Down Memory Lane and Local Notices From Oak Hill Cemetery Annex
Oak Hill Cemetery Annex items recall 117 hackberry trees planted and community notes. Obituaries mention Arthur Griffin joins Home Ice and Manufacturing Co and Mrs B F Mangrum hosts a birthday party. Married Royce McMahan to Miss Lucile Bass of Tom Bean. deaths include Isaac Tree 82 and Mrs John Harvey 43 and Grace England begins Electric Mills, Miss.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Arthur Griffin
Home Ice and Manufacturing Co
Joe McKinsey
Sherman
Royce McMahan
Lucile Bass
Tom Bean
Isaac Tree
Cross Roads
Pool hall opens in Ray building by Roy Norris
Mrs. Guy Hamilton will present piano pupils in recital at the Baptist Church Friday evening. Pattie Everheart Frances Layman C B Bryant III Charleen Stuteville Norma Lou Smith Bettye Nell participate in the event.
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Roy Norris
Ray Building
Guy Hamilton
the Baptist Church
Pattie Everheart
C. B. Bryant III
Frances Layman
Charleen Stuteville
Norma Lou Smith
Bettye Nell
Solon Seeks $150 Income Increase for Disabled Vets
Rep. John J. McFall proposes a retroactive bill to raise allowable income for disabled veterans, boosting single veterans from 1400 to 1550 and married or veterans with minors from 2700 to 2850, to avoid pension reductions from Social Security gains. The change aims to preserve benefits amid future Social Security increases.
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Washington
John J. McFall
D.-Calif
McFall
Congress
Exceedingly Clean Kitchen Joke At Restaurant
A diner tells the manager the kitchen is exceptionally clean though the manager says you have not seen our kitchen. The patron explains everything tastes like soap as he heads for the door. Sun Want Ads get results.
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Sun
The Spice of Life and Jokes from a Post Office Window
A collection of humorous snippets and vignettes ranging from a Bible parcel with a quip about the Ten Commandments to a TV sales pitch and social misadventures. Other scenes include a probate joke at a judge’s chambers, a church sermon on Adam, a kitchen tip about boiling sauce, and witty exchanges at a club and reception.
Inflation Demands Fines for Drunks At the Union Scale
A court case links the old dollar a day fine to modern wages as a man is found guilty and faces ten dollars or ten days. The piece critiques how historic coin values translate into lost wages and punishment in today’s economy.
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White House
Rutherford B. Hayes
Saturday Evening Post
Imaginary Reformlisted Justice And Hourly Wages
A satirical riff critiques wage disparity and the death penalty process. It imagines a judge consulting an official hourly-rate list before sentencing, using bricklayer wages to set the punishment. The piece echoes early 20th century humor about law, labor, and Franklin bifocals.
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Guy Hamilton Jr
Dick Montgomery
Mary Joe Sears
Agnes Coffey
Pauline Magers
Sarah Janway
Billie Magar
Emma Claire Vestal
Lanius Kincaid
Fannin County
Little Citizens Club
Maurine Pierce
N. B. Nicholson
Grace England
Electric Mills
B. B. Kimbell
Fort Worth
Whitewright
R. C. Vestal
L. LaRoe
Lucille
W. R. Hooper
Jacksonville
F. O. Mangrum
Leroy Martin
Verba
Pearl Anderson
Kentuckytown
Frances Phillips
Paul Caylor
Solon
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Farley
Pascal Farley
Eighth Infantry Division
Germany
Richmond
Adam
Bronx
the Times
Benamin Franklin
Tom Sears
TWA Casualty
Jim Ashley
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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