First Texas Capitol Beside The Present Grand Building
In 1839 the Texas Republic built a modest one story frame capitol near College Hill as the city prepared for growth. The National Intelligencer describes the two story President’s mansion, timber yards, and plan for nine two room offices. Pro Americans noted the growing town, live oaks, and hoped for a 10,000,000 population reach while cities rose on the riverfront.
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Texas Capitol
United States
National Capitol
Washington
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Texas Republic
Austin Statesman
William Eilers
State Department of Education
Ollowing
Capitol
Austin
College Hill
Courthouse Square
Edwin Waller
National Intelligencer
Rebecca Lamar
Birabeau B. Lamar
Mirabeau Lamar
William RK. Smith
Ashbell Smith
Houston
Lamars
General Houston
Temperance Society
General Houston Presiding
Daniel Webster
London
Massachusetts
United Vouto
LAXATIVE LIVERGARD and LANGARDIA Patent Drugs
Advertisement for LAXATIVE LIVERGARD claiming relief for ordinary and chronic constipation liver issues and liver inactivity. Promotes LANGARDIA to break up colds and coughs with sore throat healing. Claims safe for babies children and adults. Lungardia Co Dallas Texas. to be sold by druggists.
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Langardia
Lungardia Co
Dallas
Texas
How to Swat the Boll Weevils
Agricultural guidance outlines fall and winter control of boll weevils. It notes winter survival in crop residues and Spanish moss, stresses destroying green cotton parts before frost, and recommends plowing under or removing all cotton plants by early October to starve and kill adults before winter. It warns against burning crop refuse in fields but advises burning trash along fences and ditches in midwinter to destroy hibernating weevils.
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Texas
Gradual Shift To Consolidated Rural Schools In U S
State reports indicate growing consolidation of rural schools and rising pupil transportation costs. Between 1920 and 1922 thirty seven states reduced one room schools by about six percent while thirty two states added 1180 consolidated schools.
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United States
U. S. Department of Education
Texas Produces Forty Two Percent of Cotton
A government report credits Texas with about 4.3 million bales, or 62 percent of U S cotton, forecasting near term prosperity as Texas eyes rising share. The text recalls 1912 peak yields and notes historic cotton output over the past eighteen years.
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Farm Bureau News
Texas
United States
Eastland party to work in Indian oil fields
Eleven oil field workers from Eastland, including George Livingstone and G. F B Gould, depart for India to join Burma Oil Co. Ltd. The group sails from New York aboard the Cunard Acquitania, via Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, aiming for Rangoon to work in oil fields. Boyle leaves his family in Eastland.
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Fastland
Pasthind County
Russia
Persia
India
South America
New York
Cunard
Portsmouth
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Rangoon
Burma Ol Company, Ltd
Tom Holmes
George H. Livingston
Rupert
George Wolfe
G. F B. Gould
R. W. Boyle
Boyle
Livingstone
Eastland
Stephens
Harry Porter
Porter & Livingston
Is Americas Pride Her Shame Sermon Warns Of Armistice Day
Dr. Klingman argues on Armistice Day that America should not boast of wisdom power or riches. He cites education inequality hunger and wealth as signs of national pride turning to shame and urges a sober call to justice and restraint. He likens the nation to a life saving station needing wiser action.
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Klingman
Dr. Klingman
America
Texas
France
Parliament of Nations
Russell Conwell
United States
Egypt
Babylon
Persia
Greece
Rome
FERRASAL EFFECTS WONDERFUL CURE
A Dallas man reports paralysis and stomach issues improved after using FERRASAL. He says hiccups stopped within hours and full recovery followed in weeks with regained faculties and better digestion. The ad urges readers to try FERRASAL with a money back guarantee from Hamilton Drug Company Comanche Texas.
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Hardie Cox
Calotabs marketed as a non nauseating calomel tablet
The latest science claims a de nauseated calomel tablet named Calotabs. It promises no taste no griping or nausea and a good night's sleep with a purified liver and appetite. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents large size and ten cents small trial size with refund if not delighted.
Desdemona Votes 10000 Bonds for Street Improvements
Desdemona voters approve a 10000 bond issue by a two to one margin to upgrade streets. Funds will grade and gravel Main Street and Stephenville Avenue to the Twin Oaks Hotel, with two new parallel streets planned, city officials say. Mayor G H Rieger and council work for town upbuilding despite critics.
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Desdemona Gusher
Main Street
Stephenville Avenue
Twin Oaks
Poperty
Desdemona
G. H. Rieger
Works Named to Lead Texas School Survey
The state educational survey commission selected Dr. G. A. Works of Cornell University to direct the statewide survey of all tax supported schools in Texas as mandated by legislative act.
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G. A
Survey OF
Texas
Dallas
State Educational Survey Commission
G. A. Works
Cornell University
Fragmentary Note on Spiritual Partnership and Suffering
A fragmented text praising a rich religious inheritance and a partnership with the divine creator who undergoes sacrificial suffering for humanity, urging fruitful knowledge and consciousness in faith. The passage emphasizes resilience and divine salvation within a church context.
Biography of Henry Ford from The Pathfinder
Henry Ford born on a Michigan farm in 1863 and educated in Greenfield district schools. He learned machinist trade in Detroit and built his first gasoline engine in 1892. He formed the Ford Motor Company in 1908 and pursued mass production with profits from high sales.
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Henry Ford
Greenfield
Mich
Detroit
Clara Bryant
Ford
Edison Elluminating Co
Ford Motor Company
Canada
England
Edsel
Dearborn Independent
2& Weekly
Europe
Christiana
Norway
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Woman Recovers After Illness With Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Mrs. George W Burchell of Glens Falls New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after months of illness that left her unable to stand. She reports regaining strength, performing all housework and sewing for a family of four, and avoiding surgery. She urges requests for Pinkham's Private Text Book on Ailments Peculiar to Women.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
George W. Burchell
Glens Falls, N. Y
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkha
Poetry Society Prize Winners Announced
The State Poetry Society announced winners in its prize contest. Lexie Dean Robertson received second place for the Maggie W Barry prize with Pioneer: A Vignette of Texas Oil Fields. Robertson, a Rising Star teacher and Howard Payne College student, also won first in the students prize with Unorthodox.
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State Poetry Society
Maggie W. Barry
Lexie Dean Robertson
Pioneers
Texas
Robertson
Rising Star
Minnie Cunningham
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R. R. Reppert
Entomologist Extension Service, A. & M. College of Texas
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Cox
Hamilton Drug Company
Comanche, Texas
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Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Thig
Abraham Lincoln
Robt. BE. Lee
Alvin E. York
G. W. Jessup
North Side Square
Lydia E.pinkham
Poetry Society
L.L. Johnson
J. R. Eanes
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