Mrs. Mary A. Livengood Dies at 71 in Haskell Co.
Mrs. Mary A. Livengood 71, longtime Post resident in Haskell County, died at a daughter's home Tuesday night. She and husband moved from Georgetown after their 1886 marriage. he died in 1930. Funeral at First Baptist Church Haskell, burial Willow Cemetery. Survivors: four daughters and three sons. grandchildren served as flower-bearers and pallbearers. Kinney Funeral Home directed services.
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Mary A. Livengood
Haskell County
Haskell
William Alvis
Willow
Kinney Funeral Home
Sevice
Gandsons
McReynolds Recalls Mexico City Trip Before Exchange Club
Dr. A. D. McReynolds spoke to the Stamford Inn Exchange Club about his recent visit to Mexico City. He described nearby sights and praised the city as beautiful and worth a West Texan's time. G. Lewis urged full attendance and the meeting drew a large crowd.
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A. D. McReynolds
Mexico City
Gr. Club
Stamford Inn
McReynolds
G. Lewis
Lueders Delegate Reports A&M Short Course
Mrs. Cora Carter, Lueders delegate to the A and M Short Course at College Station, reported to the Lueders Home Demonstration Club in a called session at Mrs. J S Moorehead's home. Twenty members attended. after the meeting they swam in the park. Encampment plans were announced for August 19 and 20 in Lueders. The club will meet August 14 at Mrs. Fred Sides' home to plan stunts for the encampment.
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Cora Carter
Lueders
College Statton
J. S. Moorehead
Home Demonstration Club
Fred Sides
Lueders H. D. Club To Hold Tacky Party
The Home Demonstration Club of Lueders sponsors a tacky party in the old Cooperative store on August 13. Prizes go to the tackiest man woman boy and girl. Admission is ten cents. ladies admitted free with a man. Everyone invited.
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Home Demonstration Club of
Lueders
Cooperative Store
Nine Girls Given Sewing Room Jobs in Stamford
Nine girls are added to the Stamford sewing room as a National Youth Administration project. The move marks the first time local girls are offered opportunities similar to boys in CCC camps and roadside park work. Work orders for the project were received this week.
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Stamford
CCC
Sagerton Revival Closes Sunday With Sermon
The Sagerton Methodist revival started July 26 will end Sunday night August 9 with Rev. Woodrow Adcock preaching “The Christian Challenge.” Weekend talks will cover Christian Separation From the World Friday, Procrastination Saturday, and The Church Sunday morning.
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Sagerton
Woodrow Adcock
First Locomotive Whistle Credited to Organ Builder
Officials at the South Kensington museum credit a London organ builder with designing and making what is believed to be the first whistle used on a locomotive. The invention followed the lack of signaling before George Stephenson's time.
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Organ
London
England
South Kensington Museum
George Stephenson
Missouri Evangelist Set to Lead Revival at Church of Christ
C L Wilkerson evangelist of Springfield Missouri will lead a gospel meeting series at the Church of Christ beginning Wednesday night August 19. The visiting preacher with years in ministry travels coast to coast and invites all to attend with times and location to be announced. Also visiting Stamford are Ed L Newels and wife from Livingston Montana to visit Mrs Buie and her family, joined by Annie Laurie Buie and Helen Linder from Carlsbad New Mexico.
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C. L. Wilkerson
Church of Christ
Springfield
Missouri
Wilkerson
Ed L. Newels
Livingston
Montana
Stamford
Nowels
B. Frank Buie
East Campbell Street
Wesley Leach
Pocatella
Idaho
Annie Laurie Buie
Helen Linder
Carlsbad New Mexico
The Citadel of Our Freedom
A patriotic defense of the Supreme Court as the citadel of liberty. The article praises the court building across from the Capitol, contrasts its value with a battleship, and argues the court protects constitutional rights from both external and internal threats. It warns against weakening the court and recalls Independence, Constitution, and court protection of freedom.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Capitol
Washington
Supreme Court
Ema
Bologna Upsets Traditions With Noted Sausage And Towers
Bologna Italy rejects the sausage named after its city and promotes salami or mortadella as the real thing. The city also touts two tall towers in Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, Torre degli Asinelli 320 feet tall and leaning four feet, Torre Garisenda unfinished at 156 feet. San Petronio church begun in 1890 remains unfinished with nave and aisles for the transept completed.
