New Agricultural Building Advocated for A M College
A Texas agricultural building for the A M College gains support in the Legislature with a proposed 150000 appropriation. The Galveston News backs the measure, citing growth in enrollment from 88 in 1906-07 to 527 in 1914-15 and the need for better facilities to advance state agriculture.
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Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Ferguson
School of Agriculture
A. & M. College of Texas
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Union
Kansas
Daughters of the American Revolution Reestablish King’s Highway
The Texas old trails committee aims to survey the King’s Highway Camino Real and other Texas routes, placing markers along historic trails in the Southwest. They seek a $5,000 state appropriation to fund the resurvey and marker placement program.
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Dunn
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State University
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New York
Texas
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Mexico
W W. E. Dunn
Daughters of the American Revolution
Southwest
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King's Highway
Camino Real
Old San
Fiery Roosevelt would push US toward war with Germany
The piece argues Colonel Roosevelt’s calls after the Lusitania sinking risk war by urging immediate breaking of trade with Germany and alliance with France and Britain. It cites the Houston Post comparing Roosevelt’s stance to an unfriendly tilt toward Germany and notes President Wilson’s peace with honor approach as contrasted with Roosevelt’s inevitability of war.
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Lusitania
Germany
France
England
The
Houston Post
Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft thanks calm leadership in 1912 election clash
Former President Taft spoke in Philadelphia praising the President for calmness and wisdom. He added that the country was fortunate in 1912 when the strenuous Colonel was defeated, arguing his election would have caused trouble for the nation.
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Taft
Philadelphia
Bryan Faces New Road and Building Boom
The government awarded a contract for a federal project costing from thirty five to forty thousand dollars. The county plans to spend about 400000 on roads. City paving at intersections near Main Street has begun with a contract already let, totaling around forty thousand. Additional paving and street work will follow. A&M College will see large sums for new buildings. Overall, employment will rise as money flows through Bryan and prosperity returns.
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Bryan
Main Street
A. & M. College
Metcalfe Promotes Texas Orphans Home Brides Outfit
Representative Charles B. Metcalfe of Tom Green County leads a plan to provide a complete trousseau for girls at the Corsicana orphans' home when they marry. A brother legislator and a local citizen join to supply gowns slippers and gloves and efforts to obtain hats. Bryan capitalists are urged to assist with hats for the bridal outfits.
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Bryan
Colonel Metcalfe
Buy Local Goods Not Money Sent Abroad
The Brenham Banner Press urges residents to buy locally and avoid shipping money away for goods. It warns that sending money overseas for purchases is like robbing one's own family to feed a stranger, urging citizens to support local shops.
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Brenham
Watterson warns Georgia governor on Leo Frank execution
Colonel Henry Watterson writes in the Louisville Courier Journal that allowing the Georgia governor to permit Leo Frank's execution would risk a judicial crime and tarnish the state's fair escutcheon.
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Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Georgia
Leo Frank
Commonwealth
Europe Trip Loss Sparks Local San Francisco Gain
Temple Telegram notes Europe’s loss is San Francisco’s gain as tourists will save over a hundred million dollars by skipping the annual Europe trip, while the city mourns the absence of golf links and associated tourism.
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Europe
Temple Telegram
San Francisco
Round Premises Twice Weekly to Stamp Mosquito Breeding
Instruction urges residents of Bryan to patrol their properties twice weekly for mosquito breeding sites to prevent outbreaks. Emphasizes citywide effort to stamp out mosquitoes if all residents participate.
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Bryan
Vanderbilt fortunes fade at supreme moment
Alfred G. Vanderbilt's wealth, valued at one hundred millions, failed to secure success when the crucial moment arrived, akin to the fate of Colonel John Jacob Astor.
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Alfred G. Vanderbilt
John Jacob Astor
Rumors Sweep Bryan Amid Oil Talk
Locals in Bryan discuss potential oil findings with strong rumor mill activity. Residents weigh possible impacts on economy and jobs as speculation grows.
Seasonal garden bumper crop hints at summer treats
Garden truck of all kinds is abundant. Roasting ears and watermelons will soon be with us. Thank the Lord we have wintered.
Insurance bills roil state politics as Ferguson backs Gibson
Governor Ferguson has pushed the Gibson bill through the House and now appeals to state citizens to aid passage in the Senate. Insurance firms are highlighted as returning players in the legislative clash.
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Senate
War or Revolution in Italy Obsesses the Nation
The Italian populace faces a future of war or revolution as public sentiment remains intense over the cession of Austro-Hungarian dominion. The war spirit dominates the land of the Caesars, shaping national resolve and policy debates.
