Home for Christmas as a Southern family reunites
A returning traveler arrives to a joyous Christmas in a big Southern clan. Relatives greet him warmly, Uncle Harry surprises with a visit, Mingo and Maria share memories, gifts are distributed, a large dinner is shared, jokes and games fill the evening, and the night ends with a quiet, grateful moment at home.
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Father
Mother
Jennie
Molly
Chuck Andrews
Chuck
Jiminy
Cedar Swamp
Nat
Bill
Harry
Mingo
Maria
Chris’mas
Mistah
Santa Claus
Uncle Harry
Natty
Debonair
Sam
Grandfather
Peter
Sally
Bob
Uncle George
Baylor to Consolidate and Move to Dallas and Waco
Baylor University from Waco will merge with Marshall Burleson Decatur Rusk and Howard Payne colleges into a single senior university to be moved to Waco while the Baylor medical branch in Dallas joins the new institution. Officials anticipate a campus near Buckner Orphans Home with several million dollars for new buildings. The relocation plan will be announced January 27 in Dallas by the Baptist General Convention board of Texas.
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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
Law Bans Standing by Roadside to Solicit Rides in Minnesota
Minnesota enacts a traffic code forbidding roadside solicitation of rides, with Article D Section 28 stating no person shall stand in the traveled roadway to solicit a ride from any driver except a common carrier. The American Automobile Association notes the move may spark a nationwide trend.
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Minnesota
American Automobile Association
Inaugurate Health Campaign in Texas March 1928
Texas Public Health Association announces a nationwide Early Diagnosis Campaign led by the National Tuberculosis Association to promote public health exams by March 1 1928. The effort, backed by the American Public Health Association and American Medical Association, will use billboards and leaflets to raise awareness of tuberculosis symptoms.
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Austin
Texas Public Health Association
United States
National Tuberculosis Association
American Public Health Association
American Medical Association
University suspends students for gambling in syllabus debate
The University of Illinois suspended three students for the semester and four for the year on gambling charges. The Chicago Journal of Commerce questions punishment, arguing social and business circles deem betting, bridge, and poker as acceptable recreation. The piece notes prominent figures and the president’s lack of interest in games like poker.
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University of Illinois
Chicago Journal of Commerce
the Journal
Illinois
United States
Man pawns $2 bill then sells pawn ticket to gain $3
A man needs $3 for a Mississippi ticket. He pawns a $2 bill for $1.50 and sells the pawn ticket to a friend for another $1.50, netting $3 for the ticket while $1 remains effectively lost to the pawn transaction.
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Mississippi
The
Jefferson Journal
Cousins Can and Will in a Boston Transcript Tale
The brief says Can and Will are cousins. Can is the son of Energy and Will is the son of Pluck. Can't and Won't are also cousins, always out of work. Can't is the son of Never Try and Won't the son of Shirk. Boston Transcript.
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Can
Will
Energy
Pluck
Can’t
Won
Won’t
Shirk
Engraved or Printed Wedding Invitations Sun
Wedding notices and notices of marriage announcements listed in Sundays edition highlight engraved and printed invitations. The page records upcoming ceremonies with couple names and locations.
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Job
Eleanor
Cousin John
Cousin Nat
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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