State costs multiply fast in Texas history
Texas government spending surged from 8 million in 1900 to 125 million in 1936, driven by education and highway construction which together accounted for four-fifths of the budget. Growth stemmed from population rise, regulatory agencies, and expanded higher education, with per capita schooling and college costs rising sharply. Public road and highway programs expanded under gasoline tax revenue and federal aid, while salaries and staff at the University of Texas grew dramatically.
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Austin
Texas
L’arnin
Little Red
University of Texas
Regents
Dana X. Bible
Listen Blondie Glorifier Dialogue Reveals Drugstore Pro
A clipped exchange features a druggist insisting he was glorifying the American girl long before Ziegfield era theater. The banter contrasts glamor with ordinary profession as a punchy witticism.
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Blondie
Ziegfield
Giants of the past and present height records
A study of giants from ancient myths to modern times. Dr Increase Mather cited a 1712 thighbone as proof of gigantism but later linked to mastodons. Goliath and Vitellius era reports were debunked as pituitary disorders. Wadlow of Alton, 19, is tallest known, while Mohamed Ghazi of Egypt neared nine feet eight. Wadlow sues the AMA for 150000.
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Increase Mather
Harvard University
New England
Royal Society
London
Goliath
Pliny the Elder
Rome
Vitellius
Eleazar
Mather
Madinow
Robert Wadlow
Alton
Ill
Wadlow
Almcasset
Alexandria
Egypt
Mohamed Ghazi
The
American Medical Association
Association
Swallows Take Off Right On Schedule in Capistrano
Famed swallows at San Juan Capistrano Mission depart Oct 23 each year and return March 19 on St. Joseph's Day, proceeding to their winter and summer homes as eyewitnesses note. The birds arrive on March 19 and expel sparrows before settling in for the season.
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San Juan Capistrano Mission
Calif
Holy Land
Adobe
St. Joseph’s
Vocational Focus in CCC Changes Skill Training Across Camps
The Civilian Conservation Corps expands beyond basic relief, pushing toward permanent organization and stronger vocational training. About 270,000 youths in camps engage in forestry carpentry masonry electrical work soil conservation cooking gardening truck driving and road maintenance with potential for more specialized camp classifications and agricultural projects to aid self-sufficiency and community rebuilding.
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United States
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Technical Service
Forestry Service
National Park Service
Christian Science Monitor
Literal meanings of legislative terms puzzle Texas Capitol visitors
The piece explains how legislative jargon misleads readers, noting terms like standing committees, previous question and table as examples. It highlights quirks such as speakers “throwing off” standing, pages not paging, sergeant at arms with no arms, elections via a switchboard, and paired members not being married.
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Senate
Whisky adds to height of mountaineers
Portland story about Mack Reed a six foot three mountaineer arrested in an Oregon lumber camp after WV authorities sought him for possession of corn whisky described as moonshine. Reed claimed moonshine makes mountaineers taller and joked he is the best moonshiner in Virginia. He also boasted of having been jailed once for sledgin' fish.
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Portland
Ore
West Virginia
Mack Reed
Oregon
Reed
Virginia
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