Board Plans for Record Enrollment at A and M College
Dallas, July 7. The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas moves to handle what may be the largest student body in its history. The board approved next year’s budget, adding new teachers and considering a modern $50,000 hospital for cadets. Other projects include a dairy barn, a judging pavilion, a $100,000 veterinary science building, and five campus residences.
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Dallas
Tex
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Dallas County A. & M. Club
the Oriental
W. B. Bizzell
R. Adelsperger
Department of Architecture
Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College
John J. Guion
Ballinger
L. J. Hart
San Antonio
E. H. Astin
Bryan
T. E. Battle
Marlin
W. A. Miller Jr
Amar
Dynamite damages negro hotel in Snyder Texas
A dynamite blast at a two story negro hotel in Snyder Texas damaged the floor but caused no injuries. The town reports strong anti Negro sentiment following recent events as the county had no black residents until last year.
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Snyder
Py Associated Press
Tex
Fire on steamer Minnehaha reported 570 miles southeast of Halifax
A wireless from the steamship Minnehaha, en route to London, states a fire at sea 570 miles southeast of Halifax. The ship carries ammunition that could sink the vessel if flames reach it, but the fire is not serious and under control. No passengers are aboard.
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Associated Press
New York
Holt
Halifax
London
Wheat and Corn Prospects Rise for Huge Crop
Washington on July 8 the Department of Agriculture reports stronger outlooks for a billion bushel wheat crop and about three billion bushels of corn after favorable growth last month.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Cotton crop set record with 16 million bales
Washington reports the 1912 US cotton crop reached 16,134,930 bales the largest on record. Texas led with 4,592,112 bales and Ellis County produced 148,714 bales as the top county.
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Ellis County
Associated Press
Washington
Texas
Government Takes Over Sayville Wireless Station
The government seized the Sayville Long Island wireless station, the sole direct link between the United States and Germany, and a U S naval radio corps will operate the facility going forward.
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Sayville
United States
Germany
Associated Press
Washington
Long Island
United States Naval Radio Corps
Prairie View principal vacancy to be decided in August
Dallas July meeting of the A and M College and Prairie View board saw E L Blackshear withdraw his resignation temporarily. The board unanimously reconsidered Blackshear's re-election, deferring a final decision to August 3 at College Station while a selection committee plans campus improvements and budget for next year.
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Dallas
Tex
A. & M. College
Prairie View Normal and Industrial College For
John I. Guion
Ballinger
E. L. Blackshear
College Station
Blackshear
Prairie View
Guion
E. H. Astin
Bryan
T. E. Battle
Marlin
H. A. Briehan
Bartlett
J. Sheb William
Paris
Bizzell
Spence
School of Engineering
R. Adelsperger
Growth of American Merchant Marine 1915 Report
The federal report shows 1226 US built vessels totaling 215 711 gross tons for the year ended June 30 1915. Including 147 foreign built ships added under the 1914 ship registry act, total fleet vessels reach 1373 and 744 618 gross tons. Losses for the year reach 1062 vessels and 195 052 gross tons in nine months.
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United States
Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce
Parker-Ferguson Wedding Won Brazos County Notables
Beeville groom J J Parker and Harvey bride Pinkie Ferguson wed at the bride’s parents home with Rev John G Kendall officiating. Attendees were close family and friends from Brazos County and Lexington. couple plan to reside in Beeville after a reception and short motor trip.
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Bee County
Brazos County
J. J. Parker
Beeville
Pinkie Ferguson
Harvey
J. H. Ferguson
John G. Kendall
Waco
John H. Ferguson
Parker
Lexington
Peebles
York and
Lee J Rowntree Honored by National Editorial Association
The National Editorial Association elected officers at Exposition Grounds San Francisco July 8 with Lee J. Rowntree president representing The Commercial Georgetown Texas. E H Tomlinson vice president George Schlosser secretary W R Hodges treasurer and other executives including J Clyde Oswald Homer Harwood Sam Harden. The 1916 meeting will be in New York.
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Mapleton
Minn
Glen
the Tribune
Kansas
Frank Roderus
the Press Club
Chicago
Homer Harwood
the Free Press
Warren, Mich
Sam P. Harden
the Echo
Richardson, Tex
New York
Fifty Four Dead in Tornadoes Across Four States
Cincinnati report cites thirty four dead in Ohio Kentucky Indiana and Missouri from yesterday and last night tornadoes. Ten missing with toll expected to rise above fifty. In this area twenty seven dead locally plus three in Indiana and four in Missouri. Eastern Missouri hit hardest with many injured in Southern Indiana.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Missouri
Carranza to halt cattle shipments in his territories
The Carranza consulate announces that Carranza soon will issue an order prohibiting the exportation of cattle from any territory he controls.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Carranza
Ration tips and plant care from A. and M. College notes
Agricultural experts at the A. and M. College share pig feeding rations for brood sows and young pigs, stressing corn and wheat shorts slop with skim milk, or three parts wheat shorts to one part corn, plus tankage or meat meal. They advise green pasture after farrowing and warn about milk handling to prevent typhoid and mildew control for roses with flower of sulphur applied at morning dew.
