Harding Back in Marion Working on Cabinet and Peace Treaty
President elect Harding returns to Marion from a tropics trip and plans cabinet selections and League of Nations talks. He reports positive early talks with Republican leaders and hopes for united policy guidance. Senators on foreign affairs will visit Marion for early league conferences next week.
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Harding
Marion
Associated Press
The
Tropics
Washington
Congress
Association of Nations
Congress Opens Last Sixty Sixth for Harding Era Work
The Sixty sixth Congress began its last session with focus on annual appropriation bills and preliminary work tied to the incoming Harding administration. Key actions include receiving President Wilson's message, federal appropriation estimates, and swearing in new members while many veterans retire in March.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Senate
House
Wilson
Congress
Houston
Lodge
Massachusetts
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Carter Glass
Virginia
Martin
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Bankhead
House Appropriations Committee
Kenyon-Kendrick
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Columbia
House Census Committee
House Immigration Committee
Shipping Board
Senate Committee
Kenyon
Town
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Newberry-Ford
Michigan
Newberry
Supreme Court
Cemetery Association Forms New Organization in Bryan
The Bryan Cemetery Association met at the Carnegie Library to organize as a permanent body with Geo. A. Adams as president and S. E. Eberstadt as secretary. A 1 dollar dues base and goal of 1000 members were set, with a 236-member start and committees to be named. Members listed include many Bryan residents and local business names.
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Bryan Cemetery Association
Carnegie Library
Geo. A. Adams
S. EF. Eberstadt
S. E. Eberstadt
M. W. Sims
Fred L. Cavitt
E. J. Pountain
Dana Carnes
J. E. Covey
W. S. Howell
A. B. Carr
L. L. McInnis
Major MelInnis
Sims
John E. Astin
T. K. Lawrence
E. E. McAdams
Foster
C. S. Hoyle
Geo. M. Brandon
W.S. Howell
R. S. Webb, Sr
J. E
Edgar Jones
Chas. S. Gainer
Law Henderson
Howard Cavitt
J. L. Brock
W. H. Cole
W. H. Lawrence
Henry Locke
Major McInnis
City Commission
Oil boom hits Groesbeck as Humphries lease shakes land prices
Groesbeck Texas, December 8. News of a 700 acre lease to Humphries Petroleum for 140000 and 500 to 1200 acre lots leased around Groesbeck sparks an oil frenzy. Local landowners rush to sell at high prices as rigs head in from San Antonio and giants like Humphries and geologists DeVore and Foster arrive. The town, with gas wells since 1914, braces for a drilling surge and continued boom in a center of Limestone County.
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Groesbeck
A. H. Bell
Humphries Petroleum Company
Will Welch
Richard Kennedy
L. Rogers
Jim Deaver
Melvin Sharp
E. R. Smith
Texas
Mexia
Brown
Waco
Navasota
Elis
DeVore
Health Campaign for Children call at Red Cross booth
At the Catholic bazaar a Red Cross booth invites visitors to learn about the Health Campaign for Children and how to participate. Volunteers provide information and signup details.
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Red Cross
Republicans Must Hold Primary in 1922 Texas
Official tallies show Texas presidential electors 1920 total 488,706 with Franklin Liberty and Tyler missing. Since Republicans exceeded 100,000 votes in 1920 they must hold primaries for all offices in 1922 as per Terrell law, alongside existing US Senate primary requirements.
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Austin
Texas
Mims
Franklin
Liberty
Tyler
United States
Hobby
Boynton
Simpson
Sunday Movies and Baseball Hit as Illegal in Texas
Austin, Dec. 8. Sunday moving picture shows and Sunday baseball where admission fees are charged are illegal in Texas, held in effect today by the Texas court of criminal appeals. J. J. Hegman was fined $20 in Austin for operating a motion picture show on Sunday. Judge W. L. Davidson dissented, saying the pictured show could not be classed as amusement.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
J. J. Hegman
WL. Davidson
Hegman
Cotton ginning totals rise to 30 million by December 1
Census Bureau data show cotton ginnings through December 1 reached 30,144,921 running bales, with 191,687 American and Egyptian and 1,111 Sea Island bales. Comparatively, December 1 last year stood at 8,844,368 bales, including 99,668 round bales and 23,725 American-Egyptian. Arkansas reported 812,000 and Texas 8,423,111 bales.
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Washington
Sea Island
Census Bureau
Arkansas
Texas
Football Players III Prepare Bryan to Houston Trip
Coach C B Hudson plans an excursion from Bryan to Houston next Saturday to see Pryan High and Houston Heights. Secretary FE Eberstadt assists. Grif Cloud is seriously ill and cannot play. W Dobrov olny and Ralph Turner are undeposed but expected on the trip.
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C. B. Hudson
Bryan
Houston
Houston Heights
FE. Eberstadt
Grif Cloud
W. Dobrovolny
Ralph Turner
First Lady Florence Harding Teas at White House with Mrs Wilson
Mrs Florence Kling Harding, wife of the president elect, visits Washington to attend an informal tea with Mrs Edith Bolling Wilson at the White House. The meeting marks the first between the two future first ladies as Mrs Harding tours the mansion and discusses household matters.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Florence Kling Harding
Edith Bolling Wilson
Executive Mansion
Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Harding
Hot artesian water gusher found at Mooring Well No 1
Drillers at Mooring Well No 1 west of Bryan report a 21 inch hot water flow at 2100 feet, stronger than a cooler earlier sighting. They estimate potential output near 75 million gallons per day of high quality water, offering value if harnessed despite oil-drilling disruption.
