Texas Pioneers Used More Milk For Whooping Cough And Skunk Lard
Austin reports on Texas pioneers whose faith healing remedies are cataloged by Judge Frost Woodhull. The Texas Folklore Society volume lists cures for lockjaw, croup, asthma, rabies, and colds using skunk lard, cockroach tea, buckeye charms, and other folk practices.
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Texas
Austin
Judge Frost Woodhull
San Antonio
Texas Folklore Society
Judge Woodbull
Gov. O. M. Roberts
Army Engineers Arrive at Denison for Red River Work
Col. L W Oliver district engineer United States War Department Capt Lester Rhodes and Captain L S Seybolt Army engineers arrived in Denison to prepare for a survey and soundings for a proposed dam at Ear's Ferry Red River northwest of Denison as part of the Mississippi River flood control project. About 250 to 300 men will be employed for nine months to a year with $500000 set for the survey.
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Denison
L. W. Oliver
United States War Department
Lester Rhodes
L. S. Seybolt
Army Engineers
Ear’s Ferry
Red River
Oliver
Vicksburg
Miss
Rhodes
Washington
Only Way to Check Panic Was to Close All Banks in U S
An editorial in The Financial World argues that the 1932 banking panic cannot be laid at the door of the New Deal. It notes factors existed for more than a year before Roosevelt’s inauguration and questions Hoover’s attribution.
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U. S
Roosevelt
Financial World (Ind
New York
Hoover
Mr. Roosevelt
Ford
Cities For Your Health Says Physician
Dr. Frank Jirka, Illinois public health director, argues urban areas are healthier than rural ones due to slower rural public health development. He cites 1934 higher typhoid, measles, whooping cough, and malaria mortality in rural areas, with 25 to 40 percent higher deaths from scarlet fever diphtheria tuberculosis and infantile diarrhea. Pneumonia deaths favor cities, but rural health may improve as preventive methods spread.
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Urbana
Frank Jirka
Jirka
Illinois
Banks Closed To Halt Panics In Texas Counties
A high school room in Yoakum Lavaca County sits on a county line with teachers in DeWitt County. The text argues banks must be closed to stop depositor panic, noting most banks remain sound and this action is not a political issue.
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Yoaitum
Texas
Lavaca
DeWitt County
King Ranch Size Exceeds Delaware In Texas
The King ranch near Kingsville Texas stands as a vast property surpassing the area of the state of Delaware in size.
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King Ranch
Kingsville
Texas
Delaware
Address-change plea to Sun readers
The note urges readers to promptly inform the publication of any address changes to avoid misdirected Sun copies. It explains Uncle Sam returns misaddressed issues at 2c per copy over months, and asks readers to prenotify a week ahead of change to prevent losses and missed papers.
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The
Sun
Uncle Sam
The Spice of Life and Local Oddities
A collage of overheard quips about money politics votes and traffic, plus a carnival freak interview. Tainted money and tainted votes mingle with a Washington traffic joke while a carnival manager negotiates a freak act. Enoch the Egg King promises endurance but demands restaurant meals between shows.
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Enoch
Tramp Faces Job Dispute in Grim Exchange
An employer and worker exchange terse dialogue, with the employer offering a week off to find another offer and the tramp lamenting lack of friends or relatives. A housewife expresses concern and orders the dog to sic. The scene hints at hardship and isolation.
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Fido
Why He Couldn't Sleep
Sandy McWard nears death by exhaustion as insomnia torments him. He fears waking during a crucial moment when he must surrender his funds, highlighting a panic over losing control in sleep and the peril of forced wakefulness.
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Sandy McWard
Secret Kept For Twenty Years Sparks Witty Exchange
Rice jokes a woman cannot keep a secret while claiming to have hidden his age since twenty five. Stuff replies that one day he must reveal it. Rice retorts that after twenty years a woman should know how to keep secrets.
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Rice
Idle Irish foreman mocks sleeping worker in shade
The Irish foreman finds one of his men asleep in the shade and quips, Slape on, ye idle spalpen, he says. Slape on. So long as ye slape ye've got a job, but when ye wake up, ye'r out of worrk.
Before they were married split turns sour
A Blabber joke recalls a betrothal promise of equal division. It notes the husband and wife split fortunes 50 50, and reports that the wife held him to the pledge. The punchline suggests a shift to a 50 cent for him and 50 dollars for her.
Suitor asks father about marrying his daughter
A man asks the father for permission to marry his daughter. The father notes the groom is 21 and his daughter is 27, suggesting they wait several years until they are closer in age.
Banker's interview for chauffeur job sparks racial tone
A banker questions a Black applicant for a chauffeur position. The man replies in dialect that he is self-sufficient and not married, reflecting the era's employment and racial attitudes.
Purely Natural Little Bride Ice Quip Sparks Banter
In a lighthearted exchange, a character questions the ice quality of a beverage while another vendor asserts it is genuine natural ice. The dialogue highlights playful street banter and a quip about authenticity.
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Iceman
Mr. Iceman
A mother's warning on truth and trust in life
A mother tells her son never to lie and to avoid cheating others with money or a wife. She warns that one lie requires ten to fix it, and she cautions to verify agreements after meeting a lawyer. The bald eagle is described as unique to America.
Lost Laws decision due in March in Texas Court of Appeals
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals scheduled an early March ruling on whether the so called lost laws are a valid part of the penal code. The case arises from an incest conviction of T. J. Copeland and stems from a 1925 recodification omission later found by a UT law student. District Judge S. W. Dean ruled the laws remained valid despite the omission. The appeal, filed from Huntsville, seeks guidance on reenactment or formal restoration of the laws.
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Austin
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
District Court
Huntsville
T. J. Copeland
University of Texas Law
A. T. McKinney
William McCraw
Lloyd Davidson
S. W. Dean
Wet and Cold Until 1940 Weather Forecaster Predicts Four Wet Years
Canton Mass forecaster H H Clayton projects the next four years will be wet and cold based on sunspot cycles. He expects no extreme drought for about 30 years, citing weather records and sunspots as the basis for his predictions. Convictions on fingerprint evidence alone have been rare in the United States.
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H. H. Clayton
Canton
Mass
Clayton
United States
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