Texas seeks Big Bend National Park funding clash
Alpine and Brewster County push for a Big Bend National Park with public funds. Legislation blocked by governor vetoes, while groups urge private and schoolchild fundraising and citizen participation across Texas to back the park project. Fire safety and drunk driving warnings accompany the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bix Bend National Park
Emnor
Texas
Bia Bend National Park
Brewster County Chamber of Commerce
Caisena
Doch National Park
Big Bend —Port
Worth
California Pride and the 1998 World’s Fair on Treasure Island
A reflective piece praises California’s bold approach and its expansive plans for the 1998 World’s Fair on Treasure Island. The author notes sunshine romance pioneer spirit and big scale ventures, imagining how the fair will showcase the state to visitors from around the world.
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California
Treasure Island
Mark Hopkins
San Francisco
Mit
Strange Superstitions by Edwin Pinch
An OCR fragment references Strange Superstitions by Edwin Pinch with garbled lines mentioning SEEWs, cures, yellow, water, and animals, indicating a historical column or anecdote on quirky beliefs. The readable bits hint at a column title and author but lack full context or coherent details.
Fragmentary Drolls and Oddities From a Penny Dreadful Page
A scrambled OCR fragment collection presents quips and curiosities about nudists planning masquerade, a railroad agent punished for acting without orders, a platform tiger incident, a judge questioning a shooting in self defense, and assorted comic gags about powders, soot showers from Vesuvius, shopping for linoleum, and misheard phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oraying Ordore
Africa
Intruder Scare Reported In Local Neighborhood
A narrator recalls a house intrusion as a neighbor saw a man slipping inside through a window. The intruder, described as Combes, carried a wash tub and wringer, while a woman exclaims the theft of a wedding present.
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Cam
Fragmented The World Falls On A Quiet Texas Town
A damaged excerpt recalls personal grief and suffering in Dallas and Abscoss Texas with lines about conveyance like posters on a wall and a shadowed life. It evokes sorrow from multiple voices in letters or poems.
Fragments Hint At Mandarin Language Misunderstanding
A fragmented OCR item hints at confusion over Mandarin language terms and Chinese officials’ references. The readable text shows stray phrases about Mandarin and a possible misinterpretation of names or roles within a Chinese context.
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Alpine
National Board of Fire Underwriters Stata
Semlee
Annus
Loos
Chambers of Commerce
Ralp N. Harger
Indiana University
National Balety Congress
Harger
RM. Holer
Tle
den Tay
Edwin Pinch
el Paso
Ald
Gunelli
Kirgin
Poirfield
Ila Viloos
J. G. Nel
Abscoss
Hance Ian
China
Ln el
Matt Smith
Business and Professional Directory
J.W. Shepperd
Oppecito Festellien
M. L. Hopson
Alpina, Beowster
Tome
A. M. Turney
Trans-Pecos Abst
Stifle Insurance
H. R. Gard
Big Bend Abstract Co
Mae M. Ament
Rose & Ed Bid
Geumtin Aree
Attornet-At-Law
Holmed Betel Big
Real Estate Loans Ranch and City Property
Trans-Pecos Abst. Co
F. Berkeley
Benjamin F. Berkeley
Otis Turner
Alpine Motor CO
Colden
Aun
Big Bend Feed Co
T. A. Beard
Orient Dairy
Rew Mik
Sefert
Eeparewg Lense
Poftshen
Emre Winco
K. Lange
Eigins, Ae
Ow U
W. G. Fielder
Mobilgas
Mebilell
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