Lottery Question Comes Up Again
The Massachusetts Legislature weighs a voter proposal to fund old age pensions with a state lottery and some push for a large national lottery. Historically lotteries funded colleges and infrastructure but later gained moral stigma as a tax on the poor. Proponents argue for government run, honest profit while opponents warn of moral corruption.
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Massachusetts
O. K
Colonies
Yale
Harvard
Colleges
George Washington
Irma
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Marshall News Messenger
Accidents Outpace Disease in Nation’s Fatal Toll
The 1940 Accident Facts report by the National Safety Council notes accidents kill more people than the four leading diseases among males ages 3 to 38 and that weekends are especially hazardous for motoring. It cites 93,000 accidental deaths in 1939 and 8.8 million injuries, with 3,079 grade crossing motor vehicle accidents and 69 percent of car crashes due to passenger cars.
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National Safety Council
Falls
Household hints and cooking tips from the era
A collection of common household tips covering sauces for vegetables, stain removal with egg white, warming nuts for flavor, fruit garnishes for roasts, starch finishing with soapy water, and washing new flannels with salt to prevent color running.
Dinner planned for Governor's Texas Mansion
A look back at Sam Houston's 1841 dinner for friends at the Eberly House in Austin and a preview of W. Lee O'Daniel's upcoming second term event at the Governor's Mansion. O'Daniel aims for a large free barbecue with 25 000 pounds of beef and a crowd of up to 20 000 to 25 000, organized under local leader O P Lockhart with Rex Fowler in charge of cooking.
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State Observer
Austin
Sam Houston
Tennessee
Republic of Texas
W. Lee O'Daniel
Kansas
Texas
Texas Congress
Eberly House
O. P. Lockhart
Austin Baker
W. Lee O’daniel
Mansion
Rex Fowler
Lockhart
Community Drives Beef and Goat Contributions For Outreach
A committee plans to gather at least 25,000 pounds of beef on the hoof from a company visiting from out of town. They hope additional contributions of goats will supplement the effort and broaden the outreach.
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Greenville
Texas
Lockhart
Lovely Bronze Tom Ads for Quick Sale
Want ads offer a pair of young Bronze toms priced to sell in the next few days. Contact Mrs. H. A. James to view or arrange pickup.
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H. A. James
Manning & Meador, Whitewright
Crowds Gather for Memorial Stadium Barbecue Ramrodders
Memorial Stadium faces a massive feast planning challenge as organizers estimate up to 60,000 attendees last year and speculate on larger crowds. Baker Lockhart pledges 500 loaves of bread, while estimates cover meat needs for tens of thousands with no biscuits planned.
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Memorial Stadium
Austin
Johnny’s Bath Note Provokes School Reply
A teacher conveyed a note asking Johnny’s mother to bathe him. The next day Johnny replied with a wry letter to Miss Smith saying he is sent to be learnt, not to be smelt, and claims he is no rose.
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Johnny
Miss Smith
Father asks son why he punished him
A father questions his son about punishment after a heated exchange. The son protests that the father beat him yet now cannot explain the reason for the punishment, highlighting a cycle of violence and confusion within their relationship.
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