German Cruisers Maneuver Toward Santa Cruz on Argentine Coast
Wireless says Dresden and Nuremberg flee toward Santa Cruz on the Argentine coast after Scharnhorst and others were sunk. Prince Eitel with 1,500 German soldiers nearby reported. Nuremberg later sunk official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Montevideo
Dresden
Nuremberg
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipsic
South Atlantic
Santa Cruz
Argentine
Prince Eitel
Notice of Sheriff Sale in Brazos County Texas 1915
Texas Brazos County sheriff announces sale under a district court order from December 2 1914 in case John McCorquodale against J P Patrick no 6773. Property in Bryan city 60 by 80 feet from Bryan Addition to satisfy a 160 dollar judgment plus costs. Also levied as community property of Allene Rohde McAshan and H N McAshan to satisfy a 370 dollar judgment in favor of Allene Rohde McAshan plus costs. Sale set for January 5 1915 at the Brazos County courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
County of
Brazos
District Court
Brazos County
John McCorquodale
J. P. Patrick
Court House
Bryan
Towit
Texas
C. Nunn
Allene Rohde McAshan
H. N. McAshan
Notice of Sheriff Sale in Brazos County Bryan TX
Notice states Allene Mc Ashan vs H N McAshan case No 6878. Sheriff will sell cash at law hours on the county courthouse steps, City of Bryan, Texas. Property: Lots 9 and 10, Block 28, Oak Grove Addition to Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
County of
Brazos
District Court
Brazos County
Allene McAshan
H. N. McAshan
Court House
Bryan
Texas
Oak Grove
Germans Repel French Attacks in Argonne Forests
Berlin reports German forces repulsed French assaults in the Argonne forests with heavy losses, according to an official statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Argonne
Submarine Fleet Reduced to One Fit for Service
Admiral Fletcher told the House committee that the United States currently has only one submarine in fit condition for actual service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Fletcher
House
United Staes
Carranza Troops Defeat Villa Force
Constitutionalists report Durango reoccupied by Carranza troops who expelled the Villa garrison. A large Carranza force is advancing on Hermosillo as of December 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
VILLA
Washington
Durango
Carra
Hermosillo
November Cotton Exports Reach 760 349 Bales
Washington reports November cotton exports totaled 760 349 bales, more than combined September and October. For the first three months of the year that figure brings the total to 1 404 517 bales, far below last year's 4 206 581 bales. November imports stood at 14 574 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
New Year mother’s twelve health and home resolutions
January Woman’s Home Companion outlines a Mother Calendar of ten resolutions for 1916. The list urges mothers to protect their health, ensure fresh air, ventilate rooms, exercise daily, rest, pace work, simplify meals, ensure safe ice and milk, improve sanitation with neighbors, study child life, and achieve better health, home, and children through January adherence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Companion
Better Babies Bureau
French claim German lines in France yielding
London dispatches say French forces report the great German entrenchments are beginning to give way while the admiralty conceals the fleet that destroyed German cruisers. Tokio claims no Japanese ships were involved in the action. Reports on Emperor William's illness vary from influenza to pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
France
Admiralty
Atlantic
Tokio
William
Winter cover crops boost soil fertility in Texas
Texas A and M expert G S Fraps urges farmers to use winter legume cover crops to fix nitrogen, build soil organic matter, and improve soil on sandy lands. A rotation like oats cowpeas or peanuts oats cotton corn with legumes between rows is recommended to enhance fertility and reduce fertilizer costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & M. College
Texas
South
What Women Are Really Doing by Ida Tarbell
Ida Tarbell analyzes the status of American women using the 1910 census. She notes rising marriage rates and a growing divorce trend among thirty million married women, citing 185 065 who had been divorced, and discusses implications for family life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida M. Tarbell
January
Woman's Home Companion
United States
Miss Tarbell
The Complex Bond of Marriage and Divorce
The passage argues divorces rise slightly across 1900 1910 and hints at causes. It credits resilience of human relations while noting rising percentages due to looser social constraints and changes in courtship. It questions faith decline and cites carelessness in marriages amid shifting social practices.
