Balkan Situation To Holding Stage Center
London dispatch shows Allied and Balkan tensions as Albania becomes focal, with Greece boosting border guards and France seizing Antiphilo while Berlin cites a Japan England pact. British losses reach 549000 through Jan 9 per Asquith. Labor movement seeks munitions act revision to curb coercion.
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Associated Press
London
Asquith
Albania
Balkans
Antiphilo
Asia Minor
Berlin
Japan
England
Far East
Organized Labor
Texarkana Considers Wilson Visit In Southern Tour
J P Tumulty wired President Offenhauser that President Wilson is considering speaking in Texarkana and may include the city in his Southern itinerary for the preparedness program.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Tex
Wilson
J. P. Tumulty
Offenhauser
Texarkana Board of Trade
Steamer Appam Overdue Shifts Anxiety Across Seas
By Associated Press from London dated January 28 reports the British steamer Appam, with 166 passengers and 134 crew, missing after departing Dakar for Plymouth January 11. A life boat bearing the Appam’s name was seen adrift with a damaged bow, seven days overdue.
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London
Appam
Dakar
Plymouth
Tregantle
Senator Proposes Rural Cooperative Banks and Texas Buildings
Senator Sheppard introduces a bill to form national cooperative rural banking associations with minimum $500 capital, funded by bonds and usable by members only. He also seeks federal building studies for Texas towns Big Springs Brownsville Canadian Childress Huntsville and Memphis. House subcommittee weighs omnibus public buildings bill amid economy concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Sheppard
National Cooperative Rural Banking Associations
National Bank Act
United States
Banking and Currency Committee
Senator Sheppard
Congress
Texas
Secretary of the Treasury
Big Springs
Brownsville
Canadian
Childress
Huntsville
Memphis
House
Sumners
Dallas
Public Buildings Committee
House Committee
CANDIDATES FOR SENATE DENY IMPACT OF SULBERSON ANNOUNCEMENT
In Austin Texas on January 28 telegrams from Q B Colquitt T M Campbell John Davis S P Brooks George W Riddle and Robert L Henry deny Culbersons renomination will affect their own Senate bids and say they will continue the race to the end despite the announcement.
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Charles A. Sulberson
Austin
Tex
Austin Statesman
Q. B. Colquitt
T. M. Campbell
John Davis
S. P. Brooks
George W. Riddle
Robert L. Henry
United States
Culberson
Ferguson Seer Foresees Bounteous 1916 Texas Prosperity
Governor James Ferguson predicts a record year for Texas and the nation, stating he has his finger on the pulse of business. He spoke during a stop in Temple on January 28 while paying his poll tax and planning to spend days at Sparks farm before returning to duties.
Explosion injures many near Bluefield rail yard
A car loaded with black powder exploded in the Norfolk and Western yards in Bluefield West Virginia injuring more than forty people many fatally. Fire followed and by nine o'clock was still burning. Three dynamite cars on a nearby siding were moved to avert further danger while windows shook across the town. Cause not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Va
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Pecans for Shade Trees Boost Farm Profits
The Progressive Farmer urges coastal farmers to plant pecans as shade and lawn trees. Pecans enhance farm appearance, raise land salability, and serve as a solid revenue source. Planted 50 feet apart, they fit into intercrop systems with fertilizer and cultivation. Nut yields begin after 4–5 years and pay by 10–12 years.
Why Girls Should Be Careful In Answering Ads
Emily Barton Reid notes a February Woman's Home Companion warning from New York stations. Two teenage girls were lured by a disreputable stage ad, prompting a Travelers' Aid Society intervention. Fifty thousand girls vanish annually in the United States, and caution is urged to avoid harmful traps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Barton Reid
February Woman's Home Companion
New York
Travelers’ Aid Society
United States
Constitutional ruling on presidential preferential primary law
Austin opinions deem the 1913 presidential preferential primary law constitutional. The attorney general notes delegates at large names go to county chairmen, returns are like regular primaries, and the state convention handles national committeemen. Names of district delegates and timing for May votes are discussed to avoid delays before the June national convention.
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Austin Tex
Paul Waples
Fort Worth
Democratic Executive Committee
Dallas
Attorney General's Department
William Pinckney Dumas
State Executive Committee
National Executive Committee
Planting Suggestions for Grounds and Views
The plan advises large shade trees along boundaries spaced forty feet apart to allow full growth. Evergreens can shield from winds or unsightly views, and clear vistas should be created toward the road or distant scenery. Isolated trees belong near buildings, shrubs near walls, and beds arranged to ensure continuous bloom through seasons.
Oyster suit defendants deny corporate political bonds
The defendants in the Texas oyster suit against six brewing firms testified that corporate assets were not spent on campaigns but that stockholders individually contributed since 1907. The report notes an unrelated line about a disease called Love.
