Horatio Alger Comeback Story Recalled in New Editions
New Crown editions revive Horatio Alger works from Ragged Dick to Phil the Fiddler. The biography notes Alger's early fame, moral tales, and the enduring nostalgia that drives older readers to seek these 19th century boys’ stories.
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New York
Horatio
Harvard
Joyce Kilmer
John Drew
Knute Rockne
Bok
Sinclair
Wrigley
Horatio Alger Jr
Alger
Revere
Mass
Harvard Divinity School
Oliver Optic
Herbert R. Mayes
Jed
Phil
Edmund Fuller
Crown
Fuller
The Spice of Life and Laughing Lines
A collage of short comic vignettes from a past era. A native family tale about health, a loggers dispute resolved by an old friend, a humorous plantation dialect exchange about pardon for ham theft, a World War II era air base swimming test, and a Hollywood studio scene with a director shouting for cooperation as extras tire.
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Mac
American Magazine
Hollywood
Bastille
Foreman Gains Worker Cheer as Motivation Strategy
The foreman seeks higher output by gathering workers for a consultation. He asserts that his goal is to see every man cheerfully performing his duties each time he enters the workshop.
Hidden Cot Prank Ends With Neighborly Shock
A college professor left in charge of his kids finds his oldest child in the neighbor's cot after putting everyone to bed. The wife discovers the startling mix up when she checks the sleeping child, revealing the prank and mistaken identity.
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Jimmy
Sherman land suit seeks title and possession dispute
A Texas district court in Grayson County issues a citation in Case No. 54181 to defendants heirs of J W Cockrell Elizabeth A Fields B F Moore and Mrs M Jennie to answer Lena Morrison's suit filed January 9 1946 for title and possession of land in Sherman Grayson County described from Post Oak Creek Sam Bragg survey and D J Bell Addition alleging ten years adverse possession and a cloud on title with prayer for removal of the cloud and judgment for title and possession plus other relief
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State of
Texas
J. W. Cockrell
John W. Fields
Eliabeth A. Fields
B. F. Moore
M. Jennie
Palintiff
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Lena Morrison
Elizabeth A. Fields
Post Oak Creek
Sam Bragg
D. J. Bell
West Jones Street
W. Jones Street
S. V. Earnest
Late Delivery Blues From a Sergeant and Mose
A sergeant scolds a late supplier Miller and asks for an account of the delay. Miller says he picked up a chaplain along the road and the mules stopped understanding him. Mose seeks a loan from a composed white man who jokes about hard work and Mose’s losses, blaming luck rather than effort.
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Miller
Mose
Bride Asks Why Beef Remains Tough In Letter To Cook
A young bride signing as Perplexed writes to a cooking expert asking how to judge when beef is done after receiving meat she says has been unusually tough from her butcher. The letter seeks practical tips on doneness and tenderness.
Tax Lien Foreclosure Notice for Grayson County Land
The State of Texas and Grayson County notify L R Alexander unknown heirs and Pearl Alexander and Pearl Potter of delinquent taxes on 100x200 ft from G M McDaniel survey Whitewright. Taxes total 97.13 state and 126.40 county. suit filed to foreclose and sell the described land at the March 11, 1946 district court term in Sherman.
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State of
Texas
Grayson
L. R. Alexander
Pearl Alexander
Pearl Potter
Whitewright
S. E. Taylor
Grayson County
Commissioners Court
District Court
Sherman
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Dear Perplexed Beef Slow Cooking Answer
A kitchen expert humorously instructs that dropping a grindstone into the pot with beef will signal doneness when a fork can pierce the grindstone. The dialog plays on old time cooking folklore and hyperbolic advice.
Lady of the House Prompted on Religion by Maid
A dialogue scene features a lady asking a new maid about religious views. The maid replies she has none but offers humorous brag of possessing striking snapshots of Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes.
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Niagara Falls
The
Great Lakes
Tax Delinquent Land Foreclosure Notice No. 54238
Delinquent land in Grayson County Texas from the G M McDaniel survey Whitewright described in a deed to T J Pollock recorded in Grayson deeds seeks show cause why judgment should not condemn the land and order sale for state and county taxes totaling 113.92 and 158.61 plus costs as of March 11 1946 with unknown residences of defendants and successors.
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State of
Texas
Grayson
T. J. Pollock
Etta Pollock
W. C. Pierce
Logan and Whaley
State of Texas
G. M. McDaniel
Whitewright
Fred Wetson
Grayson County
Commissioners Court
District Court
Sherman
Grayson County Texas Court Notice Fragments
January 23 court actions in Grayson County Texas issued under a local court record. The brief entry cites court processing and filing activity with unreadable docket references. The limited legible text references a 23rd day of January and official court designation.
Tax lien notice on two acres in Grayson County Texas
No. 54237 to Bud Pierce and unknown heirs of Bud Pierce and Mrs Bud Pierce and their legal representatives and all persons owning or claiming taxes on two acres described in the G C Wilson deed in Grayson County Texas. State taxes $16.75 and court taxes $48.09.
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State of
Texas
Grayson
Bud Pierce
District Court
Grayson County
Sherman
A. D
S. V. Earnest
County
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Horatio Alger
W. G. Rogers
Holmes, Howells
Alcott
Bellarmy
Fiddler
Library of Congress
Kinnersley
YMCA
New York Newsboys
Charles O'Connor
Paris
Mayes
Tri-Mo
Lester Haile
Whitewright Lumber Co
Donald
Hamish
L. LaRoe & Co
Orenduft’s
Valentines
Orenduff
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