No Red Flag for White House Theorized Abroad
A satirical overview mocks rumors of a Russian conspiracy to plant a red flag atop the White House. It notes secret meetings in New York, praises Secretary Hughes for stopping the threat, and contrasts modern monarchs with historical rulers amid geopolitical quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Borah
White House
Trath
Secret Service
New York
Hughes
Paul Revere
Ghent
Aix
Charles Evans Hughes
Texas Weekly Industrial News Financial Review Seeks Economic Trends
Inland items cover 1921 tax data showing wages at about 60 percent of income and investments rising. Summary notes shifts from stocks to tax exempt bonds by wealthy. calls for tax reduction and pro growth measures. Local notices list plant, bridge, road and facility projects across numerous Texas towns with project costs and scope. Includes census tax-levy rise and industry updates from Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Clarksville
Marshall
Beaumont
Neches River
Corsicana
Fulton
Red River
Electra
City
Port Arthur
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Austin
Travis
Palestine
Anderson
Houston
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
Liverpool
England
University of Texas
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Shappel Oil Company
Holiday
Kosse
Allen Tract
Huntsville
Burton
Tyler
Dallas
Ford Motor Company
Lubbock
Amarillo
Houston Cotton and
Twine Mills
Texas
Mary Burnett
Texas Christian University
Rainview
Hale County
Bureau of Census
United States
Corpus Christi
Moreman Gin Company
London
Robstown
Fisher Supply Company
Fort Brothers
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Lamp
Black Brothers Furniture Company
Blackwell— Hazel-Atlas Glass Co
Park Place
Calliham
Frio
Harris County
The Bonus Bill and Alaska Rail Mail Progress
The piece notes the return of the bonus bill to Congress and mocks capital’s tears over a seventy million dollar cost while contrasting with a future war's fifty billion price tag. It recalls soldiers who served, lost jobs, and profiteering rivals, then praises the Alaska railroad mail extension from Nenana to Fairbanks shrinking twenty days by dog mail to four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Alaska
Nenana
Fairbanks
Moses and Wilbur Wright in the desert tale
A playful account imagines Moses wandering the desert for forty years with friends. It suggests flying machines would speed them to the Land of Promise, noting Moses admires Wilbur Wright who helped his brother invent the flying machine and is now in heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Desert
Land of Promise
Wilbur Wright
Heaven
Valley editor laments radium glut and gold value shifts
The article notes platinum may reach 700 dollars per pound while radium prices collapse due to new deposits in the San Congo. It ponders radium’s cosmic origins and even questions if radioactive stars fade like earthly reactors. A secondary vignette recounts Mayor Toliver outsmarting shopliftings by spotting a counterfeit shirt wearer and recovering stolen shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Congo
Publisher Builds New Florida Road
A note on 1923 year end construction states 1924 expansion potential as contracts advance. Quote from Eppich of the National Association of Real Estate Boards emphasizes individual responsibility in government and ongoing building momentum into 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres. Eppich
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Florida
Conversation Sparks About Italy and Venice Doughnuts
A playful exchange recalls a visit to Italy with a question about eating doughnuts fried on Venice sidewalks. The reply, humorously blunt, denies a hunger that would prompt such a bite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Venice
Worldly Young Man Claims League of Nations City
A job interviewer asks a boy about nationality and birth details. He describes an unconventional upbringing across continents, finally declaring his nationality as the League of Nations. The tale blends travel, emigration, and global associations into a single humorous exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Honolulu
Japan
Russia
League of Nations
Hayes Healing Honey and Grove Open-Trate Salve Mercy Pitch
Hayes Healing Honey promises quick cough relief by soothing inflamed tissues. Grove Open-Trate Salve for chest and throat is included with every bottle and advised for chest colds croup and head colds in children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GROVE
Also Mentioned on This Page
George
Moses and
Greece
Henry the Second
Paris
Monte Carlo
Cromwell
Danton
Arthur Brisbane
Washington Academy of Sciences
Texas Weekly Industrial News
Financial Review
First National Bank
St. Louis
Earth
Tutan
Egypt
Khamen
B. A. Toliver
Toliver
Garcastic
GANE
Fratile
E. L. Collings
Pecos
T. J. Malone
Malone
Sid Kyle
Oscar
Kat
Orf
Snapping
Turtle
Brogat’s Barber Shop
Brocat
Bayer
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