Texas Press Association Holds Record Convention
The thirty eighth annual Texas Press Association meeting in Galveston closed with record attendance and active sessions. Officers were elected led by Sherwood Spotte as president and Watry Koch as vice president while Fort Worth won the next convention bid over Amarillo. The gathering announced 101 new members this year, discussed a press home for aging journalists, and paid tributes to two deceased members.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas Press Association
Sherwood Spotte
The
Bonham Favorite
Watry Koch
Quanah Tribune
Baa P. Harben
Richardson Echo
F. Lehman
Lallettaville Herald
C. E. Gilmore
Wills Point Chronicle
Misa I. M. Davidson
Denton Record-Chronice
George Waverly Briggs
Galveston News
Frances Sutherland
Smithville Timef
Fort Worth
Amarillo
San Antonio
Amuarillo
Panhandle
Texas Pris Association
W. A. Smith
San Saba News
Wilson
Sam P Harbin
Texas
Tualness Mien
Geteste
Cokmal
P. Holland
Farm and Ranch of
Dallas
J. L. Landrum
State Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
State Equal Suffrage Arevoclution
Frank T. Roach
Georgetown
Williamson County Sun
E. @. Weidemeyer
Hillshore Mirror
Minnie Florea
Richmond
Associaion
Florea
J. ©. Woren
Farally
Freeport
Pershing Arrives in France as American Expeditionary Forces Begin
Major General John J. Pershing and his staff set foot on French soil marking the arrival of the American expedition in World War I France. French British Belgian and Indian officers and soldiers saluted as the American national anthem played and a guard welcomed the general to the scene of war.
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Heulogne
Frace
John J. Pershing
Eilp
Jplo Dock
Army cantonment sites chosen for training and guard divisions
Washington assigns sixteen army cantonments for war division training by September 1 with full pre deployment training. Locations include Ayer Massachusetts Yapshank Long Island New York Wrighton New Jersey Annapolis Junction Maryland Petersburg Virginia Atlanta Georgia Columbia South Carolina Chillicothe Ohio Louisville Kentucky Wattle Creek Michigan Little Rock Arkansas Rockford Iowa Des Moines Iowa Fort Riley Kansas Fort Sam Houston Texas American Lake Washington. National Guard camps announced include Fort Worth Waco Houston Texas Fort St. Oklahoma Deming New Mexico Jerida Vista California. Construction teams assigned and depots planned. remaining guard camp sites under consideration for southern canvas camps.
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Washington
Europe
Ayer
Mass
Yapshank
L. I
New York
Wrighton
N. J
Arenapolis Junction
Petersburg
Atlanta
Okla
Deming
N. M
Jerida
Vista
Cal
War Department
Council of National Defense
National Guard
Tax receipts rise in four states as prosperity grows
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma report fiscal year totals ending June 15 showing combined income tax receipts of $13.497 million. Corporations contribute about $10 million more than individuals, with Oklahoma leading the region in gains at $6.02 million. Arkansas and Louisiana also post sizable increases reflecting expanding business activity.
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Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Treasury Department
Endeavors Choose Fort Worth and Houston for 1918 Conventions
Fort Worth won the honor of entertaining the Christian Endeavor Convention in 1918 while Houston hosted the twenty eighth Texas Christian Endeavor Convention. The southern event drew record attendance more than double prior gatherings, announced Karl Lehmann Southern states secretary after a four day session.
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Houston
Tex
Fort Worth
Texas Christian Endeavor
South
Karl Lehmann
Texas Christian Endeavor Convention
Insubordination Decree From Petrograd Via London
The provisional government declares military disorder as insubordination including refusing to flee and incitements to oppose the government. Acts are punishable by long prison terms and loss of property rights and land distribution eligibility under the forthcoming reform.
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Petrograd
London
Goose Creek Gushers Hit Houston as Three Wells Gush
Houston oil report shows Goose Creek wells producing around 4500 barrels total. Humble Oil No. 1 at 2830 feet yields about 2000 barrels, No. 6 at 2600 feet about 800 barrels, and Shams No. 8 producing 1800 barrels.
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Goose Creek
Houston
Tex
Humble Oil Company
Shams
Moreni Sunk After Running Battle With German Sub
Official dispatches report the tank steamship Moreni destroyed after a running sea fight with a German submarine. The vessel was abandoned June 12 by her crew and armed guard, four sailors wounded in the escape, as U Boats pressed the war zone action.
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Washington
Moreni
State Highway Board Awards Auto Plate Contract in Texas
The Texas state highway commission awarded a contract for automobile number plates totaling 58,500 dollars and a separate 4,800 dollar seat display order. The package covers 300,000 plates with 150,000 issued. Each car owner will receive two plates, for front and rear.
