Advocates Special Tax for State Schools in Texas
State Superintendent F M Bralley proposes a special ad valorem tax to fund the University of Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College College of Industrial Arts and State Normal Colleges. A fractional mill tax could provide stable revenue, ending biennial budget fights and enabling long term planning.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
The
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College of Industrial Arts
State Normal Colleges
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
F. M. Bralley
State Department of Education
Agricultural and Mechanical College
College of Indusial Arts
Visit Your Schools and See How Parents Help
A call urges parents to engage with schools visit teachers discuss progress and schooling. It argues that active parental involvement strengthens national welfare and may prevent future problems by brief conversations with educators.
Sizable Texas notes span politics to fires and crops
Texas reports list A J Harper named associate judge of the court of criminal appeals. Prohibitionists schedule statewide vote for July 22. Cincinnati fire kills with injuries to twelve. Confederate Woman's Home amendment passes by 85 015. Governor Baldwin sworn in Connecticut. Land sale near Bloomington for 45 660. Electra field oil gusher yields 1000 barrels daily at 1800 feet. Roscoe fire causes 20 000 loss. Teachers Association backs Ragsdale for vice president. Texas Conservation session set for San Antonio February 2 4. New Orleans leaders to Washington for Panama expo. Burnet Williamson rep elected by 68 majority. US autos in use near 500 000. Culberson to be reelected later this month. Bailey to sell string of about fifty horses. Smiley Gonzales fire destroys property valued at 35 000. San Benito mill 400 000 cost to open this crop year. Willis bank vault blown with 5000 secured. Dilworth dies at 73. survives widow and children. Governor Campbell appoints Brown chief justice. Colquitt invited to Port Lavaca for Texas Press Association. 300 000 unmarried Texas women ages 16 25. marriage market urged. Harmon inaugurated Ohio governor for second term. Black ranch La Salle 400 000. 23 000 acres along Nueces. James Head Yoakum shot at Rockdale dies next day. Oklahoma bill seeks marriage medical exams. Texas Legislature convenes. Rayburn elected Speaker. Baltimore Democratic celebration planned with Bailey Harmon Clark as speakers. Houston bonds authorize Buffalo Bayou deep water project. joint Houston Gulf navigation. Prohibition push hints at six mile and 7 o'clock closing laws before Colquitt.
Land sales surge near Hallettsville with $51.59 per acre deal
Olivia Farley of San Antonio sold 300 acres northeast of Hallettsville to Frank Wick for 51.59 per acre and previously sold 300 acres of the same tract at 50. The Hallettsville fire department elected officers for the new term led by Charles Pillar with about 700 dollars in the treasury. Mormon preachers have visited town but no converts are reported.
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Hallettsville
Texas
Olivia Farley
San Antonio
Frank Wick
Wick
Farley
Fire Department
Charles Pillar
W. J. Miller
H. J. Braunig
R. Waltersdorf
N. A. Moreland
F. B Riedel
Local Option Laws in Texas Drafted by Senator Paulus
Austin January 9 Senator D A Paulus plans to introduce a bill to reorganize Texas local option laws. He has not drawn the measure yet but will as developments unfold. The proposal would leave it optional for communities to permit wine sales. He argues wine is a dinner beverage with limited harm and voters in dry areas should decide. Citizens of Moulton plan a meeting soon to discuss waterworks system establishment.
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Austin
Texas
D. A. Paulus
Market Review Signals Cautious Year Ahead in Texas Trade
Special to THE EAGLE Houston January 11 trade conditions not fully square for the new year. Money is easier than last year with cautious optimism across channels. January 1 cotton ginning totals show 11,087,442 bales nationally and 2,888,479 bales in Texas. spots hold at 15 cents, while hogs and poultry markets show demand and prices.
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Houston
Texas
United States
Rgro
South Texas
South
Houston Packing Company
Fayetteville visitors and gatherings mark January 1911
Editor EaGe notes Aug Seifert visited Fayetteville with his sister Mrs Bruchmueller of Goliad visiting relatives. Relatives and friends hosted Mr and Mrs Vedan before their move to Mina Nevada. A birthday gathering for Mrs Fishbeck included food drinks cigars and Evergreen Plain Country band.
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Adolf Sizer
Vedan
Mina
Nevada
Frank Fishbeck
Evergreen Plain Country Band
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