Boyhood Memories See Circus and Baseball Enduring
A nostalgic look at baseball and the circus as enduring American institutions. The essay notes that while attire and equipment advance, the core appeal—catching a ball, performing on a high wire, and classic acts—remains unchanged since their early days. It references historical feats from Blondin to Barnum and Ringling Brothers to emphasize lasting spectacle.
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America
Ball Park
Blyde Beatty
van Amburgh
Barnum
Ringling Brothers
Circus setup endures through decades of change
The article notes circus seats serving for about 75 years, with sperm lamps replaced by gasoline and electricity, and the Big Top adapted for 50 years. Wagons moved by trucks on paved streets, yet rain can mire heavy wagons, requiring elephants and horses to restore movement.
Old Members Mock New Members Over House Floor Habits
Washington report notes 160-odd new members disrupt decorum by talking laughing smoking eating and reading newspapers on the House floor during farm relief inflation debate. Clarke and Bubsy scold the behavior urging enforcement while old members lament loss of dignity.
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Washington
Clarke
Rainey
Bubsy
House
Congress
Speaker Rainey
Where's the cashier goes to the races
A humorous exchange notes a cashier leaving during business hours to attend horse races as a last chance to balance the books. The joke hinges on payroll and accounting pressures in a shop setting.
Importance of Early Copy for Newspaper
The Sun urges local news items be submitted early to ensure they appear in print. News written or reported on Monday and Tuesday should be sent in before the midweek rush. Late items may be delayed as advertising needs priority and old reports lose news value.
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Sun
The
Decoration service featured in Pilot Grove News
The annual decoration service was held Sunday afternoon. Various local residents visited relatives and attended church activities including Rev Howard McSpedden in Frisco. Patrons and guests from Sherman Texarkana Dallas and Denison gathered for social visits and church events.
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Louise Merritt
Whitewright
F. McSpedden
F. B. Doggett
van Alstyne
D. M. Taylor
Sim Wortham
Near Trenton
D. B. Andrew
Howard McSpedden
Frisco
S. T. McSpedden
Andy T. Ritchie Jr
Texarkana
Lee Bini
Ritchie
Walnut Street Church of Christ
Sherman
Z. W. Binion
Drye Neathery
Bill Dixon
Ernest Worsham
Leonard
W. T. Reagan
J. E. Wallace
Trenton
Greenville
George Reeves
Nola Reeves
Dallas
S. F. Garland
May Anderson
Westminster
Fay Reagan
Lee Binion
Sherman and
Denison
Winds Wreck Farm Work As Dry Season Bites
Local notes report very high winds hampering crop work with more rain forecast likely bringing weed and Johnson grass trouble. Several residents, including Mrs. Charlie Cates and Little Magdalene Phillips, face health issues while families visit and a car crash injures three youths. A racially charged exchange at a show ends the snippet.
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Charlie Cates
Magdalene Phillips
Johnnie Cox
Roland Blanton
John
The Family Doctor’s Take On Dieting Fashion
A columnist cites Marie Dressler on dieting and beauty prompting caution about chasing slim ideals. The piece contrasts extreme calorie cutting with a content, fuller lifestyle and notes a neighbor’s happiness despite size.
Houston Cotton Tops 2,000,000 Bale Mark
Houston is poised to export 2,000,000 bales of cotton in 1932 33 after two ships carry 11,000 bales tomorrow. The Houston cotton exchange reports 1,986,433 bales already shipped this season and the forthcoming sailings will send cargoes to Germany and the United Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade
Germany
United Kingdom
Removal of Secy Wallace Is Asked by Minnesota Group
Montevideo Minnesota farmers group asks President Roosevelt to remove Secretary of Agriculture Wallace from office. The Minnesota Farmers' Holiday Association adopted a resolution stating Wallace did not support the cost of production bill for agricultural products and urged his removal.
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Montevideo
Minn
Roosevelt
Wallace
Minnesota Farmers’ Holiday Association
The
United
State school apportionment payment increased to eight dollars
Austin. L A Woods state superintendent announced another dollar of the per capita apportionment for the current scholastic year. The payment brings the total remitted to eight dollars of the sixteen dollars apportioned per child of scholastic age. He said $3 or $4 more may be paid before year end and the remainder of the deficit would be covered later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
L. A. Woods
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Woods
Heart disease deaths rise fifty percent in decade
Metropolitan Life statisticians note death toll from heart trouble has increased 50 percent over ten years not due to more heart disease but fewer other diseases conquered. Among boys born, 200 of 1,000 may die from heart issues. by age ten, about 220 of 1,000. Adults eight decades old face around thirty percent mortality, with rates dropping after eighty. white women show slightly higher rates until very old age.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
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Robert Fechner
Boston
T. W. Ayres & Son Whitewright’s New Dry Goods Store
Pilot Grove News
C. A. Melton
E. Lamar
Texas
Kimbell Milling Company
John Hollingsworth
G. L. Baugher
Auto Finance Company OF
Sherman F. W
Ely News
Sam
Mandy
Marie Dressler
Dressler
J. H. Biggerstaff Meat Market
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Whitewright Golf Association
Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
Dyer & Childress Drug Company
East Texas
Whitewright, Texas
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