Texas and Oklahoma cotton declines and seed quality urged
An editorial warns that Texas and Oklahoma cotton crops suffer from short lint and low per acre yields due to seed quality and drought. It cites historical lint figures, endorses better seed, eradication of hog around buying, and urges East Texas efforts to improve staple and production. It links improved cotton to restored southern prosperity and global competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Oklahoma
Anderson, Clayton and Company
Old South
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Clarence Ousley
Cotton and
Cotton Oil Press
Brazos County
New High School Site Plans Cut Bond Issue
City officials reviewed site options for a new senior high school in Texas. They estimated a $350000 cost for land and plant, but budget limits led to an $280000 bond. Walter J. Coulter offered about 13 acres adjoining Forrest Field for athletic use and potential building location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Bryan
Tyler Haswell
Sue Haswell
Coulter
Texas
Walter J. Coulter
Forrest Field
Legion program frames Americanism and youth protection
The American Legion led by National Commander Harry W. Colmery outlined a broad constructive program. It targets child welfare, Scout training, Junior Baseball, citizenship schools, anti-communist education, and community projects while advocating a strong defense, strict neutrality, and universal service to share wartime burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Harry W. Colmery
Bryan
Auxiliary
The
Legion
Colmery
Boy Scout Movement
America
Congress
Essay contest honors Ross memory by school youths
The United Daughters of the Confederacy sponsor an annual city and county essay contest. Winners announced today focus on Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Confederate soldier, Texas governor, and Texas A&M College president. The program educates students about his life and era, shaping character and civic awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old South
South
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
Texas
Texas A. & M. College
Gov. Ross
Monte Carlo's Quiet Guarded Casino System
The article details a casino management system in Monte Carlo that minimizes self harm and crime by investigating gamblers finances and forcibly removing those who lose beyond what they can afford. A special fund covers transport home after warnings against returning, part of experiments at Worcester State Hospital noting small but detectable temperature differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Carlo
Watering Place
Strangers Club of
Monaco
Worcester State Hospital
Massachusetts
Left bias in body temp and hand warmth puzzled researchers
A study finds the body runs warmer on the left side while the left hand remains cooler than the right. Researchers describe a temperature paradox suggesting asymmetrical blood flow or nerve activity. Further work aims to clarify the mechanisms behind these contrasting patterns.
Silence and decay hover over New York tenement streets
The writer sketches a weary New York on May 25, observing tense streets, silent doors, and a city where words fail. Seamen's Institute crowds and lunch counters reveal quiet lives, with sailors and residents mired in subdued routines and unspoken social tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emmett Cole’s Mitchell roadster leads Bryan speedsters
A 60 horsepower Mitchell roadster described as the fastest in Bryan arrives for racing, with Emmett Cole ready to race alongside top cars in the causeway celebration parade. Capt. John Daly and family depart in a big Mitchell six for Houston and Galveston to enter the procession. Bryan Baptist Academy students sell theater tickets for Diamonds and Hearts at Colonial Theater to support the library. Ex-State Senator McDonald Meachum withdraws from the eighth district congressional race. Laura James returns from Sam Houston Normal at Huntsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Cole
Bryan
Mitchell
John Daly
J. D. Ganter
Tom Daly
Jack Messenger
Captain Daly
Houston
Galveston
Causeway
Bryan Baptist Academy
Colonial Theater
Bess Crouch
Anne Lee Ellis
Lola Wilson
Annie Belle Batte
Maggie Mathis
Hooker Lindsay
Marshall Bullock
Billie Johnson
J. T. Lindsay
Alsin Fruger
Roland Noack
McDonald Meachum
Grimes County
Congress
Laura James
Huntsville
Sam Houston Normal
Couriers in Tabridish dress parade as horsemen
A vivid description of early Turkish sultanate couriers who ran barefoot and wore horselike costumes with pierced silver bits and feather manes. They carried a hatchet and water container, while belts rattled with tiny bells, creating a striking ceremonial display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Silent gambler Canfield’s rise and fall in New York
The article recalls Richard Canfield, famed for an honest quiet mien among gamblers, who ran a Park Avenue gambling salon with a top croupier. It notes he saved about $75,000 in nine years, planned to make $150,000 to return to Ireland, but lost it all in Wall Street within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Rothstein
Richard Canfield
Whistler
Park Avenue
Canfield’s
Canfield
Ireland
Wall Street
Retirement Dreams and Wealth Thresholds Across Generations
The narrator recalls varied retirement benchmarks from a 30 year old seeking 200000 dollars at 4 percent for 8000 dollars yearly to a 50 plus man aiming for half a million. A 61 year old doubts even a million suffices, chasing the title of millionaire rather than the sum. He reflects on earlier times when riches were modest and fortunes smaller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sell
Miss Winter Wins Wolens Essay Contest for Seniors
Stephen F. Austin senior Geraldine Winter won the K Wolens Department Stores essay contest on Why I Should Buy My Graduation Clothes at K Wolens. She will receive a dress from Harold Dreyfus as seniors who entered the contest are acknowledged for effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Winter
Stephen F. Austin High School
K. Wolens
Miss Winter
Harold Dreyfus
Bryan
Miss Winters
K. Walens
Wolens
Walens
Little Symphony Fourth Concert Wins High Praise
The Little Symphony Orchestra conducted by R. J. Dunn performed its fourth annual concert at Guion Hall on the A and M College campus. The program featured classical selections and reflected the group’s training progress. Dunn received a silver trophy and a bouquet of carnations for his efforts at the Waco contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guion Hall
A. and
M. College
Little Symphony Orchestra
R. J. Dunn
Dunn
Waco
Haydn
Gurlitt
Offenbach
Beethoven
Bergen
Widdel
Franke
DeLamater
Saint Saens
Sullivan
Seredy
Schubert
Squire
Tschaikowsky
Aletter
Sarasate
Tour to Alabama Georgia and church convention
Mr and Mrs J L Edge plan a ten day trip visiting relatives in Alabama and Georgia then attend the General convention of the Free Will Baptist church in Kirbyville South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Edge
Bryan
Alabama
Georgia
The
Free Will Baptist Church
Kirbyville
S. C
Hired Girl Handles Week’s Work in Horse and Buggy Era
A fragment notes a hired girl performing washing, cooking, and cleaning for $2 a week, illustrating the old horse and buggy days of the modern era.
Followers hope F P A resumes column after salary dispute
Followers of F. P. A. hope he restarts his paragraphic column after abandoning a long run started following a salary dispute. He was among the last who used the B L T formula relying on contributors for witty lines. His selections gave many writers, including Dorothy Parker and George Kaufman, their first fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Parker
Deems Taylor
Marc Connolly
Russell Crouse
George 9. Kaufman
Mystery Figure Robed in Black On Dark Street
A strange figure in black with a snow white top knot drops to the street. The moment evokes a judgely image, likened to a Supreme Court justice being dropped, as the scene unfolds in darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
McNaught Syndicate
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Comintyre
Seamen’s Institute
South Street
Ories
Jasper
Miss
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