No T.C. U. Grid Coach Fired in Sixteen Years
Fort Worth report traces how Texas Christian University has never fired a grid coach in sixteen years of Southwest Conference play. From Matty Bell in 1923 to Dutch Meyer and Lester Brumbelow, coaches have entered and left, with Meyer and Brumbelow guiding TCU to Sugar and Cotton Bowls and top five national rankings in the mid 1930s.
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T.C. U
Frogs
Matty
Ed Kubale
Texas A. & M
Kubale
Francis Schmidt
Arkansas
Raymond (Bear) Wolf
Frogland
Schmidt
Ohio State
Leo R
Dutch) Meyer
Bear Wolf
North Carolina
Lester
Mike) Brumbelow
Meyer
Brumbelow
Coal Delivered Through Pipes Proposed For Future Transport
F. F. Estes of the National Coal Association told the Interstate Commerce Commission that a patent on a coal transmission method has been granted to a large oil company. Two options were described: pulverized coal mixed with soap or water, briquetted at destination, and pulverized coal mixed with fuel oil for direct burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
F. F. Estes
National Coal Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Lamps Blend With Period Furnishings
The American Institute of Decorators and partners sponsored a nationwide lamp design contest. From two hundred entries, twelve won awards, with designs in 18th Century English, Early American, 18th Century French, and Contemporary Modern styles. Lamps meet Illuminating Engineering Society lighting standards and are now on the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute of Decorators
New York
American Institute of Architects
The
Illuminating Engineering Society
Freezer lockers boost home meat supplies at Plainview Co op
Tired of chicken families turn to beef and roasts from the Plains Cooperative freezer lockers. Brown and a neighbor split a 1000 pound fat beef, each paying a small fee for packaging and storage in 132 lockers. Locker rents are eight dollars a year. Other Southwest lockers rapidly expand. farmers store beef mutton pork plus chickens vegetables and fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Hal Brown
The
Plains Cooperative
Plainview Co-Op
Plainview
Bobbie Burns
Farmers urged to raise fowls and hogs for home tables
Some have meat and can eat great many Southwestern farms will have to use opportunities to hatch, breed, raise and fatten the fowls and animals to supply their own tables. Hog killing time, with its spare.
Better meat curing saves farm families from hunger
The article laments rare home cured meats and urges farmers to adopt modern curing methods taught by county agents. It argues farm- raised ham and bacon offer richer flavor than commercial packs, which often rely on inferior curing. It notes cheaper buying from packers is a myth and promotes learning proper curing techniques.
Imaginary illnesses and the lure of poor health
A column criticizes the belief in phantom ailments and overindulgent health fads. It urges restoring common sense and discipline, noting that true rest is needed only with real disease and guiding readers toward healthy living through fresh air, proper diet, and exercise. The piece mocks reliance on pills, over-clothing, or super-heated indoor air as substitutes for vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
I Give You Texas And a War Era Cottage Reverie
A Texas columnist recalls Paul Wakefield, a wartime newspaperman, recovering from appendicitis in Fort Worth as he imagines a cottage above the Colorado in Austin. The piece blends memories of mud and fire with Wakefield’s recreated living room, while letters from readers offer anecdotes about governors, lynching, and a joke about pistol laws.
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Paul Wakefield
Colorado
Austin
Major Wakefield
Fort Worth
Wakefield
Bug Removed From Ear After 26 Years in Kentucky
Hopkinsville Kentucky reports Mrs. Lizzie Metcalf endured ear trouble for 26 years until doctors removed a bug found in her ear. An X ray showed the insect and a well preserved bag. she had forgotten the incident. Adams and Jefferson died on the same day.
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Hopkinsville
Lizzie Metcalf
Adams
Jefferson
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Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Period
Jean Prentice
T. C. Richardson
Breeder-Feeder Association
Geo. W. Cox
Sun Office
Texas
Boyce House
Aspermont
Governor Abred
J. D. Hedick
State
Eastland
Santa Claus Bank Bandit
Mansker Lake
Hogtown
Eastland County
Stephenville
Huntsville
Justice of the Peace
Stephens & Bryant Insurance Agency
First Nat’l Bank Bldg
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