Texas History Retold From Old Manuscripts at UT Austin
Readings from the Bexar Archives recount Philip Nolan’s 1801 Texas trade venture and his death after a clash with Pedro de Nava's force. Elllis Bean, captured and imprisoned, writes of enduring liberty amid western expansion and royalist temptations.
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Texas
State Univ
Austin
Texas-Louisiana
Phillip Nolan
Belfast
Ireland
James Wilkinson
Thomas Jefferson
America
Wilkinson
Mississippi Valley
American Union
Jefferson
Nolan
Mexico
Franklin
Kentucky
Natchez
Louisiana
Bexar
University of Texas
Simon de Herrera
Rancho de San Jose
Nuevo Santander
Philip Nolan
Carmargo
Regula
Rio Grande
Bahia
Pedro de Nava
Chihuahua
James Cook
Pedro Longuerville
Antonio Leal
Gertrudis de Los Santos
Longuerville
Nacogdoches
Wong
Ellis P. Bean
Caesar
Indiana
Bean
Jeffersons Great Dream Warns of a Coming Political Shift
He argues that Jefferson envisioned a nation of landowners and farmers, but modern Americans mostly work for others in cities. This detachment risks voter apathy and paves the way for demagogues, predatory leaders, or future state coercion unless people reform.
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United States
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
America
Birmingham
Mich
Dust warning remembered by Colorado cattlemen fifty years ago
Lamar Colorado recalls a 50 year old warning from cattlemen who urged not plowing buffalo grass lands to avoid dust. County agent A J Hammond calls for a rest period of years to rehabilitate dry lands and suggests moving 50 000 cattle to higher grazing areas to speed recovery. He warns overgrazing and drought have killed grass, and that some land should revert to buffalo grass while others recover with grazing cessation. Wind resumes after a lull, keeping dust in the air.
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A. J. Hammond
Prowers County
Colorado Mountains
Kansas
Sumer
Hammond
Colorado
Child’s Wisdom Shines at Safety Booth Test
A four or five year old girl named Leila impressed at the Chicago Motor Club Safety Bureau booth. She correctly answered safety pledges and street-crossing rules, and shyly wrote who must look out for her safety on the streets as “Coo.”
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Woman's ‘Safety Bureau
Chicago Motor ‘Club
Leila
Motor News
Naw Club Refutes Hypocrisy In Local Civic Life
A Bay City Tribune anecdote questions a man who rebukes Chamber, Rotary, Kiwanis, schools, city, and paper yet does not join or fund them. The piece argues real support is action, not complaint, urging readers to help the town function as planned.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Bay City Tribune
Menus and Recipes From CIA Home Economics Dept May Luncheon Ideas
Denton area menu suggestions from the CIA Home Economics Dept encourage a May luncheon for June brides to be. A three to five course plan features a soup or cocktail, possible fish or eggs, a main with rods, a salad and dessert, coffee and candies. Recipes include Fresh Strawberry and Pineapple Au Naturel, Lady Windermere Salad, Fretted Apricots, Half Barbecued Spring Chicken, Butter Hearts of Celery, and May Rose Dessert with peppermint ice cream or fruit sherbet.
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Denton
What Is Propaganda The Wall Street Claim Debunked
The piece argues propaganda frames public utility investors as villainous while defending utility owners and electrical expansion. It notes stockholders number over ten million and cites Insull management as a concern, with praise for the industry’s impact and calls for fair competition without government funding. Lee Hazelwood promotes Porch and Lawn Rockers at Spencer-Sauer Lumber.
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Wall Street
United State Department of Commerce
Insull
Yar Congress
Marsha News
Spencer-Sauer Lumber Company
Lee Hazelwood
Post Notice From Pitzelman Land and Cattle Firm
All land controlled by the Pitzelman Land and Cattle Company is posted against trespass. The notice, signed by Damon Smith, marks March filing by the ranch.
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Landa
Pitzelmens Land and Cattle Company
Fitzsimona Land and Cattle Ca
Damon Smith
Mer
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Littlepage Produce
Jax
Roy B. Inks
the “Naw Club
Robinson Bros. Bus Line
Liano
Georgetown
A. M
CIA Home Economics Dept
WRN
Mia
Rey Mullins
Ark
RTE
Undertaker
Llano, Texas
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