Texas Road Funds Show Big 1911 Bond Growth
Texas counties issued bonds totaling 8.92 million in 1911 for road building, with $11.50 million available for road construction that year. Tarrant County led with 1.6 million. ten counties accounted for over half the total. The state has about 140000 miles of road mileage, with 37500 miles improved and 6500 miles at highest grade.
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Texas Commercial Secretaries’ and Business Men's Association
Texas
Tarrant County
Sc Civesecco
Opanso
Wigiopio
Washington
United States
Lone Star
Girl Serves Summons After Deputies Fail
Miss Lillian Hall of Kansas City posed as a book agent and served county clerk John I. Maddox of Dallas county Missouri with a federal court citation to answer a $1,800,000 railroad bonds suit. The deputies had initially failed to effect service in Kansas City.
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Springfield Republican
John I. Maddox
Dallas County
Lillian Hall
Kansas City
Maddox
Hall
Buffalo
David Yost
Philadelphia
Mr. Maddox
Suit filing reached Buffalo before marshal arrived
Officials said the suit mirrored the St. Clair county bond dispute and would be best defeated by avoiding service, after the first deputy U S marshal had not yet arrived in Buffalo.
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Buffalo
United States
St. Clair County
Wise Judge Paroles Prisoner in Custody of Mother-in-Law
Magistrate Thomas Mac Farland paroles Fred Higgins charged with assault into the custody of his mother-in-law Mrs. Mary Carroll at 305 North Tenth Street. Higgins and his wife and two children live with Carroll after a money dispute escalated into a quarrel.
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Farland
Solomon
Central Station
Fred Higgins
Frederick
Higgins
Mary Carroll
North Tenth Street
Bryan Opposes Harmon In Oklahoma Primary
A telegraph message signed by W. J. Bryan urges against nominating Harmon or Wall Street favored candidates. The note circulated in Oklahoma as precinct primaries proceed in Oklahoma City to choose delegates to the Democratic state convention.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Harmon
Wall Street
W. J. Bryan
Gore
Linton
Texas
Oklahoma
Preservation of the Commons and the Open Spaces
A review of Lord Eversley’s revised Commons Forests and Footpaths tracing the Commons Preservation Society’s battle to repeal the Statute of Merton and safeguard public rights. The piece highlights the society’s legal fights, early members, and its role in shaping public access to open spaces and parks.
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Commons Preservation Society
Lord Eversley
Commons
Merton
Wimbledon Common
Lord Spencer
London
The
John Stuart Mill
Lord Mount Temple
Professor Huxley
Thomas Hughes
Edward North Buxton
Baron Pollock
England
Wales
Societi¢S
Knox to visit republics around Caribbean and Gulf
Secretary Knox, directed by President Taft, will visit the republics around the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico to address diplomatic problems. He will depart within two weeks for Virginia aboard the cruiser Washington and remain until the first week of April.
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Caribbean Sea
Washington, D. C
Knox
Taft
Gulf of Mexico
Virginia
Washington
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription for women's health
Advertisement for Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription a alcohol free female tonic from native roots claiming to ease dull heaviness dizziness nervousness and bearing down pains in healthy women. Includes testimonial from Mrs Dona M Martin Auburn Nebraska and promotes other Dr Pierce works and medical guides with one cent postage offers.
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DR. Pierce
Dona M. Martin
jAuburn
Nebe
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