Will to Fail Silently Shapes Our Lives
The piece argues that many people, especially youths, misread reluctance and timidity as harmless, then drift into a Will to Fail as economic and family pressures force unsuitable work. It describes a tacit social pact to hide underachievement and explores how ambition is corralled by circumstance, leaving potential unrealized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyre
Russia
Heaven
Siberia
Hell
Communist Club
Reds
Young Seminarian Gideon Reaver Impresses Marjorie
Marjorie wonders aloud about a teacher named Gideon Reaver a young seminary graduate who has a strong grasp of the Bible and can preach effectively. She hopes to avoid going crazy over him as she forms an opinion of his teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie
Gideon Reaver
Betty
Ted
Brentwool
Jesus
God
Brentwood Chapel
Brentwood
Brentwound
Gordon Reaver
Christmas Wardrobe Dilemma Sparks A New Bond
Marjorie helps Betty try on handknit dresses from a suitcase while planning Christmas shopping. Betty fears appearances and church, but Ted and Gordon Reaver arrive, hinting at faith and a new romance as the Brentwood affair unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunny
Marjorie
Betty
Mustin
Bety
Two Sides To Every Question
A brief pamphlet warns readers against communism by portraying Russia as offering food and clothes but at the cost of personal freedom and family life. It derides state control, describes forced collective living, and stereotypes of Kulaks, suggesting propaganda to oppose the regime. The piece reflects anti communist rhetoric and fears of total obedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Russia
Hell
Winningham Statement Attacks Bolshevik Tactics
The piece blends a harsh anti communist rant about Leninist policy in Russia with a Texas report on Geo. W. Winningham's first press statement regarding the Texas Tech controversy. It covers alleged mass starvation, political obedience, and warnings against liberal influence, then shifts to Winningham’s remarks on taxpayer rights and board power in educational appointments in Texas. Local notes list visitors and Kerrville trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexia
Texas
Geo. W. Winningham
Texas Tech
Kerrville Visitors Include Tarr Wendel and Daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tarr and Mrs. A C Wendel and daughter Miss Eather were Kerrville visitors Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Jones
Esther Wendel
Kerrville
Walter Tarr
A. C. Wendel
Miss Eather
Negro Slayer's Counsel Opens in New York Court
Misa Estelle B Barb a 23 year old black haired attorney astonished the courtroom as she defended James Pryor a young Negro charged with murder. Barb said she was retained by friends of the accused and has been a member of the bar since last May she graduated from Brooklyn Law School with magna cum laude LLB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Misa Estelle B. Barb
Court of General Sessions
James Pryor
Brooklyn Law School
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Harper
Mrr
C. W. Granville
Harper Herald
Dorothea Brande
E. E. Saenger Lumber Company
Kerrville, Texas
First State Bank
First State Bank of
The
Federal Deposit _Insurance Corporation
Frizzelle
Wwity Drug Store
A. CG Wendel
Leon F. Zwiener
Optometrist
Fredericksburg
Dr. le Gear
City Drug Store
Rudolph Stehling
Goodrich
Silvertown
Gulf
Lytle Hall
Winningham
Stanley Fairchild
London
Edgar Ellebracht
Ellis
Harper Sunday
Negro Slayer’s Counsel
Patronize Herald Advertisers
H. Welge Lewis
Indepen
Woerner
Erwin Woerner
Prop
Alex Mittendorf
Fredericksburg, Texas
John Deere
Aermotor Mills
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
WM. Schroeder, JR
de Soto
Plymouth Sales and Service
Firestone Tires
Willard Batteries
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