County Commissioners Meet With Directors of the Commercial Club
County officials and Commercial Club directors meet to plan a broad road program and a permanent building and loan organization. A special meeting will hear a Dallas cotton acreage report, with Turkey Day plans and a push to secure stock subscriptions and by laws.
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Building and Loan Association
Court House
Highway Committee
Commercial Club
County Commissioners Court
H. O. Boatwright
H. L. McKnight
Dallas
Bryan
James E. Butler
City Development Committee
E. J. Fountain
Fountain
S. E. Eberstadt
Trade Extension Committee
A. M. Waldrop
M. E. Wallace
A. C. Love
J. Webb Howell
J. T. Maloney
R. O. Allen
Wallace
Orne
Maloney
Ed. Hall
Commissioners Court
Commissioners’ Court
C. A. Buchanan
Fletcher Pool
John Sabo
Chas. de Steffino
Brazos County
Judge Maloney
E. J. Jenkins
W. G. Drummond
P. L Dawson
J. B. Gleissner
Gibbs & Hare
S. C. Hoyle
Willie Rogers
Doane
Major McInnis
Boatwright
McKnight
Regulate the bowels with Herbine remedy
An old notice promotes Herbine as a bowel regulator aiding liver and stomach function. The product promises restored strength and buoyancy and is sold by E. J. Jenkins and M. H. James.
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E. J. Jenkins
M. H. James
House Debates Stricter Texas Mortgage Law
The Texas House considered a more drastic bill regulating the disposition of mortgaged property. The chamber adjourned with the measure under review as the highway department inquiry began and other bills were discussed. A companion measure would allow married women to hold corporate roles and the primary election law amendment moved toward majority nominations.
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Austin
House
State Highway Department
Westbrook
Hunt County
McNealus
Dallas County
Dodson's Liver Tone replaces calomel in claim of health benefits
An advertisement promotes Dobson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable tonic that can replace calomel. It asserts calomel is dangerous, causes salivation and sickness, while Liver Tone supposedly cleanses the liver, improves biliousness and digestion, and is harmless for children and adults. It invites readers to try it with a money-back offer through the druggist.
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Dobson
Dodson
Tabor School Gala Plants Pecans On High School Grounds
The Tabor neighborhood turned Tuesday into a gala day as pecan trees were planted on the high school grounds. Rows were dedicated to Cottonwood, Alexander, Blanton, along with each high school class and each school trustee and teacher. A row honors the county agent. Wagons hauled silt to fill four foot deep holes while a noon meal was shared by attendees and their companions.
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Tabor
Cottonwood School
Alexander
Blanton School
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Strength Against Illness
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as fortifying the system against colds grip and influenza. It claims the tonic purifies and enriches the blood with quinine and iron in a stomach friendly formula, delivering strengthening and invigorating effects.
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Grove
Pecan Tree Planting Day Marked At High School
Mrs. Watson returned to Alabama last Thursday after visiting relatives in the community. A splendid program was given at the high school Friday night with S. E. Eberstadt G. L. Powers and H. L. Edwards as speakers. Tuesday February 11 was set to plant the pecan trees on the high school yard. Jewel Broach of Bryan spent the weekend with cousin Thelma Broach and Laura Broach has been visiting relatives in Bryan. Some farmers are breaking land.
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Tabor
Jewel Broach
Bryan
Thelma Broach
Laura Broach
New College Buildings to Rise on Campus at A and M
Within weeks A and M College will start $500000 worth of new structures including mechanical engineering physics and extension service buildings plus the president’s home. J E Johnson of Waco has contracts for the M E and physics buildings and work on the physics project awaits a $36000 legislative appropriation. The M E building will be brick and concrete costing about $75000 and the physics block about $100000. An extension service office and the president’s residence are also planned on former sites with modern facilities and finishes.
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A. and M. College
J. E. Johnson
Waco
Johnson
M. E
W. Scott Dunne
Architectural Department
Guion Hall
L. S. Ross
Improvements planned at A and M College urge safer, livable campus
The Daily Eagle says President Bizzell and a new community council are pursuing better grocery service, a primary school, improved housing for campus residents, modern waiting rooms for interurban riders, enhanced student social life, and traffic controls to curb speeding and sidewalk driving. Military inspectors are to enforce signals and sidewalk bans. Interurban company officials will add a waiting room, but site selection delays progress. a new wing of the mess hall lacks heat for winter use.
