Rural school life studied at Texas university meeting
Austin educators wrap up rural education week expressing optimism for Texas schools. They call for county superintendents to be elected by county boards, discuss teacher preparation and surveys, and plan statewide reforms for the next legislature.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
University of Texas
L. L. Pugh
Harris County
Pugh
Harold W. Foght
United States Bureau of Education
Unitea States
Foght
Three Balloons Landed in Wales After Paris Start
Three of 24 balloons in the French Aero Club race from Paris landed on the Welsh shore Monday after crossing the English Channel under a fierce gale. They descended to avoid being driven out to sea.
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London
Paris
French Aero Club
Charbon Situation Improves Near Matagorda County
Assistant State Health Officer M. H. Boerner says charbon is improving in Matagorda County. The disease has appeared on the edges of Harris County but is not prevalent immediately around Houston.
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Austin
Tex
M. H. Boerner
Matagorda County
Harris County
Houston
Russian strike in St. Petersburg spreads to 160 thousand
The protest action against harsh authorities at Baku and elsewhere has led to a growing strike in St. Petersburg with about 160,000 workers reportedly out. The walkout, initially sparked by measures against strikers, is widening across the city.
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St. Petersburg
Baku
East Texas Development Association Chooses 1915 Meeting Host
The East Texas Development Association session in Jacksonville was well attended and a 200d work accomplished. Marshall was selected for the 1915 meeting to be held in February. W. M. Glenn of Lutkin was elected president.
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Jacksonville
Tex
East Texas Development Association
Marshall
W. M. Glenn
Lutkin
First 1914 Cotton Bale Reaches New York Auction
The first bale of 1914 cotton gathered east of the Mississippi arrived in New York from Georgia and was auctioned at the cotton exchange for 12 cents a pound.
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New York
Mississippi
Georgia
Cotton Exchange
Parachute Test Ends in Fatal Drop in Brussels
Mme Cayat de Castella fell a thousand feet to her death when a new parachute failed during a test from a biplane piloted by Champel. Thousands watched as the tragedy occurred, including her husband among the spectators.
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Brussels
Mme. Cayat de Castella
Champel
Plague Case Found in New Orleans Resident
A new bubonic plague case was confirmed in New Orleans on Monday. Charles H. Seaman, of 2845 Bironne Street, is the patient identified.
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New Orleans
Charles H. Seaman
Bironne Street
Texas Good Roads Elections Fort Worth Texas 1914 Bond Totals
Texas reports 73 road and bridge bond elections in the first half of 1914, 51 successful totaling 6 581 500 dollars, with 3 470 000 more possible if defeated measures had carried. Bond issues approved across numerous counties list dates and amounts, and officials predict 1914 road bond issuance will exceed three times 1913 totals.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Texas Business Men’s Association
Aransas County
Bastrop County
Justice
Elgin
Bell County
Temple
Rodgers
Blanco County
Brazoria County
Clute
Brooks County
Collin County
Celina
Farmersville
Princeton
Cubboka
Comal County
Denton County
Kyle
Hays County
Hill County
Greenville
Jackson County
Jeff Davis County
Valentine
Kaufman County
Forney
Terrell
Elmo
Crandall
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Live Oak County
Matagorda County
McLennan County
Waco
Milam County
Thorndale
Nueces County
Robstown
Palo Pinto County
Minera Wells
Pecos County
Fort Stockton
Reeves County
Rockwall
San Patricio County
Scurry County
Smith County
Winona
Tom Green
San Angelo
Victoria County
Inez
Wharton County
el Campo
Zavala County
la Pryor
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Compound for Recovery
A Missouri resident from Unionville describes severe female trouble with weakness nerve spells and speech and sleep loss. After trying many medicines a husband supplied Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she improved and fully recovered, drawing others to seek help from the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Unionville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Martha Seavey
Missouri
Lydia RB. Pinkham
Nate E. Pinkham
Tombstone Epitaph Inspires Nervous Laughs
A humorous exchange features Parker and Tucker debating a dream of dying and being buried. Tucker wonders why he should worry if he is to honor the epitaph, while Parker comments on the tombstone at the head of his grave.
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Tucker
Parker
Cure for Eczema Claims With Cuticura Ointment
A Tazewell Tennessee resident describes an eczema outbreak spreading over the body with severe itching and hair loss. After failing prior treatments, he credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing the skin condition and dandruff, urging readers to request free samples.
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Tazewell
Tenn
Charley Alston
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Ady
Starved Wife Case Shocks Parkersburg Farmer
Samuel Cunningham of Belleville, a reportedly wealthy farmer, was arrested Tuesday on a first degree murder warrant alleging he starved his wife to death.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Samuel Cunningham
Belleville
Cunningham
New Persian Ruler Crowned
Sultan Ahmed Mirza, age sixteen, reached official majority and took the constitutional oath at the national council palace in Teheran. The ceremony was brief.
