Hogwallow News Funny Observations and Local Oddities
A collage of humorous local items. Cricket Hicks fails to approach game in a loud tie. Atlas Peck jokes about tires and miles from a pair of sex. The Calf Ribs Twins split with one patch on a pant leg. Washington Hocks joins the church. Atlas Peck jokes on trains and car steps. A blind man considers a cash register for odd uses. Luke Mathewson quibbles about silence and children. Sidney Hocks probes rumors denied by others. Mules barred from hitching to the post office after a Frisby Hancock incident. Hog Ford church forms to buy new song books. Unknown burglars raid Rye Straw store. losses down as items were discounted. Atlas Peck buys new shoes and slips breaking them in. Poke Eazley looks forward to the mosquitoes farewell concert at first frost.
ENTER BUSINESS AT WHITEWRIGHT
W. T. Hight and his stepson Edgar Moore have bought a garage in Whitewright and plan to make the town their home. Moore, an ex army mechanic, comes from Harris Motor Co. service. Hight, formerly in hardware and furniture as Walker & Hight, will move on November first and hold the Dodge agency at Whitewright.
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W. T. G. Hight
Edgar Moore
Whitewright
Moore
Walker
Why Do We Say Dollar Derives From Joachimsthaler History
A brief note traces the origin of the dollar from the German thaler named for Joachimsthaler in Joachimsthal Valley. Duke Joachim authorized silver coinage in the 16th century, the prefix Joachim faded, and thaler evolved into daler and then dollar as the coin spread to Germany, Denmark, and America.
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Thal
Bohemia
Joachimsthal
Joachim’s Valley
Joachim
Germany
Denmark
Anglicized Spelling Helped Shape Early American Dollar
A short note traces how phonetic Anglicization influenced the coinage and naming of the American dollar, highlighting linguistic shifts that accompanied early U.S. monetary development.
What Is a Friend The Daring Self You Share
A friend is someone with whom you can be your true self without fear or pretense. They accept your flaws, forgive your worst impulses, and see the real you beneath masking. With a friend you breathe freely, speak honestly, and feel understood even in your contradictions.
NO PEACE Sweet peace is what we're need ing
A fragment reflecting antiwar sentiment as nations suffer and exhausted populations yearn for peace. The speaker notes captains demand war despite widespread weariness and calls for rebuilding and farming to feed the hungry.
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Europe
Laxative BromO Quinine Tablets Ad Promises Cure
A vintage ad touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets claiming to remove the cause. It notes there is only one Brome Quinine and features Grove's signature on the box priced at 30 cents.
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Grove
War Will End Soon Yet Hopes Prove False
The verse by Walt Mason laments false war optimism as a captain abroad casts grim views on battle, while the home front endures disappointment. It juxtaposes future conflict with a request for labor and peace, highlighting disillusionment with martial forecasts and national rhetoric.
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Walt Mason
Beggars and the Beheaded Rooster Poem Card
A poem by Walt Mason depicts beggars pleading at a farmer’s door while the speaker contemplates charity. He wonders if feeding the hungry just feeds idleness, but resists preaching, noting a nine year old rooster’s fate as a stark image of rough choices.
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Walt Mason
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Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Cricket Hicks
Clab Hancock
Atlas Peck
Washington Hocks
Sile Kilden
Luke Mathewson
Sidney Hocks
Frisby Hancock
Hog Ford
Fletcher Henstep
Poke Eazley
Meat Market Service
Beggars
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
H. Montgomery
Whitewright, Texas
the Planters National Bank
J. W. Davidson
W. T. Nicholson
Hayes
International
R. C. Brown
Goodyear Plain
Goodrich
Kelly Springfield
Goodyear
Sears Auto Company
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