Public sentiment shapes democracy say Bruce Barton
Bruce Barton argues that public sentiment governs America more than statutes or courts. He contrasts businessmen who control wealth with the nation’s 130 million voters, saying leaders must win the people rather than scorn them. He also divides society into competitors and observers, noting the persistent divide between business and intellectuals.
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Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
United States
America
Meet Two Smart Brothers
Two brothers in their sixties differ sharply in paths. The elder avoided business, read books in the country, and wrote lightly. The younger expanded his company into a larger firm and became a captain of industry. The retired brother quotes Joe about their contrast.
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Hach
Joe
Keep a Good Laxative Always in Your Home
A reader urges keeping Black-Draught in the home to prevent constipation and ease symptoms. Mrs. Perry Hicks of Belton endorses its usefulness for constipation and other ailments, noting satisfactory results with 25 cent packages.
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Thedford
Perry Hicks
Belton
State committee issues new farming rulings for Texas growers
The State Soil Conservation Committee announced master worksheets for multi tenant farm blocks and prorated payments among tenants. New interplanting rules count two thirds depleted crops and one third conserved. Sudan grass and oats capped as soil conserving. Base rice acreage for 1936 remains the 1985 base with upward adjustments possible under specified exclusions.
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College Station
State Soil Conservation Committee
Texas
Sudan
Harmony Visit By Misses Eng land And Gaston
Misses Merle and Mildred England of Harmony visited Miss Geraldine Gaston Friday afternoon.
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Merle and
Mildred England
Harmony
Geraldine Gaston
Ferguson Family Moves to Clyde for New Home
Mr and Mrs Dee Ferguson and their children moved Friday to Clyde where they will establish their future residence and home life in the new location.
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Dee Ferguson
Clyde
Mother's Day program and high school graduation events
A Sunday morning Mothers Day program at the Baptist church drew a large crowd after Sunday school was omitted. The term closed with a successful school term and graduation exercises on Friday night. Diplomas were awarded to Coretta Schwartz Evelyn Payne Lorena Bradley Carlos Lollar and Lawrence Berry amid speeches by Supt. Gassiot Principal Rucker and Rev. Carraway.
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Baptist Church
H. B. Carraway
E. L. King
Evelyn Payne
Lorena Bradley
Beatrice Foster
Carlos’ Lollay
Horace B. Sessions
Ballinger
Mr. Rucker
Doris King
Louise Blackman
Helen Elms
J. T. Carraway
Vernon
Howard Lollar
Bradley Pape
Henry Miles
J. C. Fuller
Junior Whitley
C. J. Poindexter
Leo Shelton
Wallace Traylor
Theo
Jimmie Lucas
Merkel
Theo Lucas
Lum Gilbreath
L. Lollar
Eola
Sallie’ Lollar
Mattie Hallman
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Death
The family of Mrs. Robert Cooke thanks friends for the kindness shown after the death of their husband and father. They appreciate floral offerings dishes and deeds and pray God will bless you all.
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Robert Cooke
Want ads spark college plans this summer
Shire plans to attend school this summer and pursue a degree at Canyon. Mrs. W T Gassiott also plans to attend Howard Payne College this summer.
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Shire
Canyon
W. T. Gassiott
Howard Payne College
Musical Evening at C. T. McAdams Home
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. McAdams hosted a Saturday night musical for friends. Performers included Ted and Pete Eoff Aubrey Smith W D McAdams Irene Smith Don Elise Hagar Affton Hagar Herman Giles and Malcom Giles who closed with When the Roll is Called Up Yonder on violin. The event concluded with a pleasant social hour.
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C. T. McAdams
Ted
Pete Eoff
Aubrey Smith
W. D. McAdams
Irene Smith
Don
Elise
Afton Hagar
Herman Giles
Malcom Giles
Texas Primary Deodorant Orders Urged Early
Cautious voters and campaign staff are urged to order deodorants ahead of the Texas primary to mitigate last minute shortages. Officials warn supply chains may constrain stock as election day nears and volunteers prepare work sites.
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Texas
Occupational Progress of Women Pamphlet Cites 1930 Trends
Mary V Dempsey notes over 1000 women in 208 occupations in 1930, a 43 occupation rise since 1910. The pamphlet for the Women’s Bureau of the U S Department of Labor covers 1910 to 1930 with figures. School teachers rose from fourth to second place, while stenographers and typists moved from eighth to third by 1930.
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Mary V. Dempsey
Miss Dempsey
Women’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Burns elected vice president of social security group
Dr Eveline M Burns a Columbia economics lecturer and civic activist has been elected vice president of the American Association for Social Security. Her UVA Institute of Public Affairs round table on economic security last summer highlighted women in leadership. Marguerite Chaffee Kent to narrator Parade of the Years in Cleveland centenary outdoor drama.
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Eveline M. Burns
Columbia University
American Association For Social Security
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
Round Table
Edward Hungerford
Cleveland
Marguerite Chaffee Kent
Narrator
Mrs. Kent
Direc
Photo-murals rise as sought after wall decor trend
The piece notes growing demand for photo-murals as wall decorations from landscapes and seascapes to Japanese floral designs. It highlights Lizzi von Miklos, a Vienna photographer, as a pioneer in this dramatic room treatment. It also mentions connections to Adna R. Chaffee and Helen Gahagan as part of the prose.
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Lizzi von Miklos
Miss Harriet Root Leads Info Bureau Answers 4500 Questions Monthly
The United States Bureau of Information under Miss Harriet Root employs 15 women and one clerk to answer about 4 500 questions each month. Root credits the Statistical Abstract of the United States as their best information source and maintains diverse files of charts pamphlets and lists. She suggests some questions from men are inspired by their wives.
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Miss Harriet Root
United States Bureau of Information
Miss Root
United States
Mrs Jackson and son visit Temple Belton communities
Mrs C S Jackson and her son Cc S Jr spent the first of the week visiting relatives and friends in Temple and Belton. They were joined by Mrs L E Low who visited relatives at Holland.
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C. S. Jackson
Cc. S., Jr
Temple
Belton
L. E. Low
Holland
Rives and Laird Make Fort Worth Business Trip
Erwin Rives and Frank Laird of route 2 traveled to Fort Worth on a business trip last week to discuss local commerce opportunities.
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Erwin Rives
Frank Laird
Fort Worth
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Bruce Barton
Bill
State Committee
Standard Savings & Loan Association
S. Church
Rubinoff
Detroit
Co. T. McAdams Home
Carl Ormond Williams
National Federation of Business
Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc
Reid Drug Store
Tors
Adna R. Chaffee
Helen Gahagan
Gulf
Gulflube
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