College Board Forms Committee to Expedite Building Projects
At a recent meeting the A and M College board appointed a committee of Milner Poteet Leggett and McInnis with President Harrington to push the appropriation bill led improvements. The group will meet in Austin next Tuesday to arrange construction for the fall term and report progress at the June board meeting.
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Austin
Board
A. and M. College
R. T. Milner
Walton Poteet
K. K. Leggett
L. L. McInnis
Harrington
College
Revival Services Announced with Multiple Meetings
Today announces morning Sunday school at 9 45. Evangelist Law preaches at 11 and 8 in the evening. Epworth League meets at 7 15. A special service for men and boys is set for 3 this afternoon.
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Epworth League
Special Song Service at Methodist Church This Morning
Prof Wheeler, choir director of the revival, conducts a special song service in the Sunday school starting at 9 30. Prominent singing expected. Also note home fly prevention advice with phone number 299 for screen repairs and cabinet work by J W Allen at 112tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Wheeler
Methodist Church
J. W
Allen
First Big Count In Edge Hall Smith Drug Contest
The initial tally of the Edge Hall Smith Drug Company scholarship contest shows Emmett Scrimshire leading with Maggie Dawson second Hiram Downard third Alma Miller fourth and Sadie Batte fifth A total vote of 120319 is recorded Judges named Jno B Hines Ed Crenshaw and Deputy County Clerk G R Wicker The results hint at larger totals as the contest continues over three months urging contestants to push harder.
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Edge-Hall-Smith Drug Company
Beavers
Emmett Scrimshire
Maggie Dawson
Hiram Downard
Alma Miller
Sadie Batte
Messrs
Jno
B. Hines
Ed Crenshaw
G. R. Wicker
Longshoremen Strike Expands on New York Waterfront
The Manhattan and Brooklyn waterfront strike has grown to serious proportions with about 5,000 workers out. The action disrupts shipping and port operations as crews walk picket lines and protest ongoing labor disputes.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Race tension erupts at Houston depot involving recruits
At Grand Central depot in Houston a negro recruit from Savannah named St Claire Hogg struck a white man after a dispute over a claimed insult. He then entered the ladies waiting room amid hostility, was restrained by a depot policeman, and locked up. He and three accompanying recruits were on their way to Fort McIntosh. the other men faced no arrest.
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Houston
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Grand Central Depot
St. Claire
Hogg
Fort McIntosh
No Session Held As Legislature Lacks Quorum
Austin report says the Senate adjourned to Monday while the House failed to meet quorum with seventy four members present. A search for absentees added nine more, still short of needed numbers, adjournment set for Monday. Also noted for bonds and tax redemption ruling.
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Senate
House
Austin
Secretary of State
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway
Baker
Dallas
Houston
Stephens
Educational Contest Candidates Named for Fountain Edge Scholarship
The list of candidates for the E J Fountain Edge Dry Goods Co M H James scholarship contest grows daily and supporters are urged to back worthy contestants. Names include Miss Beatrice Moseley Ludmila Hajek Tula Umensetter Lena Searcy Lula Bullock Fay Buchanan Charlie Jenkins Merry Lipscomb Rosalie Taylor Alice Jones Rev G A Foster Dan Sullock Marion Franklin Jimmie Stevens Julius Christian Geo Deaton Jesse Hensarling Jno Wolf.
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E. J. Fountain-Edge Dry Goods Co
Fay Buchanan
Charlie Jenkins
Merry Lipscom
Rosalie Taylor
Alice Jones
G. A. Foster
Dan Sullock
Marion Franklin
Jimmie Stevens
Julius Christian
Geo. Deaton
Jesse Hensarling
Jno. Wolf
Parade Highlights 2000 Members at Kiowa Red Men Convention
Hobart Oklahoma May 4 The Improved Order of Red Men held its annual convention with about 2000 attendees. Some 200 Wichita and Kiowa Indians appeared in war regalia carrying tomahawks bows and arrows. Several applicants sought membership in the order.
