Why Boys and Girls Leave Farm for City
Miss Bernice Carter leads a push with the U S department of agriculture and A&M extension to make farm home life more attractive. She cites cooking canning clubs teaching balanced nutrition and better schooling as keys to keeping rural youth, noting 2219 girls enrolled across 32 counties and outstanding club results.
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Daily Eagle
Bernice Carter
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
Extension Department
A .and M. College
Miss Carter
Gils
Miss Carte
Carter
State Normal
Denton
Denton County
Dallas
Waco
Bettie Rogers
Girls Club
Uited States Department of Agriculture
A. and M. College Extension Department
Annie Davis
Jefferson
Davis
Washington
West African Tornado Drowns Natives Tragedy at Sea
The Associated Press reports a devastating tornado in West Africa. In Freetown on December 11, over two hundred fifty natives perished as a tornado swept canoes carrying about four hundred people into the sea. Rescue efforts followed as authorities assessed the toll.
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Freetown
Sierrasone
West Africa
Carranza Rejects Compromise With Huerta Regime
General Carranza said he would accept no compromise with the Huerta government after Mexico City proposals for an election involving the Constitutionalists were presented.
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Carranza
Mexico City
Huerta
Hartley County sells top price Karakule sheep record
Hartley residents report forty five head of full blood Karakule sheep sold last week by Middlewater Cattle Company to a Charlottstown P E L breeder for 13000 dollars. It is the highest price ever paid for Kara kule sheep in Hartley County and likely the state. Sulphur Springs sees The Morning Telegram debut on December 1 edited by Joe J. Murray with news and features. Kingsville citizens plan a permanent county fair with large exhibit halls. Sherman railway work begins on 75 pound steel rails on the Transcontinental division from Sherman eastward about thirty miles. The line is being resurfaced as steel is laid.
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Hartley
Middlewater Cattle Company
Charlottstown
Hartley County
Kingsville
Expensive Royalty in Britain Explained in 1900s Finance
London shows the royal cost to the nation with King George receiving 100000 extra on top of a civil list of 2350000. Queen Victoria’s descendants, including Princess Christian and Princess Louise, are noted as future beneficiaries. The article aggregates 820000 paid to the King Queen and heir, with further 50000 for each of four younger sons and Princess Mary, and 30000 for King Edward's three daughters.
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London
Germany
George
Victoria
Princess Christian
Louise
Henry of
Battenburg
Saxe Coburg, Gotha
Duchess of
Albany
Mary
Edward
Edward VII
Norris put on trial for burning church in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas December 9 The trial of Rev J Frank Norris charged with burning the First Baptist Church began today E C Reeves testified he saw a man resembling Norris on the church steps half an hour before the fire A severe cross examination failed to break down his testimony
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
J. Frank Norris
First Baptist
E. C. Reeves
Norris
Telegraphic News Roundup from World Cities
President Wilson delivers long distance telephone address to a Rochester chamber banquet with tables equipped for audio. Kaiser financial talk triggers debate on royal costs in Britain. NYNJ transit groups discuss NY New Jersey vehicular tunnels. Helen Goudy marries J Gerard Leight at St George’s. Newell Banks tours New York seeking honors. Ferns and Gibbons to fight ten rounds in New Orleans.
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Washington
Wilson
Banquet of
Rochester
N. Y
Chamber of Commerce
Cotton Speculators Hit with Heavy Fines in Cornering Case
In New York on December 13 the Federal Court fined Eugene Scales of Texas Frank Hayne and William Brown of New Orleans Morris Rothschilds of Mississippi and Col Robert Thompson of New York four thousand dollars each for pleading no contest to cornering the 1909 cotton crop. James Patten of Chicago had been fined the same amount earlier. The government alleges Scales Patten and others conspired to control national raw cotton output and profited about ten million dollars.
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Eugene Scales
Texas
Frank Hayne
William
Scales
Patten
Texas Industrial Notes: Bridge, Associations, Civic Upgrades
Texas notes report construction on a $30,000 Red River bridge four miles north of here, a 1700 foot span with a 16 foot roadway. Dallas delegates head to the American Builders Association in Philadelphia December 12. Garland names W D McCallum secretary. Commerce women form a civic improvement league. San Angelo residents seek a $150,000 railroad bonus to Kerrville led by Bird M Johnson of New York. Walnut Springs reopens Commercial Club with a new secretary and aims to promote new industries and roads.
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Byers
Red River
Here
98Th Meridian
Dallas
B. B. Cain
Texas’ Business Men's Association
Homer D. Wade
O. E. Dunlap
W. T. Wilson
American Builder's Association
Philadelphia
San Angelo
Kerrville
Bird M. Johnson
New York City
Walnut Springs
Flood Waters Pouring Into Gulf Deluge Reaches Delta Cities
Houston and surrounding areas report river floods from Colorado and Brazos pouring into the gulf. By nightfall authorities expect receding waters to clear even delta cities. Galveston notes Windom cutter placed with flood relief committee to carry refugees and supplies.
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Houston
Tex
Colorado
Brazos
Gulf
Galveston
United States Revenue Cutter
Windom
Flood Relief Committee
Authenticity of Mona Lisa Confirmed in Posession Case
Florence investigators confirm the Mona Lisa found yesterday in the possession of Vincensio Perugia is genuine. Perugia says he stole the priceless painting in patriotic revenge for Napoleon's Italian depredations.
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Associated Press
Florence
Italy
Vincensio Perugia
Perugia
Napoleon
Woman Indicted for Murder of Four Children
Five true bills allege Ellen Stheridge wife of a stockman near Meridian poisoned her four children and tried to kill another. Trial set for December 22 at Meridian.
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Associated
Death of Little Marvin Shelby
On November 30 paternal home in Independence mourns the death of 23 month old Marvin Shelby after a three month illness. Burial occurred December 1 at the old Tryon Cemetery with funeral services led by Rev. Frank Merka.
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Will Shelby
Independence
Marvin
Old Tryon
Frank Merka
Three Die in Oak Cliff Auto Interurban Collision
In Oak Cliff Dallas, three people were killed and two fatally injured when an auto was struck by a Dallas Fort Worth limited interurban car late yesterday. The deceased include 20 year old Jeddie Wilson and 16 year old Willie Stewart. Olin Wilson family members were badly hurt. an infant escaped largely unscathed. The crash occurred at a crossing and the wreckage left the streetcar immobile for half an hour.
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Dallas-Fort Worth
Oak Cliff
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Jeddie Wilson
Willie Stewart
Olin Wilson
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