Oklahoma bill punishes snoring and sleep disturbance
Oklahoma City report notes a proposed House bill by Representative Beck would outlaw snoring and talking in sleep after 1 am with penalties from loss of breakfast for first offense to fines up to 1000 dollars for subsequent offenses. Another measure limits excessive rent by allowing unjust and oppressive rent defenses and requires gross income details from building costs and assessed valuations.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House
Beck
Oklahoma
Denison Hold Up Turns Comic Watch Mixup
A Denison man, claiming a hold up, pursued a thief who allegedly took his watch. He seized a suspect, only to learn at home his own watch was gone and he had unknowingly swapped watches with another man. The tale ends with a mistaken theft and a humorous twist. Also note a sponsored herbal remedy, Herbine, offered by Dyer & Jones.
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Denison
Painted Faces and the Fading Youth of Style
A historical nondescript quatrain laments young girls painting their faces and aging beauties maintaining that nature should beautify, warning against cosmetics as folly. The poem contrasts youth and old age, then shifts to a drug ad for Herbine with a brief claim of prompt relief for biliousness constipation and stomach upset, priced 60 cents and sold by Dyer Jones.
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Walt Mason
Porter News Briefs From A P A Jones’s Family Health
Porters News notes A P A Jones’s children are improving from illness. Mrs J T Robinson visited her Whitewright-based mother Saturday. Miss Eula Shelley of Bells visits brother Russell Shelley. Miss Letha Murray of Whitewright visits Lois Anderson. Miss Opal Musser stays with her Kerr brother. G C Bennett and family visit John Annip of Chapel Hill. F C Williams and mother visit H C Bowen. Geo Sullivan and wife visit W C Anderson. Lynn and Lewis Cooper and Eugene Williams attend a candy breaking at New Moore’s home Saturday night. Miss Beatrice Bennett spends Sunday.
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P. A. Jones
J. T. Robinson
Whitewright
Eula Shelley
Bells
Russell Shelley
Letha Murray
Lois Anderson
Opal Musser
Kerr’s
G. C. Bennett
John Annip
Chapel Hill
F. C. Williams
H. C. Bowen
Geo. Sullivan
W. C. Anderson
Lynn
Lewis Cooper
Eugene Williams
New Moore
Beatrice Bennett
Sunday Church Notes and Community Activities
Miss Toma Fay Hunter and Miss Opal Musser visited friends while 59 attended Sunday school and 1058 chapters were read the past week. A pie supper to raise church lights is planned Friday night. Union meets Thursday while local visits and shop trips fill the weekend in Bonham area. Pierce's Cafe advertises 24 hour service with breakfast anytime.
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Toma Fay Hunter
Opal Musser
Lois Anderson
Claborne
Shelley
Union
Argus Woodruff
M. M. Cooper
R. D. Hymer
Burnie Richey
W. C. Anderson
Bonham
Beyond this door he leaves the day’s burdens behind
Edgar A. Guest writes of a man who cleanses not just his shoes but his mind before entering his home. He discards care, hate, and sin to enter a space unburdened, carrying only goodwill. The poem ends with the man entering clean after dusting away strife and selfish humor.
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Edgar A. Guest
Hey Fat Men A Kind Word For Adiposity
Chicago dispatch notes that the stereotype of fat men being unloved is dismissed as bunk by experts who earn fat salaries selecting men for top jobs. The column references experts and the idea of judging by weight is challenged in a brisk, opinionated tone.
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Adiposity
Chicago
Fat Man versus Lean Type in Vocational Aptitude
Wallace Reid embodies slim elegance but Fatty Arbuckle would be the unanimous choice for a bank president or department store buyer says Gordon R Hargrave an expert in directing individuals into their right vocations. He argues the fat man is judicial minded weighs evidence calmly and outperforms lean strong-jawed types in decisive influence and cooperation.
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Wallace Reid
Fatty Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Gordon R. Hargrave
Embellished Debate Echoes in Assembly Chamber
A fragment describes a tense scene where a larger figure exerts influence with a casual gesture and hospitable smile, implying a decisive, perhaps political, outcome driven by showmanship rather than argument. The tone suggests behind the scenes pressure shaping public-facing decisions.
P. J. Pierce & Sons Cafe Featured as Community Hub
Promoters tout P. J. Pierce & Sons Cafe as the place where good meals and the best company meet. The advertisement highlights the cafe as a social hub in town, inviting locals to dine and connect.
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P. J. Pierce & Sons
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Dyer & Jones
Porters News
Pierce
DR. O. M. Durham
Whitewright, Texas
Wilbur Carter
Kelly
Sherman
Texas
Hubert Bookout
Henry Wilson
Bookout & Wilson Lawyers
Linz Annex
Sherman, Texas
R. May
Kirkpatrick
James D. Buster
State and
Federal Courts Commercial Bank Building
R. B. Nall
Commercial Bank
Wolfe, Freeman & Wolfe
Jas. C
Wilson County
W. Lamar
East Houston St
Paris
France
United States
Lumi
S. C. Chambers
Grayson County
THE
North Texas Press
A. Y. Creager
F. W. Creager
A. Y. Creager & Co
Dray Line
Ode Crowell
New Home Sewing Machine Co
Merch
Texation
Ferguson
Millet
Sudan
Sears Grain Co
J. L. Cantrell
Garland & Hileman
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