Six Proposed Texas Constitutional Amendments For November Election
Texans vote November 3 on six constitutional amendments. Proposals include a state liquor monopoly, teachers retirement fund, state workers compensation, restrict governor pardons, higher state official salaries, and redistricting limits. The liquor clause would bar private sales of any liquor with distilled spirits. The retirement fund would allow funded teacher pensions up to 180 dollars yearly with a 20‑year service requirement. The compensation plan would authorize state employee insurance and damages for injury or death. Pardons would require a pardon board, with governor veto rights over board actions. Salaries would rise for governor and other top officials. Redistricting would cap county representation at seven seats unless population exceeds 700,000, with rural districts favored.
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Supreme Court of Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Board of Pardons and Paroles
House of Representatives
Drouth-Proof Forage Found By Illinois Worker
Springfield Illinois Ellsbery OHair of the State Department of Agriculture reports a drought and pest resistant grain forage hybrid. Co tested with Oklahoma farmer Fred Groff, the crop yielded 75 bushels per acre on a 10 acre field with eight inches of rainfall. Fodder produced 13 tons per acre and cattle fed readily.
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Rushton
Fred Groff
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Jokes Reflect Tensions In Politics And Faith
A collection of light anecdotes contrasts Sunday school tales with presidential figures and political outings. Jokes poke at Roosevelt Wallace and republican jabs, church scenes, jazz, and a senator facing retirement rumors.
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President Roosevelt
Jackie
Secretary Wallace
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God
Girl in Terrible Shorts Sparks Mother’s Wardrobe Joke
In a playful exchange, Edythe comments that the shorts are hers, prompting Henry to ask if their mother would be angry. The quip centers on a humorous clash of fashion and family expectations, reflecting light domestic humor.
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Henry
Edythe
Pickpockets Shadow an Old Man to Lawyer’s Office
Two thieves trailing an elderly man with a large roll of bills hide as the man ducks into a lawyer’s office. The pair debate their next move as a hospital superintendent notes receiving a threatening letter over a medical bill. The missive invokes Judgment Day and hell, warning the recipient to settle the debt.
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Sneaky
Sam
Slippery
Pachant
Uncle Eli Confuses Restaurant Order in Washington Café
In a Washington cafe a waitress set a small steak order before Uncle Eli who, after inspecting it, declared That is exactly what I want. Bring me some of it. His repeated city misreads show his lifelong struggle with urban dining norms.
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Eli
Washington
Grandpa and grandson exchange playful kiss joke
A grandson asks if kissing girls was harder in the past. The grandfather jokes that it was safer because Old Dobbin never crashed into trees while the boy was puckered up, implying fewer distractions and more caution in youth.
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Dobbin
Englishman builds first Chinese linotype machine
PEIPING Centuries after China invented printing, an Englishman unveils China's first modern type-setting device. Mr H Ellis says the linotype for Chinese will house 5000 characters, about five feet long and three and a half wide. Britain-made frame with Chinese brass matrices. Mass of characters replaces single letters, transforming Chinese composition from hand work.
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Peiping
China
H. Ellis
Great Britain
Linotype
Wind tunnel in France to test full-size aircraft at high speed
A new wind tunnel is being built in France to test full-size airplanes under high speed conditions, enabling practical aviation research and development locally.
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France
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