Colquitt Campaign Material Sparks Mexican Voter Debate
An El Impartial De Texas issue circulated in Spanish at San Antonio urges Mexicans in Texas to vote for Governor Colquitt. The article claims he freed twenty five Mexican convicts annually and avoided executions, a claim critics call an improper use of pardons. The editorial warns the tactic may win votes but erode trust among law abiding voters of all nationalities.
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Colquitt
el Imparcial de Texas
San Antonio
Texas
el Gobernador
el Gobernador Colquitt
Cleburne Morning Review
Houston
Morgan's Point
Dallas
San Jacinto Battle Ground
Sam Houston
Santa Anna
America
History of
Galveston
Farm News
Barker, Potts and Ramsdell
University of Texas
Texas Republic
Cedar Co announces Lometa to Lometa railroad plan
The Scholten Bros Cedar Company of Lometa plans a twenty five mile railroad from Lometa to its cedar forests. Local buyers are urged to trade at nearby markets and support home industry. A Mormon speaker in Graham defended Joseph Smith and polygamy to a farmer crowd.
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Loemta
Scholten Bros. Cedar Company
Lometa
Cedar Forests
Graham
Joseph Smith
Ingersoll
A Jolly Fishing Party On Clear Fork
A fishing party began season on the Clear Fork with many attendees from H C Wilson to Maye Gilmore. The group fished four days and reported abundant fish with leftovers after each meal. on Friday they were joined by Stewart Mason Akin Sanders and Bryan and took twelve pounds of cooked fish home.
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Clear Fork
H. C. Wilson
Ewing Norris
Will Miller
Jim Henderson
Louis Bower
Tom McKinney
John Bower
Maude Bell
Belle Beckham
Pearl Matthews
Ethel Horner
Nina
Two Men Split Chances in Bowie College Pledge
An advertisement from Bowie Commercial College encourages readers to enroll for business training while offering a puzzle about two men earning $10 for a task. The better worker earns 75 cents more. The copy promotes cheap board in Bowie, Texas and urges immediate study to avoid hard times with bookkeeping and shorthand courses.
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Bowie Commercial College
Bowie
Texas
Real estate dealers rally for unity at Texas convention
The Texas Realty Association held its second annual convention in Houston with Dallas Fort Worth leaders shaping the agenda for 1913. Delegates toured Houston, pressed for laws to protect buyers from blue sky schemes, and pledged to boost regional growth through collaboration.
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Texas Realty Association
Houston
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Dallas and
Jallas
Union Station
Dalas
Bender
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Ellis Island
Edwin Markham
Hisdane
Harper's Weekly
Europe
Bulgaria
France
England
Germany
Americans
Australia
United States
Indianapolis News
Chamberlain
Sloan Drug Co
Olney
Jones Co
Young County
H. Fisher
EEA
R. L. Tankersley
Texas Real Estate Association
Morgan’s Point
Jones
Smithville
West Texas
R. C. McPhail
Bay City
Waco
Petrolia
Magnolia Oil Company
Corsicamna
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