Man from Arkansas shares Ozarks expedition notes
J Frank Dobie recounts a trip from Fayetteville through the Ozarks with locals and a talk on folklore. He meets a largeArkansan on a bus who blends humor about Texas and onions with regional pride while noting scenery and encounters. Dobie visits Don West in the Ozarks and reviews Wests Broadside to the Sun.
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Ozarks
University of Arkansas At
Fayetteville
Ozark Mountains
Ft. Smith
Atta
Arkansan
Rocky Mountains
Arkansas
Texas
Jin
Albert Pike
Abert Pike
Tulsa
Frilands
Don West
Colorado
West
Dor West
Sun
Frank James
Frank Jjames
Son i
Eddie
San Antonio as Health Resort in 19th Century
Describes San Antonio’s 19th century fame as a health resort for lung and throat ailments. Notes climate advantages, ozone rhetoric, pilgrimages before the Civil War, low death rates, and dramatic case histories of recovery including a life insurance payout scandal myth.
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San Antonio
Texas
U. S
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S A Teachers To Convention
Nine San Antonio area teachers will attend the National Education Association meeting in St Louis from Monday to Friday. Included are Vaughn Douglass Irene B Heintzen Marguerite Higgins Sadie Ray Powell Thomas G Saunders Gertrude W Shea Edith R Tessman Frank W Heintzen Alamo Heights Teachers Assn and Mabel Brantley Bexar County Teachers Assn. The convention will address mass media effects on American children's health and culture.
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San Antonio
National Education Assn
St. Louis
Vaughn Douglass
Irene B. Heintzen
Marguerite Higgins
Sadie Ray Powell
Thomas G. Saunders
Gertrude W. Shea
Edith R. Tessman
Fire Chief orders tighter fire prevention drive in San Antonio
Fire Chief L Butler announced a vigorous enforcement program across 16 inspectors to curb fire losses in San Antonio. Insured losses through June climbed to 418 820 up from 259 060 last year while total losses for the year reach 719 036. No June deaths occurred though four earlier fatalities are recorded. The department handled 472 alarms in June, mainly grass fires and building fires.
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Butler
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Iohief
Uecker
M. L. Butler
Jersey
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Bugs Baer Warns Drivers in Satirical Field Guide
The piece mocks traffic culture and gender roles as Bugs Baer quips about drivers and wives at the wheel. It references police, road quizzes, and humorous observations on roadside authority through a satirical lens.
Civil Service Opens Jobs for Electroencephalograph Technicians
The Civil Service examiners announced Saturday that applications are open for Electroencephalograph technicians with salaries from 2875 to 3100 dollars a year. Full details are available from executive secretary Elvys Henry at Brooke Army Medical Center.
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Civil Service
Elvys Henry
Brooke Army Medical Cen
Monastery to Open House in San Antonio Wing
The Discalced Carmelite nuns invite the public to tour the completed main wing of their monastery at 1106 Kentucky C Ave from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on July 2. The brick building adds a chapel, choir, chapter room, living quarters, and parlor, with origins tracing to Durango, Mexico and relocation to San Antonio over 16 years ago.
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June marriage licenses rise in county counts
County Clerk Fred Huntress reports 573 marriage licenses issued in June, up 108 from May and the strongest monthly total this year. Justice M B Jones notes new two day waiting period slows hasty gin weddings and prompts stricter exams and tests.
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Fred Huntress
Huntress
Justice of the Peace M. BD
Buck” Jones
Jones
Texans favor Sunday business for some goods
A statewide poll of 1000 Texas adults finds majority approval for Sunday opening of drug stores movies and gasoline stations but not grocery stores. The survey notes more openness in large cities and less opposition in rural areas with variations by store type and locale.
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Austin
Uly 1
Texas
Ofinton
Tirocmy Atures
AZ Clothing
Ant Rancho
LO and 20 Years Ago in L A From L A Light Files
A compilation of brief items from Los Angeles dated July 2 across years 1040 to 13800 recounts a Ft Sam Houston vial near a flag pole listing officers from 1911, campaign steps for a governor candidate in 1938, city clinic staffing, police revenue, stray dogs, and a window glass complaint on Commerce Street with a warning of legal action.
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Albert Steves Jr
San Antonio
Furother
K. S. Sterning
Houston
Bocket
W. A. Smith
Commerce Sf
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