Laredo Gossip Roars With Echoes Of Daily Life
A fragmentary column from Laredo mixes social notes with wry commentary. It references neighbors, travel plans, humor about aging and fashion, local names, and church group activity, including a Christ Church Junior Auxiliary meeting and charity hospital efforts.
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Christ Church
C. W. Cook
Guild
Charities Hospital
Mollie
Pearl Spincle
Mary Anderson
Mary Ernestine Sielski
Altatracia
Ethel Poster
Horace
Jack
David Kehl Miles
Charline Nye
Leonard Ernst
Jack Dentke
Jamie Ward
Mary
Ralph
Cook
Fred Winch
Tessie
Joe Fasnacht
Mrs Violet Oberfeldt Society Editor
Society notes from Mrs Violet Oberfeldt include local social news and editor's roundup for the community with society events and updates.
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Violet
Oberfeldt Society
Parish Guild Thanksgiving Sale at Rectory
The Parish Guild holds an all day Thanksgiving Sale at the Rectory beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Why they call them Educational films and moral vibes
A reflective piece questions naming and value of Educational films and the Golden Rule in practice. It contrasts profits and prudence with personal judgment. The author warns that wealth often magnifies folly and that a modern auto wreck harms reputation as well.
How to Court Poverty in a Neighbors' Shadow
A compact guide argues the social pressures of keeping up appearances, exploring economic disparity and the urge to imitate wealth. It examines social dynamics, status signaling, and the personal effects of envy within communities.
Centenary and anniversary observances headline today
Today marks the birth centenary of Abraham Bogardus and the 200th birthday of Benjamin Chew, with other historic anniversaries noted. Events include a Marcus Whitman massacre commemoration, a ship subsidy vote in the U S House, and a Missouri Kansas Texas receivership sale in Colbert Oklahoma and Denison Texas. William Mather Lewis of the U S Chamber of Commerce speaks at the educational conference.
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Abraham Bogardus
Benjamin Chew
Pennsylvania
Horace Greeley
New York
Jesse Pomeroy
Massachusetts State Penitentiary
Marcus Whitman
Whitman College
Walla Walla
U. S. House of Representatives
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Colbert
Okla
Denison
Texas
William Mather Lewis
Division of Education
United States Chamber of Commerce
Ioe
Senator Sorghum on statues after public life
In a witty exchange, Senator Sorghum questions posterity’s desire for statues. He suggests caricaturists should be enough and that sculptors should refrain from memorializing a politician after his career ends.
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Posterity
Senator Sorghum
Odd Facts and Historical Trivia Across Worlds
A collection of curious notes on topics from Indian deserts and May beliefs to Milton’s coinage and rare stamps. It covers Japan omens, New York theatres, dahlia origins, sea winds versus waves, poisonous plants, rubber road trials, and Payne’s financial woes tied to Home Sweet Home profits.
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India
Milton
New York City
Japan
Pielefeld
Philadelphia
Mexico
London
John Howard Payne
Home
Owsley to Deliver Legion Thanksgiving Radio Address
Alvin M. Owsley national commander of the American Legion will speak at 8 o'clock pm EST by radio on Thanksgiving Day. The address, outlining Legion policies for the coming year, is expected to reach over a million receivers and will be rebroadcast by various stations nationwide on their own wavelengths.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alvin M. Owsley
The
American Legion
The Undertaker Page Cartoon Satire
A brief cartoon caption from the page mocks medical cures for yellow fever claiming whisky and glycerine as quack remedies. The gag features a dialogue between a professor and a pre medic asking where to obtain whisky versus a cure for yellow fever.
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Syracuse
Eminent Public Man on Golf Quip
A public figure near Washington explained golf to a scientist by saying it is an ineffectual attempt to put an elusive ball into an obscure hole with imperfect implements at a country club links. The remark appeared in the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Washington
Philadelphia Ledger
Sermon Writing In Father Daughter Dialogue
A minister in his study prepares a Sunday sermon while his daughter Mary asks how he knows what to say. He replies that God tells him, but she notes he scratches out much of it. The anecdote, attributed to the Los Angeles Times, contrasts divine inspiration with human revision.
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Mary
Los Angeles Times
Hale Holden and the rise of the C B & Q Railway
Hale Holden a Missourian who grew up in Kansas City rose from attorney to special assistant to the president and, within seven years, became president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company In 1914 he was the youngest executive among leading U S railroads and aimed to consolidate western lines into four systems.
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Hale Holden
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company
Mr. Holden
Kansas City
Williams College
Harvard Law School
America
Calico Dress Sparks Vaudeville Exit
A naïve spectator at a vaudeville show is amazed by a magician’s trick of reading through cloth. She becomes nervous after the artist reads a newspaper through layered fabric and declares she will leave, saying the venue is no place for a lady in a thin calico dress.
Shattered Idols at Rialto Theatre
The seven reel production Shattered Idols once titled A Bride of the Gods screens Thursday and Friday at the Rialto. Producer Frothingham hired a fourteen member cast with stars Marguerite De La Motte William Y Mong James Morrison Louise Lovely Ethel Grey Terry Frankie Lee and Mary Jane Irving to outdo past successes.
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J. L. Boothingham
Rialto Theatre
Frothingham
Marguerite de la Motte
William Y. Mong
James Morrison
Louise Lovely
Ethel Grey Terry
Frankie Lee
Mary Jane Irving
A Tale of Collision and Explosion Preference
Two colored men debate which danger to choose, collision or explosion. One asks the other which he would rather endure. The reply favors collision noting danger remains present for both, while explosion ends abruptly.
