 11. 19*4 at the poatofftoe at Stam-
ford. Texaa, under the act of March S, 1879
Smart Smacks
Mott people agree that it is bet^
ter to give than to receive advice.
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Dea Moines ia having a near-beer
war. Of all things to fight about.
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The latest game in Manchuria ap-|
pears to be. “Railroad, railroad; who’s
got the railroad?”
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Mussolini has ordered the Faa-
I cisti to wear straw hats. Still he
HASKELL COUNTY TAKES STEPS TO PAVE HIGHWAY
Another important step toward the improvement of high- ^ ^ ^ ^
ways in this part of West Texas was taken last week when thej.|n,t ex*ct)y a straw man.
commissioners court of Haskell county created a road district em- ...
bracing Highway No. 30 across the county north and south. Wouldn’t a modem ^rl look *f'!
* . . , , , feminate wielding one of those feath-
It is proposed to call an election at an early date to vote bonds, ^ fang of by?one day9?
to pave the Haskell county link in this important north and south * * e
thoroughfare. If the bonds are voted, it will mean-that provision An exchange tells of a citizen
will have been made for the paving of Highway No. 30 all the way ^ sidewalk and broke both bottle*,
from Wichita Falls to Abilene, and, if we mistake not, on south- . . •
ward to the Rio Grande. The iceman who
Due to the divergence of interests in Haskell county, it seems I
that the district plan, which is now being adopted, is the only pr*G- the tong,
tical method of securing good roads. That was the plan that had to
be followed in Jones county and has worked out successfully.
The paving of Highway 30 is of double interest to the peo-
ple of Haskell county. It not only gives paved highway connec-
tions north and south but also with points east through its inter-
section -with Highway 18 at Stamford and east and west connec-
tions at other points between Wichita Falls and Abilene.
Appropriately enoug
Fudge headed a Chatti
gation to the recent i
convention in Atlanta.
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Brevity ia said to be th
But a fellow doesn’t e
himself to death when
bank balance is short.
Aviators *!"■ 11>'" i--—
the air than on the ground. E. F.
Schlee, who with William Brock flew
from Detroit to Tokyo a few months
ago, was struck by an airplane pro-
peller while removing blocks from
under its wheels at a Detroit airport,
and his skull was fractured.
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Fourteen unusually husky “girls”
recently obtained jobs in a tobacco
warehouse in Turkey and lost them
again when it w#». found that they
were young mea^n women’s clothing
They pleaded that thi»Y were forced
into skirts because girls were given
preference in employment.
Demand
SN0-FLAKE
BREAD
2 for 15c *
DOHONEY
Wall Paper Co.
Wall paper in stock at all
times from which to make
selections. Lining paper, cur-
tain rods, window shades, pic-
ture framing, swing fromes,
framed pictures and silhouet-
tes.
Phone 65
101 W. Hamilton St.
UNNECESSARY WARNING
One of the worst enemies to a girl’s complexion and beauty
is thecigiMXd 4M»d eecktaii-habit,^rap.Erscln;l S. Records, of tort
Worth, declared in discussing the “Foundation of Beauty before
the girls section of the Farmers Short Course at the A. & M.
College of Texas. "A recent magazine of beauty culture, stress-
ing the fact that it was not dealing with the moral,fchase of it,
warned its readers under the heading, ‘The Deadly Cocktail, of
the ravages wrought to the most enchanting complexion by the
continued use of such poison,” the speaker added.
Mrs. Records’ advice was well meant, but we believe entirely
unnecessary and a little out of place in addressing a group of
girls from Texas farms. Most farm girls are fairly familiar with
cigarets, not from personal contact but from seeing them used
by their fathers, brothers and boy friends. The girls know
enough to leave them alone without being advised.
As to the advice about the “deadly cocktail,” the normal
farm girl doesn’t know the meaning of the word, much less
having ever tasted one. The advice might have been valuable if
it had been given to some girls in Mrs. Records’ home city. Fort
Worth, but it was entirely wasted on these genuine Texas girls.
And then there was the cub re-
porter who went home without writ- \ 1 \l\ C f\C
ing anything about the wedding be AnnUSl Meeting Ul
cause the groom dropped dead. O 1 - 1 T ' T
bchool Irustees Is
To Be Held Tues.
