Going Ahead The Texas 4-H youth and farming future
The 1935 Texas extension message notes the push of farm youth toward ownership through 4-H club work. It cites a College Station report of a young man completing eight years in 4-H now starting a farming career with 197 acres, 19 hogs, 47 cattle, 11 registered heifers, poultry, and equipment, illustrating the path from inheritance to self reliance. The piece stresses that success hinges on stock, land fertility, and efficient operation rather than wealth.
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Texas
College Station
Extension Service News
No Complaint About Hard Times For Kin In Uncle Sam Era
A compact moral note on kinship and law stresses that aiding a criminal to evade justice is illegal unless one is a lawyer. It hints at paternal priorities, suggesting a father salves the family with a new car rather than personal gains.
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Etary
Nehemiah
Evra
Commonwealth
Why Decorate Your Home For Christmas
The article argues decorating homes for Christmas enhances the season by creating Yuletide atmosphere. Decorations boost personal satisfaction and give meaning above the ordinary. They beautify the town and foster a cooperative effort benefiting residents and visitors alike.
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Colo
Foreign-born pioneers shaped American invention legacy
The article highlights immigrants who energized U S innovation, naming Ericson who built the Monitor, Bell who gave the telephone, Berliner who advanced phonographs, Tesla who invented the induction motor, Vanderpoele and Steinmetz with electric transit and electrical work, Pupin expanding long distance telephony, and notes their ascent from humble origins to national scientific prominence. A final note mentions a New Jersey woman running 12 miles after spotting a skunk.
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Thomas A. Edison
America
Ericson
Sweden
Alexander
Graham Bell
Scotland
Canada
United States
Emile Berliner
Germany
Nicola Tesla
Austria-Hungary
Charles J. Vanderpoele
Netherlands
Charles P. Steinmetz
Universal
Michael J. Pupin
Hungary
Businesses Seek a Breathing Spell and Pull Motors
Local commerce faces a pause in activity while firms look for relief, yet many businesses still require a pull motor to resume operations. Industry leaders say continued demand for machinery and temporary funding will shape the forthcoming quarter.
A Girl's Idea Of A Perfect Man Revisions By Scientists
Researchers say a young woman's standard of an ideal mate tends to change often. They note dull intellect links to iron deficiency and to excessive bone mass.
C BISHOP highlights the life of cattle baron Christopher Slaughter
The article profiles Christopher Columbus Slaughter born February 9 1837 in Sabine County Texas. It details his Civil War service, trail driving cattle to northern markets, large Texas and New Mexico holdings, and his role as a major cattle breeder and benefactor in Dallas.
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Christopher Columbus Slaughter
Lone Star State
Sabine County
Texas
George Webb Slaughter
Jefferson
Missouri
C. C
Texas Ranger
Slaughter
Tle
Kansas
Panhandle
Jean Texas
Howard
Dawson
Martin
Borden
Cochran
Hudspeth
Roswell
N. M
Black Hills
South Dakota
Union
Sonora
Mexico
Dallas
Exile And Restoration Golden Test Psalm 105 17 Lesson
Exile and restoration themes from the later prophets and leaders of Judah are outlined for December 20. The piece highlights Babylonian captivity, Nehemiah and Jeremiah, exile lessons, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem as a guide for modern national renewal through honesty and service.
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Judah
Invention Aids Mines Gas Detection Beating Canary Birds
A Pittsfield Mass inventor introduces an apparatus for detecting gas in mines avoiding canaries. A. M. Gifford builds a self powered automobile trainer to carry a saddle horse during long motor tours. A boot with attached glue pump uses alternating pressures to stimulate circulation in badly frozen limbs.
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A. M. Gifford
Pittsfield
Mass
Sui cide law, divorce talk, and world notes flash across brief
A collage of items notes Germany bans suicide without punishment. a wife sues for divorce over Bohemian tastes. Italy frictions with Ino Duce noted. Campaign neutrality debates loom. Hoover urged to promise pork. Tech and trade snippets cover Kenya car radiators, immigrant flows, dealer declines, gypsum output, and population growth. Medical notes discuss sulphur in nails and arthritis relief. neutron theory proposed. schooling cuts fall. A South Seas expedition closes with a dietary remark about fish consumption.
Wistful snippets and local notes drift through era headlines
A patchwork of 1930s rural life spans editorials on sextuplets in Erath County and dog companionship, mentions shelterbelt planting near Rivercamp, school zone patrols in Alfaa, and a San Marcos Daily News jab about a Kilgore barber sign.
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Childreg County
Ben J. Teague
Rivercamp
Donald J. Hodges
So Oimen
Hodges
Chilicathe
Childress
Mother Hubbard
San Marcos
Mussolini Warns Oil and Vn Policy Threatens Europe
Italy's dictator Mussolini asserts oil and other policies threaten Europe as he outlines opposition to nations' plans. He frames his point program as a defense against what he calls disruptive actions by member states.
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Italy
Benito Mussolini
Europe
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Uncle Sam
New Jersey
C, C
Babylon
Hanmeland
Relgigis
Jeremiah
God
Israel
Jerusalem
Granmas House
Granda
Asky
Hoover
Kenya
East Africa
Ellis Island
New York
Tibet
M. X. Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Chadwick
South Seas
Erath County
Stephenville
Empire-Tribune
Matador Tribune
John Witten
Cniipating Tiny
Crristane
Alfaa
Hanuy
Gall
Wittens
Altus Times-Democrat
C. C. McIntyre
Kilgore
Panhandle Herald
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