BRIEF TEXAS NEWS Highlights from 1914 era items
Items from Texas news include Fordtran's 21 year shoe service claim with elk hide shoes. Dallas schools saving about 250000 dollars under a thrift program across 52 schools and 31841 pupil accounts. Mrs Latimer recovering a pin swallowed 66 years ago. a Texas midget family touring San Diego Exposition after appearances in Chicago. razor back hog shipments from Kirbyville to eastern labs for serum tests. Texans co operating on Texas Centennial half dollars with 1.5 million minted. deer disease reported in Uvalde affecting does. W G Dunlap of Ballinger with 21 surgeries since 1912 due to a lung injury.
Seventeenth Child Born to Dalhart Couple
Mr and Mrs Robert Frazier of near Dalhart welcome their seventeenth child and thirteenth son born recently The couple already has two sets of twins The father is 42 and the mother is 37 This family could win a large family contest if such a prize existed.
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Texas
Robert Frazier
Dalhart
Air Line Beacon on Guadalupe Peak
Guadalupe Peak, Texas highest peak, features a beacon light of the Transcontinental Air Line. Beacons are spaced ten miles apart in West Texas. On clear nights motorists traveling between Pecos and Carlsbad, New Mexico, can see the flash for many miles.
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Guadalupe Peak
Texas
Transcontinental Air Line
Pecos
Carlsbad
N. M
Texas woman publishes book in Greece
Miss Lucy T. Shoe of Austin has written a two volume study of Greek architecture after five years studying archaeology in Greece, Egypt, Palestine and Syria. The work will be published by the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Miss Shoe has returned to Texas for an indefinite stay.
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Lucy T. Shoe
Austin
Greece
Egypt
Palestine
Syria
American School of Classical Studies
Athens
Miss Shoe
Texas
Woman heads Texas Tuberculosis Association
Dr. Elva Wright of Houston becomes the new president of the Texas Tuberculosis Association a statewide group with many affiliated local and county bodies. Wright founded Harris County Anti Tuberculosis Association and is its only president in its 22 years of existence.
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Elva Wright
Houston
Texas Tuberculosis Association
Wright
Harris County Anti- Tuberculosis Association
90 year old businessman to build new town Laguna Vista
Ur. Sr. K. Hallan, 90, the oldest active business man in the Rio Grande Valley, announced plans to develop a new town named Laguna Vista seven miles from Port Isabel. The townsite company will donate a 1000 acre park adjoining the site to the State Park Board.
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Ur. Sr. K. Hallan
Rio Grande Valley
Laguna Vista
Port Isabel
State Park Board
Oldest Gillespie County Fair to Mark Golden Anniversary
The Gillespie County Fair, Texas oldest, will celebrate its fiftieth annual show in Fredericksburg in September. Originating in 1885 as a small farm exhibit, it has grown into a large institution with permanent improvements and has never missed an annual fair.
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Gillespie County
Texas
Fredericksburg
Interscholastic League Sets 18 Year Age Limit
The Texas State Interscholastic League adopts an 18 year age limit for all contests starting September with the 1935 36 term. Roy Bedichek, chief of the Bureau of Public School Interests, says the rule ensures bonafide high school students compete fairly in athlete literary artistic and commercial contests.
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Texas
State
Bonafide
Roy Bedichek
Bureau of Public School Interests
New Bird Varieties Reported in Big Bend
Ornithologists from the zoological museum at Ann Arbor Michigan report four new bird varieties in Big Bend. The green fly catcher red tailed hawk large hummingbird and black crested titmouse are added to a list that already records ninety six native species and eighty migratory varieties observed in the area.
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Big Bend
Zoological Museum
Ann Arbor
Mich
Civil War Spinning Wheel Still Used in Texas
Mrs. M. E. Hurst, 88, on a ranch 15 miles southwest of Haskell, keeps spinning wheel from the sixties in North Carolina to produce yarn for uniforms and clothing. She handles carding and all steps to turn wool or cotton into cloth and provides materials for family and neighbors. Mrs. Hurst has lived in Texas 43 years.
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North Carolina
M. E. Hurst
Haskell
Houston woman owns collection of over 200 dolls
Mrs. Carol G. Elliott of Houston preserves a world spanning doll collection with more than 200 figures. The smallest is an inch high carved Alsace Lorraine doll, while the tallest is a three foot rag doll she played with in childhood. Twenty five countries are represented.
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Carol G. Elliott
Houston
Alsace- Lorraine
Rare Texas history books to be reproduced in facsimile
An Austin printing firm will issue twenty of the rarest out of print Texas history books in facsimile due to Centennial interest. Some volumes date back to 1834 and original editions have sold for more than 300 dollars.
