Thomason Attacks Bailey and Defends Wilson in Bryan
Texas House Speaker R. E. Thomason rallied in Bryan to back Woodrow Wilson and the national Democratic program. He assailed Senator Bailey as aligned with Republicans and the whiskey faction, praised liberal college funding, attacked prohibition opponents, and praised American war service and woman suffrage.
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Thomason
Texas
House of Representatives
Brazos County
Woodrow Wilson
National Democratic
Robert Ewing Thomason
el Paso
Texas House of Representatives
District Court Room
Bryan
F. L. Henderson
United States
Jos
W. Bailey
Washington
Bailey
Henderson
R. E. Thomason
Bryan and
Brazos
Mike Nagle
West Texas A
M. College
Great College
W. B. Bizzell
W. C. Davis
B. Youngblood
Lamar Bertha
State University
Austin
Wilson
Gainesville
Fort Worth
Lowden
Johnson
Wood
Mallie Bailey
Barnum & Bailey
Baileys
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Jefferson
Lincoln
Lee
Edwards
New Jersey
Vardaman
Mississippi
Hardwick
Georgia
National Association
Republican Party
Andrew
Jackson
Chateau Thiery
Marne
Europe
France
National Democratic Party
San Francisco
Spring Wheat Planting Urged Despite Acreage Cuts
The Department of Agriculture urged farmers to revise planting plans for spring sown wheat. Poor winter crop condition and labor shortages affect planting, but data show a continued world demand justifying increased spring production.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Interchurch meeting to boost Life Enlistment in Brazos County
Interchurch planning a Bryan mass meeting at First Presbyterian on April 23 to mobilize youth for Christian service. A Life Enlisting event may be a luncheon urging students to consider ministry at home or abroad, citing Texas as lagging in religious service. Sessions run 10 am and 2:30 pm plus 7:30 pm with youth invitations to high school students and Sunday school officers.
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Interchurch
Bryan
First Presbyterian Church
Texas
Rural Survey Department
W. W. Phares
Dallas
Precinct Conventions Called for May 1 1920
I W S Higgs chairman calls Brazos County precinct conventions for May 1 1920 from 10 a m to 8 p m at voting places. Delegates will be elected for the county convention to meet at the Bryan courthouse on May 4 1920 to conduct business. Attest Secretary F L Henderson.
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Bryan
Texas
Democratic Executive Committee
Brazos County
I. W. S. Higgs
W. S. Higgs
Brazos Co
F. L. Henderson
Warren Oil Company Spuds In Banos Bottom Well
After months of prep work the War ren Oil Company of Chicago spudded in its first test well at 2 80 this afternoon in Banos Bottom. Local manager Clarence Miller and driller Mr Ewing led the effort with many onlookers present including H C Fulgham and Secretary Eberstadt.
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Warren Oil Company of
Chicago
Clarence Miller
Ewing
Eagle
H. C. Fulgham
Brazos Bottom
Eberstadt
Lawrence Parker
Flowers for the Living praised by Bryan chamber
The Eagle lauds Chairman John A. Moore Jr of the Bryan Chamber of Commerce Entertainment Committee for smoothly handling a large crowd of visitors in automobiles donated by Bryan and College citizens Wednesday morning. President F E Jenkins is credited with a strong working force delivering timely actions.
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John A. Moore, Jr
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Bryan
College
F E. J. Jenkins
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Brazos County Teacher Examination Schedule for 1920
County Superintendent Wm. L. Powers informed State Superintendent Annie Webb Blanton that monthly teacher exams will be held in Brazos County during 1920. The next session is May 7 and 8 with examiners Jno M. Moore and C M Bethany. The McKinney Daily Gazette notes its Saturday issue at 12 pages as McKinney grows relative to Bryan.
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Wm. L. Powers
Annie Webb Blanton
Brazos County
Jno
Spoeatta
McKinney
Educational crisis in Texas prompts statewide plan
Dr. W. B. Bizzell president of A M College arrived in Austin to chair the committee of twenty one forming relief measures for Texas education. He expects a complete action program to be requested from the forthcoming special legislative session addressing teacher shortages pay raises and an educational survey.
