Lady of the House column celebrates Panhandle life humor
The second guest column by Margaret Shull of Shamrock previews home and family topics in the Panhandle region. It offers witty anecdotes about social life, weather, tumbleweeds as decor, a humorous letter to a toddler, a perpetual motion fantasy, and square dancing as community entertainment.
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Old Tack
Alaska
Tack
Margaret Shull
Shamrock
Panhandle- Plains
Guest Column Contest At Globe News Seeks Writers
The Globe News invites entries for a guest columnist contest with up to 100 entries from cities including Canyon Tulsa Shamrock Higgins and more. Entries must be 900 to 1 200 words and in by August 20 with $10 paid for each published column and $100 for the weekly winner writing five columns.
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Old Tack
Canyon
Tulsa
Shamrock
Higgins
Childress
Austin
Oklahoma City
Fritch
Perryton
Mobeetie
Claude
Plainview
Borger
Pampa
Tucumcari
Spearman
Memphis
Hale Center
Hereford
Hart
Wellington
Miami
Stinnett
Globe News
Wes Izzard
Care News-Globe
Rural lads and community spirit drive steady square pace
The passage highlights rural lads known for practical knowledge and strong community spirit. It notes no one unsteady on their feet could keep up in a square, emphasizing resilience and cohesion among locals.
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Tlw High School
Temperature readings in strong sun logged
The report records noon temperature at 90 in the sun and yesterday at 1 PM 102 in the sun, noting high daytime heat.
Dear Tack Want Ads Run in Amarillo Area
A collection of personal want ad notes seeking work and companionship from the Amarillo region. Includes ranch couple housing a tractor operator and cook, a colored girl for cooking and housework with references, a man seeking station or used car lot work, a man seeking a churchgoing companion, a young man seeking steady work, a widow seeking a retired partner, a young colored girl for part time maid work, and misc lost items and pet note.
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Tack
Webb Wharton
Denrock Ave
Darhart, Texas
Parker Street
Jesse Street
van Buren Street
L. L. Coulter
General Delivery Mineral Wells
Texas
Markets: Kansas City Livestock and Grain
Livestock at Kansas City: hogs 2,000 head, prices uneven with 240 lb hogs down 10 cents, top at 11.05, cattle 6,000 head, calves 500, grain fed steers and yearlings steady with some high loads. grass cattle steady, cows strong, bulls steady. Grain table lists Chicago futures with Wheat and Corn movements. Security fund notes liquidation price at 1.51 and offering 1.66. War report: German and Italian air actions across Moscow, Rome, Tobruk, and surrounding fronts with multiple aircraft engagements and casualties.
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Kansas City
Colorado
Colorado Ranch
Pershing's Statue Falls Off Pedestal in Storm
In VERSAILLES France a violent summer storm toppled General John J. Pershing's statue in Lafayette Park smashing it into hundreds of pieces. The Lafayette statue on the opposite side of the highway remained intact.
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Versailles
France
John J. Pershing
Lafayette Park
Lafayette
Pershing
Missing RAF ace Douglas Bader Reported
London report states Wing Commander Douglas R. Bader the legless Canadian ace of the RAF is missing as of today. Byline indicates Aug 124 date and ongoing inquiry into his status.
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London
Douglas R. Bader
RAF
Great Armada Raids France and Berlin Watch
The RAF staged a daylight attack on Cologne and coastal France with a large air armada, described as possibly the heaviest daylight raid on Germany. Soviet bombers struck Berlin area targets, with fires observed and all planes returning safely. Blenheim bombers hit Cologne again, amid heavy enemy raids on the canal zone and Alexandria, causing casualties and damage.
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United Press
Moscow
DNB
Kiev
Rome
Italy
Crotone
Calabria
Catanzaro
High Command
Sicily
Sardinia
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Libya
Marsa Matruh
Egypt
Berlin
London
Cologne
RAF
Germany
France
Britain
Reich
Rhineland
Metropolis
British Press Association
Channel
Blenheim
Rhine
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Lipton's Start as Grocer Beats Tea Legacy
Aunt Abby quips that some women sacrifice for husbands except stopping quarreling. The Major notes Sir Thomas Lipton began as a grocer, suggesting that early trade shaped his later tea empire.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
Fair Catalogs For 1941 Tri-State Fair On The Way
Premium lists and catalogs for the 1941 Tri-State Fair September 29 to October 4 are rolling off the press earlier than in several years. Exhibitors show early interest with merchant building reservations, 20 booths already booked at downtown fair offices.
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Merchants
Old-Time Cowboys Plan Last Round Up
The Panhandle cow punchers hold their 20th and final annual reunion at Wragge's Park near Canyon on August 28. John Arnot, president, says funds exist for an organization financed picnic and that current management will wind up the meetings. Eligible are men who worked on a Panhandle ranch on or before January 1, 1896, plus wives and children. Grounds open the night before for overnight stays.
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Panhandle
Wragge's Park
Canyon
John Arnot
Treasury
Arnot
Judges To Meet In Mineral Wells
County Commissioner John H. Winters announced the West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association will hold its fall conference in Mineral Wells September 18 through 20.
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John H. Winters
West Texas
Farmer Ends Sitdown Against USS Plant Threat
Paul Indykiewicz ended his sitdown strike near New Brighton Minnesota after deciding to surrender rather than risk his three children amid orders to abandon his 80 acre farm for a proposed 30 million dollar munitions plant. Guards had barred family exits as he dug potatoes to stock food. He said moving peacefully was better than letting Hitler come over.
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New Brighton
Minn
U.P
Paul Indykiewicz
Hitler
Indykiewicz
Hen Mothers Litter of Pigs
In Decatur Illinois on Aug 12 a hen that was denied space for hatching chickens is caring for seven piglets. The hen protects the pigs and moves them around the pen while the sow sleeps nearby, confident her offspring will come to meals.
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Decatur
Ill
Ira Weatherford
Japan Quiet on Measures to Stop Vladivostok Supplies
Ishii refused to discuss possible steps to halt shipments of American supplies to Russia. He said Japan had not issued a formal warning to the United States and that Tokyo seeks peace in the Pacific, keeping the question unresolved.
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Ishii
Japan
Russia
United States
Vladivostok
Pacific
Serbs Revolt and Executions Rise in Yugoslavia
Reports state 117 Serbs were executed in German-occupied Yugoslavia over two days amid widespread revolt. Zagreb saw 87 executions, Sarajevo 30, following bombings that prompted a curfew in Croatia. Meanwhile Japan announced the Asama Maru would return home after delays tied to fund freezes.
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Ankara
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Zagreb
Sarajevo
Croatia
Ishii
San Francisco
Honolulu
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Mid Cent Pet 1894
Montgom Ward
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Lee
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