Training the Children and Educational Reform
The article discusses a shift to hands on schooling including manual training, agriculture and domestic science in Moore and Beeville Texas. It notes state aid for two years, land and equipment requirements, and emphasizes practical work in woodwork, culture, cooking and sewing to prepare students for farm or home life. The piece contrasts progressive schooling with debates on democracy, citing Lincoln and Hamilton, and compares labor conditions abroad to U S pay scales.
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Saturday Evening Post
Times
Chilldren
Joss Seara
Moore
Frio
Beeville
Ty F
Prac
By Land
Laredo
Bailey's Retirement and Privilege Debate in Public Life
The piece portrays Isace Bailey as out of step with the people, accusing him of contempt for voters and favoring an aristocratic governing class. It argues that Bailey and others see themselves as superior to the common herd and warns that the public is ready to govern themselves and shape outcomes.
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Isace Bailey Sa
Brillant
Bailey
Dreamland Theatre Expands Seating and Modernizes Interior
Realizing rising patronage the Dreamland Theatre plans enlarging and modernizing the house. J W Dolla directs removal of rear row seats near the screen to install about three dozen opera chairs for box parties and busy evenings. The new seating will provide better viewing and improve the overall venue.
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Dreamland ‘Theatre
J. W. Dolla
Dreamland Theatre
Playbourd
Doliman
Substation Limits Parcels Post at Laredo Store
The Laredo post office substation at City Drug Store will not handle parcels post. Regular business will be managed there and only fourth class packages under four pounds will be received. Patrons must take heavier parcels to the halatreo, tag them properly, and depose them in the office. A deed recorded with the county clerk yesterday conveys valuable Laredo property to M. V. Sierra for 20000 dollars. The land sits at the corner of Iturbide Street and Flores Avenue, currently occupied by a mercantile establishment.
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Laredo
Packa Flores
City Drug Store
City of Laredo
Iturbide Street
Floree Avenue
M. V. Sierra
M. T Cogley
Albert Urtahn
T. F. Farrell
Notice to Taxpayers City Taxes Due January
Notice to taxpayers that city taxes must be paid by January. Tax office hours at City Hall are 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2:10 p.m. to receive payments. City Tax Collector Lachtica Rau urges prompt payment.
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Rau
National shop strike at Nuevo Laredo spurs hiring of strikebreakers
The Times reports the railroad company is recruiting strikebreakers to fill National shop roles in Nuevo Laredo as the employer moves to replace striking workers. Locomotive care continues in Texas and Mexican shops, though scheduling remains inconsistent.
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Nuevo Laredo
Times
Texas
Deed Transfers Filed in County Clerk's Office
The Times reports real estate dealings with two deeds recorded in the county clerk's office. Tesusa Escamills and Manuel V Sierra acquire lot No 8 in block 880 West Fern Division for 200 dollars. M Vizcaya Sierra, heirs of T Farrell, deceased, receives property Nos 6 and 7 in block No WB for 20000 dollars.
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Times
Tesusa Escamills
Manuel V. Sierra
West Fern Division
T. Cogley
Albert Urbabn
T Farrell
M. Vizcaya Sierra
MeGEE TOMATO and Laredo Visitors in Austin Auto
A fragment from a 1900s local page mentions MeGEE TOMATO and a visit by Mr and Mrs Lir MonroeCliford of Austin with their new Kinsel automobile. Rev Mgr Jailiett of Corpus Christi and Bishop Verdasuer are cited. J. S. Donahue recalls Civil War service and Electric Bitters praised for kidney and digestion relief. Reed Drug Co advertises the remedy at fifty cents.
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Lir Monroe Clifordly
Austin
Mes
J.D. Randolph
Clifford
Mgr. Jailiet
Mar Jailett
Busi
Donahue
Haven
Jesa
Mich
Reed Drug Co
Suspect Surrenders in Federal Indictment Case
Crescenelo Ollyar, indicted by grand jury for concealing merchandise, surrendered to Deputy Barthelow after a capias was not served. He posted $500 bail and is to appear at the next federal term in April. Olexil, upon learning of indictment, also surrendered in Benavides and posted bond.
