Candidates Named for Maroa District Directors
MAROA Jack Winkle Orval Johnston Rastus Diehl John Kess and Leonard Brown nominated to fill terms of John Kessler and Leonard Brown as trustees of Independent School District No 6. Election at the school house Tuesday 1 to 6 pm. Kessler not seeking succession. Local notes report visitors and community events in Maroa and nearby areas including a dust incident injuring Ralph Brown and a series of social and school related activities.
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Orval Johnston
Rastus Diehl
John Kess
Leonard Brown
John Kessler
Independent School District No
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Ingalls' Theory Wrong Opportunity Knocks Not Wait
A condensed critique of Senator John James Ingalls poem Opportunity. It argues the theory that Opportunity knocks only once is flawed. It notes industrious people act proactively, keeping doors open and pursuing Opportunity on the street rather than waiting.
Apple Pie Order Expression Traced to Puritan Pantry Shelves
An old saying links the phrase in apple pie order to Puritan housewives. Héphaibah, famed for Saturday baking, prepared two or three dozen pies for the week and labeled them for each day, keeping the pantry in apple pie order.
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Héphaibah
Back Home premiere speech stirs Boston crowd
Irvin Cobb attended the premiere of his new play Back Home written with Bayard Veilier. Between acts two and three he urged the audience to stay for the third act, saying it contains the only new material remaining of his original work as seditious calls tried to silence the play.
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Cobb
Bayard Veilier
Boston
Sodience
Grees Book Magazine
Control Passion Quote by Cesar
A terse aphorism contrasts passion and reason, noting that passion governs only when reason fails. The quotation credits Cesar and suggests self control in decision making.
Weather Forecast Delays Child’s Faith in God’s Paper
Four year old Maxine, told by her mother that God made the sun and rain, reacts to a weather forecast on the front page predicting fair and warmer. After rain falls, she wryly notes perhaps God’s paper wasn’t delivered today, reflecting a child’s humorous weather faith.
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Maxine
Begiae
That Awful Word In Social Talk About Trousers
A cheeky Ohio State Journal quips about a wife persuading her husband to buy white flannel trousers to seem socially prominent yet fearing he will be mocked as wearing pants in certain company.
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Ohio State Journal
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