Fragmented Hidalgo court records and wartime notes
A garbled late edition item describes a Hidalgo Texas courthouse fire destroying customs and union records, a 40 year old building abandoned a decade ago, and scattered references to state and national matters. The piece also touches on U S wartime diplomacy and tribal payments, with unclear names and places mixed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vidalee County
Hidalgo
Texan
Rio Grands
United States Customs
Nion
Oklahoma land dispute and court actions rumble through state and federal courts
Text outlines a web of legal and political events including a land dispute restraining Oklahoma court actions, a Vanderbilt property sale at six million dollars, a pardoned figure restoring citizenship rights, carloads of shipments from Texas, and ongoing federal and state political shifts. It notes Oregon legislature ratifying a constitutional amendment, Muskogee outrage, and resignations within the state prison commission amid Mexican border violence and embassy notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Oregon
Salem
Muskogee
Okla
Fragmentary dispatch on postwar unrest and political shifts
A scrambled report notes antiwar demonstrations and street turmoil in a German city tied to postwar choices. It mentions Japanese warship activity near Fuchow, unrest in towns, and political moves in France and Meurthe department elections.
Favors a National Budget System and Lost Sense of Values
A critical editorial argues for a national budget system to control expenditures. It warns that unchecked projects enlarge the deficit, raise taxes or debt, and burden the general public. The piece decries committees pushing meritorious but costly schemes and laments diminished national prestige due to wasteful spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
America
Committees of
Congress
Committee of Congress
Lesson of Air Rad Fore runner of Flying Disaster
The piece argues air power will redefine global conflict noting transcontinental air routes and rapid airbase deployment. It claims military control of the world hinges on air superiority, with dirigibles and airplanes capable of long cargo and armament runs, undermining navies.
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United States
Asia
Europe
Constantinople
New York
Berlin
Denver
Tokyo
San Francisco
America
Hering Strait
American
Canada
Greenland
Great Britain
Redactions in Final Insurance Rate for Cities
Abstracted from a historical notice outlining city insurance rate changes. Credits include maximum 1 percent per city and 1 percent for prior restrictions, applying to new policies written after January 1 and before December 31 of the year, with specific prior credits noted for several towns and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Howe
Fed
Orater
Forecast of Supremacy of Chicago as Financial Metropolis
A sprawling forecast declares Chicago the future financial hub of the United States. It cites the Mississippi basin’s resources, industry, and transport links as driving forces, arguing no other region matches Chicago’s supremacy in wealth creation and export power amid postwar needs. It also references social topics and legal authority anecdotes from contemporary public discourse.
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Chicago
Rena Uney
Tat Beste Ieee
Great Valley
United Sree
United States
Mississippi Valley
United
Fragmentary OCR note on violent event remains
Readable text describes a violent act where a person traps and crushes a victim, with scattered phrases about a rough grip and subsequent impact. Names, places, or dates are unclear, making precise attribution impossible from the fragment.
Texas News 4D Log of state events and notes
The column lists varied Texas items from rail and road projects to bonds and licensing. It notes a Rak box factory sale, future road from Kimble County to Kerr County, and bonds for Gillespie and Kittrell districts. It mentions Empire Pipe Line permit, growing truck crops, liquor shipments, and a court ruling upholding the state depository law. Also cited are cooperative life insurance entrants, a San Antonio to Brownsville military highway plan, a forthcoming Fort Sam Houston salute, pink bollworm relief delays, and salary rulings for district judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Co- Operative Life Company of
Dallas
American Coopertive Life Company of
Athens
San Antonio
Trownsville
Tex
Corpus Christi
Linenroom crowds draw exservice men to meals and robs
Exservice men gather at the Linenroom to eat while the crowd watches the robs gobble and the doughboys cough. A local ad touts Chesnee’s Syrup noting it helps coughs and throat trouble with a good night’s rest. The piece mentions a Swedish maid Selma and ads about a firm spending $1,000 monthly in want ads.
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America
Adv
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Shington
Germany
Cpreme Council
State Department
Wilson
Versaiten
Witharay
Amert
House of Representa
War Department
Oeden
Utah
Aareby
Waschart
Pdmestic News
Tate and
John ML
Fm Sunny Ferns
Toran Rangers
Oklahoma
District Court ‘County
Pendin
Letrier
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Belistreet
New York City
KCL Winfrey
Ruel
Ban
County
Texas
Brower
Bayity
Hobby
Cr. Wintray
Sate Prison Commission
Wintrey
Tehleh
Howen
Tammpico
Morice Wan
Mexico
Tampico
Vention Wewa
Japan
Fuchow
China
Aymona Poincare
The
Wrench
Repibie
Department of ‘Meune
Towane
Deve
Awotts
3. C
Lagialatere
Kirby
H. J. Steagall
Alabama
Texas News
Neill
Gorman
Sas
Hoh
Rak
Rusk
Faction
Kimble County
Kerr County
Gilles Pad
Kittrell Road
Walker County
Hia
Sabine County
Railroad Commission
Empire Pipe Line Company
Burkburnett Field
San Ponito
Rarton County
Mra
Hail of Warr
Wharton Re
Comprollerr's Department
American Hallway Express Company
Lawfa
Express
Ire Iid Graves
Twenty-sixth District Court
Priday
11S Towson
State Depot Hory Board
Fort la Houston
John J. Pern
Southern Department
Sam Houston
Fred
Forman
W. Davis
Mer of Agriculture
W. JD. Hunter
Federal Horicultural Board
Houston
Third Court of Fil Appeals
Goveror
A. H. King
Ty SpecilAssociate Duatico C. L. McCartney
State Department of Weights and Measures
Pe-Ru-Na
Mary Fricke
Borman St. Beller
Tien
Eixty
Betta
Neem
Tepito Revistas
Capearte
Ste
Ischee
Selma
Yale
Axel
Boeke
Senko
Elogee
Bayer
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