The Marriage Ceremony Satirical sermon on a wedding union
A spoof ceremony attributed to Rev. L N D Wells mocks marriage vows. It riders on wit about widows, bachelors, and the perils of matrimony, urging scrutiny before joining and ending with a jocular blessing and crowd approval. The piece lampoons love at first sight, domestic duties, and the idea of married life as a contagious epidemic.
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Ebenezer Brown
Nannie Jones
Ebenezer
Plymouth
Son's first drink sparks school debate in Dallas Journal
R E Jackson of the State College for Women sparked controversy in Fort Worth with a remark about teaching a child to take his first drink. He asked educators if they could show how to drink without causing harm, prompting editorials on parenting, behavior, and school responsibility.
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R. E. Jackson
State College For Women
Fort Worth
Mr. Jackson
Dallas Journal
Life of a Poet Quote About Patience and Rent
A playful exchange quotes a poet named Smith remarking patience when a visitor taps at a door. The landlady retorts that failure to pay rent will earn attention with flowers, implying a poetic epitaph or a taunt about eventual fame.
Railroad Exhibit at World’s Fair Opens With $3 Million Display
Ground broken for a $3,000,000 railroad exhibit at the New York World’s Fair 1939. Sponsored by the Eastern Presidents’ Conference, the display will be the largest transportation exhibit yet, featuring 26 Eastern lines and railroads from across the nation and abroad. The main building spans a quarter mile in an S shape, with pylons, a statue group, and a fountain, leading to a 3600 foot track area where visitors can enter engine cabs and view electric locomotives. A grandstand will host a transportation pageant and a large model railroad will operate with scheduled trains, signals, and safety devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eastern Lines
New Ideas on Disease From March of Science Meeting
American physicians in New York reported apoplexy warnings and a home bedside treatment using subdural spinal anesthetic block to lower blood pressure and prevent stroke. They discussed cobra venom as a potential aid, high nerve pressure causing coronary thrombosis, and embryonic-like tissue forming in adults with enhanced immunity to poisons.
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New York
United States
Albert S. Hyman
Witkin Foundation
Hyman
Bagnascon Clinic
Buenos Aires
George Edward Hall
University of Toronto
William B. MacNider
University of North Carolina
MacNider
Whittle Down the Surplus in Cotton Trends
The Progressive Farmer argues the new Farm Act cannot be blamed for a preexisting cotton illness and a potential 12 million bale carryover. It urges gradually reducing the surplus, aiming to bring carryover to normal within three years to prove the act's efficacy.
Diabetes blamed on luxury living in health note
The article argues diabetes rose to toll 600 deaths in Texas last year as modern comforts promote soft living. It contrasts diabetes with controllable diseases and urges simple living, annual checks, and physician guidance to curb this class disease. It then shifts to Hearst Empire leadership: Clarence J. Shearn named voting trustee to reorganize Hearst holdings, detailing the magnate’s vast fortune across newspapers magazines real estate art moving pictures and radio.
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Texas
Nature
William Randolph Hearst
Clarence J. Shearn
New York State Supreme Court
Hearst
American Newspapers, Inc
United States
San Francisco Examiner
Mexico
Hearst’s Vast Publishing Empire and Age
Hearst, at 75, has built an institution employing over 27,000 people with 23 newspapers, The American Weekly, nine magazines in the U.S., and three in England. He has arranged provisions for the enterprise’s perpetuation, while noting health and family longevity amid uncertainties.
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Hearst
England
Three words ending in ous with meanings
A humorously misdirected reply shows a teacher asking for three endings and meanings. Bobby lists gaseous meaning full of gas punctilous meaning full of punk and pious meaning full of pie, reflecting a playful misinterpretation.
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Bobby
Challenge Charles II and the Bishop Bur nett Clash
An anecdote recalls Charles II praising Bishop Burnet for preaching. In a heated moment Burnet struck the desk and demanded who dared deny the truth. The king answered softly that no one would dare oppose that great fist within reach.
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Charles II
Burnett
Government 10 Aid Fight on Dust Storms
The agriculture department announced loans to dust bowl farmers to fight dust storms. Farm Security Administration funds will buy machinery and supplies to implement wind-erosion control. Borrowers must assign soil conservation benefits to FSA as security. Loans limited to 40 counties across Kansas Colorado New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Farm Security Administration
Soil Conservation Program
FSA
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Baca
Bent
Crowley
Kiowa
Las Animas
Otero
Powers
Colfax
Union
Harding
Quay
Curry
Dallam
Deaf Smith
Hansford
Hartley
Hutchinson
Moore
Ochiltree
Oldham
Sherman
Beaver
Cimarron
Desert Visitor Queryin Love and Prisoner Reply
A desert encounter unfolds as a visitor asks about love and drink. The prisoner responds that drink did not bring him here, asserting there is nothing to gain. The exchange hints at irony and constraint within a remote setting.
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Austin
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