Farmers Rally To Grass Fight Amid Bright Weather
The pleasant weather lifts spirits as farmers report progress against grass and weeds and crops advancing rapidly toward harvest.
Politics and the President Not A Chalkboard Conversation
The remark urges restraint while standing by the President, criticizing lengthy debates on politics religion and the European war as inappropriate behavior for a public supporter.
Cotton wagons ready to turn from choppers to pickers
Wagon loads of cotton choppers head to the country this morning, a reminder that in a few months the same wagons and workers will swing to cotton picking duties.
Collards and Potlicker Stir Southern Food Fame
A long riff on collards and potlicker as the South’s great dishes, teased by Northern press figures. The piece cites the New York Herald and Montgomery Advertiser debates about what potlicker is, with hints of mixin s and collards described as cabbage leaves fueling Southern pride.
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East
New York Herald
Ridyard Kipling
Racine
Corneille
Dixie
Herald
Montgomery Advertiser
Hse
Brander Matthews
Columbia University
Matthews
Virginia
Satan Sanderson
Southlands
Wisdom
Split Log Drag Cuts Road Cost In Cleburne
S M Hill maintained six miles of road from the city limits to Concordia school house with the split log drag. He dragged the road Tuesday after heavy rain and the cost of the entire six miles was 3.80 dollars. Illinois Highways advises profitable road dragging with tips on drag use and technique.
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Cleburne Enterprise
S. M. Hill
Concordia
Illinois Highways
State Highway Commission
Dragging Advice for Road Maintenance
Do not move large material at once with a drag. Shorten the hitch if the drag takes too much. The drag’s load depends on the driver’s position. After mud, drive to one side to help drying. Care by road users aids smoothness as much as the drag itself.
Texas Senate Declaration on Lusitania Incident
The Texas Senate unanimously adopted a declaration expressing utmost confidence in the U S President and Cabinet and pledging Texas support in the European crisis following the Lusitania sinking. The secretary was ordered to transmit the resolution to the President. The piece notes loyalty but questions whether senators would volunteer for commissions if needed.
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Senate
Senate of
United States
Bomb Analogy Between Constantinople and Lusitania Debated
The Waco Times-Herald compares the Constantinople bombardment by Russian aviators to the German sinking of the Lusitania. It notes differing conditions for neutrals and emphasizes escape possibilities as the core distinction in each attack.
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Waco Times-Herald
Constantinople
Lusitania
Times- Herald
Dardanelles
Bosphorus
Last Confederates to hold reunion in Richmond
The Honey Grove Signal notes the ex Confederates plan their final reunion in Richmond. Historic ground marks include the old Capitol, the James River, and Jefferson Davis’s cemetery. Fading ranks warn there will be only a few more gatherings in the historic capital.
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Richmond
Capitol
James
Jefferson Davis
Honey Grove
Washington note to Berlin hailed as master statecraft
A Washington note to Germany is praised as temperate yet firm in tone, uniting the nation and press across parties. The piece is described as open and healing, with an inflexible core, and the German reply is awaited with high expectations from government and public leaders.
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Washington
Germany
Why are not the mobs in London and the Lusitania praise in America
The Houston Post questions why mobs sacking German shops in London are not fighting in Flanders and why Germans in the United States who celebrate the Lusitania sinking are not sent to the front in East Prussia.
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The
Houston Post
London
Flanders
United States
Stars and Stripes
East Prussia
Mr. Dernberg
Ferguson and insurers tax Texas on cheap money debate
The piece argues Governor Ferguson favors allowing out of state life insurers to return to Texas claiming cheaper credit for common people. It warns these moves would mainly benefit big businesses and Eastern corporations, risking stock losses for small investors and farmers while denying real gains to the average Texan. It frames Gibson bill as a clash between large insurance interests and common citizens.
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Ferguson
Outland Life Insurance
Texas
Tex
Governor Ferguson
Trug
Entry totals in Texas farming contest part of Industrial Congress
The Texas Industrial Congress reports 34 008 entrants in a farming contest with classes for best four acre model farm best acre of kaffir milo or feterita best acre of corn peanuts and more. County totals show Dallas Harris Grayson and Brazoria among top entries while questions about leadership and future policy appear in editorial notes.
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Texas Industrial Congress
Dallas
Harris
Grayson
Braz
A. & Colege
Bros
Colege
Bileson
Grimes
Leon
Madison
Robertson
Pan
the & M. College
Frank Hearing Set May 31 on Frank Case Commute
Atlanta May 18 The Georgia Prison Commission set May 31 as the date to begin a hearing on Leo M. Frank's appeal for commutation of his death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan. The commission will consider commuting the sentence to life imprisonment.
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Georgia H Prison Commission
Mary Phagan
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