Texas front yard and reflections from Irvin Cobb
Texas writer Irvin Cobb muses on romance, the King Ranch, and the merged Texas Rangers with the highway patrol. He praises Curtis and critiques journalism after death, contrasts Japanese war scare views, laments songs in the South, and notes weather wit and green goggles from an elder Crow chief.
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Joyston
Tex
Texas Rangers
America
Texas
King Ranch
Ed Borein
Borein
Irvin
Cobb
Murder at Faris Mesa Leads to Hidden Clue in Plant
Lawyer Johnnie defends Mrs. Faris in a murder case tied to neighbor Ephraim Mayden. He uncovers a rusty bolt and paint suggesting involvement by Brant Willmarth, a coal operator, as tension builds at the Faris Mesa site amid staged alibis and motive over foreclosure.
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Gona Blunt
Faris
Eph
Faris Mesa
Johnnie
Ephraim
New England
Ephraim Yden
Brant Willmarth
Mife
Wilmarth
Brant Withworth
Brantoh
Overpaid Ministers Exposed in Marital Dispute
A couple quarrels over expenses in a marriage dispute. The wife complains she paid the minister five dollars, while the husband quips he should have given more than a dollar and a half. The exchange highlights tension over money and spending.
Air service critique and bounced check tale
A skeptical husband jokes about air service. He once sent a check to a Chicago man and the payment returned to his bank before he could cover the funds.
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Air Service
Chicago
Worth the Move in a City Summer Adrift in Banter
A talky exchange turns on moving to the city next summer and whether balance of ball games and city life favors romance. The pair volley quips on love at first sight and dress, while a joke about women as soldiers lands as a sharp snap at persistence and argument.
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Charles Curtis
Something Brand New in Necklines
An unusually clever yoke treatment distinguishes this lovely daytime frock. The back neck opens with a V-shaped yoke joining a soft high collar with a flattering front and back effect. Full sleeves end at the wrist and a rear waist gathers to the yoke for fullness. A flaring panel shapes the simple skirt with a novelty belt as a finishing touch. Made of soft silk, prints, or...
All-Occasion Frock By Barbara Bell Pattern No 1784 B
Striking winter frock suitable for all occasions in amber or green. Barbara Bell Pattern No 1784-B offered in sizes 12 14 16 18 and 20 with corresponding busts 30 32 34 36 and 38. Four yards of 89 inch material needed for size 16. Pattern includes easy illustrated instructions and costs fifteen cents. book of winter designs also available. Send fifteen cents to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept 149 New Montgomery Ave San Francisco California. D Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New Montgomery Ave
San Francisco
Calif
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Women More Vicious Than Men Says Hoover
J Edgar Hoover asserts that women are more deadly than men in criminal violence. Bureau statistics show women committing violent crimes at higher propensities, with a larger share of murder among female arrestees than males, despite women making up only 6 9 percent of October arrests.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bureau of Investigation
United States
Pathfinder Magazine
Youthful zeal contrasts with aging caution
The passage contrasts the passions of youth with the tepid caution of age, noting that vigor and boldness often clash with safety and prudence as people grow older. It reflects on how enthusiasm can be viewed as a threat to restraint.
Heiresses of all ranks in Collier's overview
Collier's surveys 662 heiresses from the Nizam of Hyderabad with a vast state and $25,000,000 income to a Simla Hills village ruler with $500 yearly, noting the range of wealth and titles across regions.
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Nizam of
Hyderabad
Minnesota
Simla Hills
Collier’s
Arrest of Mrs Leghorn over shell game accusation
A local report notes Mrs Leghorn was arrested amid accusations she ran a shell game in secret. The item frames a legal complaint and police action, detailing the alleged concealment and charge.
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Mass
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Qeneset Foods
Dizzy
Ozzy
Dissy
Dean
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