Texas News Highlights Of 1926 Local Projects And Bonds
Bids for Rosenberg primary school are rejected over cost. Harris County plans a $6 million bond issue for highway work. UT plans a $1 million library. Texas vehicle registrations rise to 1,121,? miss a figure, read as 1,121,? 1925 gains noted. Brownsville road district forms. La Feria district bonds approved. Dredge moves to Matamoros for levee work. State teachers colleges face $60,000 deficiency. Houston post office receipts up 12 percent. State revenue tax receipts reported. Abilene State Hospital bids rejected for high costs. Brownsville to build 3500-seat municipal auditorium. Raymondville voters approve $50,000 school bonds. Moody approves $2.005 million Houston school bonds. Galveston mill project awarded. La Feria bonds approved. Texas Supreme Court widens bar licensing rules. Electra road district bond interest affected by Archer County ruling. Dallas County campaign against road signs and litter. Widening request for Dallas–Fort Worth pike denied for cost.
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Dan Moody
Houston
Texas
Galvez
Galveston
la Feria Independent School District
Attorney General’s Department
Comptroller’s Department
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Cameron County
Texas Supreme Court
United State Supreme Court
Archer County
Wi MeHam
Wichita County
States weigh action after Texas road bond ruling
Washington notes growing interest as the Supreme Court decision invalidating Archer County road district bonds threatens $75 million to $100 million in Texas bonds. West Virginia officials and bondholders worry about other districts while Missouri Florida and several states consider joining Texas in seeking a court review led by Texas Attorney General Moody.
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Supreme Court
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Texas
East
Dan Moody
Supreme Court At
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harrison County
Missouri
Florida
Moody
Texas Projects Receive Allocations for Channel Improvements
Washington reported tentative allotments totaling millions for Texas waterways. The Army Engineers outlined sums for Houston Ship Channel, Sabine Neches waterway, Galveston Harbor and Channels, Port Aransas, and maintenance across several smaller sites including Freeport Harbor and Aransas Pass to Corpus Christi. Additional maintenance funding covers West Galveston Bay, Brazos River to Matagorda Bay, Pass Cavallo to Aransas Pass, Brazoria Island, and Cypress Bayou areas.
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Texas
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Matagorda Bay
Pass Cavallo
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Jefferson
Shreveport
Oil Shipments Rise Again In Texas-Mexican Railway
January oil shipments show fewer carloads from Miranda City but higher totals across Duval County. Noreda field shipped 49 cars in December, while Duval County produced 126 cars in January, lifting total Texas-Mexican Railway shipments to 817 carloads, five more than December.
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Miranda City
Laredo
Noreda
Duval County
Texas-Mexican Railway
Army Appropriation Bill Sets Army Size and Budget
The war department appropriation bill would fund 118,583 enlisted men and 11,749 officers, near current strength, with proposed expenditures of $339,581,000 for the next fiscal year, about $1,087,000 above budget estimates.
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Washington
War Department
House
Eastern Blizzard Toll in New York States Snow Costs
East coast towns face a multi million bill for snow removal after the winter blizzard that killed 33 people. Cities and towns struggle to clear streets and recover from property damage amid a severe weather crisis.
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New York
Rubber Cost to U.S. Lives Under British Monopolies
The British rubber monopoly will cost the American people 660 million dollars annually. Commerce Secretary Hoover reiterated this Friday in a letter to Representative Shallenberger a Democrat of Nebraska.
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Washington
Hoover
Representative Shallenberger
Nebraska
Ammunition Seized at Nogales In Smuggling Cache
Seventeen thousand rounds of ammunition believed intended for revolutionary forces were seized at Nogales as they were being smuggled into Mexico.
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Nogales, Ariz
Nogales
Mexico
California Fig Syrup Trusted for Babies and Children
A vintage advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for sick and colicky babies and children. It claims gentle regulation of the bowels, stomach soothing, and liver stimulation without narcotics or soothing syrups. Consumers are urged to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid counterfeits.
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California
New weed killers from Germany target garden paths
Information from Germany states that compounds recently patented can be added to gravel or applied to weeds to prevent growth or kill them. The most potent agents are sodium and calcium paratoluene sulphonamides.
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Germany
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warns for Genuine Tablet Purchase
An advertising notice urges buyers to look for the Bayer name on every Aspirin package or tablet to ensure authenticity and safety, claiming the product has been proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 25 years and warning that imitations may be dangerous.
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Bayer
Argentina trains dogs for military use match Japan
Argentina follows Japan in dog training for communication. General Maglione has bought 62 dogs in Brussels and they are undergoing a course at the military school in El Palomar.
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Argentina
Japan
Maglione
Brussels
el Palomar
Cuticura Sore Hands Remedy Ad Guide
Advertises Cuticura for sore hands advising hot soaks with Cuticura Soap then drying and applying Cuticura Ointment. Recommends wiping excess ointment with tissue and claims Soap Ointment and Talcum cover all toilet uses.
Forbidden Vows and a Kiss Behind the Door
A fragment hints at romantic coercion and social pressure. A young man faces consequences after a kiss that may be seen as a pledge of return, while a partner warns of repeated refusals and the danger of lingering affection.
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