Home and memory linger in a sentimental meditation
A reflective hometown muse celebrates the meaning of home, recalling family warmth, the dog and mother welcoming arrivals, and past scenes from Claremore Oklahoma. The essay contrasts rustic homelife with grand palaces, urging every man to have a home and noting home as a fortification against life’s temptations. It ends with a traveler’s remark that the best sights lie in one’s own back yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea Islands
Will Rogers
Claremore
Okla
Daddy
Mama
Dad
Mom
Mother
Man Dies Who Paid All Debts Of His Employes
Funeral services were held for James Harvey Gravell 63 president of the American Chemical Paint Co. known for wiping clean the debts of every employee in 1936 at a cost of 100000. He later gave 70000 in Christmas bonuses including 300 to each wife, saying the homemaker supports good workers and it is not good business to chisel on employees. President Roosevelt praised Gravell for his enlightened policy.
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Philadelphia
James Harvey Gravell
Gravell
American Chemical Paint Co
Roosevelt
Dog Takes Meat While Owner Visits Butcher
A dog grabs a meat piece as its owner visits the butcher. The butcher asks if the dog is theirs. the owner confirms and adds that the dog is keeping himself now.
Game History Is Made In West Texas at Brennand Ranch
In Sterling City Texas a team of cowboys and biologists trap pronghorns to boost Texas antelope numbers. Dr Lee Fisher developed methods reducing initial losses to two of 93 trapped, with 400 more expected before the drive ends. Animals relocated to open prairie ranges suitable for antelope habitat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling City
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Texas
Game Department
Lee Fisher
Texas Game Department
Poker Face Dad Delivers Wry Courtship Wisdom Punchline
A father jokes about kissing his wife and wonders if his son can tell the same tale to his future children. The son responds with a half-smile, saying he will, but not with the same straight face his father wore.
Governor O Daniel markets state land and seeks industry
Governor O Daniel announced by radio the sale and lease of over 500000 acres of Texas state land on January 2 as part of a statewide industrial push. Most lands are in West Texas with 200000 acres of school land up for bids and 322815 acres of submerged coastal lands also open for bids. He urged town and city committees to plan factories and noted Keene already operates a broom and product business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
O’daniel
State School Board
Texas
O'Daniel
Charles D. Grady
Keene
Towns Seek New Ideas to Use Wealthy Banks’ Money
A speaker lamented that towns have access to abundant bank capital but lack ideas and ambition to use it. He argued the problem is not money but creativity and effort. The remark underscored concerns about stagnant development and the need for proactive leadership.
Oddities and wills cross paths in early court notes
A Philadelphia detective used an entertainer costume and a match box to prove a flimsy attire claim before Magistrate Elias Myers. In Memphis Judge Sam Bates’s court a will is probated leaving cars to a chauffeur who has “almost ruined them.” In Spokane Fay Smith pays 450 pennies on the desk to secure a wedding license, stating the coins symbolize something about the payment.
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Elias Myers
Philadelphia
Memphis, Tenn
Sam Bates
Spokane, Wash
Fay Smith
Halloween Riot Defendant Given Suspended Sentence
John Eiler, 18, of Glendale California, convicted of participating in a Halloween riot, received a suspended 30 day sentence from Judge H Lowe. The condition requires Eiler to spend the next three New Year’s eves and the next two Halloweenes visiting the keeper of the city jail.
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John Eiler
Glendale
Calif
H. Lowe
Eiler
South Bend man sells magazine subs to pay college fees
A young man in South Bend Indiana offered to pay his way through medical school by selling magazine subscriptions to a housewife. He promised to perform any operation she might need for free after he graduates. The woman bought the subscription.
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South Bend
Ind
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J. W. Henry
Africa
Tunis
United States
Barbee & Bassett Insurance Agency
West Texas
A. V. Creager CO. M. & P. Bank Bldg
Sherman, Texas
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Lone Star Gas System
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