Texas Governors Race Rumors Stir In Austin
State politics enter final campaign phase with Governor’s race drawing broad interest. McCraw leads in early polls, Thompson narrows gap through strong organization and sharper speeches. Woodul and Mann slated for potential runoff. other offices show incumbents atop their races while opposition struggles to raise funds. Calvert’s clever outreach includes a ploy at an East Texas reunion backfiring with an improvised flirtation card.
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Dallas
Chigger bites and kerosene remedies advised
A Dallas News piece explains chiggers dislike sulfur and kerosene may ease bites. It notes the larval mite bites humans but does not burrow and offers bathing with medicated soap and scrubbing as best initial care. No universal cure exists and various remedies have proponents.
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Dallas News
Holidays shadowed by grim injury and death toll
A Tyler Courier-Times piece notes that statisticians forecast 50 000 to 100 000 American homes saddened by Christmas, with 3 000 deaths preventable through precaution. It warns of automobile accidents, fireworks harm, and homicides, urging individual responsibility for a safer holiday. It also recounts Crimean War veterans introducing cigarette smoking to Britain, replacing earlier tobacco forms.
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Tyler Courier-Times
Texas Legislature Did Pass Laws Despite Last Session Jibes
The Bonham Favorite notes Texas lawmakers enacted about 125 measures in the special session, with several general laws of statewide impact. It cites reforms to narcotics, gross receipts taxes on telegraph firms, hotel and restaurant sanitation, housing co operation, and more, countering claims that the session did nothing.
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35 000 Parts In A Modern Car And Modern Life
An essay contrasts old time versatility with today’s specialization. It notes the 35 000 parts in a standard four door sedan and likens daily life to a highly engineered era. The piece reflects on craftsmen and the shift from generalists to specialists. It cites acetylene gas discovery in 1892.
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