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Newspaper
Brenham Daily Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
7
The Cleanest Town Contest Gains Texas Attention
More than eighty towns in Texas seek the title cleanest town with $1,000 annual improvements for the best records. Brenham participates as entries close June 10 and inspectors under Mr. M. Carrick will visit after August 16. The aim is lasting cleanliness, better public health, and attracting residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Brenham
Holland's Magazine
Nccessully
M. Carrick
Keeping Boys on the Farm Camp Inspires Rural Entertainment
The United States Bureau of Education reports a Pike County Alabama drive to keep youths on farms through free rural entertainments. Troy State Normal School leads, with Alabama health departments and state institutions providing speakers and acts. Lectures lantern shows Victrola selections and occasional dinners aim to boost rural social life and reading culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike County
Alabama
United States Bureau of Education
E. M. Shackleford
State Normal School
Troy
Shackleford
Vury
Troy State Normal School
Alabama State Health and Medical Departments
Eulbare
Electric street use curbed with fines in new plan
The proposal aims to halt rampant electric signs shaping Paris boulevards into chaotic thoroughfares. It will impose heavy fines on continued electric sign usage as authorities push for a more orderly urban aesthetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parie
Farin
Republican Party Split Deepens as Taft Roosevelt Rift Widens
The piece argues Roosevelt has lost control of the party, risking a shift toward Toryism and a broken coalition. It contends Taft cannot lead freely, will be dragged by opposing interests, and predicts a potential realignment or new party emerge after the Baltimore event. It notes a vast follower base unsettled by the direction and fears for La Follette’s chances if radical forces unite in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatemston Neyer
Roosevelt
Fie Haw
Republican Party
Howe
Dispatches
Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
Baltimore
Thelra
Baltimore Eyes Four Delegates in a Cardinal Room
A fragmented report lists Baltimore considering four delegates. The text mixts names Harmon Bryan Hearst Gaynor and mentions Switzerlam census data from 1910 showing a population of 2 758 29R with a 487 850 gain over ten years. A stray trolley car note and garbled phrases appear amid the chaotic lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Sullwest
Harmon
Bryan
Hearst
Gaynor
Switzerlam
Success of Prison Parole System Extolled in California Report
The April parole report shows 465 men on parole from San Quentin and Folsom, only two returned for violations, and ten violators. Over 19 years since 1894, 1,699 prisoners paroled with 242 violations, saving costs and aiding dependents. Parole earnings total $698,155.69 with savings of $247,167.79. The system is portrayed as a humanitarian and economic success, warranting broader use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Ed H. Whyte
San Quentin
Folsom
Priso
Priven
Fragmented a rambling miscellany on politics and figures
The text chaotically references Senator Root and Roosevelt cabinet odds, Lorimer scandals, Young girls at strawberry festivals, and various magnates like J Pierpont Morgan and Rockefeller. It mentions war presidents, Rep Hamilton, ex-governor Pennybacker, Hobson, and Roosevelt, all in a disjointed, opinionated musing tone with scattered phrases and conjecture.
Behind the Scenes on the Chicago Scene and Party Split
A satirical column rails at national politics noting a divided Republican party wobbling toward collapse while Democrats stumble and the public keeps working. The piece mocks headlines about Ted and the political theatre, urging satisfaction with the status quo as citizens stay on the job.
Columbia class statistics reveal demographics and tastes
New York Evening Post records Columbia University senior class data including average height six feet seven and a half inches weight 147 pounds age 22 years six months with party affiliations 43 Republicans 22 Democrats 7 Independents 7 Socialists undeclared and no party. It lists nationalities American most and notes favorites in faculty sports literature and arts including Kipling Poe Thackeray Lincoln Warfield Sothern Marlowe and a majority abstaining from alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Columbia University
Charles A. Beart
George C. D. Odell
Brander Matthews
Faual
H. B. Mitchell
Carlton C. Hayes
Itn
Columbia
Kipling
Poe
Thackeray
Tennyson
Shakespeare
Musketeers
Linccoln
David Warfield
B. H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Thema
Portyine
Those Who Must Leave School in New York High Schools
The Chicago Record-Herald reports that about 8,000 pupils left three of New York's larger high schools in a year. A committee cites need to earn a living as a key factor, and warns many schools push college prep while vocational training is common but underused. The piece argues high schools should serve working youths as part of public education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
New York
M Simi Joss
Guet
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FEE Han Asker Penenelyy
Compane
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Patty
Mall
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Fear. Co
Chicago
Senator la Follette
Eva
Root
Mr. Lorimer
Senator
Hamilton
West Virginia
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Rockefeller
Pennybacker
Pennsylvania
Carmania
Richmond
Pearson
Hobson
Babi
Meiger
Stalenmar
Teddy
Awent
Columbia Class
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