State Hall Will Be Country's Largest Memorial Building
Plans for the State of Texas Hall at Fair Park reveal a $1,000,000 memorial, to be the largest in the country outside Washington. Architect George Dahl touts its grandeur and Southwestern cultural themes, with an amphitheater, multiple floors, and 13-column colonnade.
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State of Texas
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Washington, D. C
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University of Texas Library
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State Hall
Dahl
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Forum Place
Hall of the Republic
State of
Greece
Babylon
Texas Centennial Architects’ Association
San Antonio
State Board of Control
Claude Teer
Austin
Dallas Times Herald
Earth Divided Joke Brings Laughs in Classroom
In a classroom joke, a student asks how the earth is divided and a witty reply highlights social divides between those who have it and those who want it. The quip captures a light moment about wealth and access.
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Willie
Heavy Newsprint Demand Depletes U S Reserves
The article notes soaring demand for newsprint depleting U S timber reserves, with pulp largely from spruce. It explains differences between wood pulp and rag pulp for permanent records, the limited future of wood pulp in rayon, and a shift of the paper industry toward Canada since 1900 due to timber scarcity.
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Thomas M. Beck
Chicago Tribune
Canada
Mexican Hairless Dogs Display Odd Skin Designs
The Mexican hairless dog, brought by conquistadors from the West Indies, shows speckled skins that form sunbursts circles, stripes, and even letters. Beliefs claim prophets could read fates from the designs and that the dog could cure human ailments by sleeping with someone.
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Mexico
West Indies
Africa
Spain
South America
India
Manila
Indo-China
Kennel Gazette
United States
The Busy Chinch Bug Invades Spring Cornfields
The chinch bug uses a piercing beak to suck sap, attacking plants quickly. Adults overwinter in farm weeds and field stubble, then reproduce in spring and migrate to green cornfields by harvest time.
First Automobile Races from Paris to Rouen and Chicago
The 1894 Paris Rouen race covered 78 miles as the first automobile contest. In Chicago on November 28, 1895, a 54.36 mile reliability run won by J F Duryea in a Duryea car averaged 7.5 miles per hour.
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Paris
Rouen
France
United States
Chicago
Times-Herald
J. F. Duryea
Duryea
U S Buys Back Old Tree Land Across The Nation
Washington reports the federal government has added nine million acres to national forests east of the Rockies in two years under the emergency conservation program. Purchases cost about 3.01 per acre on average, far lower than earlier prices, with 47.9 million acres now in national forests east of the Rockies.
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Washington
United Press
U. S. Forest Service
New Deal
Rockies
Rhode Islands
Maryland
National Forest Reservation Commission
Forest Service Administration
First Political Machine in Early U S History
The Albany Regency was the first well organized political machine in the United States, a Democrat group shaping New York state politics from 1820 to 1854 led by Van Buren Marcy Wright and Dix. The first national political convention occurred in 1827, with earlier revolutionary era groups led by Hamilton and Jefferson forming political factions.
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Albany
New York State
van Buren
Marcy
Wright
Dix
Hamilton
Jefferson
First European Depressions and the Dark Ages Origins
The text traces the early European decline starting around 500 A D with the spread of Christianity, monastic land absorption, crusades, and the Black Plague, outlining a complex mix of factors that ushered in the Dark Ages.
Universal Postal Union Origin and Card Admission
The Universal Postal Union arose from the Bern Convention of 1874 and began July 1 1875. It established rules for admitting single and reply postal cards to international mails.
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The
Universal Postal Union
Bern
Value of Dead Sea Chemicals Estimated Amid Rich Resources
The text notes Dead Sea chemicals form one of the world’s richest sources with concentrations about three times German brines and five times American brines, though its precise worth cannot be stated.
Printing and Engraving at The Sun Office
All kinds of printing and engraving obtainable at The Sun office at reasonable prices.
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