Harper's Weekly 1861 War Declaration Page Found In Texas
A pasted Harper's Weekly page dated April 27 1861 circulated by C E Jenkins in Navasota Texas includes Abraham Lincoln’s call up of 75 000 militia to quell Southern resistance and multiple engravings of Southern battle sites. Attendees at a meeting include local residents from Navasota Iola College Station Bedias and Houston. The page marks a historic archive preserved by Jenkins for 71 years.
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BE. Jenkins
Eagle Office
Harper’s Weekly
Abraham Lincoln
William E. Seward
United States
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Union
War Department
South
Fort Wachita
Fort Arbuckle
Fort Davis
Fort Brown
Fort Lancaster
Point Isabel
San Antonio
Twiggs
Washington, D. C
Thomas
Jenkins
County Agents Prove Value In County Government Economies
Opinion argues local government costs burden taxpayers and praises the USDA extension service. It cites Brazos County benefits from county agents showing higher agricultural income and living standards, urging preservation and possible refinements rather than cuts to extension work.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Roads
Farmers’ Seed Loan Office
Forest Service
Extension Service
Brazos County
Texas
Growing Interest in Cotton Week Promoted in Texas
Announcement highlights Cotton Week as a nationwide push to expand cotton use. Ten chains with about 4,000 stores and a grocers group with 10,000 retail units in 41 states plan promotions and cotton packaged products. Texans urged to boost demand for cotton to reduce surpluses and improve economic conditions.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Texas
Texans
United States
Regulating Trucks and Bus Lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission should regulate interstate motor truck and bus traffic like railroads. Trucks and buses transport passengers and freight and fall in the same business as rail lines. Government supervision benefits the public and railroads, and the same result should extend to motor carriers.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Organized Charity Shown Efficient by Good Cheer Association
The Bryan Good Cheer Association reports March activities illustrating why organized charity reduces duplication and impositions while delivering appropriate relief more effectively than individual aid. The summary notes closer investigations and better use of funds in coordinated relief efforts.
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Good Cheer Association of
Bryan
Church Women Gather for W M U Program At Bryan
A Bryan First Baptist Church event featured a musical number by church representatives, a talk by Rev. G D Freeman on the pastor's relation to the WMU, and a keynote by Mrs. W T Turner of Houston. Luncheon followed at 12 15 with an afternoon session at 1 30 and an address by Rev Charley F Bullock of Hearne.
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First Baptist Church of
Charley EF. Bullock
First Baptist Church
Hearne
State School Head Has Relative Here
Travis B. Bryan of the First National Bank of Bryan praises his brother in law Charles N. Shaver Huntsville superintendent of schools after Gov. Sterling appoints him state superintendent to succeed the late S. M. N. Marrs. Shaver married Annie Bryan and they have two sons at the University of Texas.
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Travis B. Bryan
First National Bank of Bryan
Charles N. Shaver
Huntsville
Ross 8. Sterling
S. M. N. Marrs
Shaver
Annie Bryan
University of Texas At Austin
Texas Commission on the Blind seeks state aid for needs data
The Texas Commission on the Blind plans constructive work to gather accurate data on the sightless population, especially adults, to secure legislative funding. They urge public support and private gifts, noting other states’ success with similar appeals. Communications may reach Boddeker, Haynes, Mayer, or Hazel Beckham.
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Texas Commission
Jas. A. Boddeker
Court House of
Galveston
Randolph A. Haynes
Austin
E. Mayer
Sanger Hotel Apts
Dallas
Hazel H. Beckham
University Avenue
Taxable (Continued From Page 1) Oil Boom Effects
The article notes rising taxables as the oil boom continues, with material and manufactured articles increasing by 20,223,171 dollars and miscellaneous items also rising, indicating broader economic impact.
Good Cheer relief drives aid for 118 families in month
The Good Cheer program aided 118 families totaling 527 people and 28 transients at a cost under $1 per person. Volunteers visited 723 homes and the chairman handled 1005 personal calls to assess need. The report highlights organized, economical relief, meals guidance, medical aids, and housing support.
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The
Good Cheer
Farmer’s Struggle and Warned Contentment in Liberty Magazine
Letter to the editor from Les Akers argues farmers should not be content or complacent. He compares contentment to stagnation and warns that a farmer must use both mind and mule to succeed, claiming farming resembles a half slavery without effort.
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Liberty Magazeen
Bizness
Les Akers
Tax rolls reveal land values and county assessments in East Texas
The survey shows declines across property categories with total values down. Harris county led in taxable land value at 341 million, while many rural counties averaged per acre values from under 5 to about 50 dollars. East Texas bands from the Chamber of Commerce note regional school and municipal rates.
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Culberson County
Harris County
Bexar
Tarrant
Dallas
Dallas County
Tararnt
East Texas
Rusk
Gregg
Upshur
Smith
Ellis County
Nueces
San Patricio
Bell County
Texas
Caldwell County
Cameron County
Rio Grande Valley
Hidalgo County
Brazoria
Brewster
Collin
Duval
el Paso
Fort Bend
Gray
Grayson
Guadalupe
Lubbock
Lavaca
McLennan
Taylor
Wichita
Hutchinson
Webb
Bearded planter dies after long feeble years in Bryan
The funeral notice recalls the life of a county planter who for years managed farms after selling his plantations. Never married, he spent his later years with the R. J. Newland family on Ursuline avenue. He was a Mason and Knight Templar. Active pallbearers include E. W. Crenshaw and Elon Stuart. honorary pallbearers listed.
