Word: texases
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"I shore ain't surprised," said lank, rawboned Mayfield Kothmann, 18, from Mason County, Texas, when his red-&-white Hereford, Lucky Boy II, was adjudged grand champion steer at the Exposition. Miss Clara Nell Lavender, 18, of Jefferson, Ga., had canned 4,976 pints of fruits, vegetables, juices, jams...
Tortoisy Mr. Taft was nowhere. He had piled one inept act on another, bumbled when the script called for a gag, stumbled over his own and others' feet. In Iowa he denounced corn loans the day the Agriculture Department unloosed $70,000,000 in corn loans to Iowa; in...
Mavericks are plentiful in Texas' Bexar County. They may-and do-fight among themselves. They may-and do-lambaste one another's politics. But when a Maverick gets in trouble, the Mavericks gather.
One political chemist, but no freshman, was District Attorney John R. Shook, boyhood friend of Maury, now one of the leaders of the opposition which kept Maury out of Congress in 1938, tried to keep him out of the Mayor's office. In his political laboratory, Mr. Shook got...
These triumphs were achieved by Richard Knight because: 1) his appearance was formidable and extraordinary; 2) in his calm Texas drawl he could be more shocking, more amusing, frequently more rude than the people he was subtly courting. He was also a clever lawyer. His business thrived. He was not...