The Preacher's Column on General Sam Houston Service
The column notes commemorative services on Sunday March 1 in Baptist churches honoring General Sam Houston with sermons and choirs. It covers church attendance, Sunday night services, choir practice, local gossip on onion farming, and a tribute to Mrs. Bob Montgomery. It also references historical Texas facts about ice, milk, and land.
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Sam Houston
Texas
Sam _ Houston
James Swope
Fort Worth
White
Kennemer
Gates
My Savior
First Presbyterian Church of
Denison
Ely
House of God
Jesus
B. W. Newman
Dr. Layman
Newman
Layman
Bob Montgomery
Bob
Uncle Bob
Our Brakes and Our Private Transportation Systems
The article compares car brakes to railroad brake checks and urges regular maintenance. It explains momentum and friction, how brakes convert speed into heat, and why heat buildup wears linings. It notes many cars have brake issues and stresses early gentle stopping and timely adjustments for safety.
The Spice of Life and Country Wit Across Towns
A collection of local humor and anecdotes: a city classroom pun on sheep and arithmetic, a country zoo visit with a misheard skylark, a doorstep late night wait for keys, a Kentucky election exchange about bibulity, and hill country pride in Bible abundance.
Meant Him A visitor misreads highway sign humor
A man from the old continent travels in a new country and in a roadside moment of surprise reads a sign warning to drive slowly. He marvels aloud, wondering how the sign seems to know he is there and reacts with astonishment.
Barber Quips Back Over Half-Price Haircut
A humorous exchange has a barber refusing a half-price haircut for a half-bald man. The barber notes the charge covers time spent searching for hair, not the lack of it, delivering a sharp quip about service value.
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Chisler
Graduation Snag Turns to Sudden Exit for Player
A football player says he would have two more years of school, but the coach declined contract renewal ending his time with the team. The exchange highlights unexpected departure tied to team management decisions.
Rumor of strife ends in shooting dispute
A conversation reveals a wife claiming quiet domestic tension with her husband followed by a confession that she shot him but asserts that no further harm occurred. The exchange underscores possible marital conflict and a nonfatal incident.
Parrotts clash over mirror hangup and a clever caretaker
The Parrott couple argue about which side to hang a picture. Joseph the caretaker nails on both sides to avoid future ladder fetches. A courtroom exchange follows about a man seen near a chicken coop amid a deflection by a witness named Sam Ali.
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Mr. Parrott
Mrs. Parrott
Joseph
Cotton King in Spring Styles
Chicago designers spotlight budget wardrobes as cotton leads spring and summer fashion at the Merchandise Mart. Showings feature budget wardrobes totaling 39.69 and 87.85, with four dresses, two suits, lingerie, accessories, and more. Fabrics include shantung, linen, pique, lace, and new cottons, with cotton evening dresses gaining prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Merchandise Mart
Factoids of the era summarize US stats and concerns
A collage of claims covers shipbuilding share of world output, auto crash risks, land use, farm acreage, Boy Scout totals, Grand Coulee beliefs, government security yields, a Connecticut long held farm, physician counts, auto theft, school funding gaps, and a surge in Japanese textile imports between 1934 and 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Automobile Association
Grand Coulee Dam
Connecticut
America
Man 94-year-old seeks 111 record for family longevity
New Bern North Carolina reports George Hughes, a Confederate veteran who became a father at 94, now aims to outlive his 110-year-old grandmother Katie Tillman. He follows a simple recipe of hard work and temperate habits, while his 14-month-old grandson Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hughes shares his family saga across generations.
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New Bern
N. C
George Hughes
Katie Tillman
Hughes
Franklin
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Donley
Kentucky
Money Savers
Magnesia
Gomer May
Judge
Sam
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the Sun
Delano Roosevelt Hughes
Journal of the American Medical Association
Lenoir County
Lem Tittsworth’s
LEM Tittsworth Bonham
Just
Stafford
Whitewright
William Jennings Bryan
Reading
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Vertising
East Hampton News
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