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Austin
Texas
W. B. Bizzell
A. & M. College
Bizzell
Chamber asks Bryans for ideas to aid city welfare
The Bryan Chamber of Commerce via Secretary S E Eberstadt sends members a two question questionnaire due by April 22. Members may add other suggestions, aiming to transform ideas into concrete community action to improve trade and city welfare.
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Chamber OF Commerce
S. E. Eberstadt
Bryan
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Ten Thousand Paraders to March in Broadway Parade
The Cheese Club estimates ten thousand people will march in Saturday’s overall parade down Broadway. No firm advertising will be allowed in the procession. Department of Justice agents report price cutting by stores spreading to Manhattan today.
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New York
Cheese Club
Broadway
Department of Justice
Manhattan
Truth and Reform Call in Dallas News Letter
A Dallas News article quotes Secretary of Agriculture T. M. Meredith urging frank discussion on reform. The writer blasts government excess, overstaffing, and consumer excess while warning major issues loom and urging a return to productive work and democracy.
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Dallas News
T. Meredith
United Tes
Washington
Meredith
Community Notes From Prospect April Meeting Report
Prospect residents express drought concerns as soil dryness hinders seed growth and corn crops. Church attendance and a large sermon at Millican mark the week while school closes and a Friday party, Saturday picnic, and numerous visits fill the community weekend.
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Sample
Millican
Jordan
Walter Bullock
Free
A. and
M. College
H. A. Whited
Wixon
Jessie Bond
Bullock
Charlie Rice
Clara George
Whited
Joe Beal
Bond
Mrs. Welch
Jennie Free
Lizzie Beal
Oliver Bond
Ross Bond
Sam Todd
Rock Prairie
Jewel Thompson
Brazos County Seeks Highway Aid For Main Routes
Delegations from 36 Texas counties petitioned the Highway Commission for state and federal aid to build roads. Chairman Hubbard said funds are tight and allocated to main highways and trunk systems only. Highway No. 45 is slated to run through Brazos and Grimes counties from Huntsville to Bedias Iola Navasota River Bryan Reliance and Steep Hollow areas.
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Austin
Highway Commission
San Patrice
Bastrop
Bell Eastland
Milam
Harrison
Smith
Grimes
Brazos
Hays
Ellis
Denton
Coleman
Fannin
R. M. Hubbard
Hubbard
Huntsville
Bedias
Iola
Navasota River
Bryan
Reliance
Three Pullman Cars Arranged For Bankers Farmers Meet
F M Law president of the Texas Bankers Association says three special Pullman cars will carry delegates from Harris and nearby counties to the bankers farmers conference at the Agricultural and Mechanical College next Tuesday and Wednesday. Over fifty accredited delegates from Harris County and adjoining counties Dairy Association areas will ride from Houston, with others traveling individually for both bankers and agriculturists.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
F. M. Law
Texas Bankers’ Association
Harris
Bankers-Farmers’ Conference
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Law
Harris County
Harris County District Dairy Association
Bankers
Home owning urged to curb rent oppression nationwide
The piece argues thousands of tenants face serious housing difficulties and urges a renewed home owning movement. It links secure home ownership to stability, thrift, and community interest, warning against profiteering landlords and stressing personal responsibility in housing.
Rev Glenn Flinn Takes Highland Park Pastorate in Dallas
The Rev. Glenn Flinn arrives in Dallas to begin his pastorate at Highland Park Methodist Church after transferring from Rockdale. He previously headed the Southwestern agency of the American Bible Society in Dallas from 1907 to 1910 and has served in Galveston, Beaumont, Bryan, Longview, and Rockdale. He is a former student of S M U staff and Dr Kern.