Mr. Wickerham’s remarks about en-
forcement have evoked almost as
much discussion as the famous
phrase, “I do not choose to run.”
Snappy Stuff
^ Contending
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that
his wife is a
years.
A hen, owned by G. D. Kerron of
We shudder to think what
The annual meeting of the county
— ------- - —,— we and local school trustees of Jones
might buy if we ran up against one county will be held on Tuesday, Aug-
of those fellows who learned high- u„t ^ through an arrangement made
powered salesmanship by correspon- by g t. Beaver, county superintend-
dence.
E2L5 & agBEr&K isSt!*
suit for divorce. Chucked into a cell as drunk, after
• • • s collapsing on the street, Mrs. Grace
Arrested for driving 15 miles an Ayery of died o£ apopiexy.
hour on a highway near Gary, Ind., A1
Shaw of Chicago, paid a $5 fine on a
charge of holding up traffic.
Professor Munroe of Long Island
ent, and S. M. N. Marrs, state super-
intendent.
*--------- — —---«* -------1 jn connection, with the meeting, Mr.
University declares that poor food is B#aver recejved the following letter
responsible for much low intelli- from Mr Marrs;
gence. We have long suspeeted that
low intelligence was responsible for! “I*> »<*ord with letter of recent
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much poor food.
date suggesting the possibility of
sending a representative from the
State Department of Education to
meet with your local and county
trustees in their annual meeting in
August and your response thereto
I agreeing to the plan proposed, I am
A psychology professor at Wash-lnow notifyinj? you that the schedule
ington University kept 80 students up of countieg to j*. vj9ited has been ar-
*11 night listening UlJthg. radio and ran^() and Mr Wm. Eilera, State
playing bridge. Next day, to find — . ~ «—, --------- —•« _.:*u
Sidelights
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By Marcy B. Darnall
• • •
. Joseph Doherty, escaped lunatic,'
was caught parading the street in
Belfast wearing only a .starched col-
lar.
• • •
Awakening at a noise, R. W. Sam-
uel son of Chicago fired his revolver
and shot off the nose of his wife,
who had risen to close a window.
• * *
Because of her horror of dishonesty
Signorita Emilia Morgando of Turin,
Italy, told the police how her fiance
had committed a $60,000 robbery.
Thirty-eight years after being de-
clared bankrupt Capt. Arthur Crapp
of Dublin has finished paying his
debts.
# • •
Victorie Palchette , of Marseilles
disinherited his immediate family
and left his fortune worth $380,000
to an,aunt. ' .
• • •
Sixty divorces were granted in a
London court in one hour, setting a
new record.
Kodak Finishing
Orders received In the
morning are mailed
back the same
day
RAY RECTOR
Stamford, Texas
TRAGEDY AS TEACHER
It seems that it often takes an appalling tragedy to impress
mankind with the necessity for ordinary safety precautions, and
even tragedy fails to teach its lesson in most cases.
The first systematic efforts to make theaters fireproof fol-
lowed the Iroquois fire in Chicago in 1903, when 574 persons lost
their lives, although 600 had died in a theater fire in Trenton, N.
J~as far back as 1872, and 283 had met a similar fate in Brooklyn
in 1876. —
A new policy of constructing munitions depots in unsettled ,couple had a Marylan(1 ncense wane ^ expected to transact at that meet-
areas followed the explosion of the Lake Denmark arsenal in the other was issued in Delaware.
1926. The sinking of ,he Vestris has brought about the
of a new code of safety at sea, just framed by representatives^^ approprjate state, and the minis-
- — • • - -- ***—- * — 4i— a— -a-—i-it:—. *i.- - the double
Rural School Supervisor, will be with
you in this meeting August 13.
“I trust you will give this meeting,
to which all interested in education
are cordially iflvited, as much pub-
licity as possible, and insist especially
on the attendance of all the trustees
in the county. If agreeable, I sug-
gest the meeting hour at 10 o’clock
,Tr;7ns,Tted .rv,Kvv'na»0ion w^d. le*™* the
of Seaford, Del., to unite them in a afternoon MMtion ^ the business
double wedding, but he noted that one thp county and ]oca, tnuUM
couple had a Maryland license while . fn at that meet-
out what effect a night’s loss of
sleep had on their brains, he put
them through a stiff examination. It
was found that they were sleepy
and didn’t do so well. Those profes-
sors are simply finding out every-
thing.