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Darkey
Factoids of industry race across time and space
A survey lists remarkable stats from 100 livers per gallon of cadaver oil to New York City’s 3.40 printing establishments and 670 piers. It notes U S brick output at 89 million dollars yearly and Leviathan ship lights at 15 000. A glass clock, Bohemian polisher built, and a mower inspired safety razor emerge along with Farm Labor Union plans in Fort Worth.
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New York City
Topeka
Kas
Venezuela
New York
United States
Leviathan
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
St. Louis
Beaumont and
Port Arthur
Texas
Unite States
Farm Labor Union of America
Fort Worth
Federal authorities urge stricter enforcement of liquor laws nationwide
Washington on November 29 reports say federal authorities are instructed to push all pending liquor cases and seek the heaviest penalties on conviction. Officials call for closer cooperation with prohibition enforcers to curb violations and address reports that makers market illegal alcoholic beverages.
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Associated Press
Washington
Warships Scrapping Treaty Debate Returns to Washingon Talks
London reports push for no more warship scrapping under the treaty while U S and Britain say only obsolete ships may be disposed of France urges a strong organized army as the army budget discussion opens in Paris Lieutenant Colonel Kabray tells deputies that Germans must abandon crossing the Rhine forever and be kept in check.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Byres Mone
Stedapin
France
Italy
United States
Japan
Paris
Col. Kabray
Chamber of Deputies
Rhine
Appeals Court Affirms Death in Hughes Murder Case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied a rehearing for H Hughes in the Brewster county murder case and affirmed the death sentence. The court reversed Levi Tolston’s 40 year murder conviction, granted a rehearing for Eugene Holt’s five year murder sentence, and affirmed Dan Reesa’s five year manslaughter conviction.
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Eugene Holt
C. Thackery
Harris County
Dan Reesa
Maitland
B. Davis
Battle near Sinachkover Ark leaves wounded and dying
A chaotic clash near Sinachkover Arkansas involved white robed invaders and local guards. Sheriff Harry Cosndey reported several wounded with no confirmed fatalities, as the fight dispersed through wooded oil field terrain and nearby villages.
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Monroe
Peer Ani
Sinachkover
Ark
Yviedlates
Pepouey
Torrient Feathering
Harry A. Cosndey
Hu Sogn
Poe Tatanties
Asherifus
Wes
Sineekover Creek
Singekoyver
Knox Wien
Iba Nennia
Patausomia
Clash in Smackover oil fields leaves man dead
Shreveport reports one man killed in a clash described between the lawless element and the better element in the Smackover oil fields. Details are scarce as Camden Arkansas sheriff’s office provides few particulars.
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Shreveport
Necadius
Camden
Ark
Shot by hunter near Kerens leaves boy badly wounded
Pete Massey aged 16, son of PF M Massey a Kerens grocer, was accidentally shot by a hunter near Kerens last night. The right arm was shattered and loss of blood endangers him. Amputation is thought necessary. The injury occurred when the arm was mistaken for a raccoon.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Texas
Pete Massey
PF. M. Massey
Kerens
Oklahoma Governor orders AG to Tulsa over liquor case dismissals
Governor Robertson ordered Attorney General Short to go to Tulsa and take necessary action after Tulsa county attorney W F Seavers dismissed several liquor cases, calling the moves an outrage and anarchy. Representative Fiect Boyer blamed Seavers for acting out of spite over his election loss.
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Oklahoma City
Robertson
Short
Tulsa
W. F. Seavers
Couzens Named U S Senator After Resignation
Lansing Mich Nov 29 Governor Groesbeck appointed James Couzens mayor of Detroit to fill the unexpired term of former Senator Newberry. Couzens accepted the post and has gained national prominence through his Detroit municipal railway venture.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
James Couzens
Detroit
Ted
Cgroesbesk
United States
Newberry
Couzens
Weather forecast for New Orleans area
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans calls for tonight to be partly cloudy and warmer. Thursday will be unsettled with warmer interior conditions.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Times
the Telephone Co
President Harding Proclaims American Education Week
One year ago today President Harding proclaimed American Education Week as news reports recount six lives lost in a Brooklyn theatre collapse during construction.
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Harding
Brooklyn
A Different Fellow with Rachel Visit Questioned
A fragment from a domestic scene questions whether Rachel’s visitor last night was her beau. The mother dismisses the possibility with sharp words, calling him a wussy as the exchange reveals tension.
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Rachel
Mother
Wussy
Amey
Fort McIntosh Weather Report Averages
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 am show a maximum temperature of 79 degrees and a minimum of 46 degrees. Wind was from the southeast and skies were clear.
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Fort McIntosh
Water famine now is serious in Mexico City
Associated Press reports Mexico City faces a serious water shortage as authorities consider measures to protect water supplies and prevent potential epidemics amid dwindling rainfall and strained infrastructure. Authorities vow to take necessary steps to secure residents’ water access.
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Associated Presa
Mexico City
Walter Fanne
Waranor
Lenuties
Democrats Continue Filibuster Early In Senate Clash
Washington November 29 Democrats begin the second day of their filibuster against the Republican sponsored pantitachine bill. Senator Underwood moved to adjourn until Friday as debate heated. Senator Curtis was sustained on a point of order. Underwood said no business would be transacted today.
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Washington
Underwood
Curtis
Senate
Greek Executions Spark British Cabinet Meeting
London authorities report the British cabinet was summoned to discuss the grave repercussions after the execution in Athens of several former Greek high officials yesterday.
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Associated Press
London
Athens
French Refuse to Withdraw Minister Over Athens Executions
Paris officials state the French government will not pull its minister from Athens in protest of the executions in the Greek capital. The stance was confirmed today amid diplomatic tensions and protests.
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Paris
Athens
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