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Bologna
Italy
Pisa
Piazza di Porta Ravegnana
Europe
San Petronio
Pyrethrum Industry In Focus For Local Farmers
Pyrethrin insect killer is in use locally and large imports arrive annually from Japan. The crop is new to many farmers and comes from the Compositae family which also includes chrysanthemum and daisy. Pyrethrum blooms resemble ordinary field daisies.
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Japan
Punctuation Manages Dexter Book Appendix Invitation
In Newburyport Mass Lord Timothy Dexter published A Pickle for the Knowing Ones with no punctuation in the main text. An appendix offered pages full of punctuation marks for readers to insert as they wished.
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Newburyport
Mass
Timothy Dexter
Early American magazines and failed ventures
The first U S magazine was the American Magazine issued in Philadelphia in 1741 by Andrew Bradford. Franklin inspired the idea but Bradford beat him to print. Most early titles failed quickly, with Port Folio lasting 1827 and Anthology and Boston Review notable contributors.
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United States
American Magazine
Philadelphia
Andrew Bradford
Benjamin Franklin
John Webbe
Gentleman's Magazine
London
Franklin
Webbe
Bradford
Webbe’s
Franklin's
Saturday Evening Post
Cleveland Plain Dealer
America
New England
Boston
Monthly Chronicle
Charles Brockden Brown
New York
Port
Boston Review
Everett Ticknor
John Quincy Adams
Public hangings in Britain from tree to trap
A Pearson's London Weekly writer recalls Britain's early executions as public shows. Hanging began with tree rope methods, then upright beams and ladders, sometimes feet-dragging kicks to hasten death. By the 17th century quick deaths via the fall became favored, leading to the modern drop.
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Britain
Pearson
London Weekly
Seven Wise Men of Greece and Their Mottoes
The seven names Solon Chilo Pittacus Bias Periander Epimenides Cleobulus and Thales are listed as ancient Greek sages who crafted Delphian mottoes. The sayings include Know thyself, Consider the end, Know thy opportunity, Most men are bad, Nothing is impossible to industry, Avoid excesses, and Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
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Greece
Solon
Chilo
Pittacus
Bias Periander
Epimenides
Cleobalus
Thales
Delphian
Chile
Pira
Periander
Cleobulus
Toeing the Mark in Early School Discipline
A historical note explains that quoting toeing the mark meant strict classroom order. Pupils stood upright with their toes on a line near the teacher’s desk during recitations as a test of rule adherence.
Flags Signal Guests in Helsinki Hotels
Agnes Rothery notes in her Finland book that Helsinki hotels display national flags of each registered guest so visitors can spot compatriots. Flags are withdrawn at night, except on Midsummer when the sun never sets and flags stay unfurled for thirty six hours.
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Helsinki
Helsingfors
Finland
Agnes Rothery
Cleveland Native of McKinley Assassin Czolgosz
Leon Czolgosz once lived in Cleveland with his family when President McKinley was assassinated in New York state. The murder, trial in Buffalo on September 23 and 24, 1901, and execution at Auburn State Prison on October 29 took place in New York State.
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McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
Cleveland
President McKinley
New York State
Czolgosz
Buffalo
Auburn
Yosemite Named by Mariposa Battalion in 1851 March Discovery
The Mariposa Battalion followed Yosemite Indians into the valley in March 1851 seeking vengeance but found a grand glacial gorge. They reported granite walls 3000 to 5000 feet high, six major waterfalls including the world’s highest, Merced River carving the valley floor, Ahwahnee meaning a deep grassy vale, and the place named Yosemite by the battalion for the habitat of the Native tribe.
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Mariposa
Yosemite
Merced
Ahwahnee
Ruminant Animals Have Two Stomach Compartments
An Indianapolis News writer notes ruminants such as cows sheep goats antelopes giraffes deer and camels possess two stomach compartments. Cud production and rumination occur when food is regurgitated chewed again and swallowed indicating health status.
