Immortality and Newsboys in a Fort Worth Morning
A writer recalls finding an unopened letter from a dead man and a magazine photo of the President with a late friend, then muses on death and immortality. He celebrates newsboys as vital to journalism, describes a Fort Worth blind newspaper seller, and ends with a humorous tale of a man hiding from his wife.
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Shakespeare
Hamlet
Robert Green Ingersoll
Fort Worth
Cowtown
Andrew Mellon
City of Infinie Noise
Favorite Dry Town Story Reimagined Amid Prohibition Debate
The tale recalls a greenhorn in a dry Western town seeking whiskey. A physician refuses a nonemergency prescription, saying only urgent bites justify treatment. The traveler learns the snake behind the drugstore is too tired to bite a stranger, ending the local option humor.
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Twc
For Sale Studio Couch and Rug Seeks Mr Lon Ratliff
Classified note offers a studio couch and rug for sale and mentions a Mr Lon Ratliff. The remainder of the text appears as stray dialogue about authority and a dismissive reply.
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Lon Ratliff
Quail Population Boost Project Launched in Northwest Texas
The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission, with sportsmen, begins a quail population drive on a 465 acre tract near Lubbock along Buffalo Lake. Yellowhouse Canyon Game Refuge will stock food patches and shelter to increase bobwhite and scaled quail without restocking. A 2,000 acre Abilene project was started last year to measure growth rates.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Lubbock
Buffalo Lake
Charles E. Finley
Phil Goodrum
Yellowhouse Qganyon
Finley
South Plains
Abilene
Long-Lived Hose Tips From Mrs Barnes For Durability
Hosiery durability relies on correct yarn thread count and fit. Four or five thread hose resist snags better than two or three, crepe yarns offer snag resistance, and two way stretch tops help runs. Also note reinforced heels and welt areas for unusually long life.
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College Station
Dora R. Barnes
Barnes
Citation in Probate Llano County Texas Newspaper Notice
The Llano County Texas probate notice commands the sheriff to publish in a newspaper of general circulation for at least ten days before the return day. Willie Porter as administrator filed July 31, 1939 in Llano County Court his final account for Mrs. S. B. Hill deceased and seeks discharge from probate docket 909.
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Liano
Texas
Llano
State OF Texas
Llano County
S. B. Hill
Willie ©. Porter
Liano County
8. B. Hill
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Rastus
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Cobb
Gwen
Gear Tym
Heah
Queen Mary
Britain
Av Bey
Trace Ree
Texas’ Hospitality
John Orr Wholesale Grocery CO
Llano, Texas
Spencer-Sauer Lumber Co
Spencer Weger, Aas
T. Mgr
A. R. Weber
MGR
J. A. Mayes
Mrs. Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Stockin
Courthouse Square
Wallace Hazelwoo
New York
San Francisco
F Pty de Foshae
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