Monument to Texas Pioneers Marked by Battle Creek Fight
Long article recounts an 1840s clash near Dawson Navarro County where sixteen Texas pioneers died during a surveying party ambush by Indians. It notes Battle Creek name, the Oaks monument, survivors Lane Henderson and others, and legends of Violett’s march to Tehuacana Springs with a bullfrog meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh Howard
Hearne High
Dallas News
Dawson
Navarro County
Texas
Robertson County
Robertson
Brazos River
Battle Creek
Amiong
Walter P. Lane
Henderson
Corsicana
Robertson’s
B. W. D. Hill
Lake
Dr. Hill
Hill County
Violett
Tehuacana Springs
Robertson's Colony
Love's Spring
Minute Men
Texas Rangers
Lane
Button
Old Franklin
Hill
Colonel Henderson
Purported Death Warrant for Witchcraft at Salem
A worn Fort Worth library artifact is described as a possible original death warrant for Rebecca Nurse, sixth Salem witch executed in 1692. The legible text mentions summoning Nurse to the gallows on June 16, 1692, with signatures attributed to colonial officials and clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Rebecca Nurse
Salem
Massachusetts
George Co—y Sherith
Becca
Rye
Daid
Salem 'S
Cother
Jonathan Sewell
Self Estimation By Thomas Arkle Clark
Philosophical column notes that judging one’s own work is hard and quotes Bourget on Baudelaire Voltaire Diderot Lincoln and others. It recalls a writer who valued his best piece yet could not sell it and laments self judgment in creative achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bourget
Flaubert
Voltaire
Diderot
Neveu de Rameau
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Bald
Willian B. Curtig
The
Chicago . Record-Herald
Pamene
Gould
The Small Factory Now Editorial in Dallas News
An editorial notes small factories rise while big ones shrink and close. It argues contraction costs drop, utilities are easier to obtain, and a two to three year ramp up can profit in a low cost, dull season. It cites economic law compensations despite foolish statutes and fears.
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of the News
Farm 4 H clubs foster skilled farm youth in 1932
The Fort Star Telegram notes nearly a million American boys and girls joined the 4 H clubs in 1932. Boys specialize in animals and crops while girls study baking sewing and home economics. The program aims to raise a new generation of efficient farmers, linking farm life to national security and freedom.
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America
Fort Star-Telegram
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Marlin
Arlington Hotel
Marl-Tex
Franklin, Texas
Dite
Northead East Passage
Sibirtakov
Arctic
Russia
Japan
Western Newspaper Union
Thomas Arkle Clark
University of Ilinois
Weaterm Netrapaper Union
George Washing
Williamsburg
Lake Erie
Southwestern Company
Southwestern Bell
Compan
Farmers of the Future
W.H
Ely
G. B. Mears, Prop
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