Prepare Children For School Now
Dr J Allen Patton of Newark medical director at Prudential urges parents to start school preparations now with a medical exam. He compares nine months of schooling to a car needing overhaul and stresses early checks for adenoids tonsils vision and dental issues to prevent sickness and absenteeism. He says nurses and school doctors offer expert opinions and a smooth start will reduce headaches anemia and fatigue, boosting learning capacity.
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J. Allen Patton
Newark
N. J
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Remarkable Grasshoppers Travel Vast Distances
L Eubanks notes migratory grasshoppers have been found in sea swarms up to 1200 miles from land. African grasshoppers cross seas to reach Canary Islands, aided by air sacs that buoy them aloft for days. Flight speeds range from three to twenty miles an hour.
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Red
Mediterranean
Canary Islands
L. E. Eubanks
Don't Assume Trust From Position of Authority
A cautionary statement urges caution in assuming loyalty or trust from someone in a position of power. It notes that holding a trusted role does not guarantee trustworthy behavior and emphasizes personal discernment in evaluating character.
Porter character in Excuse Me at Liberty Theatre
Walter Hiers stars as the Pullman porter in Rupert Hughes film Excuse Me, showing at the Liberty Theatre Thursday and Friday September 17 18. MGM released the comedy about a busy porter who repeatedly utters Excuse Me while meddling in others affairs on a Chicago to Pacific coast train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Walter Hiers
Pullman Porter
Rupert Hughes
Liberty Theatre
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Diocesan inspector asks schoolgirls color test
During a village school visit, a religious inspector posed a moral color question to young girls asking what color the good and bad would be. Some said white, others black, but Mary answered she would be streaky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Mary
Henry Chapel Sunday School Notes and Local News
Cotton picking is light this morning at Henry Chapel. Several locals were absent from Sunday School and evening services. Reports include H L Ribble and H T Glidewell with injuries from rusty nails, visits from Graham and Ellis County neighbors, and Uncle Sam Williams celebrating his 88th birthday.
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Charlie B. Shahan
Inez Williamson
Brother Black
H. L. Ribble
Mollie Campbell
Jarnagin
Graham
H. T. Glidewell
Arthur Vick
Palo Pinto
George Ray
Ellis County
Ruell Young and Family
Ethel Crow
Higganbotham
J. L. McLaren
Texas Oklahoma Fair promises grand exhibits in Wichita Falls
The fourth annual Texas Oklahoma Fair runs October 3 to 8 with a wide array of exhibits. Amusements costing about 25000 dollars are secured, including hippo drome and vaudeville acts. Afternoon features will include automobile and running horse races during fair week.
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Wichita Falls
R. E. Shepherd
The Fatal Mistake at Liberty Theatre
Eva Novak and William Fairbanks star in The Fatal Mistake a thriller where a young reporter errs at work then追 pursues crooks and a woman for a decisive story showing courage and revenge at Liberty Theatre next Wednesday.
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Eva Novak
William Fairbanks
Liberty Theatre
Wm. Fairbanks
Evelyn's life cycles through gifts from cradle to carriage
The tale traces Evelyn from baby with brown eyes to a series of vehicles as she grows. Her proud parents gift a carriage, bicycle, tricycle, motorized bike, sport model car, and finally a cozy sedan at her wedding. Now they promise another baby carriage.
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Evelyn
Dad
Mom
Pop
Finis
Faith and hope guard diver through worldly depths
Like a diver in his dress, who is let down to the bottom of the wild, far-weltering ocean, a man whose heart is girt with faith and charity, and whose head is covered by the helmet of hope may be dropped down into the widest sea of tempta tion and of worldliness and yet will walk dry and unharmed through the midst of the depths and breathe air that comes from a world above the restless ocean.
Blonde Bess Comments on Tom at Blanket Factory
Blonde Bess opines that it is perfectly natural for Tom to be wrapped up in his work at the blanket factory. The remark frames Tom’s dedication as a defining trait within the local workplace milieu.
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Tom
Dumb Dan Again He Do You Care For Current
A terse dialogue captures a casual exchange about choosing a drink. One speaker questions interest while the other shows cautious interest, mentioning past wine experiences and a willingness to try if similar. The exchange hints at personality and social setting without further context.
Diversification for Cotton Farmers Across a Simple Trio
An agricultural snippet defines diversification as optimal use of time and resources, not just crop variety. It urges every cotton farm or tenant to add three profitable supplements: a home garden, a flock of poultry, and a milk cow, noting daily care is essential and laziness risks losses.
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Federal International News
Loyalty and its power in work and life
A reflection on loyalty as a cardinal human trait that sustains friendships and professional integrity. The piece extols loyalty through lean times, business duty, and daily press work, praising its driving force in keeping people and enterprises moving forward.
Three New States for Union Agitation Grows
The piece notes support for three new states in the United States. Alaska could form multiple states from its vast territory, though gold is its main resource and much land is icy. Chicago seeks statehood, arguing it pays most taxes yet lacks proportional representation. A plan for Middle Carolina would unite 18 South Carolina and 86 North Carolina counties.
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Alaska
Sisterhood
Chicago
Middle Carolina
South Carolina
North Carolina
Local marriage licenses list several couples
Charles Anderson and Miss Lorene Lewis Irving N Darrow and Miss Maude Green Mack B Harlan and Miss Beula Johnson Sam Hallmark and Miss Florence Jeanette Funk Roy Ribble and Miss Wileth Watson C C Stroud and Miss Lottie Grimmett
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Charles Anderson
Lorene Lewis
Irving N. Darrow
Maude Green
Mack B. Harlan
Beula Johnson
Sam Hallmark
Florence Jeanette Funk
Roy Ribble
Wileth Wat
Spouse questions strike stalemate over coal dispute
A wife laments ongoing strikes and asks both sides to reconcile, while her husband jokes about the idea of hand-wiped coal, reflecting a local conversation on the controversy.
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Suh
Butler
Price's Pharmacy
Joe's Place City Drug Store
Phinney’s Market
Butler’s Dairy
Henry
Texas
Oklahoma Fair
Blonde Bess
Dan
J. P. Alexander Company
Southwestern
C. C. Stroud
Miss Lottie Grimmett
National Theatre
Hinson
Hockaday Grain CO
Independent
Garvin-Johnson Grocery Co
Berty Theatre
Buster Keaton
Norma Shearer
Conrad Nagel
Renee Adoree
Walter Hires
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