Gainesville Vote Defeats Bailey Delegation in Texas County
Gainesville Texas May 1 Bailey opposition crushed at Precinct 1 meeting with all wards voting against his delegation to the county convention. George H. Culp leads a Bailey-free slate aiming to back Wilson administration. Bailey offered Fort Worth principles but the motion failed. Wilson endorsement approved. Judge Adkins reports Alamogordo murder case and Juarez visit amid West Texas gambling and drinking reportedly rampant.
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Gainesville
Texas
J. W. Bailey
Bailey
George H. Culp
W. C. Davis
Wilson
Fort Worth
Joe Adkins
Alamogordo
N. M
el Paso
Juarez
Mexico
Max Borschow
Judge Adkins
West Texas
Brady Sentinel
Poultry Lady Recounts Raising Experience and Rat-Snap Solution
Mrs Mary Graves shares her poultry raising journey noting a three year investment in an incubator and later profit. She reports rats stealing chicks until using RAT SNAP, which she claims killed many rats and ended their presence. Corner Drug Store and Qualls Hardware Co back the product with three sizes priced 25 50 and 100 cents.
Historic claim locations crucifixion site in Jerusalem
Dr Paul Haupt of Johns Hopkins University argues the true crucifixion site lies southeast of Jerusalem’s walls, in a heap of debris with pottery and bones, outside the city walls as the Bible states. He dismisses the commonly cited location as scientifically untenable.
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Baltimore
Paul Haupt
Johns Hopkins University
Jerusalem
Holy City
Pep and Prowess in Asheville Chronicles
Grace G Bestwick writes from Asheville North Carolina praising pep vigor courage and grit as essential for resilience. The brief column extols a brave spirit that helps neighbors and towns rise after every setback, ending with a call to meet challenges with humor and determination.
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Fta
Grace G. Bestwick
Asheville
N. C
Clay Nest of South American Ovenbird Described
The South American Ovenbird, a small creeper, builds a clay nest each spring with hair or grass for plaster. Father and mother work together over months depending on rainfall, creating a domed structure weighing nine to ten pounds. The nest measures about ten inches high and nine by six inches with a conch shell like entrance and two interior rooms where eggs are laid.
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Creeper
Scientific American
The Coming Revolution Is Very Old Stuff
Cartoons Magazine ridicules the term coming revolution, tracing the idea from biblical, mythic, and historical memory to modern political chatter, arguing that life, liberty, and happiness are always at stake yet never finally changed.
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Eve
Jehovah
Prometheus
Zeus
Aphrodites
Cartoons Magazine
Writing With the Toes Aimed at Postwar Aid for Paraplegics
An Edinburgh inventor Mr George Thompson has designed toe operated devices to feed wash write and eat using a frame of steel wires and spider leg like arms. A writing machine and feeding tools will be tested in a training school and could be supplied to armless soldiers after the war.
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George Thompson
Edinburgh
Gratitude Expressed for Kindness After Illness and Death
Mrs. W. N. Rylander and daughters thank friends for support during illness and death of husband and father. For sale a 4 plow cultivator in good running order for 25 dollars from Worth Doran in San Saba. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Grumbles welcome a son born April 28. Mrs. Graves Burke visits Cherokee relatives in Cherokee.
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W. N. Rylander
Doran
San Saba
Hugh
Graves Burke
Sam T. Taylor
Coldest Years Cited By Three Talkative Men
A humorous trio recalls historic chills and outages from past decades. Smith notes engines freezing and hanging frost, Jones recalls the 1887 cold that froze telephone lines, and Brown mentions 1894 telegraph messenger clamor. The men mock the harsh cold while resigning to the romancer’s reverie.
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Smith
Jones
Brown
Parlor Pink Refuses Further Aid in Lenin Cause
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip notes a "parlor pink" refusing more money for a "made to America" campaign supporting Lenin and Trotsky, while a "rugged red" witnesses the scene. The remark ends with the speaker expressing satisfaction at the turn of events.
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Pink
America
Trotsky
Birmingham Age-Herald
Cave Man Mystery Makes Gladys Gwendolyn Laugh
The fragment notes a quip about Gladys Gwendolyn saying she would marry a cave man. The reply implies she did not, as she jokes he spends life wishing to find a cave to hide in.
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Gladys Gwendolyn
Pecans A Big Crop In Texas
Texas produces sixty percent of the world pecan crop per figures from the Texas Chamber of Commerce. Leading counties include San Saba, Bexar, Lampasas, Brown, and Coleman. Texas reports 1,087,619 pecan trees and about 5,800,000 pounds yearly. pecan trees are long lived and nuts store well. Local visitors named include R Jennings of Lampasas and M W Haney with S C McCarley family.
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Dallas
Texas
W. R. Clark
Research Department
Texas Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Dunn
Brownwood Chamber of Commerce
Texas State
San Saba
Colorado
Bexar
Lampasas
Brown
Coleman
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
RAT-SNAP Pest Killer Ad Seeks Buyers In New Jersey
Garner Hill Gladstone NJ advertises RAT-SNAP for killing rats with no odor and guaranteed results. It comes in cakes in three sizes 25c 50c and $1.00 sold and guaranteed by Corner Drug Store and Qualls Hdweep Co. Also notes a stray horse about 15 hands high eight years old branded lazy T seen in pasture for three weeks owned by Mrs Susie Hall Route 1 Locker.
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Qualls Hdw. Co
Route 1
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L. R. Gooch
State
Joe Teston
Trent Bushwar
San Saba National Bank
John McKenna
Wm. C. Latham
Lovige Latham Christy
J. M. Kuykendall
J. Bross
James Jennings
N.E. Cannon
Als
W.C. Cannon
J. E. Sorrell
T. 8. Parker
G. M. Smith, Jr
H.C. Galloway
J. E. Odiorne
J. FB
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem
N.C
SAN Saba,national Bank
San Saba, Texas
Eastman Kodaks
Eastman Films
Premo- Cam AS
Pathe Phonographs
Pathe Records
Conklin
R. Jennings
Lampasas County
Byron Jennings
M. W. Haney
Custer
S. C. McCarley
Garner Hill
Gladstone, NJ
Times Square
New York City
Wrigley
Kert
L United
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