New York Musings and Notes on Life in 1930s
A columnist collection covers New York curios from menthol cigarettes and walking sticks to shoe repairs and office breakfast habits. It notes a flea circus leaving for Chicago, the rise of walking clubs, cheese tasters, and thoughts on prices, production, and food storage amid global markets.
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New York
Chicago
Suburbs
Joseph
Egypt
17 Years Ago In Whitewright Local Notes
Grayson County tax values set at 46 million dollars by County Tax Assessor Brady Raines. Tom Wells declines to run for county judge after petition from 800 voters. Birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. C M Nelson. Farm loans offered from 1000 dollars by Ben Savage. College girls home from CIA and Wesley College listed. Social events include music party for George Garner and picnics for store employees. Whitewright business block graveling project underway. SMU beauty pageant winner Thelma Joe Dyer named most beautiful at Southern Methodist University. Various parties, dinners, and community notices among residents. Premiums dropped by local grocers J W Davidson et al.
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the Sun
Brady Raines
Grayson County
Tom Wells
C. M. Melson
Ben Savage
Eula
Mary Lee Sears
Ruth Southerland
Kate Thomas
Mare Graves
Wesley College
Greenville
R. L. Holcomb
Fayetteville
Ark
Will Fleming
Payne
Payne Heirs
P. J. Pierce & Sons
Tom Graves
George Garner
T. H. Lively
Lively
Bess Lewis
W. M. Stockton
George Bennett
Rosa Cook
Lucyle Montgomery
Edith Little
J. H. Blincoe
B. F. Looney
Whitewright
South Bend Street
Mary Rena Penn
Hazel May
Irene McMillin
Evelyn Ayres
Rachel Montgom
Hail and wind damage crops near Whitewright
From The Sun June 2 1921 reports hail and wind Monday afternoon damaged crops of Thurston Montgomery Rollie Vestal John Vestal and other farmers southeast of Whitewright. Also notes gas price drop and local business activity in Whitewright.
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Thurston Montgomery
Rollie Vestal
John Vestal
Whitewright
Gladys Ray
Waxahachie
Curry Summer School of Expression
W. O. Brents
M. T. Craig
Claud Willis
Roger Davis
Joe Johnson
A. & M. College
Sallye Hamilton
Abilene
T. H. Sears
Winnona Lake
Ind
National Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Air link to connect Belfast Dublin Manchester and Isle of Man
An air service linking Belfast and Dublin in the Irish Free State with Manchester in England and the Isle of Man is to be operated by a railroad, creating a new regional air network.
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New England
North Atlantic
Western
Europe
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Straits
American
Greenland
Ireland
England
New York
Belfast
Dublin
Irish Free State
Manchester
Isle of Man
Nagging Pains and Warning Signals in Women
An old advertisement urges immediate treatment of underlying weakness rather than temporary relief. It promotes Cardus to bolster against common women’s ailments and notes widespread praise and drugstore availability.
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Cardus
Gardus
Government control limits in public franchises and resources
The speaker argues that monopolies in railroads telecommunication and utility sectors should be restricted by government influence while opposing broader government control. He cites irreplaceable resources like oil coal and minerals as needing careful government management but not full nationalization.
Aged Lady Tries Coffin Made to Order by Pittsburg Builder
An elderly woman near the Camp County line commissions E. P. Mayben of Pittsburg to build a coffin with a lined interior to her specifications. She tests the comfort by lying inside with the lid open and has a photo taken while smiling in her planned tomb, the coffin placed in her bedroom near her bed.
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Camp County
E. P. Mayben
Pittsburg
Rusk County News
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