Traveling library program grows in Texas state system
At a Texas State Library staff meeting Miss Wilcox detailed the traveling library network now reaching 35 libraries with six more planned, 61 libraries sent out last year equaling 5050 books, spanning 50 counties. The program, begun in 1915, relies on club donations and serves a broad readership, including school, residence, and public sites across counties with strong demand where permanent libraries exist.
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State Library News
Texas State Library
Wilcox
State Library
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Court House
Texas
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Dallas
Austin
FE Paso
Cooke, Harris
Potter Counties
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Nmu Tye
Sterling Holloway Chooses Denmark Y M C A Delegate
Sterling Holloway former Comanche resident rises to delegate status for the World Student Christian Association general committee meeting to be held in Nyborg Strand Denmark next August. He serves as president of the University Y M C A cabinet and is a senior in the law school.
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Daily Texan
University of Texas
Sterling Holloway
Comanche
World Student Christian Association
Denmark
Univerisity Y. M. C. A
Law School
A. Howard Johnson
United States
Nyborg Strand
Johnsen
Holloway
State Council of Student Christian Associations
Student Christian Associations
Duster Farmers Schedule Fertilizer Purchase Plan
County Agent Barton reports a fertilizer meeting in Duster attended by about 75 farmers last Friday night. Farmers shared experiences with fertilizer use, noting 100 percent corn and cotton yield increases. They recommend placing fertilizer 7 to 8 inches deep and applying 100 to 200 pounds per acre, with plans to buy one to three cars of fertilizer, and similar orders are being organized in Comanche.
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Barton
Duster
Comanchr
Fort Mink Drug Store Opening Sparks Goldfish Globe Talk
In Fort Mink Charlot opens a drug store and Toofus muses about stocking goldfish in glass globes. The exchange playful recalls a Montreal trip where the speaker bought six globes and attempted a 400 mile packing.
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Charlot
Fort Mink
Toofus
Montreal
Louisville Courier
Indians Call Locomotive Iron Horse in Fox Film
An article notes the term Iron Horse for the locomotive, tracing its Indian origins to Sitting Bull and Red Cloud. It cites Buffalo Bill’s autobiography and says the phrase gained popularity after the Fox film The Iron Horse, influencing common speech among writers and poets.
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William Fox
Majestic Theatre
Iron Horse
Fox Scenario Department
Tig Bull
Sitting Bull
Red Cloud
Central Pacific Railroad
William Cody
Buffalo Bill
For Sale at a Bargain Three Farms Aggregate 658 Acres
Advertisement by J. R. Eanes & Co offers three farms totaling 658 acres located 2, 7, and 9 miles from Comanche. Can be sold together or separately with possible small cash on all at once. Interested parties should respond within a week or ten days.
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Comanche
J. R. Eanes & CO
Coolidge Address Notes Divorce Boom in Nation
In his New York address President Coolidge overlooked the tremendous boom in the nation's divorce business. Indianapolis Star.
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New York
Coolidge
Indianapolis Star
Fortune teller convicted reflects on future
A fortune teller who was recently convicted faces a ironic twist as she contemplates her own uncertain future. The Indianapolis Sunday Star notes the paradox of a predictor judged by the court.
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Indianapolis Sunday Star
How Doctors Treat Colds and the Fin
How doctors treat a cold with Calotabs a refined calomel tablet that acts like calomel and salts without side effects One or two Calotabs at bedtime with water then next morning the cold vanishes and the system is cleansed Appetite returns All family packs cost 30 cents at any drug store.
Notice of Stated Meeting for Hope Lodge 481
Hope Lodge No 481 A F and A M announces a stated meeting Monday January 25 at 730 pm All members urged to attend Brethren invited Worshipful Master Tom F Reese Secretary C A Greene
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Hope Lodge No
Tom F. Reese
C. A. Greene
White's Cream Vermifuge Aimed at Worms in Children
The ad claims worms in children show symptoms like fretfulness and poor appetite and promotes White's Cream Vermifuge as a remedy. It touts years of successful use and lists price as 50 cents to 1 dollar, urging parents to treat their child promptly.
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PriccdGe
Sok
Parris Smith
STOP THAT ITCHING ITCH RELIEF GUARANTEED JAR AD
An old advertorial promises a blue star remedy for skin diseases including eczema and ringworm. The copy claims the product cures itch with a stain free formula and a pleasant odor, attributed to Wm. Reese Drug Company.
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Reese Drug Compan
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