Will Rogers writes introduction to Charles M Russell book
Will Rogers pens a letter as introduction to Charles M Russell’s posthumous Trails Plowed Under. He muses on the hereafter, jokes about historical figures, recalls old West life, and imagines meeting Lincoln and Twain in the afterlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Will Rogers
Charles M. Russell
Montana
Russell
Doubleday Doran
Charley
Mark Twain
Bill Nye
Whitcomb Riley
Washington and
Jefferson
Nestor
Lincoln
Rascal
Will
Remembering a Life Behind the Obituary Gaps
An old woman is lauded less for daily motherhood and unseen toil than for the public record of birth marriage and death. Her quiet acts shaping family and husband go unsung though they defined her life. The piece laments the limits of obituary prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Pension Group Seeks $5.5 Billion Annual Old Age Payout
Dr. J. E. Pope of the National Old Age Pension Association says Congress should fund a $5.5 billion yearly pension plan. The proposal would pay $30 monthly to everyone over 55, covering about 15 to 20 million people. The plan taxes the smallest incomes at 1.5 percent and $1,000,000 incomes at 95 percent to supplant the social security law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. E. Pope
National Old Age Pension Association
Congress
Dr. Pope
Germicide for Milk May Trigger Parliament Change
A young Anglo-Scot tish professor unveils a harmless germicide that purifies milk of dangerous bacteria including tuberculosis. Government delay stems from adulteration laws. a donor's conditions forbid payment and naming the professor. Tests show pure milk with low cost under three pence per 20 gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Vicious Dogs Attack Farmersville Lady
Mrs. Clarence Swanson was mauled by three dogs while walking near a neighbor’s home between Merit and Floyd. She suffered over a hundred wounds with gashes to her eye area, ear, arm, chest, and limbs, received medical care, and began recovery as Miss Eula Mae Sellers helped fend off the dogs and aid her to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merit
Floyd
Clarence Swanson
Eula Mae Sellers
Jokes and Quips From a Village Barbershop
A collection of light Irish style jokes and banter. The barber and customers exchange quips about faces marriages cows and humor. The humor hinges on misdirection and gentle self deprecation with lines about marriage, wealth, and neighborly relations.
Fortune teller’s twist on fate and a widow’s brood
A young man hears a fortune teller predict his death at 39 and marriage at 38 with sixteen children. He asks how that’s possible, since he dies first. She recovers and changes the tale to say he will marry a widow with fifteen children, resolving the contradiction.
Family Medicine Dash: Everyone Shares Medicine Bit by Bit
A doctor questions where a medicine went for a baby while a mother details how all family members, including the father, mother, sister, brother, and Aunt Sue, had to take a spoonful to coax the baby. The scene reflects a chaotic, intimate household remedy moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue
Engagement News Sparks Family Debate
A daughter recounts a week of romance from Monday to Friday culminating in a Friday engagement proposal. The exchange reveals tension with her father who brands the suitor a loafer and vows to hear the news that evening.
I Ate a Worm Says Little Louise
Little Louise bursts in excited after tasting a worm in the yard. Her mother scolds the act as unkind and considers the worm family’s sorrow. Louise retorts that she also ate its mamma, too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Shocked folk set bull on nudist camp in Spain
Drastic measures to deter nudism spread across Spain. Near Barcelona residents burned the nudists dressing room and destroyed clothes. On the Andalusian coast villagers released a bull into a mixed nudist group, forcing them to flee, with arrests by the village police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Barcelona
Andalusia
Beeina and Skjold Exchange Aging Jokes
In a light exchange Beeina jokes about aging while Skjold notes she seems younger than her years. He quips she may appear in birth notices soon as they banter about age and time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beeina
Skjold
Safety match joke from a whispered exchange
A humorous dialogue clip in which a father explains safety matches to his son. The punchline portrays a baldheaded man marrying an armless woman as a playful, ironic definition of a fragile union. The exchange reflects old style humor with clear character labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop
Idle Man Observed All Day By Bystander
A bystander reports watching a man seated for hours with no apparent activity. The observation notes ongoing inaction and questions the purpose of his time.
Depression Nurse Crisis Spoiled by Homely Demand
A doctor tells Mrs. Gnaggs her husband needs a special nurse. She quips she wants a homely one, prompting the doctor to note homely nurses have starved during the depression. The exchange highlights wartime humor about shortages and care.
High Cost of Living Topic Delayed After Collection
During a sermon pause a deacon reminded the minister about a planned remark on the high cost of living. The minister replied he would address it after the collection had been taken up.
The Family Water Safety Dispute
A domestic scene unfolds as a mother warns Henry about swimming far out. Henry retorts while Willie and Jack discuss fighting. The punch line suggests their mother’s watchful eye through the doctor visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Mule's Kick Fatal to Youth at McKinney
O Z Wooten age 22 died at City Hospital Friday night from injuries after a mule kicked him Tuesday in McKinney. The incident occurred when he was helping load forage at a local farm. Funeral arrangements were not listed as of press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mule
Mckinney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Verlin L. Sweely
Lenox
Iowa
Times-Tables
Whitewright
Whitewright Lumber Co
Ned Moore
Farmersville
The
Sun
Typewriter
Koinde
Indade
Pat
Father
Marie
van Deusen
Safe
Ark
Mer
Thedford
the Sun
Willie
Jack
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Bell System
Bell Laboratories
Western Electric
Southwestern Bell
LaRoe’s
Texas
L. LaRoe & Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!