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Bryan
Marlin
Texas Baptist Board to Meet in Dallas December 14
The Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas will hold a three day session at First Baptist Church in Dallas starting Tuesday December 14. About seventy leading Baptists from across the state will attend. The meeting will set plans and allocate appropriations for Baptist institutions and enterprises.
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Nee the Eagle
Dallas
Texas
Baptist General Convention of Texas
First Baptist Church
F. S. Groner
T. V. Neal
J. L. Gross
Mr Park Returns From Mexia Oil Fields Optimism Grows
Mr P S Park reports land holdings two miles from a recently brought in Mexia gusher. He says Humphrey interests dominate the field and predicts a bright future. Mexia advances with a new hotel bank and business houses under construction as oil men from across the country gather.
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Park
Mexia
P. S. Park
College directors return from Prairie View bird hunt
Directors T. O. Walton and H. H. Williamson of the A. & M. College visited Prairie View Normal. They went on a bird hunt and said they saw millions but did not bag over the limit, noting they always stay within the law.
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T. O. Walton
H. H. Williamson
A. & M. College
Prairie View Normal
Messrs. Walton and Williamson
Long Search for Miss Smith Ends in Juarez Mexico
El Paso reports a sixteen day hunt for Clara Barton Smith linked to the Ardmore Oklahoma death case. Local officials say she is near Juarez, with informants seeking a reward. Juarez police sweep hotels and rooms. Smith remains missing likely heading deeper into Mexico.
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Miss Smith
Juarez
Mexico
Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Clara Barton Smith
Jake Hamnon
Ardmore
Okla
Orndorff
Garrett
Three Waco Women Appointed to County Grand Jury
Waco Texas December 8 three women Mrs W E Spell Mrs E L Humphreys and Miss Kyle Pace are named to the Mc Lennan county grand jury to convene January 3 by Judge Richard I Munroe marking a historic first in the county and possibly the state. Mrs Spell is a noted women's rights campaigner and San Francisco Democratic convention delegate. Mrs Humphreys led the county school amendment effort and has been active in clubs.
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Waco
Texas
W. E. Spell
E. L. Humphreys
Kyle Pace
McLennan County Grand Jury
Richard I. Munroe
Fifty-fourth District Court
Spell
San Francisco
Humphreys
Hen Pecked Dallas Husband Squeals
A Dallas man called city hall to request a health department inspector to force his wife to wash dishes. He claimed Bohemia as his native land and said she refuses to wash dishes until he returns home, leaving the house in constant disarray.
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Dallas
Texas
Health Department
Bohemia
Mrs Katherine Mendola Dead In Tulsa
Mrs Katherine Mendola died Sunday morning in Tulsa Oklahoma. She formerly lived in Bryan and is mourned by many. The notice appears in a society brief with a year end greeting urging early Christmas shopping.
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Mendola Deap
W. E. Foster
Katherine Mendola
Tulsa
Okla
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Tom Spell
D. Munday
Josie Lawrence
Mattie Webb
Josie Sheets
H. L. McKnight
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Wilson Bradley
E. J. Fountain
Frank Clark
Della Wooten
C. C. Wheeler
H. Sy Smith
J. W. Hamilton
E. Griesser
Wade Cox
E. A. Miller
Kate Wilcox
Dewitt Graham
Belle Ransome
M. E Wallace
Chas. Todaro
T. H. Franklin
S. H. Brockman
Bessie Lawrence
Mason Cole
R. V. Kernole
W. J. Walker
Hugo John
H. P. Dansby
J. M. Caldwell
J. N. Cole
G. W. Emory
Mattie Hall
H. J. Tuffly
Lige Thompson
M. F. Dansby
E. S. Wickes
J. W. Howell
R. K. Chatham
Geo. A. Long
Fannie Chatham
D. C. Vick
D. L. Wilson
Dora Wilson
Nannie Rohde
Carl Cole
Gabe Cazelle
Joe Sabacky
M. M. Dougherty
B. E. Youngblood
Jac. K. Parker
W. O. Sanders
A. M. Waldrop
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Jas
Joe Oorsteny
Phyliss Lyall, McKenzie
F. I. Garth
J. T. Evans
Jane Zuber
P. H. Hensarling
J. Webb Howell
J. E. Astin
M. L. Parker
J. H. Webb
M. H. James
E. F. Parks
R. M. Wilson
C. B. Winter
T. P. Boyett
M. H. Castles
Emily Cavitt
S. E Thomas
J. N. Dulaney
C. Edgar Jones
FE. J. Jenkins
J. B. Priddy
J. W. Coulter
F. T. Cole
C. F. Moore
J. B. Christian
Chas. Ramsey
W. R. Fairman
W. E. Harris
R. H. Harrison
Leila Evans
Rob Roberts
Lee J. Rountree
Sam Buchanan
R. N. Newland
C. H. Astin
R. Q. Austin
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Jack Gordon
Mack Mize
M. B. Parker
J. Z. Hines
Allen Smith
C. E. Jones
J. Maloney
L. H. Tucker
Will Wimberly
J. T. Johnson
H. B. McDowell
R. R. Ellis
R. W. Howell
H. N. Cochran
J. W. Hall
Will Saunders
Chas. Shields
A. S. McSwain
J. G. Minkert
Leonard Morehead
W. S. Barron
P. E. Swancoat
Dr. J. A. Wilkinson
Roy Hudspeth
J. T. Hanway
Eugene Edge
Powell Winter
Tyler Haswell
Joe Howard
L. F E. Martin
D. Mike
W. R. Cavitt
Fred Cavitt
Geo. Brandon
E. W. Crenshaw
Albert Goodman
J. S. Gardwell
Harvey Williams
J. B. Gleissner
H. EF. Willis
Rev
W. M. Sholl
Football Players
Mrg. W. Wilgon
W. G. Harding
Texas Baptist Board
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