Centennial quiz exposes Texas history gaps in Tyler group
Tyler business and professional men discuss Texas history via a Centennial preparation questionnaire. Questions cover governors, independence, capitals, the Alamo, exploration, and flags, with answers citing James Stephen Hogg, Sam Houston, San Antonio, Washington on the Brazos, Lavaca River fort, Columbia, and De Leon among others.
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Tyler
Texas
Texas Club
Columbus
Ohio
James Stephen Hogg
Rusk
General Houston
Alamo
San Antonio
Tex
Washington
Brazos
Lavaca River
Matagorda Bay
la Salle
Fort St. Louis
San Francisco
Columbia
San Felipe de Austin
Harrisburg
Galveston
Velasco
Quintana
Houston
the Lone Star
Mexico
United States
de Leon
Saltillo
Coahuila
Easter Baptism and Ice Cream Supper Announcement
After the hero sermon a baptism will occur for one adult and one adultress. Next Thursday at about ten o clock the Ladies Benevolent Society will host an ice cream supper. Women bringing milk should come early. On Easter Sister Johnson will lay an egg on the pulpit and the service will close with the song Little Drops of Water.
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Benevalnt Society
Sister Johnson
Johnson
France Witnesses Accidental Death After Shouted Warning
Witness reports say a bystander cried whoa y before a person choked to death. Police investigated the incident as a fatal accident in a public area with no immediate foul play suspected.
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France
We shook that bridge says flea to elephant
A flea and an elephant traverse a bridge and joke after crossing about the tremor they caused. The odd pairing delivers a humorous line about their joint impact.
Squeaky slippers plot in a birthday joke tale
A flapper requests squeaky slippers size ten as a birthday present for her father to alert her boyfriend. A salesman laughs at the odd gift. In a separate quip two spinsters debate ideal husband traits, one preferring appearance and urging haste.
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Flapper
Puzzle of Ages Hidden in Simple Arithmetic
A playful math puzzle asks you to take your age and perform a sequence: multiply by 2, add 5, multiply by 50, subtract 365, add your pocket change under a dollar, then add 115. The result encodes your age as the first two digits and your pocket change as the last two.
Sunday School Jokes Turn Misheard Biblical Tale
A brief, humorous dialogue features a teacher asking Tommy about Lot's wife and a child mishearing a biblical line. Tommy relates a family car memory, joking that his mother looked back and turned into a dirt.
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Tommy
Garden seeds and hens clash over yard dispute
A neighbor with chickens peered over a fence and asked about digging. The other farmer said he was planting garden seeds. The chicken keeper joked that the seeds were in a hen, and the gardener agreed.
Horsemeat Mention Traces War Memory
A brief exchange recalls wartime rations with a reference to Dugan who ate horsemeat during the conflict. The exchange underscores harsh food shortages and wartime endurance.
Boarding house tale turns on meals and misfortune
A resident explains leaving the boarding house after a string of deaths and food shortages. He cites repeated beef and pork meals as driving factors, then a death in the landlady's family, prompting his move.
Saintly Parrot Converts Swearing Parrot to Hymns
A dealer touts a parrot as a saintly singer who converts swearing birds by reciting hymns. The tale contrasts this bird’s pious repertoire with earlier parrots known for foul language, suggesting a miraculous transformation.
Can't Fool Them A Woman Jury Trial Quip
A prisoner in the dock argues about being judged by a woman jury in a quip to the judge and his counsel. The judge and defense counsel urge quiet as the moment unfolds.
Nation convention prompts quips in Miami streets
A sedate lady asks a policeman to stop veteran antics at the national Legionnaires convention in Miami. An officer cites a European old man sawing wood in Holland as a warning. A feud district exchange reveals an executor connection to Ben Bottomely.
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Bill
Weins
Ben Bottomely
Ben
Tomorrow Never Comes in a Sermon on Living Today
A columnist recalls Chaplain Worchester's piece about Chin Wey who saved $7,000 for a dream of reuniting with family in China, only to die in an American street. The tale, used to urge readers to seize the day and avoid postponing happiness for an ideal future.
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Chaplain Worchester
The
Chaser
America
Canton
China
Chin Wey
Chin Weys
Earth
How Copyright Began By Tara Monks and Royal Claim
Sir Edward German cited that copyright began long before Queen Anne arguing from ancient Tara Ireland. He told experts that two Irish monasteries competed for visitors over a psalter, one copying the other and the king ruled that the first inventor’s rights extend to the copied work.
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Sir Edward German
George Harven Putnam
Performing Rights Society
Margaret Street
London
Mr. Putnam
Royal Patent Office
Sir Edward
Kingdom
Tara
Ireland
Principle of copyright and public performance rights
The article discusses the origin of copyright and how the Performing Rights Society protects composers by collecting fees for public performances. Sid Edward notes composers owe the society a debt for recognizing their rights, regardless of a work’s quality. A joke about breaking an engagement with Evelyn follows.
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Performing Rights Society
Sid Edward
New York Times
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Donald Newman
Janis Jane Horton
Whitewright Grammar School
Donald
B. W. Newman
Janis Jane
Cloy Horton
Dugan
General Electric
Manning, Clark & Meador
Gushley
Pearle Seal Butler
Evelyn
Sherwin - Williams
Sherwin-Williams
Whitewright Lumber Co
Whitewright Sun
Dallas
Pictorial Review and
the Whitewright Sun
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Whitewright
Collier’s Magazine and the Whitewright Sun
American Magazine and the Whitewright Sun
Progressive Farmer
Saturday Evening Post
True Story Magazine and
Red Book Magazine
Liberty Magazine and
Etude Music Magazine
Collier’s and
Redbook
Cosmopolitan
Woman’s Home Companion
American
Collier’s Magazines
the Sun
Whitewright, Texas
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