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Austin
Tex
State Highway Commission
British Take Over Hundred Thousand Prisoners in War Claims
James McPherson, parliamentary secretary for the war office, told the House of Commons that British forces have taken more than 100,000 prisoners on all fronts. He also reported the capture of more than 100 guns and that British gains on the eastern front since July 1, 1916 total about 600 square miles.
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London
James McPherson
War Office
House of Commons
Hoover Seeks Housewives Enlistment in Food Administration
President Hoover announced plans to enlist housewives as active members of the food administration to support conservation measures and wartime food programs. Enrollment to begin with a registration period from July 1 to July 16, coordinated by the council of national defense and state defense councils.
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Washington
Ierbert C. Hoover
The
Food Administration
Council of National Defense
State Defense Councils
FTC seeks government pool to ease newsprint crisis
The Federal Trade Commission urged Congress on Thursday to authorize a government pooling scheme to ensure equitable distribution of news print and fair profits for manufacturers, warning of panic prices if the plan is not adopted.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Fire Devastates Yoakum Hotel Block in Texas
A blaze that started in the Burnett hotel Tuesday grew into Yoakum's largest fire, destroying an entire block of rooming houses and residences including the Burnett and Yoakum hotels. Loss tallied at about 50000 dollars.
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Yoakum
Tex
Burnett Hotel
Yoakum Hotel
Women Organize for Food Conservation Army
Washington. Women to organize nationwide food conservation effort under Hoover. Registration starts July 1 with state defense councils handling membership and five program lines including domestic science, publicity, and school teaching plans to reach thousands of teachers and communities.
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Washington
Herbert
Hoover
Food Administration
Wilson
Congress
Administration
Advisory Council of Women
Advisory
Voluntary Service
Council of National Defense
State Defense Councils
Floever
Women’s Committee
The
Ray J. Wilbuy
Leland Stanford University
Troops Muster in Thessaly as War Plans Emerge
Entente troops mass on Thessalian soil south of General Sarrail's position while British forces withdraw on the Struma front. The moves hint at major operations in Macedonia aimed at pressuring Serbia to reach Nish along the Berlin Constantinople railway corridor.
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Thessaly
Sarrall
Dritish
Struma
Serbia
Nish
Berlin-Constantinople
Rising Guardsmen Must Register After Discharge
The adjutant general's department orders National Guardsmen aged 21 to 31 on June 1 who have since been discharged to register. Prompt arrangements for immediate registration upon discharge will save much difficulty.
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Austin
Tex
Adjutant General's Department
Repudiation of Separate Peace Requested by Russian Delegates
At the Pan Russian congress M Tseretelli minister of posts and telegraphs urged quick alignment with allied powers and rejected any notion of Russia pursuing a separate peace, signaling strong unity among the workers and soldiers councils.
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Petrograd
London
Russia
Councils of Workmen's and Soldiers' Deputies
M. Tseretelli
Posts and Telegraphs
Red Cross appoints advisory board members
The American Red Cross commission named an advisory committee on Monday. It includes William Graves Sharp the American ambassador, James Stillman a New York banker, and Edward Tuck who endowed Dartmouth College and founded the Tuck School of Administration and Finances.
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Paris
American Red Cross Commission
William Graves Sharp
James Stillman
New York
Edward Puck
Dartmouth College
Tuck School of Administration and Finances
Rotary clubs pledge liberty at world war session
Rotarians from across the United States and from Great Britain Canada and Cuba gathered in Atlanta Ga for the first session of the eighth annual meeting of the International Association of Rotary Clubs pledging themselves to liberty and America's cause in the world war.
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Atlanta
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Cuba
America
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Liberty Loan Estimate Across the Nation
The liberty loan response is estimated at 2.84 billion dollars for the nation, with Washington noting substantial funding reaching the total figure of 2.8 billion dollars as part of the drive.
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Washington
Bald men and barbering ironies in one aphorism
A humorous note contrasts a bald man with a great heart for many ventures against the unlikely fit for barber work. It plays on the irony that someone should not be a barber despite broad business aptitude.
Lemon Lotion Promises Skin Whitening and Beautification
An advertisement offers a cheap lemon lotion recipe using juice from two lemons and three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint. The mixture is strained, kept for months, and claimed to whiten freckles and tan, soften skin, and improve rough patches with daily facial massage.
Repovine Promises Heart and Nerve Hope for Trio
Weak, Fainty Heart, and Hyetsrica may be treated with Repovine, a heart and nerve tonic. The text notes a tailor and dressmaker union should align with eternal fitness, and claims a man's soul measures usefulness.
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Doan
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