Twenty-Five Years Ago in Texas and Oklahoma
From the Bryan Morning Eagle files, December 26 1904 reports New York public school opens with 5184 pupils and 111 teachers. Oklahoma towns see heavy snows and fires. Enid and Wortham suffer major blazes. Humble oil field blowouts cause $30000 damage. Parker County records 19 deaths and 58 births in November. Rail upgrades adorn Dallas with two new Rock Island trains. Festal Hall statues gifted to states for World’s Fair showcase. Elk City high school fire destroys a $15000 building. Governor Lanham receives mysterious threatening telegrams.
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Bryan
Morning Eagle
New York
Thomas
Okla
Federal
Austin
Enid
Humble
Parker County
Lanham
Rock Island Railway
Dallas
Francis
Louisiana Purchase Territory
Exposition Company
Elk City
Wortham
New Year Plans for Bryan 1930 Sidewalk Push and Civic Ideas
As 1929 ends the Bryan city page calls for concrete plans for 1930 including a systematic sidewalk program to ease pedestrian traffic and reduce street hazards. Readers are invited to submit ideas for city improvements, with a note that thoughtful proposals should begin with a survey of where sidewalks are most needed.
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Bryan
Supreme Court upholds North Carolina chain store tax ruling
The North Carolina Supreme Court sustains a state law imposing a special occupation tax on chain stores, finding the classification reasonable and non discriminatory. The decision notes differences between chain, single unit, and department stores and views the tax as leveling operating costs in competitive retail.
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Supreme Court of
North Carolina
North Carolina Supreme
Eme
Dallas New
Freedom of the Press in Minnesota Censorship Case
The Minnesota Supreme Court upholds a state law allowing suppression of newspapers as constitutional and in harmony with both state and national constitutions. The ruling cites a newspaper suppressed in Saint Paul after attacking local politics, amid a broader pattern of judicial censorship concerns nationwide. The Houston Post Dispatch notes this signals growing pressure on press freedom as editors face jail for source disclosures or court criticism. The piece also mentions President Hoover using the Lin study as a temporary office and a Christmas mood with Santa Claus folklore.
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Supreme Court of
Minnesota
St. Paul
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the
United States
Texas
Houston Post- Dispatch
Trade at home campaigns widen to all lines of business
G M Green editor notes trade-at-home campaigns should cover every line of business not just dry goods. The Daily Tidings promotes building trades in a campaign to boost local buying while improving circulation in surrounding rural areas and delivering papers to widen local store trade.
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G. M. Green
Ashland
Ore
Tidings
Daily
Backward Time Please for a Modest Woman Voice
Poem laments modern stage dances and skimpy clothing, asking time to restore decorum. It contrasts past dances with present risqué trends and pleads for modest outfits and gentler performances. The piece ends with a call for a wholesome, fully dressed woman from bygone days.
Maya civilization felled by malaria, say scientists
The Border Cities Star notes scientists contend malaria wiped out the Maya civilization, reshaping theories about the collapse of the temples and urban centers. A garbled line about a centenarian Chinese man and wives appears but lacks clear context or date.
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Windsor
Ont
Border Cities
Texas Builds Concrete Highways To Handle Heavy Traffic
Texas highway officials report a push to concrete roads as the state undertakes the largest road expansion in its history. From January 1927 to December 1, 1929 the Texas Highway Commission awarded contracts for 1,280 miles of concrete highways, more than twice the prior eight years combined, funded to meet a sixfold rise in vehicles and a tenfold traffic increase since 1919.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas State Highway Commission
P. J. R. MacIntosh
Texas Monthly
MacIntosh
Panama Canal
Highway Commission
Commission
Wall Street Magic and Beethoven Notes
A quirky line links big Wall Street profits to finding the right notes in Beethoven piano sonatas, attributed to Kay Features. The joke blends finance intrigue with classical music metaphor in a single-minded tease.
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Wall Street
Kay
Theater mood turns grim as stars face decline
Jane Cowl voices gloom that the theater is on its last legs while Flo Zingfield and Earl Carroll show resourcefulness amid the shift, highlighting tensions in the Springfield Union report on stage talent and industry.
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Jane Cowl
Jane
Flo Zingfield
Earl Carroll
Springfield Union
Plane climbs high as living costs stay high in sight
The report notes the aircraft reached above three and three quarter miles, while observers remark the pilot saw no sign of the cost of living improving.
