Houston Social Notes Mix Oil Echoes and Stars
A Houston scene sketch mixes oil wealth with celebrity chatter. Cleon McCarthy talks ties to Conrad Hilton as a Houston Post plant tour reveals quotes and a Declara tion of Independence inscription. Hedy Lamarr’s husband Howard Lee and friends discuss future moves while showbiz figures like Jimmy Durante, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and various performers appear in lively society columns.
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Cleon McCarthy
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Glen McCarthy
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Steve Chazanow
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Jimmy Durante
Montagu
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Lou
Houston Post
White
Doctors Say Why Some Pill Costs Run High
An article examines why prescription drug prices stay high, noting that advances in chemotherapy raise costs and that manufacturers set high prices for new drugs. It compares past and present costs, discusses pharmacy markups and overhead, and cites changes in prices for penicillin and sulfathiazole over the years.
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Charmacrats
Crugeiat
Mercury
Tip to All Women Be Truly Glamorous by Going to Purdah
A provocative essay urges American women to adopt purdah to curb fashion excesses. It argues dresses and hairdos distract from true femininity, mocks current trends, and contends eyes are the sole expressive feature behind a bedsheet veil. It concludes that a concealed look would restore glamour and clarity.
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Purdah
New York
Christian Dior
America
Fife
Paris
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Ku Klux Klan
Aunt Het and Sue on groceries and snooping husbands
AUNT HET laments Sue’s plight as a bad tooth heightens frustration with a husband who snoops around the kitchen seeking explanations for high grocery spending. The exchange captures domestic satire and conflict in a humorous tone.
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Sue
Heart Play in Oswald Jacoby's Bridge Problem
Analyzing a bridge hand from Oswald Jacoby, the North South hands reveal a heart suit misreading as East holds all missing hearts. West opens diamonds, South ruffs, and careful play shows South must lose multiple tricks. the infinite sequence hinges on West void in hearts and the double bidding.
Bridge Strategy: South Finesses First Trump Trick
The article explains a bridge play where South leads a low spade from the dummy to force a heart issue and set up a trump finesse. If East covers with the queen, South wins with the king and uses dummy’s ten to ruff, then ruffs a diamond and draws East’s last trump. If East does not cover, the plan is even easier, avoiding unsafe safety plays.
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Orcer
East
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Dummy
Theories on Prairie Treeness and Indian Burning Practices
Two naturalist theories contend the middle western prairies were always treeless due to fevel and swampy conditions, while another view attributes forest loss to Indian burning to expand grazing for bison and drive out game.
Mind and personality myths in handwriting and social bias
Psychologists hesitate to claim handwriting analysis reveals character, noting magic appeal and charlatans despite social science teams like the American Graphological Society. People enjoy feeling superior yet helping others, while studies show women are more humanitarian than men, with fewer prejudices according to Raicliffe and Harvard comparisons.
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American Graphological (Handwriting) Society
Allport
Kramer
Raicliffe
Harvard
Uncertain facts swirl around historic dates and numbers
The text asserts there is no proof of Shakespeare's birth date, mentions the Titanic’s 1617 lives lost, states Liberia covers 43 000 square miles, and notes Bufo marinus toads multiply and eat diverse items from cigar butts to paper napiins.
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Shakespeare
Liberia
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