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Newspaper
Brenham Daily Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1912
Page
6
The article discusses eggs providing about 29 percent protein, comparing them with beans and nuts as good protein sources for laboring men. It notes eggs digestibility, pairing with toast, and cautions about combinations with meat and beans. It cites Cornaro's diet of juice and raw eggs as nutritious but dependent on other foods.
A humorous piece outlines a teacher day from 8:30 to end, listing duties from reading and math to crafts and science, then extra duties and lectures. It notes salaries from 294 dollars monthly, the need to buy supplies, uniforms, books, and trips, and ends with retirement hopes and a plug for Philadelphia Quality Ice Cream at Brenham Creamery Co.
Bay City Texas. Two applications for a writ of habeas corpus were made Thursday to Judge Welles Thompson in district court. W. M. Andrus faces murder charges for killing A. J. Van Slyke at Richmond several days ago. Hearing concluded about 2 o clock yesterday with bail denied. Prosecution led by Atiles J C Flores and Fort Bend County Attorney. Defense counsel included William of Kahn Williams Beochmeyer Houston and D R Pearson and B Pearson Witcha.
Galveston Texas June 4 That a rate of Vera Cruz Metico will join Tabasco in an open true excursion through Texas, says A. H. Hughes a Vera Cruz prominent exports grower who arrived on the steamship Mexico teleo. He reports an organization promoting better fortune between Mexico and the United States.
At a meeting in Laredo Texas June 24 Union Growers adjourned with over seventy independent growers forming a committee to draft bylaws and report at the next gathering. The group aims to organize for the onion crop next season to secure better prices and quicker returns. Weather shows rain most days this week with sunshine expected.
Payette County districts have built multiple new schoolhouses including Winchester 1840 Payetteville 10600 and Tortanto 177680. Superintendent Sterling reports several districts voted to levy local school taxes for maintenance and that the state department recommends a uniform state core of utility.
The passage recalls Aldrich just before becoming editor of the Atlantic Monthly. He is described in vivid, painterly terms at Oscar's, with a crimson scarf and tweed suit, speaking of ambitions and the potential benefits of his new post. Friends discuss possible connections with Bore or Hearst in a lively, cryptic scene.
Washington June 24 The federal agriculture department reports Texas cotton in much better condition than the national average. Texas cotton stands at 86 percent of normal while the United States as a whole is at 72 percent.
Crop Reporting Board of the Department of Agriculture reports Washington sowing 923000 acres in oats for the year, up from 144000 last year, a rise of about 9 percent. The increase is attributed to farmers shifting land from cotton to oats to pursue better prices.
A fragmented Washington record lists Texan natives among the 111st infantry and 1 510 enlisted men in the regular United States Army. It notes 215 others and references 1940s service in the War Department roster with officers and regulars.
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