Texans Paid Over 278 Million Dollars for Taxes in 1934
A Texas Tax Journal report cites 1934 tax collections from federal and state sources totaling 278,934,742 dollars, with counties cities and school districts contributing over 105 million remitted to the state. It notes 2,685,681 residents aged 24 to 75, about 95 percent of taxpayers, with an estimated 20 percent delinquent yielding an average tax of over 120 dollars per person.
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Texas Tax Journal
Internal Revenue
Austin
Dallas
State Comptroller
State Auditor
Texas
Relief work and farming gains across Texas counties
Texas counties report relief canning centers built with volunteer labor and donated materials. Terracing and subirrigation projects reduce soil erosion while county agencies provide machinery at cost. Poultry contests award top flocks for egg yield, and canned chicken sales support home demonstration projects advancing clothing, music lessons, and yard improvements.
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Arbor
Houston County
Home Demonstration Club
Pauline Arnst
San Fernado
Kleberg
Effie E. McClane
Arnst
What is Christianity in all life and work
The War Cry defines Christianity as kindness in the home honesty in business helpfulness in society fairness in work bearing burdens for the unfortunate and evangelizing the wicked. It cites the spirit of Christ as the foundation of all motives and the basis for reverence worship and love toward God.
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Christ
Poland’s Rise as an Aggressive European Power
Washington reports Poland grows in strategic position between Soviet Russia and Germany. The National Geographic Society notes Poland’s population nearing 40 million and its regained independence after World War I. Pilsudski’s leadership spurred reconstruction, economic growth, and expanded rail and air links including Lot airline and new Baltic port at Gdynia. The article traces Poland’s territorial past, modernization efforts, and cross border cooperation such as the Tatry buffer park agreement with Czechoslovakia.
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Washington
Poland
Russia
Germany
Europe
National Geographic Society
Berlin
Sea of Azov
Khanate of
Crimea
Gulf of Finland
Warsaw
Paris
Pilsudski
Prussia
Austria
Orlinski
Tokyo
Rayski
Pennsylvania
Krakow
Czechoslovakia
Jokes and Puns Across a Morning Conversation
A string of light humor unfolds as a father and son trade quips about dimes and iceman phrases. A druggist rejects slot machines while a salesman defends them as non gambling, noting the customer has no chance.
Joke Exchange About Overnight Babysitting
A punchline exchange features Rosenburg quoting a boss asking if the baby is blonde or brunette after a night with the child. The quip highlights a humorous take on parental duties and work life balance.
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Cohen
Rosenburg
Railroad Collision Victim Kept on Ties Until Help Arrived
In a railroad collision one victim lay on his back across the ties for a long time. Eventually two men carried him to the station and laid him on the floor saying he would be easier there until the doctor arrived. The doctor came shortly after.
Glass Eye Misread as Fatal Woe Turns Stranger
A scene unfolds as a doctor pronounces death over a pros trate victim. The wounded man suddenly speaks, revealing a glass eye was misread as the cause of death. Authorities begin removing the body as the victim jestingly corrects the misperception.
Fragmentary quote from The Good Job Bible note
A fragmentary diary style line notes a girl who once fooled the speaker, with a wry remark about the lasting impression left by such a girl. The snippet reads as casual dialogue between characters Giff and a speaker.
Birth day gift sparks distant church sighting gag
Comic exchange cheekily claims field glasses let a speaker reach an audience far away. The punchline suggests the candidate's rhetoric was merely gas and not electrifying.
Patient Doctor Exchange Quip Sparks Bargain Banter
A humorous exchange features a patient asking how to repay kindness with a doctor replying by check postal order or cash Etaoin asks about work and Shrdlu notes a relief job claim. The dialogue style reveals playful office banter and timing.
De Soto Indian Massacre Site Believed Found
Maurice Ries of Tulane believes the De Soto expedition may have left bones at H. P. Deere's Mangham farm in Louisiana. More than twenty skulls suggest a 400 year old clash with De Soto's party. Maps from the expedition align with the farm location.
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New Orleans
Maurice Ries
Department of Middle American Research
Tulane
Hernando de Soto
H. P. Deere
Mangham
Ries
de Soto
Louisiana
Arkansas
Deere
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State of Texas
Fire Insurance Commission
A. & M. College Service
Williamson County Garden
Collis Bouldin
Gonzales County
Robertson County
Commissioners’ Court
Llano County
R. Fishback
Robert Boxell
Higginbotham-Harris
Dawson County
Roscoe Holton
Joe C. Williams
Holton
Sun Office
Luther Gordon
Great Britain
Papa
Sonny
Hooey
Fuey
Barbee-Bassett
Insurance Agency
Ness
Whitewright
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