Dallas Sheriff Contest Reopened
Two district judges ordered a new grand jury to probe ballot tampering and attempted intimidation of reporters in the sheriffs election suit. Judge Pippen said the inquiry may continue for 20 years. Hilliard C. Brite faces aggravated assault charges after beating two newspapermen including Glenn Pricer, Dallas Dispatch managing editor.
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Dallas
Allen F. Seale
Schuyler Marshall Jr
Seale
Marshall
C. A. Pippen
Felix Robertson
Sice
Best of Times for Bedridden Lady
A cheerful bedridden widow welcomes a visiting clergyman. She recounts seeing a house fire from her bed and expresses gratitude for her comfort, contrasting the dangers outside with her own calm state. The anecdote highlights a positive outlook amid hardship.
A Child Reflects on Flowers in Poetic Rainbows
A six year old girl explains to her mother that flowers are the broken pieces of a rainbow God scatters to land on garden bushes. The charming childlike interpretation shows the whimsy and innocence of childhood.
Jerusalem Portrait of a Stranger Jew and City Life
H Shamar describes arriving at the Jaffa Gate and wandering Jerusalem’s Jewish quarter. He notes the crowded market, diverse heads, smells, and stalls, and reflects on Jews as strangers in a city they inhabit, echoing ancient ties and ongoing exile.
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Grand Canyon
Charley Brown
Jaffa
H. Ben-Shamar
Menorah Journal
Tower of David
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Nathan Straits Milk Station
Paris
Washington
London
Real Estate Tale Misread By Forbes Memoir
A Columbus Ohio resident Brown was rumored to have earned 50000 in Florida real estate in three months, but the tale was corrected to California, three years, and 5000 with a loss. The neighbor eagerly pressed the claim, while Brown’s brother clarified the errors.
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Florida
Brown
Columbus
Ohio
Miami
Ila
George
Bill
California
Upshaw Defeated in Democratic Primary Over Prohibition Ties
Congressman Will D. Upshaw of Georgia suffered a Democratic primary defeat amid an anti saloon league probe. Testimony claimed Upshaw received 500 dollars per lecture and demanded advance pay, while Hobson was cited as 175000 dollars earned in six years. The public disapproved of league methods and made Upshaw the first victim.
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Will D. Upshaw
Georgia
Capitol
Upshaw
Senate Committee
Anti-Saloon League
Hobson
Merrimac
League
Marshall News
Tests for Ministers in a July Collier's article
Bruce Barton presents a fictitious set of practical tests for prospective ministers. The list includes success in a carpenter shop, ability to confront corruption in the temple, and how well children, common people, and sick individuals respond to a minister. The piece notes many ministers could pass these tests.
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Bruce Barton
Collier’s
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by PAZO OINTMENT
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. It relieves itching and bleeding with fast action and promises restful sleep after the first application. Price 60c.
Salt of the ministry found beyond the largest pulpits
The speaker notes that the most heard men are not always in the biggest pulpits but they exist there and are the salt of the ministry.
The Mystery Plant of Dixie
A poetic riddle describes a white plant rooted in Dixie soil that grows in summer sun. It is linked to peace through whiteness yet framed as an explosive causing wounds. Wounds are bound with gauze made from the same plant, and it accompanies life from infancy to death.
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Dixie
Cotton’s Quiet White Wealth and Gamble’s Toll
I am at the beginning and the end. I bring the Southern farmer the dollars on which he lives. Yet financial destruction often comes to those who gamble on me. I make money for many and lose it for others. Some say I should have been a fiery, vivid red, instead of a quiet peaceful white. I am cotton.
Lovell Seeks Recognition Amid Wall Street Journal Label
In its bid for recognition Lovell must avoid being recognized for what it is a Wall Street Journal label that shadows its appeal.
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Lovell
Wall Street Journal
Spend Your Money Locally to Support Hometown Businesses
A local advisory urges residents to focus spending in their own town to bolster community commerce and sustain local jobs. Officials emphasize small firms, shops, and services rely on local customers for stability and growth.
Floral Welcome to New Orleans Episcopal Convention
At the New Orleans gathering visitors were greeted with abundant flowers in purple and gold. Gardens on streets and porches showcased new plantings, creating a brilliant display. Purple salvia, yellow marigolds, zinnias, and cosmos led the palette alongside buddleia, lantana, and ageratum for the official welcome.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lapland Impressions by Dora Lazarnick in London News
Dora Lazarnick describes Lapland from her London News visit. She notes the absence of night, reindeer crossing rivers with calves held by the mother’s left ear, common wildflowers like English meadows, small trees, sad Lapp women, and that there is no commercialization or admission fees to gorges, waterfalls, or huts.
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Dora Lazarnick
London News
Lapland
Switzerland
New York motorist and companion fined for littering in Hartsdale
A New York City motorist and a feminine companion picnicking on the parkway near Hartsdale discarded paper wrappings. Officer MacCabe stopped them and, noting parkway authorities’ wishes for clean streets, ordered the man to walk back four miles and collect all litter, guided by the officer on a motorcycle.
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New York City
Hartsdale
N. Y
Parkway
MacCabe
Parkway Police
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Buick
Sherman, Texas
Forbes Magazine
Whitewright
Nicholson’s
W. T. Nicholson
M. Born and Company
Gorden Clothing
Clothiers
Clark & Meador Good Hardware
Chicago
Kerr Furniture Company
Denison—Whitewright
McAlester
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