Texas News Briefs from Various Counties
The Or ange pine paper mill near Orange to start soon. El Campo firings ship valuable timber. Smithville melon association pledges over 260 acres for melons. Coburn gin east of Jewett destroyed by fire. Santo State Bank chartered in Palo Pinto County. W W Boyd appointed state game fish and oyster commissioner. Sabine River ash timber flows to Orange mills. Anahuac Civic Club designates Feb 26 tree planting day. Yoakum census enumerator to begin March 1. Waco bonds approved for parks and streets. Polk County highway work advances with bridges let. Doheney resigns as assistant to state superintendent. Jefferson County roads improved. Steele Steamship Line chartered to Galveston and European ports. Governor Neff receives Texas Baseball League pass. Wolves attack stock in Kennedale. Nacogdoches Citrono highway workers laid off until resuming. Tax collectors on county road bonds to receive same commission. State treasurer audit underway. departments under review. Recruiting station at Fort Sam Houston ordered closed. Texas Bankers Association cautions on cotton acreage. Ten towns receive maximum 15 percent fire credit for good records. El Paso Fort Stockton San Juan Madisonville Kerrville Garrison Lockhart Cuero Lubbock listed with loss ratios.
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Mesa
Keith
Stone
Bedias
Shiro
Richards
Iola
State Banking Board
Santo State Bank of Santo
Palo Pinto County
Capital Stock
W. W. Boyd
Decatur
J. R. Jefferson
Beaumont
Sabine River
Woman's Civic Club
Anahuac
Sam Orman
B. L. Doheney
Annie Webb Blanton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Blanton
Jefferson County
Mansfield Ferry
Beaumont-Nome
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Steele Steamship Line
State Department
Austin
Galveston
Texas City
Havre
Liverpool
Neff
J. Doak Roberts
Texas Baseball League
Kennedale
Tarrant County
Homer Bland
Nacogdoches- Citireno
State Fire Insurance Commission
el Paso
Fort Stockton
San Juan
Madisonville
Kerrville
Garrison
Lockhart
Cuero
Lieno
Lubbock
Paris Museums to Charge Admission for Masterpieces
France imposes an entry fee for visitors to the Louvre and other galleries. The Venus de Milo and Mona Lisa join a unified admission policy, replacing free access to famed artworks. Visitors pay once for access to multiple departments and masterpieces.
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Venus de Milo
France
Venus
Mona Lisa
Louvre
Luxembourg
Paris
Salon Carre
Swedish raft plan aims to move BC timber to Europe
Swedish lumbermen explore rafting British Columbia timber to Europe using large square timbers called rafanutes. William Olsson of Stockholm tours the coast to assess adapting the method after successful raft towing to Great Britain. Projections envision 15 to 20 million feet per BC raft, with boats carrying 4 to 5 million feet each.
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British Columbia
Europe
Sweden
Great Britain
Ocean Rafanute Syndicate
London
England
William Olsson
Stockholm
Olsson
Baltic
Birds Driven Indoors by Cold Weather Across England
Severe cold and hunger push flocks of birds into streets and gardens. Green plovers roam Hertfordshire stockyards, thousands of rocks appear in Buckinghamshire flocks, and pigeons feed on ice in London while gulls struggle. Starlings also wade into river floes for morsels, defying their usual shy nature.
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England
Hertfordshire
Buckinghamshire
London
The Boy of It on the Street Car
Three children on a city street car race to push the stop button. The older sister holds the button for over a block until her brother forcefully pushes it. As doors open they hurry to alight but the boy darts onto the tracks ignoring the bell warning from the motorman.
First Love Recalled By John Burroughs recollections
John Burroughs recalls his first sweetheart Eleanor with vivid detail from his early years. He remembers five year old adventures near Bartram's West settlement and a sun bonnet cape fluttering as she ran from the school house to play.
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John Burroughs
John
Clara Barrus
Mr. Burroughs
Bartram
Father
Eleanor
No Worms in a Healthy Child Tonic Ad
An advertising note claims Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic improves blood, digestion and general strength in children troubled by worms. It asserts healthy color and dispelling worms after two to three weeks of regular use. Pleasant to take and priced at 60c per bottle.
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Grove
The Drugists Taxes and Their Hidden Burdens
An Iowa druggist catalogs taxes affecting pharmacies in the Southernournal era, detailing narcotic levies, license costs, bond requirements, education mandates, stamping charges, and monthly reporting duties. The list highlights the heavy tax load faced by pharmacists alongside ordinary consumer purchases in the store.
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Iowa
Southernarmaceutical Journal
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Texas News
Orange
el Campo
Smithville
Melon Association
Coburn
Jewett
Attorney General’s Department
Lon A. Smith
Self
Treasury
He Health Department
George Barron
Pring Grove
Independence
Pine Grove
Klein
White Ke
Courtney
Lynn Grove
Roan’s Frigs
Sing’ Cos
Wilkinson
Pankey
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Texas Bankers’ Association
Houston
Clarence Ousley
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Southland
Pacific
Neaker
Cameron
Ats ‘Texas
Henry Adrian
Burbank
U. S
U.S
United States
Ater
G. N. Smith
Jones Prairie
Texas
VU. S. Nobby
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