Texas builds gas lines and funds road work across state
Texas projects include Cuero natural gas line work starting, May building permits in Tyler totaling 64 797 and May Texas contracts at 21 586 900. Local bonds approved include Fort Worth city bonds 1 600 000, Amarillo 600 000 and Edinburg 56 000.
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M. N. Marra
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Rio Grande Valley
Valley Builders Exchange
Harlingen
Tioga
Grayson County
Independent
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Memphis
Tenn
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Mec- Allen
Reynosa
Mexico
Pat DeVine
Hidalgo
George E. Neu
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Sweetwater
Texas Press Association
FE Page
Pecan Belt Highway
Enchanted Rock
Llano Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Independent School District
Chapel Hill Independent School District
Washington County
City of Edinburg
Worm turns on reputation question in playful dialogue
A comic exchange features a bug asking why one tends to revert. The worm answers with the proverb the "worm will turn" to imply a reversal of behavior. The dialogue frames reputation as a flexible notion in a light, humorous tone.
Air Rights Echoed In Polls And Public Spaces
A Washington Star fragment reports a debate over air use with Senator Sorghum noting rising demand and paid access for microphone time, contrasting ideal freedom with practical scarcity in public discourse.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Rumor of Engagement Sparks Teasing Chorus
A playful exchange reveals rumors about an engagement to Mabel. The speaker and listener respond with general congratulatory remarks regardless of truth, reflecting a lighthearted social moment and speculation among acquaintances.
Do you know father has not spoken hastily to mother
A Tit-Bits item notes a married couple and a remark on a husband’s temper and stuttering as a light social aside, reflecting period humor about marital harmony.
Amassing Riches in an Ancient Tomb Tale
A Washington Star excerpt notes an old Egyptian tomb filled with priceless treasures. Senator Sorghum comments that graft is among humanity’s oldest institutions, tying ancient wealth to modern corruption concerns.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Evaporating Peaches Sparks Customer Dispute
In a humorous exchange a customer complains a pound of evaporated peaches weighs only about 13 ounces. The grocer retorts no guarantee that items wonst retain their stated weight, citing evaporation.
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Pathfinder
Pay Dirt Yap-it Debacle Sinks Suburban Lot Investment
A suburban lot purchase dubbed Pay Dirt Yap-it failed to yield value. The buyer complains the site is useless and suggests renting it as a camping area.
Pessimistic Mrs B Quotes on Adam and Marriage
The clipping records Mrs. B remarking that Adam was in a deep sleep when his rib was removed and adds a quip that most men do not wake up after marriage. The satirical lines reflect lighthearted views on matrimony.
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Adam
Moody trims Texas budget by 447 thousand in special session
Governor Moody approved educational, judicial, eleemosynary and emergency appropriation bills after cutting 447,260 from 30,944,441 total. Education bore the heaviest loss, with 288,850 removed, affecting A and M College, Texas Tech, and UT budgets and eliminating several new positions.
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Austin
Tex
Dan Moody
Texas A. and
M. College
Texas Technological College of Lutbock
University of Texas
A. and M. College
Galveston Medical
Tech College
Gatesville
Austin State School
Texas University Medical Branch
Galveston
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Prairie View Normal and Industrial College For Negroes
Moody
Parents remark on beauty pageant prize and dishwashing contest
The Washington Star recalls a family quip about contests. The daughter wins a prize in a beauty pageant while the mother still seeks an honorable mention in a dishwashing contest.
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Washington Star
Frigid Remarks Sparked by Jazzy Banter on Stage
A playful exchanges between Eddie and Gloria feature humorous talk of marriage and warm apparel as they joke about enduring cold atop the world. The quip hints at performance flair and lighthearted stage banter.
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Eddie
Gloria
Connally Attacks Senate Secrecy At Texas Editors Meeting
Congressman Tom Connally told the Texas Press Association that a free press is essential to a free government and condemned senate executive sessions for appointments and treaties as contrary to a free people. He urged openness and warned secrecy undermines democracy.
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el Paso
Tex
Tom Connally
Marlin
Star Chamber
Senate
Texas Press Association
Press of America
Cook Loses Probation, Appeals Court Reverses
The U S Court of Appeals reversed a Northern Texas district court ruling granting five years probation to Dr. Frederick A. Cook, former explorer now serving a 14 year sentence for using the mails to defraud.
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Frederick Cook
New Orleans
United States Court of Appeals
District Court of
Northern
Texas
Frederick A. Cook
Lindbergh Receives Orteig Prize Check
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh on Thursday accepted a $25,000 prize check from Raymond Orteig for making the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris. The award acknowledges the historic solo voyage that captivated the era and solidified Lindbergh's place in aviation history.
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Lindbergh
New York
Charlea A. Lindbergh
Raymond Orteig
Paris
Coolidge Sets Up Mountain White House at Black Hills
President Coolidge established a summer White House in a mountain country near Rapid City, South Dakota, as he prepared for a season skirting the Northwest farming belt.
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Coolidge
Black Hills
Rapid City
White House
Northwest
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Llano
Kelly Field
San Antonio
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M. N. Marrs
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Michael
Mabel
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