Melville Sartoris and Leslie Prescott Party Tale
A letter recounts a lavish yacht party hosted by Melville Sartoris for Leslie Prescott, notes Sartoris plans a trip through the Panama Canal to Los Angeles and the Orient, and hints at his wealth and praiseworthy but self styled charisma. It also mentions a baby named Jack and a casual recommendation of Sartoris to Paula.
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Destiny and baby bonds in a Hollywood web
A letter from Sydney Carton to Paula Perrier explores a tangled fate where a mother loses her child for money, a wife adopts another’s baby, and Fate uses movieland wealth to complicate loyalties. The writer suggests Beat rice Summers may have engineered the bond to her husband.
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Sydney Carton
Paula Perrier
Amarillo Daily News merger notices and service rates
An excerpt from Amarillo Daily News shows mergers with Beery Morning and Mousay Panhandio, details on editors and departments, and billing rates. It includes subscription prices by mail and car carrier, combination rates with the Evening Post, and notes on Associated Press rights and circulation bureau membership.
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Oklahoma City
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Meneste
Notice to the Public Correction Policy Statement
Public notice states errors reflecting on individuals firms or corporations in The News will be corrected promptly upon editor notification Corrections will be made as prominently as any erroneous published reference to safeguard reputations and accuracy
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News 7
Diversified Farming Pushes Panhandle Progress
A News staff cor respondent notes diversification lags in Panhandle Plains but gains from dairy and diversified programs rise. Hale County is praised as a top agricultural county with strong dairy, cotton, wheat and hay output aided by shallow-water irrigation, with Randall Swisher Floyd Gray and others also expanding diversification.
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Panhandle Plains
Middle Western States
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Amarillo
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A Thought From Henry Vane On Sin And Forgiveness
A short reflection cites Psalm 103 12 and urges bearing human suffering rather than sin against God. It attributes the sentiment to Sir Henry Vane and presents a pious distillation on guilt mercy and divine forgiveness.
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Sir Henry Vane
Potter County Weighs Cross Installation for Fatal Accident Sites
A suggestion to plant a cross at every fatal accident scene in Potter County is offered as a worthy consideration. Proponents argue it could encourage greater caution on roads, potentially reducing future tragedies.
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Potter County
Uncle Joe Cannon Joins Methodist Church at 89
Widespread comment greets former House speaker Uncle Joe Cannon joining the Methodist church at age ninety. Editors question whether public life should wait for late-life conversions while noting the proverb about late birds.
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Joe Cannon
Atwell on Law in New York Courts
Federal Judge William H. Atwell of Dallas, grand exalted ruler of the Elks, has substituted on a New York bench this week. He seeks to show personal interest in convicts so they may reform, contrasting with the courts Gotham is used to. He has sentenced many for violating the prohibition law, declaring no good American will violate an American law.
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Atwell
Ohio to Erect White Crosses at Accident Sites
A plan secures a large white cross at every serious motor crash site in Ohio. The crosses will remind motorists of fatal accidents and act as warning signals. The number of crosses around a location will reflect the anger over danger on the roads.
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Ohio
Dawes Hooks Finger Incident Reported Fun Moment
Fisherman Dawes stuck a fishing hook in his finger and joked about the moment, suggesting readers would have enjoyed hearing the removal. The incident adds a light note to local fishing chatter.
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Dawes
Uncle Johnny Long Pioneer of Mobeetie Dies at Panhandle
J J Long of Mobeetie, longtime grocer and banker, died recently after shaping Panhandle history. Known as Uncle Johnny, he supplied data for the Panhandle Plains Historical Society and shared frontier lore with old timers and reporters. His courteous, honest manner and stories of early days preserved regional folklore as frontier heroes pass.
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Canyon
Mobeetie
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Panhandle Plains Historical Society
Panhandle
ABE MARTIN Calls for a National Character Who Was Always Right
ABE MARTIN jokes that all authorities admit William Jennings Bryan was good but not always right and asks for a national figure who was unequivocally correct. He mocks the idea of an expert quickly hired to replace perception with certainty.
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May Seymour Returns To Town In Drama Of Love And Money
May Seymour, mired in romance and financial schemes, returns to her hometown with eight thousand dollars to marry a wealthy man. In Atlantic City she courts divorcee Herbert Waterbury while entangled with Jack Darnley and Carlotta Frolking. A web of deception unfolds as funds vanish and letters reveal secret ties to oil partnerships, ending with a promise of continuation.
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Ulysses X. Forgan
Atlantic City
Carlotta Frolking
Herbert Waterbury
Dan Sprague
May
Carlotta
Dan
Jack Darnley
California
Waterbury
Herbie
Young Darnley
Jack
Dallas
America
Herbert
Oliver M. Brunell
Herbie Waterbury
Daily News Crossword Puzzle Lesson Unusual
A jumble of crossword style clues and answers appears in this Daily News puzzle lesson. The list includes terms like priest or monk of Mongolia to employ half an em and various unrelated hints such as star shaped flower female horse and squirrel food.
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Mongolia
More Feed contest extended for Lubbock farmers
Local farmers are invited to enter the More Feed campaign extended through September 1. The program, backed by the Lubbock County Farm Bureau and the Chambers of Commerce of Lubbock Slaton Idalou and Shallowater, offers 1000 dollars in prizes to encourage growing more feed in the county. The original July 1 field designation and June 1 planting rule were relaxed at a Saturday meeting to boost self sufficiency in feed crops.
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Lubbock
Lubbock County
Jenner Not First Evidence of Early Vaccination Use
London reports ample evidence that vaccination for cow pox was practiced by farmers before Jenner. Benjamin Jetsy of Downshay openly advocated vaccination for men twenty two years earlier, illustrating early adoption and belief in the practice.
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London
Benjamin Jetsy
Downshay
Heings
Time rules but who can live up to them
Cynthia Grey reviews an Ohio farmer philosopher’s three domestic happiness rules. He offers a $1,000 bet if a couple fails after thirty days. The piece notes the rules demand shifting grammar to first person, thinking of self first, and doubling effort after marriage. It argues true harmony needs deeper mental change, not mere rules, and concludes most people cannot fully follow them.
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Ohio
Plainview Church Beginnings and Local News Tidbits
Plainview locals report the tenth church building to begin this week by Episcopalians at a cost just over $2,000. A railroad library project is to be housed at Santa Fe general offices. Alex Lumpkin attends court at Tascola. Gear City Alderman W R Mood visits his brother. A M and Miss Sophia Meyer take Society Editor roles for Amarillo locally News.
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