Ferguson Sworn Texas Governor In 1925 In Temple
Miriam Ferguson signed the oath of office as Texas governor at 12 25 pm with Chief Justice Cureton administering. The Old Gray Mare Band from San Angelo played Texas tunes as 17 gun salute marked the end of Neff’s administration and the start of Ferguson’s term. Barry Miller was sworn in as lieutenant governor during the ceremony.
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Austin
Miriam Ferguson
Texas
Union
Cureton
Supreme Court
Ferguson
San Angelo
Barry Miller
Bandits Kill Highland County Surveyor in Hillsboro
Two bandits shot and killed Harry McGill, a Highland County surveyor, as they were being taken to jail in Hillsboro Ohio today. An officer was nearby when the assailants opened fire with a pistol.
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Hillsboro, O
Harry McGill
Highland County
Peanuts Fetch High Price Near Midland This Season
Midland area reports peanut yields at 528 dollars per acre two miles north of Midland. W. P. Bodine sold his Jumbo peanuts after harvesting 12 bushels from seven rows 70 yards long, at 20 cents a pound. The premium reflected the fancy peanut type. Bodine, an experienced grower, also runs melons and fruits with his cotton farming.
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Midland
W. P. Bodine
Bodine
Bosque County
Ife
Porter denounces Lord Cecil slander at League meeting
Congressman Stephen Porter, head of the U S delegation to the League of Nations anti drug conference in Geneva, accuses Viscount Cecil of slandering the American people over his claim that opium use per capita is higher in the United States than in India. Cecil seeks withdrawal but Porter denounces the remark.
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United Press
Geneva
Dan
Stephen Porter
Yviscount Cecil
Lord Cecil
United States
India
Cotton Seed Report Shows Mills Receive 3 772 000 Tons
Census Bureau notes for August 1 to December reveal cotton seed received at mills totaled 3 772 000 tons with 2 500 000 tons crushed.
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United Press
Washington
Census Bureau
Regents Rejected by Senate. Neff Names Replacements
January 20 in Austin Gov Neff refused to confirm four recess appointments to the University of Texas Board of Regents. The Senate rejected Charles Marsh Joe Woolen Earl Hankamer and W S Whaley and Neff submitted four new names Cullen F Thomas Dallas W W Wooden Waco T W Davidson Houston to replace them H M Hargrove of Beaumont serves on the Technological College board of directors.
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United Press
Austin
Senate
Board of Regents
University of Texas
Gov. Neff
Cullen F. Thomas
Dallas
W. W. Wooden
Waco
T. W. Davidson
Jouston
H. M. Hargrove
Beaumont
Technological College
Joe S. Woolen
Earl C. Hankamer
W. S. Whaley
Boa of Regents
Eghan
State to cover cattle losses from disease outbreak
An appropriation of 162000 will pay the Texas share of damages from the foot and mouth disease outbreak affecting Harris Galveston and Ford Bend Counties. Livestock Sanitary Commission head J E Boog Scott Fort Worth says only half of 824000 is needed since the Federal Government covers half. He talked with lawmakers about eradication legislation set for next week.
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Harris
Galveston
Ford Bend
J. E. Boog-Scott
Fort Worth
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Boog-Scott
Senate
Murphy and Holprook
LeCroy Funeral Set After Death in Gonzales Cotton Mill
Mea G. E. LeCroy formerly of this area died in Gonzales where he worked in a cotton mill. The body will arrive in Bonham Wednesday afternoon by the 38:50 T and P train and be taken to the Second Baptist Church for funeral services. Interment will follow at Willow Wild Cemetery.
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G. E. LeCroy
Gonzales
Bonham
Second Baptist Church
Willow Wild Cemetery
Little Baby Better After Illness
Dorothy Marie, baby of Mr and Mrs Ed Lovelace, is reported much improved as the child recovers from the flu.
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Dorothy Marie
Ed Lovelace
Editor’s gloom in a boyish quarrel over fear and punishment
An editor frets as Ife laments. Shannon teases a boy about fighting. Nolan denies fear then fears punishment from his mother who would see the doctor rushing to the house. The exchange captures domestic and communal pressures on honesty and bravery.
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Ife
Shannon
Nolan
Man charged in 3 year old son murder in Milwaukee
Milwaukee dated Jan 20 Arthur Haufschild arrested charged with murdering his 3 year old son heir to his mother's 15600 estate. The child died a week ago from phosphorus poisoning under mysterious circumstances.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Vis
Arthur Haufschild
Cigarette Sales Tax Proposed to Benefit Schools
A 10 percent sales tax on cigars and cigarettes to fund public schools will be drafted by Texas education officials and introduced early next week. The plan would replace the current biennial supplemental aid process, aiming to provide significantly more than the typical 2 million dollars yearly and ease funding conflicts between higher education and grade schools.
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Austin
State Department of Education
S. M. N. Marrs
Marrs
Senator Edwards Charged With Whiskey Smuggling
United Press reports Senator Edward J. Edwards of New Jersey faces charges of receiving 3800 dollars for delivering 100 cases of whiskey as a witness testified in the Weehawken rum run trial. Treasury agent Lionel Wilson said Edwards headed a bootlegging ring amid examinations and witness accounts.
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United Press
Jersey City
N. J
Edward J. Edwards
New Jersey
Weehawkein
Lionel Wilson
Treasury Department
Edwards
William Griffith
Prohibition in the United States as Seen by Midgley
The Daily News reports W K Midgley’s series on prohibition. He notes law violations in New York and Washington but says many business leaders favor prohibition and cites a factory visit, rising savings, and thriving shopping centers amid reduced alcohol use. He observes dry enforcement in the West and widespread change in middle class life. The Fire Department responded to Ed Goode’s home for a non damaging flue fire. Trade in Bunham and the satisfied.
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The
Daily News
W. K. Midgley
America
United States
Midgley
Flood Toll Shocks Southeast as Losses Rise
In San Francisco on January 20, Sen net Kruete and Katherine Bowman were arrested in connection with Dorothy Whittington’s crime spree. Dorothy confessed to killing her mother after a party where Krueter and Bowman attended. Krueter faces charges of contributing to Dorothy’s delinquency.
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San Francisco
Sennett
Floods engulf Georgia and Deep South. bill to extend court panel
Severe floods sweep the Southeast with rivers rising and towns isolated. Dozens of villages submerged across Georgia South Carolina Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and North Florida leaving thousands stranded and tolls rising. In Texas Senator Fairchild introduces a bill to extend the life of the supreme court of appeals commission by two years.
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Atlanta
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South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida
South Georgia
United Press
Austin
Supreme Court of Appeals Commission
Fairchild
Commission
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