Ousley Delivers Praiseworthy Talk on Crop Diversification
Hearne Texas residents praised Hon. Clarence Ousley after his Tuesday afternoon speech on Crop Diversification. Weather kept some listeners away, but many farmers gained practical pointers to diversify crops and improve yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearne
Tex
Clarence Ousley
Mr. Ousley
Pro vi dent Loan Association Extends Stock Issue
The Provident Loan Association of Dallas reports total loans since June 1, 1914 reach 90000 with 26000 currently distributed to 1500 borrowers. Secretary Dean Moore says plans are set to place an additional 25000 capital stock to broaden relief efforts, with stockholders limited to 6 percent return and excess profits reinvested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Provident Loan Association
Dean Henry Tr. Moore
Penitentiary to Self Sustaining in Texas
Austin December 9. No appropriation is needed for support and maintenance of the State penitentiary system for the next two fiscal years, the Comptroller's statement says. The commission asks 426 182 to pay back debts, 314 000 from 1913 and earlier and 112 182 for 1914 deficiencies, with 150 000 to be released immediately for urgent debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Comptroller's Department
W. O. Murray
Murray
Ocean cotton rates reach highest level ever known
The Associated Press reports from Galveston Texas that the day’s top price for cotton shipments reached $1.60 per 100 pounds for Gothenburg. Shippers note general Gothenburg activity around $1.25, but the upward trend appears limitless for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Gothenburg
Night of Terror on Passenger Steamer Near Point Arguella
Off Point Arguella California a passenger steamer Centralia rode at anchor five miles off the coast after a boiler tube burst. The Harvard liner stood by as a south wind drove risk of rock collision. Centralia bound Los Angeles to San Francisco. passenger count unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Arguella
Centralia
California
Estern
Santa Barbara
Harvard
Aureline
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Nine Die in Scranton Coal Mine Shaft Disaster
Nine miners were killed and several injured in Scranton Pennsylvania when a dynamite stick dropped into an elevator shaft tore out the bottom of the elevator. The incident occurred during transport to the mine bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Scranton
HOGS TO PLAY PART IN TEXAS FARM DIVERSIFICATION
County agents report wide use of hogs to diversify farms in Texas. Merchants bankers and farmers join in securing breeding stock and forming diversification and marketing clubs. Town reports cite organized corn and pig clubs and business-backed farmer associations across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
W. F. Proctor
A. & M. College
Dallas
W. H. Ross
Rockdale
George Banzhaf
Fort Worth
Huntsville
N. R. Tisdal
Alexander ©. Parker
Bankers’ Association
Ellig County
Livingston
T. O. Walton
Mineola
G. W. Orms
Troupe
Swan
Arpand Marshall
Chicken Feed Tags Regulated by Director Youngblood
Director B. Youngblood announces a regulatory notice to dealers regarding chicken feed tags. The statement outlines compliance requirements and the scope of the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngblood
B. Youngblood
Notice to Texas poultry feed makers on pure feed law
At the agricultural station of the A M College poultry feed makers are warned that any ground products added to feeds bring them under pure feed laws. Feeds must be registered and tagged before sale in Texas. Attorney General ruling from July 15 1914 cited, with strict prosecutions for future violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & M. College
Texas
Mr. Youngblood
Carranza rejects U S responsibility in Naco firing episode
In a statement to the Associated Press General Venustiano Carranza rebuts U S claims of Mexican responsibility for shots across the border at Naco. He warns that U S force would be an invasion harming the Constitutionalist cause and favors U S probing blame to Maytorena's forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Mexico
United States
Naco
Carranza
Associated Press
Gutierrez
Washington
Hill
Maytorena
State Department
el Faso
Maderista
Bryan
Brazos Lodge Elects Woodmen Officers and Chooses Charity
Brazos Lodge No. 104 Woodmen of the World held its regular meeting Friday night electing J. H. Gammon Jr as consul commander R. P. Lee as adviser W. J. Higgs as banker Joe B. Reed as clerk Emmett Trant as escort H. G. Stallings as watchman and naming Lamar Bethea J. B Priddy and M. E. Weaver as managers for three two and one year terms. The lodge voted $25 to the Knights of Pythias Christmas fund and arranged two illness subscriptions for needy members. One new member joined by initiation and two more by card. KE Fountain invited all to an oyster supper at his expense after visiting the Baptist borany at Parks Furniture. The meeting adjourned with hospitality at Mr Fountain's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos Lodge No
Woodmen of the World
J. H. Gammon Jr
R. P. Lee
W. J. Higgs
Joe B. Reed
Emmett Trant
H. G. Stallings
Lamar Bethea
J. B Priddy
M. E. Weaver
Knights of Pythias
KE. J. Fountain
Parks
Mr. Fountain
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Santa Graz
Craddock
Chile
Amsterdam
Mkarl Liebkecht
Reichstag
Turkey
Jerusalem
Paris
Rheims
T. C. Nunn
Admiral Fletcher
G. S. Fraps
Ousley
Dallas Provident Loan Association
San Luis Obispo, Cal
Republic
Woodmen
E. J. Fountain
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