Walter Johnson Leaves Washington Senators as Manager
Followers lament Johnson's release ending a storied career with the Washington Senators. As a pitcher he set records for wins, games pitched, and strikeouts, including a no hit game in 1920 and 66 straight shutout innings in 1918. He led the team to a World Series title in 1924 and a pennant in 1925, earning lasting respect for sportsmanship and character.
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Walter Johnson
National Wave
Washington Senators
Senators
Johnson
Hamlet
Washington
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Walter Perry Johnson
Women reshape home product design in postwar era
A 1950s profile credits women with driving changes in household goods. It notes higher sink heights to reduce back strain, pantry food lines, and updated dining room, furniture, and decor demands. The American Washing Machine Manufacturers Association cites models now harmonize with home color schemes and quiet aesthetics.
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Assavnation
Presidents' Families and Marital Facts Revealed
Exploration of presidential marriages shows only Buchanan remained unmarried while others married. several took widows as spouses, and notable lineages include Tyler fathering 14 children and Harrison 10. The piece also notes remarriages by two presidential widows and Jacksons double marriage to Mrs Robards after a legal correction.
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Buchanan
Tyler
Fillmore
Benjamin Harrison
Roosevelt
Wilson
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Jackson
B. Harrison
van Buren
Arthur
Cleveland
Wahington
Polk
Harding
W. H. Harrison
Hayes
Taylor
T. J. Preston, Jr
James Blaine Walker, Jr
Quanah Kirkland Highway Finished in Texas
Highway No 6 from the Hardeman county line to Kirkland is completed and will open soon for travel. Paving through Kirkland is underway with a loop route chosen to bypass the straight west route after local protests. Highway No 5 will be hard surfaced from Fort Worth to the New Mexico line as Northwest Texas counties seek paving across the entire transcontinental route.
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Quanah
Texas
Hardeman County
Kirkland
Fort Worth
New Mexico Line
Northwest
Tewns
Childress Postmaster Resigns Son Appointed
MeD Bybee resigned after about ten years as post master of the Childress post office. Owen Bybee was appointed active post master, replacing the retiring official. The route involved runs along Main Street and nearby avenues in the Northeastern ferry area. Details on the permanent successor were not provided. Also offers of cotton pricing and trade for cattle and poultry are noted, with contact for John Diamond at Fleming Business College, Amarillo, Texas.
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Bybee
Childress
Brown
Owen Bybee
Ietter
Main Street
John Diamond
Fleming Business College
Amarillo
Texas
Bass Stock Restocked At Lake Childress For Spring
Three thousand five hundred bass have been placed in Lake Childress after maturing in a rearing pond since April. The fish were about one inch as fry and grew to four inches or more by fingerling stage, with some reaching up to twelve inches. New fry will arrive from the State Game and Fish Department in a few months for rearing.
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Lake Childress
State
Ganecou Fish Department
Dso
Tipton Truck Visit Planned for Wellington on Nov 10
W. V. Hendry pastor of the Church of Christ said the Tipton Orphan Home truck will be in Wellington Thursday November 10. Friends may leave gifts at Riley's Blacksmith Shop Pirgly Wigely Store or at the preacher's home beside the church. A Budapest dentist proposed a burglar proof sale using compressed air and a vacuum.
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W. V. Hendry
Church of Christ
Tipton
Wellington
Riley
Pirgly-Wigely
Budapest
Sound absorbing material production soars in offices
The Bureau of Standardg finds production of sound absorbing materials for offices and halls has risen fourfold in three years. U.S. Department of Commerce data show 1 797 380 patents issued in the United States since records began.
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Bureau of Standardg
U. S. Department of Commerce
United States
Best Btrvies of the Week From a Rural Ledger
A humorous column recounts swapping two aging cigars for a sweep of the Lead er office walk, brooms piling up like a siege, and a stubborn editor’s near resignation. It notes Dedsonville cotton activity, local businesses led by Dewey Marona and Nesbit Bank, and a reminiscence of Earl and Frank Go forth’s cotton trucking feats. The tale closes with a Florida rattlesnake hunt near Oakland Park yielding 49 youngs and no farmer casualties.
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Mrs. Deskins Wells
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Aday
Orater
Federal Farm Board
Quanah-Kirkland
Son
Amarmuo, Texas
Southwest
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City Bakery
Conoco
Noco
Rg Sonville
Rollings Gro
Baker-Hanna Bros
Snell
Palace Drug Store
Dodson Vill Horea
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Quail Mercantile Co
Lutie
Joe Rountree
Eee Arone
Quail
W. W. Love
Sutie LL. A. Rollings
Gro. & Market
Dodsonville
the Toggers
Palace Drug
Lucky Corner
Bill’s
City
East Side
E. W. Miller
Aberdeen
L. W. Hardy
Esta Fay
Allen
Azalea Hart
Arlie
Ruth Owens
Jestie Pettett
Edna Allred
Ites Herta Crosby
Lutic
Opal Hammit
Nova Ketner
Claudia Pruit
Ruth T. Lemley
Loco
Bivelyn Blad
U Sweat
Varrel Howell
Helen Houston
Ae Katherine Shutcherson
Helen Powell
Cathleen Holley
Mazel Stephens
Jessie Harrison
Loreta McFall
Francis Fourmentin
Marke Hicks
Eunice Mills
Taalawata
Wuvia Water
Vy Emingston
Ruby James
Lee Kim Bowen
Virginia Simpson
Beatrice Black
Jewel Bradley
Plymout
Azalee Montgomery
Plymouth
Loucile Bennett
Lotte Vivian Porter
Dearthy Robertson
Lucille Ritchey
Mamie Weir
Frankie Scruggs
Florence Phillips
Jane Lucas
Reba Longino
Dora Fern Durfey
I. M. Futch
Ross Wikerson
Bill
Leader
Ross Wilkerson
Ross
Dewey Ellis
Bul Blair
Sam
Euy
Deck
Cipars
Dedsonville
Dewey Marona
Bank
Mr. Nesbit
Coun
Hunter Mr Great
Frank
Earl Goforth
Earl
Oakland Park
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