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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1950
Page
2
A religious note cites Luke 14 27 quoting a call to discipleship. The piece underscores the necessity of bearing one’s cross to follow Christ. It frames a strenuous standard of commitment and self-denial for adherents.
The Baytown Sun urges citizens to pre arrange absentee ballots when traveling. Mose Sumner plans to vote from Paris via an absentee ballot mailed to Harris County Clerk and then to the election judge. Readers are encouraged to visit the Civil Courts Building to vote if away on vacation, bringing the poll tax as required. The item also notes a Loch Ness sea serpent sighting as a brief aside.
A reader notes the time capsule from the cornerstone of the old College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. The 68 year old building is being torn down for a parking lot as the college moves downtown. The capsule contains items and newspaper clippings from 1860s New York, offering contrast to current life. The writer cites prices, rents, and transport costs, compares strikes, sports attendance, and baseball crowds, and questions whether modern progress truly outpaces the past. The piece ends with a cautious endorsement of science’s progress if used constructively.
Columnist Fred Hartman shares reader letters and off the record anecdotes from Baytown and Houston. It recalls Tony Treat of Highlands, school board debates, Coca-Cola typography quirks, a Coca-Cola bottling event at 2800 Bissonnet, and reflections on public discourse and spending while weaving in local names and places.
A Broadway actor recounts a joke about selling an old horse for 100 dollars to his mother. The tale features the horse with blind staggers and heaves, age over 20, and a punchline revealing the buyer as his mother. An acquaintance notes the actor’s habit of tipping his hat when mentioning his own name and a birthday telegram to his father and mother.
A historical note references Baptown publisher activity in Texas and past offices with a date stamp of March 3 1879. The fragment confirms a regional press connection and archival dating without additional context.
A 1900 tale chronicles William S Knudsen rising from a Danish bicycle mechanic to plant foreman then assistant superintendent in the United States. He later led Knudsen's Wheeler Co and joined Ford, becoming GM president and adviser to FDR. The piece argues personal success enables broader help while noting era politics and labor battles.
Washington dispatch details the vetoed Kerr natural gas rate boost bill as a political haunt for the President. Dems demand Nelson Lee Smith for FPC as compensation, led by Rayburn. Kerr and Olds fallout, Senate battles, and Truman courtships shape a tense backdrop in Washington.
Henry McLeamore argues that aggressive ads for watches clothes and spirits push buyers to unrealistic self images. He cites Alpha watch and other brands, noting disillusionment and unhappiness from chasing luxury and status symbols. He asks for honest, unglamorous options for plain citizens.
Andrew Jackson grew up with a educated family in the Carolinas and by age 12 studied Latin and passed bar exams in North Carolina. He became a prosecuting attorney at 13 and used Latin in campaigns as crowds cheered his slogans. His Nashville home, The Hermitage, remains a grand Southern showplace today.
A jumble of questions and trivia notes asks about Stephen the first Christian martyr wild apes in Europe Fort McHenry site the Conquistadores and iconoscope communications The piece also lists birthdays and oblique film and theater trivia with names and dates embedded in a stream of fragments
Five years ago today headlines cover Lebanon strife and political shifts in Cariitia while Trieste streets see parades. Eight thousand Buddies will be sold in the Tri-Cities on May 25 and 26 as Captain W. T. Jones is released and due home soon. John Fisher Upchurch, 57, dies at a local hospital. Jack Williams elected president of the Boys Athletic hubs. Pelly and Perlmans announce move from San Antonio.
New York gossip notes recount Vice President Barkley at a party marking Israel’s anniversary. Amid jokes about Cleveland and U.S. politics, the column lists showbiz quips, TV plans, romances, and assorted humorous anecdotes involving public figures like Evelyn Knight and Betty Hutton, with light celebrity chatter throughout.
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