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Crescenelo Ollyar
Capins
United States
Barthelow
Olexil
Benavides
City Council to consider improvement district election in Laredo
City council to be asked at next Tuesday’s meeting to order an election for Improvement District No 10 in Laredo with a clause for funding Jarvis Plaza. Plan foresees later districts and public spaces improved, creating a friendly rivalry to elevate civic beauty and welfare for all residents.
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Courl
City of
Laredo
Jarvis Plaza
Independent Plaza
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin relief and healing
Traditional remedy ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as softening rough chapped hands caused by polar winds and treating burns sores cuts and piles. It promises rapid healing and lists Reed Drug Co as seller with low price.
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Reed Drug Co
Adv
Misread AP report claims Colquitt yields to military at Fort Clark
An AP misprint in Texas papers led to a false story that Governor Colquitt would yield to Fort Clark military authorities. He did not yield over prisoner custody. officials were informed the military would yield to state officials, and the nondamus suit was withdrawn.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Associated Pross
Texas
Lunatics Escape Firey Asylum Rampage in Portugal
A chaotic escape occurs as thirty two inmates flee a burning asylum in Portugal triggering street chaos for over an hour. One person is killed and nine others seriously injured before authorities recapture the group. The incident follows a surge of violence linked to the blaze.
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Portugal
Orders Release British Cruiser German Subject Of Dynamiters
American press report from Indianapolis outlines criminal appeals as the federal court considers releasing the dynamiters from Leavenworth pending action on their appeal. The item notes the Senate adjourned and references a funeral ship being the victim of the act. The court action remains the focal point of the brief notice.
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Py Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Jan Ahare
Red
Leaverworth
Dail
Senator Jeff Davis Death Triggers Senate Adjournment
Washington January 3 Senate adjourned today after the death of Senator Jeff Davis. House Representative Pujo summoned the money trust committee to meet tomorrow to explore methods to serve a subpoena at William Rockefeller's home. Minnesota solons gather for the opening of the session with plans for a presidential primary and several reforms including blue sky laws and suffrage measures. Mrs Werner remains seriously ill after a stroke affecting her right arm. Whitelaw Reid funeral voyage sails to Port by US ships. German H L F Delfungo, rich San Francisco resident, executed in Mexico City for Diaz revolution participation.
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Washington
Senate
Jeff Davis
House
Pujo
Money Trust
William Rockefeler
St Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Monte Nelson
Imoro
Associated Press
San Francisco
Calif
H. L. F. Delfungo
Mexico City
Congressman Wedemeyer’s Tragic Jump Overboard at Colon
Washington reports Representative W. W. Wedemeyer of Ann Arbor Michigan leaped from a slip at Colon during Taft’s Parma visit and drowned. The body has not been recovered.
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Wedemeyer
Colon
Associated Press
Washington, Jan
Representaive
W. W. Wedemeyer
Ann Arbor
Mich
Taft
Parma
Taft Withdraws Col Goethals Nomination for Canal Zone Governor
President Taft withdrew Col Goethals from consideration for governor of the Canal Zone amid Democratic opposition. A separate Paris Texas dispatch reports Sam Jennings of Sumner robbed of 200 dollars on the outskirts of Paris by two Black men, who took only cash after refusing checks.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Taft
Toflay
Sam Jennings
Sumner
Tex
Paris
Associated Press
Dotson Bros
Tuear
Local tax deadline warns tardy payers amid cold snap and civic changes
The piece notes the final month to pay 19 year taxes to avoid penalties, with county and city collectors busy. A false fire alarm at Hernardo de la Garza residence on Victoria Street is reported. Pedro Sanchez is appointed road commissioner succeeding L Flores Perez, who has handed over county property. Old courthouse debris reused by the city as streets near the Texas Mexican tracks are filled. Fort McIntosh records a cold morning, the coldest yet this winter. The district court remains open mainly for the Alonzo Allee murder trial set for next Monday week. Depot ewer system work by L and G N is underway and will accelerate once materials arrive.
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Hernardo de la Garza
County Commissioners Court
Pedro Sanchez
L. Flores Perez
Perez
Sanchez
Fort Mcintosh
Alonzo Allee
Gulerrex’a
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