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Hobart
Okla
Large liquor cache found in Mexican dwelling in Temple
May 4 in Temple Oklahoma Deputy U S Marshal Walker found a large consignment of intoxicating liquors in the home of an aged Mexican believed to have kept it for Comanche Indians. The Mexican and a black boy were jailed. Hundreds have been arrested in Kiowa Comanche country for liquor sales to Indians, but this is the first such consignment discovered here.
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Temple
Okla
United States
Walker
Ice Traps Three Transatlantic Liners in Cabot Strait
Halifax reporters say three large liners are believed imprisoned in ice fields blocking Cabot strait with fog over the coast. Allan line ships Sardinian and Ionian are among those trapped while Montreal and St Lawrence service vessels land passengers and freight at Halifax after failed attempts to pierce the barrier. The ice stretches about fifty miles across the strait delaying summer Montreal service.
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Halifax
N. S
Cabot Strait
New Foundland
Cape Breton
Montreal
St Lawrence
Allan Line
Sardinan
London
Havre
Alan Line
Ionian
Bedford Kirk Shot and Olive Goldsmith Charged
Olive Goldsmith of Snyder is charged with shooting and likely mortally wounding Bedford Kirk, her brother in law, at Kirk’s home near Manitou Oklahoma. After riding away on Kirk’s horse and destroying telephone lines the suspect was ambushed by a posse at Red River and a duel followed with twenty shots exchanged. The horse was killed and Goldsmith wounded, escaping into Texas. Also reported, Mrs. Thomason widow of Bill Thomason the Fort Worth gambler died in Ballinger Texas after the March tragedy.
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Olive Goldsmith
Manitou
Okla
Snyder
Bedford Kirk
Goldsmith
Kirk
Red River
Texas
Thomason
Ballinger
Tex
Bill Thomason
Fort Worth
Ansdelane Confesses Killing Two Men Near Pottsboro
In Pottsboro Texas on May 4 a young man named Ansdelane telephoned Justice McKaden claiming he had shot and killed Jim and Bill Mathis nine miles from town and wished to surrender. Ansdelane, a former businessman now running a large farm, reported the incident.
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Pottsboro
Tex
Ansdelane
Justice McKaden
Jim
Bill Mathis
conducthog @ large farm
Pioneer No More Guthrie Kiowa County Pioneer Dies
Guthrie May 4. Kiowa county pioneer T. H Stringer is dead.
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Guthrie
T. H Stringer
Kiowa County
Noted Horse Owner Dies in New York
Monroe Salisbury, renowned San Francisco horse owner and breeder, died in New York after cancer treatment. His daughter Mrs. T. D. Boardman left Saturday with the body for San Francisco.
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New York
Monroe Salisbury
San Francisco
Salisbury
T. D. Boardman
Mark Twain Not Missing Says William Clemens Safe at Home
New York May 4. A report that Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain was missing on Henry H. Rogers yacht Kanawha circulated widely but is untrue. Clemens is at home in New York City at present.
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Mark Twain
New York
Samuel L. Clements
Henry H. Rogers
Kanawha
Mr. Clemens
Gould Defeats Holder of Title in London Tennis Match
Jay Gould defeated Eustace Milnes to win the championship match of the international team tournament at Queen's Club. Milnes was the holder of the title. The event took place in London on May 4.
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Gould
London
Jay Gould
Queen's Club
Eustace MH
Miliis
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Lorraine Reynolds
Leslie Martin Sapinle Tien
USANA
Bryan
Hunter & Chatham
Beatrice Moseley
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Tula Umensetter
Lena Searcy
Lula Bullock
Hilger
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C. L. Hilger
Spring Suit
John Navratil
the Family Safety Oil
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Will S. Higgs
Ed Hall
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J. H. Mawhinney
Sanders Bros
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