Century Old Papers Describe Texas Raid and Sickness
A 100 year old set of notes recounts a Harper’s Ferry raid rumor, yellow fever cases in Hempstead and Cypress abating, Governor Runnels approving 100 troops to defend Brownsville, and a report of Major Van Dorn’s possible engagement with Indians. It also covers Brazoria Road talks toward Oyster Creek, land values, and a Wharton slave sale notice.
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Galveston
Hempstead
Cypress
Dallas
van Dorn
Concho
Leon
Truth, Medicine, and Savings Shape Modern Healing
The piece extols affordable antibiotics curing pneumonia, vitamins and hormones as life enhancers, and low prescription costs under three dollars. It notes physicians can call for medicines via the listed number and frames medical advances as miraculous in contrast to fiction.
Riot at Harper's Ferry: Arsenal seized and insurrection quelled
Baltimore reports a massive riot at Harper's Ferry with the United Arsenal seized and rail lines halted. A force of 600 to 700 encamped, including some Black troops, as U.S. Marines and Washington troops are ordered to secure passage across the railroad bridge. The dispatch also notes Brazoria in Texas.
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Baltimore
Harper's Ferry
United Arsenal
Arsenal
U. S
Washington
Jack Brooks
Port Arthur
Orange
Beaumont
San Augustine
McGee Bend Dam
Sabine- Neches Waterway
Bureau of the Budget
Corps of Engineers
Brooks
McGee Bend
Sabine-Neches Waterway
Sabine- Neches Channel
Pleasure Island
Howard Hicks
W. F. Weed
D. M. Beasley
Gordy Moss
Congressman Brooks
Munger T. Ball
Jack Voyles
Thornton Arledge
Marine Corps anniversary marked with historic feats
The United States Marine Corps celebrates its 184th anniversary recounting origins in 1775 1778 and early actions from Tun Tavern to battles in Korea. It highlights recruitment origins Montforts and notable campaigns from the Revolutionary War through World War II and Korea including the First Marine Division at Pusan Inchon and Chosin Reservoir.
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United States Marine Corps
Montezuma
Korea
U. S. Marines
Royal Marines
Continental Congress
Montague
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Continental Navy
Marine Corps
United States Congress
U. S. Navy
Corps of
Africa
France
Santo Domingo
Toussaint L’overture
Sumatra
Cushing
Canton
China
Tthe Pusan
Inchon
Chosin Reservoir
Marine, Corps
Texas Seeks Major Traffic Safety Legislation
Governor Price Daniel and Don Hill of Dallas urge the Texas Legislature to enact four key laws and two resource improvements to cut highway deaths. Hill notes 1959 death rates lag behind 1958 gains and calls for stronger license laws traffic courts of record stricter speed limits and chemical testing authority plus doubling the highway patrol and school driver education funding. Daniel laments little progress at the last session despite recommending all changes.
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Price Daniel
National Safety Council
Don Hill
Dallas
Texas Traffic Safety Council
Texas
Hill
Texas Highway Patrol
Daniel
National Safety Report
Six Research Grants For Heart Study Awarded In Texas
Six scientists receive grants totaling nearly 30000 dollars to study heart and blood vessel diseases in Texas. Grants come from the Sabine District Heart Association and Texas Heart Association funds, awarded for twelve months through June 30, 1960 at Baylor College of Medicine in Waco and University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.
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Texas
Stewart M. Williams
Sabine District Heart Association
Silsbee
Texas Heart Association
Texas Medical
Baylor University College of Medicine
Waco
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical
The Giraffe Speaks With Its Tail in Odd Tales
A quirky animal profile describes a giraffe noting it lacks vocal cords yet communicates with its tail. It claims fewer neck vertebrae than a mouse, greater speed than a horse, longer water endurance than a camel, and the ability to see behind without turning its head.
Governor vows action on traffic safety in next session
The governor says he will push traffic safety recommendations again if re elected and urges residents to contact candidates to secure support. The Council heard a report from Brad H. Smith on the Council and Commission activities over the past year.
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Brad H. Smith
Highway Safety Commission
Episcopal Church to Hold Third Inquirer's Class
Church School begins Sunday at 10:00 for all ages with Holy Communion and Sermon at 11:00. Epistle service preacher Reve Grant A Herbst will speak Sunday night at 7:30. Third Inquirer's Class meets then. Choir practice Tuesday 3:30. Women of St. John's meet Thursday 7:30. Rev. Davis Carter to speak. visitors welcome.
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Reve Grant A. Herbst
Third Inquirer
Episcopal Church
Women of
St. John’s
Davis Carter
Jack Brooks
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Austin
Austin Gazette
Runnels
W. G. Tobin
San Antonio
Brownville
Dallas Herald
Telegraph
Brazoria Road
Oyster Creek
Columbia
Collins
Wharton
E. PD. Gailbraith
Wharton Texas
Fuller
5Th St
Lord Byron
Liter- Erie
Virginia
Kansas
Brown
Brazoria
Brazoria County
The
Roosevelt & 10Th Streets
Elmer S. Ingle
Telephone Company
Tern Bell Te
Phone Company
Tun Tavern
Philadelphia
Robert Mullen
Islands of the
Pacific
South America
Miss National Press
Cairo
Mohammed Rahman
Tut
Hardin County Savings & Loan Ass’n
N. St. St
Silsbee Lodge No
A.F. &Am
Burl Bradshaw
W. M. F. L. Choate
Secy
Silsbee Lodge
Knights of Pythias
M. O. Brown
Phillip McKinney
Silsbee Junior Odd Fellows Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Eleventh Street
Roosevelt Drive
Harry Alien
Garnett Joe Boyd
Tom
Tennison
Nylid
New York Life Insurance Company
Blackstone
NEW Post Office
Hardin County
American Legion
Joe Blair
American Legion Post No. 73
Kountze
Blair
KR. H. Page
Paul Lawrence
Billy Mills
Doyle Miller
Christine Smith
Hardin County American Legion
Yvonne
St. Beaumont
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