Texas Legislature Pushes Big School Fund Increase
The Texas House advanced a bill to supplement the state’s school fund with a $4,000,000 appropriation, after striking out $3,000,000 in a final passage vote. Senate actions included final passage on various bills, from judiciary salary raises to tax and bond provisions, with Governor Hobby signing multiple measures and urging further school funding.
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Austin
Tex
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King of
Erath
Hobby
Treasury
State Board of Control
Texas News Briefs Highlight State Commerce and Local Changes
A Victoria grocers association organizes as Denton adopts a $1.26 tax rate on an $8 million valuation. Fort Worth hosts Texas Commercial Executives June 24 25 26. Lime stone County funds bridges in Groesbeck Thornton and Ben Hur. Corpus Christi rebuilds storm towers. Ranger school board increases teacher pay 20 to 30 percent. Hood's Texas Brigade reunion set for Bryan June 29 30. Port Arthur to store 500 000 bushels of wheat from Galveston congestion. Henrietta herd tops 12 cents a pound at Fort Worth yards. Mexican crude oil imports to Galveston district May 1 458 300 barrels. Dallas Wool Growers fix Carrollton as sale point June 15. Annie Webb Blanton awards Peabody scholarships to Lucile Smith and J M Hodges. Franklin builds a large potato curing plant for upcoming crop. Beaumont Neches tunnel proposed to solve railroad navigation. Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe faces double daily trains protest June 15. Texas Hall of Fame plans revive San Antonio old building. Hall crops damaged by grasshoppers in Hall and Childress counties. Edinburg Falfurrias Gulf Railroad Company filed with 70 000 capital. Sabine fishery May catch tops previous records with 16 000 barrels in eight days valued at $3 per barrel. San Augustine shuts businesses every Thursday for road work with farmers.
Republican Party Adopts Platform at Chicago Convention
The Republican National Convention adopted a platform after resolving disputes over the League of Nations. It endorses Washington era policies, supports arbitration for disputes, backs collective bargaining, and condemns Wilson’s approach to Mexico while avoiding pledges on prohibition or the soldier bonus. Lodge delivered the keynote defending opposition to the treaty.
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Chicago
League of Nations
Republican National Convention
Washington
Jefferson
Monroe
Wilson
Mexico
Cummins-Esch
Act of Congress
Ill
Republican Resolutions Committee
Committee of 171
Senator Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate
Mr. Wilson
League
America
Republican Party
United States
Lodge
Armenia
Wood Forces
Aspirin Bayer Tablets of Aspirin Ad Promoting Safe Use
An old advertisement extols Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and safe for millions with physician endorsement for over twenty years. It urges consumers to accept only unbroken Bayer packaging with directions for headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. It notes 12 tablet tin boxes and larger packages sold by druggists and identifies aspirin as the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Monoi Ester of Salicylic acid.
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Bayer
Danderine Ad Claims Hair Stop and Dandruff Cure
An advertisement touts Danderine as stopping hair loss and dandruff after use. It promises every hair shows life and thickness with vigor and color. The ad also promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills for regularity without griping.
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Wright
Learned Lesson of Thrift in Bridgeton Youth Savings
In Bridgeton New Jersey 25 young students have saved 1000 dollars this year through thrift stamps earned by chores like dishwashing sweeping and clerking. Some youths also cut weeds carry cowls sift ashes sell papers raise chickens and win prizes to boost savings. The piece suggests idle street corners and porch chatter will lose appeal as thrift takes hold.
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Bridgeton
New Jersey
United States
Warning Toy Beetle Impresses Dinner Guests
At a Christmas bazaar a customer buys a terrifying beetle toy for half a dollar. He plans to place it on his table to spook guests during a party, and jokes that he will leave when he sees two beetles nearby.
Moonshine Raid Sparks Graveyard Joke Sexes
A local remark recalls a man who used a cemetery to distill moonshine and was raided. The incident prompted the quip that he made a grave mistake, highlighting a grim pun in the dialogue.
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Penn Field
University of Texas
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Texas
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Hills
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Victoria
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Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association of Texas
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Texas City
Texas Commercial Executives’ Association
Fort Worth
Commissioners Court of
Limestone County
Groesbeck, Thornton and
Ben Hur
Texas Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Ranger School Board
Katy Dalan
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Texas Brigade
Bryan
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Galveston
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Dallas County
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Carrolton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Peabody College
Lucile Smith
Terrell
J. M. Hodges
Wharton
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Neches River
Hugh Harding
New York
the Railroad Commission
San Augustine
Carthage
Longview
Jasper
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company
Texas Hall of Fame
Hall
Childress
State Department of Agriculture
Edinburg
Sabine Fish, Oil and Fertilizer Company
Sabine Fisheries
Wood
Senator Watson
Indiana
Edward D. Duffield
Frank Hitchcock
Committee On Permanent Organization
Weuten
DR. Tutt
Dr.Tutt
Hunt
Apadine Reisen
Baker Laboratories
Memphis
Enn
Lggettullyers King Pin Chewing
Postum
Postum Cereal Co
Battle Creek,Mich
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