New School Tax Bill Before the Senate
Austin Texas Governor Hobby sent a measure proposing a state ad valorem school tax of 35 cents per 100 dollars for 1919 and annually thereafter to fund free textbooks. The bill also expands the state depository remit options and notes the eleemosynary appropriation changes debated in the Senate and House sessions.
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State Board of Education
Hopkins
Austin, Tex
Texas State Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
House
Tilson
Confederate Woman's Home
Confederate Home
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute
State
State Lunatic Asylum
State Pasteur Institute
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North Texas Hospital For
Hospital
Stateospital
Colony
Hood's Texas Brigade Reunion Closes With Memorial Service
Hood's Texas Brigade held its annual reunion in Bryan Texas with a solemn memorial service on Thursday. Names of members who have died since the last gathering were read aloud and several members delivered short touching addresses.
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Bryan
Tex
Hood
Texas Brigade
Former German Crown Prince Flees to Germany
Frederick William Hohenzollern, former German crown prince, escaped from Holland and has reached Germany, narrowing his location to unspecified German territory.
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Germany
Paris
Frederick William Hohenzollern
Holland
Naval appropriation bill clears Senate with 644 million total
The Senate approved the naval appropriation bill totaling about 644 million dollars, an increase of over 44 million dollars above the house figure. The measure passed Thursday, shaping defense funding for the period.
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Washington
House
Senate
Allies reject Turkish demand to restore undiminished territories
Paris reports the allied council answered the Turkish memorandum by stating it cannot accept the claim that Turkey’s former territories should be restored in full. The response refutes the idea of full restoration and implies continued postwar boundary changes.
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Paris
Allied Council
Forty Five Cars of Tomatoes Shipped
Forty five cars of tomatoes were shipped Tuesday from the Jacksonville territory and sold for one dollar per crate.
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Jacksonville
Tex
Ideals and Action Shape a Charged Life
A lecture stresses that ideals alone fail to deliver results. plans must be actively worked to be productive. Those with modest talents but strong purpose rise to recognition, as today’s efforts forecast tomorrow’s actions and foster well rounded character and growth.
Honor Roll Texas Heroes Names of fallen wounded and missing in Europe
A Texas honor roll lists service members with hometowns such as Gatesville Argyle Brazoria County Anna Gay Willis Trinity San Antonio Barksdale Wheelock Bloomington El Paso Fort Worth Kyle Tom Beau Rivera and others. It records deaths from disease and notes wounded and missing in action among Pvt. Henry C. Longefield Pvt. Jim C. Codgell Pvt. Albert D. Breeding Pvt. Henry G. Springfield Pvt. Nash Lilly Sret. Drue D. H. Singleton Pvt. Davis H. Bell Pvt. Raymond C. Lewis Pvt. Virgil C. Lacey Capt. James Lawrence Capt. Harry A. Logsdon Lt. Herbert W. Whisenant and many more.
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Henry C. Longefield
Gatesville
Jim C. Codgell
Argyle
Albert D. Breeding
Brazoria
Henry G. Springfield
Anna
Nash Lilly
Gay
Drue D. H. Singleton
Willis
Davis H. Bell
Trinity
Raymond C. Lewis
San Antonio
Virgil C. Lacey
Barksdale
Frank Zikes
Wheelock
Raleigh A. Gaunt
Bloomington
Peter T. Machinowski
James Lawrence
el Paso
Harry A. Logsdon
Fort Worth
Sigt
Rufus Cantrill
Harvey A. Crosby
Eleanora
Robert W. Earnest
Herbert W. Goolsby
Winsboro
Frank Hogan
Carlsbad
James P. Hollers
Riveria
Herbert W. Whisenant
Kyle
Denman Harris
Albert L. Warden
Tom
Beau
William L. Martin
Marvin A. Gray
Robert Haux
Hubbard
William Carrett
Beaumont
Prater BE
Clemmer
Caddo Mills
John S. Roberts
Crockett
Labor indorses League Covenant at reconstruction congress
The American Federation of Labor convention in Atlantic City votes 39 750 to 420 to approve the League of Nations covenant with labor provisions. An Irish self determination clause is adopted unanimously. President Wilson notes the provisions are weakened but still serviceable and will be sent by cable.