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John C. Burns
A. & M. College
J. W. Ridgway
O. M. Ball
Is Your Drinking Water Pure
Advice warns that typhoid can come from well or spring water and urges residents to have tested by the State Board of Health. Boil uncertain water, enclose wells, and use a clean flyproof vessel to aerate water after boiling.
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State Board of Health
Pitts Bridge Repair Underway Over Brazos River
Engineer Lassiter of Austin Brothers Dallas has begun moving machinery to Pitts bridge site. The contractor expects to finish repairs within ten weeks of starting, with work to begin as quickly as possible on the Brazos river bridge.
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The
Eagle
Lassiter
Austin Brothers
Bridge Builders of
Dallas
Pitts Bridge
Brazos River
179 Acre Brazo s Bottom Land For Sale
Notice offers 179 acres of Brazo s bottom land with 25 acres timber and balance in cultivation. Two good houses and two artesian wells included. Sold at sacrifice price. Apply Chas Palermo at phone 380.
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Palermo
Minnehaha Reaches Halifax Port Safely
The Minnehaha arrived in Halifax Nova Scotia today according to the Associated Press. The ship reached port without incident as of July 9 with no further details provided.
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Associated Press
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Tragic Shooting Near Quanah Involves Local Foreman’s Daughter
Winnie Morris, daughter of Quanah railroad shops foreman, shot and killed Garland Radford 23, son of a wealthy local family. After a dispute he had driven wheat through the Morris property. she and her father were arrested.
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Winnie Morris
Garland Radford
Quanah
Tex
Radford
Morris Place
Sam Lee’s corn shown as sample from Nueces County farm
District Clerk J. W. Barron presented a corn sample to The Eagle from Sam Lee’s Nueces County farm. A neighbor carried the 11½ inch long car on the train, calling it a fair sample of Lee’s crop. The corn is well advanced and nearly dry enough to shell. Lee is described as an old Brazos County man.
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J. W. Barron
Eagle
Sam Lee
Nueces County
Labor Leader Lawson Jury Tampering Claims Made
In Trinidad Colorado on July % Associated Press reports charges of intimidation and jury tampering in the murder verdict against labor leader John R. Lawson. An affidavit from a juror says he believed Lawson innocent but voted guilty to hurry home to his ill wife.
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Associated Press
Trinidad
Colo
John R. Lawson
Colorado
Lawson
Lyford Sees First 1915 Cotton Bale Ship to Houston Exchange
The first bale of the 1915 cotton season was ginned at Lyford Texas and shipped to the Houston Cotton Exchange. Weighing about 500 pounds, it came from several Lyford farms and arrived in Houston at 7 a.m. It was consigned to W D Cleveland Sons via the Commercial Club of Lyford and offered for sale on the exchange floor to the highest bidder.
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Lyford
Brownsville
Tex
Here
Houston Cotton Exchange
United
W. D. Cleveland & Sons
Houston
Cotton Exchange
John Horton fined for aggravated assault
John Horton pleaded guilty in county court to aggravated assault and was fined $25 and costs. He was arrested and jailed after beating his wife, who was reported to have been beaten severely and was unconscious for some time.
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John Horton
Horton
Baker
Black teacher Miles McAfee convicted in Franklin case
Franklin Texas July 8 Miles McAfee a Black school teacher was found guilty on a serious incident charge and sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary. The trial involved Jim Washington, another Black man, and related public safety matter from last week.
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Miles McAfee
Franklin
Tex
Jim Washington
Billy Kersands Dies After Final Performances in Artesia
The veteran colored minstrel Billy Kersands died in Artesia New Mexico on June 30 from heart failure at age 73 after a second Negro Stevenson Show performance. Born in Baton Rouge Louisiana he rose from bootblack to top minstrel star touring with Calender's Georgia Minstrels Haverly’s company and later Ni gro Stevenson shows earning Queen Victoria’s diamond and a $250 weekly peak. His death drew tributes from colleagues who noted his honor and stature in the colored profession. Remains were sent to Chattanooga for burial.
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Billy Kersands
Artesia
N. M
Stevenson
Baton Rouge
New York
Calender
Georgia Minstrel
Jack Haverly
Europe
Billy
Queen Victoria
Bill
Charles Hicks
Kersands
Richard & Pringle Minstrels
Rusco & Holland
Richards & Pringle
Orient
Occident
Chattanooga
Duty bound to guard trade relations and reputations
Pointed paragraphs discuss that lawsuits strain finances, virtue must serve purpose, Uncle Sam must protect trade ties, and some men rely on a bad reputation as their only asset.
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Sam
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Lee J. Rowntree
National Editorial Association
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A. & M. College Extension Notes
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Quanan Hag
New Mexico
Pramess OF
U.S.A
Alexander Hamilton
American Credit
Danel Webster
Hamilton
Fathers of the Republic
Colossus
Anheuser- Busch
St. Louis
Anheuser’ Busch
T. P. Boyett
Lex
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