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Teheran
Persia
Sultan Ahmed Mirza
The
Nationa Council
Aged Journalist and Author Dies in New Rochelle
Montgomery Schuyle a 71 year old journalist and author known for architectural studies died of pneumonia day at his home in New Rochelle New York.
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New York
Montgomery Schuyle
F. Day
New Rochelle
Grove's Tasteless Tonic Promises Broad Health Benefits
The advertisement touts Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims liver action malaria warding and blood enrichment, promising to build up the whole system while noting that short men stand on dignity.
Resinol Cure Promises Clear Skin For Miss B. P. Gaddis
Miss B P Gaddis of 284 South Pryor St Atlanta Georgia recounts a drastic skin transformation after using Resinol soap and ointment. She praises rapid relief from itching and healing of eczema dandruff sunburn and other skin ailments with continued use. The advertisement promotes Resinol products as sold by druggists.
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Atlanta
B. P. Gaddis
South Pryor St
Adv
Real Home for the Hole in Dahlgren Suffrage Tale
In a Boston suffrage debate Everett P. Dahlgren, famed opponent of woman suffrage, retold a parable about a hole seeking a home. The tale traces the hole from a window to a chair, a baby's rattle, and finally a suffragist husband’s sack, claiming the hole found peace six months earlier.
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Everett P. Dahlgren
Boston
Mr. Dahlgren
Dialogue on rent and ownership sparks domestic quip
Mr. Crosslets questions renting versus owning. The exchange reveals tension as the man jokes about telling his wife troubles to the landlord when a roof or shutter fails. The fragment hints at household finances and landlord relationships in a terse domestic moment.
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Mr. Crosslets
Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh praised for horses
Give your horses 00d care and you will be doubly repaid by the better work they will do. For sores, pvalls and other external troubles apply Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh. Ranch men, lumbermen and liverymen recommend it. Ady.
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Hanford
Ady
One Hundred Years Ago Fashion Notes on Women’s Styles
A century back fashion traced a tango like dance, gauze skirts, and waistless gowns with girdles. Women wore sandals or bare feet, two inch corset belts, gowns tied high, cameos at the knee, then crinolines and tiny waists. Are we repeating history.
Rifle Practice Prompted By Trooper Exchange
A trooper announces rifle practise tonight and a friend jokes about learning a pickpocket, while a judge weighs in on the banter. The exchange reflects tense humor around law and discipline in a tense setting.
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Advertising Slogan
For 75 years Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills have been their own recommendation in upset stomach liver and bowels. If you have not tried them a test now will prove their benefit. Send for a free sample to 372 Pearl St New York Ady.
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Wright
Pearl St
New York
Ady
Automobile Turned Turtle In Amateur Magician Prank
A playful exchange recalls a car stunt where an automobile allegedly overturned as a prank by an amateur magician and a popular figure. The dialogue hints at a trick gone wrong, capturing street talk and local rumor about the incident.
Malaria Cure Ad and Fashion Ad Fragments
A mixed page snippet advertises a malaria remedy called SIX-SIXTY-SIX with a note of five to six doses. It also includes fashion banter about skirt and sleeve styling and a humorous line about suffragettes. An eye care ad promotes Marine Eye Remedy Co. with a Chicago address.
Scene at the Woodshed on Harsh Upbringing
A tense dialogue unfolds as a young speaker recalls harsh discipline from an old man, revealing a cycle of struggle and punishment that shapes memory and character. The scene centers on endurance under a stern authority.
CAPACINE FOR HEADACHES AND GRIPP
Advertisement text touts Capacine as a remedy for headaches and grip with other tonics. It promotes a pleasant appearance and mentions Hanford's Balsam for galls. The ad urges trial and hints at social commentary on charity and marriage ideals.
Wind raises again as Disk stirs a storm
Dialogue notes indicate Disk attempts to raise the wind amid a family dispute about weather and a mention of Stanford's Balsam as part of an advertisement.
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Richard
So that foreign suitor of Esthel turned out to be a baron
A satirical line notes that Esthel's suitor proved to be Baron Munchausen. Since 1846 Hanford's Balsam is mentioned as a product emblem of the era and a quip about egoists who seek marriage for themselves.
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Esthel
Baron Munchausen
One Day Cold Cure Claim From Laxative Brand
The notice touts a single product named LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as a genuine remedy for colds. It claims to cure a cold in one day, stop cough and headache, and lists a price of 250 with a signature by LD. W. GROVE.
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LD. W. Grove
London Orders Six Ambulances for City
London has never had an ambulance but now orders six to serve the entire city. Police have previously had to rely on nearby wagons and drivers in emergencies. A lighthearted remark about a girl in courtship turning into a wife becomes a caution about marriage.
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London
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