Local visitors and family visits across North Texas
Lone Star state social notes list lines of kin and friends visiting and hosting in Beaumont Wichita Falls Nocona Lindale Pueblo Chillicothe Bowie Stoneburg Lindale Bowie and nearby towns. The passages name Ruby Worley and family ties among J D Prestwood J H Coffman and Vanbebber clan during weekends and Sundays.
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James L. Worley
Beaumont
Exas
Ruby Worley
Raymond Prestwood
Wichita Falls
J. D. Prestwood
Jack Hardison
Lois
Roy Pollock
Dana, Okla
Adria
Nocona
J. H. Coffman
Lindale
Marlin Shirley
Pueblo
Colo
Shirley
Clarence Vanbebber
Ernest
Ray Faulkner
Bowie
Faulkner
Vanbebber
Andy Vanbebber
Chillicothe
Texas
J. O. Allgood
Joe Wayne
G. Byas
A. J. Coffman
Lea Cooper
Geo. Vice
Stoneburg
Traffic death toll drops in 1938 National Safety Council reports
The National Safety Council notes 1938 saw a decline in traffic fatalities, with over 32,000 lives lost and more than a million non fatal injuries. Despite a possible seven thousand more deaths if rates continued, the eighteen percent drop signals progress and urges continued prevention efforts.
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National Safety Council
Misleading Propaganda Critique Sparks Debate at New York Fair
The American Distilling Company chair James J. Tunney lambasts a Soviet building at the New York fair as misleading propaganda. He also warns alcohol can be mankind’s boon or curse when used intelligently.
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James J. Tunney
The
American Distilling Company
Tunney
Fourth of July Reflections on Democracy and Freedom
The passage honors Independence Day and the American democratic ideal. It contrasts liberty and rights with global strife, notes the nation’s growth since independence, and cites John Adams on future generations honoring the day with gratitude and joy.
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Bowie
John Adams
Around Town quips on travel tastes and city gossip
A string of quirky notes discusses vacation motives, a bronze statue story with a honeyed horse, and light social commentary. It contrasts highway deaths with daily executions, jokes about city versus small town gossip, and cites Henry Ford on age and spice.
Texas Legislature Ends Long Session Without Revenue Plan
The forty sixth legislature ends a 163 day regular session with no new revenue measures though over 1 600 bills were filed and many laws enacted. It details tax relief for counties road bond retirement, pension law liberalization, and contested county debt questions while predicting political fallout for Governor O Daniel and noting a stalled sales tax amendment. A lobby probe collapses and theater listings close the item.
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House of Representatives
Sclons
Mutal
Board of Control
Federal Social Security Board
State Department of Welfare
O’daniel
Austin
G. C. Morris
Joe Keith
Albert Derden
S. J. Isaacks
Leighton Cornett
Harvey Riviere
Texas
Swallows Quip Sparks Freshman Sophomore Banter
A playful exchange about jailbird origins contrasts a freshman claim with a sophomore’s witty reply that they come from larks bats and swallows. The light campus moment captures student humor and wordplay.
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Swallows
Soph
Breath Bad Logy To Disregard Constipation
Breath bad and logy are tied to laziness of the bowels. This tonic laxative claims to tone and cleanse by simple directions. It promises gentle prompt and thorough relief the next day.
Hoax Pictures Exposed In North Dakota Drouth Coverage
Photographer sold three drouth era views printed nationwide. Missouri river ford at Stanton, cattle herd on Bismarck capitol grounds, and a steer skull on a parched pasture were labeled fake by the Fargo Forum. The images were revealed as deceptive tricks and props, noting their existence in alkali flats elsewhere.
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Drouth
News Picture
North Dakota
Missouri River
Stanton
State Capitol
Bismark
Fargo Forum
Stanton Ferry
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Birth Certificate Request Sparks Clerk Confusion
A novice clerk at the births, marriages, and deaths registry mishears a caller, who jokes about being new to the world. The exchange highlights the clerk's unfamiliarity with procedures and a moment of comic miscommunication.
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Office For Registry of
New
Thomas New
Leftovers and Light Verse on Love and Work
A humorous bit notes a single man lucky in love and mocks a half breed with a cold nostril. It also satirizes a girdle maker living off others’ earnings.
Revenge in Kind Ends With Wrong Number Prank
A shoeshop proprietor boasts of payback after a customer exits. He reveals he gave the young telephone operator the wrong number, claiming the act was his form of revenge. The interaction underscores a petty dispute resolved by a practical joke.
Small oysters prompt wary bargain in exchange
In a brief exchange, a customer suspects the oysters are not fresh while the seller calls them small. The titular Mr. Brown interacts over a likely questionable purchase, reflecting common market banter of the period.
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Mr. Brown
In the Dark Fresh Digression
In the Dark Fresh quotes a line about a tunnel length followed by a surprised exclamation. The fragment hints at a romantic or playful exchange with an unidentified speaker and an implied intimate moment.
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Fresh
See Lyon and Matthews Co paint Sherwin-Williams
Local reference notes Lyon and Matthews Co as a dealer for Sherwin Williams paints. The item highlights a business association and product line without further details.
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Lyon & Matthews CO
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Return of the Cisco Kid At Ritz Theatre
Warner Baxter stars in The Return of the Cisco Kid at the Ritz Theatre with matinee and night shows. Mr and Mrs C F Kibler receive free admission to this picture. Bring this issue of The News for entry.
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Pat O'Brien
Joan Blondell
Wayne Morris
Kokomo
Ritz Theatre
Edna Hudson
Daisy Hopper
Ofice
Warner Baxter
Cisco Kid
C. F. Kibler
Tit For Tat Gasoline Engine Ad Exchange Joke
An old farmer wrote to a company asking for a gasoline engine advertised on page 785 and offered to pay after trying it. The reply suggested sending the check first and, if it is good, sending the engine.
Dialogue at a children's party turns on manners
A mother asks her son if he behaved at a children's party. The boy says he did not say no thank you but replied yes please to every request. He implies polite responses were used for all refusals.
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Bobby
Diner Requests Entreaty Instead of Order
A playful exchange where a customer asks a waitress to change the order from a direct request to an entreaty. The subtle humor rests on transforming a meal order into a polite plea.
Flood of Oratory in Congress Won't Be Tested
The remark notes that no flood control will be tested on the vast flow of oratory in Congress, implying rhetorical overflow will not be curbed by any practical method. The statement critiques legislative speech volume and impact without proposing a remedy.
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Congress
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Bowie News
Coy Perry
Smythe Street
M. A. Bryan
PRESS
Woodyard Associates
Lone Star
U.S
Henry Ford
Paul Holt
Travis County
Holt
Joe Hill
Logy
Chk Knoe
ACME
Gary Nees Lumber Co
Bowie, Texas
Elmo Scott Watson
First National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
A. S. Craver
Bob White
Ice Station
Evans Ford Company
G. Norris
M.D. Bowie
Meo
Shaeffer
Bulova
Lady Bulova
Bradley’s Jewelry Store
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