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Texas
Austin
90 Year Old Artist Paints Wild Flowers in Texas
Mrs. H. L. Phillips of Stephenville, age ninety, completed a collection of Texas wild flowers. The artist has over 100 species, many increasingly rare, and her paintings have been shown in multiple West and Northwest Texas towns drawing attention for quality and her advanced age.
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H. L. Phillips
Stephenville
Texas
Sam Houston home draws large visitor turnout at Huntsville
About 50 000 people visited the Sam Houston home in Huntsville over the past year per caretaker records. Preparations for grounds beautification and further improvements are set for the Centennial to surpass prior visitation. The state maintains a fund for the house and grounds, with additional contributions from individuals and Texas history groups.
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Sam Houston
Huntsville
Texas
Henrietta Claims Oldest Active Lawyer in Texas
Henrietta honors William G. Eustis as the oldest practicing Texas lawyer, marking his 104th birthday and 58 years since admission to the bar. Born in Fort Scott Kansas, he moved to Texas in 1872 to supervise the Texas and Pacific Railway construction, then settled in Henrietta in 1875 where he has lived ever since.
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Henrietta
Texas
William G. Eustis
Bar of
Eustis
Fort Scott
Kan
Texas & Pacific Railway
Jefferson
Marshall
Replica of first Texas mission dedication near Weches
A replica of the 1690 Mission San Francisco de las Tejas has been built on a 117 acre park near Weches in Houston county. Donors from Catholic and Protestant communities provided the park site and the replica. Three Franciscan friars from Mallorca attended the dedication, linking the project to the 1690 missionary journey.
Texas Seven Flags Claim Tied to Indian History
Historian Mary Jordan Atkinson asserts Texas bore seven flags, not six, reflecting Comanche influence over lands claimed by Spain and France. Her book on Texas Indians notes the Comanche banner, buffalo and sun emblem, flew over early Texas villages as Mexican missionaries arrived.
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Texas
Mary Jordan Atkinson
Helium Therapy Found Useful Against Asthma in Texas
Helium gas, produced in commercial quantities in Texas, has shown value in treating asthma when standard methods fail. Initially produced from North Texas gas for dirigibles, helium is now extracted from gas in the Panhandle field for medical use.
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Texas
North Texas
United States
Panhandle
Great Sons of Texas Monument Near Capitol Entrance
A monument titled Great Sons of Texas commemorates the men who died defending the Alamo and stands near the front entrance to the State capitol building in Austin.
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Alamo
State Capitol
Austin
William B. Travis and the Alamo Patriot Leader
William B. Travis born 1811 in Edgefield South Carolina moved to Texas in 1830 to practice law in Liberty and San Felipe. He led 25 men at Anahuac, joined the Texas army, and commanded the Alamo garrison before its fall to Santa Anna’s forces. He died with 180 defenders after a last appeal declaring victory or death. Described as a tall, young, commanding figure at about 27 years old with no known authentic photograph.
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William B. Travis
Edgefield
South Carolina
Texas
Town of
Liberty
San Felipe
Mexico
Travis
Anahuac
Texas Army of Independence
Alamo
Santa Anna
Dolomite Mining Planned for Burnet County
A New York corporation closed lease and royalty contracts on 800 acres in Burnet county to mine dolomite with a ten cent per ton royalty. Magnesium as a by product will be extracted from the ore, and a 150 ton capacity plant is planned. Construction will begin when power is available from the lower Colorado public power program. Land is owned by Houghton Brownlee of Austin.
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New York Corporation
Burnet County
Lower
Colorado
Houghton Brownlee
Austin
Roberts County Judge Collects Texas Fossil Relic Trove
Roberts County Judge J A Mead amasses a notable private fossil collection in Texas. He personally excavated many specimens including a pre Folsom arrow head embedded in mammoth ribs nine miles northwest of Miami. The collection features mastodon tusk, 12 feet long and weighing 250 pounds, plus mammoth bones and prehistoric elephant teeth.
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Roberts County
J. A. Mead
Texas
Miami
Texas Second in Quicksilver Production
Texas ranks second in United States quicksilver output from the Terlingua Mine in Brewster County, California, while production from many quicksilver mining districts remains high, with California leading.
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Texas
United States
Brewster County
California
First Woman Appointed to State Prison Board
The new member is Mrs. C. A. Teagle of Houston, appointed by Governor Alfred, making her the first woman on the board in 15 years. Florence C. Floore of Cleburne was the first woman to serve on the prison board.
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State Prison Board
C. A. Teagle
Houston
Alfred
Florence C. Floore
Cleburne
Sons of the Republic of Texas Organizing
Organization of the Sons of the Republic of Texas, a patriotic men’s group, is being perfected across the state. Eligible members are men whose ancestors lived in Texas before 1846 when Texas joined the Union.