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Indianapolis News
United States Department of Agriculture
Species of Arborvitae and Its Varieties
Five true arborvitae species, thuja, are noted by botanists. Thuja occidentalis, often miscalled white cedar, grows from Canada to North Carolina and Illinois, reaching about sixty feet with a slender pyramidal form. Numerous named forms exist, including many dwarfs with distinct foliage.
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Los Angeles Times
Canada
North Carolina
Illinois
Mississippi Valley
Letter Burning Blanton Help in Texas Campaign
M B Harris writes to editor about Fred Jaye candidacy and Blanton support in Texas 1936 campaign. The letter questions money sources and ties to Blanton, cites Townsendites and past speeches, and urges careful handling to avoid harming Blanton. The sender sends copies to Reporter-News and Judge Garrett for publication.
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M. B. Harris
Fred Jaye
Stamford
Texas
Cleburne Huston
Stamford American
Huston
Fred
Jaye
Blanton
Judge Ope
Reporter-News
Garrett
South Orient
Fred C. Jaye
de Leon
Buddy Jaye
Abilene
Abilene Reporter-News
Tom Blanton
Isaac
Jacob
Congress
Tom
Buddy
Townsend
Mr. Blanton
Pr. S
Sam
Abilene Reporter-News Letter on Congressional Representation
A reader urges the Abilene Reporter-News to publish the full request in fairness to the man likely to represent the area in Congress for the next two years. The note emphasizes balanced coverage and informed public discourse from the newspaper.
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The
Abilene Reporter-News
Congress
Cooper Arthur Grand Laugh and Love Team Star in Mr Deeds Goes to Town
Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur headline Capra produced Columbia comedy Mr Deeds Goes to Town showing at the Grand Theatre with preview Saturday Sunday and Monday. The film pairs Cooper and Arthur in a big star romance with a large supporting cast including Lionel Stander Douglass Dumbrille George Bancroft and Raymond Walburn.
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America
Gary Cooper
Jean Arthur
Frank Capra
Columbia
Capra
Mr. Deeds
Grand Theatre
Gary
Robert Riskin
Lionel Stander
Douglass Dumbrille
George Bancroft
Raymond Walburn
Morse of Chicago Remarries ex-wife After Divorce Suit
A. G. Morse of Chicago testified in his divorce suit that he did all the housework and then remarried his former wife.
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A. G. Morse
Chicago
Early 18th Century Steel Claims Linked to Connecticut Makers
The article cites Samuel Hingley of Simsbury and Joseph Dewey of Hebron in Connecticut as early claimants to steel making in 1728 by converting small amounts of bar iron. It also notes William Woods rolling a cast plow steel slab at Jones and Quigz works in Pittsburgh in 1846 and shipping it to John Deere of Moline.
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Samuel Hingley
Simsbury
Conn
Joseph Dewey
Hebron
William Woods
Jones and Quigz
Pittsburgh
John Deere
Moline
First Doctors in Virginia and New England
The Virginia colony’s first physician was Lawrence Bohune who arrived in 1610 and perished in 1622 when the Margaret and John was attacked by Spanish ships. In New England, Dr Samuel Fuller arrived December 21 1620 aboard the Mayflower, the colony’s early physician.
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Virginia Colony
Lawrence Bohune
Margaret
John
New England
Samuel Fuller
Phi Sigma Lambda Fraternity Formed by 1926 Law Groups
The Phi Sigma Lambda law fraternity emerged in 1926 from the union of Chi Lambda Sigma of Cleveland Law School 1920 and Pi Ep of Detroit College of Law 1926. It is incorporated under Ohio law with national headquarters in Cleveland.
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Phi Sigma Lambda Phi Sigma Lambda Fraternity
Chi Lambda Sigma
Cleveland Law Schoo
Pi Ep
Detroit College of Law
Ohio
Cleve
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Lueders H. D. Club
C. D. Shamburger Lumber Co
Tfe
Citadel
Our
Raymond Pitcairn
Sentinels of the Republic
Eus
Phick
Strauss Dry Goods Company
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