Billy Possum Baths and Beaver Trouble
The tale follows Billy Possum who nests near a stream and avoids water but is swept into the water when beaver activity felled his tree. He survives, learns to choose a new home away from water, while Mr Fox notes the beavers’ role. The piece ends with a moral about gossip and privacy from a 1923 McClure Syndicate column.
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Billy
Mr. Man
Mr. Dog
Mr. Woodpecker
Dog
Mr. Fox
Beaver Brothers
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Charles de Roche A Hollywood star born in Port Vendres 1893
Charles de Roche, the screen star known as Charles de Roche, was born in 1893 at Port Vendres near the Spanish border. He weighs 178 pounds, stands a little over six feet, has chestnut-brown hair and gray eyes, and lives in Hollywood. He studied in France and graduated from Roche College at Versailles and is noted as an athlete and interpretative dancer.
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Charles d’Authier de Rochefort
Charles de Roche
Port Vendres
France
Roche College
Versailles
Hollywood
Beavers Brothers Seek Dams Far From Water
Sum travels from the tree into the woods in 1923 to find a new home away from water. He chooses an old hollow tree, reasoning that Beavers brothers will not pick an old tree to build their dams.
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Sum
Water Side
Beavers Brothers
McClure
State Tax Board Set to Fix 75 Percent Rate in July
Austin officials say the State Tax Board will fix the 75 percent rate at its July 20 meeting, using the existing level due to appropriations exceeding revenue. County estimates show declines from last year, risking lower total assessments and a growing state deficit ahead of fiscal year end.
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Austin
Tex
State Automatic Tax Board
John G. Willacy
C. V. Terrell
Controller's Department
General Revenue Fund
State Treasury
Terrell
M. N. Marrs
Treasury
New Open Season Made for Hunting Waterfowl
Amendments to the migratory bird treaty act regulations adopted by the secretary of agriculture and approved by the president change waterfowl seasons in Oklahoma and parts of Texas from Oct 16 to Jan 31 to Oct 1 to Jan 15. Southeastern Texas dove season shifts to Nov 1 to Dec 31 and South Carolina to Nov 1 to Jan 31. Changes aim at conservation per state officials and sportsmen.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Texas
International Great Northern
Texas & Pacific
South Carolina
Ban on Diseased Seed Rice Tightens Global Quarantine
The federal horticultural board plans an updated quarantine rule after a hearing to curb entry of seed or paddy rice from foreign nations. Present restrictions target shipments from India, Japan, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, England, Ireland, Brazil and Argentina since 1919. The proposal would extend controls to all rice producing countries to block diseased seed and plant diseases.
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Washington
Federal Horticultural Board
India
Japan
Italy
France
Germany
Belgium
England
Ireland
Brazil
Argentina
Castoria Brand Promoted For Children’s Digestive Relief
Advertisement extols Mother Fletcher's Castoria as a remedy for constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea in babies and children. It claims to relieve feverishness and aid digestion and sleep without opiates while noting the genuine product bears a signature.
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Fletcher
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Billy Possum
Stephen Harvey
Yver
Mary Marshall Duffee
Tyre
State Tax Board
Willacy
B. Fua
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Assembly
B. Flint
Mich
Tility Express
Chevrolet Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Detroit, Mich
Castoria
F. W. Heitmann Co
Houston
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