Daily Eagle Want Ads Sell Ads and Premises
Daily Eagle advertises want ads promising to sell your ads and end them about your premises, offering a simple way to reach readers with local business notices.
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Daily Eagle
Edge Items: Local Weddings and Holidays News
Miss Grace McDonald and Wallace Henry wed at the bride's home on December 1. Students and teachers from Edge school spend holidays at home or with relatives in Normangee and Plainview. Huntsville and North Zulch are among visiting towns where residents and guests enjoyed holiday downtime and social events.
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Grace McDonald
Wallace Henry
R. R. McDonald
Walden Orr
Huntsville
Cathryn Wilson
Normangee
J. A. Wilson
Marie Boenigk
Edge
Humble
Carlton Hebbitts
Francis Hibbits
North Zulch
Lena Martin
Edith Payne
Maude Moore
Plainview
Messrs
Mills Lewis
Darrel Murff
Aubrey Ferrer
Myrtle Berry
Texas mine at Shafter yields 100000 ounces monthly silver
The Shafter mine contributes 100000 ounces of silver each month and, in 15 years of operation, has accumulated 25000000 ounces. Texas produced lime worth 751729 in 1928 from plants in Comal Coryell El Paso Travis and Williamson counties. It quarried and sold 2422495 dollars worth of stone mainly limestone for roads and limestone and granite for building.
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Texas
Shafter
Comal
Coryell
el Paso
Travis
Williamson
Texas Quarries Plans Big Round Rock Plant Expansion
Texas Quarries Inc launches a large quarry project near Round Rock with two miles of spur track derricks hoisting gear and other equipment on 3000 acres under lease. The firm has offices in Austin and a finishing plant valued at 250000 dollars.
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Texas
Texas Stone
Texas Quarries, Inc
Round Rock
Austin
Dentist seeks $10,000 damages over missing directory name
A Kansas City dentist files a suit claiming ten thousand dollars in damages after his name was omitted from the telephone directory. The case underscores concerns about listing accuracy and professional visibility in local directories.
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Kansas City
Body Found in Galveston Bay Identified by Personal Effects
The body of a young man, about 20 to 25, was found in Galveston Bay on Wednesday. No identification papers were found, but a watch, keys, and a small amount of money were recovered. The body was taken to an undertaker for identification.
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Galveston Bay
Old Assembly Cornerstone At College Lays A Historic Path
The article recalls the Old Assembly building’s cornerstone laid by local masons with Major McInnis and Gen. Stoddard presiding. It features artisans above the entrance and interior tablets for Maj. H. H. Dinwiddie and Col. L. L. Foster. The hall served student and community gatherings before Guion Hall and later became an armory.
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Metnnes
H. H. Dinwiddie
L. L. Foster
McInnis
Guion Hall
Christmas Tree Heavily Laden At Wallace Home
The Wallace home hosted a Christmas Eve gathering with Mey.camd Mrs. M. E. Wallace presiding. The Og al family tree and party featured beautiful arrangements and generous hospitality that exceeded previous celebrations.
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Wallace Home
Ogal
Mey
M. E. Wallace
Christmas Gathering at the Wallace Home
Mr and Mrs Wallace hosted Christmas in their home with all their children and spouses and other relatives. Attending were M B Wallace Jr and wife of Houston, Harvey Weddington of Houston, John Poindexter and wife and child from Bryan, Tick Wallace and Emmett Jr of Bryan, Woodrow Wallace a Baylor student home from Waco, plus other immediate family members.
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Baylor University
Waco
Christmas program decor and gifts at Prospect school
Bad weather forced an early Friday program as Prospect school children recited the Christmas story, lit candles, and distributed gifts and candy. Visitors included Mrs Joe Beal and the Lampe family. School resumes December 30.
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B. G. McDonald
San Marcos
J. K. McDonald
D. J. McDonald
Robertson County
A. W. Rice
Eckles In Ship Wreck Misses Christmas Here
Mrs. Elam Eckles receives a New York dispatch about the Algonquin Port Victoria collision off New York harbor. Eckles aboard the Algonquin reports fog delays and a plan to reach College by December 28 via S S Momus.
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Eckles
Elam Eckles
New York
Mr. Eckles
Galveston
Port Victoria
New York Harbor
New Orleans
S. S
F.C. Bolton
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Auburn
N. Y
Hoover
Santa Claus
Reel Poetry
OLD Assembly
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