Widow of Houdini Receives Spirit Message From Beyond
A trance by spiritualist minister Arthur Ford relays Houdini code words to Bess Houdini. The message includes Rosabelle and the line There is no death, claiming to prove immortality and urging hope for those who have lost it.
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New York
Harry Houdini
The
Houdinis
United Press
Houdini
Ford
Fletcher
Bess
Ife
Rosabelle
Mrs. Houdini
Thedyaufoy
Don’t Get the Flu Good Precaution
Dallas public health director Dr. Manton Carrick offers precautions to avoid influenza. Avoid indoor crowds and close contact with sick people. Keep children home if ill and call a doctor. Use handkerchiefs or disposable napkins for coughing or sneezing and boil used pocket tissues. Wear warm dry feet and avoid chills. Drink fluids and seek medical care to reduce duration and complications. Sleep nine hours daily and ensure fresh air at work or play.
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Manton M. Carrick
Public Health of
Dallas
Longest US tunnel opens as electric trains debut
The Great Northern Railway unveils an eight mile Cascade tunnel east of Seattle on January 12, marking the electrification of a 76 mile mountain stretch. Electric locomotives with regenerative braking drive trains through the bore in a landmark engineering feat costing about 25 million dollars. The event will be broadcast on radio with dignitaries aboard the first electric train.
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Walter L. Greens
Cascades Tunnel
U.S
International Ilustrated
Seattle
Waeh
Great Northern Railway
Cascade Mountains
Here
Wil le
Cascade
United States
Myuffat
Colerade
Sunplan
Gothard
Luetschberg
Denis
Alps
General Electric Company
America
Cascade Range
Black Draught Aids Indigestion Says Local Taxi Operator
Nicholasville resident Jesse Dickerson describes irregular meals and indigestion from taxi work. He recalls using Black Draught at his mother’s urging and says it relieved headaches and improved his condition. The ad promotes Black Draught as a long trusted laxative used for indigestion constipation and biliousness.
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Nicholasville
Jesse Dickerson
Central Avenue
Thedeford
Weathered notes on holidays and town life
A community column summarizes holiday travel, illnesses, and local events. Residents Wayne Robinson and family visit Lubbock, while others travel to Oklahoma for the holidays. Several illnesses including influenza and pneumonia affect residents, and a funeral is noted for G. S. Hoag. Local pipe line work draws neighbors to Menard.
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Wayne Robinson
Lubbock
Dillard Hunter
Hugh Hunter
Oklahoma
Whitesboro
John Musser
Dock Williams
Texas
Fletcher Williams
Clarksville
George Jumphrey
Leon Bennett
Whitewright
Floyd Willams
Luise
Oc, Williams
J. J. Cox
Humphrey
Geo. Humphrey
J. W. Gilliam
Velbert Gilliam
Dallas
Jow
Roy Phillips
Agnes Ue
Miss Sallie
Belle Owen
Ambrose Seriool
Grandpa Owens
Ravenna
Grandpa
G. S. Hogge
Ambrose
Albert
Wall Hoag
W. A. Fleming
Leona McNeil
Beulah Chandler
Ennis
Menard
Tex
Ray Bellows
Arnett Monroe
Clarence Wortham
Jim Howell
Tom Bean
Carl Winchester
Fairview
Iwe
Robert Fleming
Robin Fleming
Virgil Gilliam
Waldo Trim
Raymond Bryson
Austin
Lydia Jenkins
Ian Anderson
Blurbonnet
Water bill payment notice with deadline reminder
The notice warns residents to pay their water bill by the zeroth of the current month to avoid penalties. It mentions papers for sale and urges prompt action to avoid charges.
Tulip 4-31 Club Reorganizes At January Meeting
The Tulip 4-31 Club met with Mrs. J Z Jaynes on January 2 1929 to reorganize. The president called the meeting to order and the secretary opened with the roll. each member gave a New Year resolution for club matters. Four chairmen were named to oversee the election of new officers with Mrs John Jaynes appointed chairwoman and leading the proceedings. A motion to nominate and elect the president and other officers was carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jaynes
D. I. Gibbs
Frank Gibbs
Herbert Gibls
Secreary
Albert Dodson
I. Snodgrass
John Chandler
Walter
Tulip Dh Club
J. Z. Jaynes
Anti Fascist Clash at City Hall Gate Averted Bomb Plot
The scene outside New York City Hall saw anti fascists clashing with police near shielding Mussolini's aviation minister Italo Balbo. A bomb plot halted as authorities tightened security around Balbo's visit, while he was greeted by Mayor Walker.
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Rei
Italo Balbo
New York
Protec
Mussolini
Gener
Walker
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Frances Paget
Women’s Wear
Palm Beach
Berne
Gea
Community Natural Gas Company
Afi
Ters
Spooks
Ambros
First National Bank of
Sonora
Sutton County
Milwaukee
TULIP
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