Texas cotton loan fund opens to all producers
The Texas cotton loan fund of 1350000 dollars is now available across 122 counties with 479 committeemen in 175 towns. A subcommittee covers every cotton concentration point handling 5000 bales or more, and loans can be as low as 600 dollars or 20 bales with consolidation to meet the 120 bale unit. Farmers with small holdings may pool bales with neighbors to qualify.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Henry PD. Lindley
Texas Loan Committee
Lindsley
Miss Bernice Carter Promoted In Home Demonstration Work
Miss Bernice Carter, head of home economics for the A M College extension service and USDA in Texas, returned from Washington where she attended the State canning club agents meeting. She was named State agent in charge of home demonstration work with thirty county agents under her supervision.
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College Sation
Tex
Bernice Carter
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
State
Texas
SILLIMAN ACCUSED OF BRIBERY IN MEXICO REPORT
Wikeeiee December 26. Consul Silliman at Mexico City reports General Palafox former minister of agriculture claims Silliman and others took bribes of half a million pesos to free former Governor Iturbide. Silliman calls the charge absurd. Iturbide once governed Mexico City and the Federal District. Palafox is his personal enemy.
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Associated Press
Wikeeiee
Silliman
Mexico City
Palafox
Iturbide
Federal District
Panhandle Snowstorm Covers Northwest Texas
The Panhandle and Northwest Texas are blanketed by snow with Wichita Falls seeing about one inch and heavier accumulation farther west, as of December 25 in Plainview Texas.
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Associated Press
Plainview
Tex
Panhandle
Texas
Wichita Falls
Two-Inch Snow Hits Eastern Oklahoma
Winskeyes Oklahoma, Dec. 25. Most of Oklahoma has snowed. Two inches fell in the eastern part of the state with wintry conditions reported across the region.
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Oklahome
Associated Press
Winskeyes
Okla
Oklahoma
Quiet Court Times Reported by Judge McGee
Judge L D McGee says Bryan courts are peaceful during holidays with no cases filed. He notes a quiet season and a lack of pending matters for the period.
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L. D. McGee
Bryan
Leased Plantations To State For Convict Labor
Hearne Texas December 26 Mrs T C Westbrook leases her two plantations in the bottom to the State for the next three years to be worked with convict labor.
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Hearne, Tex
T. C. Westbrook
Arizona Prohibition Law Takes Effect January First
A federal court ruled Arizona prohibition law becomes effective January 1. Opponents plan to appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Antis
United States Supreme Court
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
President Gutierrez and Villa Hold Mexico City Conference
Washington reports that President Gutierrez and General Villa met for a long conference in Mexico City. The State Department says the talks contradict claims that Gutierrez has fled Mexico.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gutierrez
General Villa
Mexico City
State Department
Mexico
Waco Interurban Struck. No Fatalities Reported
The Waco Waxahachie interurban was sideswiped near West Texas today. There were no fatalities and no major injuries reported.
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Waco Interurban
Associated Press
West, Tex
Waco- Waxahachie
Five Perigh II Tenement Fire Traps Five to Perish
A New York tenement blaze this morning trapped five people in a home of Mrs. Mary Corso and four family members. They suffocated before help arrived.
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Associated Press
New York
Mary Corso
Man Faces Troubles While Unmarried, Yet Still Struggles
A man remains unmarried yet contends with persistent troubles affecting his life. The piece notes social expectations and personal challenges without detailing specific events or names.
Mexican Harbor Scenes Quiet as War Ends at Mazatlan
Mazatlan Mexico December 24 Interest in fighting has died out in this section. On the west coast soldiers are selling arms while local troops destroy fortifications. A drunken Mexican general attempted to use the Pacific Mail liner San Juan to move troops but withdrew after the American cruiser Raleigh appeared.
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Associated Press
Mazatlan
Mexico
San Juan
Raleigh
Stanfield and Edinburgh Tied in Quiet Bryan Wedding
Mr S H Stanfield of Leaday and Miss Virginia Edinburgh of Bryan were married at 12 30 PM today at the bride’s home with Rev M E Weaver officiating. The couple plan to reside in Senday after their honeymoon and start a new life together following a courtship that began in West Texas.
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S. H. Stanfield
Leaday
Virginia Edinburgh
Charles Edinburgh
M. E. Weaver
First Baptist Church
West
Texas
Senday
Charles Edinburgh Sr
Bryan
Mrs. Stanfield
Christmas Program at First Free Baptist Church
Tonight the First Free Baptist Church presents a Christmas program with hymns recitations and songs including All Hail Looking Out for Santa Claus and The Christ Child. Mildred Cloud Charles Wheeler Lena Wooten Ruby Wheeler Leola Ferguson Eweel Wheeler Emory Franklin Bernelle and Earl Tatum Glenn Cloud Emerald choir and Ever Faithful Class perform. Gifts will be distributed to all school members and everyone is welcome to attend.
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First Free Baptist Church
C. Wheeler
Santa Claus
Mildred Cloud
Charles Wheeler
Lena Wooten
Ruby Wheeler
Leola Ferguson
Eweel Wheeler
Emory Franklin
Bernelle
Earl Tatum
Santa Claus and the
Christ
Glenn Cloud
Christ Child
Mrs. W. D. Sellers Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. W. D. Sellers of Harvey community died at her home at 5 a.m. after a brief pneumonia illness. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 10 o'clock at old Bethel Church with a fuller notice to follow.
