WPA projects urged to boost Amarillo Potter County jobs
Local officials are urged to sponsor additional WPA projects to absorb relief rolls. Submissions from governments expect to provide full-time work for about 600 men for a year, with federal authorities seeking transfer from relief to WPA within 30 days. Extra funding may be allocated to create new jobs if communities act quickly.
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Amarillo
Potter
PWA
WPA
Potter County
Golden Makes It Pay Nicely
New York diary notes a whirl of social events and theater chatter with Autographs from Williams and Beebe, visits to Benham and Hayward, and a tour of luminaries from Wynn to Barthelmess. It records John Golden’s season premiere, doubled salaries, critics, Greta Nissen’s comeback, and fashionable society hostesses with vivid, ironic humor.
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O. O. McIntyre
New York
Valentine Williams
Lucius Beebe
Boston
Fart Benham
Col
William Hayward
Ed Wynn
Vanity Fair
Pictorial Review
Richard Barthelmess
Edward G. Robinson
Chatham
Charles G. Norris
Gil Boag
New Place de la Opera
Guy Lombardi
John Golden
John
Bedtime Story of Striped Chipmunk and Blacksnake
Thornton W Burgess recounts Striped Chipmunk's foresight in building an underground home for safety. Mr Blacksnake pursues him to the Old Stonewall, then slips into the chipmunk den seeking a meal, while Farmer Brown’s boy presses search and the birds quiet again.
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Striped Chipmunk
Shadow the Weasel
Mr. Blacksnake
Farmer Brown
Stonewall
Finger Sucking Stopped by Gentle Methods and Devices
Health Talk outlines child finger sucking and nail biting as common but not abnormal habits. Guidance emphasizes not overreacting while using simple cuffs and aluminum mitts to deter the habit and prevent jaw or dental deformity.
Speculation and Jupiter Turned to a Heifer
The question cites two trivia lines: Samuel Johnson’s remark that two and two make four after speculation’s worst, and Jupiter transforming into a heifer when Juno suspected their affair.
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Samuel Johnson
Van Sweringens and their empire built on others money
A retrospective admires the Van Sweringen brothers for assembling a vast railway empire largely with external funds. It notes their debt-driven rebound when creditors auctioned assets and the brothers repurchased them cheaply, leaving them debt free again. It also mentions a decline in leprosy cases in Hawaii over four decades.
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van Sweringen Brothers
Private Social Agencies Need Voluntary Support For Public Services
Glenn Frank argues voluntary social institutions must be preserved and adequately funded. He, as a university head, warns against overreliance on state power and urges balanced roles for private and public efforts in health education and social services. He notes a shift toward state overlordship risks hospitals schools colleges and other voluntary enterprises.
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Crgi
McClure
Worthville Mystery Girl and Hidden Love Letters
Ruth Woodson shelters in a Worthville house posing as Elaine Chalmers to win time with John McNeill while Elaine at Gravcastle College plots to reunite with him. A curious letter from Elaine hints at a planned visit as John reads of a past friendship and a faded heirloom hidden in the library globe.
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Ruth Woodson
Worthyville
Bertha Gibbs
Penny
Ruth
Elaine Chalmers
John McNeill
Elaine
Gravcastle College
Worthville
Flaine
New York
Gwen Deal
Duncan Hunter
Teddy van Harrington
Annapolis
Mrs. McNeill
John
Hunter House
McNeill House
Susie
Mr. John
Jetter
Graveastie
Mothers Old
Vyve
Sigynse
Sincre
Aline Sereig
Mr. Bennett
Tom Bennett
Hunter
Chalmers
Bertha
McNeil Pumps
Hint
Hubert
Engineer Kosciuszko's role in American fortifications
Article traces Tadeusz Kosciuszko’s American citizenship in 1784, his brigadier general brevet, and his Civil War era influence on fortifications along the Hudson. It notes his Polish origins, service under Washington, and later life milestones. The piece blends historical reminiscence with a divergent modern scene featuring Ruth, Elaine, and John, culminating in a cliffhanger about a serious car accident involving Hubert and twins.
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The
Hudson
Tadeuss Koscinsthe
Congress
Order of Cincinnatus
Kosciuszka
America
Washington
Poland
Paha Anite Park
Word Builder Expresses Banality of Perceived Significance
A fragment explores how different observers judge the importance of occasions. The speaker notes that what feels momentous to one person may appear trivial to another, hinting at subjectivity in perception. The lines imply self-awareness of contrasting viewpoints.
David Ostrander Burial Today At Memorial Park Cemetery
Five month old David Joe Ostrander was to be buried in Memorial Park Cemetery this afternoon after funeral services at 2 from the family home 609 Jefferson Street. Dr G Yates pastor of the First Baptist Church led the rites and Boxwell Brothers Chapel oversaw interment. The child son of Mr and Mrs Joe Ostrander died Friday.
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David Joe Ostrander
Memorial Park Cemetery
Jefferson Street
G . Yates
First Baptist Church
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Joe Ostrander
Friday Word Builder Reads Like Language Puzzle
A fragment notes a word game prompt about Friday and the puzzle style. It cites DIN and DINE in a playful line about a DINER being driven away, hinting at a theme of wordplay and sound-alike clues.
Well Known Mammal Racing Puzzle Teasers
A dense OCR puzzle item lists many clues for a well known mammal with horizontal and vertical wordplay. It references races, breeds, and various word answers across two grids, including terms like king of racing animals, striped fabric, desert fruit, and legal claims, with multiple foreign and numeric hints embedded.
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Eee
Carriere
Anree More
Rinbe
Amarillo Daily News
Bshould van Rat
Carlier
Giebe Alg
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Enecial Messenger Tt
Elt
MAIL
Terns
Oklahoma
New Mellen
Ron Zreday Onle
the Gloaf
NEA
Sly
Betty Starbuck
Libby Holman
Alice Brady
Miss Brady
Greta Nissen
Tony's
Miss Nissen
London
Prince of Wales
Frank Henderson
Fifi Dorsey
Sophie Tucker
Bagatelles
H. G. Wells
Sinclair Lewis
Winnie Sheehan
Remington
Harper's
Will Rogers
Prince Andrew
Greece
Main- Bordher
Jack Dempsey
Bruce Barton
McNaught Syndicate
Thornton W Burgess
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Mygete the Health Magazine
Hawaii
VITAT
By Glenn Frank
By William Ferguson
Az & Aes
Tiases
Blue Doo
By IS. Klein
Teden Koscintsto
Florence
Jenn
Word Builder
David Ostrander
King of
the Racing Animals
Ng. Ketehs
Christopher
Columbus
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