Fatal Cottonmouth Venom Kills Rattlesnake in Lab Test
A 30 inch cottonmouth venomously bites a Western diamond rattlesnake during a Boy Scout demonstration. The rattlesnake dies within about 71 hours with swelling, greenish skin, and internal tissue destruction. Dr. H. Gloyd notes such cross species venom effects are rarely documented.
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Ulttia
Saya H. K. Gloyd
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Zoological Laboratories
Gloyd
Sensible Economy Urged To Stabilize Nation
Express, Red Oak Iowa argues for a middle course between speculation and false economy. Roger Babson cites need to cut taxes without endangering social structure, avoid wage and income collapse, and maintain employment to sustain purchasing power amid deflation fears.
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Roger Babson
Mr. Babson
Advertising Proved Worth While for Chicago Merchant
Henry Clayton, a Chicago merchant with $12,000 capital, spent between $4,000 and $5,500 on newspaper ads before opening his doors. His business value recently reached about $7,000,000, and he cites his advertising program as proof that investing in ads pays. Skimping on ads is warned as costly economics.
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Henry €. Clayton
Chicago
Kerrville Mountain Sur
No Ar A Is Constitutional
The District of Columbia Supreme Court heard oil men seek an injunction against Secretary Ickes hot oil orders challenging the recovery act as unconstitutional. Justice Cox denied the request, urging that in emergencies Congress grants the President broad powers and the Constitution yields to necessity. The piece argues the judiciary should support democratic effort and the Roosevelt recovery program.
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District of Columbia Supreme Court
Interior Ickes
Joseph W. Cox
Congress
Roosevelt
Fort Worth
Pungent Paragraphs Highlight Varied City Opinions
A collection of quoted opinions from multiple papers reflects public sentiment on wage policy and political rhetoric. The excerpts show skepticism about a minimum wage for men, praise for public works, and caustic commentary on new officeholders.
Pioneer Recaals Robt. & Lee Visit in Texas Prairie
The account recalls early Texas settlement around Bastrop County from 1850. The author describes Bagdad Prairie and a bugler wagon built by Smeltzer family, Army traffic on the Gorghan route, visits by officers including Rob ert E. Lee and Lt. Givens, a 15 oxen team hauling a stone for George Washington, and a first school with a dirt floor. It notes camp meetings near Round Rock, dances, pecan hunting, and sage-dense fields.
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James
Bascock
Temple Daily Telegram
Fis Prairie
Bastrop County
Josiah W Whipple
Txaa
Bastrop
Bagdad Prairie
Austin
Fort Groghan
Burnet
Bagdad
Williamson County
U. S. Army
Gorghan
Robert E. Lee
Givens
Galveston
Washington
George Washington
Arasg
Round Rock
Williamsud
Imen
Texas
Auto theft ring traced from Fort Worth to West Texas
A highly organized auto theft ring operating from Fort Worth extended to six West Texas towns. Nolan County officers traced six cars found in Nolan County to their original owners, uncovering the scheme with help from three West Texas counties.
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Fort Worth
West Texas
Nolan County
The Modern Parable of the Cow
Ten financiers pool ten dollars to buy a cow that yields ten gallons daily. They sell shares to others, dream big returns, and vote themselves salaries of one gallon per day, orchestrating a scheme that ends with them milking the cow for profit while stockholders get nothing.
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Kook
Olects
Gince
Commissioner McDonald Drives Cotton Pegging Policy
The Texas agricultural commissioner J B McDonald advocates pegging cotton at 15 cents as the next step to stabilize prices. He argues economic laws require government action and warns that without such measures farmers become wards of the federal government. The plan faces opposition from courts and political challenges but reflects McDonald's long pursuit of state intervention in agricultural markets.
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J. B. McDonald
Agricultural Administration
State of Texas
McDonald
DOW Beng
Washington
Austin
Villa Ranch Lands to Be Irrigated Near Durango Mexico
Laredo August 18 The vast 180000 acre Hacienda de Canutillo once owned by Pancho Villa near Durango will be subdivided into about 720 farms of 250 acres each. The Mexican government will sell the tracts to farmers with a requirement to cultivate year round and pay annuities. Water from the Rio Florida supports irrigation and the project aims to turn the Villa estate into a productive fruit and vegetable area with a planned town center and facilities.
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Pancho Villa
Old
Mexico
Laredo
Tian
Canutillo
Villa
Jurado
San Nieves
Thomas Urbina
la Carutena
EL Cristo
San Antonia Farm
el Torreoneito
Bia Balmy
Manuel F. de la Garza
Mexican Army Engineering Department
McDonald Proposal Draws Germane Reactions in Dallag News
The article notes that within the settled polity of the Nation Mr McDonald presents a germane proposal regardless of its other merits, reflecting initial reception in Dallag News.
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McDonald
Dallag News
Forgotten Cowboy Lingo Unearthed
Texas youths bring back old plains slang as campus speech spreads. Professor Mary Dale Buckner compiles a glossary in American Speech showing terms like biscuit shooter for cook and Arbuckle for tenderfoot, illustrating fading ranch diction.
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Plains
Mary Dale Buckner
Texas Technological College
Columbia University Press
Buckner
Pecan Sales Rise as San Saba Orchards Hold Green Crop
San Saba County pecans are being sold while still green on trees along the San Saba and Colorado rivers. The Bend Co operative Pecan Growers Association will deliver about $50,000 worth to San Antonio shelters this fall. Notable growers include Roy Wolfe of Stephenville and E Rissen, with large orchards owned by J R Ellis and others.
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San Saba County
San Saba
Colorado
Bend Co-operative Pecan Growers’ Association
San Antonio
Colorado River
Cherokee Creek
Kelly Owen
Crate Thornton
Roys Wolfe
Stephenville
Texas
Inks Bevone
E. Rissen
Wolfe
Listen
Mr. Risien
J. R. Ellis
B. Bagley
B.S. Norris
Ta. Murray
Guy Risiew
Carter Estate
Jym Slow
Build Up that Skinny Child
An alarming health promotion urges parents to boost underweight children with Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. The ad claims the tonic supplies iron and quinine to improve appetite, energy, and red blood, presenting it as harmless and proven for decades.
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Grove
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