Florida growth and Ford era push for new machines
An eclectic summary notes Monroe territory history and postwar expansion, urging readers to buy mid summer garments in Florida while highlighting W J Connors’ Miami to West Coast motor road and a surge in steel output. It mentions a 1900 population of 76 million rising to 110 million in 23 years and urges optimism for 1924, citing savings banks and science as rising powers. A short fragment observes a 16 year old marrying a widow and a youth’s trust, then shifts to a sheriff sale notice in Young County Texas for Albert Allen Potter on a January 1924 auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Florida
United States Territory
Spain
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Miami
Palm Beach
W. J. Connors
Buffalo
Uppercut
State of
Texas
Young
Stephens County
First National Bank
Caddo
Albert Allen Potter
Dan Cambern
Young County
Southview
Graham
Court House
Graham Leader
W. J. A. Cooper
Masonic Officers Chosen For Grand Lodge In Texas
The Grand Masonic Lodge of Texas concluded its 88th annual session with new officers elected for the coming year. Houston’s Bus A. Brandt is grand master, Guinn Williams of Decatur deputy grand master, Judge Ed R. Bryan of Midland grand senior warden, H. C. Talbot of Houston grand treasurer, W. B. Pearson of Waco grand secretary, Judge M. A. Childers of San Antonio grand junior warden, and M. C. Vaughan of Hillsboro on the work committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Masonic Lodge of Texas
Bus A. Brandt
Houston
Guinn Williams
Decatur
Ed R. Bryan
Midland
H. C. Talbot
W. B. Pearson
Waco
M.A. Chileders
San Antonio
M. C. Vaughan
Fort Worth
Grand Lodge
Masonic Home
Thomas
Charles L. Alderman
Dallas
Grand Royal Arch
Arlington
William James
Upbeat rhetoric on public ownership and efficiency
A fragment argues for public ownership by contrasting reduced postal deficits with private profits. It notes high U S automobile ownership and New York City telephone use versus Britain and Ireland, praising technical progress but urging deeper thinking beyond material concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Great Britain and Ireland
Fifth Sunday Meeting Program at Jean Baptist Church
The program for December 28 29 90 at Jean Baptist Church lists sermons devotional services and discussions by Rev E T Miller Rev J T Strange Rev G W Black Rev T R Paden Rev B A Roark Rev W D Boswell Rev F E Suttle Rev J R Bos Mayes Dr J L Taylor and others with dinners on the ground and a board meeting. The lineup includes round table Sunday School work and a B Y P U session concluding with evening preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Baptist Church
G. W. Black
T. R. Paden
B A. Roark
W. D. Boswell
F. E. Suttle
B. A. Roark
South Bend
C. E. Dickson
W. M
J.T. Strange
J. R. Mayes
2. Taylor
G. W. Underwood
G. G. Vernon
R. V. Tidwell
J. R. Bos- Mayes
W. D.well
Spencer Mayes
E. L. Galloway
G W. Black
F. £. Suttle
Texas Rattler Packed in Clothing at Prairie Depot
Mrs Geo Pollard of Prairie Depot heard a rattle upstairs and found a diamondback rattlesnake coiled on books. A jar was placed over it and the husband killed the reptile. The snake measured 20 inches with five rattles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo Pollard
Prairie Depot
Ray Pollard
Graham
Texas
Ted Pollard
Prairie Depot Observer
Ohio
The Way to Bliss Lies Not on Beds of Down
Quarles writes that true bliss comes not from ease nor comfort but from bearing a cross. He argues that one who bears hardship is worthy of reward, while those who avoid struggle deserve none.
Mystery Patent Medicine Ad Promises Cures for Cold and Pain
An aged advertisement touts Chamberlain Medicine Co remedies offered for five cents, claiming relief for colds, croup, indigestion, earache, toothache, wounds, and skin ailments. It promises specific tonics and blends, urging readers to send name and address with payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Millikan Wins Nobel Prize in Physics
Dr. Robert Andrews Millikan of Pasadena California receives the Nobel Prize in Physics. He is famed for isolating and measuring the electron, directs the Norman Bridge Laboratory at Caltech, chairs the California Institute of Technology council, and is a former University of Chicago professor at age 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Andrews Millikan
Pasadena
Cal
Millikan
Norman Bridge Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
University of Chicago
Lungardia Livergurd Laxa tive Claim Promises Health
An advertisement extols Lungardia Livergard as the superior laxative and Lungardia as best for colds sore throat and long standing coughs. It claims one trial convinces and cites Dallas Texas Lungardia Co. and L M Davis Drug Company in Dallas for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livergard
Lungardia Livergard
Lungardia
Lungardia Co
Dallas
Texas
L. M. Davis Drug Company
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By Khudis
Henry Ford
Plato
Germany
Ford
America
Earth
Trinity
John Galsworthy
The
London Times
Mey
Jean Francois Pennel
Marie
Lille
France
Post Office
E. T. Miller
J. T. Strange
Quarles
Veteras
Chamberlain’s
Goodyear
LeSage Motor Co
Texas Motor Co
Graham Buick Co
Moody Bros
South Bend Motor Co
Goodsyear
Waples-Platter Grocer CO
Studebaker
Eee Een J Bellams
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