Missouri Senate Passes Traffic and Lobby Bills
The Missouri Senate approved a 2 cent passenger fare protest bill. It also moved a forfeitures and penalties bill aimed at Waters-Pierce Oil, tied to state jurisdiction if Texas gains precedence. A drift toward restricting lobby access passed the senate and goes to the governor. The house advanced the pharmacy board bill and adjourned to hear W. J. Bryan speak after considering the James primary and plurality election bill.
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Send Pett's
Austin
Misson
Waters-Pierce Oil
Missouri
Texas
Senate
House
Senat Halsey
McGregor
James
W. J. Bryan
Bryan at Austin Breakfast With Governor and Speaks at UT
Hon. W. J. Bryan arrived four hours late by train in Austin. He met Governor Campbell and Lt. Gov. Davidson, greeted lawmakers, had breakfast at the governor's mansion, and gave an address at the University of Texas. In the afternoon he attended a capitol reception with thousands of visitors.
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Austin
W. J. Bryan
Campbell
Davidson
Bryan
Governor's
University of Texas
Capitol
Unusually Numerous Cotton Boll WeevilsExpected This Year
Baton Rouge reports Dr. W. D. Hunter of the U S Department of Agriculture predicts an unusually abundant and destructive boll weevil season. Conditions this winter and spring favored hibernation and early emergence, with first weevils likely appearing thirty days earlier than last year. Dry June July could check the infestation.
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Hunter
W. D. Hunter
United States Department of Agriculture
Dallas
Keachie
Odessa Youth Attempts Suicide in Barn
Estell Henderson, fourteen, was found hanged by a rope in his father's Odessa barn. Rescued by a sister, he remains in dangerous condition with possible spinal injuries. His father J. J. Henderson, a well known local cattleman, cites no clear motive as the boy had scratched I am going to die on a board.
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Odessa
Tex
Estell Henderson
J. J. Henderson
Peaches Ripen Early In Plaquemine Parish
Ripe peaches were picked in Plaquemine Parish on Thursday due to a mild winter. The fruit ripened in March and samples will be saved for exhibition at the Jamestown exposition.
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Plaquemine Parish
New Orleans
No Lives Lost in Oklahoma Weather Reports
March 29 report from Oklahoma City notes no fatalities from the Marietta storm area with downed wires between towns. Strong winds also hit Roff but failed to cause serious damage, indicating relatively light impact from the storm elsewhere.
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Oklahoma City
Marietta
I. T
Roff
Bank Safe Robbed in Hanover by Firecracker Bandits
Bank workers reported a safe blow at the Farmers and Merchants' National Bank of Hanover in Jackson Michigan on March 29. Authorities say robbers escaped before a posse could form after two women heard an explosion and alerted residents. The heist netted about $3,000.
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Jackson, Mich
National Bank of Hanover
Honduras provisional government reorganized in Central America
Costa Rica has organized the provisional government of Honduras with Maximino Rosalesa Miguel O'Queli and Ignacio Castro named to head the authority. The Honduras provisional government was initially established February 20.
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Costa Rica
Managua
Nicaragua
Honduras
Maximino Rosalesa
Migual O’queli
Ignacio Castro
Subcommittee Urged by Brownsville Citizens for Brownsville Visit
The Brownsville inquiry continues as Lt. G C Lawrason of Company 3B Twenty fifth Infantry testifies on who fired in Brownsville. He notes lack of direct evidence against negro troops and discusses cartridge findings and ballistic details from the street scene.
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Brownsville
Fort Brown
Macklin
Senator Foraker
Lawrason
Senator Lodge
Sanders
Bryan Before Baylor Addresses Large Baylor Audience
Willian Jennings Bryan spoke at Baylor Chapel in Waco on March 29 in front of an overflow crowd of about 2000. He discussed life and views of the old world, avoided politics, and spent an hour afterward shaking hands at the Metropole hotel.
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University Chapel
Waco
Willian Jennings Bryan
Paylor Datel
Bryan
1Ry
W. H. Hoffman
Waco Business Men's Club
Baylor Charet
Dr. Brooks
Baylor Uiversity
Texas Christian University
Metropole
Baylor Chanel
Divorce bill passes with Cobbs substitute adoption
In Austin on March 29 the house approved the Cobbs substitute for Smith's divorce bill. It allows the court to deny remarry within one year to the wrong party and authorizes alimony for wife and children, with bond requirements and potential changes to alimony. An absolute decree may grant alimony in gross as a lien on the husband's property. The measure passed 70 to 32.
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House
Cobbs
Smith
Austin
Local Option Plans Aimed at Dallas Waco Austin Fort Worth
H A Ivy secretary of the Texas Local Option Association stated that attacks will be launched in Dallas Waco Austin and Fort Worth this year. He said elections on prohibiting liquor will be held in these centers and Dallas County would follow soon after the Tarrant County vote.
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Dallas
Waco
Austin
Fort Worth
Sherman
H. A. Ivy
Texas Local Option Association
Dallas County
Tarrant County
Saloonists Organize Fort Worth Law and Order League
About 206 saloon men met at Bovinian hall in Fort Worth to form the Liquor Dealers Law and Order League. A charter is drafted for Austin, mandating strict obedience to liquor laws, with emphasis on Sunday closing.
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Fort Worth
Warehouse Consumed in Mexico Fire
A Mexico Mine and Smelter Supply Co warehouse valued at $60,000 was burned in a March fire. The incident occurred in the city of Mexico and authorities report no further details at this time.
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City of Mexico
Mexico Mine and Smelter Supply Company
Campbell signs anti gambling bill in Texas
Governor Campbell signs the Dean anti gambling bill in Austin. In Tyler Texas the strawberry crop is light with signs of a poor harvest for the region.
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Austin
Campbell
Tyler, Tex
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