Washington portrait shatters pedestal in new biography
A new study by John C. Fitzpatrick reexamines George Washington beyond legend, portraying him as a humanity explored through his letters, wartime service, and personal moments. It notes Washington’s humor and tenderness, including his only heart affair with Martha, while highlighting the biography’s critical tone toward myth making. Published by Babbs Verrill Co. at $2.50. Also reviewed is Jacob Wassermann’s My Life as German and Jew, analyzing German anti-Semitism as a deep rooted national trait, with Coward McCann offering the work at $2.50.
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George Washington
John C. Fitzpatrick
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Washington
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Martha
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Wasserman
Coward McCann
Budgeting beauty treatments for thrift and care
Diligent budgeting of beauty treatments helps stay within income. Plan weekly sacrifices on hard weeks and consider DIY options like making liquid shampoo from leftover bathroom soap rather than visiting a beauty shop.
Dressing Children for Winter in the Modern Home
Olive Roberts Barton discusses how to clothe children for winter as homes heat to comfortable levels. She favors adjustable undergarments and washable layers, recommending sweaters for cold days, leggings, and a mix of wool cotton or wool silk depending on climate, plus wool shirts and stockings for babies and sturdy caps to block wind.
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Billy
Savings tips for salon facials and home treatments
The text outlines a plan to alternate professional facial sessions with home remedies. It suggests hot oil treatments at night to save money, massaging scalp, sleeping with a towel wrap, shampooing next morning, applying wave set lotion, and forming finger waves. The sequence ends noting saved funds for a future professional facial and hints at more money saving tips.
Tacky Party Brings Prizes to Local Teens
Sunday school pupils from this place attended a Phanksgiving program and church at Pleasant Springs. Isabel Schooley hosted a tacky party with Johnnie McCorkle winning tackiest box and Jessie Watkins tackiest girl. Hail Sunday night damaged garden vegetables.
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Pleasant Springs
Cecil Ross
Texarkana
John Ross
Isabel Schooley
Johnnie McCorkle
Jessie Watkins
Myrtle Bella Newt
The Hungry Boys Wife Cartoon Exchange
A humor strip centers on a seasick husband and his wife reacting to a ship sighting. The wife jokes she has kept him grinding away for forty years and claims she has moved the grindstone herself. A writer asks why widows remarry, humorously noting it’s not because dead men tell tales.
Murder tease and hotel gossip in Tracy King case
In a Shelby Arms apartment mystery, J Randolph Gainey and Bannister piece together a tale of jealous spouse Carlotta Seurlach, lover Tracy King, and a staged confession. Carlotta manipulates Herman Seurlach while neighbors reveal hints of a deeper plot. Denise Lang looms as a planned interview target.
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Tracy King
Daan
France
Meaninier
J. Randolph Gainey
Chow
Galey
Sella
Scurkich
Carlotta
Tie
Bannister
Scurlach
King
Shelby Arms
King’s Rooms
Gainey
Clee
Banda
Carlotty Seurlach
Nicholas Cousin
Bagnister
Binister
Malvina Hollister
Miss Hollister
Tracy Tug
Mc Neal
Carlotta Scurlach
Girillie
Steve Fisher
Scurlachy
Bing
Denise Lang
Financec
Gaucy
Battister
Bright Star Sunday School Attendance and Local Visits
Sunday services at Bright Star drew a good crowd with many neighbors visiting each other. The week featured numerous social calls and overnight stays among Galloway, Mangum, Caudle, Wright, Tomlin, and related families in Hope and nearby communities. Ajealous list notes illness in Dudney and a barn fire at Will Griffin’s farm causing loss of feed and sweet potatoes.
Hickory Shade Church Activities Weekend and Events
Sunday school and prayer meeting drew a large crowd at Hickory Shade. Ladies tidied the church Monday afternoon. Birth announcements: a son born to Earl Wilson clan and a son born to Joe Willett on November 15. Bro G W Rister to preach next Saturday through Sunday nights with invitation to all. Musicians Alvin Calhoon and Lester Bush performed Saturday night. Local visits include Otis Sims, Easterling family, Rogers family, Calhoon kin, and Jack Terry of Hope on Tuesday. A large crowd attended a lit event last night with noisy but non injurious activity.
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Kennie Easterling
Louis Hamilton
Earl Wilson
Joe Willett
Otis Sims
Easterling
J. E. Rogers
Eugene Jones
Alvin Calhoon
Lester Bush
Allie Malone
Annie Powell
Joe Willette
Jack Terry
Hope
Columbus Socials and Visitors Highlight Weekend
Colum bus residents hosted a family dinner at Herbert Hicks home with J B Hicks Bulak Hicks and Hicks family members from Liberty My and Robbie McCorkle plus Ruth McCorkle and Ray Hicks visiting Texarkana Monday. Visitors included E J Shepperson and H J Darnall. C A Cannon and family from Saratoga spent with B D Mitchell.
