Best Retail Year Seen By Retail Leader
St Louis Feb 3 CP A retail leader forecast the best year for retailers since 1928. L K Sharpe of Cheeatah Oregon president of the American Retailers association expects improved retail trade over last spring attributing gains to governmental activity. Two years of crop failure reduced trade by about 40 percent in the period last November and December. BITRUM VICTIM SEINER Feb 2 Tom Dale al Shimer blacksmith victim of a hit and run driver Saturday night expected to recover Monday.
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ST. Louis
Merishank
L. K. Sharpe
Cheeatah, Ofls
American Retailers’ Association
Shimer
Texas Discord Council Threatened With Arrest
A century ago Governor Henry Smith threatened to arrest the Texas provisional government council and warned of martial law for internal and external enemies. The document demanded surrender of papers on governance, loans, and the Invincible purchase, with signatures and orders read aloud to council members.
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Henry Smith
Fount
United States
Tarroll
Nick
Bess
Provisional Government of
Texas
Royall
Bexar
Thomas R. Jackson
Council
J. W. Tatlason
McKamey and Williams
Loyalists and Corruption Claims Shake Texas Governorship
In a turbulent 1836 Texas scene, Bexar Garrison supporters back Smith amid indictments of Treason and embezzlement tied to aid funds. Ward denounces political discord as Texas teeters on military crisis, urging unity as factions clash and the army strains under governance and scandal.
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Ped
West
Snendon
Bexar
Smith
Houston
Smitz
Snd
Roy
Texas
Tresgon
Smit
W. Ball
Sterling
Janice W. Family Jr
Ward
Henry Smith
Aud
Fannin
Georgia
Ethiopia claims decisive Ethiopian victory in southwest front
Addis Ababa reports that Italian forces, alleged to be near Mévhelli, were driven back by Ethiopian advances from Sidamo. Ministers said Ganre Marian led air action, claiming a setback for Mussolini’s forces while officials warned of broader internal dissent within Haile Selassie’s regime and a rebel escape to the north.
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Addis Ababa
Fey
Ethiopia
Setan
Ganre Marian
Interinz
Sidamo
Touth Bering
Haile Selassie
Goijam
Quirky Fragment Highlights Cosmetic Relief Claims
A scrambled OCR item references eczema relief ads and medical sensations with scattered phrases. The text mentions brands, locations like Malden and Santa Fe and references to various names, products, and vague remedies without coherent facts or a clear event.
Italy claims area taken in southern Ethiopia advance
Italian high command reports vast southern Echlogia gains from Meghelli toward Addis Ababa and 84 miles advance from Meghelli. Doria from Duals drives toward Ailata while the Ganale Dorlas front pushes 200 miles north, with motor cavalry engaging Ras Desta Demtu’s forces. 160 electrocutions in North Carolina reported since 1936.
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Neghelli
Mogediselo
Italian Somaliland
Conterl
Echlogia
Addis Ababa
Gamate
Doria
Duals
Meghelll
Ailata
Ative
Bot
Ras Desta Demtu
Haile Selassie
Oil Embargo Feasibility Sought on Italy War
A Geneva committee of 12 reps and observers studied an oil embargo against Italy as a possible punishment for its war on Ethiopia. Nations represented include Great Britain France Russia Mexico Romania Netherlands Sweden Norway Iraq Iran Peru and Venezuela with two subcommittees to assess oil production and tanker transport. The inquiry, likely to focus on U S stance, aims to decide if an embargo is practical within a week.
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Gong’t
Frese
Geneva
Statue of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
Great Britain
France
Russia
Mexico
Rumania
Netherlands
Sweden
Norway
Iraq
Tuan
Persia
Peru
Venezuela
Cesar Zumeta
R. Marte Gomez
Mexia
Poland
Crecho-slovakia
League
United States
Gainesville Ala A town with no taxes for six years
Gainesville Alabama a city of about 350 near the state line has a mayor city council and fire protection without any taxes for six consecutive years and plans none in 1936. Revenue comes from fire protection forfeitures pedlars licenses and a share of the state tax.
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Gainesville
Ala
White House
Congress
Mr. Ripley
Alabama-Mississippi
Ruta Neense Lagat
Mrs Longs Pride Leaf Cake Recipe For Aspiring Wives
New Orleans on February 3 reports Mrs Huey P Long sharing a recipe titled pridos leaf cake for women aiming to attract a husband and perhaps influence the United States Senate. The instructions list sugar shortening milk flour baking powder egg whites and vanilla with steps to cream mix fold and bake. The anecdote notes Mrs Long met the late senator while selling shortening and that the cake won a ten dollar prize and the senator as judges.
Hunting Charge Plea Leads to Fine in Closed Season Case
John Lewis pleaded guilty to killing a deer in a closed season. He was fined $50 plus costs in Justice of the Peace John F. Onions court. Address listed as 114 Buford Street. Monday date in the record.
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John Lewis
Buford Street
Justice of the Peace
John F. Onions
Girl's Quick Action Saves Boy on Sled in Trout Lake
Vancouver report credits Lovett McKinnon, 18, with saving 7 year old Clarance Beaver after a dog sled sank through thin ice on Trout Lake. Driver John Beaver, 12? drowned as the other boy, Gordon Wells, 5, was saved by another skater Frank Turner, 24.
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Vancouver
B.C
Fev
Lovett McKinnon
Trout Lake
Miss McKinnon
Clarance Beaver
Frank Turner
Gorden Wells
John “J. Beaver
Three Minute Headache Relief Product Claim
A registered pharmacist offers a blend claimed to relieve nearly all headaches in minutes. The advertisement touts a formula available wherever drugs are sold, promising soothing relief from various pains and neuralgias without habit forming drugs.
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Wren
B.C
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Texas Discord Council
Orie
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Aial
St Malden
Sees
North Carolina
Alabama
Sommers
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