Only Two of Texas Amendments Passed in Election
The Texas election produced a narrow result with only two of six amendments approved. Voters backed $100,000,000 for protective works and a separate fund for prison labor profits, while all other amendments failed including highway funding and university separation from Texas A and M. County and city tax provisions drew broad debate amid statewide turnout.
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Houston
el Pato
Galveston
Sehway Commie
Camp Aten
Dawes Protective Works
University of ‘Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Prairie View
Eastment
Nod
Athrize
Ware
Texas News Highlights From Zavala to Galveston
A broad compilation notes Zavala County stock, cotton crop estimates for Washington County, a New York oil firm license grant, and a high water risk to a Texan bridge. It reports bond actions in Navarro and Dallam Counties, a district judge appointment in Houston, a standout cotton picker claim, tax receipts, grain shipments, and regulatory notes on oil and gas reporting and banking licenses.
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Brazos River
Tex
Northend
Fort Bend County
Full Pardon Granted to Henry Baker in Kerr County Case
Henry Baker a former Texas ranger convicted in Kerr County for killing his son in law received a full pardon from Governor Hobby. The pardon followed a board recommendation. Baker is said to be nearly 70 years old. Baker had pleaded self defense at his trial.
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Austin
Tex
Henry Baker
Texas Ranger
Kerr County
Hisson-Inlaw
Hobby
Parton
Board of Partons
Laker
Miners Strike Rocks Nation Amid Coal War
Washington reports show officials and labor leaders divided over endgame as bituminous fields stay largely closed. Government steps to cap prices and protect workers clash with coal operators' push, while Texas and New Mexico react with local effects and military deployments amid the national strike.
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Washington
Dnd
Department of Justice
Garfield Wednes
Coolidge Reelected Governor Over Long by Large Plurality
Governor Calvin Coolidge, a Republican, won reelection today over Democrat Richard H. Long in what officials described as an overwhelming plurality. The result came amid labor tensions as United Mine Workers of America suspected breach of contract, according to Thomas T. Brewster, coal operators’ committee chairman, on Tuesday.
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Bank Insurance
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Long
Calvin Coolidge
Richard H. Long
Peravor St Louis
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas T. Brewster
Coal Operators
Fragmented notes on medical recalls and a circus incident
Readable fragments describe a pharmacist receiving dismissed items, a parent seeking relief for a child, a 5 cent purchase request, and Henry nine who tried to sneak into a circus but was rejected after a ticket taker noticed. A sharp inquiry by a mother follows Henry’s statement.
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Henry
Double Beauty of Your Hair Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Danderine as a cheap hair tonic that instantly thickens dull flat hair, adds shine, improves manageability, and removes dust and oil. It promises to refresh the scalp reduce dandruff and aid growth making hair look lush and beautiful.
Not So Green After All at the Station
A Columbus Dispatch fragment recalls a crowded high street scene near Union Station where a gaunt youth with ragged clothes asks about the depot. The observer fears for the boy amid the mob and a theft as he reveals plans to attend a cattle show at the fair grounds while a purse is lost.
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Union Station
Dale
Greenfield
Fair Grounds
Columbus Dispatch
Stomach on a Strike In New York Church Copy
A text fragment notes stomach distress and indigestion with an ad for Pape's Dine Pepain antacid claiming fast relief. It also mentions a New York church core strike and discord spreading to supporters of harmony. The OCR yields garbled phrases and scattered references to digestion and church unrest.
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Pape
New York State
Cone
Vacher Bala Ad From New Orleans Sales Note
An advertisement urging buyers to consider Vacher Bala for faster relief of croup coughs colds and sore throat offers samples and agent pricing. It promotes 80c jars or tubes and warns of limitations, urging contact with Vacher Inc New Orleans for samples and prices.
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Vacher Bala
B. We Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
LamAdy
Eighteen Years in Building Pearl Harbor Dry Dock
A Honolulu correspondent recalls U S policy on Hawaii from 1842 when President Tyler warned evrops powers against base rights to 1886 treaty with Kalakaua, leading to the Pearl Harbor base and its drydock completion. The piece notes earlier annexation steps and wartime materiel seizures by Britain totaling nearly 700 million dollars.
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Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Daniels
Honolulu
Portland Oregonian
Tyler
Hawaii
Daniel Webster
James G. Blaine
McKinley
Kalakaua
Pearl Harbor
Great Drydock
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