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Associated Press
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Texas
McLemore seeks withdrawal of troops on Mexican border
Washington January 28 Representative McLemore introduced a resolution in the House urging the remnant of U S troops along the Mexican border be withdrawn and used to form an army nucleus and that the Mexican question be settled by states contiguous to Mexico. He plans to discuss the question on the floor today.
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Washington
Texas
McLemore
House
House of Representatives
Sixty-Fourth Congress
Furthesr
Union
Mexico
Brandis Nominated to Supreme Court to Replace Lamar
Louis D. Brandis of Boston was nominated by the president for the Supreme Court seat, succeeding the late Justice Lamar. The nomination was sent to the Senate for confirmation, a name not previously circulated.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louis D. Brandis
Boston
Supreme Court of the United States
Lamar
Senate
Brandis
Money stolen from Washington Park National Bank recovered in Chicago
Police recovered more than half of the $15,000 stolen from the Washington Park National Bank in Chicago. Thirteen persons were arrested, believed to include five robbers, after the group was taken from a rooming house.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Washington Park National Bank
Golf Club election at Bryan Golf Club
At a Bryan Golf Club meeting yesterday, A. M. Waldrop was elected president Travis B. Bryan secretary and treasurer W. B. Cline O E Saunders and A B Adams named ground committee Doane A K Brown and Co A Ashworth named membership committee Hill Crest links to be put into good condition as spring approaches and members ready to play again.
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Bryan Golf Club
A. M. Waldrop
Travis B. Bryan
W. B. Cline
O. E. Saunders
A. 8. Adams
Doane
A. K. Brown and
A. Ashworth
Hill Crest
Bryan Boy Scouts to study athletics plan club setup
The Bryan Boy Scouts with help from Professor Geo Simpson and O L Strickland have purchased the Bryan Athletic Club equipment to outfit an athletic club for the Scouts. The building is yet to be secured and Strickland will serve as athletic director. Strickland also intends to lead boxing and wrestling activities.
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Bryan Boy Scouts
Geo. Simpson
O. L. Strickland
Bryan Athletic Club
Strickland
Old Turky Dish Brought By Bryan Resident
Bailey Brown presents a large ancient turkey dish to the Eagle office. Mrs Worley, mother of Arthur Worley, gave the dish to Brown’s wife forty years ago in England. The item’s exact age is unknown amid talk of liquor and domestic tales.
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Bailey Brown
Bryan
Eagle Office
Worley
Arthur Worley
Texas Extension Ties Placed Under College Direction
In a Washington dispatch on January 28, Bradford Knapp and Clarence Ousley announced that Texas extension duties formerly handled by the state agent will be transferred for the rest of the fiscal year to the Agricultural and Mechanical College. T Walton will serve as district agent from March 1, with prior selection by the late state agent to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clarence Ouss
Agritural and Mechanical College of
Bradford Knap
South
Texas
Agricultural and Chanical College
T. Walton
Effec
Stranger Forces Acid Into Baby in Pushcart Incident
A man unknown to the infant’s mother forced acid down the throat of a 4 weeks old baby in a go cart on a sidewalk in New York. The mother, Mrs. Char Clement, briefly left the child in a store, the assailant then vanished. The motive remains a mystery to investigators and doctors.
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Associated Press
New York
Char Clement
Pennsylvania Crude Oil Prices Rise Amid Market Move
Pittsburgh Jan 28 PENN crude oil advanced 10 cents to 2.35 while other components followed the gain. The market showed a general upturn as prices firmed across the sector.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Fire destroys compress and cotton in Memphis Texas blaze
Memphis Texas fire night destroyed the compress and cotton valued at 150000 dollars. A quail supper followed at Hostetter Cafe with Ty ler Haswell and others present. quail were killed by Joe ard and Alf Patterson and served by cafe proprietor Mr Jetter. Guests included Tyler, Joe Howard, Jack Johnson, Al terson, Elmer Dodson, Sam B. and Dick Davis.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tex
Tyler Haswell
Haswell Book Store
Hostetter
Joeard
Alf Patterson
Mr. Jetter
Tyler
Joe Howard
Jack Johnson
Alterson
Elmer Dodson
Sam B
Dick Davis
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BE. Lawrence & Co
M. H. James
The
Smith Drug Company
J. W. Harper
Joe Groginsky
WM. B. Cline
Commerce
Ferguson
Bluefields
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Mw'lemore
U. S
Supreme Court
Golf Club
BOY Scouts
Walton
Stati
Bradford Knapp
Clarence Ousley
Baby
Stranger
Penn
Associated Preas
Passaic, N. J
Probatio
Raymond Withers
Nunn
Youth Withers
Bridget
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