Education and democracy hinge on universal literacy
A fervent defense of universal and compulsory education as the engine of social organization and national progress. The piece cites illiteracy rates, especially in the South and Appalachia, and argues for longer school terms, more schools and teachers, night classes, and federal leadership to lift the nation from widespread illiteracy. It highlights Moonlight schools in South Carolina and calls for stronger public education as the path to capable, democratic citizens.
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United States
America
Texas
South
Appalachian Mountains
South Carolina
Cora Wilson Stewart
Lou Wil Pray
Commonwealth
America’s
Nobody Knows But Mother Poem Fireside Verse
A Fireside poem laments the unseen labor of mothers with lines about sleepless care, patient teaching, and anxious fears. It honors a mother's love as the pivotal gift sustained through family life and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Heavenly Father
Don t Kill the Birds says birds critical to crops
Department of Agriculture estimates 75 billion birds worldwide and five billion in the United States, describing birds as costless pest controllers. The piece laments high gun prices limiting bird killing, noting past use of shotguns for food and current reliance on absence of weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
United States
Egypt
Dead Speak Question Sparks Dock Rivalry in St Louis
Two powerful colored stevedores with a past quarrel worked a docked vessel at a St. Louis pier. They traded insults and threats as their trucks crossed, one warning that “you jest keep on pesticatin round wid me” before asking if the dead can speak, signaling a charged confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
A Worthy Creed and Its American Origins
An overview of The American's Creed adopted by Congress in 1919. It notes the contest winner Wm. Tyler Page, a Tyler descendant, and outlines how the creed weaves phrases from the Preamble Declaration of Independence and other core texts into a unified patriotic statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
America
Wm. Tyler Page
Tyler
Tino
United States
Medicinal beer barred as drink under Dean act in Texas
Texas Attorney General's opinion states the 3.75 percent medicinal beer is intoxicating liquor under the Dean act and requires manufacturer and retailer permits. Sale would need doctor prescription and a permit to fill it, since the product lacks USP or national formulary backing.
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Austin
Texas
Attorney General’s Department
L. C. Sutton
S. H. Terrell
United States Pharmacopeia
National Formulary
American Institute of Homeopathy
Citation by Publication in Young County Texas 1926
Public notice commands summons for E. E. Bell and co defendants by weekly newspaper publication for four weeks before the June 7 1926 district court term in Graham Texas. The suit No. 8012 names E. C. Lamb as plaintiff and R. E. Bearden George A. Rice W F Hutchinson J W Clifton Jake Rath E E Bell D K Bell and C F Hutchinson among others.
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Young County
E. E. Bell
D. K. Bell
Jake Rath
J. E. Duncan
John McCarty
W. F. Hutchinson
C. F. Hutchinson
30Th Judicial District
Graham
A. D
E. C. Lamb
R. E. Bearden
George A. Rice
J. W. Clifton
C. F
Land dispute over Olney townsite parcels seeks restitution
Plaintiffs Hutchinson, McCarty, Harrell, Duncan and Citizens Townsite Co sue for title and possession of Lots 2 3 4 Block 1 Olney Townsite Co Addition to Olney Texas alleging ten years of possession since 1857 patent and subsequent conveyances. They request writ of restitution and relief at the next term, with official notice filed in Young County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young County
Texas
State of
Texas Emigration and Land Co
Olney Townsite Company
Willie Riggs
Graham
Rubye Lee Edens
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Oldsmobile
Lansing
Hinson-Hockaday Grain Co
State OF Texas
North Side of Square
E. F. Riley Furniture Company
West Side Square
Dodge Brothers
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Texas Motor Company
North Elm Street
Graham, Texas
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