School Board Plans Washington Trip And Campus Upgrades
The city school board voted to send Supt C W Lawson to the National Association of School Superintendents meeting in Washington on Feb 27. They will hear reports on education methods and Lawson will report back. The board also paid the final 750 to Bryan for the West Side school and approved removing partitions to create an assembly hall at East Side. A new well equipped library room is now in use for high school reference books. The board increased pay for supernumerary teachers to 2.00 per day and thanked J M Carnes for substituting as West Side principal during illness. Separately, Brazos County farmers plan to plant about 100 acres of Irish potatoes this season, with growers in Cottonwood and nearby areas, aiming for a profitable market.
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Supt. Lawson
National Association of School Superintendents
Washington
Supé
C. W. Lawson
Washington, D. C
Peases
R. B. Cousins
Lawson
Bryan
West Side
East Side
J. M. Carnes
C. M. Bethany
Brazos County
W. L. Edge
Cottonwood
Ie Eagle Reporter
Kurten
Steep Hollow
Reliance
Bethel
Edge
Eagle
Burleson County
Final Act of a Destitute Widow in San Francisco
New York details a deliberate suicide by Mrs Clero A Walton of San Francisco after arranging cremation and prepaid matters. She paid hotel bill and undertaker, wrote letters to friends, and prepared an orderly scene before death, describing a life of independence and hardship.
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New York
Clero A. Walton
San Francisco
Hotel la Grande
Walton
Denver
Fayetteville
Tenn
R. L. Wright
James K Raby
Flat Creek
Mule attack kills rider near Bonham Texas
Bonham Texas February 7 B B Chitwood was thrown from a mule he rode near Centon and his throat was cut from ear to ear by the animal death following.
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Bonham, Tex
B. B. Chitwood
Ceton
Mrs Morse Says Husband Sailed for Europe on Campania
New York report notes Mrs W. Morse saw her husband depart aboard the Campania bound for Europe on the day after February 7. The couple’s departure is confirmed through her account.
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New York
W. Morse
Europe
Campania
Health officers urge March 10 as state cleanup day
Brumby appeals Texas women’s clubs to emulate San Antonio and unite with city health boards to organize a statewide cleanup on March 10. Targeted areas include oil and rice belts where mosquitoes spread fevers. Second item notes suit against Fort Worth lawyers over unpaid occupation taxes. Suit aims to set precedent for future actions. Insurance firms announce compliance with Robertson law to operate in Texas.
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Austin
Brumby
Womens’ Clubs
Texas
San Antonio
Boards of Health
Oil and Rice Belt
McDonald
American National Life Insurance Company
Lynchburg
Security Life of
Chicago
Strange Wild Animal Seen Near Paris Texas
Reports from Paris Texas describe a large yellowish wild animal four miles southeast of town. Hunters on horseback and on foot, with guns and dogs, chased it after it appeared last Sunday and again this week, but it escaped down a ravine. Description matches a Mexican lion rather than a panther. it was large with a heavy head and short tail.
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Paris
Tex
Freeman Admits Murder Over Insult to Wife in 1905
Sheriff Rich brought S. W. Freeman from McLellan county to Kosciusko Mississippi where he faces a Mississippi indictment for the 1905 murder of Walter Downey. Freeman claims he killed Downey for making improper remarks about his wife and says he will return without requisition. Mrs Freeman died this week after the incident.
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Sherman
Tex
Rich
McLellan County
S. W. Freeman
Koskiosko
Miss
Walter Downey
Freeman
Mississippi
Downey
West, Tex
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GEO. A. Adams Insurance
Will S. Higgs
Texas Mutual
Smith Building
J. B. Hines
Stevenson Machine and Repair Works
Caerarstown
Morse
Hound
City National
G. S. Parker
E. H. Astin
A. W. Wilkerson
Cashier
W. Crenshaw
Asst
J. W. English
J. N. Cole
J. K. Parker
H.dunlap
Crest
Dwinell Wright
MO. M. Lawrence & CO
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