Texas Tech To Get 830 009 New Buildings
The Texas Tech board approves a Public Works Administration grant totaling 820000 for campus projects including a 120 by 60 foot auditorium gymnasium with a 3000 to 3600 seat capacity, a dairy manufactures building, and a men’s dormitory. Budget for the year 471735 and summer school 43038.40. Claude Hope is named assistant professor of agronomy to replace H M Bell. Committees named for building, local affairs, finance and legislation. local citizens offer full cooperation for the statuary and auditorium gymnasium projects.
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Lubbock
Public Works Administration
Texas Technological College
College
Stadum
Dairy Manufactures
4Ten
Claude Hope
Texas Tech Division of Agriculture
Department of
H. M. Bell
State Board of Education
Fohnna
Joe T. Sneed
Amarillo
Thomas Pollard
Tyler
J. M. West
Houston
Roscoe Wilson
Labhock
John A. Haley
Midland
Aerial Flight Crew in National Geographic Event
Observers note military presence as S Army Air Corps pilots Captain Orvil A. Anderson and Captain Albert W. Stevens prepare for a high altitude ascent above the arene, while a crowd of local residents and relatives visit and follow community news and illnesses in Clinton Oklahoma and nearby towns.
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South Dakota
Belne
S. Army Atr Corps
Orvil A. Anderson
Albert W. Stevens
Letter from Sam Houston on Texas annexation and independence
In a February 1833 letter from Natchitoches to General Stonewall Jackson, Sam Houston praises Texas soil and climate, analyzes Mexican governance, and urges U S annexation while urging protection of Indian rights. He notes Texas can defend itself, predicts U S or British gain, and stresses a pivotal crisis shaping Texas future and U S relations. He cautions Col. Butler’s interests may hinder transfer.
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Austin
Texas
Sam Houston
Stonewall Jackson
Natchitoches
United States
General Jackson
Bexar
Mexico
England
Col. Butler
Col. B
Race winner blazes to record pace at high speed
Kelly Petillo, a young Californian, wins the Indianapolis Memorial Day race beating America's best drivers. He earns $27,050 after a dramatic run as the field blazed to the finish, with 106.240 miles per hour on the course. England presses a suit for it but citizens resist any transfer to other powers if possible.
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Kelly Petillo
America
Petillo
England
United Stat
Texas as a future state and home of Sam Houston
Sam Houston writes from Texas declaring vast land as Texas proper and predicting a state constitution by April. He plans to attend the convention, notify Fort Gibson Indian commissioners, and expresses hope the Union will be saved. He signs with cordial salutations to Mr. Bar and friends.
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Texas
Tennessee
River Grande
Fort Gibson
War Department
South
Union
Republi
Sam Houston
Barl
Bowen Mrs J A Lows And Guests Weekend
Mrs J A Lows Bowen hosts a series of social calls with J We Martin Olen Lowe and family visiting Olen. Lowe than Mr and Mrs W J Simpson dine with John Ingram and Ellen Ingram. Earl Bowen and son visit Leonard Karnes family while he remains at his wife’s bedside undergoing medical treatment. Dick Lowe family visits J Lowe’s household Sunday. L A Dickey and family visit Jackson family Sunday. Mr and Mrs Bab Bowen and Lewis in the Kelley community visit Bowen and Lewis Sunday.
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J.wemartin
Olen. Lowe
W. J. Simpson
John Ingram
Ellen = Ingram
Earl Bowen
Leonard
Karnes
Dick Lowe
J Lowe
L. A. Dickey and Ily
Jackson
Bowen
A Lewis
Kelley
Llano County Poultry Contest Winners Named
In Llano County an agricultural show awarded first to R. Fishbeck for a flock of 22 hens producing an average 29 eggs per month per hen. Robert Boxell placed second with an average 24 eggs per month per hen.
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Llano County
R. Fishbeck
Robert Boxell
Impatient couple from Armona wed at courthouse
Gerald Morris and Amy Steward of Armona California went to a courthouse for a marriage license and were married before the ink dried on the document. The couple appeared eager to wed and acted quickly with a preacher present to solemnize the ceremony.
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Gerald Morris
Amy Steward
Armona
Calif
The Story of the Gin in American Cotton History
The article traces cotton’s global rise and American prominence since the 18th century, highlighting Eli Whitney’s cotton gin and subsequent inventors. It notes Collingsworth County’s gin development, burr extractors and cleaners boosting yields by about 40 percent, and the ongoing replacement of old machinery with efficient units amid rising costs and weather impacts.
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Eli Whitney
Hodeen Tolmer
Collingsworth County
Burr
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Jimmie Bowen
L. A. Dickey
Glendell
Hazel
Texas History Series
Wellington
Roy M. Horn
Byrne
White Eagle
Isis
Ol.lo
White Swan
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