Birthday Party Tests John Aldrich's Resolve
John Aldrich hosts a lavish birthday for his wife Marcia as guests praise her planning. John, weary and worried, resists rest while Marcia stirs excitement, concern from friends grows about his workload, and the evening ends with a promise to review the caterer’s bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia
Aldrich
Marcia
Nell
Marcin
John
Inusie
Eldér
Mr. Elder
Suerte
Bob Trench
le Vis
Bob
Othice
Dak
Norges
Totten
Dohnt
Nolin
Marela
Marcela
Tam
Watching the Parade Through a Quiet Morning Reminiscence
A fragmented reminiscence describes a domestic scene with a wife, a sleeping dog, and a lamp in a sunlit room. The narrator overhears a quarrel about an “Old Cat” rival revealing social polish, fashion, and a satirical portrait of a banker’s wife and the Parisian Rue de la Paix influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Grasa
Sarah
A Matching Cape Dressage with Wraps for Early Fall
Fashion note discusses an ivory wool jersey ensemble with a removable shoulder cape in tan lining and a slim waist belt. Describes matching knickers or breeches with skirts, three-quarter sleeves, and silk trim. Highlights wool jersey popularity, bold trims, and black underutilization in sports outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwell
Perk Tiob | Bright Co
Village tale of a outspoken woman and her critics
A striking character study depicts a woman who craves approval yet speaks bluntly. The town’s reactions mix humor and fear as one observer notes that such outspoken neighbors eventually face backlash and social consequences.
Between Ourselves on Law Delays and Public Process
The piece critiques slow legal processes and public procedures. It cites John Doe as treasurer and alleges unlawful acts, while arguing for modernization and efficiency. It contrasts conservative values with the need to speed up law and formalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della
F. Stewart
John Doe
Hylan
Samson
Pointed Paragraphs on Truth and Humor
Fragmented notes discuss stubborn truths and the cost of avarice noting fees and debt. The writer contrasts repartee with prudence and asks why some people stay uninformed. Snippets reflect distrust and social commentary on marital secrecy and vanity in a barber chair.
Babes Comment on Parable Sparks Family Quip
A child Ralph quips about the wise builder on the rock making a sly joke to his mother as a ride home. Ruth and a muted family scene unfold with a mispronounced ledger of mishaps and a Red Cross chapter meeting in Taylor Texas.
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Ralph
Bly
Red Cross
Taylor
Tex
Ave
Williamson County
Amerieasy Ret Cross
Carrie
Healing
St. Loui
Saylor
Wan
Beeville Couple Wed In Local Methodist Ceremony
Beeville Texas August 27 Lonnie D German and Aiea Fannie Malone were married Saturday evening by Rev Nat B Reed at the Methodist church. The ceremony united families from Bee County and nearby communities in a quiet local wedding.
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Beeville
Tex
Lonnie D. German
Aiea Fannie Malone
Nat B. Reed
Arewalt
Dew County
Bedtime Story of Sandpiper and Deep Woods Tale
A whimsical bedtime scene unfolds in a forest pond as Sandpiper and Indybeaver meet. Ducks, grandly portrayed, bob their heads while Daddy Greencrest bows, water drops glistening on tail-feathers, and Mammy Gay-wings appears neat and polite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy Green
Indybeaver
Deep Woods
Mammy
Gay
Ducklings and beaver tale ends with a paddle-foot pledge
A whimsical scene shows a beaver speaking to armored ducks and Whisk Whippoorwill as tangles of pond life unfold. The creatures agree to keep away from the Pond until frost while mating plans and kitten growth drive summer months. A Labor Day rodeo and track meet in Kingsville, Texas, with goat roping and bronco stunts is announced.
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Kingsville
Tex
Tent revival and church dedications mark September events
The Central Baptist tent meeting starts September 4 at Adaims and Borbe streets with Rev. E B Ferguson leading evening service. Walter Davis fills pastoral duties at Git Rock church in the Somerset oil fields. The Prospect Hill Baptist women plan an officers meeting Monday at 3 pm. Deaf services at Riverside Park Baptist occur Sunday at 4 pm with talks translated into sign language, attracting 37 attendees. The American Baptist church on South Laredo Street, cost 16000, will be dedicated September 4 ahead of the Texas Mexican Baptist convention expected to host about 250 attendees. Charters granted include Afton Farmers Union Gin and Alton Dickens County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central, Baptist
Adaims and
Borbe Streets
E. B. Ferguson
Walter ‘Davis
Git Rock
Somerset Oil Fields
Prospect Hill Baptist Church
Riverside Park Baptist Church
L.E. Finney
Prospect Hill
Rey
Ellin P
Giby
JL My. Carroll
First Baptist
Fourth and
Taylor Streets
A.B. Gates
Gates
Victory Junior B.Y. P. U
Alexander B. Y. BP. U
Central Baptisl Church
Flores and
Johnson Streets
Wailer T
Davis
B. Ferguson
Grasa 'Engilah
Evangelica Lutheran Shurch
Atroet
Junior Luther League Ata P. Muti Santor Agua
Church Council
Unla
Panior
Luthor League
At & P
Paul's
C. Palaten
Colhagen
Kadia Straat
Public worship directory of San Jacinto and surrounding churches
A dense list of church services across San Jacinto and nearby avenues. It names Baptists, Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Lutherans, and Evangelicals, with multiple parishes, pastors, service times, and Sunday schools.