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N. J
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League of Nations
Wilson
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Ireland
Samuel Gompers
Federation
Belgium
Friends of Labor
London Linen Sale Shifts Large Postwar Trade
London reports L. J. Martin bought 40,000,000 yards of premium linen from the aircraft disposal department for 4,000,000 pounds. The fabric, made to cover airplane wings, can supply clothing and home linen for three years. Martin plans to retail to the British public below Belfast prices and export excess to allied and neutral nations.
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London
L. J. Martin
Aircraft Disposal Department
Martin
Belfast
Two Boys Killed by Lightning in Denton County
In Denton Texas Cecil and William Welch brothers aged 17 and 15 were instantly killed by lightning near Pilot Point on Tuesday.
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Denton
Tex
Cecil and
William Welch
Pilot Point
Interned Enemy Aliens Deported from Tennessee Fort
Four hundred enemy aliens held at Fort Oglethorpe will be moved to Charleston to board ships bound for Germany. The transfer follows internment in Chattanooga Tennessee as part of wartime measures.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Fort Oglepeg
Charleston
Germany
Russian Cruiser Sunk Off London by British Submarine
London reports the Russian cruiser Oleg was sunk last week by a British submarine. The incident elevates tensions as naval forces confirm the loss of the vessel and note ongoing maritime hostilities in the region.
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London
Oleg
Tornado Kills About 200 in Fergus Falls Business District
A Sunday tornado struck Fergus Falls Minnesota killing about 200 people and destroying three blocks of the business district. The disaster area includes Fargo North Dakota as the nearby reference point and underscores a heavy toll in the regional outbreak.
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Fargo
N.D
Fergus Falls
Minn
Fort Bliss to Become Mexican Border Air Patrol Base
Fort Bliss in El Paso Texas will be transformed into an airplane base for guarding the Mexican border. Regular air patrols are being organized to deter bandit incursions and safeguard the frontier.
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Fort Bliss
el Paso
Tex
Buy a Farm Now for Homeseekers Information
U S Railroad Administration offers free information to homeseekers about farming opportunities. No sales, no lending, only guidance. Write with your state and needs to J L Edwards, Manager Agricultural Section, Room 70 Washington DC. The ad ends with a skeptical note on truth and claims.
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U. S. Railroad Administration
J. L. Hdwards
U. S Railroad Administration
Washington, D. C
Pimples and Blackheads Banishment with Cuticura
Cuticura Ointment used to smear pimply skin and remove blackheads. Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Daily use keeps skin clear for toilet purposes. Carlyle quote included promoting Cuticura Talcum.
Golden Medal Haarlem Capsules Ad Promotes Health
An advertisement warns of kidney and bladder troubles and urges early treatment with GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Capsules. It claims the remedy restores strength, dates Holland origins, and offers refunds if not satisfied. Consumers are urged to ask their doctor and buy from local druggists.
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Haarlem
Holland
Netherlands
Freemont
Lydia B. Pinkham
London heads worth ten thousand for human encyclopedia Datas
London readers learn of Datas the human encyclopedia valued at £2000 by doctors for dissection but who resists sale. He claims memory of two thousand war facts after brief study and recalls battles ships and generals from a twopence book. Also notes Shell-Cloth fabric entering postwar clothing use with witty exchanges on fashion.
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Datas
London
John Lee
Babbacombe
James Barry
Boy’s Diet Advice For 1870s North Carolina Youth
George Batley answers a reader question on what is good for a boy to eat with a list that mixes humorous and practical items. The period tone reflects 1870s Carolina theories and includes green fruit pine resin cucumbers raw potatoes green blackberries doughnuts branch water and two hours in a swimming hole.
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North
Carolna
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