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Daily Eagle
College
Bizzell
Community Council
Bryan College Interurban Company
Interurban
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Faster Cold Relief
An ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a long standing remedy for cold and cough symptoms. It claims the medicine loosens phlegm relieves irritation soothes sore throat and speeds recovery.
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Bac
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Quick Bowel Action
A vintage advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills train bowels to function with precision. They promise gentle cleansing of the system and relief from torpor when regulation or remedies fail.
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Dr. King
Calotabs The Best Cold Cure Says Doctors
Physicians and druggists advertise Calotabs as the ideal treatment for colds flu and grippe. One tab at night claims to cure a cold by morning and may prevent pneumonia with no vomiting or salivation. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with money back if not delighted.
Houston tradesmen weigh general sympathy strike
Houston labor leaders report mounting sentiment for a sympathetic walkout in support of striking metal tradesmen. W. B. Carroll notes a February 18 delegates meeting will submit a resolution calling for a general strike in Houston.
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Charles Peterson
Houston
Carroll
United States
W. BE. Carroll
Houston Labor and Trades Council
Central Council
Ieith
New German Constitution Grants Assembly Broad Powers
Weimar Feb 10 The German national assembly approved the first reading of a provisional constitution by acclamation. Readings two and three were scheduled for today. Hugo Preuss explained provisions giving the assembly power to draft a permanent constitution and enact urgent national laws. The plan also provides for a national president by majority vote and a state committee as a quasi second chamber, with states requiring consent before any division.
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Weimar
German National Assembly
Hugo Preuss
Interior
Assmbly
Prussia
Wilson and Lansing Lead Postwar Responsibility Committees
President Wilson is named chairman of the peace conference committee shaping the new league of nations. Secretary of State Lansing is chosen unanimously to head the committee on responsibility for the war, tasked with fixing blame and penalties for the guilty nations and reflecting broad American trust.
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Wilson
League of Nations
Lansing
America
No Worms in a Healthy Child Ad for Tonic
An advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic cures intestinal worms in children by enriching the blood improving digestion and strengthening the whole system. It urges regular use for two to three weeks and notes a 60 cent bottle price.
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Grove
Packers Counsel on Witness Stand Low Wages Paid
Washington reports Henry Veeder counsel for Swift & Co testifies before the senate agricultural committee on packers methods to thwart investigation and their opposition to unions. He details wage history from 1904 to 1916 and argues against alleged unfair letter use by the federal trade commission.
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Washington
Henry Veeder
Swift & Co
Senate Agricultural Committee
Borland
Veeder
Edward N. Hurley
Federal Trade Commission
Hurley
Heney
Louis F. Swift
Swift
Commission
Swift & Company
F. P. Walsh
F. J. Heney
Walsh
Unions Refused to Negotiate After Mediation Board Demands
The parties refused to negotiate with unions, claiming compliance with the president's mediation board demands.
Must Reduce Acres and Increase Yield
The Bryan Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Co opens a plant to produce high grade fertilizer this season. Manager J Webb Howell says fertilizer labeling protects buyers and urges farmers to reduce cotton acreage while maximizing yield with proper fertilizer use amid low prices and labor shortages.
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Bryan Cotton Oil & Fertilizer Company
J. Webb Howell
Howell
New York
South
Debating the Luxury Tax in the Revenue Bill
The essay defends a new five percent luxury tax on nonessential goods like shirts over three dollars umbrellas hats shoes purses luggage frames lamps and similar items. It argues the tax is fair as it targets luxury purchases while recognizing existing high federal taxes. It notes sympathy for the poor yet supports broader application of the levy.
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United States
Mrs Ferguson Returns From Fort Worth Visit
Mrs Horace O Ferguson and her little daughter Ethel returned from Fort Worth where they enjoyed a delightful visit with Mr and Mrs L M Ferguson.
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Horace O. Ferguson
Ethel
Fort Worth
L. M. Ferguson
Baldwin Locomotive Works Secures China Orders for 84 Locomotives
President Johnson announces Baldwin Locomotive works has received China orders for 84 locomotives, valued at 1.76 to 2.0 million dollars. The deal signals strong demand for American railway equipment abroad.
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Philadelphia
Johnson
Baldwin Locomotive Works
China
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Stockholders Meeting
Texas
A. and
M. College
Chambers-Wilson Motor Co
Packer
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