Controversial Humor and Local Notes From Abilene Paper
A long column mixes jokes about race with local Texas news. It lists figures such as W D Ringwald a telegraph operator and editors like Prank Yshnes and Mody C Boat fight. notes on Miss Elizia Gill iand and the North and East Texas Press Association meeting. It also quotes humor and editorial reflections on truth in journalism.
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Folka
W. D. Ringwald
Bustlage
Jas
Moerun Meridian Tribune
Ll Give You
Texas
Elizia Gilliand
Baird Star
The
Star
Mag
May
C. L. Douglas
Mart Worth Press
Mody C. Boatfight
State University
B.S. Shoaf
Wood County Memocrat
Houston Milling Expands Using One Million Bushels of Wheat
The Houston Milling company plans a large Texas grain intake absorbing about one million bushels yearly in the Houston area. It offers Arrow feed with 48 rations, two formats, and a specialized staff to tailor feeds to farm needs. The mill produces 3600 barrels of American Maid flour daily and is capitalized at 1.5 million dollars, boosting local and regional farm income.
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Texas
Houston
Houston Milling Company
Arrow Feed
Entité Southwest
Racial stereotypes and garbled humor in a wartime page
A collection of broken dialect jokes and racial tropes. The text includes a colored auntie boasting of raising children with a shingle, satirical remarks about blacks and white chickens, and a messy poker exchange among two negroes with slurs and unclear wording. The tone blends humor and prejudice typical of older newspaper humor pages.
Betsy Ross Spinet Piano for Sale in San Antonio
A new Betsy Ross spinet piano is offered for sale at a real sacrifice in the area to avoid shipping. Contact via mail, wire, or phone the Manufacturer's Agent at 336 W Commerce St, San Antonio, Texas. 21p.
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Commerce St
San Antonio
Texas
Phosphate Received for Menard Local Tests
Menard Valley Land Improving association received April 12 at Menard a 21-ton shipment of TVA concentrated phosphate fertilizer for use in adjustments by local test demonstration farms. Secretary R R Ellis said the phosphate will be applied on soil crops as a key material to hold water and build fertilizer. Demonstrators aim to pioneer for neighbors toward more productive long term agriculture in Menard county. The association cooperates with Texas Agricultural Extension Service and TVA in testing fertilizers from the TVA plant at Muscle Shoals Alabama. About 3,000,000 school children are enrolled in one room rural schools in the United States.
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Ley Land Improving Association
Menard
TVA
R. R. Ellis
Elia
Ing
Menard County
Land Improving Association
Texas Agricultural Tixtension Service
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
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Llano News
Llano
Will Collins
Darkey
Rabbit
Bredern and Sistern
Jestice of the Peace
Mae
Jack Hawkins
Groesbeeuf Journal
Pmg
Sily
Vany
Rastus
Bey
Migs Beveridge Shoppe
Betsy Ross Spinet Piano
Menard News
Menard Val
United States
King’s and
Whitman’s
the Fountain Corner
O. G. Porter Orville Buttery
Ford
Gilmore-Yosemite
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