Charro Days Fiesta Revives Frontier Color in Brownsville
Brownsville hosts Charro Days Fiesta a four day winter carnival drawing 300000 Americans and Mexicans. The event blends Spanish colonial costumes with modern revelry across parades rodeos and dances ending with Noche Mexicana in Matamoros. The celebration promotes friendship between Latin America and the United States as residents dress as charros and china poblana.
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Teacher's Problem Wins Features Letter From Dickie
A child named Dickie writes to Miss Evans seeking help for copying arithmetic homework. The story recalls a talk with his teacher and the promise of a lesson learned. Dickie then overhears his father and mentor discussing a future blended family with Mrs. Evans, the teacher.
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Miss Evans
Mary Jane
Dickie
Daddy
Ann
Mrs. Evans
Guarding sport amid rising money and scandals
A veteran columnist warns that, as billions flow into sport driving record crowds and payouts, discipline and governance must tighten. He recalls Judge Landis’s harsh era, cites Browns and Giants incidents, and urges vigilant oversight, stronger penalties, and clear amateur status. He notes widespread honesty but cites temptation and the need to curb gamblers’ influence. He ends reflecting on Babe Ruth’s fame and self protection.
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Rubes
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Dizzy Dean
Ole Diz
Judge Landis
Nurse recalls war days of 98 at Birmingham hospital
Florence Robinson, 92, a nurse of the Spanish American war, recalls enlistment in 1898 when nurses wore no standard uniform and served 12 hour shifts during a typhoid outbreak at Chickamauga Park. Pay was $30 monthly and ambulances were horse drawn wagons.
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Florence Robinson
Miss Robinson
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Chickamauga Park
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