Why I Have Failed Told in Personal Reflections
A list of self‑posed regrets from youth and early adulthood includes failing to save earnings and education, misusing money, leaving school early, switching jobs, and leaving home at fifteen. The speaker cites self‑conceit and disobedience as recurring causes.
Bucketshop Gangs Swindle Public of Millions Annually
Attorney General Cummings warns of a nationwide bucketshop ring defrauding the public of millions. He cites headquarters in New York and Chicago and a system that preys on doctors lawyers and business executives. The scheme operated in Dallas Fort Worth and other cities, with multiple arrests including sixteen convicted in Shreveport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cummings
Justice Department
New York
Chicago
Shreveport
Dallas
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Houston
Fort Worth
New Orleans
Loneliness Drives Club Matrimonial Schemes To Boom
A secret reform group plans to curb matrimonial correspondence clubs that grew sharply last year. The piece notes cases including Leona from Toledo and Empress Eugenie Zicha’s match through such clubs, the lack of police power, and the ongoing risk of fraud, blackmail and even murder among the lonely seeking spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Powers
West Virginia
Bluebeard
Menser
Coshocton
Ohio
John Kelley
Clarion
Joseph E. Weintraub
Shelbyville
Ind
Nashville
Baltimore
Trousseau
California
Eugenie Zicha
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Theodore Kabelec
Philadelphia
Jacob Miller
New Yorker
Kabelec
Count Potocki
Detroit
Alice Jaglowski
Charles Henry Over
Notable Kansas City Stock and Bond Crime Syndicate
A new firm ran a inside stock and bond operation with local fronts. It spent heavily on telephones and telegrams, paying bills while profitable. One leader claimed moves netted three to four million dollars from Kansas City before relocating to Oklahoma City, with a quarter of a million in Oklahoma and many similar gangs in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Cummings
New York City
Six State Colleges Seek PWA Funds Fort Worth
Six state educational institutions asked the PWA State headquarters in Fort Worth for 1 354 500 to finance improvements. UT Medical School Galveston negro hospital 112 000 College of Mines El Paso dormitory loan and grant 180 000 San Marcos State Teachers College gym dorm library loan and grant 380 000 East Texas State Teachers College dormitory hospital stadium swimming pool loan and grant 345 000 North Texas State Teachers College theatre hospital addition loan and grant 50 000 Stephen F Austin Teachers College dormitory stadium swimming pool loan and grant 287 000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
PWA
University of Texas Medical School
Galveston
College of Mines
el Paso
San Marcos State Teachers’ College
East Texas State Teachers’ College
North Texas State Teachers’ College
Stephen F. Austin Teachers’ College
Backwoods talk turns to cooking and old cookbooks
A fragment recalls two settlers chatty in the backwoods. The talk wanders from politics to recipes and humor about a cookery book that proved useless. One quip notes every recipe starts with Take a clean dish.
Clock ticks and pets chime in playful rhythm
A clipped dialogue shows a stern Mrs asks the husband the time and he jokes the clock says tick tock while a small dog barks bow wow and a tiny cat meows meow meow in lighthearted mood.
Doe Rescued From Sea By Maine Children And Police
A 100 pound doe fled across a pond into the icy sea pursued by dogs and a wildcat. Two boys, Arthur and George Mack, chased off the dogs with rocks and the deer was saved and cared for by Mrs. Thelma Seibert and local police before Game Warden Henry H. Gross released it in a nearby forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
George Mack
John Mack
Werry Road
Soca
Henry H. Gross
Pool Road
American Weekly
Does Your Liver Give Your Drink a Kick
Mayo Clinic researchers Bollman and Mann report that fatty livers in dogs reduce glycogen storage and impair alcohol metabolism. Fatty livers fail to store sugar fuel, increasing sensitivity to alcohol and causing deeper intoxication from small doses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo Clinic
J. L. Bollman
F. C. Mann
Man Remains Witty While Posing Silent Challenge
In a playful exchange a speaker asks for a sentence without a verb. The responder replies with a simple phrase “30 days” highlighting the humor of the prompt and the counterpoint to expected grammar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lonely Hearts
Joseph Donavan
New York Detective Force
Toledo
Sam
Cleveland
Rat
Goodrich
Lee Norris
Linnane Cloth
T. W. Ayres & Son
Sun Office
Ashburn
the Sun
Billford
Whitewright
Greenville
R. E. Harris
Gilmer
Texas
G. H. Jackson
Elm Street
George Gordon Pope
van Claborn
Red Pace
Roberts Garage
Kanade
Kimball Pianos
A. E. McBrayer
Bonham, Texas
J. H. Hollingsworth
G. C. Ivins
First Baptist Church
Negro Baptist Church Choir
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
MGR
S. Travis St
Sherman
Binder
Baling Wire
Nicholson
Furniture Bargains
Rollie R. Waldo
Furniture and Undertaking