Dorothy Dix Advice on Love and a Drunken Mother
Dorothy Dix answers readers on a flirtatious young woman riding home with a married man, a 24 year old man torn between a wealthy older woman and true love, and a six brother family troubled by a drunken mother. Dix urges choosing the young love, warns against wealth without partnership, and suggests medical help and possible placement for the mother to protect the household.
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Miss Dix
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Dorothy DIX
Protecting Daughter From Folly Amid Auto Mobiles
A parent warns against a daughter’s joy rides with a married man. The letter argues appearances ruin a girl’s good name, noting even platonic meetings can harm reputation as tongues wag.
No-Blame Gossip Warns Against Remarried Men in Love
The passage argues that a remarried man’s attentions to a young woman rarely end well and that a girl who accepts such advances risks being part of a scandal. It urges guardians to protect daughters unless overwhelming love exists, and to avoid breaking up a stable marriage.
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No title in article about Mrs. Grundy and scandal
A fragment discusses social judgment on women facing gossip. It argues that innocence offers no protection, as public opinion brands a girl once she is whispered about. It condemns cold hearted adulterous behavior and the harm done to families and children.
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Amarillo
Oil briefs sketch Panhandle boom and new wells
Christopher Columbus Duffy urges early Panhandle development as oil operators rush in. John McGee reports a Utah Arizona Colorado New Mexico corner well pumping 500 barrels daily at 2 080 feet. New Mexico Land Commissioner Swope backs statewide oil expansion and lease validity. Perkins No 3 production steadies at 700 barrels, with 460 rate earlier. Hutchinson county lease sales near producers rise to 50 dollars per acre, amid northward lease activity.
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Christopher Columbus Duffy
Panhandle
Humphreys Oil Company
Dallas
Duffy
Amarillo
John McGee
Roswell
Amarillo Associates
Price
Utah
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Swope
Roepell
Parhandle Refining Company
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Hutchinson County
Carmtian River
Wm. Christian
Dawes Hears Plan on Rules Ridiculed in Senate
Vice President Dawes listened calmly as Senator Harrison of Mississippi mocked his proposed amendment to the Senate rules. The Mississippi orator used humor from Don Quixote to a misguided mule while others in the chamber laughed, though Dawes did not strike his gavel for order.
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Washington
Dawes
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Mr. Dawes
Permit Depositions In Hoffman Suit In Texas
Judge George Calhoun granted permission for oral depositions in the Hoffman Construction Company lawsuit for 296000 dollars brought by Attorney General Dan Moody. Lanham and Burkett depositions set for Dallas Fastland December 14 and San Antonio December 15, with trial in Dallas December 16.
Wish Complements Skirt Lengths Reducing Street Car Accidents
In a Buffalo Bison item, a reader suggests that longer skirts have cut street car crashes by 50 percent and ponders whether accidents could be prevented entirely.
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Buffalo Bison
Deaf Smith County poultry show opens with large entries
Special to The News Hereford December 10. The Deaf Smith County show opens with an estimated 850 birds entered by tomorrow morning. Twenty breeds include White Leghorns White Wyandottes Rhode Island Reds and Black Minorcas. Turkeys geese ducks and bantams also on display. Judging begins at 10 Friday morning by Prof T M Moore of Canyon and BE Cundiff of Littlefield. show closes Saturday.
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Deaf Smith County
Rhode Island
Governor Grants Furlough To Rangel
General Jose M. Rangel, long involved in an international controversy, receives a 20 day furlough from Governor Miriam A. Ferguson. The Mexican revolutionary, a Huntsville penitentiary mail carrier, plans a visit to his children and grandchildren in San Antonio. In 1919 his group murdered Candelerio Ortiz, deputy sheriff of Dimmitt county, as they aimed to cross into Mexico, and he faces a sentence of five to 99 years for the murder.
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Austin
Jose M. Rangel
Miriam A. Ferguson
Rangel
Huntsville Penitentiary
San Antonio
Mexico
Candelerio Ortiz
Dimmitt County
Obedient Husband (unpacking) Joke
A London Mail joke panel jokes about a husband asking if his wife packed his liniment and the wife revealing a bottle labelled Not to be taken. The gag hinges on mistaken contents and a literal label leading to a comedic misread.
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London Mail
Better Than Whiskey For Colds and Flu
An advertisement proclaims Aspironal as a guaranteed, rapid cold and cough remedy rivaling whiskey and other tonics. It urges readers to buy a bottle for half a dollar, test it to prove its claimed quick relief, and share it with family. Ends with a testimonial-style claim and a call to try it now.
Zimmerman to Head 40 and 8 Officers
Stanley G. Zimmerman was elected Chef de Gare of the Forty and Eight in the annual election of officers held in the Legion Home Thursday night. Elmer F. Lewis was chosen Chef de Train, Darrell H. Roscoe was re elected confidant, Mike Ecker re elected Commissionaire Intendant and R. R. Nation Conducteur. The new officers will be installed at the next regular meeting on the second Thursday in January.
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Stanley G. Zimmerman
Legion Home
Elmer FR. Lewis
Darrell H. Roscoe
Corfident
Mike Ecker
Commissionaire Intendant
R. R. Nation
Conducteur
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