Sherman Mayor Resigns in Texas City Crisis
Sherman Texas April 14 Judge J A L Wolfe mayor resigns to avoid embarrassment and allow the council to carry out its will. Wolfe is the second Sherman mayor to resign recently after Jeff W Hassell. The Union Labor ticket won the city election. Lon McKenn and Jim Simmons named commissioners. City Manager replaced by Jack Ellingston over H H Dugan. Dugan left as City Clerk, Tom Thrasher appointed to City Clerk post.
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Sherman
Texas
J. A. L. Wolfe
Erman
Ace
J. A. L. Wourr
Judge Wolfe
Ayor
Jeff W. Hassell
Council
Commission
Union Labor
Business Men’s
Lon McKenn
Jim Simmons
Sherman City Changes and Resigns New City Officials
The Sherman commission government saw turnover as the mayor and city officers reshuffle. Mayor resignation, two mayors, three city managers and two city clerks since the new government, plus the resignation of City Attorney Cal T. Freeman to allow the new administration to appoint its own picks.
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Tion
Sherman
Cal T. Freeman
Five Simple Rules For Happiness
Five rules from Dr. Charles E. Barker’s lecture advocate optimism and practical living. Emphasizing bright outlooks, accepting one’s lot, wholehearted work, daily kindness, and childlike trust in God as Father, the guidance aims at lasting contentment.
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God
Charles E. Barker
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cough Syrup Ad
Good for colds Honey pine tar and glycerine are recognized remedies in Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. The syrup combines these with other cough medicines to soothe throats and stop coughing. Suitable for all ages, it promises clarity on its formula and safety, priced at 25 cents.
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Dr. Bell
Extraordinary Coincidences In Welsh Military Hospital Wards
A ward nurse calls a soldier for medicine and finds a man with the same surname but a different first name. The two brothers, who had not met for years, recognize each other. Another pair of former chums, later in life, discover they are sharing adjoining beds. A third patient experiences repeated wounds and returns to the same ward.
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Welsh General Military Hospital
London
France
Parrot in Treasure Island production sparks theater mishap
A woman brings a parrot to Punch and Judy theater to star as Captain Flint, causing a scene with the radiator's steam and the bird’s harsh tirade. The manager, Charles Hopkins, plans another parrot for rehearsal as ads seek a bird performer. In Hoffman House demolition news, an electric plant cost 16,200 years ago and sells for 1,950 with scrap value 1,350. depreciation trends noted by Edison Monthly.
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Charles Hopkins
Captain Flint
Long John Silver
Robert Louis Stevenson
Punch and Judy
New York Herald
Hoffman House
Edison
Albert A. Volk
Reasons for the Dentist's Bill Rise in Costs
A London Chronicle note outlines why dental bills rise, citing higher material costs and increased charges. It mentions platinum price jumps from 28 shillings to about £9 10s per ounce, and a modern dental chair plus rising prices for drills reflectors and sterilizers.
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Old Bailey
The
London Chronicle
Buffalo Herd Grows in Wichita Forest Preserve Oklahoma
The Wichita national forest in Oklahoma where a federal game preserve is located has added ten buffalo calves. The herd now totals 62 bison, with 30 females and cows and 32 bulls kept in a newly fenced pasture. The herd has grown from about half its size three years ago as protection against hunters and predators aided other game and local cattle grazing within the preserve.
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Wichita National Forest
Oklahoma
Foreat Service
Wichita Forest
Plea Against Dropping Fiction from Libraries
The New York Evening Post argues against removing fiction from public libraries for cost savings. It says reducing novels would lower reading diversity and literacy, noting fiction is as essential as newspapers and that many rely on imaginative works like Ivanhoe and Vanity Fair for insight and joy.
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Bureau of Statistics and Investigation
McIntyre
John Stuart Mill
Vanity Fair
New York Evening Post
Detects Approach of Storms in Electric Detector
A revival of the long abandoned filings coherer is shown as an electric storm detector at New York Edison Waterside station. The device warns power attendants before storms by triggering an alarm as load spikes, sometimes by more than 60 000 kilowatts in five minutes. A related article notes penguin life in South Georgia, including king and Johnny penguins, field work from 1912 to 1913, and a penguin graveyard atop a mountain pool of snow water.
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New York Edison Company
Scientific American
South Georgia
R. C. Murphy
Museum of the
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Johnny
Why War Is Fought Across Eight Epochs
The passage states the first eight wars were driven by need and desire: food, revenge, women, religion, conquest, aggrandizement, liberty, and a final mix of these aims. It frames exchange as a concept tying these motives together.
Desert Exchange Quip Prompts Sand Shortage Joke
A playful exchange hints at a desert visit with a pun about lacking sand. The witticism rests on the idea of traveling to a great desert yet not having sand to bring, delivering light humor.
The Strange Case of Mary Page on Essanay Screen
Mary Page star Miss Mayo appears in weekly new scenes as the heroine in a dramatic plot of romance and crime. Henry B Walthall plays Langdon, a defender and lover, in a film praised for its stage life atmosphere and Lucile costume styling by Lady Duff Gordon.
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Mary Page
Galahad
Mary
Essanay Screen
Miss Mayo
Duff Gordon
Lucile
Mrs. Vernon Castle
Walthall
Page
Age and Pain Spurred by Kidney Pills Endorsement
Arthur Jones of Allen Kansas writes that at 52 his age hinders cure but Foley Kidney Pills helped more than anything else he tried. He cites relief from rheumatism aching pains stiff joints and irregular action as evidence of the product’s effectiveness attributed to Dyer & Jones.
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Arthur Jones
Allen
Kans
Foley
Dyer & Jones
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