Texas Big State With Rich Resources and Diverse Growth
National Geographic notes Texas vastness and growth from early Native settlements to modern industry. It highlights population gains since 1920, expansion of rail and farms, abundant oil and minerals, cattle and cotton prominence, and plans to reuse natural resources through the Society for the Scientific Development of Texas Natural Resources. San Antonio, Houston, Dallas cited for strategic roles.
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Santa Helena
Brewster County
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Gulf Coast
Dark train chase ends near St Albans after Barton robbery
On the outskirts of St Albans a night train crew notes bandits who held up Barton bank and killed a girl. A wounded fugitive Tom Guthrie begs for burial as Ryerson and Jefferies pursue through a cemetery and churchyard where a large coffin hints at a heroism borne of tragedy. Amid the aftermath, a stranger is arrested as the chase narrows.
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Te Lohg
St. ‘Albans
Bob Jefferies
Figent
Bob
Jefferies
State Bank
Barton
Tom Guthrie
Bill
Canada
Ryerson
Guthrie
Tom
Bessie
Bess
St. Albans
Hyerson
Cancer awareness drives save lives through early diagnosis
The report by Women's Home Companion notes that up to 90 percent of cancer patients can be saved with early diagnosis and treatment. A public education drive brought many clinics' visitors who learned they were cancer-free, while those with symptoms showed that early discovery doubles curability.
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The
Womtan
Hone Companion
Orators Must Bow to Sentiment for Brevity
A shorthand expert notes Americans speak faster than twenty years ago and questions if old poise and deliberation persist. He argues brevity helps listening, as long-winded speakers lose attention while the audience waits for weighty observations. The piece urges restraint and warns against overlong tirades.
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H. Collier
The
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Kruschen Salts claim cuts fat in four weeks
Mrs Mae West of St Louis asserts she lost 20 pounds in four weeks after taking Kruschen Salts. She says she weighed 170 recently and now weighs 150, with more energy and no hunger. The ad promotes half a teaspoon in hot water each morning before breakfast and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Mae West
St. Louis
Cookies in soundproof packaging may solve a hungry mystery
Joe loved a variety of chocolate cookies sold in heavy waxed-paper bags. His mother limited his snacking, but a pantry raid left his face covered in chocolate crumbs. He quipped that the cookies should be in sound-proof packaging to avoid the rustling.
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Joe
Joe Palooka Debuts as Radio Comedy on Columbia Network
The boxing hero Joe Palooka comes to radio with 15 minute sketches airing Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 45 p m EST on the Columbia system. Ted Bergman plays Palooka, Knobby Walsh is Frank Readick, and Harry von Zell signs the program with Ted Backus adapting the scripts.
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Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Palooka
Columbia
Ted Bergman
Georgian Backus
Knobby Walsh
Frank Readick
Ted Fusing
Joe
Harry von Zell
Mythic King Samshyd and the Seven Ringed Cup Tale
The Washington Star notes in an item cited by Mythological King Crowell’s handbook that Samshyd is the fourth king of the Pishga dian dynasty. He reportedly reigned 700 years and enslaved the Deers or Goenli with a seven-ringed golden cup of elixir said to symbolize the heavens and seas. The cup was allegedly hidden by a genie and unearthed during Persepolis foundations digging.
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Crowell
Samshyd
Persepolis
Washington Star
Remembering Those In Need As We Would Be Remembered
A reflective line quoting Atterbury urges readers to recall people lacking basic necessities and to treat them as they would wish to be treated if in similar distress, emphasizing shared humanity and charitable action.
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Atterbury
Microphonics and the birth of network broadcasting
Charles Campbell, trombonist with Nat Shilkvetts orchestra and former member of George Olsens band, recalls early network broadcasts when carbon microphones required hammer blows before air time. He notes musicians did not foresee broadcasting potential, yet now plays in Music That Satisfies heard on the largest sponsored network in radio history.
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Charles Campbell
Nat Shilkvet
George Olsen
Gardener Showcases Petunia Family in Greenhouse
An amateur gardener proudly presents his greenhouse and explains a specimen belongs to the petunia family. A witty passerby questions the claim with a flippant remark about tending plants in someone else’s absence.
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Petunia
When Silence Is Golden in a Boston Transcript fragment
A short dialogue from the Bos ton Transcript captures a folkish exchange about a borrowed two dollars last wake. The speakers barter memory and repayment as a light, humorous moment.
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Bodad
Mike
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