New Crime Detection School Trains In West Style
Chicago hosts three students from Phoenix Deadwood and the Texas Rangers in an advanced crime detection program. Officers study fingerprinting lie detection handwriting ink bullets and ballistic tests to outsmart modern criminals. A Northwestern affiliated lab run by Col Calvin H Goddard provides the facilities and equipment for linking suspects to crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West
Police Department of
Phoenix
Ariz
Sheriff's Office of
Deadwood
Texas Rangers
Art Helmer
G. J. Lacey
Rangers
Texas
New York
Roy Bean
Pecos
Mexico
L. M. Estes
Northwestern University
Calvin H. Goddard
Window Dressing Dummies by Bruce Barton
Bruce Barton recalls visiting a bankrupt company that sold stock to the public and ruined many small investors. He warns against serving on boards for vanity, noting directors often do not direct real business while drawing pay and headlines. He predicts many resignations as good times return.
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Ford
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
George Baker
J. P. Morgan
England
Biologists Demonstrate Head Transplants in Insects
Biologists report successful interchange of heads on living insects and creation of a longer worm by joining two short bodies with a graft between them.
Taxation With Representation Spars in Thomaston Times Quip
A short quotation from the Thomaston Times critiques taxation without adequate representation, signaling growing frustration with local governance and fiscal policy. The note reads as a pointed opinion in the paper’s voice.
First Bale of Cotton Ginned Early in Nation
Edinburg June 23 Felipe Aguilar of Rio Grande City reports the nation's first bale of cotton ginned Saturday nine days earlier than last year. The bale came from last year's stalks that survived the winter and earned Aguilar a premium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburg
Felipe Aguilar
Rio Grande City
Modern symbols of material success
An ocean-going yacht, a fleet of fast cars, and an armed guard for children headline a Chicago Daily News feature on status and security in contemporary wealth. The piece surveys luxury symbols and protective measures favored by affluent households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Valley Mills Local News Highlights Residents and Visitors
Local notes list Miss Noriie Tweedy visiting MecGreg and Miss Mary Ann Gibson, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jones spending a weekend in Lott. Numerous residents travel to Dallas Fort Worth Temple and Mineola. Dan Burns undergoes emergency appendicitis surgery in Waco. John Kellum and Lula B Freedman wed at Clifton and reside in Valley Mills.
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Noriie Tweedy
MecGregor
Mary Ann Gibson
Albert Jones
Lott
Texas
Vera Hinton
John Hinton
Cove Springs
Charlie Smith Sr
Fort Worth
Joe McNeill
Dallas
Alice Suggs
Temple
M. B. Thompson
Warren
Katherine
Oklahoma
Luther Raley
Don Reeder
R. H. Bruce
Tunnell
Ballinger
Jeff Gibbs
Vernon
H. J. Gibbs
Gibbs Hotel
Reagan Griffin
Faynette
Val Burch
Mary Louise Burch
Albert Myers
Roy Hudspeth
Bartlett
A. S. Howard
Lottie Mae Smith
Cecil Simms
Mineola
LaVerne Glass
Waco
Sanford Pool
W. T. McNeill
Convention of the Christian Church
Frances
Nell Goodall
Gatesville
John Mercer
Fort Wort
W. A. Simpson
Fay Nowlin
Nowlin Lodge
Mis
Ellen Tweedy
Jack McNeill
Bedell O'Hair
Lampasas
Mr. Fluker
Bone
Billie Stringfellow
Ernest Stringfellow
M. T. Bettis
Logan
D. C. Gardner
Koppers
Gordon Nowlin
Harry Brauer
Martha Jean
Stephenville
J. C. Jarrett
Reba Williamson
Houston
L. B. Roberts
Mary Julia
Itasca
J. H. Hinton
Chas, Romine
Charles
Jack
San Antonio
Hal Winston
Laredo
Ed Lee Jarrett
Edward
Martha Jane
Jarrett
St. Louis
Jeanne Williamson
Charlotte Riddle
J. P. Gilbert
Child
Beaver
Gilbert
Texas-Louisiana Power Co
Dan Burns
John Kellum
Lula B. Freedman
Clifton
Eye adapts to darkness with extreme sensitivity
A rested eye in darkness can be ten thousand times more sensitive than in light, illustrating the brain and eye's adaptation to low illumination. This implies heightened perception when vision adjusts to dark environments.
Texas University Earns Oil Royalties Over Eleven Years
The University of Texas in Reagan County has received 18,600,006.12 in royalties over 11 years. Funds go to the university permanent fund, used for building and plant improvements. Oil came from a 1923 Reagan County well. nine Reagan wells are among the deepest in the world, about 9,000 feet. Proration and low oil prices cut monthly income. peak months reached 260,000, while current six months average is approximately 100,000. May royalties totaled 98,801.85.
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Austin
University of Texas
Reagan County
University
Texas
California
Plan to send federal employee appointments to Congress
A Arkansas Gazette note suggests creating a congressional committee to oversee federal employee appointments, with the caveat that the Domestic Relations Committee should not handle the task. The idea would centralize scrutiny while avoiding bias.
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Congressional
Committee On Domestic Relations
Arkansas
Odds and Ends From a Century Ago
A column lists quirky beliefs and facts from history including married status of Indian women by kerchiefs, restrictions on headache tablets, baton mastery as a tough skill, fashion misreads, elephant trunks and luck, a Los Angeles judge’s handshake rule, railway lore about White Rats, Casey Jones memories, France avoiding the word depression, Al Capone imprisonment costs, caterpillar muscles, and the speed of sound in studio setups.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Casey Jones
France
al Capone
New York
San Francisco
Hogwallow Local Notes and Oddball Trials
Hogwallow antics include Jeff Potlock’s prank peppering a classroom and a tall tale about a bowlegged man and a pig in a lane. Hog Ford Church plans an annual footwashing service next Sunday. Slim Pickens escorted Miss Fritzie Ajlsop to preaching, while Tickville Opera House curtain repairs prompt audiences to endure between acts. Clair Hancock hints a Sunday School picnic may end the drought in local humor.
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Jeff Potlock
Wild Onion
Cricket Hicks
Hog Ford
Slim Pickens
Fritzie Ajlsop
Tickville Opera House
Sile Kilden
Poke Eazley
Eazley
Clair Hancock
Debt teacher doubles as debtor in circular note
A wry quip from the Boston Shoe and Leather Reporter notes the man who explains how to settle international debts also owes readers seven dollars, highlighting a paradoxical public figure and a small personal debt.
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Boston Shoe and Leather Reporter
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Bruce Barton
Thomaston Times
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D. C
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Los Angeles
Hogwallow News
Shippers of
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Texas Railroads
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