San Jacinto Day and Texas Independence Memorial
The message recalls the April 21 1836 San Jacinto victory and Santa Anna's surrender securing Texas independence declared March 2. It notes Texas rapid progress, vast resources, education and culture, and honors the San Jacinto Memorial at the battlefield as a symbol of opportunity and wealth development. May Texas march forward unafraid.
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Alamo
Goliad
San Jacinto
Santa Anna
Texas
Mexico
United States
San Jacinto Battle Ground
San Jacinto Memorial
Houston
Confidence surveys show stagnation in capital markets
A 3000-investor poll finds little money for new enterprises as fear of the future and high taxes depress investment. Critics blame punitive legislation and liberalism for job loss and potential bankruptcy, while urging government economy and moral suasion over coercion. Excerpted from a Duluth Minn paper with a Dallas News note.
West Texans back bill for Big Bend national park plan
The Texas Senate approved a bill to create a 788000 acre Big Bend national park area with land to be bought or donated by the State Parks Board and later handed to the federal government for development. Funding would come from public subscriptions, not taxes, and include about 132000 acres from the public school permanent fund.
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State Senate
Big Bend
Rio Grande
State Parks Board
Public School Permanent Fund
Parks Board
San Angelo
Observations Of Interest To Stockfarmers
April and early May are good for budding pecan trees to improve varieties. J F Rosborough notes early buds reduce bad growth. Bad wood from proven varieties may be cut now or stored in damp sawdust at 40 degrees. Dormant winter wood should be warmed 4–6 days, buds peel easily, 80–85 degrees ideal for seasoning.
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J. F. Rosborough
Texas A. &M. College Extension Service
Typhoid Fever Control in Texas and Nation
Dr. Geo W Cox notes national typhoid death rate fell from 31.3 to 2.1 per 100000 since 1900 while Texas stands at 65. He attributes progress to cause knowledge sanitation and vaccination. He urges rural residents to adopt precautions and pursue immunization to push rates toward vanishing point.
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United States
Texas
Geo. W. Cox
Cox
Woman's death ends four months of family tragedy in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg Texas Mrs. Cliff Harrell 35 died after a blaze and an oil can explosion that followed a house fire four months after the family lost their home. Her 2 year old son was killed in the incident.
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Pittsburg
Tex
Cliff Harrell
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Gillespie County Mutual Aid Insurance Ass'n
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