Baptist Loyalty Loan Drives Texas Schools for Million Dollar Month
The Texas Baptists launch a Loyalty Loan on February 9, 1919, seeking 1 million dollars to refinance debts and fund improvements across twelve Baylor-affiliated institutions. Bonds, secured by property and moral support, would pay 6 percent interest over ten years, with semiannual installments beginning June 1, 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
1St Theos
Baylor Medi Dallas
Baylor Uniersity
Waco
Baylor Medical College
Dallas
Baylor Female College
Belton
Simmons College
Texas Baptists
T. V. Neal
Marcos
Supt Bentley May Go To War Work Pledge Meeting
President J D Jackson forwards a plea urging Texas school leaders to attend a Chicago meeting to plan war work support. The letter calls for board meetings, superintendent participation, and honoring pledged funds with due by March first. Parents are urged to remind their children to fulfill pledge commitments for national effort.
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Bentley
Chicago
Mit
National Education
Texas
Advenc
What the Traffic Census Will Show
A discussion on using traffic census data to justify road bonds and municipal improvements. It advocates recording road usage by teams, distances, weights hauled, and costs to forecast profits and determine taxpayers’ burden. Emphasizes statewide and Brewster County needs for better roads.
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Las Leach County
Texas
Brewster County
Bermuda Onion Plants Sale In Expanding Supply
I now have a supply of Bermuda onion plants. While lot lasts will sell at $1.25 per thousand. Call at once for they are going fast. C. W. Livingston.
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Bermuda
C. W. Livingston
For Sale Second Hand Autos on Scripps Booth Hill Roadster
A list of used cars offered at face value includes a Ford and a Dodge five passenger model. The notice notes an outlet on Scripps Booth Hill and mentions an air ready condition with minimal detailing.
Fragmentary Rural Speech Across an Ordinal Day
A garbled OCR pass captures fragmented remarks about a city man remarking all day, a trolley ride back to town, and dancing until morning. A farmer describes a long sequence of farm tasks from dawn to after five, with references to midday work, meals, and rest, all distorted speech.
High Class Oil Investment Offered in Texas Fields
Wanted for sale high class oil investment in West Texas fields. Contact Park Oil Company at Flat Iron Building, Worth. Also offering machine hemstitching and oi footing per yard. Mes. 1. Ba Houston, Uvalde, Texas. tf
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West Texas
Big Park Oil Company
Flat Iron
Houston
Uvalde
Texas
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R. B. Slight & Co
Alpine Lumber Co
Baptist Loyalty Loan
Pres. J.D. Jackson
The
Moar
Scripps Booth
Dodge
Face Vale
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U. S. Depository For Postal Savings
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Alamo Lumber Co
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