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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1938
Page
2
The piece urges readers to define clear aims for the coming year and develop plans to achieve them. It critiques blindly drifting through life and notes that success requires personal choice, method, and self direction rather than external formulas or others’ goals.
The article urges farm families to plan ahead and inventory their resources to build a future. It stresses using information as tools to enhance family welfare and warns against aimless labor, noting how purposeful work brings spiritual uplift and greater rewards.
The piece praises the State Department note to Germany over Ickes anti Nazi speech while Cordell Hull works on Pan American solidarity in Lima. It suggests Hull would have moderated tone and urges Roosevelt to focus on domestic matters, noting Hull’s upcoming return.
The article explores why people celebrate New Year with joy and horns, contrasting cynics who see little and optimists who view the future as full of unknown opportunities. It argues the season inspires hope, confidence, and readiness to tackle future joys and challenges.
A rambling holiday column muses on gift exchanges known as Swapinas and the pursuit of security. It recalls a star in the east and links past wars to present fears while promoting a Cowboy Christmas Ball in Anson Texas with rustic, colorful dialogue about events and entertainment.
A lively column recalls a cowboy hoedown with callers shouting plays and dance calls. The writer jokes about a Spider Web serial mischief and a mischievous octopus, then shifts to a black cat sighting and a wary woods kitten with a hint of Broadway flair.
Health officials warn that while pecans on the tree are safe the way they are shelled and handled can spread disease. Home shelling by various workers lacks supervision and can transfer illnesses to the food, prompting calls for health certificates for shellers and demand for sanitary handling by reputable firms.
Frances Haskell Edmondson of San Antonio will be the sole woman speaker at the Texas Jackson Day Banquet in Dallas on Saturday January 7. The $25 plate dinner allocates $23 to the National Democratic Executive Committee funds chaired by Jim Farley, with Garner and Mrs. Clara Driscoll representing Texas in the drive led by Marion Church and E B Germany.
The United Census Bureau reports a drop from over half of all gainful workers in 1870 to 21.4 percent in 1930, showing a longterm shift away from farming in the United States. Wall paper and canvas advertising notes from C. D. Shamburger Lumber Co.
Preliminary Census figures show United States toothbrush production valued at 7,060,486 dollars for the year 10237. The report highlights industry scale and economic impact within domestic manufacturing.
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