Big Jim Farley Named Dominant Force in Roosevelt Campaign
New York reports that James Farley is set to be the guiding force behind the Roosevelt Garner drive. Farley, longtime New York Boxing Commission head and state party chair, would chair the campaign from behind a proposed advisory board while funds management shifts to a separate economics group.
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Big Jim Farley
New York
Big Jim
Farley
Roosevelt
Farle
New York Boxing Commission
National Committee
Troubling Ride Offer On Lonely Road
A slick-haired man offers a ride to a lone female hiker on a deserted road. He asks if she is going east and boasts of his looks while signaling danger by warning to watch for the ocean. The encounter ends with unclear further actions.
Strange Freaks Of Lightning Tales From Odd Storm Events
A set of unusual lightning incidents from England and Canada describe a bolt igniting a house and striking a fire box, another killing a man and then his friend, a Pennsylvania man injured by a gun cartridge explosion, a mother nursing a baby with a dog killed nearby, and a non damaging kitchen bolt. The column also includes a humor piece on life goals for men and an ad for adding machine paper.
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England
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Bowles
Dentists See Tax Break For Gold Dental Work
Washington reports the Bureau of Internal Revenue ruled that dental articles using precious metals are not subject to the new tax provisions. Removable bridges gold crowns gold-containing appliances and plates are listed as excluded from the precious metals levy. Buy your Printing in Whitewright.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Boric Acid Fuse Material for Power Lines Demonstrated
A. P. Strom and H. L. Rawlins of Westinghouse Electric Corporation showed a new fuse material made from solid boric acid at a mid summer American Institute of Electrical Engineers meeting in Cleveland. The solid boric acid fuse muffles line breaks and releases a gas that quenches electric arcs.
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Cleveland
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
A. P. Strom
H. L. Rawlins
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Pittsburgh
Black eye after kiss at wedding joke
Witty exchange about a black eye and a kiss after a wedding humorously contrasts novelty with tradition. A bride’s reaction and the timing imply a lighthearted domestic gag.
J H Waggoner for Grayson County State Legislature
J H Jim Waggoner owner of Whitewright Sun seeks Grayson County seat criticizing incumbent for opposing tax relief. He outlines economy, county bond assumptions, audits, and reform of laws, favors 120 day sessions and homestead tax exemption. He pledges full attendance and asks for votes from local residents.
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Austin
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Chicago
Sun Office
Whitewright
Tom
Orrom
Waggoner
Grayson County
Mississippi
Texas
Bells
Whitewright Sun
Zeb Spearman
Economy In Government
State Highway Department
J. H
Jim) Waggoner
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