Mother's Day Proclamation and Home Life Reflections
The piece recounts President Wilson's Mother’s Day proclamation and argues for monuments to mothers, praising Anna Jarvis, Whistler’s mother portrait, and the role of homes. It cites government efforts in home and school welfare, reclamation projects, and the Better Homes movement, urging flag display and family-centered observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickinson Sherman
Congress
Anna Jarvis
Philadelphia
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
United States
Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Wilson Meat
Uke Whistier
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
America
Reclamation Service
Bureau of Reclamation
Texas Items Span Harbor to Highway Projects in State
A brisk roundup notes shipments of hides from Gonzales, plans for Llano convention, Yorktown sewer upgrade at 50000 dollars, and San Benito credit approval at 16 percent. Also reported are Trinity River fish losses from sewage, bitter weed impact on milk in Orange County, a Dallas exposition plan for 1926, and state hospital surplus gear. Road work on Bankhead and Jefferson highways begins with gravel trucks. Red River bridge funds approved. Jefferson Davis highway naming restored. Corpus Christi breakwater progress. federal inspection of Texas coastal waters to start July 1 with two Washington bureau reps alongside state staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankhead
Jefferson
Hopkins County
Texarkana
Mount Pleasant
Red River
Burkburnett
Wichita County
Highway Commission
J. D. Parnell
Wichita Falls
Wichita Falls-Vernon
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Texas Highway Commission
Jefferson Davia
Orange
Paso
San Antonio
Larado
Beeville
Brownaville
Pat Neff
Austin
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington
Henry O'Malley
Taa
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Department
Texas
Texas Department
Chinese Pearls and Early Cultured Pearl Methods
The article notes that Chinese producers cultured pearls long ago by inserting small shot or mother of pearl into freshwater mussel shells kept in finks to induce pearl formation.
California Fig Syrup Promises Gentle Relief For Children
Parents urged to use California Fig Syrup as a laxative for constipated or feverish children. Claims it sweetens the stomach, starts the liver and bowels without griping and contains no narcotics. Directions included.
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California
Theft of Sisa Stirs Uneasy Standoff With Girl
A male thief grabs a sisa from a pretty girl, prompting anger and a tense confrontation. Bystanders intervene as the victim demands return of the item and police are called to the scene. The incident highlights lingering tensions over petty theft in local neighborhoods.
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Priscilla
Sucajawea
Lewis and Clark
Louisiana
Capitol
Herbert Quek
Frontiers
Istler
National Gallery
Whistler
France
Royal Academy
Luxembourg
Louvre
Selmna
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Massachusetts
West Point
Parle
Olls
Executive Departments
Interior Department
Hubert Work
Sther
Gonzales
Liang
State Granitemen’s
Llano
Yorktown
Trinity River
Palestinne
Orange County
Texas State Manufacturers’ Association
Dallas
Board of Control
R. B. Walthall
Elizabeth West
Statebrary
Technological College
Lubbock
Milas West
Corpus Chrieti
Doan
Pitle
Ton
Nash R. Wiese
Blount Denton
Tex
Foster-Milburn Co
Mig. Chem
Buffalo
Bell Hot Wa
Parker
Hin
Corus
Mall of At - Hissar Chamton Works
Patchogus
Houston
Galveston
Dept. B
Third Stree
Midway
Dickey
Dickey Drug CO
Bristol
Creey Side
Stillwater
Parry's
Parry Vegetable Compound Co
Mang
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