Joe Carr recounts rattlesnake hunts near Sanatorium Texas
Joe Weldon Carr of the state tuberculosis hospital writes Mrs. D S Carr about a rattlesnake hunt near Sanatorium Texas. He includes a photo of himself with a six foot rattler and notes 98 snakes killed by hospital employees over two weeks in four hunts.
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D. S. Carr
Joe Weldon Carr
State Tubercular Hospital
Sanatorium
Texas
Kodak
Joe
Harper Ranch
San
Aunt Sister and Cousin Lucy Church Attendance Pace
Claud Callan contrasts Aunt Sister and Cousin Lucy showing Aunt Sister with six children ready by Saturday night reaches church ten minutes before service while Lucy late buoys in by car ten minutes after services begin causing a disturbance.
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Aunt Sister
Lucy
Texas Debt Smaller Than Most States
A Department of Commerce report shows Texas gross debt under 8 million, far below states like New York at 385 million. It notes a general revenue deficit near 4 million, largely offset by bonded debt and tax payments, while Florida posts the lowest per capita debt at 12 cents.
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Texas
Union
Department of Commerce
New York
Massachusetts
Illinois
North Carolina
Arkansas
California
West Virginia
Florida
America is Safe A Living Monument to Youth and Teachers
Joy Elmer Morgan in the February Journal of the National Education Association extols a million teachers and thirty million youth marching forward. He urges parents and teachers to guide children to value the pioneering spirit, sacrifice, and potential ahead in social, economic, educational, and spiritual realms.
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Joy Elmer Morgan
National Education Association
Police Gazette Discontinued After 86 Years in New York
The Police Gazette, an eighty six year old barber shop weekly, ceases publication with the February six issue. Once deemed shocking it declined as public taste shifted away from pictures of women in tights or bathing suits.
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New York
Police Gazette
Not really 120 Main Street health tale
A witty exchange references a long life and a place name 120 Main Street. The Native claims a father lived to 120, while Kidder questions the health claim with street based humor. The line relies on a pun about longevity tied to a location.
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Kidder
Main Street
Curious Trivia From Pan American Wit and History
A rapid-fire collection of historical tidbits and quips on travel, ships, manners, demographics, and places. It includes notes on Panama to Alaska, ship libraries, Elizabethan politeness, unattached men, radio in Texas, Hoover, foreign newspapers in New York, the Cossacks in 1812 Paris, Caliente Fornalla, Reading Pa volunteer firemen, sugar versus sawdust, and a Samuel Butler quip about memory.
Sheriff Arrests Two Boys For Shooting Crabs Behind Hay Stack
Police report two youths were jailed for shooting craps behind a hay stack. A sheriff later entered a church raffle and bought four Ford chances for a dollar each but did not win. A local banker reportedly wrecked his bank and stole depositors money, while a boy was sent to reform school for stealing three chickens.
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Reform School
Goliad
Red-Head Seeks Husband To Pay Big Debt In Texas
A red haired woman signing as Box 1559 Houston asks Mayor Brown F. Lee to find her a husband with $20,000 cash to pay off a mortgage. She lists herself as 35, 5 feet 5 inches, 128 pounds with brown eyes and claiming a beauty contest win from a prominent Texas family.
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San Angelo
Houston
Texas
Brown F. Lee
The Sun Sells Typewriter Paper and Ribbons for Sale
The Sun advertises typewriter paper and adding machine paper plus typewriter ribbons for sale. Includes quantities and pricing options for office use.
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Typewriter
The
Sun
Bankers Explain Free Gold in Glass-Steagall Debate
New York bankers define free gold as the portion of American gold holdings not required to back Federal Reserve notes and deposits. They note current law requires 100 percent collateral with at least 40 percent gold, plus a 35 percent gold reserve against deposits. Free gold varies with the supply of eligible commercial paper.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Diet guides urged for influenza recovery by Red Cross nutritionist
Miss Pearl Rorabaugh, a local Red Cross nutritionist, urged careful diet during flu recovery. She advised regaining health with regular, simple meals, starting light after the cold and gradually increasing value, emphasizing milk eggs fruit and vegetables plus specific meal suggestions for breakfast lunch and supper. Raw greens were recommended several times weekly.
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Pearl Rorabaugh
Red Cross
Miss Rorabaugh
Wichita Banner
Insurance suit seeks 132000 against Southland Life
Mrs. Emma R. Norwood, widow of Sidney B. Norwood, sues the Dallas based Southland Life Insurance Co for 132000 alleging the policy from December 31 1920 should pay 100000 plus 12000 interest and 20000 legal fees as Norwood is legally dead after disappearing from Cleburne in 1921 and last heard of in 1924.
Record January truck load of Texas fruits and vegetables hits high
University of Texas figures show January shipments reached 6347 cars, a 13 percent rise from a year earlier. Cabbage led with 1569 cars, greens 280, and grapefruit rose to 976 cars, with spinach and mixed vegetables also strong. Weather remained favorable and prices edged up to 70 on the USDA index.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
University Bureau
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Joe Carr
Claud Callan
Gates Bakery
Whitewright Institution
America
JIN Fact
S. H. Montgomery Dependable Insurance
John N. Garner
Uvalde
U. S. House of Representatives
Panama
Alaska
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Hoover
N. Y
Paris
Coolidge
Oil Conservation Board
Chicago
Cortez
Reading
U. S
Samuel Butler
Red-Head
Insurance Company
Whitewright
Castoria
Bow-Wright
Bow-Wright Pharmacy
Farm Seeds
North Texas Seed Co
Pascal Farley
Tom Barbee
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