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Two couples wanted Rev. Windsor
of 18 nations. The explosion of X-ray films in the Cleveland
Clinic, causing the los6 of more than 200 lives, has resulted in a
survey of conditions in hospitals throughout the country in an
effort to prevent similar disasters in future.
Thus great tragedies sometimes serve to teach their costly
lessons; too late, however, to do their victims any good.
DEVIL TURNED SAINT
Thirty years ago, when the Standard Oil Company was con-
sidered an outstanding menace, John D. Rockefeller was probably
the most hated man in America. That the methods employed by
him in building up his grWt fortune were often ruthless and
against the public interest in those days can hardly be denied.
But now, at the age of 90, this same man finds himself be-
loved almost as cordially as he was formerly hated. In the mean- ,
mt said: W® can't compete with the
time he has given away more than five hundred and fifty million bootlegger and the home brewer.”
ter Btraddling. the line,
splice was made.
Another case of taking too much ,
for Kr.ntod i, rrportod from W.p. j’"""’ *" old,hV“” th.™
Falls, N. V. Oscar Wldm.r J"*”'**’1 “ ,
Ld b«n annoyad by pettin, coppla., “m" 11 w“ »"
parking near his home, bo on a dark
night he slipped up to a parked car
and crowned the driver with a stick.
The victim was not a petter, but an
old friend who had stopped to chat
with a neighbor. Widmer is held un-
der $1,000 bond on a charge of as-
sault.
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Competition was too keen for the
Buffalo near-beer brewery at Sacra-
mento, Calif., which went out of busi-
ness a few days ago. The president
“Very sincerely yours,
S. M. N. MARRS,
State Superintendent.”
Joe Piaz, a bricklayer of Llanes,
Austria, found $8,400 in gold coins
Jeanette Benille, 16, of Taris died
of an ailment caused by a genii not
previously reported in France for 67
If Your Wife Can’t Fix ’Em
Try FITZ
The Shoe Man
Who Has No Shoe Troubles
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- for MOVING
New Chevrolet-Six truck with
large, roomy body for moving
■you anywhere you want to go.
BONDED TRUCK
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W L MARTIN
Jeweler and Optometrist
I now have perman-
ent help and a fully
equipped and well
stocked repair de-
partment. Your re-
pair work \yCT 11 be
promptly taTcen care
of.
I am in my optical
office every day.
14-4c
dollars for the benefit of mankind.
His benefactions touch the health and life of every person in
the civilized world, and many who are still in a semi-savage state.
Largely through his gifts in aid of scientific research yellow
Mayor Jimmy Walker likes a joke,
and apparently played one on his fire
e to
department the other day by turning oa>y K/?D ia . °P In.
in a false alarm. fc«mrw»ned. *—* ,,p ®f .0|
fever, which annually took its toll of thousands, has been practi- ** th* n a> r WB* 7
.....—---------—— —---— -----------»----- ' ‘ | testing a new device which automatic i
cally banished from the earth. In 1927 only three cases were *uy photographs culprits who monkey |
reported in both North and South America. Likewise hookworm, with fire alarm boxes, from which p
about 8,000 false alarms are sent m I* I
typhoid fever, diphtheria, malaria, small pox, leprosy and other paph year U. [j u/fflll IH /)(■
diseases have been wholly or partially conquered through the mil-1 * * * i
lidns poured into the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research | Pr**ide[lt H<*,ver r^n,ly
Thomas A. Edison: “He did vastly;
and the Rockefeller Foundation. !more than provide n new lamp. He
Many other millions have been devoted to the cause of educa- , removed an untold burden of toil
tion, thirty-one million dollars having been given to the Univer- of men an,i wom<>n ofl
sity of Chicago alone, and gifts for all these worthy purposes are • • *
being continued from year to year. ; . Alabama bootleggers are evidently1
Thus, through a series of benefactions without a parallel in i^aXw /u«Tn^^^ra^mobl^l KS *—
the history of the world, John D. Rockefeller has been transfprmed j#«ited by federal dry agents brought at
in public estimation from a devil of the past to a saint of the toUl °f only when sold at.
K .< | auction in Montgomery a few days}
present 1 jago, prices ranging from $26 to $50.
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Huston, Cleburne. Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1929, newspaper, August 9, 1929; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth972493/m1/2/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.