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Sons OF Republic OF Texas
Sons of the Republic of Texas
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Texas
Union
Industrial Survey Head Appointed in Texas Plan
Douglas South of Houston has been named director of the state industrial survey to map all sections of Texas under the State Planning Board. The board seeks federal funds and plans to hire about 1000 unemployed workers for the project.
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Douglas South
Houston
Texas
Creed State Planning Board
Federal funds approved for Texas Centennial celebration
Congress voted three million dollars for the Texas Centennial. Cullen F. Thomas named Federal Commissioner to supervise the funds. Congress invited foreign nations to join the celebration of Texas independence centennial.
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Congress
Cullen F. Thomas
Texa
Mexico
Argentine visitor studies Texas wheat farming methods
Ricardo Kugler, an Argentine Republic landowner with large wheat estates, is surveying Texas soil and climate for wheat production. He notes Texas conditions resemble those in Argentina and cites prior agricultural study in California and Iowa.
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Texas
Ricardo Kugler
California
Towa
Texans Attend Unveiling of Houston Memorial in Virginia Capitol
Relatives of Sam Houston and Texas officials attended the Richmond ceremony where a bust of the Texas hero was unveiled in the Virginia Capitol. Little Madge Houston Thornall of Houston unveiled the memorial as former Governor Neff represented Texas.
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Houston
Virginia Capitol
Sam Houston
State of
Texas
Richmond
Virginia Capital
Madge Houston Thornall
Houston, Greater
Gen
Neff
Haskell Family Forms Their Own Baseball Team
The Henshaw family of Haskell, headed by Mr. and Mrs. Ga W. Henshaw, fields a homegrown baseball team with 12 boys aged six to 30. They re organized to join the Haskell Soft Balp League, serving as players and some as rooters for the town’s amateur circuit across many years.
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Haskell
Ga. W. Henshaw
Henshaw
Newest Lane Tropical Park Opens in Gonzales County Texas
Palmetto State Park in Gonzales County expands state beauty with a tropical jungle addition. The park features marshland growth, quaking bogs, and boiling mud geysers, tied to a local legend of a vanished Comanche band. Construction by CCC continues as the park remains open to the public.
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Texas
Palmetto State Park
Gonzales County
Civilian Conservation Corps
Denton County Tax Mixup Ends as Farms Found in Dallas
J W Foster and T W Tuckerty long paid taxes to Denton county for 28 years though their farms lie in Dallas. Cooke County reports oldest resident marriage as 97 year old Robert P Cummins weds 68 year old Mrs Margaret Lemons in Gainesville for their third marriages.
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Wrong
J. W. Foster
T. W. Tuckerty
Denton Coy
Denton County
Dallas County
Cooke County
Robert P. Cummins
Gainesville
Conky County
Margaret Lemons
Magnolia Refinery Adds World’s Largest Single Unit
Completion of a new 35,000 barrel unit at the Magnolia Refinery in Belay mont will give Texas the largest single refining unit in the world. The State already houses the Port Arthur refinery, with total capacity around 125,000 barrels from all units. The Magnolia Beaumont plant, with the new unit, will exceed 100,000 barrels per day for a single unit.
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Magnolia
Belaymont
Texas
Gulf Company
Port Arthur
Magnalia-Beaumont
Oxen Teams A Curiosity In East Texas Lumber Trade
WL Pyle, a veteran timber man near Marshall, recalls oxen used to haul timber where roads lack. His eight-ox team represents a revival of older woodcutting methods in East Texas, contrasting with modern trucks and mules.
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East Texas
WL. Pyle
Marshall
Fast
Texas
Hubby
Pyle
Real Life Romance Of Pioneer Texans
A scrambled romance tale from the San Angelo paper recounts a pioneer couple’s marriage across years of public rumor and family tension. The narrative alternates names and places, tracing Annie Vo Leinneiweh and a Baptist minister’s daughter as the two elders recall a contentious union amid social scrutiny and community gossip.
Health Department advises on Black Widow spider bites
Continued guidance notes precautions against spider bites from black widows. It describes symptoms after a bite, including severe pain, muscle twitching, and breathing difficulty, plus potential long convalescence. Fatal cases may occur within 14 to 32 hours. A convalescent serum from recovered patients has seen use, and calling a physician promptly is advised. Home remedies like soda water or weak ammonia may help until aid arrives.
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Health Department
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Rancho Grande
Stockdale
Dallas
H.R. Latimer
Mineral Wells
San Diego
J. E Clifton
Myrne Myrtle
Eastern Laboratories
J. C. Dickey
Kirbyville
Newton
Jasper
State Department of the American Legion
Legion Fund
Uvalde Section
W. G. Dunlap, Carpenter
Ballinger
Texas Woman
WOMAN
Great Sons of Texas
Industrial Survey
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San Angels
Annie Vo Leinneiweh
Aste HO
Angein
Arr
Undinng
Bop
Arne
Tohl
Leinoeweber
Fulans
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