Texas High Schools Urged to Emphasize Everyday English
A Texas education survey led by Dr. David Lee Clark finds high schools overemphasizing Shakespeare and Poe at the expense of practical English and writing. State Superintendent Marrs and Miss Sterett back closer college high school ties and a shift toward everyday language skills.
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Austin
Texas
David Lee Clark
State University
S. M. A. Marrs
Carrie Bell Sterett
Clark
Marrs
Sterett
Wichita Falls
Longview
New Braunfels
Fredericksburg
Beaumont
McAllen
Fort Worth
Waco
Houston
Port Arthur
el Paso
San Antonio
San Antonio High School
University
Velvet handbags from Paris steal the spotlight
Readers are advised to consider giving velvet handbags this Christmas. The latest Paris designs feature luxurious velvet bags in metal frames, with women sewing elegant examples for sale, highlighting velvet as a premier gift choice this season.
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Paris
Big Hickory Nut 1875 Souvenir Owner Carving Story
ARLINGTON. J L Huffman owns one of the oldest hickory nuts in the state. He left Coffee County Tennessee in 1875 and took a hickory nut from the woods and carved on it.
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Arlington
J. L. Huffman
Coffee County
Tennessee
Huffman
Tennessee Woods
Early Texas land prices near Arlington and Dallas
The excerpt notes a pioneer recalling land value in Tarrant County with Arlington and the Dallas State Fair grounds offered for about $3 per acre and $400 for a tract, highlighting the affordability of Texas land during that period.
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Texas
Tarrant County
Arlington
Dallas
Leslie Hardware Co Gift Department Ad Sherman
Visit our one dollar Gift Department at Leslie Hardware Co in Sherman. Find affordable gifts and seasonal items priced to please, with a range of practical hardware and household goods for everyday needs.
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Leslie Hardware Co
Sherman
Lilley Dry Goods Co
Lilley Dry Goods Company
Grove's Liver Pills with Tasteless Chill Tonic Offer
An advertisement states a package of Grove's Liver Pills is enclosed with every bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for those who wish to take a laxative in connection with the tonic.
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Grove
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