State Board Fixes Per Capita for Texas Schools
Austin Aug 11 The State Board of Education unanimously set the per capita apportionment for public schools at 12 dollars for the coming scholastic year based on 1 2 5 000 students, down 32 000 from last year. State Superintendent Marrs notes free textbook fund balance about 600 000 remains Sept 1 1923. If new textbook contracts are valid, about 2 000 000 must be set aside. if not, about 500 000.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Marrs
Young County Earns Strong Lane in UIL State Meets
A retrospective notes Graham and Young counties repeatedly placing in UIL State Meets. It cites 1916 Juanita Adair second in Senior Girls declamation for Newcastle, 1918 Martha Morris second in Junior Girls declamation for Graham, 1920 Lester Kilpatrick second in Rural Boys declamation for Jean School, and 1923 Graham High School track five points in Class A. The system includes 223 county and 32 district organizations feeding state competition at the University of Texas each May.
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Juanita Adair
Newcastle
Martha May Morris
Graham High School
Lester Kilpatrick
Jean School
Young County
Dickinson
Texas
University of Texas
City to host massive August 24 high school meet
A major athletic event is planned for August 24 to benefit the high school athletic association. The city will ask stores to close briefly in the afternoon so the public can view the big show at the baseball park.
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High School Athletic Association
Directors seek exhibitors for Young County Fair
Officials invite entries from vendors and crafters with products suitable for the Young County Fair. Contact the fair directors promptly to discuss eligibility and submission details for inclusion in the upcoming event.
Yale Boss Returns to Screen in Souls for Sale
Yale Boss returns to cinema in the Goldwyn film Souls for Sale, playing the company property man. Once left acting six years earlier for business, he later found his niche again in New York, rising from small roles to a featured talent. The Rex Theatre engagement begins Wednesday the 22nd.
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Yale Boss
Goldwyn
Rupert Hughe
Yale
Edison Pictures
Miriam Nessbitt
Viola Dana
Gladys Hulette
Mary Fuller
United States Shipping Board
New York
Rex
Six Presidents Die In Office In Early U S History
The article lists five presidents who died in office or during service: William Henry Harrison who died a month after inauguration in 1841, Zachary Taylor who died in 1850 after about one year in office, Abraham Lincoln assassinated in 1865 after two terms, James Garfield shot in 1881 and died later that year, and William McKinley shot in 1901 and died on September 14th. It notes John Tyler succeeded Harrison, and Charles Guiteau and Louis Czologosz were the assailants in Garfield and McKinley cases.
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William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Ford’s
Washington
James Garfield
Charles J. Guiteau
Baltimore & Ohio
William McKinley
Buffalo
Louis Czologosz
Letter of Thanks From Prisoner Earl Brewton
The Leader prints a letter from Earl Brewton thanking Graham residents for their interest and attention to his mother wife and children. He says he is in prison yet does not lose faith in the country and praises friends who care for his family, hoping to reciprocate one day.
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Earl Brewton
Graham
Indiana
John Benin
Beeville
John Coyle
Reverend Sty
Dave Canby
Whisky
Sylvia Rhodes
James Collins
Baptist Parsonage
Gordon
Jesus
Canadian Pharmaceutal Journal
Dissolution Notice for Shamrock Motor Company
The Shamrock Motor Company in Graham Texas dissolves as to C H Smith. The firm continues as Shamrock Motor Company with S S Bates and R L Cornish, who will settle all debts and outstanding notes. Witnessed August 16 1923.
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Shamrock Motor Company
Graham
Texas
S. S. Bates
R. L. Cornish
C. H. Smith
Valparaiso University Taken Over By Ku Klux Klan
Ipolis August 15 The Ku Klux Klan announces the takeover of Valparaiso University in Valparaiso Indiana. The institution will be renamed the National University, according to Mil ls Elrod editor of the Fiery Cross official Klan publication.
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Ipolis
Valpairaiso University
Valpairaiso
Idiana
Ku Klux Klan
Mills
Elrod
Fiery Cross
Klan
Uiversity
The
National University
Marriage Licenses Listed for Four Couples
M M Gardner and Vernie Lee Hanna. Harry Patrick and Lois May Pate. Boyde L Mayes and Martha Lois Bryant. Harvey Smith and Odessa Self obtained marriage licenses.
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M. M. Gardner
Vernie Lee Hanna
Harry Patrick
Lois May Pate
Boyde L. Mayes
Martha Lois Bryant
Harvey Smith
Odessa Self
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United
Harrison
Lincoln
Taylor
Garfield
McKinley
Young County Fair
Vite
Oscar
Toden
Daddy
Valparaiso
KU Klux University
REX Theatre
Alice Brady
Anna Q. Nilsson
Goldwyn Presents Picture
Eleanor Boardman
Frank Mayo
MAE Busch
Richard DIX
Lessage Motor CO
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