Road plan from LaGrange to Aransas Pass reported
The article notes a proposed road from LaGrange to Aransas Pass and mentions various Texas agriculture and infrastructure projects including new irrigation efforts, a $60,000 Temple passenger terminal plan for 1912, a demonstration train by the Cotton Belt, and a freight boat fleet plan for the intercoastal canal linking Houston, Galveston and Aransas Pass. It cites cattle imports, hog counts, and land developments, with multiple local initiatives across towns like Fort Worth, Collin County, Plainview, and Tuleta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carizzo Springs
LaGrange
Aransas Pass
Fort Worth
el Paso
Mexico
Texas
Collin County
Cotton Belt
Temple
California
Plainview
Iowa
Brownsville
Houston
Galveston
Pecos & Northern Texas Railway
Bee County
Tuleta
Agricultural High School
Texas Needs Great Men in World Leadership Vision
An exhortation arguing that great civilizations advance through strategic leaders who grasp global opportunities. The piece invokes Caesar and the Macedonian Phalanx as symbols of decisive governance and urges Texas to produce and organize powerful progress toward world commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caesar
Europe
Sacegeafea the Great
Texas
You Never Can Tell Poem Reflection
A broad reflective piece on how words and deeds shape outcomes. It compares acts to acorns that grow into trees, noting thoughts influence love or hate and eventually return as consequences. The verse emphasizes cause and effect across life.
1911 Cotton Crop Yields Rise Across United States
The December Crop Reporter shows the 1911 U S cotton crop at 14,885,000 bales, up from 11,608,616 in 1910. Texas produced 4,280,000 bales, up from 3,049,409, with a per acre value around 18 dollars. Texas farmers lose about 3 dollars per acre versus last year as prices remain a major issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Agricultural Department
Continental
United States
Texas
Agricultural Department
Farmers urged to plow deeper and better to boost Texas crops
Henry Exall, president of the Texas Industrial Congress, urges farmers to prepare a richer seed bed by deeper plowing and careful cultivation. He calls for soil conservation, crop rotation, manure use, and reduced waste to ensure a prosperous season with diversified crops and cotton income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Industrial Congress
Democratic National Convention Set for Baltimore in June
The Democratic National Convention will convene in Baltimore on June 25. After two weeks at Galveston, the battleships Florida and Ushu left Monday for Kingston. Monday marked the 97th anniversary of Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Galveston
Florida
Ushb
Kingston
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Hannover Arrives in Galveston with 370 Passengers
The North German Lloyd steamer Hannover from Bremen docked in Galveston Tuesday morning carrying 370 passengers. A large fire at the Equitable Life Assurance Society in New York destroyed the building, killing six and causing about 6,000,000 in property loss. John Bryant of Slocum in Anderson County is the Texas Corn Club champion with 114 bushels per acre. MOULTON likely to host another agricultural fair after its successful inaugural event two years ago. The community benefits greatly from fairs and tenant housing is in high demand, with no vacant homes in town and new housing investment seen as profitable.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
John Bryant
Slocum
Anderson County
Texas Corn Club
Texas Boys
Moulton
Local Teachers Institute at Sim and Will Moore Institute
The Moulton Local Teachers Institute will be held January 20, 1912 from 4 p.m. at the Sim and Will Moore Institute. The program includes instrumental music by Darilek Dittmar and Elster, a fourth grade math lesson by O F Schonvogel, recitation steps led by A J Dippel, discussions with Mies Clay Clark and T H Leslie, McMurry study chapters VIII and IX by A J Elster, A J Darilek, F J Butachek, and Mies Imogene Beaz, plus vocal quartet music conducted by A J Diergt with Miss Crazy Crark as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Sim and Will Moore Institute
Darilek
Dittmar and
Elster
O. F. Schonvogel
A.J. Dippel
Mies Clay Clark
Shiner and Swiss Alp Social Notes from Early 1911
News from Shiner and Swiss Alp records visits to relatives and friends, dances and receptions, and school notes. Olga Kunk sails for Port LaVaca to stay months. Miss Stella Wolters to Baylor in Waco. local youths to Bryan and College Station. a January 10, 1911 dateline and reports of club officers and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Kunk
Port Lavaca
C. C. Amsler
T. C. Club
A. B. Dano
Lillie Wolters
Ethel Burkett
Meehames A. Blohm
F. G. Guittard
Waco
Wm. Plagemann
Bay City
Selma Jangbecker
Mary Martin
Kenedy
Opera House
August Baca
Bride
Hattie Helmers
Stella Wolters
Baylor University
Geo. Martin
Bryan
Allen’s Academy
Willie Wendtland
College Station
Nat. Rudi
Rev
F. Rudi
Clifton
Archie Depew
Austin
E. Wagner
Oscar Meyer
Near Yoakum
J. A. Smothers
R. J. Roeder
Komensky News Year 1912 Briefs
The 1911 year passed and 1912 began with rough winter weather. Families, including Vogt, Bucek, Maresh, and Wenske, visited relatives during holidays. Annie Bucek wed a Granger groom, Judge Meiners presided, and residents extend New Year wishes. January 8, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Vogt
Bauraville
Emil
F. K. Bucek
St. John
Jim Maresh
Bartlett
Emma Wenske
Moulton
Annie Bucek
Granger
L. A. Meiners
Richard Pohler
Rubber plant experiment opens vast Texas land area
The Brewster County rubber plant experiment has proven entirely satisfactory and is expected to unlock six to seven million acres of previously worthless Texas land for industrial development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County
Texas
Christmas of 1911 Recalled as 1912 Arrives in Baursville
Baursville notes reflect on the past year and welcome 1912. Mrs. Clara Bergermann returns from Engle. Misses Carrie Hunner and Elsie Boening visit Moulton. families move and host guests. local sports and social visits draw residents. January 9 1912, SUNSHINE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Hunner
Elsie Boening
Moulton
Joe Orsag
John Kaneva
Novobrad
Joe Starm
Joe Jemelka
Boursville
Emma
Hattie Fotjeek
Walter Lockstedt
Albert Klobedans
Wm. Boening
D. Fisbeck
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Industrial Notes
Dalhart
Emporia
Kansas
Oldham County
Kansas City
San Antonio Automobile Club
Hico
W. L. Rockwell
United States Irrigation
Union
the Farmers of
Henry Exall
Lloyd Steamship
Hannover
Bremen
Local Teachers’ Institute
A. J. Dippel
T.H. Leslie
Shiner News
Tillie Wolters
Agnes Stuerke
Schulenburg
Minnie Schmidt
la Grange
Annabell Balhorn
Herman Bauch
Near Stockdale
G. Meyer
Wm. Bauer
George Kiesling
Bluff
Jno
Luck
Columbus
Komensky
Borror Eacre
Baursville
Enitor
Bacquez
Clara Bergermann
Engle
Herman Park
Moulton, Texas
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