Bond Issue to Expand University Grounds and Buildings
Texas voters are urged to approve a constitutional amendment for state bonds to fund more university grounds and buildings. The plan uses the permanent endowment income to cover interest and a sinking fund, avoiding tax increases. The move aims to elevate the University of Texas toward a first class, addressing long neglected facilities.
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University of Texas
Board of Regents
Texas
Senate
House of Representatives
Colquitt
State of Texas
Uni
Fiesta Week Brings Mirth and City Boosters to San Antonio
The piece extols Fiesta week in San Antonio with a carnival king and queen, pageants, parades, and revelry. It urges welcoming outsiders, fostering unity, and supporting honest boosters while criticizing zealous naysayers. It notes spring beauty and Nature’s gift to the city, urging community improvement attitudes.
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Naples
San Antonio
Nature
Texas Voters Face Amendment On University Support
Lawmakers now urge citizens to decide July 19 on a proposed constitutional amendment affecting state support for the university and other higher education institutions. The measure promises no tax increase or future financial burden, offering a chance to improve the system without cost to current or future generations.
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Texas
Knocking and Boosting A town booster and knocker contrasted
An editorial warns against both harsh town criticism and excessive boosterism. It defines knockers as cynics who resist progress and boosters as loud admirers who exaggerate the city’s virtue, risking complacency and ridicule. The piece urges balanced, constructive effort.
Boston Herald Attacks Massachusetts Funding for San Francisco World’s Fair
The Boston Herald opposes state funding for the Pan-Pacific exposition in San Francisco, calling the world’s fair a badly oversold venture. It cites past expositions from 1876 to Chicago’s 1893 fair and subsequent failures in Omaha Buffalo Jamestown St Louis, noting repeated federal gratuities and a 250000 reimbursement to Buffalo after McKinley’s assassination. The piece argues the fair craze has overrun the nation and urges restraint.
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Boston Herald
Massachusetts
San Francisco
Philadelphia
United States
Chicago
America
Columbus
Jackson Park
Omaha
Buffalo
New Orleans
Jamestown
St. Louis
William McKinley
Uncle Sam
Golden Gate
Alien Land Ownership Issues Across States
The piece contrasts New York granting aliens equal real estate titles with California moving to bar aliens from purchase and long leases, highlighting the varied state laws and potential federal-system tensions in matters of foreign ownership.
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California
New York
New York Tribune
Dogs as politicians from the Indianapolis News
A satirical piece arguing dogs make poor politicians and should be muzzled, highlighting an Airedale boss who dominates canine politics. The essay blends humor with reflections on ambition, loyalty, and the limits of dogs in governance.
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Indianapolis News
Marcus Aurelius
Gladstone
Indiana
Big St. Bernard
Beneficent Automobile Aids Food Supply And Public Health
The New York Times argues that replacing horses with automobiles reduces land needed for animal fodder and lowers disease spread from flies. Automobiles curb horse maintenance costs and improve hygienic conditions, though initial car costs remain high. overall shift supports greater crop land for human food and may slow living cost rises.
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New York Times
The Sorrows of Texans Theory in Democratic Diction
A Philadelphia Inquirer reprint critiques Texas Democrats in the Houston Post for likely voting for free wool while hoping for illness to excuse their stance. The piece remarks on political irony, calls the Texas delegation “black sheep,” and muses whether blessings fade as they depart.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Houston Post
Texas
Post
Beating Them to It President Wilson Veto Comment
President Wilson argues the best moment to veto a tariff bill is before reactionary Democrats can push it through. The Kansas City Star notes the political timing and the stakes in this contentious tariff debate.
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Wilson
Kansas City Star
Poor Man's Turn to Laugh Tax Quote
A brief Indianapolis News item jokes about a tax plan. the line suggests that only incomes over 4000 would be taxed, warning that many would fall into the higher tax bracket and be in the worried class. The quip frames tax policy as a concern for a broad audience.
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Indianapolis News
Murder Will Out From the New York Globe
The article accuses American figures of whitewashing Ambassador Wilson over his alleged role in Mexico’s political killings. It claims he urged Huerta’s government, supported anti democratic forces, and showed disdain for Madero, portraying him as unfit to represent a democratic republic. The piece cites Senora Madero and asserts the ambassador endangered liberal ideals.
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Herbert N. Casson
Denver
New York Globe
Wilson
Mexico
Madero
Huerta
Suarez
Senora Madero
Democratic Republic
Magnolia Petroleum case tied to rival interests and intrigue
Brom in the Financial World reports that Texas antitrust action against Magnolia and Corsicana Petroleum is driven by two competing firms allied with H. Clay Pierce. Reavis cites alleged misconduct by the attorney general and a planned Oklahoma expansion, plus a pipeline survey, as motives behind the suit amid questions about public sentiment and legal integrity.
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Fuel Oil Journal
Magnolia
Corsicana
Magnolia Company
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Corsicana Petroleum Company
The
United States
Wickersham
Dallas
Texas
The Charmed Life of King Alfonso
The Toledo Blade recounts King Alfonso surviving many threats as he unknowingly passes conspirators in disguise. Despite bombs, assassins, rioters, and anarchist bullets, he remains unharmed while his enemies hope for his downfall. The article envisions a long, dignified old age for the monarch.
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Toledo
Alfonso
Mystery of The Morning Mist Stolen From Metropolitan
Christopher Poe and Sir Arthur Hornsby uncover a staged Turner's theft at the Metropolitan Museum. A substitution was placed in the frame while the original painting vanished last night. Poe notes signs of amateur handling and identifies a French diminisher linked to a Spoods artist as a key clue.
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Christopher Poe
Broadway
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sir Arthur Hornsby
Poe
New York
Metropolitan
Hornsby
Sir Arthur
Wells
Spoods
Arthud Flomsby
Brutal Game of Golf Says Tribune Leader
The New York Tribune decries golf as brutal to players. It lampoons duffers from Maine to California, praising a vow to quit unless the game is debrutalized. It cites miseries of bungling and the peril to temper, family, and faith, yet notes for those who play the game it remains simple.
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New York Tribune
Republica
Tom” Marshall
Maine
California
Perpetua
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