The English Teacher’s Crusade for Clear Speech
An aging educator laments apostrophe errors and misused terms in society. He praises grammar purists, urges correct use of fewer versus amount and you are versus your, and notes common pronoun and verb forms misapplied in novels and media.
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Garrison Keilor
Prairie Home Companion
Public Radio
Smith’s
Charlie
Innovations of Franklin Sedans Forgotten by Modern Automakers
A reminiscence on H. H. Franklin Co. automobiles highlights forgotten features from early 20th century cars. The author contrasts oil level pointers, fuel- economy knobs, steering with ball and needle bearings, a vented openable windshield, air cooled engine design, aluminum body, wooden frame, and distinctive radiator cap with a lion motif and Latin inscription.
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Franklin
Henry Me
Walter Chrysler
Louis Chevrolet
David Buick
Ransom E. Olds
Dodge Brothers
John and
Horace
Ferdinand Porsche
Charles Rolls
Frederick Henry Royce
Mercedes Jellinek
Herbert Franklin
H. H. Franklin Co
Syracuse
N.Y
AAA
Volkswagen
United States
Chicago
Service Graduations Highlight Baytown Area Soldiers
Army Pfc Karla P Hernandez and Pvt Jeremy R Linares have completed basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia South Carolina. Pfc Hernandez is the daughter of Juan and Ana Hernandez of Baytown and a 2005 Robert E Lee High School graduate. Pvt Linares is the son of Sharee Wilson Highlands and Johnny Linares Baytown and a 1996 Ross Sterling High School graduate. Army Reserve Pvt Randy S Simons completed basic training at Fort Sill in Lawton Oklahoma and is the son of Don Maxwell Liberty and Cindy J Simons Dayton.
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Army Pfc
Karla P. Hernandez
Fort Jackson
Columbia
S.C
Juan and
Ana M. Hernandez
Baytown
Hernandez
Robert E. Lee High School
Army
Jeremy R. Linares
Sharee Wilson
Highlands
Johnny Linares
Linares
Ross S. Sterling High School
Army Reserve
Randy S. Simons
Fort Sill
Lawton
Oklo
Simons
Don Maxwell
Liberty
Cindy J. Simons
Dayton
Barrett family reunion marks Texas postwar history landmark
Barrett Station hosts a tale of Harrison Barrett a former slave freed during the Civil War who gathered kin and settled east of the San Jacinto River in 1889. An estate church school and cemetery arose as descendants emphasize reading writing and hard work across Barrett’s Settlement now noted on page 4B.
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Barrett Station
Barrett
Texas
Harrison Barrett
Annie Jones
San Jacinto River
Harrison
Annie
Elizabeth
Highlands North
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Gill
Oldie
Malcolm Murray
Mr. Murray
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Barrett Estate
Baytown Sun
Ryan Culver