Rural School Education Week At University Of Texas
AUSTIN July 17. Between 75 and 100 county school superintendents and high school principals attend Rural School Education Week at the University of Texas. Dr W S Sutton presides with a staff of educators. lectures cover language literature and life. Prof O J Kern discusses the three Ls and books for rural libraries. E V Lane stresses maintaining a creditable rural school library. County institutes are valued, says former State Superintendent R B.
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W. S. Sutton
University of Texas Summer School
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
O. J. Kern
Winnebago County
County institute conduct outlined by Prof Cousins
Cousins spoke on how county institutes should be held to maximize benefit. He, now president of the State Normal at Canyon, urged centrally located sites and proper instruction for teachers during institutes. Prof Marrs filled the program in place of Holman and spoke on using rural school buildings at night as social centers and more.
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Cousins
State Normal
Canyon
Charles T. Holman
Farm and Ranch
M. N. Marrs
Gold Coins Wear In Circulation Across United States
Washington July 17. Millions of dollars in gold coins circulate in the United States that are worth less than their face value due to wear. The government will not recall them, and banks pass worn coins along. The treasury imposes a limit of tolerance of four tenths of a grain per loss. below this, reductions apply. Silver coins, by contrast, retain face value despite wear.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Sub-Treasury
Pacific Coast
Bank
Strauss buys 315 acres near San Antonio for 13694
D J Strauss of L Frank Saddlery buys 315 acres from Lewis K and Martha Beck of San Antonio. The land lies five miles north of San Antonio in G Rodriguez survey No 131 for 13694 dollars. The deed was recorded in the county clerk's office. Dr J R Cunningham osteopath on Moore Ave with old phone 984ring.
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D. J. Strauss
L. Frank Saddlery Company
G. Rodriguez
Lewis K
Martha Beck
San Antonio
Mr. Strauss
Cummins Backs GOP Then Opposes New Party Movement
Senator Cummins, a progressive Republican with Iowa backing for the presidential nomination, says he will oppose the new party movement and stay with the Republican Party as the quicker path to solving the political problem, noting the ease of depriving old bosses of power compared with new ones.
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Ted
Oresevelt
Stick
Cummins
Iowa
Republican Party
Banks fear half day Saturday closings gain support
San Antonio bankers and clerks push for a city wide half day Saturday bank closing. The San Antonio clearing house endorses the plan, with several bank presidents and officers forming a committee to press Governor Brackenridge for approval. Brackenridge cites federal deposits and proposes alternating midweek holidays instead.
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San Antonio
George W. Brackenridge
San Antonio National Bank
San Antonio Clearing House
Clearing House
Brackenridge
H. M. Hart
City National Bank
Sterling Wreeborn
Central Trust Company
W. C. Herpel
Alamo National Bank
D. A. Saffarraus
D. & A. Oppenheimer Bank
W. H. Devine
West Texas Bank & Trust Company
A. L. Marek
Lockwood National Bank
United States Depository
Mr. Brackenridge
Colquitt Favored In Dallas County Says Pope
Alexander Pope of Dallas, once Nelson Phillips partner and Colquitt appointee as associate justice, visited the city on business. He declined to discuss political conditions but noted his interest in the July Democratic primaries was slight except as they affect his former associations.
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Supreme Court
North Texas
Ramsey
Dallas
Colquitt
W. P. Lane
Bob Barker
Dallas County
Barker
Judge Phillips Am
Whch
Pope
Alexander Pope
Nelson Phillips
Menger
Texas
Milk Wagons Hit Again in San Antonio Thefts
Milk wagon drivers report systematic robberies across streets of San Antonio with losses of butter, milk bottles and cheese. One man claims 60 pounds of butter stolen in one stop and 24 pounds later the same day. Police and sheriff’s offices have been notified and patrols increased. Experiments in France offer prizes for successful flights.
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San Antonio
Sheriff's Office
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West Texas Military Academy
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University of Virginia
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