Size and Origin of State Capitol Revealed in New Stats
The State Board of Control ordered precise measurements of the Texas State Capitol at Austin. Findings show the building rises 808 feet 4 inches from basement to dome, 528 feet long, 290 feet wide, with four stories in the center and three in the wings, on three acres within a 25 acre grounds. It contains 392 rooms and 924 windows among other details, built with red granite hauled 75 miles from a Burnet quarry. Construction spanned 1882 to 1888, designed by Napoleon Lebrun of New York, with architects E. E. Myers and contractor Matthew Schneill. Capitol commissioners were Joseph Lee and N. L. Norton. The state paid 3,050,000 acres of public domain for the project in multiple counties.
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Texas
Austin
State Board of Control
Burnet
Napoleon Lebrun
New York
E. E. Myers
Detroit
Matthew Schneill
Rock Island
Ill
Joseph Lee
N. L. Norton
Salado
Capitol
Deaf Smith
Palmer, Castro, Lamb, Bailey, Hockley
Dallam
Hartley, Cochran
Oldham Counties
Boy 15 Refuses Bath Shoots Stepfather in Powell Ranch
In Wye Laramie a 15-year-old boy Alonzo Phelps refused a Saturday bath and after escalating tensions fatally shot his stepfather William Powell, a rancher. Authorities report the youth has confessed to the killing.
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Laramie
Wye
Alonzo Phelps
William Powell
Powell
Science Nibbles and Cosmic Distances From 1930s Notes
Prof Amy L Daniels of Iowa University reports manganes as a body mineral. Bootes nebula measured at 1.3 quintillion miles by Mount Wilson observers. Expanding universe theory suggests 48000 miles per second universe growth. Vitamin B needs higher for men than women. Infra red imaging reveals Egyptian papyri once illegible. Dr William Mayo foresees perfect humans from gland studies. Eyeglass lenses strengthened by rapid cooling cast. A two and a half foot boa constrictor found in bananas in Mason Texas.
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Amy L. Daniels
Iowa University
Bootes
Mount Wilson
William Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Banks to expand informative ads to rebuild public trust
R S Hecht president of the American Bankers Association announced a nationwide ad program to help banks explain banking methods and loan policies. A prepared advertising series will aid member banks in boosting public understanding and confidence in their communities while supplementing existing campaigns.
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New York
R. S. Hecht
American Bankers Association
Association
New York City
Hecht
Many Banks Long Lived in United States Banks
A study reports 168 banks over a century old 2 472 banks over fifty years and 10 391 or 64 percent of banks twenty five years old or older The Boston chartered bank founded February 17 1784 is the oldest The piece credits enduring stability to American managerial genius amid repeated panics and economic downturns
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United States
Boston
Harold Stonier
American Bankers Association
New Wealth From Soil Prompts Bankers Buy In
D. H. Otis of the American Bankers Association argues that farm prosperity underpins the credit system and that foreclosures are not a sound basis for farming or banking. He stresses bankers’ stake in agricultural success, whether deposits come from farm patrons or general business channels.
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D. H. Otis
American Bankers Association
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