Insurance Companies In Texas Hold Steady In Year
Austin Texas Aug 29 There has been little change in the number of insurance companies doing business in Texas this year according to a statement by the state department of finance and banking. No new Texas life or insurance companies formed in the state during the year. Total companies operating in Texas remain five excluding fraternal and mutuals. Marine insurers from other States rise from 67 to 71 while life and accident companies from other states increase from 48 to 49.
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Austin
Texas
State Department of Fnnance and Banking
Texas Life
Fragmented Thought on Merit and Cleverness
A reflective, ambiguous line argues the value of merit and moral satisfaction from escaping a condition. It contrasts a woman's dissatisfaction with a man able to do two tasks differently, implying gendered expectations and cleverness as a social measure.
Some Statistics on Confederate Pensions
Austin Texas Aug 26 Confederate pensioners in Texas have received 1 562 666 in pensions since the incipiency of the present state administration according to Col J C Jones state pension commissioner and during the same period 2842 additional names have been added to the pension rolls making the total number approximately 18 000 Despite this addition Col Jones declared the list of pensioners had only increased 450 due to the large number of deaths among the old soldiers in the past several years Information has been received in this city to the effect that one Charles E Hughes is a candidate for president on the Republican ticket We knew that some kind of a bearded animal was running over the country making a big lot of noise about nothing in particular and everything in general but as to this same bearded something having the audacity to think that he can defeat Woodrow Wilson for the presidency pooh
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Austin
Texas
J. C. Jones
Col. Jones
Charles E. Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
Moore Nominated In Fourth District Democratic Race
Sherman Texas Aug 29 The Fourth Senatorial District convention elected C H Smith as chairman and FB Parker as secretary. George W Dayton of Cooke County was ruled ineligible for residing outside Texas five years. W S Moore of Gainesville declared nominee for State Senator after a unanimous resolution. Wolfe chaired the senatorial executive committee with Smith and Davis as members. Moore formerly lived at Van Alstyne.
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Sherman
Texas
Grayson
Cooke
C.H. Smith
FB. J. Parker
George W. Dayton
Valley View
Cooke County
W.S. Moore
Gainesville
Mr. Moore
J. A. L. Wolfe
C. H. Smith
H. O. Davis
van Alstyne
Pig’s spueal tale links pig, politics, and a Jackson win
Homer S. Cummins, DNC vice chair from Connecticut, argues great events hinge on small acts. He cites a Rhode Island pig delaying a voter, shifting a legislative outcome, a one vote Senate result, and ultimately the New Orleans triumph of Andrew Jackson as chain reaction. He adds quips about marriages, timing, and political PR.
Deeds and Words in the Hughes Campaign
The New York World argues that Hughes offers only words while Wilson demonstrates a record of progressive deeds. It cites federal reforms and national defenses, contrasting Hughes’s critique with Wilson’s diplomacy and restraint, and condemns Hughes as a partisan, uninspired candidate.
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Glidewell
Homer S. Cummins
Democratic National Committee
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Rhode Island
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Wilson
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Senate
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