Devil to Pay in England as Willie Hales Proposes
Willie Hale confronts Hope over his daughter's engagement and proclaims plans to marry Dorothy. Hope warns of wealth denial, Dorothy supports the match, and Willie boasts of past misdeeds while desecrating his rival. The scene ends with wedding plans and parental fury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Leeland
Willie
Hope
Susan
William Hale
Edward Hope
Mr. Hope
Hale
Willie Woovied
England
Dorothy
Liverpool
Mary
Barnum's Museum Sells Curiosities to New York Crowd
The New York Sun recalls Phineas T. Barnum and his early demonstration of Broadway and Ann Street fame. His museum offered curiosities, a menagerie, and shows that drew the amusement loving public. Highlights included the wooly horse, white whales, Cardiff giant, and the famed white elephant of Siam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phineas T. Barnum
Broadway
Ann Street
New York
Barnum’s Museum
Arctic
Cardiff
Siam
South Sea
Captain Cook
Barnum
New York Sun
Golfer Frees Swears With Stone Pocket Trick
A golfer worried by swearing takes a friend’s advice to pocket a stone for every bad word. After a round, the caddie’s wheelbarrow joke hints his effort has grown heavy in the pockets and the lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Wisconsin Woman Loses 11 Pounds with Kruschen Salts
A Wisconsin woman reports dropping 11 pounds in six weeks using Kruschen Salts. The ad claims a four week bottle costs 85 cents and improves energy, mood, and skin, promising a money back guarantee if fat loss does not occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EF O. Schiller Drug Store
Druggiste
America
For Sale Big Boll Russell Cotton Seed
One year from pedigreed seed, priced at $1.50 per hundred pounds. H. J. Schattle advertises sale from Route 1 Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Boll Russell Cotton
H. J. Schattle
Rt. 1
Cameron
Poe House Stop Turns Memory Into Eight Dollar Fare
Tourists traveling from Washington to Richmond sought Poe memorials. A negro taxi driver delivered them to a large brick house marked County Poor Farm after an eight dollar fare, sparking doubt and reassurance along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Richmond
Washington
Poe House
Fari
Poe memorial—Library Journal
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul Phrase Origins
The note cites Brew er's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable stating the phrase refers to December 17 1680 when the Abbey church of St Peter Westminster became a cathedral by letters patent and ten years later was joined to the diocese of London with funds diverted to St Paul's repairs. The expression may predate this explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Paul
Brewer
St. Peter
Westminster
Don
St. Paul's Cathedral
Cameron Milk Regulation Ordinance Passes in 1931
The Cameron ordinance requires construction to meet Sanitary Officer Grade A standards and imposes up to 100 dollars fine per violation. It repeals conflicting ordinances and becomes effective upon passage and publication, with emergency suspension of the three-reading rule. Mayor W. W. Chambers and Secretary J. C. Joseph attest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
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Frederick Lonsdale
Chapter
S. R. Cotton
Palace of Sweets
Georgia
Cardul
Our Home
Chas
Frank Green Cameron
Texas
Fletcher
Raz
SitLu 'Eo
Wisconsin
Poe
W. W. Chambers
City of
J. C. Joseph
Essex
Buick—Hudson
Star
Price
Horstmann
Brothers Cameron
J. A. Ferguson
de. C. BE
Fisher
Phaeton
Harmer Alecs
Flint, Michigan
Chevrolet
Coleman Chevrolet Co
Cameron, Texas
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