In The Mill When Comedians Were Funny
A memoir snippet set in 1930s Central Texas recounts a hospital stay in Waco, the Cantor radio hour, and family travel from East Texas. It notes Roosevelt era recovery via WPA projects, bank freezes, and the era’s harsh economics, stressing self-reliance and national resilience.
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South Fifth
Ma Price
Eddie Cantor
Texas
Aaptist
Joe Jaworski
Leon Jaworski
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Protecting Your Heart Health Digest
Fragmented OCR notes describe dietary tips for heart protection. Mentions low saturated fat intake, hydration, and general guidance. Contains garbled phrases and names, making precise details unclear.
Low Cholesterol Baking and 1930s Radio Giants
Reader recalls adapting baked goods for a low saturated fat diet with substitutions like skim milk and cholesterol free egg substitutes. The piece shifts to a nostalgic reminiscence of 1930s American life noting gas prices, martial law, and the era’s radio entertainers such as Eddie Cantor Jack Benny and Will Rogers who brought family friendly comedy during hard times.
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Fleischmann
America
State Railroad Commission
Jim Hogg
Texas
Old Miller
Baylor
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
Will Rogers
Jimmy Durante
Iibber Magee
Mollie
Amos and Andy
Burns and Allen
Duck Benny
Johnny Carsons
Dean Martins
Pa Duint
Israel
Joe
Jack Benny
Bing Crosby
AL Jolson
Dollars Good Sense Budgeting Guide
People across economic levels struggle to track money. A simple budget lists fixed expenses such as housing, car payments and insurance, then allocates remaining income to flexible costs. Maintain the plan in a binder or with index cards and adjust as needed. Readers may send questions to P.O. Box 2210 Newport Beach.
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P.O. Box
Newport Beach
GE Major Appliance Institute helps consumers via local coordinators
General Electric In its Consumers Institute has set up a network of consumer coordinators in 111 locations nationwide. The program avoids toll free numbers and emphasizes local help, training coordinators to answer questions and resolve complaints, with regional directors providing back up.
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General Electric Major Appliance Group
Consumers Institute
Major Appliance Group
Jane Bates
The
Atlanta
New York
Ms. Bates
Consumer Coordinator
Hotpoint
General Electric Company
Appliance Park
Louisville
Whitewright News Roundup From 1969 Local Bank Elections and Community Moves
Highlights include Planters National Bank officers elected led by WON Stone as president and DOS McMilhin as vicepresident. A wedding united Miss Fannie Pope and Mr Ikk Montgomery. The Sears Auto Firm sees Byron Sears join after Feb 1, and coal deliveries ease shortages. Parsonage work begins for Central Christian Church. A Katy Flyer mail pouch is broken near Metain. Community notes cover schooling funds, nursing home plans, local crime, and fire department features.
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Planters National Bank
Won
Stone
Dos McMilhin
TH. Sears
Guy Hinilton
Claudio Truett
Gilmore Webster
I. Kk. Montgomery
Fannie Pope
Job. Fender
Bob Sears
Sears Auto Company
Byron
W. M. Partridge
Hum
J. W. Woosley and Son
TL. L. Durham
State Department
Whitewright
VA Answers To Citizens Veterans Questions About Benefits
The article surveys common veterans questions to the VA on burial space in national cemeteries eligibility dental care and education benefits. It notes that qualified veterans can be buried in national cemeteries but advance reservations are not accepted and that dental and pension options depend on service connection and period of active duty. It also mentions dependent status rules for female veterans and a brief local teacher spotlight.
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National
Neatalkin
Veterans Administration
Duty of Americans to uphold law and cooperate with police
A student essay argues that reducing crime requires joint action by families teachers and police. It emphasizes early moral education in homes and schools, proper enforcement of laws, and civic responsibility to guide youth toward lawfulness and deter riots and murders.
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Red Haver County
Delorty Kerry
Detroit
Texas
America
Good Old Days Revisited How the Past Felt
Nostalgic look at imagined past comforts and prices from nickel coffee to 13 cent gas. Mentions Walden memories of band concerts in town and everyday items like bread six cents and a three cent paper. Reflects on WPA depression era hardship and contrast with modern clocks and Bulova Limoges pieces.
City Officials Plan Visit to Austin Over Fire Rates
Grayson County fire marshal John Walters with City Councilman Bill Garer and Fire Chief Loyce Brown will accompany to discuss fire insurance rates and sewer grants. Walters spoke at City Hall Friday night about keeping fire rates low and updating the volunteer department. The next council meeting is set for 7 p.m. February 15 at City Hall.
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Tom Bean
Bill Garer
Loyce Brown
Grayson County
John Walters
Austin
Walters
City Hall
Good Nutrition Labels and Optional Details in Food Panels
As more manufacturers voluntarily label foods with nutrition facts consumers see a consistent pattern. Labels list calories protein carbohydrate fats and certain vitamins and minerals enabling product comparisons. Some optional items appear such as polyunsaturated fat cholesterol and sodium in Hellmanns Best Foods mayonnaise.
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Hellmann
Hellmann's
Best Foods Reali
U.S
City curbs smoking with sweeping ban shows limits
Midwestern city council bans cigarettes in all public spaces and on sidewalks. Court finds the ordinance unconstitutional as an unreasonable intrusion on private rights, but upholds stricter rules for street cars and vending machines to protect minors.
End of the Great Low Mood Declared by Senate
Washington dispatch dated October 8 1974 reports the Senate officially ending the Great Low Mood 41 years after its start and ending the mobilization for the Korean War. The piece notes the historic vote on October 7 1974 and imagines a new era and holiday.
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Washington
Senate
United States
United Nations
Korea
America
End of US Korea and Vietnam Wars Reflected in Emergency Powers
A retroactive look at how the United States moved from ongoing conflicts in Korea and Vietnam to shedding wartime emergency powers. The 1974 Senate vote aimed to scrap 470 crisis statutes and require congressional approval for national emergencies, highlighting a shift in constitutional balance and presidential authority.
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Congress
Vietnam
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
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I. J. Giles
Louis Randle
Giles
Katy
Tower
Gail Wilson
Bill Pom Bradley
Ralph Brown
Will Cureton
Sally Cureton
Marshall Hasty
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Vanistone Boys
Fhe Whitewright
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Fire Dept
Fire Department
Jack
Stephen Sullivan
Denison
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Bob
Bob Bryan
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United Whties
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Bulova
Limoges
France
George S. Benson
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