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...have been picked and dominated by James E. Ferguson. Of the seven columns, two were given to statements by several state legislators arguing that there was no need to call a special session to investigate charges against the Fergusons. Three columns more were devoted to a statement by Governess Miriam A. Ferguson as to why she would not call a special session. (Some persons were loathe to believe that a woman- or, at least, a refined woman-had written this statement, which included a reference to "this crowd that is howling about a special session," etc.) Two columns more were...
...First Baptist Church of Columbus, Texas, and I was during the month of April, 1925, editor of a publication which I called The Crusader. In the April number of said publication I wrote an article headed "Fergusons Encourage Crime." In that article I discussed the pardon record of Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, and in connection with such discussion I referred to Jim Ferguson in the following language: "All Texans are sorry for the woman that must bear his practice of using her as a rubber stamp that he may be rehabilitated through the criminal element of the state. Jim Ferguson...
...modest grocery store. Eli, turned carpenter, could pore over his Scriptures late evenings and during the long strikes, still tracking down the far-to-seek revelation of his God. The Lord blessed such piety with a solemn little son, Reuben, content to, learn his catechisms and caress Miriam, his kosher white...
...fate and passion. But sometimes, as in the actual marionette show put upon the stage, the strings are made too evident by the dramatist. Effects of huge shadows and splashes of vivid color sometimes divert attention from the fact that the characters themselves are pulled about in jerks. Miriam Hopkins, erstwhile of musical comedy, and Fredric March as the lover have several plangent scenes together, and C. Henry Gordon pitches about energetically as the husband. But the trail of the sawdust is over the play...
...Miriam A. Ferguson of Texas...