Local merchants and the power of advertising in Sealy
A Brookshire Times opinion notes that readers seek rooms and goods by word of mouth and insists advertising at home pays. It cites cases of strangers traveling to Houston for purchases after seeing no local ads, urges loyalty to local businesses, and ties moral values to economic recovery, referencing Roosevelt Loyalty Sunday and church in building prosperity.
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Sealy
Houston
Roosevelt
Merle Thorpe
Nation’s Business
Clarendon News
Do You Need A Church In Turbulent Times
A historical note observes church attendance at about 30 percent, linking declines to prosperity and self reliance. It argues spiritual values rise during hardship and moral relief is sought amidst political and economic upheaval as history shifts.
Woman Finds Coins in Potato in Springfield
Mrs. Blanche Sutton found a dime and later a quarter while preparing a sweet potato for dinner in Springfield Illinois on December 11. Discoloration around the coins suggests they had been embedded for some time.
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Sprinfield, Il
Blanche Sutton
States to Join Tomorrow in Boycott of Salacious Movies
A public figure announced states will join a boycott of salacious movies starting tomorrow. The dedication day will be annual, with new signers of the pledge to be unveiled on the corresponding Sunday each year.
Saar Basin accord promises future German control
News from Europe reports Germany and France agreeing at Rome on the Saar Basin settlement. The League of Nations had controlled the coal region since WWI, with a plebiscite planned for January 18, 1985 to determine citizenship between Germany and France.
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Germany
France
Rome
Saar
Europe
League of Nations
Au Basin
Church Drive on Bad Films Broadened by Archbishop
Archbishop John T. McNicholas of Cincinnati expanded the Legion of Decency campaign urging about 22 million Roman Catholic communicants in the United States to join the effort against bad films. He spoke as the drive gained momentum across branches of the church.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John T. McNicholas
Legion of Decency
United
Legion of Decency pledge renewals urged tomorrow
The text invites those who signed to renew their vows pledging moral behavior toward films. The pledge proclaims condemnation of indecent or immoral pictures and crime glorifying works, and calls for public opinion against such productions. It stresses forming right conscience about dangerous pictures and remaining away from amusements that show them.
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Legion of Decency
Notice of executrix appointment for A M Highrabedian estate
Eranik Highrabedian was appointed on November 19 1934 by the County Court of Waller County Texas as executrix of the estate of A M Highrabedian deceased. All claims must be presented within the legal period to Eranik Highrabedian at Brookshire Texas or to her attorneys Andrews Kelley Kurth and Campbell 22nd Floor Gulf Building Houston Harris County Texas.
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Texas
Waller
Eranik Highrabedian
Waller County
A. M. Highrabedian
Brookshire
Andrews, Kelley, Kurth and Campbell
Gulf Building
Houston
Harris County
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