Community Notes and Home Front News from London
O H Pearl visits and Oscar shares Atlantic war memories. Jack Dayton and Eunice leave for Memphis to start anew. Mourning for a four year old. prayers for the Pool family. Rex LaVelle touts a 7 1 4 oz peach sample and argues for local fruit canning and markets. Linville McKinney returns after appendicitis surgery. Rains yield scenic fields with green crops and pasture. Local school notes praise effort and urge tax diligence to fund schools.
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G. Lewis
O. H. Pearl
Oscar
Navy
Jack Dayton
Baby
Memphis Tenn
Jack
Eunice
Rex LaVelle
Pacific Coast
London
Bowman
San Angelo
Ray Amberson
Linville
C. C. Smith
Mona McKinney
Ernest
Community Meeting Planned at School House Friday
Residents plan a community club gathering at the School house on Friday night September 30 at 7 30. Several locals visited the Fred Maass home Friday night including Albert Smith erman Henry Walker Clarence Grobe and Clara Bessie Herbst.
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Albert Smitherman
Henry Walker
Clarence Grobe
Clara Bessie Herbst
Fred Maass
Hollan Walker
Marvin Lange
San Antonio
Bandera
Jessie Smitherman
Wallace Browning
Clyde Morgan
L. W. Grobe
Alberta Wootan
Nixon
How to Recognize Anthems
Deacon Hemphill describes an anthem as a repeated, rhythmic chant about a simple idea. He explains it with a farmyard example where the phrase cows in the pasture is sung repeatedly with variations to create a chorus.
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Deacon Hemphill
Cleveland Tailor Says He Cut Square Into Circle
Thomas J. Machmyer, a Cleveland tailor, claims after 14 years he cut a square into sections that form a circle, a feat previously deemed mathematically impossible.
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Cleveland
Thomas J. Machmyer
Unusual Sow in Cleburne Dies After Long Laying
A Duroc Jersey brood sow on Otto Key’s farm in Cleburne died at 21 years old after producing 428 pigs over more than two decades. The pigger sow survived two pneumonia treatments and finally died of old age.
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Cleburne
Jersey
Otto Key
Oil production estimate in Oklahoma City field reaches eight million barrels
An estimate reports that about 8,000,000 barrels of oil were produced in the Oklahoma City field beyond the allowable limit. The figure underscores potential overproduction issues and regulatory scrutiny.
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Oklahoma City
Texas farms boost hogson Camp county pig numbers
Hogson Camp county farms increase 50 percent in count and 25 percent in quality since four years ago when 25 boys began raising registered pigs. County agent notes overall gains across crops and Home Demonstration work guiding soil building and food budgets for families.
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Hogson Camp
Lady Refuses Station Agent's Overnight Offer
A San ta Fe passenger arrives at a side station and asks about a Houston train. The agent notes the next train is tomorrow at eight, there is no hotel, and quips that the traveler must stay with the station agent, prompting the lady to retort that she is a lady. The agent replies that he is too, then walks away.
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Santa Fe
Houston
Government in business unfair competition says Borders
Quote from W. M. Borders arguing that government involvement in business creates unfair competition through use of state power and funding, tax exemptions, restricted private opportunity, noncommercial practices, higher taxes, and reduced private tax base.
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W. M. Borders
Five milk containing things named by eager pupil
A teacher asks for five items that contain milk. A freckled student volunteers butter and cheese, ice cream, and adds two cows, all spoken with rural earnest charm.
Defeat as Education Says Wendell Phillips Quote
The quote frames defeat as a form of education and the first step toward something better, attributed to Wendell Phillips. It emphasizes learning from setbacks and using them to progress rather than as final failure.
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Wendell Phillips
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