Strange As It Seems Two Party Candidacy of Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley ran for president on two tickets at once and helped found two parties. He led the Jeffersonian Whig campaign in 1838 and later the Liberal Republican movement. Despite backing from Democrats and Republicans, he was defeated in the 1872 election. Tomorrow: The Right to Vote.
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Grant
Recar
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Legion Free Fair Opens With First Livestock Exhibit
The eighth annual American Legion Free Fair opens at the Legion grounds on Highway 21 near Bryan. Despite weather woes, the event promises a bigger, better showcase of county agriculture, with new livestock divisions for Beef Cattle, Jer e, Swine, and Horse Mule Colt. Readiness by 10 a.m. Thursday. Negro and white communities each have buildings and exhibits, highlighting progress in farming and education across Brazos County.
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Legion Grounds
Highway 21
Bryan
Villa Marie Convent
Brazos County
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Auxis
Texas Voters Urged to Back Key Constitutional Amendments
Editorial urges support for three proposed amendments on the Texas ballot. It argues for shaping representation by county population to curb dominance by large counties, creating a Teachers Retirement Fund with state and teacher contributions, and raising salaries for the governor and other state officials, framing them as necessary for modern governance. The piece also ties these votes to backing the Roosevelt-Garner ticket.
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Texas
Har- Bexar
Tarrant
Roosevelt-Garner
Diary notes amid New York scenes and theater visits
The diary recounts a day in New York with encounters at Dutton's, a Plaza Park breakfast, letters from Billy De Beck and others, tea with Margaret and Brock Pemberton, dinner with critic Lisle Bell, backstage with Helen Menken, theater wanderings, and odd urban anecdotes including a communist rant and a lightning calculator. It also mentions figures like Carter Harrison and Nicholas Longworth and notes conversations with former Iowans.
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Dutton
Gladys Kitchen
Karl
Lisle Bell
Helen Menken
America
Texas Calls for Strong Vote to Support New Deal Power
The piece urges Texas to cast a large popular vote for Roosevelt and electors to show support for the administration and preserve Southern representation at the Democratic convention. It notes the two thirds rule benefits the South and urges marching in line with party goals to influence future convention dynamics.
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Texas
Cary Coing
Geass
Prominent notes from a quirky era of Bowery life
An illustrated fragment recounts odd street speech from Des Moines to Bowery lodgings. It mentions Corey Ford and Frank O’Malley, cheap lodging, free lunch with bootleg booze, and eccentric quotes about actors Maurice Chevalier and Clifton Webb, ending with a copyright notice.
Yellow second sheets for carbon copies and typing
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Printing Co Seeks Clean Cotton Rags Not Older Linen Items
The Printing Company requests clean cotton rags for reuse. Rags must be inbound and not be linen-based or old. Contact the Printing Co for specifications and pickup.
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Happiness as a Quiet Pursuit in East Texas
Editorial argues happiness arrives when not chased and notes joy found in simple, common pleasures. It contrasts happiness with pleasure and cites nature in East Texas as a source of contentment. The piece closes with a note from Hubert M. Harrison in East Texas.
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Hawthorne
Texas
Gary
Atlantic
Amazon River
Maeterlinck
Hubert M. Harrison
East
Cotton market dances around steady 12 cent price amid brisk private sales
The cotton trade markets a 6,000,000 bale crop as private sales dominate without government loans. About 5,000,000 to 5,500,000 bales sold by Oct 1 with prices near 12 cents a pound, farmers earning over $60 a bale plus seed and subsidy, while mills and exports boost demand. Domestic buyers stay strong and exports exceed last year by 125,000 bales. currency agreements aid long-term outlook.
Government keeps hands off cotton market policy
The New York Journal of Commerce notes that under current circumstances the government should interfere as little as possible with the orderly marketing of the nation's cotton crop through private channels.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Buchanan resigns to join government farm cooperative work
A. W. Buchanan leaves E. F. Parks after fourteen years to join a Brazos county government program as agent in the farm cooperative demonstration. He previously managed Buchanan Bros. and related firms. Other notices mention hog buyers Cloud & Nicol, teaching moves for Virgie Edinburg, and arrivals of guests Mrs. Skains and Mrs. Mitchell along with property transfer by W. N. C Grenshaw.
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A. W. Buchanan
E. F. Parks
Brazos County
Buchanan-Moore Co
Jess L. Wheeless
George P. Edge
Kurten
Cloud & Nicol
Virgie Edinburg
Liberty Hill
Coleman
Tiebout Skains
Houston
E. W. Crenshaw
J. E. Mitchell
Fort Worth
R. L. Weddington
W. N. C Grenshaw
Grimes County
Weaver Place
Lucile DeMaret
Nuecestown
Local Notes From Bryan Texas Saloon and Streets
A letter from Fred B. Robinson of Waco notes the discontinuation of the With the Texas Press column in the Waco News-Tribune. Dr. L. B. Elrod visits, turning 70, as the church conference meets in Houston. Major parties spending millions in the presidential race are discussed, plus local political calls to vote on amendment No. 6 and a parade of Bryan residents and visitors.
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Waco
Texas Press
Waco News-Tribune
Robinson Brothers
Fred
George
Texas
Huntsville
Lillian Ferguson
Cora Garth
K.T. Tillis
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J. A. Rhodes
L. B. Elrod
Houston
First Methodist Church
Frank A. Smith
Elrod
Daily Bible Thought Watch Verse Exhortation
A devotional verse urges vigilance as the master returns at unknown times. The passage from Mark 13 35 36 39 emphasizes watching and staying awake to be prepared for the sudden coming.
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