Bea con editor D I Stump runs for congress ninth district
D I Stump editor of the Beacon Palacios announces candidacy for congress from the ninth district. The piece notes five candidates in the race and references Henry Oaken of Shiner weighing a county office bid. It mentions New Yorks preparedness parade with 150000 marching in line.
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Henry Oaken
Shiner
D. I. Stump
The
Beacon
Palacios
Congress
New York
Poll tax receipts total 588 382 with exemptions 88 675
Up to February 1, 1916 the state had 588 382 poll tax receipts and 88 675 exemptions, yielding about 667 057 eligible voters. In New Braunfels last week 1500 volunteer firemen held their annual convention and offered their services to the state after Governor James J. Ferguson's address.
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New Braunfels
James J. Ferguson
Lavaca Merchants Oppose Insurance Rate Increase
Lavaca County Retail Merchants Association adopts a resolution opposing a general increase in Texas fire insurance rates. If increases proceed, they urge penalties on higher hazards and support a simpler standard policy. W J Edgecombe to represent Lavaca at the May 26, 1916 Texas Fire Insurance Commission hearing in Austin.
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Iavaca County Retail Merchants’ Association
Texas
Ihe
Fire Insurance Commission of Texas
Austin
W. J. Edgecombe
San Antonio
Lavaca County
Ass’n
Insurance Commission
Lavaca Co. R. M. Ass’n
Oscar C. B. Nau
Sec’y
District Mothers Endorse Women for School Boards
The Fifth District Congress of Mothers unanimously supports women's clubs using influence to place women on school boards. Dozens of capable women in every town could fill these roles with credit to themselves and the schools.
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Congress of Mothers
Texas Industrial Congress Aids county canning demos
In Gonzales Texas on May 20 H A Clapp field secretary for the Texas Industrial Congress worked with County Farm Demonstrator A K Bell. Two canning demonstrations were held at Cheapside and the Kelso farm where a hog and a beef were canned. A large local audience attended and Clapp taught pure bred cattle for dairy use better hogs for market and peanut planting. He lectured to Harwood school pupils on Tuesday.
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Gonzales
Texas
H A. Clapp
Texas Industrial Congress
A. K. Bell
Cheapside
Frank Kelso
Mr. Clapp
Harwood
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