Fort Worth Welcomes 100 Mile Direct Highway to Graham
The Star Telegram notes bonds sold to fund a direct Fort Worth to Graham highway linking West Texas. The route shortens a 100 mile trip to about three hours, enabling quick business and Sunday drives via Breckenridge. The piece celebrates regional growth, predicts social and sports ties with Graham next summer.
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Graham
West Texas
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Jacksboro
Breckenridge
Glendale
Polytechnic
Riverside
Marine
Howdy
Star-Telegram
Indian Chu Idea Sparks Race Migration Debate
Dr Edward Sapir a Canadian anthropologist at the University of Chicago presents evidence from language similarities between early Chinese dialects and Native American tongues to support a theory that American Indians originated from Asian immigrants rather than evolving in place. He suggests Asiatic migrants speaking primitive Chinese Tibetan spread across North America forming groups such as the Tlingsis Haida Nadene and Hupa.
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Edward Sapir
University of Chicago
Sapir
Asia
New Mexico
Alberta
Esquimaux
Alaska
California
Canada
Queen Charlotte Island
Dress fashions for figure types and coat styles
The straight coat or plaited model adds height to the big tire. Women with broad hips should avoid side flares. Front flares create a graceful line but may tire after seasons. Coats flaring from the waist suit straight narrow shoulders. A loose rippling coat flatters bulging shoulders or hips. Readers may send dressmaking queries to Roth Wyeth Spears via tall penepaper.
Evolution He Calls Me Various Nicknames Across Years
A speaker recounts a marriage marked by shifting nicknames from Miss Mable to Mabel to Kid then Sweetie Tootsums Dear and finally Hey you over six years. The piece notes the changing tone and possible drift in a long term relationship.
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Mable
Mabel
What Are You Doing Today
A dated reflection on living today to shape tomorrow. The piece urges kindness, responsibility, and effort in present actions, noting that today determines future happiness and prospects. It emphasizes daily choices over wealth or social gains and quotes Marguarite Faust on responsibility and opportunity.
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Marguarite
Faust
Kipling Meets A High-Priced Car In A Lyrical Parody
A playful verse parodies Kipling with a fool who prays to a costly car and a maiden fair. He neglects his calling to drive and to woo, crossing rails while sighing. Both he and the maiden drift toward uncertain Paradise, as the speaker muses.
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Kipling
You and I
You
Clerk of Employment Agency Misreads Applicant
A woman applicant is told by a clerk that the man seeks a wife rather than a worker. The exchange highlights gender role expectations as the job description reveals domestic duties like cooking cleaning sewing washing and ironing. The dialogue contrasts the clerk’s assumption with the applicant’s realization.
This Story Won Booby Prize
A tale of two friends discussing false teeth ends with one claiming his dentist overcharged after being labeled as a friend of the other. The dialogue centers on trust, dental work, and a sting involving a bridge customer. The punchline reveals the dentist demanded cash after learning their connection.
No Traveler Crosses the Great Southern Desert
A historical note recalls that no traveler has ever crossed the vast southern desert. The statement reflects early exploration myths and challenges faced by expeditions venturing into arid regions believed insurmountable.
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Great Southern Desert
Riddle-poem Questions About the Body
A selections of quirky questions about the human body asking where to buy a cap for a knee or a key to hair, and pondering eyes as academies with pupils. It playfully probes trivial and odd images like nails at the roof, jail for an elbow, and corn on the ear.
Summerless Summer Forecast Prompts Storm of Doubt
A forecaster claims a repeat of 1816 in the north and 1827 in the south in 1926 27, suggesting a year with prolonged cold and frost each month. Youth's Companion dismisses the prediction as unreliable and hopes the meteorologist is mistaken.
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United States
Hints to Husbands
Hints to husbands advise simple marriage etiquette with brief proverbs. The guidance covers responding to a wife’s mood with smiles, compliments, honesty, and affection, including praise for cooking and expressions of love while noting responses to hysteria or sauciness in calm, practical terms.
Mrs K K Wood Renewal From Rocky Oklahoma
Mrs K K Wood of Rocky Oklahoma submits her renewal this week according to a local notice from the period.
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K. K. Wood
Rocky, Oklahoma
Envy and Ambition Vector in Self-Improvement Note
A compact reflection urges turning envy of a successful person into action. It promotes pushing harder to gain momentum, channeling desire into disciplined effort and sustained progress.
Drinking may decline but drinkers seldom do
A short aphorism notes that while overall consumption may fall, individuals who drink tend to continue despite trends, implying entrenched habits and resistance to change. The line uses concise, period-like phrasing to evoke social observation.
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Baldpate
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Graham Leader
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Graham Greenback
Graham, Texas
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Martha Washington
Miss Saylor
L.M. Davis Drug CO
Garvin-Johnson Grocery Company
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