Democratic Primary Nominates Local Officials in Texas County
The 1916 Democratic primary on July 22 yielded nominees for several county and district posts. N. T. Stubles is named for 33d Judicial District Judge, Thomas J. Martin for 89th Representative, A. E. Moore for County Judge, S. Be. Hargon for District and County Clerk, W. J. Everett for Sheriff and Tax Collector, Zack Stewart for Tax Assessor, Kellus Carter for County Treasurer, J. W. Thompson for Commissioner Precinct 1, T. S. Forehand for Precinct 2, H. M. Smith for Precinct 3, and J. C. Winkler for Precinct 4.
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N. T. Stubles
Thomas J. Martin
A. E. Moore
S. BE. Hargon
W. J. Everett
Zack Stewart
Kellus Carter
J. W. Thompson
T. S. Forehand
H. M. Smith
J. C. Winkler
Special Travel Rates and Church Directory Snippet
Special rates listed for August across Texas towns with ten day limits and 90 day sale windows. Includes fares for Aransas Wass Corpus Christi Galveston Palacios Port O Connor Port Arthur Rockport Seabrook Sylvan Beach and other cities. Also notes a police weed shop joke and church services across Methodist Christian Baptist Presbyterian Episcopal German Lutheran and Catholic parishes.
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Aransas Wass
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Palacios
Port O'Connor
Port Arthur
Rockport
Seabrook
Sylvan Beach
Marlin
Gale
Alpine
Amarillo
Aransas Pass
Boerne
Brownesville
College Port
Comfort
Corps Christi
Ingleside
Kingsland
Kerrville
Marble Falls
Methodist Church
Jai J. Frawlis
Wilburn Oatman
Christian Church
J. M. Streator
J. H. Atchisan
Baptist Church
J. N. Marshall
P. L. Barker
Presbyterian Church
S. Eddins
Catholic Church
Sevices
Father Gagnon
Star Route Schedules Cherokees Llano Routs and Times
Schedule details for Cherokee Llano Click Lone Grove Mason Pontotoc routes with daily and selected service times. Includes fare lines and irregular punctuation. Also a Rev Bouck White quotation condemning idleness.
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Cherokee
Llano
Lone Grove
Mason
The Aim of Life and Happiness in Breadth of Heart
The essay argues happiness comes from breadth of heart and inward free temptation. It defines happiness beyond wealth and efficiency, linking justice, love, and sacrifice to a meaningful life, contrasting human altruism with purely efficient but unselfish animal communities.
Senator Beveridge on wartime volunteerism in Wangland
In Washington Senator Beveridge comments on women in Wangland giving white feathers to men not volunteering. He notes booing of soldiers, insults to English volunteers, and cites a Washington Star paraphrase about a Bolivian style recruiting effort and a telegram requesting 159 volunteers with a jab at returning handcuffs.
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Beveridge
Washington
Wangland
War Office
Washington Star
Banquet Evening Echoes Excess and Regret
A fragment from the Dix exchange recalls a participant praising the event while another admits drinking to the point of seeing nothing as speeches began. The tone hints at a lively gathering with contrasting self reflection.
Atlas Picture Angers Congressman Bray Lowder
The captioned image of the late Atlas draws reactions from Bray Lowder who jokes about carrying the world on his shoulder while lamenting his own congressional district. The remark underscores political fatigue and public interest in leadership.
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Wonderfil
Bray Lowder
Atlas
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted in 19th Century Ad
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh, claiming it cures in all stages by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. The promoters offer a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invite readers to request testimonials from Fr. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Fr. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Fall gardening in the South suitable crops and methods
Department of Agriculture specialists urge Southern home gardens to plant a fall crop mix including beets turnips kale spinach collards and onions in late summer through September and October. They advise frame planting for some crops and direct sowing for others with careful thinning irrigation and protection for extended harvests into winter.
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Washington, DC
Sahs
Department of Aerteaure
Southerm
Lear Ratit
Milan
Aberdeen
Norfolk
Mammy in Court Describes Language Barrier and Fear
A court scene portrays Mammy Washington flustered on "police ground" as she struggles to answer. The judge coaxes her with a calming line and she declares herself "I is me" while negotiating the exchange in a kitchen talk style.
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Mammy
Mammy Washington
Cace
Generating Animation Demonstration With Tin Can
A professor asks a class to explain how a tin can can generate speed and power in steam experiments. A student responds, and Rutherford is invited to answer, with a playful exchange noted in the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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Rutherford
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Public Dinner Held Was a Success
A brief note says the public dinner was a success. The featured speaker, flown in for the program, had tonsillitis and attended despite illness.
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Evers
Natural Affinities Quip From Texas Senator
A Northerner quoted Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas remarking on an odd affinity between a colored man and a chicken. Sheppard responded that one is descended from Ham and the other from eggs.
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Morris Sheppard
Texas
Sheppard
Question on Dan ish West Indies and Monroz Doctrine use
The query asks whether acquiring the Dan ish West Indies would allow applying the Monroz Doctrine to West Indian hurricanes. It seeks policy or legal justification for a geopolitical stance.
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Danish West Indies
Percy Noodles reference in capitalist's daughter note joke
A quip about a capitalist's daughter from Percy Noodles. He recalls writing a line imagining a gift, while she replies with a playful question about preferences for a runabout or Ford. The exchange hinges on humor over class and car choices.
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Percy Noodles
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