Hat Too High, So Postal Chief Gets New Automobile
Brown bought a $3500 sedan for official use and later had government funds add another car after the first car’s roof was too low for his top hat. He traded in eight cars and $1700 to obtain the second vehicle and defended the purchase as fitting cabinet dignity amid economy cuts. House Appropriations members questioned the expense and necessity.
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Washington
Congress
Brown
House Appropriations Committee
Department
Beng
Arnold
Dem
Illinois
A. T
Son Made Masonic Head At Texas Grand Lodge Session
WACO Texas Wallace Hughston 91 father T F Hughston Plano watched his son installed as grand master of the Grand Lodge of Texas A F and A M at the closing session. Officers installed included W S Cooke Fort Worth deputy grand master John H Crocker Houston grand senior warden and others. Elmer Renfro Fort Worth elected treasurer of the Masonic Home and School board and Dr A R Ross Lockhart to another term as director.
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Waco
T. F. Hughston
Plano
Wallace Hughston
McKinney
Grand League of Texas
A. F
A. M
C. J. Hicks
M. P. Flynn
J. C. Smith
Coleman
A. L. Hartshorn
Fort Worth
M. N. Jackson
Celina
Elmer Renfro
Masonic Home and School Board
A. R. Ross
Lockhart
W. S. Tate
Hamilton
Total Darkness
A traveling man enters a country hotel and comments on the dim lamp in the office. A farmer replies that two lamps like it would make total darkness.
Distinction in Terminology for Trades and Titles
A reflection on how job names shape perception from real estate brokers to advertising agents. The piece cites Franklin choosing “printer” for his tombstone and argues individuals should honor their trade without inflated labels, noting wars and social progress hinge on wording choices.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
I Do Not Like the Low Mood By Howard Africa
A reflective piece on depression and hardship in hard economic times. The narrator contrasts past prosperity with current privation, detailing personal and community strain, faith, and optimism, and ends noting ongoing struggle and reluctance toward the low mood.
Eighty Seven Divorces Granted in Fannin County
BONHAM A countywide check shows eighty seven divorces granted in Fannin County over the past year. Most filings came from wives and most decrees cited cruel treatment or abandonment with a handful based on adultery. Length of marriage before divorce ranged from under a year to over thirty years.
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Howard Africa
Church
Weiser
Whitewright Gin & Ice Company
Mark Montgomery
Reeves
Sherman
John T. Nall
ELY & Sons
N. Travis St
Fannin County
McKesson
Nyal
Spicer
Kirkpatrick
Gomer May
Whitewright Lumber Company
Whitewright Lumber Co. “‘Neighborly Service” Plumbing Supplies
Whitewright
Grayson, Collin and
Fannin Counties
Grayson
Fannin
Collin
Collin Counties
The
Whitewright Sun
Whitewright, Texas
Sun
Grayson, Fannin
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