Texas educational program proposals by state superintendent
State Superintendent S. M. N. Marrs presents a plan to reform Texas schools. It calls for a non political State Board of Education appointing the State Superintendent, county unit law changes, constitutional amendments for county school tax, refunding bonds for higher interest, retiring Penitentiary Railroad bonds, and retiring Permanent School Fund bonds early. It also seeks increased per capita school funds, annual rural aid, revised teachers certificates, abolition of textbook exchanges, extended compulsory attendance, lowered free school age, vocational education funding, a restricted junior college, and robust support for public higher education.
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Permanent School Fund
Penitentiary Railroad
State Board of Education
Congress
S. M. N. Marrs
Seed Industry Reaches Seven Million Tons Worldwide
The global seed growing business exceeds seven million tons annually, with the United States leading. California alone dedicates over twenty thousand acres to experimental seed crops including carrot onion lettuce radish spinach tomato and cabbage.
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United States
California
Board of Control budget recommendations for state departments
Citizens can compare two year appropriations as recommended by the Board of Control for the 1925 1926 fiscal years. Totals are 3 239 818 and 3 245 869, against requests of 3 800 298 and 3 784 520. Several departments list specific amounts and notes about ranger force and separate funding for Insurance Commission and State highway department.
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Board of Control
Adjutant General
Secretary of State
Tax Board
Adjutant General's Department
Insurance Commission
State Highway Department
Christmas Carol And The True Spirit Of Christmas
A reflective piece extols Christmas as a yearly renewal of youth and compassion. It contrasts Scrooge before and after Christmas, notes the joy of childhood memories, and argues the season combats cruelty, offers hope, and reveals a kinder view toward all living beings including animals.
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Mases
Scrooge
Bethlehem
Four Million Pounds Of Copper Wire For Atlantic Cable
Four million pounds of copper wire were required for the deep sea cable recently laid across the Atlantic Ocean. In laying it, ships carried three mile lengths which were spliced by skilled joiners.
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Atlantic Ocean
Newark board opens Combination School for home makers
Newark New Jersey school board launches a Combination School to train home-makers with courses in cooking economical shopping and related skills aimed at developing expert home managers.
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Board of Education
Newark
N. J
November Paydays Delight Office Wit
A humorous exchange features a nameless Office Wit praising November for having five paydays this year. A Fall Guy questions what endears November, while a stranger asks a seven-year-old Johnny about school. Johnny replies he likes going and returning but dislikes being cooped up between times.
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Sonny
Johnny
Radio for Lepers Gifted to Porto Rico Leper Colony
A nameless donor in the United States presented a fine radio set to Porto Rico's leper colony on Cabras Island. The radio brings music and programs from Porto Rico Cuba and the United States to the exiles at the colony.
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United States
Porto Rico
Cabras
Cuba
Knitting Gift Highlights Mrs Coolidge Honorary President
Mrs Coolidge was named Honorary President of the Camp Fire Girls and received a silverglow Sambo knitting doll as a token. The gesture celebrates her status as a knitter and interest in home-making and home-keeping alongside the group.
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White House
Apple Tree Wood Value and Market Limits
Apple tree wood holds commercial value for tool handles and door knobs. The average price runs about forty dollars a cord. Limited market supply means logs must be sound and at least twelve inches in diameter to meet typical specifications.
Doing good is the only certain happy action in life
A concise maxim attributed to Sir P. Sidney notes that benevolent deeds define true happiness, suggesting moral action as the sure path to contentment in a gentleman's life. The quote frames virtue as the sole reliable source of lasting joy and purpose.
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Sir P. Sidney
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T. O. Deats
H. B. Street
Graham Stewart
R. E. Lynch
Texas Educational Program
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Miss Fields
E. R. Ragland
R. M. Summers
Graham
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Shawnee St
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L. C. Oliver
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Rhode Island
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M. J. Kennamer
Earp Music CO
Roselyn Hotel
Jacksboro
Bowie
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Ramsey, Nursery
W. D. Spivey
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State Library
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W. A. Corbett
R. V. Tidwell
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A. A. Morrison
Bill Folds
Suita
Santa Claus
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