McDonald backs Hunter in Texas governor run-off
C C McDonald who ran third in the first gubernatorial primary endorses Tom F Hunter for the run-off against Allred. He cites Hunter's character and courage from his cowboy background and says supporters come from the toiling masses in factories oil fields farms and ranches. McDonald notes 1052 replies to his appeal 1016 favor Hunter 31 Alfred 5 neutral.
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Austin
C. C. McDonald
Miriam A. Ferguson
Jorme Ferguson
Tom F. Hu
Allred
McDonald
Hunter
Alfred
Small
Clint Small
Jimmie
Tom
West
James E
Henter
James Vswer
Parson Brown Catches Man in Chicken Coop
A blunt exchange reveals a man caught by Parson Brown in Farmer Green's chicken coop. The man admits the incident while arguing the parson should feel ashamed, not him, since the coop wasn’t his.
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Rastus
Parson
Brown
Farmer Green
Allred Tackles Hunter Tax Plan in Texas Campaign
Texas Attorney General James V. Allred, in a gubernatorial bid, attacked opponent Tom E. Hunter’s tax plan as demagogic. He urged targeted tax relief, use of constitutional amendments to classify property for taxation, and broader measures including industrial development and fair regulations to ease farmer debt and support wage growth.
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Farmersville
James V. Allred
Allred
Texas
Tom E. Hunter
Wichita Falls
New Corn Variety Sells for One Dollar in Texas
Rio Grande City reports $1 ear of a new sweet corn variety cross of Country Gentleman and Mexican June, developed by Dr. Mangelsdorf at Texas A& M, grown by Gorgonio Guerra. It is touted as first commercially grown sweet corn in Texas with strong insect resistance. L. Moore of Rusk bought an ear for trial, seed distributed March 19. crop matured June 25 and remaining ears saved for seed.
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Rio Grande City
L. Moore
Rusk
P. Mangelsdorf
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Gorgonio Guerra
Starr County
Texas
Moore
Seats on Life's Stock Exchange
A humorous quip notes that birth costs were cheaper fifty years ago than today, with Punch magazine highlighting the irony. The piece then observes Czecho-Slovakia recovering from a low mood and showing a rising economic trend.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Texas Cotton Grading Report Highlights Regional Variations
The USDA Austin division reports 23 percent of Texas cotton is extra white strict middling and better and 51 percent strict middling white and better. Ginning is focused in Edwards Plateau, mixed black and sandy lands, and Coastal Prairies. Unrenderable 3.7 percent. seven-eighths staple 44.9 percent. fifteen-sixteenths inch 40.6 percent.
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Division of Cotton Marketing
United States Department of Agriculture
Austin
Texas
Edwards Plateau
Typographical Gems and Oddities From City Papers
A collage of quirky lines from papers in Minneapolis Buffalo New Haven and Rochester highlights strange phrases such as “Follow-through in the stroke” and odd criminal notes including a case adjourned to July 6 after a drunken incident.
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Minneapolis
Joseph D
Rochester
N. Y
Mussolini and Hitler Hold Secret Venetian Meeting
A Philadelphia report notes Primo Mussolini and Max Hitler met privately at a Venetian villa, stirring quiet speculation in diplomatic circles about their agenda and potential alliance.
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Primo Mussolini
Max Hitler
Philadelphia
Whisky Ad Promises Straight Bourbon Appeal
An ambulance service number and Hines Funeral Home in Peoria appear in this clipped ad copy for a whisky brand, hinting at a local newspaper classified-style notice.
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Hines Funeral Home
Peoria
Long Distance Rancor Belle
A quip between Belle and Percy about censorship through distance ends with a joke on the lack of a telephone. The exchange captures a playful, era specific humor about communication limits.
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Percy
Jams and Pickles Storage Warned Against Top Shelves
A household note warns that jams and pickles should not be stored on high shelves as rising heat can promote fermentation and spoilage.
Sermon on Parables and Election Mercy Offered to All
A preacher reflects on Matthew thirteen, explaining that mysteries of heaven are given to some and not others. He argues the fallen race needs grace offered to all, contrasting good and evil figures like Abel and Cain, Elijah and Ahab, Paul and Nero, and dismisses selective election as an outdated doctrine.
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Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
Abel
Cain
Elijah
Ahab
Paul
Nero
Heaven
What a Christian May Have and How to Get It
The writer argues choosing between God and Mammon shapes life. Christians gain mercy forgiveness and a heavenly home plus rights to property family schooling and citizenship while sinners may indulge in vice and crime but lose spiritual rewards.
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God
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Holy Spirit
No Regrets Insurance Tale Turns Morbid Humor
A salesman warns of high pressure selling by recalling a man insured for a large policy who perished in a train crash. The punchline reveals the broker is engaged to the man's widow, underscoring dark irony in a brazen sales pitch.
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Tom Hunter
North Texas Seed Co
Pascal Farley
James Allred
Southern Ice & Util. Co
W. R. Vineyard
Oklahoma
Katy
G. H. Kennedy
Cushing
Okla
Missouri-Kansas- Texas Railroad
Century of Progress
Chicago
Southwest
Dora King
Mr. Page
Queen
Buffalo Paper
48Th Street
5Th Avenue
New Haven
Rev
S. L. Ball
Whitewright
Frank D. Layman
Whitewright, Texas
Jack Spindle
J. F
Kirkpatrick
Gomer May
Legal Reserve Texas
Alfred M. Best Co. Inc
An. Prem
Jim P. Montgomery
S. H. Montgomery Agency
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