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Texas History Minute

Texas History Minute

The women’s rights movement spread across the West in the late 1800s. The right for women to vote was the top issue, but there was much opposition to it. The debate in Texas was no exception. Women winning the right to vote in Texas was the result of many years of hard work by individuals as well as such organizations as the Texas Equal Suffrage Association.

Comptroller: Hundreds of new homes needed to cut costs

Comptroller: Hundreds of new homes needed to cut costs

A 26-page report from the Texas Comptroller concludes that the state needs 306,000 additional homes, a shortage that has sent housing costs soaring, The Texas Tribune reported. Homebuilding hasn’t kept up with the booming economy as millions of new residents have moved here over the past decade, leaving more than half of the state’s homeowners and renters struggling to find and keep affordable housing.

Dr. Alfred Kellett

Dr. Alfred Kellett

Dr. Alfred Kellett vas a colorful and dynamic physician- surgeon who served the people of Doddridge for twenty-seven years out of at least forty-five years of medical practice. He was born near Ravenden Springs, Arkansas, 23 March, 1868. He was already in medical practice when he married Johnnie Elizabeth Kellett (a distant cousin) 12 January, 1898, at Hardy, Arkansas.

Letters to de Editor
Letters to de Editor
Letters to de Editor

Letters to de Editor

Dear Editor, I recently talked to three little children, ages five, eight, and nine, to ask them a few questions.

The five-year-old was a little boy, full of energy. When I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, he told me a policeman, so he could lock up the bad guys. His favorite character was Spiderman, he had a hoodie and pajamas.

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