Local residents visit relatives in nearby towns and dine at Pierce’s Cafe
Tocals Mrs FE B Martin visits relatives in Marshall. Guy Victory of Fort Worth visits friends here. Mrs J W McMurry spends weekend in Sherman. Miss Margy Smith visits Greenville sister Mrs H Robbins. Findley Haile leaves for A and M College. Several families, including Hooper, Everheart Gordon, and Dick, travel to Dallas Durant Denison and College Station for visits or study.
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Margy Smith
Greenville
H. Robbins
Wm. Fleming
Mary D
Sherman
Northwest
Sears Couple Visit Keys to Lubbock County Interests
Mr and Mrs T H Sears left Saturday for Lubbock County where Mr Sears has extensive interests. En route they stopped at Wichita Falls for a brief visit with Dr and Mrs L B Holland.
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T. H. Sears
Lubbock County
Beguiling Bossy Two Dry Hand Milk Maids Wanted
Local Florida notice seeks two milkers at once. Advertises for young men with pleasing personalities.
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Florida Paper
Knows His Delicatessen Linguist Or Physician Reveal
Betty's father is described as a linguist but the line reveals he is actually a physician. The dialogue hinges on a humorous misdirection about his profession.
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Betty
Cattleship Joke Amuses Chatty Man About Fellowship
A chatty man asks about a brother's abroad fellowship. The reply corrects him, saying it was a cattleship. The exchange plays on wordplay and rural humor.
Thermometer of Rectitude Judge Delivers Peculiar Question
A courtroom exchange frames a defendant's alleged theft with a judge asking a witness to assess guilt while probing the amount involved, highlighting a peculiar method of questioning in a historic trial.
How to Torture your Parents
A cryptic passage presents a farmer and his son Josh in a rural setting. Josh is described as compliant in routine but reacts to disturbances by threatening to become an aviator, revealing odd, humorous dialogue within a rustic scene.
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Josh
Farmer Corntassel
Speeding man confronts crossing train at tombstone maker
A man attempted to outrun a train but was blocked by a tombstone maker finishing work. Authorities report the crossing was not completed in time and the man remains regardless entangled in the event.
Housewives and the Burden of Domestic Labor
The Literary Digest reports that only one in ten American housewives has a full time servant to handle chores. The finding appears to reflect a broader view that downplays domestic labor expectations placed on women.
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Literary Digest
London Visitor Encounters Notable Double Decker Bus
A visitor recalls his first impression of London, noting the iconic double decker bus he found striking and remarkable. He describes an unfortunate early moment during his travel experience.
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London
Ceiling Walker Injury Report From Erie
A brief item notes that several weeks ago a worker nicknamed Gyp injured his back after falling from the first floor to the second floor in Erie. The short report mentions no further injuries or consequences.
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Gyp
Erie Paper
Poultry Problems Joke Echoes in Boarding House
A boarding-house girl asks Slim why a chicken crosses the road and he quips that he does not know why they cross their knees suggesting a playful rural humor scene.
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Slim
Milk and Lobster Gertie Matrimonial Quip
A humorous exchange features Reginald and Gertie discussing Bertie’s marriage woes as she quips about his wife’s disagreement rendering Bertie ailing in matrimony. The snippet captures quick comic dialogue over domestic discord.
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Bertie
No, Not Contented Theorists on Unhappily Married Life
A pair of theorists discuss unhappiness in marriage noting many are unaware of their own discontents. The exchange contrasts recognition of discontent with the pity that people stay unaware.
Snail and Caterpillar Exchange on Marriage
The Snail jokes about divorce while the Caterpillar notes they differ only by living separately. The exchange highlights quirky perspectives on relationships in a whimsical dialogue.
Steam Draws Splinters From Skin
A home remedy explains how to remove a deep splinter from a child's hand using steam. Fill a wide mouth bottle with hot water, place the injured finger over the bottle mouth, and press tight. Steam and suction draw out the splinter, reducing inflammation in minutes.
Foch Warns of a Second World War Within Two Decades
Marshal Foch foresees a future war within 15 to 20 years on a world scale. He predicts women and children will join all nations in warfare, with new weapons and mass air battles. He warns that gases and disease germs could devastate entire countries and urges peace negotiations. Honey Grove Citizen.
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Marshal Foch
Foch
Honey Grove
Officials study Chicago subways find no system
German officials who visited Chicago to study subways discovered no subway system there, suggesting they may have been misled by reading about the city’s underworld.
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Chicago
New York Evening Post
Sudden Question Tests Boy for Summer Grocery Job
Johnny, 10, seeks summer work as a grocery boy. The grocer asks what to do with 1,000,000 dollars. Johnny replies he did not expect that much and is unsure how to spend it.
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Johnny
Starfish underside endowed with sense of smell
The article notes that the entire underside of a starfish houses the sense of smell, enabling chemical detection across its surface. This discovery highlights the starfish as a highly sensitive chemosensory organism.
Pyorrhea Remedy Ad Promise from Bow-Wright Drug Co
An ad offers Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy with a money back guarantee if customers are not pleased. It appeals to readers with sore or bleeding gums and loose teeth and claims results are certain and unlike previous products. The copy is a traditional drugstore promotion from Bow-Wright Drug Co.
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Leto
Bow-Wright Drug Co
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Tocals
Mrs
FE. B. Martin
Marshall
Guy Victory
Fort Worth
J. W. McMurry
Pierce
Mrs. W. R. Hooper
Dallas
John Philip Barbee of
McKinney
Findley Haile
College Station
Texas A. & M. College
Floyd Everheart
R. P. Gordon of
S. H. Montgomery Jr
A. & M. College
Pierce’s
Isabell Noe
Denison
B. H. Thomson
Mrs. C. FE. Beasley
van Alstyne
Crawford Montgomery
Little Son
Durant, Okla
Theodore Miller
Betty Joe
Mt. Pleasant
D. Harvey
Forney
R. B. Anderson
Evelyn Wilson
Denton
The
College of Industrial Arts
Oswell Williams
Ed Williams
Joe Hayden
Ladonia
J. C. Gillespie
D. M. Pope
of Sherman
G. W. Pope
Charlie Sanders
W. F. Sanders
T. R. Dick
Community Natural Gas Company
J. C. Dick
Reginald
Gertie
Ode Crowell
Chesley’s
Chesley Rutledge
Planters National Bank
Gordon’s Cash Grocery
South Side
Main St
Pace & Graves
Bunson Gas Heaters
Columbia Tf
New York City
Ohio State Union
Columbus
Ohio
Ironton
Whitewright Lumber Company
Garland Gas Ranges
Pittsburg
Goodyear
Huffines
Whitewright, Texas
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