Epworth League and Church Services at Travis Park Methodist
A listing of morning and evening events at Travis Park Methodist including sermon by Arthur J. Moore at 10 45 a m Sunday guest lecture by Nes Mary Harris Armour at 8 p m Epworth League activities 6 20 p m and Wednesday prayer meeting. Also notes Spiritualist services at Spiritualist Church of Peace 11 Vittra Street Minocinnots San Antonio and a separate Rev HH address on immortality with special music and midweek program at 7345.
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St. Mary
St. Mary's
Street
J. H. Quinn
Hugh
League
of the Sacred Heart
St. Anthony
Sacred Heart
Office of the Sacred Heart
Mageee
Bouth ‘Side
Cible
Denver Heights Church
St. Mark
Travis Park
Arthur, Hudtoh
Garilee
Frvangelical
Friedens Evangelical Church
Amfalenve
Rue
Ewart Eimin
Erdies’ rAld Society
Presbyterian
Sunior Christian Endlervar
Aon
Utlea Presbyterlenehurelt
Weel Poplar
Jackson
Ifx
Wallice ‘Ciltr
Monroa
Christian Endeavor
P. Mij
Stuart Pearne
Ping Streat Presbyterian Church
South Ping
Gmnhantrcott
BP. Meturdy
Sorviera
As-Mi
T. m
Woman's Muxitary
Epworth League
Travis Park Methodist
Martin
Arthur J. Moore
Plombs
Nes Mary Harris Armour
Church of Peace
McHisako
Vitra Street
San Antonio
Butchers Attack Retail Markups At Joint Meeting
Salt Lake City August 27 Attacks on retail butchers accused of charging excessive prices framed the joint session of the American Live Stock Association and the National Wool Growers Association. Frank J Higgenbarth of Salt Lake City president of the Wool Growers and Fred H Bixby of Long Beach California spoke. Bixby said California livestock growers favor selling meat directly to consumers via a cooperative agency. H Cowan Fort Worth Texas urged action noting current freight rates crippling the live stock industry.
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Salt Lake City
American Live Stock Association
National Wook Growers Association
Hele Eriany
Frank. J. Higgenbarth
Wool’ Growers
Fred H. Bixby
Long Beech
Calif
Bixby
California
M H Cowan
Fort Worth
Texas
Mexico lifts duties on wheat and autos until January
Mexican consul Jose Montmayor announced in Oklahoma City that duties on American wheat and automobiles will be lifted from October 1 to January 1. He cited a short Mexican wheat crop and the need to provide bread, adding that the tariff cut will restore prior trade flows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Jose Montmayor
Mexico
Montmayor
Regret AR-2 Disaster Messages from Allied Leaders
Messages of condolence for the AR-2 disaster were received at the White House on Friday from King George Queen Alexandra and Prince George. President Harding replied that night to their Majesties and to the French president noting Britain and France share sorrow and resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
White House
King George
Queen Alexandra
Prevence Lioyd-George
Milecand
Harding
Great Britain
Hughes
Appeal to Citizens of America Against Nelson Bill
The American Federation of Labor Executive Council issued an appeal to defeat the Nelson Bill, after it passed the senate. The statement calls the bill a subtle, pernicious attack on constitutional safeguards and the rights and liberties of the people, related to warrants issued by federal judges.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Citizens of America
Nelson
Senate
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Rail lines urge rate cut to gulf ports
Galveston Texas April 27 rs lines protest proposed 61 2 cent cut in wheat rate to gulf ports and seek conference with western lines in Washington. Galveston Commercial Association wires Texas congressmen urging the commission to grant reduction without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston, Tex
Tastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gulf Ports
Western Lines
Washington
Galveston Commercial Association
Texas
Planter Shot in Curtis Farm Battle
Shreveport Aug 27 C L Stewart planter of Curtis La wounded in shotgun battle with Costello family Mexican tenants on his plantation. Bonnie Costello Jr 18 and sister Lorn 11 injured. Stewart claims self defense.
