Townsendite Seeks Post of Sheppard Fort Worth
Joseph H. Price of Fort Worth announces his candidacy for the U S Senate seat held by Morris Sheppard of Texas. Price, a farmer and real estate investor, backs the Townsend recovery plan, immediate soldiers bonus, and subsidies to boost labor and price supports for home consumption and foreign markets, plus stronger democratic government to restore prosperity.
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Fort Worth
Jospeh H. Price
United States Senate
Morris Sheppard
Texarkana
Price
Louisiana
Texas
Lindberghs Out of Frying Pan Into the Fire
London reports Lindbergh's flight to Britain amid praise of safety while British bandits raid a post office, pistol and blunt force assault featured in front page headlines. The piece notes prior post office robberies and other attempted break-ins, contrasting global praise with domestic crime.
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London
Lindbergh
America
Britain
Colonel Lindbergh
Live at Home farm plan urged for Texas 1936
Texas Extension Service director H H Williamson urged a 1936 live at home program for every farm. He said a $500 policy per family could secure home food supplies, boosting home garden crops, poultry, eggs, and milk, while freeing cash for debt, education, and better homes. Instructions to push the plan were issued to county and home agents.
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College Station
Texas
H. H. Williamson
Texas Extension Service
Williamson
Extension Service
Ford to Spend $2,250,000 at Texas Centennial
Ford Motor Company plans a Texas Centennial exhibit with a 55,000 square foot building and $2.25 million exhibit investment. Dearborn officials announced the program after a meeting with Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, Nathan Adams, and Paul Massmann. The project includes a $1.2 million Ford building designed by Albert Kahn with work to begin by February 15 and finish by May.
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Ford Company
Dallas
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Mich
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Nathan Adams
Paul M. Massmann
Albert Kahn
New York
Quintuplets cause renewed headlines spark discouragement
A lighthearted quip notes how memory fades of the quintuplets as they begin walking, prompting a sigh of frustration at renewed press attention. The speaker mocks the cycle of forgetting and headlines reappearing, underscoring exasperation with public fascination.
Financial Genius Adage Reflects Family Wealth Tale
A quoted exchange hints at a man praised as a financial genius who could earn money faster than his family could spend it. The remark underscores the contrast between clever wealth generation and spending capacity. The dialogue labels the man as exceptionally thrifty and shrewd in finance.
Ad about heaven prompts Sunday visit tale
A famed newspaper man visits a great publisher’s home on a Sunday. The publisher’s young daughter returns from Sunday school with an illustrated text card. The editor asks about it and she says it’s an ad about heaven.
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Heaven
Traffic Cop Question Sparks Speculation On Wardrobe
In a quirky exchange at the scene, a traffic officer asks a woman what gear she wore during the accident. The reply lists a black beret, tan shoes, and a tweed sports dress, highlighting fashion details amid the incident.
Kangaroo Tale Reveals Pocketed Baby Mystery
In a curious scene a first kangaroo asks Anna bell where the baby is while a second cries out that a pocket has been picked. The exchange hints at a humorous or mysterious incident involving marsupial characters.
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Annabelle
Mark Twain Receives Dictionary After Sermon
In Hartford Connecticut Dr Doane then rector of the Episcopal Church heard Twain praise a sermon. Twain asked to see a book with every word of Why that can't be, Mr Clemens. Doane replied it is so. Twain offered a dictionary, which Doane received the next morning along with Twain's compliments.
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Mark Twain
Hartford
Conn
Dr. Doane
Albany
Episcopal Church
Mark
Not Fast Enough Daughter
A witty exchange centers on a young man who seems reckless, with an implied tension about consequences. The daughter responds confidently that he won’t evade consequences.
Disorderly Man Hailed in Small Town Court
An elderly, bookish man faces a magistrate in a small country town. He is charged with being disorderly and urged to speak. He delivers a speakerly protest about humanity, then the magistrate cuts him off and sentences seven days while ordering a list of names to be gathered.
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Keats
Burns
Scots lover finds fate via telegraph proposal
A Scot, eager for a quick answer, spends the day at the telegraph office and finally gets a yes. A friend warns him, but he quips that the girl waiting for cheap night rates is the one for him.
Notable First Day Tales and Frugal Baking Woes
A boy recalls a dull first day at school until a spelling mix up with a lady who couldn’t spell cat. Mrs Hardcastle balks at a new recipe citing cost, noting the recipe requires eighteen eggs, nine yolks and nine whites.
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Sim
Money as a baffling commodity in Confederate money
Chicago mayor Edward Kelly, once president of the South Park Board, is quoted by Edward Dean Sullivan recalling Kelly’s remark that money is a strange non essential to happiness. He joked that Confederate money proves it does not buy love or affect law or respect in society.
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Edward Kelly
Chicago
Edward Dean Sullivan
Kelly
South Park Board
Gilbert Seldes
Saturday Evening Post
Little Davis’s mother bids him end questions
A parent loses patience with a child named Little Davis and tells him to stop asking questions for the night. The fragment captures a domestic moment of frustration and instruction.
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Davis
Curious Cat Question Moves David to Ask Mother
David recalls the old saying that curiosity killed a cat and, after a pause, asks his mother what the cat wanted to know. The line reflects a child's questing mind and a mother’s gentle guidance.
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David
From the Cradle to the Grave Poem Tax Rhyme
A verse laments universal taxation from cradle to grave. It lists daily purchases and life events such as lighting lamps buying stamps clothes shoes ice cream water bread and even medical and funeral moments as taxable. The poem underscores the broad reach of taxes through ordinary life.
Mortgage Preference in a Farm Deed Dispute
An elderly Black man, after paying the final installment on a small farm, tells the realtor he prefers a mortgage over a deed. He recalls a previous purchase where the bank held the mortgage and ended up owning the farm, highlighting issues of credit and ownership.
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Joe
Darkey
Fast National Bank
Getting Good Behavior in Church and Jokes
A clergyman recalls a sermon disrupted by a laughing youth who is called an idiot after an earlier rebuke. He fears misjudging others, then notes improved order. A light exchange asks love in December versus June, and a joke about rising generation challenges ends with a morning problem.
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Townsendite
Sheppard
Ford
Whitewright Lumber Co
Mrs. Jones
Ises
L. LaRoe & Co
A. F. Nossaman
Universal Credit Company
Fas
Denison Auto Company
L. L. Savage Whitewright Salesman
Denison, Texas
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