Cotton state report notes better week with Oklahoma exception
The weekly government report on cotton states says the crop improved across the south with one exception Oklahoma. Rain in Oklahoma provided good results while Milam County expects better times this year due to diversifying away from cotton toward corn hogs and truck. A Paris dispatch claims a locomotive driver captured 700 German Uhlans, steering a train into France and freeing prisoners. Colquitt administration raises per capita school tax from 5.50 to 8.00, easing budgets for extras and staffing.
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Oklahoma
Far East
Milam County
Paris
France
Colquitt
Texas
Texas teachers complete six week summer study at University
Over twelve hundred young men and women from Texas finished a six week course at the State University at Austin. Most were country school teachers who used their spare time to prepare for teaching in Texas public schools. Many petitioned to keep the university open all summer to continue their education.
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Texas
State University At
Austin
Texas Public
University of Texas
Editor Smith of the Cameron praises Burlington paper
A Burlington reader extols Editor Smith of the Cameron and lauds the Herald as the best paper in the county. The Holcombe note thanks Smith for his commendation and notes growing subscription interest in the county trade territory.
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Smith
The
Cameron
Burlington
Ilat County
Burlingtonian
Holcombe
Herald
Projet
Pius X Rise From Humble Origins to Papacy
Joseph Sarto born in Riese near Venice in 1835 rose from poor peasant roots to priesthood in 1858 and parish work to Salzano then Mantua. He became bishop of Mantua in 1884, cardinal and patriarch of Venice in 1893, and was elected pope on August 9, 1903, famed as the pope of the Poor for his tireless charity and reforms.
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Mantua
Venice
Pope Pius
Joseph Sarto
Riese
Gregory XVI
Castelfranco
Joseph
Treviso
Padua
Mantuu
Leo XIII
Four Candidates Named For 1916 United States Senate Race
The Ft Worth Record reports four full fledged contenders for the 1916 Senate seat held by Culbertson. Oscar B. Colquitt Robert Henry Thom M Campbell and Samuel Palmer Brooks are named as likely candidates with Ferguson band support and strong county majorities noted. Also mentioned is the anti saloon league reorganization rumor with Cullen F Thomas and Thomas B Love backing a Brooks bid and an advice from Morris Sheppard to back the Ferguson rent plank. The piece closes with a short moral about sleep as a healthy rest.
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Anti-Saloon League
Cullen F. Thomas
Thomas B. Love
Mr. Thomas
Samuel Palmer Brooks
Love
Thomas M. Campbell
Robert Lee Henry
Ferguson
United States
Morris Sheppard
el Paso
Albert Sidney Burleson
Old Burleson
Hays
Ball
Travis
Burleson
Austin
Senator Culberson
Oscar B. Colquitt
Robert She Henry
Thom M. Campbell
Ft. Worth
Sleep Promotes Health Says Franklin Doctrine Endures
A booster of traditional sleep warns that rest is essential for health and longevity and that four hours is insufficient. Edison is cited as an example of minimal sleep, but medical authorities disagree, urging seven to nine hours, especially in summer, to preserve vigor and prevent wear on the body.
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Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Alva Edison
Edison
Franklin
Europe
Hold on to virtue and character as your wealth
A moral exhortation urging youths to guard virtue, truth, temper, tongue, hands, and heart. It warns against swearing, lying, stealing, or joining evil company, stressing that a good name outvalues gold, status, or fashion.
War Causes Rapid Price Increases Across Food Goods
The Tulia Enterprise notes European conflict drives sharp rises in wholesale markets for sugar, flour, coffee, meats and nearly all foods, with hats and shoes also climbing. Uncertainty about further moves and possible shortage could force the United States to supply involved nations, boosting prices further.
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Europe
United States
Tulia
Roasting Death Notice Proof Sparks Family Outcry
A regional obituary proof misspells resting as roasting, prompting a family member to demand correction. The editor suggests leaving the error, noting the deceased was three years behind on subscriptions. The anecdote highlights newsroom typographical slips in obituary notices.
Insect bites and infection warnings issued
Health notice warns that mosquitoes and flies breeding in garbage pails and stagnant ponds can transmit infections. Community sanitation and drainage improvements urged to reduce biting insects and disease risk.
Late planting and fall crops urged for Texas farms
The piece urges farmers to use favorable late planting conditions for feed crops like sorghum and milo, winter legumes, and fall grains. It emphasizes maximizing acre revenue, sowing timely under good moisture, and planting a fall garden to support home tables and soil health. It also advises reseeding land with winter crops after harvest for silage, grazing, and soil humus.
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Europe
Drouth
Texas
Southwest
Hutket purg hog lard sale listed at $1 per pound
A short shopping note states Mu offers one pound Hutket purg hog lard for $1.00 to a single customer. The bizarre line about "THE TWENTY YEAR TEST" and "Cholic lera" appears as garbled OCR text with unclear relation to the sale.
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Good Ia. Mu
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