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Shreveport
C. L. Stewart
Curtis
Bonnie Costello
Stewart
Bonnie Costello Jr
Lorn
Heat wave broken as wind and rain drop temperatures
Wichita Falls Texas reports an 11 day heat spike ending Friday when the thermometer fell 14 points in an hour after a windstorm and a light shower. Thornton Texas also saw drought relief as rain began Friday morning and continued through the day. Imperial Kezema Remedy advertises money back if it fails.
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Wichitaalls
Tex
Hias
Thornton
Ady
Relief Conference Set to Coordinate Russian Aid
Washington announces an international conference in Paris to coordinate relief for Russia. Walter L. Brown will attend to survey European opinion and negotiate the relief agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Paris
State Department
Walter L. Brown
Iting
London Bank Error Brings Pauperism to Rich Man in China
A. Edward Turner and wife bail on the Sado Maru for London to claim a fortune of 400000 dollars. They had lived lavishly after a Honduras fortune, but a London bank draft was dishonored and the bank declared Turner dead. Starvation followed until they scraped to sail for England. Mrs Turner, born Flora Field of Portsmouth Ohio, is linked to a pioneer dentist family.
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London Bank
China
Junius
Wood
San Antonio Light
Chicago Daily News
Faralen Soreien
Tokio
Japan
Orient
A. Edward Turner
London
Canada
India
Australia
Turner
Honduras
Kamagura
Yokohama
England
Flora Field
Portsmouth
Ohio
Europe
France Divided Attitudes on Russia Policy Observed
Paris dispatch reports five French viewpoints on Russia from hopeful to militant. The majority seeks stable government and debt settlement, while a small socialist aligned group backs the Soviets. France's Communists split from socialists, remain numerically weak, and Humanite pushes against munitions for Poland and Roumania, accusing factories of arming against the Soviet.
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Decker
Specia
Sy ‘Antonis Light
Chicago
Nowa
Daily News
Paris
France
Russia
Poland
Roumania
Humanite
Ronmania
Water crisis prompts snow-melt method for Mount Washburn project
The Mount Washburn site above 10,000 feet faces a water shortage for its stone structure and new ranger stations. Workers used artificial melting of snow, but summer heat accelerated melt, forcing rushed construction. The landscape division also plans community houses for motorists.
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Mount Washburn
Pera
Landscape Division
Veiled Women Still More Popular With Turkish Men
Angora Aug. 27 Turkish men still refuse to look on unveiled Turkish women in public despite push for women’s freedom led by Halide Hanum and supporters from Constantinople. Veiling remains a strong custom. some women show faces to men they work with, but strangers prompt veils to be drawn. The practice varies with age and wealth, with poorer veils made from patched cloths and sometimes sun hats.
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Angora
Halide Hanum
Asia Minor
Angora Halide
Hanum Mufide
Ferid Hanum
Constantinople
Russia
Orient
United States Ship Operators propose postwar policy
Washington August 27 Charles H Potter head of the United States Ship Operators Association submitted a plan to the Shipping Board chair on private ownership of government tonnage and broader ownership. The outline calls for ending bare boat charters eliminating route competition between government and private ships and among government operated fleets. It urges promotion of tramp ship service revising laws hampering shipping and shifting war costs and overhead to the war emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Charles H. Potter
United States Ship Operators Association
Chairthan Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Cotton price tops state gains with long staple sale
Two hundred bales of long staple cotton sold at Robstown this Friday at 16 cents per pound, claimed as the highest price in the state this year. The fiber has commanded 50 to 150 point premiums through the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robstown
Corpus Chelsti
Pex
Engineers Use Snow to Build Water Supply Lookout
Elowstons Park Wyoming August 27 engineers of the National Service landscape engineering department adopt melting snow in mid summer to provide water for cement in a new lookout station construction project core to park infrastructure and resilience efforts.
Lemon Curing Plant Completion Near Mission Texas
Jener curing plant on a Sharyland site three miles south of Mission completed and to begin operation immediately. It is the largest of its kind in the valley and in Texas, with a private rival plant run by George Grieneger south of Mission. Hex Hocker Hardware Co. invites gun trade for new models at 215 Avenue C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission
Tex
Jener
Thes Valley
Texas
George Grieneger
Hex Hecker Hardware Co
Avenue C
Health for Working Girls in Springfield Tied to Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
A Springfield reader Anna Rimkus credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving periodic weakness cramps and backache allowing her to work again after four bottles. The ad asserts decades of use and urges others to consult the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for health guidance.
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Springfield
Lydia
Pinkham
Anna Rimkus
Springfield, Il
Miss Rimkus
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Finkham
Rapids at Lake Superior Change Flow After Dam Creations
Sault Ste. Marie Michigan reports recent dam completion altered Lake Superior rapids freeing mossy rocks and shallow pools. Fishermen expect deeper pockets to attract rainbow and speckled trout while old rock ledges flood and the river narrows near the rapids.
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Sault, Ste.Marie
Mich
Uncle Sam
Superior
Inpka
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