Horse, Brooding, Guards Master's Body Three Days
Montgomery County finds Pinehurst stockman George D. Bender dead from natural causes. His saddle horse and two hounds stood by the body for three days guiding a search party to the wilderness site between Mill Creek and Sandy Creek. Bender, 54, lived alone and was buried at Pinehurst.
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Houston
Montgomery County
George D. Bender
Pinehurst
Justice of the Peace
J. C. Browder
Bender
Mill Creek
Sandy Creek
F. W. Smith
Rex Coe
Coe
Third Alfred Child Will Be First Born In State's Mansion
Gov Allred and wife expect a February birth, aiming for the Texas Governor’s Mansion. If realized, the child would be the first born in the mansion and would use Sam Houston four poster bed reserved for distinguished guests. Only prior in-office birth was Dan Moody Jr. in a hospital in Austin.
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A. J. Hamilton
Allred
Texas
Dan Moody Jr
Austin
Spice of Life and Campus Jokes Parade at Barnesville
A travel tale recalls a conductor who backs a train to Barnesville after forgetting the town. A note of humor follows with a passenger quip about pills, and campus banter from freshmen to alumni on a concrete stadium. Jokes travel from Podunk News to London Chit Chat via Sophocles.
Worrying Captain Says Sailor Will Do It
A humorous dialogue features a seaman asking what to do if seasick and the captain replying you will do it. The exchange emphasizes grit and responsibility aboard. The line reflects nautical humor and crew morale in a maritime setting.
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Jimson
Fruits of Repeal Reflections by Mrs E Stanley Jones
After returning from foreign mission work, Mrs. E Stanley Jones describes city life as she saw it. She notes hunger amid beer sales and ads urging drinking, permissive entertainment, raucous language from young women of good families, and closed churches with thriving theaters. She laments cuts to Christian work while spending on sports and luxury, and observes nudity and pagan art. She contrasts modern trends with missionary conversion toward modesty and restraint, and comments on crooning as public entertainment.
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E. Stanley Jones
America
Texas Place Names And Historical Notes
A collection of brief Texas items notes towns with unique names, cannibal Indians said to inhabit the Texas gulf coast, and a 1850 incident near Babyhead Mountain where a white baby was decapitated. It also mentions Governor Hogg’s pecan grave tree and East Texas grape vines, a 1836 cattle scare near San Felipe, and actress Jane Darwell learning to smoke a pipe for a film role.
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Cookville
Texas
America
Texas Gulf Coast
Babyhead
Babyhead Mountain
San Saba
Llano
James Stephen Hogg
San Felipe
Brazos River
Wealth and the Hillside Dream in Ozark Tales
An old Ozarks family and their poor son, nineteen, yearn to leave for fortune beyond the hills. The father argues they have little to show, while the son laments poverty and dirt. The exchange turns on pride, mobility, and the clash of rural aspiration.
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Ozarks
Kentucky
Is Tommy's new dog a setter or a pointer
Mrs Jones asks in a classified style about Tommy's dog. Tommy's mother replies the dog is neither a setter nor a pointer, calling it an upsetter and a dis appointer in a lighthearted exchange.
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Tommy
Ace Sees Baseball Charm From First Game Experience
A young woman attending her first baseball game with her escort comments on the pitcher calling him grand and noting his batting prowess regardless of how the bats are held, reflecting fresh enthusiasm for the sport.
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Ace
Grand
Always on Wrong Side Earl
Dialogue exchange features Ruth and Earl debating impartiality with Ruth urging balanced views and Earl sticking to the opposing stance. The line hints at a humorous domestic argument about fairness and perspective.
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Earl
Ruth
Hard to Account For Bessie in Paper Tale
A humorous exchange quotes Bessie and Jessie about a newspaper story. Bessie notes a man who had not kissed his wife in five years yet shot a man who had kissed her. The brief vignette hints at odd wartime or domestic themes with a punchline contrasting affection and violence.
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Jessie
Bessie
Local Man Belatedly Reveals Hiring Timeline
Bill questions a worker about his tenure. Joe replies the man has been around two days, yet Bill believes he’s been there over a month, highlighting confusion over the hire's length of service.
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Bill
Joe
Social worker questions savings with Terence Shea
A social worker visits Terence Shea, urging thrift and a neighborhood savings bank. She asks where he deposits wages, and he replies he earns $15 a week, noting after rent he has little left. The dialogue shows tensions between reformers and working-class habits.
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Terence Shea
Reading Between the Lines of a Frugal Family Budget
A diarized passage shows a narrator describing frugal spending on provisions and groceries for Maggie and five children. The speaker explains depositing surplus money in sugar barrels for storage, and improvises with flour barrels when sugar is unavailable. The tone hints at scarcity and resourcefulness in daily life.
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Maggie
Absent minded SMU professor quote in Dallas Journal
An SMU professor tells his secretary I’m going downtown and if by chance I return during my absence keep me here until I get back. The Dallas Journal notes this humorous remark about memory and misdirection from campus lore.
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Robert T. Morris remarks that while funerals are unpleasant it is wise for each person to consider the mourners they will leave behind at their own funeral.
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Robert T. Morris
That's Different MacLaughin Proposes to Widowed Worker
A man named MacLaughin proposes to a widow he has recently met. She responds claiming she has nine children, and he accuses her of deception. She counters that all nine children are employed. The exchange ends unresolved with clarifying remarks on the situation.
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MacLaughin
Jumbled Pastimes Auction Sale Rivalry Tale
The item reports a playful note about Jones devoted to golf and his wife to auctions. They are said to talk in their sleep with him shouting Fore and she replying Four and a quarter, a humorous domestic anecdote.
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Jones
Arithmetic Class The teacher was trying
In this brief item a teacher leads an arithmetic class with students engaged in a basic lesson. The report notes classroom activity and the teacher’s attempt to convey a mathematical concept.
Ten Fingers Left When Three Are Missing
Elsie explains subtraction by counting fingers and asks what remains if three are missing. She then answers that there would be no music lessons as a consequence.
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Elsie
Opportunity Knock Humorous Local Quip
A local miss explains that opportunity does not always knock it may linger as a stray car honk. The remark humorously notes chances can appear unexpected and elusive in daily life.
Helpful Sir Offers Help to a Girl in Trouble
A terse dialogue opens with a girl asking for help and a caller promising aid. The exchange hints at distress and a willingness to assist, set in a plain conversational tone. Both parties convey urgency without escalating into details.
Economy Begins Speech Sparks Personal Confession
A quoted dialogue reveals a speaker admitting the need to change personal habits after a talk about economy. The exchange references domestic life and a resolve to quit smoking cigars, illustrating practical impacts of broader economic discussions on individuals.
Just Patience and the Frozen Water Sieve
A garulous railway passenger claims patience and perseverance solve all problems. A skeptical traveler counters that patience alone cannot carry water in a sieve, until water freezes saving the day. The exchange turns on a paradox about practical limits and clever workarounds.
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Alfred
Barnesville
Fritts
Podunk
London
Sophocles
Jane Darwell
Matt
Mike
A. F. Nossaman
First National Bank
Acold
Lone Star Gas System
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