County Supt. Geo. W. Acton Explains New School Laws
County Superintendent G W Acton outlines Texas school law changes. Rules cover state aid limits for enrollment, six month aid maximum, tax requirements, teacher limits, salaries, industrial equipment funds, school consolidations, and tuition reimbursements for interdistrict high school transfers.
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Geo. W. Acton
Public Schools of
Texas
State Superintendent of Education
G. W. Acton
Purification mailer touts Calotabs health cleanse
An advertisement urges readers to purify the entire system with Calotabs claiming it restores health. It promises a family package with directions for a course taken weekly, priced at 25 cents at drug stores.
The Spice of Life Admiring the View
A Greensboro NC brief notes a street scene with a couple debating statues atop buildings and a bride entering with her father D Curry Stewart in an elaborate white chiffon gown. The exchange and ceremony reflect local social humor and style in a transient society narrative.
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D. Curry Stewart
Greensboro
N. C
Sardine Packer and Two Girls Exchange Boy News
A short dialogue features two girls discussing their sweethearts. The first says her boy is a grocer who informs prices of ham cheese butter and eggs. The second says her boy is a tram conductor and tends to say sit closer.
Mosquito Screen Exchange on Air Pilot Cigar Comment
A light exchange features a guest joking about cigars obtained from an airplane pilot. The host asks about their use, jokingly suggesting sky writing as a possible purpose.
Freshmen Exam Script Cited in Brief Exchange
During a physical exam, Dr Bennett asks for calf and thigh measurements while a freshman answers fourteen inches and twenty six inches. The examiner then asks neck and the student confirms yes.
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Bennett
D. B
The Amateur Theater Prompt Sparks Private Jibe
A domestic quip surfaces as a husband jokes about his wife’s theater plans and money in a light exchange. The line hints at marital dynamics and humor without violence or harm. Local readers might see it as a candid snapshot of dated couple banter.
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Lord Lytton
Richelieu
Browne and Baker Exchange on Economy Lecture
Dialogue shows Browne asking about a wife’s reaction to an economy talk. Baker confirms and reveals the result: the speaker must give up smoking. The exchange reflects social norms about frugality and habit changes in a humorous domestic context.
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Browne
Baker
Local Boy Returns Home to Empty Platform
A young banker, after eight years away, arrives in his birth town to find no one on the platform he knows. He seeks out a baggage master who greets him by name and asks if he is leaving, marking a somber homecoming.
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George
Mechanism Suspected in Home Wrecking Device
Several hundred feet of wire were attached to the device in a suspected setup to wreck the home. Florida Times-Union notes investigators believe wire acted as the triggering mechanism.
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Florida Times- Union
Henry Ford ventures into general stores
Humorist notes Henry Ford now owns general stores selling many goods including chewing gum twine glue sealing wax and other items useful for minor repairs.
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Henry Ford
Come to Think of It Divorce Joke in Court
A humorous quip from a comic courtroom scene where a judge offers a divorce for three dollars and a man hesitates, noting only a small difference between two women. The exchange relies on a punchline about the fee and the perceived similarity of the spouses.
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John
Promised Bride Brings Old News to Forefront
Roped and branded suitor greets Tommy with a boast that his sister has just promised to marry him, while Tommy retorts that the sister already promised their mother long ago. The exchange exposes family matchmaking and longstanding affections.
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Tommy
When Girls Were Girls Tonsorial Headquarters and Temple of Fashion
From One Hundred Years Ago in the Gettysburg Star and Sentinel, a column notes David McCann offering ladies and gentlemen wigs and grooming goods with various names and ephemera. Pett Ridge relates a junior clerk seeking a raise who is warned he may be made a partner.
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Temple of Fashion
David McCann
Gettysburg Star and Sentinel
Pett Ridge
French watchmaker invents handless timepiece with rotating dial
A French watchmaker unveils a watch telling time without hands. A moving inner dial turns inside a stationary rim. minutes appear on the rim while an opening in the dial shows the hour. The inner center completes a full rotation each minute.
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Scholastics
Chesley Rutledge Confectionery
Buick
Sherman, Texas
Valet AutoStrop
AutoStrop Safety Razor Co
First Ave
New York, N. Y
R. B. Nall
Commercial Bank Bldg
Lloyd Moore
Whitewright
Ben Savage
Planters National Bank
Memphis
ST. Louis
EL Paso, Los Angeles
Ruisiona Limited
New Orleans
Texas and Pacific Railway
Geo. D. Hunter, G. P. A
Dallas, Texas
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