Wickett Bicentennial and 50th Birthday Festival Parade
Wickett held a Bicentennial Festival and 50th Birthday celebration with a parade of about twenty floats horses riders dune buggies and clowns. A ceremony at City Hall featured Paul Snelson narrating Wickett history and remarks by Ward County Bicentennial Chairman Bill Griffin and Mayor Bob Lee.
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Legislature approves 40000 to finish Bryan college building
In Austin both houses passed a bill funding 40000 dollars to finish the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan. Debate highlighted refunding 150000 to the federal government if the full sum is not appropriated. Local reports describe unrest and lawlessness near Castroville and Eagle Pass with Captain McNelly arriving with arrested prisoners. Major notes cover threshing progress in Hill County and wool shipments from Corpus Christi.
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