Wild Duck Sales Challenge Beaumont Ruling
The attorney general's office says Judge Pope's Beaumont decision on wild duck sales is being violated statewide. An extended opinion will argue the judge's view is incorrect and violators face full penalties. Deputy wardens will arrest sellers. secretary of state reviews presidential returns with about fifty Texas counties yet to report.
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Beaumont
Austin
Attorney General
Pope
Walthall
Texas
Case Dismissed Against Fiskville Trustee on Textbook Charge
Justice of the Peace Moore dismissed the case of Fiskville School Trustee Morris for preventing textbook use. The county attorney declined to prosecute, calling the charge politically motivated and unfounded.
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Austin
Justice of the Peace
Moore
Fiskville School
Tustee Morris
Hoodcamp Resolution Attacks Channing History at State University
John B. Hoodcamp adopted a resolution condemning Channing's United States history used at the state university. It says the work misrepresents Civil War causes and laments a lack of Southern perspective in the history.
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Austin
John B. Hoodcamp
Channing
United States
The
State University
Texas Cattleraisers declare war on shoe makers over hides
Fort Worth reports the Texas Cattleraisers' association fights the New England Shoe Manufacturers' association as they push to free hides from duties. Ike T. Pryor warns that foreign hides entering duty free could ruin the U S hide market and harm Texas cattlemen. Judge Taft supports lifting duties but battle expected.
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Fort Worth
Texas Cattleraisers’ Association
New England Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Ike T. Pryor
United States
Texas
Taft
Burnham village hall riot ends rough street chase
In Burnham Illinois a boxing match led to chaos as two bull terriers fought and Battling Nelson evaded arrest. Deputies fired in the air, spectators fled from windows, nine men were captured, and Nelson vanished amid the turmoil after the stampede.
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Chicago
Nelson
Burnham
Mexico
State Association of Architects Organized in Austin
A meeting in Austin brings together architects from San Antonio Houston Waco and Austin. Alfred Giles of San Antonio elected president and A O actson named secretary. Elected officers and members include James and Frank Wahrenberg Theodore Clark August A Herff Arthur J Herman Sam P Herbert and M W Scott from San Antonio and Waco.
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Austin
State Association of Architects
San Antonio
Houston
Waco
Alfred Giles
A. O. Actson
James and
Frank Wahrenberg
Theodore Clark
August A. Herff
Arthur J Herman
Sam P. Herbert
M. W. Scott
Bryan attends morning services in Monterey
William J. Bryan attended the morning services Sunday at the Methodist Episcopal church in Monterey Mexico on November 23.
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Monterey
Mex
William J. Bryan
Methodist Episcopal Church
Stokes Clark Convicted in Kill Ranger Case
Weatherford Texas November 23 Stokes Clark was convicted on a charge of killing Homer White a ranger. He received seven years in prison.
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Weatherford, Tex
Stokes Clark
Homer White
Masons Plan Instruction School Ahead of Grand Meetings
In Waco on November 23 the Masonic committee on work for the grand Royal Arch chapter met led by W. A. Scott of Floresville. The group will run a school of instruction as two hundred delegates remain in the city for upcoming events. The grand chapter convenes November 30 and the grand lodge on December 1.
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Waco
Grand Royal Arch
W. A. Scott
Floresville
Grand Chapter
Grand Lodge
Governor Campbell Studies Drafts for Coming Message
Mineral Wells Texas November 23 Governor Campbell, while enjoying complete rest here, is studying his upcoming legislative message and drafting policies he will advocate. He declines to reveal specifics he plans to urge Gates Guarded. Pekin November 23 troops guard the gates of Pekin.
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Mineral Wells
Tex
Campbell
Four Japanese Held in El Paso Immigration Detention
Four Japanese detainees at El Paso immigration stations escaped by breaking bars and fled the facility. Authorities pursued the men, who allegedly unlawfully entered the United States, prompting an active search and regional security advisories.
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el Paso
Navy
United States
Rockefeller testifies in Standard Oil case
John D. Rockefeller resumed testimony and said he did not conceive the formation of the 1882 Standard Oil trust. He stated Flagler and S. C. T. Dodd conceived it. Kellogg read a list of fifteen small companies purchased by Standard, with an estimate of twenty to twenty-five from Cleveland. The witness described acquisitions after buying Warden Frew & Co. and the Atlantic refinery.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company Trust
Rockefeller
Flagler
S. C. T. Dodd
Kellogg
Standard
Cleveland
Warden Frew & Co
Atlantic
Philadelphia and fircespurg officials take leading roles
Frew and L Lockhart became key figures in Standard and continued in management of the companies. The report notes their ongoing influence in guiding strategic decisions and overseeing operations.
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Philadelphia
Fircespurg
Omenad Frew
L Lockhart
Spicers
Standard
Fire destroys gun in Halstead. loss at four thousand
A gun owned by J. H. Wessels at Halstead, Lagrange Texas, burned in a fire on November 23. The loss is about $4,000 with $3,000 insured. Authorities believe the blaze was incendiary and are conducting an investigation.
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Lagrange, Tex
J. H. Wessels
Halstead
Life Sentence For Young Man In Tulsa
In Tulsa Oklahoma on November 23 Nathan Stover twenty five years old was convicted of highway robbery and sentenced to life. The jury disagreed in the case of Tom Connell his alleged accomplice.
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Tulsa
Okla
Nathan Stover
Tom Connell
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