Democratic State convention eyeing O’Daniel program
Austin notes the Texas Democrats rejected dictation from the governor nominee, selecting four of six O’Daniel backed candidates and defeating two. Attention turns to the Beaumont convention September 11 to 13, where first clear vows of Governor Nominee W Lee O’Daniel’s legislative program and funding for $30 pensions will be outlined.
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Austin
Texas
O’daniel
Beaumont
W. Lee O'Daniel
Political shakeups and oil notes cloud Texas scene
After the election Austin buzzed with rumors of a special session to authorize a State office building funded by a federal grant and bonds. Thompson may join a new oil and gas commission while Thompson backs staying on the railroad panel. The note from Hull pressing arbitration targets seized Mexican oil as critics warn of floods into Texas markets. Bascom Giles unseats Bill McDonald as land commissioner amid reform of leasing policies. Grady Woodruff is defeated in a Senate run-off by R C Lanning.
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Allred
C. V. Terrell
Jerry Sadler
Special Oil and Gas Commission
Oil and Gas Commission
Ma” Ferguson
Ernest O. Thompson
West Texas Tech
Thompson
College
Lon Smith
Sadler
Railroad Commission
Texas Oil
Mexico
Cordell Hull
Ernest Thompson
Texas
Hull
Washington
Rogers Kelley
Hidalgo County
McFarlane
Wichita Falls
Ed Gossett
Bill McDonald
Bascom Giles
Giles
Land Office
McDonald
William Hawkins
Grady Woodruff
Decatur
Senate
R. C. Lanning
Jacksboro
Hints for Housewife Tips and Kitchen Fixes
A compact collection of domestic tips covering coffee substitutes, protecting tablecloths with waxed paper, choosing fruit for jelly, heating pie plates to prevent soggy crusts, curtain pairing with wall patterns, glycerin lubrication for kitchen tools, adding cloves for fried doughnuts, and maintaining a clean sharpening stone for knives.
Yosemite Falls Ranks World's Highest Waterfall
Yosemite Falls is cited as the tallest waterfall on earth when including its cascades. The total drop approaches half a mile, highlighting its immense vertical reach and dramatic height in natural water features.
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Yosemite Falls
O Daniel to Study Government Before Inauguration
Fort Worth reports that W Lee O Daniel plans a government study period before taking office. He says he will not run a personal political machine or seek a second term and will attend the Beaumont State Democratic Convention as a delegate. Advisers pursue harmony among rival convention delegations while Vance Muse mobilizes district contacts.
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Fort Worth
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Beaumont
O'Daniel
Carl P. Collins
Dallas
Jesse McKee
Vance Muse
Houston
NEC Bears Out Souths Status As No 1 Problem
NEC report on Southern economic troubles prepared for President Roosevelt describes the South as the nation’s top economic problem. It portrays widespread poverty, inadequate housing, unstable employment, and freight-rate barriers, urging a multi-level federal and local response and noting the South’s vast purchasing power potential.
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NEC
South
Washington
Roosevelt
Barnesville
Lowell Mellett
Alchemy a Mystery from Medieval Record Fragments
The alchemists of the Middle Ages pursued metal transmutation the elixir of life and a universal solvent while their secretive art left few written records much of what remains is in language that proved nearly impossible to interpret for later readers and scholars.
Oklahoma Tops Zinc Production Leaders
Oklahoma leads in zinc production with New Jersey and Kansas following, reflecting regional output shares and industrial activity across the three states.
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Oklahoma
New Jersey
Kansas
Scent Guides Lives of Creatures of the Wilds
The article explains how scent drives behavior in wild creatures, alerting to enemies, signaling kin, guiding mating, and shaping daily life. Strong animals sense meals via odor while the young often lack a detectable scent, a point noted by Mack B. Stielau of the Detroit Izaak Walton league in the Detroit News.
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Mack B. Stielau
Detroit
Izaak Walton League
Deroit News
Scent as a guide in animal behavior across species
The passage notes that many animals instinctively recognize scents of rivals or predators and react by hiding or fleeing. It describes sentinel bees keeping foreign kin from the hive, insects using scent to find mates, and ticks selecting hosts via olfactory cues, illustrating smell’s role in host selection and reproduction.
TO KILL DANDELION
An ice pick dipped in gasoline or kerosene is used to pierce the heart of a dandelion killing the weed with minimal damage to surrounding grass.
Nutmegs as currency in Civil War New Haven
During the Civil War era in New Haven Connecticut, nutmegs circulated as money with each nutmeg valued at one penny. The unusual barter system reflected wartime shortages and local trade practices while nutmeg usage persisted as a de facto small-coin standard.
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New Haven
Conn
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