Texas December employment shows small overall drop
The federal agriculture department reports a slight December decline in employment across Texas industries. Full time work persists in textiles and stores boost holiday hiring, while lumber, fuels, and stone products cut staff. City summaries note surplus labor in Dallas Houston and Fort Worth with ongoing building projects and sizable skilled trades employment.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
Federal Department of Agriculture
Dallas
Houston
Aged man recovering after brutal assault
W Ty a 74 year old pump operator for the Santa Fe railway was attacked at Well No 15 near Fort Worth & Denver junction three blocks from the Santa Fe station. He was beaten over the head with a gun and robbed of his watch. Two rough dressed men were seen nearby. no arrests have been made. he is recovering at 405 Garfield Street.
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W. Ty
A Fe
Well No. 15
Fort Worth
Denver
Santa Fe
Skelton
Garfield Street
Frank Dunigan Suffered Alleged Morning Attack
Frank Dunigan is under a physician care with deep head wounds after an alleged morning attack. Sheriff’s department sought another man involved in an altercation. Doctors say the head wound is serious but not life threatening, and Dunigan was struck with a shovel.
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Frank Dunigan
Sheriff's Department
Dunigan
Motors Mooning Bridegroom Short Honeymoon
A light hearted item notes the bridegroom moons the audience as the couple leaves in a car after the wedding. The punchline reveals the couple’s honeymoon was spent in a hospital, reported by a Cologne paper via Lus Koelner Zeitung and Radiola's Finklea Electric Co.
Labor Unions Report Notable Meetings and Officers Elected
Notes from Local 168 meetings recount president Allen Meek and officers filling posts, with new members welcomed and elections held for Central Labor Union officers led by Harve Oliver. Building Trades council saw overflow attendance and nominations for the new year, while Carpenters hall hosted initiations and transfers, plus updates on local construction activity and member health. Some lines mockingly reflect on New Year resolutions and a humorous verse about a barber reading aloud in a cinema.
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Allen Meek
J. F. Fisher
Johnnie Went
Mary Wells
Fay Wilkerson
J. C. Collier
Glen Lyman
Matt Baker
Johnnie
Central Labor Union
Harve Oliver
Carpenter
Fred Fisher
Cook
Jack Thomas
Painter
Ervin W. Upton
J. A. Lyons
C. P. Fischer
W. W. Finch
Charles Griffith
E. C. Flinn
Building Trades Council
Harry Sadler
P. L. Baker
Jack Brown
E. McNally
E. Ferguson
E. Grimley
J. C. Duncan
E. W. Huckaby
Cales
Gray
H. E. Welcher
W. E. Powell
Eage Assembly
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praise Letter
Mrs Gertrude L Stewart nurses and works hard after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound reporting restored strength and energy. She also used Sanative Wash and recommends the medicine to others among numerous grateful letters received at Lynn Massachusetts headquarters.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Gertrude L. Stewart
Davis St
Greenfield, Mass
Lydia EK. Pinkham
J.A Pierson
Lancaster
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Confucius Voice Heard On London Phonograph Record
A phonograph record said to capture Confucius reciting from the Book of Odes was placed at South Kensington by the National Laboratory of Physical Research. The recording came from a London seance hosted by Lord Chas Hope, with medium Valiantine. Dr Neville Whymant called the voice likely Chinese and noted correct biographical and literary details during a Q&A, though he remained cautious about the claim.
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International News Service
London
Confucius
South Kensington
National Laboratory of Physical Research
Lord Chas, Hope
Valiantine
Neville Whymant
New York
Whymant
Confucious
Potter county seeks state aid for oil field highway in Austin
County Engineer J. W. Ryder travels to Austin to present Potter county’s request for state aid on a road linking Carson and Hutchinson counties near the oil fields. The project, nearly ready for hard-surfacing, seeks favorable action from the highway commission amid a slate of road bids.
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J. W. Ryder
Austin
Potter County
Highway Commission
Carson
Hutchinson
Pretty Girl Student Is Being Sought
Northampton Massachusetts January 16 Every agency is used to solve the mystery of Frances St John Smith a Smith College freshman who has not been seen since Friday The disappearance is likened to Miss Alice Corbett who vanished last November 16 1025 Spokesmen for about 80 counties meet in Boston seeking state and federal funds for local projects running into millions of dollars
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United Press
Northampton
Mass
Frances St. John Smith
Smith College
Alice Corbett
State Highway Commission
Moody
No. 9 Rat Killer Envelopes Advance Urgent Promise
A vintage advert promises No 9 Rat Killer will rid premises of rats within 24 hours. Consumers are urged to buy large boxes of envelopes from druggists for thirty five cents, with refunds if the poison fails. The No 9 Co based in Columbia Georgia is cited.
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No. 9 Co
Columbia, Ga
Adv
Ordinance banning fowls in city limits strict enforcement
City officials warn that keeping chickens ducks geese guineas or other fowls beyond owner premises is a nuisance and trespass. Violations carry a penalty not exceeding $100 as determined by the police judge. Numerous complaints prompt strict enforcement of this ordinance.
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Radiola's
Finklea Electric Co
L. Constable
G. P. Lawrence
Odessa
J. H. Miller
W. A. Fowler
Amarillo Clay Products Company
Finch
Presett
Jack King
Northwest Texas Hospital
Homer Simpson
St. Anthony's Infirmary
Charles Frame
Finkler Electric CO
Polk St
Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank
Amarillo
Foley
Anne Davison
Long Beach
Calif
City Hall
United States
City of
Jeff D. Bartlett
Cooper
Miss Smith
Seiberling
All-Trends
Allison & Webb
Elizabeth Arden
Arden Salon
White S Kirk
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