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Herbert Hicks
Columbus
Cevers
J. B. Hicks
Bulak Hicks
Joe, Lee
Carl Hicks
Liberty
Robbie McCorkle
Ruth McCorkle
Herbert
Ray Hicks
E. J. Shepperson
H. J. Darnall
Texarkana
C. A. Cannon
R. C. Reed
Cora Abbott
Janie Johnson
R. E. Jackson
Litte Rock
C. R. White
Langview
Texas
Mae Wilson
Robert Wilson
Hope
J. 5. Wilson Sr
L. A. Foster
Fragmented OCR silliness with garbled dialogue
A jumble of misread phrases and unclear dialogue from a newspaper OCR. No coherent events or names can be identified, leaving only stray words and broken sentences.
Spring Hill Married at Hope in midweek ceremony
Spring Hill residents celebrated a Wednesday night wedding as Mr. Enr Fischer and Miss Thelma Barbara exchanged vows at Hope. The couple will reside with Mr. and Mrs. Arch Turner. Community notices recall visitors and guests including Roy Turner of Stamps and Mrs. Florence Armstrong of near Texarkana. Bro. Crane, new Methodist pastor, preached Saturday and Sunday and will move into the parsonage before Christmas.
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Hope
Enr. Fischer
Thelma Barbara
Arch Turner
Tom Farborough
Gordon
T. J. Daugherty
Bessie Collins
Nora Gordon
Huron Light
Liberty Hill
Franki ‘Turner
Roy Turner
Stamps
Sam Young Fone
Florence Armstrong
Texarkana
C. Turner
Mirla Brown
Crane
Mena
Battle Field
Chrismas
Sweet Home Pastor Officiates Sunday Services
Reverend Fred Arnold of Prescott led regular appointments Sunday morning. Sunday night Miss Gertrude Delaney of this place married Paul Lamb of Delight. Justice of the Peace A. W. Wade performed the ceremony on November 12. Mrs. Lena Foote and her son Dale of Little Rock visited relatives here. Foote stayed several days.
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Fred Arnold
Prescott
Gertrude Delaney
Paul Lamb
Delight
A. W. Wade
Lena Foote
Dale
Little Rock
Foote
Algee Thomas
Tat Springs
Catherine Brown
Elvin Campbell
Dorris Roebuck
Ann Bostick
Mary Morton
Allen Moore
Luther Burns
W. T. Yarberry
Arthur Sewell
Dorris Reebuel
Martha Morton
Harold Huskey
Local Social Notes From Mt Ida And Surrounding Areas
Several months in the Rio Grande valley are noted for Willie Whiteside and family. Hilda Whiteside of Mt Ida visited relatives in Blevins and with Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Campbell on Monday afternoon. Ruth Sewell of Prescott spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Sewell. Mrs. Lewis Salmon visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Campbell, on Sunday. J. R. Huskey’s call on I w U. McDougle Friday afternoon is recorded. Odell Carman was the Sunday guest of Theada Earl Campbell. Cecil Sewell is erecting a new structure for science. The Salmon family moved to Hamp Hankey’s farm. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Britt occupied their residence, moving from a nearby place. Martele Carman was seen in town. Anne Mae Carman and Wortham of Prescott were guests in L. A. S. Henderson’s home Sunday. Mrs. Coy Huskey visited her sister, Mrs. Ed Schonover, Monday noon.
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Dellah Galloway
Jessie Mae Wright
Jin Strand
Earl Thompson
A. L. Caudle
Delia Galloway
Dora Mangum
Melba Dayklison
Ray Tomlin
W. W. Wright
Lottie Boyde
Nona Mangum
Bonnie Davidson
Iva Nell Caudle
Thelma DeLaney
Gurtoor Caudle
Willie Marie Russell
Minor May
Hanson
W. Cathwell
Stella Tomlin
Ralph Ray
Louisiana
R. E. Long
Hansen Rothwell
Hope
Sandie
Dudney
Roy Smith
Orren Wehant
Lois Kiser
Trudie Murl Davidson
Willie Marieussell
Oakland
May
Ocky Mound
Gurteen
Lottie Boyce
Will Griffins
W. “. Wright
J. B. Wright
Rio Grand Valley
Mra
Willie Whitesid
Hilda
Mt. Ida
Blevins
Wil} Campbell
Campbell
Clifford Huskey
Ruth Sewell
Prescott
S. A. Sewell
Lewis Salmon
Will Cibell
J. R. Huskey
U. McDougeld
Odell Cormon
Theada Earl Campbell
Cecil Sewell
Amd
Hamp Hankey
Joe Britt
Martele Carman
Anne Mae Carman
Indian fighter's fabled old west exploits recounted
An old scrambled clipping references battlefield memories and a famed frontiersman tale. It mentions visits by local families from Dorado and Spring, church attendance, and birthday celebrations, with a brief byline attributing the piece to Associated Press and Kansas City Star prose.
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