Peppery ramble mixes limeade lore and show window ads
A rambling column riffs on limeade made with plain water versus carbonated, notes a Houston window ad for shirts at 17.50, and ponders fame and ambition with quick asides about Cantor Jolson Durante Berlin Edison Milton Byron Napoleon Demosthenes Paul Revere Jesse James and a zoo peanut rule.
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Houston
Czechoslovakia
Cantor
Jolson
Durante
Irving Berlin
Edison
Milton
Byron
Napoleon
Demosthenes
Paul Revere
Jesse James
Cracks At The Crowd Inertia’s Fateful Engagement
Ellen schemes to wed her daughter Inertia to a wealthy young man by posing her husband as wealthy. The plan drives the husband into deep debt and forces sale of their home to fund a lavish wedding. The marriage ends with Ellen furious at the son in law for deceiving her in turn.
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Houston
Zoo
Ellen
Inertia
Inertia Wealth and Family Expectations
A fragmented observed voice contrasts rich and poor parents efforts to raise daughters to work. It notes a confident son may support a family while siblings strive for superiority. A niece Dolly is described as lively yet risky to both car and character. Bella’s religious fervor during a storm hints at salvation if she moves to a stormy land.
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Bella
Irked Landlord Faces Peace Bond Over Threats on Road
In Glen Rose, District Attorney John A James sought a peace bond to bar any booby trap on Coxs Bend Road in Somervell County. E Edwards, a landowner, had been charged with threatening human life after fencing the road and hinting at dynamiting near his orchard. The road serves local traffic including a school bus.
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Cleburne
Dist
John A James
Cox's Bend
Somervell
Glen Rose
E. Edwards
Edwards
Cox's Bend Road
Bible verse question on universal atonement
A reader cites 1 John 2 2 stating that Jesus is the propitiation for our sins and for the sins of the whole world and asks whether the word grandmother appears in the Bible.
The Three Curses and Revelations Talk in Fragments
Fragmentary religious Q A discussion cites Ezekiel Romans Genesis and Revelation verses about punishment sin and mortality. It references Adam Abel Cain and the earth’s curse with quoted lines and asks about the speaker in Revelation and the curses on man.
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Christ
Adam
Cain
Abel
Engine heat warms autos via dual intake system
Washington A Columbus Ohio inventor George W Crise patents a simple car heater using engine heat. Air drawn from radiator top and grille pathways is routed under the hood into a common duct, then up inside the windshield area. A thermostat in the duct controls operation with floor escape valves venting used air.
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Washington
George W. Crise
Columbus
Ohio
Capital Set Record For Violent Crimes
Washington tops national charts for violent crimes says Pathfinder citing FBI figures. The report lists acid hurled razor throwing poisoning and sandbagging among violent acts outranking Chicago and placing Washington near the top in murder grand larceny robbery burglary petty theft and aggravated assault.
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Washington
FBI
Pathfinder
Chicago
BFI
Tenderloin
Ninth Street
Senate
House
D. C
Baltimore
Cleveland
St. Louis
Boston
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Indian leader named richest man on earth
A frail, bespectacled Indian Muslim ruler in Hyderabad is described as the richest man on earth with an annual income near 50 million dollars and vast jewels, dwarfing others including Britain's Sir John Ellerman. The article notes Neptune’s frigid temperature and greater distance from the sun.
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London
India
Rustam-I-Duran Arastu-Naman
Muzaffar-Ul-Mulk
Nizam of
Hyderabad
Henry Ford
Great Britain
Sir John Ellerman
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Dolly
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Baptist Church
Babcock Auto Store
Wes Judd
W. A. Gladden
W. E. Stanford
Lois
Eunice
New World
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Eva Jane
Clinton P. Anderson
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Truman
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