Advertising Rates and Motivational Verse in Ad Column
Advertising rates listed for display and local reader ads with run until ordered out Subscriptions priced at 1.50 yearly and 0.75 semi annually The paper reminds readers to check subscription dates and asks for correction The page also features a long inspirational poem urging belief and perseverance with lines about faith and action.
Cost to taxpayers of county and home agents debate
A Caldwell county column argues against abolishing County and Home Demonstration Agents. It cites tax impacts from a $16 000 000 valuation and claims small per household costs versus benefits from agents assisting farm women. The piece urges restoring the programs as finances improve. The Federal Government pays about,
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Lt Perkins
Luling
John Doe
Caldwell County
Si Perkins
Robertson County
County share of rural welfare benefits story
One third of the expense is paid by the state and another third by the county while the county must arrange its share or lose the benefits of this work for rural and town citizens. Leading women in Hearne Franklin Calvert Bremond cited substantial benefits from the program.
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State of
Texas
Hearne
Franklin
Calvert
Bremond
Irate Editor Recalls Vergas Debt Daze
An editor catalogs painful attempts to collect debts from Vergas residents. He decries cheapskates, defends local press credit, and ends with a jab at readers who refuse to pay while praising community ties and honest reporting.
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Bill
Vergas
Frazer (Minn.) Press
Art of Listening and the Value of Silence
The piece argues listening exceeds silent presence and critiques the obsession with speaking. It suggests true listening requires focus to grasp the speaker’s meaning, while recognizing many favor talking over listening and that silence can be an art. It concludes being a good listener beats being a good speaker.
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Eddie Cantor
Clinton Crouch
Houstonian
Sam Houston Normal
Cheer Up and Get Busy Says Office Cat
A persisting message urges optimism in business despite stock market scares. It insists the U S economy stays solid, with real industry and finance built on genuine worth. The piece encourages action, salesmanship, and relentless effort to outrun gloom.
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Percival
Wall Street
United States
Gloom
The Tale of the Cap M in a Small Town Paper
The piece explains the cap M letter’s role in a weekly paper, used in birth notices and society items. It humorously notes many Marys and Mondays, weddings like Mildred Moore and Milton Martin, illnesses, and deaths, ending with the cap M being busy most weeks.
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John Smith
Mark
Mary
Jimmy McKee
Margaret Jones
S. Listen
Mildred Moore
Milton Martin
M. A. Morris
M. E
Ervin Moore
Isaac
Mesdames
Melissa
Reflective Quaker City note mocks lazy neighbors
A fragment reflects on being a useful character amid scorn for a lazy neighbor described as the capo Ruth Morgan of the Quaker City Home Town.
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Crule
Ruth Morgan
Quaker City
Ohio
May It Please the Court on 3.2 Intoxicability
State Press revisits how the Supreme Court might decide 3.2 intoxication without courtroom experiments. A suggested test by Maybe Nott asks the defendant to repeat a sentence three times without stutter to prove sobriety, regardless of remaining beer on the face.
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Supreme Court
S. P
Supreme Bench
Maybe Nott
Marble Falls sees spring influx of river fishermen
Visitors travel to Marble Falls to fish and enjoy day trips and stints in the river. In the past ten days many townsfolk talked with locals and expressed plans to return multiple times over the spring and summer, signaling good business prospects for the season. The piece ends with rural imagery of springtime and nature.
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Marble Falls
Mable Falls
Annie
Fishing and farming pace in a Texas spring scene
In lyrical prose the piece revels in Texas spring near Marble Falls and the Llano River. It contrasts fishing and farming scenes with a call to work and rest, quoting the State Press in Dallas News.
The Printer as Friend of Liberty and Knowledge
Charles Dickens praises the printer as a universal servant to society and progress. He credits printers with preserving intelligence, liberty, law, and public reading, essential to civilization and the free individual.
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Charles Dickens
Be Honest and Make Money, A Bank President’s Advice
New York lawyer recalls a conversation between a bank president and his son about starting a business. The father emphasizes that honesty should guide every action, and he adds a note on reading corporation law to learn how to be both businesslike and honest.
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New York
West
Graybeard
Most Beautiful Words Contest
Readers submit lists of beautiful words and phrases amid a humorous debate on euphonious English. Contributions include lists from Laurence Lockney and Archbold Advo cate, with examples such as Reverberating and Threnody versus practical phrases like Inclosed find check in full for what I owe you.
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Aux
Laurence Lockney
Indian Valley Record
Greenville
Calif
Archbold
Ohio
U. c
Pathfinder
Edwin Markham
Rupert Hughes
Markham
Emerald Oil Ad Promises Healing For Bad Legs
An old advertisement touts Emerald Oil as a remedy for leg ulcers and sores. It instructs wrapping a three inch bandage from ankle to knee to support blood flow and relieve pain. It claims ulcers will heal and pledges druggists will not keep money unless relief occurs.
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