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Glenn Flinn
Dallas News
North Texas Conference
Rockdale
Highland Park Church
Dallas
Paul B. Kern
Southern Methodist University
Highland Park Methodist Church
Flinn
Southwestern
American Bible Society
Galveston
Beaumont
Bryan
Longview
H. M. Whaling
Kern
Frank Seay
Republicans plan four tax levies for soldier bonus
Washington reports that Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee tentatively agreed on a stock exchange tax equal to brokers commission. They also proposed a one per cent levy on final consumer sales, a surcharge on incomes over five thousand dollars, and about a fifteen per cent tax increase on tobacco and cigars. The four levies would run two years and aim to raise about 1.5 billion dollars for soldier relief, to be presented May 3.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stock Exchange
Brokers Commission
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wreckage Proves Steamer Lost At Sea
The coast guard cutter Acushnet reports fuel oil on the sea and the William O'Brien name board drifted about 500 miles east of New York. An empty lifeboat with the steamer’s name was found. It is feared the steamer went down after requesting aid in a gale.
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Associated Press
Boston
Coast Guard
Acushnet
William O’brien
New York
Wayhut Sinks Off Atlantic Route Reported At Sea
A Lloyd Shipping Agency report states the American steamer Wayhut is sinking at latitude 47 North longitude 7 West. The transmission carries a string of unreadable characters.
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London
Lloyd Shipping Agency
Short Weight Bread in Brownsville Flouts Standards
Inspectors from the state bureau of weights and measures found only 36 of 64 scales in Brownsville conforming to state rules. Seven of eight bakers sold underweight loaves and one refused to comply. A complaint led to a $25 fine plus costs in city court.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Bureau of Weights and Measures
Brownsville
Man Kills Wife and Self After Bigamy Arrest in Alpine
H M Harris, a life insurance agent, killed his wife and then himself at the Holland Hotel in Alpine Texas after being arrested on bigamy charges. He had claimed papers would clear him and extended the deputy to his hotel room before shots rang out. The woman died quickly and Harris lived for about thirty minutes. He reportedly had a Missouri wife and seven children and was said to have married another woman in New York last June. The bodies were held pending word from relatives.
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Associated Press
Alpine
Texas
H. M. Harris
Holland Hotel
Harris
Missouri
New York
Relaves
U S Soldiers May Raise Their Hats
Washington April 22 officers and men of the army may raise their hats or caps in greeting under orders issued by Gary Baker the order.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gary Baker
Going After Profiteers in Spuds
Federal prosecutors plan to press indictments against produce dealers accused by government officials of taking 27 to 30 percent profits on potatoes. The move follows evidence presented to a federal grand jury at the U S District Attorney Cline's office in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
U. S
Cline
Ferguson Declares Candidacy for U S President
Temple Texas April 22 James E Ferguson former Texas governor impeached and removed announced his bid for U S president on the American party platform. He backs light wines and beers and would grant Debs a full pardon, opposes national prohibition and woman suffrage, and favors union strikes rights and tenant farming aid. He would levy $6 a barrel on beer and 50 cents a gallon on wine to pay war debts.
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Temple
Texas
James E. Ferguson
United States
American Party
Fort Worth
Ferguson
Eugene V. Debs
League of Nations
Debs
New Negro Identified After Mob Hang in Kansas
Pittsburg Kansas April 22 The negro mobbed at Mulberry Monday identified by fingerprints as Albert Evans a new negro who entered the Texas penitentiary in 1915 to serve a two year term for burglary and was to serve another term in Illinois.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Kas
Mulberry
Newgro
Texas Penitentiary
Illinois
Albert Evans
Mexican Revolt Expands as U S Observes
Washington reports cumulative dispatches show a fast growing Mexican revolt. State and War Departments confirm the upheaval while officials refrain from pledging any U S position beyond observer status.
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Washington
State
War Departments
Mexico
U. S
Texas Bishop Named Titular Bishop at Vatican
Rome April 22 Associated Press reports Paul Joseph Nussbaum Bishop of Corpus Christi Texas was named Titular Bishop of Geraca by the Vatican today.
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Texas
Vatican
Associated Presa
Rome
Paul Joseph Nussbaum
Corpus Christi
Tex
Geraca
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Wilson & Democracy
Banos Bottom
Prospect News
Pullman’s
Jim E. Ferguson
Teaxs Nergo
Kansas
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