Austin in the 1880s A scrapbook remembers old Austin
Dudley Early previews a reprint from Ezra Whitehead’s Austin scrapbook. A description from Texas Siftings paints Austin as the Hill City on the Colorado with saloons, diverse institutions, and state leadership. It notes the University, capitol works, and early civic flags, ending with a quip about Athens and Waco.
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Dudley
Austin American Stat
Guy Zell
Route 2
Ezra Whitehead
Austin
Ohio
Whitehead
Starmaker
Texas Siftings
Texas
Seguin
Ireland
San Augustine
Roberts
Colorado River
Congress Avenue
University of the State of Texas
University At
University
Capitol
New York
University Hill
Ben Thompson
Travis Rifles
Stephen F. Austin
Sam Houston
Gilhooly
Governor Roberts
Mose Schaumburg
Gus D. Smith
Cardwell
The
Daily Statesman
Kosciusko Murphy
Chenoweth
Birdie McGinnis
Hostetter McGinnis
Jim Webster
Sam Johnsing
Moses
Athens of
N. B
Athens
Waco
Greece
Weekend highway habits and social banter noted
The passage observes many speeders dicing with ditches during holiday weekends and suggests pedestrians feel lucky. It notes fewer after dinner talks at banquets due to cost. It also mentions bridge club meetings where women discuss who why and when and what they wear.
Ditching Horseshoes and the Low Mood of 99 Country
A neighborhood vignette from 1949 by Billy Rose contrasts construction digs on the East River Drive with sidewalk critics. An exchange about depression and economic warning leads to a saner tale of a Indiana hamburger stand owner who cuts costs after a son's Dow Jones inspired warning, ending with a sharp line on national mood.
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Billy Rose
East River
Allah
Atom
United Nations
Mr. Grainger
Herbert Hoover
Indiana
The
Times
Pop
Dow Jones
Questions and Answers: Fact Corner from 1949
A compilation of quick facts and trivia covering altitude of Mount Washington weather station, human muscle composition, Preakness race origins, coal mine fires, famous orations to Congress, Roosevelt’s Hyde Park visit, Joyce’s Ulysses 1000-word sentence, Navy ratings start date, friendly wild animals, history of soap wrapping, Murderers' Row Yankees, Handel’s blindness, Lincoln secession, Aubusson carpets, and mace derived from nutmeg.
Texas Quest For First Man Origins Sparks Debate
Frank X. Tolbert profiles Dr. Ernest T. Adams of Baylor as he argues Texas origin of humanity using bones from Brazos river bottoms near Glen Rose. Also notes Harvey S. Firestone Jr.'s USO revival visit to Austin to push a $500000 Texas drive and statewide reestablishment plan.
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Frank X. Tolbert
Dallas News
Ernest T. Adams
Bull Adams
Baylor
Brazos River
Glen Rose
Adams
Texas
Baylor University
Oxford
Somervell County
Texas Longhorns
Longhorns
Tolbert
Brazos
USO
Austin
Bergstrom Air Base
Truman
Ambassadors by Tourists as Goodwill Messengers
Drew Pearson argues that traveling Americans act as unofficial ambassadors in Europe. He cites Max Gardner’s idea to hand out goodwill pamphlets with passports, noting both the potential for missteps by tourists and the power of well behaved travelers to foster positive views of the United States.
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Europe
Max
State Department
England
USA
Max Gardner
Broadway Tales and Show Biz Scandals Across New York
A collage of Hollywood and Broadway gossip features a struggling actor who wins a wife’s money to buy out backers and push a show to production. Other items note Mil ton Berle in Look and Time covers, Wagnerian industry feuds, and assorted society sightings from New York’s entertainment world.
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Ken
Recort
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Roosevelt
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Stalin
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Runyon Fund
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American Mercury
Yale
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ECA Bonanza
Marshall Plantations
Eth Merman
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Miss Liberty
Philly
Liberty
D. Brown
H. Austin Clarks
Harkness Pavilion
Bob Strong
Marie Allison
Lois Andrews
Joseph P. Day
Manhattan Beach
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Janice Cioffi
Judge Medina
Cynthia McAdoo
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Associated Press
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