Why Our Taxes Are High
A 1920s discussion contrasts White House spending under Wilson Coolidge and Hoover. It cites rising appropriation figures for presidential staff cars and guards, plus lavish facilities at the Commerce Department building including a private secretary elevator and a $17.5 million structure with a $30 million plot, all described as extravagance.
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Wilson
White House
Coolidge
Hoover
Germany
Washington
Commerce Department
Rapidan
Lamont
America
Andy
Gandhi
India
Reds
Hogwallow News Roundup of Odd Local Doings and Gourd Tales
A collection of humorous vignettes from Hogwallow: silent movie chatter at Tickville, Sile Kilden’s celebrated long gourd, a failed Tin Peddler sale at Musket Ridge, and quirky household misfortunes. Notes on a moon-viewing offer, Raz Barlow’s moon size remark, and a jailer mix up over Jim Alley’s release. The Hearsay Club meets at Mrs. Washington Hocks with a brief session, plus a mayor in Deerfield cites acts of God over chickens.
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Hearsay Club
Washington Hocks
This Country Can’t Make a Comeback Says Les Akers
LES AKERS of East Texas delivers a booster column urging optimism and action. He criticizes civic free riders, laments pessimism, and stresses hard work and practical sense over luck as the nation recovers from hard times.
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Les
Magazeen
Les Akers
East
Texas
Snell Questions Garner Over Dual Candidacy
U S Representative Bertrand Snell in a letter to Speaker Garner questions which office Garner would accept if both Congressional and Vice Presidential bids succeed. The missive, released at Eastern Republican headquarters, accuses Garner of preferring a safe seat over national leadership.
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New York
U. S
Bertrand Snell
House
Garner
Congress
John
Snell
Texas
Social News From Pilot Grove and Nearby Towns
Mrs Zara Binion and Mrs O J Burns were in Whitewright Monday afternoon. Miss Louise Sloan visited in Whitewright last week. Ward McAfee of Trenton spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Tom Little. Miss Bonnie May Scott visited friends in Sherman last week. Mr and Mrs Forest Doggett and family of Commerce spent Saturday night with Mr and Mrs D M Taylor. Mr and Mrs Sims Wortham and baby of Rose Hill spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs D B Andrew. Mr and Mrs Guy Taylor visited Mr and Mrs J W Jones of Whitewright Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs W O Davis has gone to Post for several weeks visit with Mr and Mrs Bob Russell. Mr and Mrs Alvin Withrow and
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Farmersville
Tom Reagan
O. J. Burns
T. W. Cato
D. M. Taylor
David
Doyle Lane
Sedalia
Howard McSpedden
Tom McSpedden
Jim Wilson
Trenton
Rossie Scott
Dorothy Binion
Dallas
L. L. Binion
Ed Reagan
Nobility
Zara Binion
Whitewright
Louise Sloan
Ward McAfee
Tom Binion
Bonnie May Scott
Sherman
Forest Doggett
Family of Commerce
Sims Wortham
Rose Hill
D. B. Andrew
Guy Taylor
J. W. Jones
W. O. Davis
Bob Russell
Alvin Withrow
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Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Tickville
Sile Kilden
Nature
Musket Ridge
Jeff Potlocks
Raz Barlow
Jim Alley
Calaboose
Tobe Moseley
Hog Ford
James J. Hood
Deerfield
Ill
W. J. Barbee Agency Complete Insurance Protection
the Sun
Pilot Grove News
NuGrape Bottling Co
Sherman, Texas
Welch
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