Notaries Needed To Aid Applying New Cotton Law
State Senator George Purl says the Bankhead cotton control law will greatly raise the need for notaries public at cotton gins. The old Texas Constitution restricts notary appointments to legislative sessions, delaying needed authorizations until the next Legislature. John C. Thompson of the Texas Gunners' Association pressed the issue, noting federal law requires affidavits from farmers before ginning. A constitutional resolution to allow year round notary appointments died in the House.
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George Purl
Purl
Texas
John C. Thompson
Texas Gunners’ Association
Dallas
Loyalty Missouri Inhabitant Holds Multirole Leader Title
John Wilson acts as founder mayor police chief clerk judge merchant postmaster and sole resident of Loyalty Missouri. The item lists a string of unusual occupations tied to one person in a small town setting.
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John Wilson
Loyalty, Mo
New York Shop Ads 99 Cents Per Leg Trousers
A New York shop advertised trousers at 99 cents per leg, promoting a bargain price for each leg of the pair. The quirky offer highlights low-cost fashion in a period listing.
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New York
Four Die in Chair for One of Strangest Crimes
Four men in New York were executed for the murder of Mike Malloy known as Iron Man after a bungled plot to kill him for insurance money. They attempted poison oysters ground tin tainted sardines and alcohol causing repeated survivals until finally gas and electricity killed Malloy in Sing Sing.
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New York
Mike Malloy
Malloy
Sing Sing
A Kiss for the Wife
Oklahoma City husbands form a Husband's Gratitude Club with a pledge to kiss and tell daily love, compliment a part of the wife’s cooking, and perform at least one kind or unexpected deed each day to promote happy marriages. The Longview News notes the pledge, while odd, outlines a practical path to stronger marriages.
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Oklahoma City
Persian talk sparks lighthearted jab at husbands
A speaker addressing a women’s group discussed Persian customs describing men’s carelessness with wives and a donkey. He recalled a Detroit speech when a lady in the audience quipped that such scenes aren’t unusual locally either.
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Persia
Detroit
Cotton Contract Land in South Texas Now Being Checked
In South Texas Extension Service District No 5 the Agricultural Adjustment Administration audits land under cotton and corn contracts. A community committeeman per 50 to 100 farms helps measure growing and rented cotton acres and determines compliance. Costs run about three cents per acre with future countywide testing planned.
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Extension Service
Goliad
Texas
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Curious Ancient Remedies Across Eras and Beliefs
The Dallas News surveys outdated and bizarre cures once believed effective. It cites buffalo hair with cream for boils, garlic for the evil eye, sacred tooth relics, unicorn horn dust for epilepsy, mummy powder for wounds, skull moss from hanged criminals, powdered child skulls for drunkenness, and a coffin nail as an earache cure.
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Mahomet
Ctesias
India
Dallas News
Wingate man carries 200-year family heirloom cane
Y. M. Bogan of Wingate North Carolina displays a cane with a heritage of over two centuries kept within his family, highlighting local ties to enduring heirlooms.
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Y. M. Bogan
Wingate, N. C
Woman Faces Prison For Drunken Driving
Amarillo Mrs Frances Daniels pleaded guilty to drunken driving and faces one year in the penitentiary. The tragedy also involved Joe Moore owner who received a five year sentence for the same crash that killed Shirley Pauline Palmateer a three year old girl playing on the curb. Schultz Schwartz exchange appears in the same column with a closing sale note.
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Amarillo
Frances Daniels
Shirley Pauline Palmateer
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