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W. D. Sellers
Harvey
Old Bethel Church
Hubbard May Get It In Bryan Post Office Bid
Contractor J. B. Hubbard announced a surety company notified him his bid for the Bryan post office building was second lowest but met specifications. His bid appears strongest among bidders and may be accepted.
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J. B. Hubbard
Bryan Post Office
Hubbard
Additional contributions to the Christmas fund reported
A few more donations were received yesterday for the Christmas fund. The Queen Theatre contributed from the evening program and several individuals donated merchandise including Miss Mary Kae Zer Mrs Nannie Rohde Brandon and Lawrence and Claude Lawson.
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Queen Theatre
Mary Kaezer
Nannie Rohde
Brandon & Lawrence
Claude Lawson
Frances Curtiss novelist and former Good Housekeeping editor dies
Mrs Frances Curtiss, noted novelist and former editor of Good Housekeeping, died today in Binghamton New York.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Frances Curtiss
Good Housekeeping
Austrian Forces Annihilated in Galicia and Carpathians
The official bureau reports heavy fighting in Galicia south of the Vistula with 66 Austrian officers and 5,600 men captured. In the Carpathians, Russians take 30 officers and 1,500 men. Near Przemysl Austrians attempt a sortie. several advance companies are annihilated and others captured.
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Associated? Press
Petrograd
Galicia
Vistula
Carpathians
Przemys
British 15-Inch Howitzer Aids North France Offensive
The British deploy a new fifteen inch howitzer in North France amid vast hospital preparations and recall of French and British troops on leave. Allied reinforcements arrive as the offensive grows, with French progress in Bellum and Belgian gains near Dixmude. Numerous artillery attacks and infantry gains are reported by the Allies.
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Associated Press
Rome
France
Bellum
Dixmude
Germans Repulse Russians at Mlawa and Take Prisoners
Berlin reports describe several days of fighting at Mlawa with Russian positions in German hands and more than a thousand prisoners captured. Bayonet clashes occurred at the confluence of the Bzura and Rawka rivers amid foggy artillery conditions, and Russians suffered heavy losses southeast of Tomaszow. Paris dispatches note a German aeroplane incident in the same period.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Mlawa
Bzura
Rawka
Tomaszow
Executions Reported in Mexico City
In Mexico City on December 25 the government announced the price of the entire stock of wheat of New South Wales at 1.20 dollars per bushel, with seed wheat excluded from the price.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Sydney
N. 8
New South Wales
Night watchman aids blaze at president’s home
About 3 o'clock this morning Verne Scott noticed a fire in the president's home. He woke Dr. Bizzell and they extinguished it in minutes. The blaze began from an iron left plugged in after power was cut. current later surged back on. Scott, a holiday student night watchman, is commended for quick action.
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Verne Scott
Dr. Bizzell
Scott
Hudsons Buy Brazos Abstract Company Name Change Planned
Judge V. B. Hudson and son Charles B. Hudson have purchased Brazos Abstract Company. The firm will be renamed Hudson Abstract Company with V. B. Hudson as president and GM and Charles B. Hudson as secretary and treasurer.
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V. B. Hudson
Charles B. Hudson
Brazos Abstract Company
The
Hudson Abstract Company
British Casualty List Totals 3835 Through Dec 15
The latest British officers casualty list reports 3835 killed wounded or missing through December 15. The tally reflects ongoing losses across combat and related operations disclosed by the Associated Press from London.
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Associated Preas
London
Bomb Dropped on Dover by Unknown Airplane
An official report says a hostile aircraft dropped a bomb on Dover this morning, exploded in a garden without causing damage, and vanished as British destroyers pursued it.
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Dover
London
Belligerents Buy Barbed Wire In Pittsburgh Market
European belligerents purchase 4,000,009 dollars worth of barbed wire in Pittsburgh amounting to 275000 miles of fencing.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Turning Point Seen at Lodz in Poland Campaign
General Hindenberg told an Associated Press correspondent that the capture of Lodz marks the turning point of the campaign in Poland. The statement framed Lodz as decisive in the broader war effort during December.
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Lodz
Associated Press
Poland
Hindenberg
Austrian submarine torpedoes French battleship in Gulf of Otranto
Paris reports that an Austrian submarine torpedoed a French battleship in the Gulf of Otranto. The ship sustained only slight damage and no crew members were hurt. Rumors say the vessel might have been a cruiser, with two torpedoes fired and one hitting near the bow.
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Associated Press
London
Paris
Gulf of Otranto
Joffre Develops New Warfare Near Arras
Paris dispatch reports General Joffre directing six hundred cannons to fire simultaneously on German trenches near Arras. The concentrated bombardment reportedly killed all occupants in about fifteen minutes, marking a startling wartime tactic.
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Paris
Arras
Joffre
Brazos County Abstract Pending Completion
A correspondent reports steady progress toward a full abstract of Brazos County with a promise of completion in a short time. The update notes rapid headway and aims to finalize records for public reference soon.
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Brazos County
Landslide Buries Forty in Valmontone Near Rome
A landslide near Valmontone, about thirty miles from Rome, buried part of the village killing and burying about forty people. Many buildings collapsed as rescuers searched the debris.
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Associated Press
Rome
Valmontone
Civil War General John Lane Dies at Lewiston Home
John Lane major general of artillery under General Robert E. Lee in the Civil War died at his Lewiston Idaho home. He was a son of Oregon’s first governor. An unrelated aside notes a woman's blunt view of men and thoughts about others.
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Associated Press
Lewiston
Idaho
Dee
John Lane
Robert E. Lee
Oregon
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