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Newspaper

Graham Leader

Location

Graham, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1912

Page

7

Hogg Organization Fights for Texas Higher Education Funding

The Hogg Organization, backed by alumni and led by Will C. Hoge, seeks statewide support and removal of higher education from partisan politics. It covers the four state institutions plus normal schools and the Agricultural and Mechanical College, urging expanded buildings, staff, laboratories, and libraries to lift educational quality across Texas.

State of Texas Alumini Association of University of Texas Will C. Hoge Houston James Stephen Hogg Hogg Organizion Hoge Theollege of Industrial Arts Agriultural and Mechanical College Comon Ndt Hogg Organization E. B. Parker M. Sansome Fort Worth E. Mezes Austin Clarence Ousley George A. Robertson Dallas R. L. Batts W. H., Burgess el Paso John W. Hopkins Galveston F. C. Proctor Beaumont S. P. Brooks Waco Will C. Hogg F. M. Brasley Frank Kell Whita Falls C. Lombardi E. O. Lovett Charles Schreiner Kerrville Ed C. Lasater Falfurrias M. Bralley Charles Puryear College Station W. B. Bizzell Denton R. B. Cousins Canyon Lee Clark Educational Campaign Committee Hogg Nexas Sai

There is no calamity like ignorance Bowie Commercial College ad

A promotional appeal urges young men and women to prepare for business life through formal training at Bowie Commercial College in Bowie Texas. It touts affordable costs and light work with high pay, presenting a successful wife as a social payoff and urging parents to enroll their children in the best commercial college with strong morals.

Commonwealth Texas Young Bowie Commercial College Bowie

Fly Day Urges Fewer Laws and Better Flies Parade

April twenty fifth marked Fly Day as the Comercial Sec retaries Association led 200 Commercial Clubs in a march against an ancient pest. The slogan Fewer Laws and Better Laws echoed as the text urged cleanliness and cleanup campaigns to accompany moral progress of the community.

Comercial Secretaries Association

Abstracts of Title Offer by J W Akin

Abstracts of title offered by J W Akin with twenty years experience to provide a complete and correct abstract of title to land on short notice.

J. W. Akin

State Convention of Interdenominational Texas Held in Dallas

The Interdenominational State Convention of Texas met in Dallas from May 6 to 10 with about 1000 delegates and a parade drawing around 5000 spectators. Speakers and leaders from multiple denominations highlighted civic righteousness and Sunday school work amid financial concerns, while 108 world leaders attended portions of the program. An obituary notes the death of Mr. Cole on May 9, 1912, and a medical testimonial promotes Electric Bitters as a malaria remedy.

Texas Dallas Sunaay School Marion Lawrence al. A. Browne Noclevollies Long Miss Nicholas Oklahoma Cnas D. Bulia Weswy Wleihcaist Church Foster Baptists Shephard Christila Nouwe Lee Danquet Robert H. Voieman J. T. Mevlure W. M. Waggins Wiggins Hawaius Freia Woulkers

Graham City Ordinance Targets Hog Nuisances Within Limits

An ordinance defines certain nuisances in Graham, declaring enclosures with hogs inside city limits a nuisance. It imposes fines of five to two hundred dollars for owners who permit hogs on their premises and treats each day of violation as a separate offense. The ordinance becomes effective sixty days after passage, approved May 2, 1912 by Mayor R. V. Tidwell.

City of Graham Grahm

Preaching Series Planned at Rocky Mound and Gooseneck

W M Higgins announces sermons starting with the second Sunday in June at Rocky Mound school house and his regular Gooseneck service on the first Sunday each month. If providence allows, a series at Gooseneck begins the Friday night before the first Sunday in August with aid from other ministers.

Rocky Mound Gooseneck Providential W. M. Higgins

Growth of irrigation on fine New Mexico land attracts Oregon Old-Timer

A Lovington reader in New Mexico requests a subscription change and reflects on Young County and irrigation progress. The letter notes a slow growth but optimism for the region while praising Chamberlain's Cough Reem and urging trial for coughs and colds. Sloan Drug Co sells it.

Graham Texas Oll Young County Young County Edntor Sloan Drug Coo

Camargo Honors First Railroad By Shipping Hogs To Fort Worth

The Oklahoma town of Camargo celebrated its first railroad by sending a carload of hogs to the Fort Worth Stock Yards. The piece praises the new method as a constructive precedent and suggests other towns adopt similar celebrations of progress. It also advertises Chamberlain's Lotion for rheumatism with Sloan Drug Co. as the seller.

Camargo Oklahoma Fort Worth Sinter States Texas Chamberlain Sloan Drug Co

Rail line eyed from Austin to Lockhart expansion plan

A railroad extension from Austin to Lockhart is promoted. A plant costing 100000 is to be installed in Houston for pre cooling. Cooke County farmers experiment with spineless cactus from California aiming to introduce this plant for cattle feed and fodder.

Austin Lockhart Houston Cooke County California

Wise County Truck Grow Association Forecasts Record Veggie Exports

The Wise County Truck Grow Association expects to break all prior records in vegetable berry and pear shipments this spring with prospects strong for heavy grape shipments. A charter is granted to the Texas Electric Company headquartered in Dallas with capital stock $100,000 to build an electric line from Awa tin to Palestine via Dallas Works.

Wise County Truck Grow Association Othe Texas Electric Company Dallas Awatin Palestine

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