Home for Christmas in a Southern family gathering
A narrator returns home after a long absence to a warm Christmas with parents grandparents aunts uncles and cousins in a sentimental southern setting. The day unfolds with hugs gifts meals jokes and shared memories ending with a quiet moment of gratitude and bedtime in a familiar room.
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Mother
Grandfather
Jennie
Molly
Chuck Andrews
Chuck
Jiminy
Cedar Swamp
Nat
Bill
Harry
Mingo
Maria
Baylor University to Move and Consolidate in Texas
Baylor University from Waco will be moved to Dallas and merged with Marshall College Burleson College Decatur College Rusk College and Howard Payne College to form a single senior university in Waco. The plan calls for billions in new buildings and equipment with location near Buckner Orphans Home southeast of Dallas.
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Dallas
Baylor University of Waco
Waco
Baptist General Convention Board of Texas
H. L. Kokernot
San Antonio
Earl B. Smyth
Mart
University of Baylor
Marshall College
Marshall
Burleson College
Greenville
Decatur College
Decatur
Rusk College
Rusk
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Baylor Medical
Buckner Orphans’ Home
Baptists
Minnesota bans roadside solicitation for rides
The American Automobile Association notes Minnesota begins enforcing a traffic code that prohibits standing on roadways to solicit a ride. Article D Section 28 of the Uniform Highway Traffic Act makes it illegal to solicit a ride from any driver except a common carrier.
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Minnesota
American Automobile Association
Inaugurate Health Campaign in Texas March 1928
The Texas Public Health Association announces a nationwide Early Diagnosis Campaign to combat tuberculosis. Directed by the National Tuberculosis Association, the effort urges Texans to have health exams by March 1 and promotes public awareness through billboards and leaflets.
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Austin
Texas Public Health Association
United States
National Tuberculosis Association
American Public Health Association
American Medical Association
University suspensions spark gambling debate
The University of Illinois suspended three students for the semester and four for the year on gambling charges. The Chicago Journal of Commerce argues punishments clash with social norms, noting betting on football games and bridge as forms of gambling widely tolerated in society.
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University of Illinois
Chicago Journal of Commerce
the Journal
Illinois
United States
Mystery Dollar Described in Mississippi Ticket Riddle
A man needs $3 for a ticket and has only a $2 bill. He pawns it for $1.50, then sells the pawn ticket to a friend for $1.50, netting $3.00 for the ticket. Who loses the dollar remains the puzzle.
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Cousin Nat
Mississippi
The
Jefferson Journal
Cant and Will Cousins of Energy and Pluck
Can and Will are cousins who never trust to luck. Can is the son of Energy and Will is the son of Pluck. Cant and Won't are cousins too and Always out of work. Cant is the son of Never Try and Won't is the son of Shirk. Boston Transcript.
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Can
Will
Energy
Pluck
Can’t
Won
Won’t
Shirk
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Marjorie
Matlin Tower
Western Newspaper Union
Baylor
R. B. Nall
Commercial Bank Bldg
Sherman, Texas
Whitewright, Texas
Planters National Bank
Boston Transcript
Davidson & Barbee
S. H. Montgomery & Son
the Insurance Men
Condie-Bray
Whitewright Lumber Company
Garland Gas Ranges
Pittsburg
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