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R. J. Newland
Beard
Bryan
Ursuline Avenue
Caldwell's Band Second in East Texas High School Contest
Beaumont won the Class A division with 93 1 3 points at the East Texas High School band contest in Waxahachie. Woodrow Wilson of Dallas took second with 92, Port Arthur third with 84 1 3, as nearly 1,200 musicians competed over two days. In Class B Texarkana led with 90 2 3, Waxahachie 88 1 3, Corsicana 87. Class C State Home first with 81 2 3, Caldwell second with 79 1 3, Waco State third.
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Junor High
Waco
Texarkana
Baylor University
Madisonville
Terrell State Hospital
Oak Cliff
Midlothian
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Waxahachie
Steep Hollow Community Notes Attract Visitors And Church Looms
Steep Hollow residents hosted relatives from Madison county Union Hill Bryan and nearby areas last Sunday with visits to Miss Vera Frame and Miss Erma Bullock. A Baptist student group from A and M College gave a mission program. Pastor Rev Wester preached on Prayer and on How to Get What We Ask For When We Pray. Mrs J E Bullock remains mostly bedridden. The rain last week brought thanks to the community.
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Erma Bullock
Vera ‘Mae Frame
Near College
Barlia Risinger
Baby Olan
Madison County
Union Hill
Walter Hicks
T. W. Dehart
Ruth
Marjorie Nell
Bryan
W. H. Bullock
Louis Bullock
Bobbie Louis
W. M. Garner
Wester
Local offices listed with candidates and rates in advance
Announcements show district and county office races with names: State Representative 26th District LEE J. ROUNTREE seeks re election. District Clerk MOORE. County Judge A. McSWAIN JESS B. McGEE seeks reelection. County Tax Collector GUY HARRIS. County Tax Assessor FRANK WORSHAM reelection. County Clerk D. PAUL DAN S BY. JESS CONLEE. CLYDE GOEN. Sheriff J H REED. Cash in advance.
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Lee J. Rountree
A. &. McSwain
Jess B. McGee
Frank Worsham
D. Paul Dansby
Jess Conlee
Clyde F. Goen
Farm Train Attracts 125000 Plus Visitors To Texas A&M Exhibit
The Santa Fe Texas A&M College farm and home special train ended an eight week tour with 125,178 people visiting 152 stops across Texas. The train, run with college exhibits and speakers, began Feb 15 and toured until April, drawing farmers, farm women, and 4-H members to lessons on low cost production and balanced farming.
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Santa Fe Aggie Special Farm
College Station
Santa Fe
Texas A. and
M. College Farm
Santa Fe Railway Company
M. College
Texas
Railway
G. C
Caldwell
Brenham
Brownfield
Santa Anna
Carthage
J. F. Jarrell
Agricultural de- Kan
United
H. H. Williamson
Extensio Service
Tt Possle
Wome
Former Bryan Resident Visitation in Washington
Mrs. Fannie Parker Tilson of Houston formerly of Bryan visits Washington D C as member of L S Ross Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy tending the national convention. She sent a message describing views on Lee home and a reception at the White House and a bridge over the Lincoln Memorial with about 2 000 people.
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Fannie Parker Tilson
Houston
Bryan An
L. S. Ross
Confederacy of B
Washington, D. C
Daughters of the America Revolution
Whi House
Lee
Lincoln Memorial
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. E. Jenkins
J. Wallace Brosig
M. F. Masters
Katherine Sangster
Katie Gray
Emma Thomas
John McGinty
Laura Gooch
T. O. Gotcher
W. L. Steele
L. N. Yeager
F. M. Perry
S. Dyess
W. W. Greenwood
W. N. Purcell
Louis 8. Pierce
Navasota
EF. Nation
W. Warris
C. F. Keefer
W. F. Harrell
Thomas A. Gray
Iola
J. J. Willingham
R. L. Brown
W. J. Lloyd
the Baptist Church
Roger McAdams
M. P. Isabell
Phillip Brown
K. K. Shelton
Bedias
J.A Hosea
Reid’s Prairie
Carolyn Keefer
C. W. Ford
T. S. Hollis
Ollie Smith
Vera Smith
North Zulch
W. T. Turner
Ira Williams
S. J
Workers Council
People's Column
Bryan Lion
Dear Mister
Corsicana
Caldswell
Waco State
Eaor van
Moore
Guy Harris
Roy Montgomery
J. H. Reed
Oak McKenzie
Guy F. Boyett
Raymond P. Todd
W. Conrad
Emmett Holland
E. M. Seeman
John Kalinec
Fred A. Wehrman
Chas, DE Stefano
Claude A. Buchanan
R. Pat Patterson
J. Sidney Smith
J. T. McGee
Crisp
University
Sam Kaplan
Washingto
Bryan and Brazos County
Chamber of Commerce
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