Dr Cottle's Big Bend Plant Study Gains World Ecologist Respect
Dr Cottle, head of biology at Sul Ross College, studied Big Bend vegetation from 1926, surveying Brewster and Presidio counties. His three year field work on grassland formations showed grazing protection boosted dry matter yields by over 1000 percent, earning international recognition and a renowned wildflower collection now cited in Who's Who.
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Cottle Fist
Alpine
Sul Ross College
Bend
Big Bend
Brewster
Presidio
Moun
Cottle
Brewst
United States
Cottie
Ross
Smithsonian invites Miss Keefer for April etching exhibit
The Smithsonian Institute invites Sul Ross Art Teacher Elizabeth Keefer to a special April exhibition of her etchings. The 1991-82 season runs October to May with monthly shows from October through May featuring artists such as Plowman Seward Watson Levy Clagham Higgen and Keefer. Keefer plans to send about 38 etchings.
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Smithsonian Institute
United States Museum
Elizabeth Keefer
Sul Ross
Graphic Arts
George T. Plowman
G. A Seward
Erest W. Watson
Beatrice
Levy
J. ©. Clagham
Luttimann
Eugene Higgen
Keefer
Felton Ties Sul Ross to Oklahoma A&M Transfer
Sul Ross students hear W R Felton now teaches Geography and Agriculture at Oklahoma A&M Stillwater He heads the Sheep Feeding Investigations dept in the School of Agriculture He works on a master’s thesis and notes Jessie Rosett a former Sul Ross athlete is making waves with the Oklahoma Aggie Freshmen team Felton sends best wishes to old students and friends Also mentioned Vermillion Kans residents John Potter Civil War veteran and an 80 year old woman marry recently The piece notes Melbourn e man Winfree and a snake incident in passing
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Sul Ross
W. R. Felon
Oklahoma
Stillwater
Felton
School of Agriculture
Ferman Winfree
Melbourne
John Potter
Vermillion, Kan
Ideal Gift for the Boy The American Boy Youth's Companion
A Detroit Michigan advertisement promotes The American Boy Youth's Companion as an ideal gift for boys aged ten to twenty. It highlights globe-trotting adventures, exotic peoples, and thrilling feats to sharpen wit and imagination. Subscriptions: $2 per year or $3 for three years. orders to 550 W Lafayette Blvd, Detroit.
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America
Africa
Sm Legion
Bboy
American Boy—Youth’s Companion
Lafayette Blvd
Detroit
Michigan
Simmons Band Seeks Latest Stop On Tour Dates
The Simmons Cowboy band plans a trip to Los Angeles for the Livestock Show and Rodeo from November 28 to December. The group just concluded a weeks long tour of England and the continent, after becoming the first college band to tour Europe. They were greeted with enthusiastic crowds in theaters and concert halls. The band has performed for over 250000 people in under 11 years. In Birmingham England an inmate A W Jacobs underwent an operation revealing two spoons and two combs in his stomach. Henry Thomas aged 20 months in Chicago fell from a third story window into loose dirt and was unharmed.
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Simmons
Will Turlahouse
Los Angeles
England
Europe
Texas
A. W. Jacobs
Birmingham
Henry Thomas
Chicago
Tulane Athlete with Wooden Leg Astonishes At Trials
New Orleans story about Donald Kerr a 19 year old Tulane sophomore who competes in track boxing wrestling and swimming while missing a leg. He performs feats such as five feet six inch jump and 25 foot rope climb and even plays right end on one leg. He explains he discards the leg for athletics and notes a prior incident in Audubon Park that led to his injury.
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New Orleans
Tulane University
Donald Kerr
Sulane
Donald
Tulane
Elme
Audubon Park
Texas treasury reports four million deficit
The Texas State treasury general fund ended Saturday with a net deficiency of 4,745,506.08 dollars. Treasurer Charley Lockhart announced a book balance of 806,775.42 dollars and outstanding general revenue warrants totaling 5,550,350.39 dollars.
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Attorney General's Department
Highway Fund
Highway Department
Treasury
Austin
Texas State Treasury General Fund
Charley Lockhart
Bible from London 232 Years Old Still Readable
John A. McDougall of Colorado Springs owns a 232 year old Bible printed in London in 1090 with David’s Psalms in meter. It remains in good condition and was a wedding gift to Elizabeth Campbell on January 27 1701 from her father Alexander Campbell. Details of prior history are uncertain but believed to be in the family long before. A separate item notes Mrs Lindsay Dawson’s engagement ring was found and returned in Alton NHS four months after it was lost from a Union Pacific observation car.
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Colorado Springs
London
John A. McDougall
McDourall
Elizabeth Campbell
Alexander Campbell
Lindsay Dawson
Alton
Nhs
Union Pacific
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Big Bend Country
Alpine Jewelry Co
Modsna
Meares
el Paso
Immons
Abilene Taxidermist and Tanners
Sixth ST. P. D
Abilene, Texas
First National Bank
First Investment CO
Alpine, Texas
H. L. Kokernot
W. Baines, JR
M. Deon
Goodyear Speedway
Goodyears
Aenea
Lokas Tee Aera Saas
Croydon
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