Hailstorm Rips Across Four Texas Counties Killing Child
A severe hail and windstorm swept from Spur through Dickens Kent and Stonewall counties damaging farms and fruit trees. A child of Mr and Mrs Curley near Spur was killed while returning from school. two other children are in a Spur sanatorium in critical condition. Chickens and young stock perished. crops laid flat. fruit will be lost. Wires down and communication disrupted.
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Clairemont
Texas
Dickens
Kent
Stonewall
Spur
Dickens County
Stonewall County
Gilpin
Girard
Jayton
Peacock
Kent County
Curley
King’s Texas Snake Farm Feeds Museums and Chemists
Near Brownsville W A King runs a vast snake farm with a hundred hatcheries. The operation supplies specimens to museums and zoos and provides poisons to chemists and medical men.
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Brownsville
Texas
W. A. King
Government mail to require 554 million envelopes next year
The government projects needing 354000000 plus 388000 envelopes to inclose its mail for the coming year. This figures reflect a substantial increase in mail handling and logistics planning for federal operations.
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Sam
United States
Expensive Routes Grubb and Wife Trouble Rumor
Smacker claims the talk is the usual story with a wife obsessed by dry goods and husband by wet goods, and Grubb himself questions the rumor about marital strain.
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Grubb
Biggs
Smacker
Walnut trees planted in Pennsylvania for nut and lumber demand
Walnut seed planting in Pennsylvania reaches 150 bushels to renew supply. Trees grow quickly and yield a profitable nut crop. Walnut lumber remains in high demand for furniture making.
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Pennsylvania
Balloons Save Your Car at Graham Tire Shop
A brief note from Graham Tire Shop on 34th describes balloons helping protect vehicles in a promotional stunt. Local staff urged cautious driving as crowds gathered outside the shop.
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Graham Tire Shop
McCluskey and Stegall Wed in Graham Ceremony
Marvin McCluskey and Miss Mary Stegall were married Saturday afternoon with Rev. O E Dickson officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs S D Stegall of Graham, is a Graham High School graduate and former county teacher. The groom, raised in Hill County, is a brother of Mrs Robert Guinn. He will begin work in Graham as Mr McCluskey has accepted a position there.
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Marvin McCluskey
Mary Stegall
Loving
O. E. Dickson
S. D Stegall
Graham
Graham High School
State Normal
Denton
Hill County
Robert Guinn
McCluskey
Former Texas University students push state governor bid
W P McLean Jr Dallas attorney leads former students in a state wide movement to elect a governor who will declare for ex students to select the board of regents. The aim is to remove the university from politics and shield it from political influence.
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Texas Unisity
W. P. McLean, Jr
Dallas
Board of Regents
Dry Weather Sparks Frog Joke in Country Store Scene
A dry joke from Alkali Jones highlights prolonged drought as store chatter centers on weather. He quips that frogs on his place are three years old and still cannot swim, underscoring the parched conditions described as dry up our way.
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Alkali Jones
Jones
Indiana ex governor McCray sentenced to ten years
Warren T. McCray former Indiana governor was sentenced to ten years in a federal prison in Atlanta and a $10,000 fine for misuse of the United States mails. He heard the sentence calmly and will begin serving immediately before Judge Anderson in the U S District Court.
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Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Atlanta
United States
Anderson
United States District Court
Embargo Proclamation by President Coolidge on Cuba Arms
A reader note cites President Coolidge issuing an embargo proclamation blocking sale and shipment of arms to Cuba amid the island revolt. The rest is a farmer’s ledger on hog fattening and selling sausage and ribs at curb markets, noting profits during winter months.
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Coolidge
Cuba
Islands
Etiquette on Inviting Married Couples to Dinners
A reader asks whether a hostess may invite a married woman without her husband and whether invitations should be addressed to the couple or separately. The answer: it is poor form to invite a wife without her husband and couples should be invited together. The invitation should be addressed to Mr. and Mrs. as a pair.
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Miss Flo
Dinner guests wait for hostess to sit
In the letter a reader asks about dining etiquette. The reply states guests should remain standing until the hostess sits, then take their seats.
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Miss Flo
L. M
Dear Miss Flo etiquette question on table dancing leaves
The reader asks if gentlemen should rise when couples depart to dance and again on their return. The columnist answers that the gentleman at a table should always rise when a lady comes to or leaves the table.
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Miss Flo
Dining car etiquette on trains from Miss Flo advice
Guidance states it is incorrect to enter the dining car without a hat and instructs placing the napkin unfolded to the right of the plate when rising from the table. The letter by E K reinforces these etiquette tips for travelers.
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Miss Flo
Rhodes Island’s famed past as a trading hub and fortressed wonder
Rhodes, long a famed trading center and home to navigators, built the Colossus of Rhodes and hosted the Knights of St John for two centuries before 1522 when Solyman the Magnificent Ottoman forces captured the island.
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Rhodes
Italy
Knights of
St. oJan
Solyman the Magnificent
A Cow Uncovers Rich Gold Ledge in Nevada Well
A cow fell into a Nevada well prompting a derrick hoist that scraped the wall revealing a vein of gold bearing quartz. The incident sparked the discovery of a promising ore ledge described as one of the most famous in gold mining lore.
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Nevada
Climate changes observed in far north Norway and Hungary
An American consul in northern Norway reports remarkable climate shifts with glaciers melting away from the sea and retreating up valleys. Lake Balaton in Hungary is drying out despite frequent rains as waters recede. scientists cannot explain these changes.
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Norway
Balaton
Hungary
Colonel George Harvey Returns as North American Review Editor
Colonel George Harvey, former ambassador to Great Britain, resumes editorship of the North American Review after leaving to take a post under President Harding.
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George Harvey
Great Britain
The
North American Review
Harding
Physical Deficiencies and Public Health Rhetoric
The piece argues most people have defects and society should curb preventable diseases to preserve national strength. It cites Hoover committee losses of 1.8 billion annually and 1,340,623 WWI rejections, urging personal health and societal action. It notes pastor H E Rommell in Joliet leading raids with prohibition officers after prayer meetings. A joke about a blind beggar and a one-eyed man closes.
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H. E. Rommell
Joliet
Ilinois
Prohibition
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