Texas Frontier News Roundup 1858 Texas Topics
A Belton court house to cost over thirteen thousand dollars is planned. Wood county reports excellent health. Oat crop damage from rust in Washington County. silver discovery in Cass county excites interest. Northern Texas ships 1200 sheep to New Orleans at four to five dollars each. Freestone crops delayed by heavy rains. oat crop likely a failure. Nine killed by Indians near Weatherford. Keechi Creek forts rising. A 1200 head sheep drive from Mexico passed through town. Williamson County assessor notes corn 10 908 acres, cotton 1 208 acres, other crops 983 acres. railroads seen as needed and funded by emigrants. A painful chronic condition is described as a common ailment.
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Quitman Herald
Wood County
Texas
Bonham Independent
Washington County
Jefferson Gazette
Cass County
New Orleans
Freestone
Weatherford
Parker County
Keechi Creek
Mexico
Geo. W. Glascock
Williamson County
Twenty Area Students Named On TSC Honor Roll
Twenty San Benito area students earned Dean's Honor Roll at Texas Southmost College for the spring term. Fifteen hailed from San Benito, three from Rio Hondo, one from Lozano, and one from Port Isabel, with grades of B or higher.
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TSC
San Benito Area
Texas Southmost College
Sanito
Rio Hondo
Lozano
Port Isabel
Rolando Tu
Eliza Garza
Jose Reneales
David Haas
Victor
Marcelino Marin
William Moon
Joseph Page
Ofelia Robles
Bobby
Polio Vaccine Uptake and Paralyzing Cases Compared
Five years after the polio vaccine's arrival, uptake remains uneven across age groups while data show strong protection with full vaccination. In Texas last year 74 polio cases produced 62 percent paralysis without vaccines, 47 percent with one shot, 37 percent with two, and 22 percent with all three. adults 15 and over accounted for about 16 of every 100 cases.
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Henry
Texas
National Foundation For Mfantile Paralysis
Baylor University Law Department Announces 1858 Session
The exercises will resume on the third Monday in June. The course aims for practical legal education through daily Moot Courts to prepare students for state court practice. Required books include Blackstone, Kent, Stephens, Greenleaf, Farson or Chitty. Tuition is forty two dollars for three months with half paid in advance. Independence, Texas May 3, 1858. Address Hon. R. T. Wheeler or President R. C. Burkson for details.
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Baylor University Law Department
R. T. Wheeler
R. E. B. Baylor
W. P. Rogers
John Sayles
Blackstones
Kent
Stephens
Greenleaf
Farson
Chitty
Independence
Texas
R. C. Burkson
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