Daffy Vacation Plans Powell Seeks Escape From Routine
A writer in Tyler contemplates a two week unconventional vacation hitch hiking across the South and West. He recalls past trips to Old Mexico and Hollywood while weighing costs and companionship and wonders if a spontaneous route could provide true rest from newspaper work. He speculates starting early and sending dispatches from destinations like Oklahoma City New Orleans Albuquerque or Colorado Springs.
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Old Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Coast
Oklahoma City
New Orleans
Albuquerque
Colorado Springs
Hugh P Greenhough Services Held for Rail Official
Funeral services for Hugh P. Greenhough aged 82 a retired Rock Island Lines official were held at St Anthony's Church in Dalhart. Greenhough joined the Rock Island Railroad in 1876 as a telegraph operator in Wyoming Illinois and served 54 years before retiring in 1930.
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Greenough
Rock Island
Dalhart
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Rock Island Railroad
Wyoming
Til
Answers 10 Cranium Crackers on Editorial Page
The reader learns ten Cranium Cracker questions listed with simple riddles about nursery figures and names. It notes two half caste Portuguese traders crossing Africa between 1802 and 1811 as the first known record of that journey.
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Africa
Widow Publishes Biography of Pioneer Woman
Seattle widow Minnie Roos Der completes her first prose volume titled From Oxecart to Airplane. She finished the work while attending an adult education class in short story writing.
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Seattle
Wash. U
Oxecart
Minnie Roos der
Reading aloud sparked frank classroom criticism for author
The writer, known for verse and a song, pursued a major project a biography titled From Oxcart to Airplane about Oregon Trail pioneer George Holmes. The chapter readings drew unvarnished critique from classmates as she progressed.
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George Holmes
Oregon Trail
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Meyer & Meyer
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WUGO
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Jon
Thas On
Nenelf
John Furbach
Miss Muffet
Cock Robin
Georgie Porgie
Son John
H. V. Robertson & CO
Gerebtiche Accountants & Auditors
Wincome Tax
Kable Widy
Mary Montgomery
FISK
Amerie
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