Laugh Month Proclaimed Amid Texas Political Turmoil
The Fergusons face continued political scrutiny as a Austin grand jury probe into highway contracts yields little on criminal charges. Mrs Ferguson calls January "Laugh Month" with her 1,400 proclamations in a year, while Fort Worth editors mock the statewide mood. Meanwhile, a local ad notes 30c per bale Johnson grass hay and 50c cane hay at W. J. Tomlinson's barn.
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Austin
Fergusons
Ferguson
Janary
Texas
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Johnson
W. J. Tomlinson
Origin of the Charleston Dance Explained by Editor
An editor claims a South Carolina farmer with a fork and a hound invented the Charleston through a sequence of jabs and bites. The tale describes the first step and evolution, ending with the dancer leaping a six foot wall, reflecting a controversial origin story.
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South Carolina
Man seeks cure near spring he already near
A man travels the United States seeking a cure for a malady. A doctor directs him to a spring in a distant state, only to reveal the man has lived within 300 feet of that very spring his whole life. The tale ends with the doctor urging him to drink.
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United States
Ced
The Wayward Dream of Faraway Fortune
A Denton Record-Chronicle excerpt recalls a man chasing riches abroad only to find wealth or help close at hand. It contrasts the lure of distant places with the value of home, as a local tale shows how distant doctors and bigger chances often hide near.
iG Light Plant Sold to W. T. U. Co.
The Citizens Light and Power Co sold Frederickshorg’s plant to W. G. Swenson of Abilene Texas for 190000 dollars. The sale follows four years after a fire destroyed the former plant and builders planned to unite seventeen residents to restart power, with Swenson promising to honor existing contracts and rates.
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Frederickshorg
Citizens Light and Power Co
W. G. Swenson
Abilene
Texas
Joe Stein
Alt. Schmidt
R. S. Klett
Frederickburg
West Texas
Fredericksburg
Stanford
Swenson
West Texas Utilities Co
Junelion
Menard, Mason, Eden
Paint Rock
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims combined treatment
Those run-down will notice catarrh worsens when health is poor, showing catarrh is influenced by constitutional conditions. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is presented as a combined local and internal treatment, claimed effective for over forty years. Sold by all druggists. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
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F. J Cheney &Co
Toledo
Ohin
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Faters
Yieat Market
R. J. Motley
Menard
Kerrville
Brady
San Antonio
Dan ST. Clair
West Texas Transfer CO
Witaley’s Drug Store
Mohair
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