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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1932
Page
5
The Third Court of Civil Appeals in Austin today set for hearing and overruled the motion for rehearing in the injunction suit brought by James and Ferguson to block Texas highway construction. The next step is an application to the Texas Supreme Court for a writ of error.
The Baursville P T A held a regular session Friday night and postponed the planned program to Friday night December 16 weather permitting. An orchestra performed with Victor Muckart on accordion and Mrs Davis and Miss Dooley singing. Visitors from Charlottenburg are invited to return Friday for another entertainment. The next meeting is the second Friday in January.
Miss Adele Knesek hosted the Thursday Bridge Club at her mother's home on December 2. Mrs. F. Heger won high score earning a dress print. Miss Margaret Woodley Quebedeaux was high among guests earning a pretty apron. Refreshments were served to a list of attendees including Mesdames and Misses Frank Biehunke Jr., W. A. Bergfeld, Joe Etlinger, E. Jaeggli, Erna Kotzebue, and others.
Weimar mayor Henry J. Laas announced a graveling contract for Weimar streets. At a city council meeting a sinking fund for the water works system was approved to cover future repairs. City expenses are kept low and cash remains in the treasury despite slow tax payments.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat piece notes common misattributions to Shakespeare and lists the value of concordances and Bartlett for verifying quotable lines. It mentions famous misquotes such as What is so rare as a day in June and Spare the rod and spoil the child, and argues Shakespeare did not say them.
A Schenectady Union Star item describes a clerk trained to push an umbrella as leak resistant. She boasts it can withstand a hydrostatic pressure of seventeen centimeters, prompting a skeptical customer who says she never goes out in such weather.
Charles Fitzhugh Talman notes great cloudburst floods caused by typhoons. He cites the Aug 19 1889 Kit peninsula Japan flood that killed 1500 and destroyed property, and the July 14 1911 Baguio rainfall of 46 inches in 24 hours triggering landslides and road damage.
A girl feigns shock as a chemist declares love and produces a nerve tonic. He offers the tonic to soothe nerves and appetite, claiming it will calm excitement and aid digestion, selling bottles for 50 cents each to adults.
A 75 foot radio demo sent a voice around the globe from Schenectady to Java and Australia and back in under one seventh of a second. The experiment proved international radio communication can traverse the world in a fraction of a second.
Harry Carr recalls a quirky ancient system in which two reading clerks, one in a red necktie and one in a blue necktie, dictated bills. Lawmakers voted aye or no based on which clerk spoke, saving time and avoiding long arguing sessions.
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