Amethysts and Opals Mined for Road Material Report
A Berlin report notes amethysts from Mahia and opals from Siberia used in road surface materials. Otto Quelle of Bonn University describes violet sheen amethysts in beized streets and ore from Siberia aiding road works. European outlets claim stones from Antrica and nearby regions appear in surface coatings.
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Berlin Geographical Society
Otto Quelle
Bonn University
Associated Press
Dingnich Fron
Berlin
Beazit
Mahia
Procter Quelle
Siberia
Wentliche- Alligemeite Zeligne Reperia
Vegetables Offered to Gods in Ancient Times
The article notes a trio of vegetables, turnips beets and radishes, valued as offerings at the temple of Apollo in ancient Greece. It explains ranks of offerings using lead silver and beaten gold, discusses radish origins in China and long European cultivation, and cites raw-eating and medicinal uses by Romans. It also mentions turnips aiding hoarseness and coughs and serving as medieval symbols of charity on armorial bearings.
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Greece
Fietni
China
Europe
Popular idioms traced by Prof Smith in Words and Idioms
The article lists common expressions linked to dogs and hunting from Prof Smith. It notes phrases such as not to have a dog's chance and a bone to pick with someone, highlighting origins and usage in everyday speech.
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Profeser Smith
Governor Takes Off Hat After Audience Plea
A memorial address in the South drew a large crowd and applause. A bystander, likely the governor’s wife, urged him to remove his hat as he sat, and he complied as the theater audience heard portions of the talk via the stage microphone.
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Sprinetiett Union
Knees Mixed Up By A Child Story
Johnny complained of a bruised knee and sought his mother’s soothing, but a mix up with his stocking caused a comic misunderstanding as he tried to show the injury. The scene unfolds with a child’s simple remedy and a humorous misstep.
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Johnny
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Time Inquiry Sparks Gentle Grocery Exchange
A small girl in a grocer’s shop confesses forgetting her purpose. The grocer lists familiar items, then she recalls her need and asks for the correct time, prompting a polite pause before assistance.
Resilience Message Prompts Grit Over Quitting
A compact editorial urges readers to embrace persistence after setbacks. It champions grit as essential, noting that swift quitting is common yet detrimental. The piece emphasizes staying the course and facing challenges with a determined mindset.
Cameron graduates head to colleges abroad and near
Vacation ends and Cameron youths depart for higher education. Students enroll at Rice Institute Harvard University Texas Baylor Southwestern University St Marys San Antonio and other colleges. Notable: Billy Wallace to Harvard from Cameron after Paris high school. several others to UT Baylor Southwestern Rice Temple JC and Texas Tech. birthday party at Sapp home noted.
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Cameron
Billy Wallace
E. A. Wallace
Rice Institute
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Billy
Paris
France
University of Texas
Florence Atkinson
Lois and Ruby Robbins
Geraldine Slaughter
Ethel Collins
Herbert Freeman
Baylor University
Helen Blaylock
Gladys Davis
Inez Evans
Oleta Reese
Mittie Lou Howard
Doris Adams
Euline Slaughter
C Business College
Waco
Cyrus Miller
Vernon Slocomb
Fort
P T A Plans Campus Beautification and Weekly News Column
The Cameron P T A executive board met at the Yve High Library to push a community wide campus beautification project and approve a weekly news column on P T A work. Committees named include Membership Publicity Magazine and Health with several assistants to be announced. Montague Triggs of Mineola visits Cameron before enlisting at Southwestern University.
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Cameron Parent-Teacher Association
Yve High Library
T. A. Fisher
Parent-Teacher Association
Milam County
B. Miller
J. C
Mar. i.1
Roy Baskin
H. N Tate
John Green
Bess du Bois
Henry Hefley
Parent’s Day
FE. A. Wallace
Roy Law
J. C. Tucker
George Graves
J. P. Love
Graham Gillis
Martin Kil Tan
Miss Jenkens
Ben Atkinson
Tiff Moore
W. R. Newton
Cameron
Montague Triggs
Mineola
George A. Thomas
Georgetown
Southwestern University
Farewell Vacation Frolic For Students
A group of high school girls held a farewell frolic before the new term at Wayside after meeting at City Park on Monday evening. They traveled in cars for a welnnie roast and enjoyed music from a portable Victrola. Chaperones were Mesdames R B Rylander J Ryan and Hugo Slaughter. Readers include Misses Billy Gaither Annette Ryan Laurita Evans Catherine White Lois Robbins Faldine Rylander Dorothy Leszyovsky Marjorie Dusek and Geraldine Slaughter. A second gathering this week for Imogene Sapp’s friends surprised her Wednesday night.
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Mesdames R. B. Rylander
J. Ryan
Hugo Slaughter
Billy Gaither
Annette Ryan
Laurita Evans
Catherine White
Lois and Ruby Robbins
Faldine Rylander
Dorothy Lesyovsky
Marjorie Dusek
Geraldine Slaughter
Imogene Sapp
Methodist Church Seeks Bigger Crowds This Fall
The norther has come and fall behavior prompts larger attendance. Sunday school at 9:45. Morning sermon on The Exaltation of Christ's Name. Evening sermon The Royal Road to Learning. Choir will provide special music. Leagues meet at 6:30.
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Christ
Martha Hooks to Teach in Houston This Winter
Miss Martha Lou Hooks departed this week for Houston where she will teach during the winter season.
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Martha Lou Hooks
Houston
Meteor event rocks Detmold community with ground hole
Residents heard a sizzling noise near 11 a m and traced it to a fresh four to six inch hole about 15 feet deep. Many visited the Ernest Richter property where the object landed before authorities and the state university geology department were alerted.
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Detmold
Ernest Richter
Research and Geological Department of
The
State Univer
Thorndale Champion Hints At Future Site Investigations
A Thorndale Champion reports that researchers plan to visit the location to conduct further scientific investigations after retrieving the substance from the ground. The origin, form, and composition of the mystery substance remain unknown.
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Sity
Thorndale Champion
Rev Williamson Preaches at Presbyterians in Austin
Rev O C Williamson of Austin filled the pulpit at the Presbyterians church for both morning and evening services last Sunday. He oversees Mexican work in Texas and teaches Spanish at the Presbyterian Seminary in Austin.
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O. C. Williamson
Austin
Presbyterians Church
Williamson
Texas
Presbyterian Seminary At
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Dinah Brand
Hickory
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Louis
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