Farmers Congress adjourns its session in Texas
John Gorham of McLennan County was elected president of the Texas Farmers' Congress with Fritz Engelhardt named vice president and C. O. Moser re-elected secretary treasurer. The meeting featured talks on rural schools home conveniences and rural credit with Sen. Morris Sheppard outlining a plan to introduce rural credit at the National Congress.
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John Gorham
McLennan County
Waco
Texas Farmers’ Congress
Fritz Engelhardt
Wagle Lake
C. O. Moser
Dallas
E. W.W. Knox
San Antonio
Texas Nurserymen’s Association
J. H. Abrenz
Sarita
Texas Horticultural Society
Houston
Co-operative Poultry Products
Eagle Lake
B. Youngblood
College Station
Texas Experiment Association
A. B. Connor
Farm Management Association
John C. Burns
L. Gough
Hereford
Woman’s Council
T. PF. Gilley
Caldwell
Southern Cotton Growers
W. F. Doughty
Maggaie Barrett
State Department of Agriculture
United States
Morris Sheppard
Texarkana
National Congress
Clarence Ousley
Department of Extension
A. & M. College
Nathan Adams
American Exchange National Bank of Dallas
Adams
Ousley
Texas
New York
Senator Sheppard
Mistrial Declared in Mar Lin Walker Girl Murder Case
A jury in Marlin Texas disagd and was discharged in the Lee Elder murder trial tied to the tenant feud shooting of a young Walker girl last June.
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Associated Press
Marlin
Texas
Lee Elder
Little Walker
Prohibitionists Win Working Majority in Virginia House
Yesterday's election gave the prohibitionists a working majority in the next Virginia Legislature, enabling them to push the liquor ban agenda.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
New President for Portugal Elected by Vote
Bernardino Machado was elected President of the Republic of Portugal in Lisbon on August 7. The Associated Press reports the official result confirms Machado as head of state.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Bernardino Machado
Republic of Portugal
Charges Dismissed in Padgett Saddlery Dynamite Case
Dallas Aug 2 The Associated Press reports Wallace Moore had all charges dismissed in the Padgett Saddlery dynamiting case. The withdrawal ends the attempted arson of his father's home connected to the Saddlery Company.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Wallace Moore
Padgtt Saddlery Company
Witty anecdotes and wolfed nails in a life column
A compact collage of humor and opinion from historical columns. Taft relates a nail biting tale in New Haven to illustrate behavior and consequences while a Washington Star quotation and Life magazine quip reflect on religious training and sin.
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Taft
New Haven
Blackshear Lost Prairie View Head At A and M College
At a board meeting in Dallas the directors displaced BE Blackshear as Prairie View principal but later rescinded the June decision and left the matter open until August 3. Blackshear’s term ends September 1 and N A Banks becomes acting principal with President Bizzell screening candidates by October 1. The board also discussed long term campus plans and noted cattle farming ventures amid campus matters.
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Agricultural and Mechanical College
Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College
A. & M. College
BE. L. Blackshear
Prairie View
Blackshear
Dallas
N. A. Banks
Bizzell
The
John I. Guion
Ballinger
Astin
Bryan
J. Sheb Williams
Paris
J. R. Rubena
Fayetteville
H. E. Bresham
Bartlett
T. FE
Battle
Oklahoma Crude Oil Rises Five Cents to Fifty Five Cents
Oklahoma crude oil moved up five cents today to fifty five cents a barrel in Tulsa. The market move reflects continued demand and steady trading activity in the regional oil market.
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Oklahoma
Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Psalm 51 Emphasized by Sing Sing Chaplain
Father Cashin advised Becker to read the Fiftieth Psalm after confession and communion with key lines about mercy cleansing sin renewing a right spirit restoring salvation and guiding transgressors toward repentance. It highlights pleas for mercy wash away iniquity create a clean heart and deliverance from blood guiltiness.
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Father Cashin
Sing Sing
Becker
Needless Calf Slaughter Urges Legislation to Curb Waste
An article in Hide and Leather argues meat prices rise from cattle scarcity and calf slaughter. It uses a hypothetical farm to show how breeding calves rapidly reduces young stock, implying legislative action is needed to stop wasting calves and lambs.
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Hide and Leather
Care Of Baby In Summer Defies Second Summer Fear
The piece argues that infant mortality is highest in the first year, not the second summer. It explains that misfeeding after weaning, teething distress, and extreme heat lead to sickness, while properly fed babies can still suffer in hot weather.
Wise and Otherwise Cartoon Snippets
A collection of quips and jokes from various papers. Lines punch lines about health, conscience, old age and fashion missteps show humor from 1910s columns. Notable bits reference germs, mothers, spats and social foibles with a light, ironic tone.
Hamlet Plot Twist at Avarda Store
A long haired stranger asks for stale eggs in Avarda. The grocer says he has eggs but when the man asks for all he has the grocer jokes about Hamlet. The stranger reveals he intends to perform Hamlet that evening at the opera house.
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Avarda
Opera House
Hamlet
Opera
Wit and Humor in Old Philadelphia
A detective jokes with a burglar about identification under bedclothes while a Rome fire fiddle tale ties into antique dealer banter. The antiques dealer touts a violin linked to Nero’s Rome, jokes about myths, and notes the myth’s name worn off.
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Nero
Rome
Philadelphia
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