Trustees urged to meet U S representative in Bryan
County Superintendent W L Powers has arranged for J D Blackwell director of the Smith Hughes fund to visit Bryan on Saturday June 7 to meet county high school trustees and others interested to learn about Smith Hughes aid. Powers offers help to schools seeking this benefit under the law.
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W. L. Powers
J. D. Blackwell
Smith-Hughes Fund
Austin
Bryan
Blackwell
Smith-Hughes
Germans Cross Polish Frontiers Meet Defeat
Des Paris reports that twelve hundred Germans from East Prussia crossed the Polish frontier to strike Polish advance guards. Polish reinforcements arrived and in a sharp engagement the Germans were repulsed with heavy losses.
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Paris
East Prussia
Warsaw
Senate committee backs private return of telephone wires
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee ordered a favorable report on the bill to restore telephone and telegraph wires to private ownership. The measure was amended to extend existing rates for sixty days after final congressional action, and the committee vote was unanimous.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Austria Receives Allied Peace Terms at St Germain
At St Germain the Allied peace terms were presented to the Austrian delegation. Austria has fifteen days to reply. Karl Renner spoke in French and denounced the delay while asserting Austria’s republic is free of the Hapsburg dynasty. The treaty outline mirrors Germany’s with seven million people in five to six thousand square miles and key clauses to be set later.
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Paris
St. Germain
Austria
Premier Clemenceau
Lansing
Henry White
Wilson
Clemenceau
Karl Renner
Renner
Men of 36th Division Arrive Aboard Troy Transport
The 141st infantry unit of the 36th division led plus attached elements including military police company 205th and 111th supply trains arrive aboard the transport Troy in New York on June 3.
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New York
141St Infantry
36Th Division
Troy
Habitual Constipation Cure Offered in 14 to 21 Days
An Eagle want ad promotes LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN as a syruphonic laxative for habitual constipation. It claims prompt relief with regular 14 to 21 days use to induce regular action and regulation. Price listed as 60 cents per bottle.
Brazos County Considers 15-Cent Road Maintenance Tax
The Brazos county commissioners court, acting as a board of equalization, finalize efforts to equalize property assessments and plan a 15 cent maintenance tax to fund road improvements. They expect wide support and will set election date before adjournment.
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Commissioners’ Court
Board of Equalization
Brazos County
Biggest saloon in the world to close Monday in Ohio
Bridgeport Ohio will close the largest saloon in the world on Monday as Ohio goes dry under a state constitutional amendment. Sam Ungerleider, 36, owner, runs a 216 foot bar with 77 staff and claimed $5 000 daily deposits and 20 000 drinks sold daily since 1915. He is a banker, manufacturer, mine owner, oilman and banker.
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Bridgeport
Ohio
Ohio River
Wheeling
W. Va
Sam Ungerleider
Ohio Valley
Ungerleider
Columbus
Professor claims 2 3-4 percent beer not intoxicating
Philadelphia reports Dr. John Marshall of the University of Pennsylvania asserts that beer at 2 3-4 percent is non intoxicating after one day or a week of drinking. He stands by the scientific results despite ministers and doctors challenging the findings and calling for longer tests.
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Philadelphia
John Marshall
University of Pennsylvania
Marshall
Hobart A. Hare
R. E. Johnson
Twenty-ninth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Johnson
Hare
Doctor Johnson
Doctor Marshall
Doctor Hare
Seek to Protect Oil Stock Investors
Dallas group forms the Texas Oil Investors' Protective association to combat fraudulent oil stock selling. The hundreds strong body will demand dividends from bad companies and salvage funds from incompetent firms. Officials warn many firms squander investors money while others with ample production withhold payouts. Public interest rose after new Texas oil fields were discovered.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas Oil Investors’ Protective Association
Texas
Association
RNTE Increases Upheld by Court
Washington June 2. The supreme court upheld the railroad freight and passenger rate increases from last June and also affirmed the telephone and teleg raph rate hikes effective last January.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Prohibition Figures Question Doctor Marshall Experiment
In New York federal court documents cite Everard v. breweries case facts as clergymen and prohibition workers challenge Doctor Marshall’s experiment. They argue publication won’t harm public health since most people are aware of alcohol’s injurious effects on the human system.
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Joseph E. Everard
Vusepn Eyverard’ Breweries
Federal District Court
New York
Doctor Marshall
Serbians to study agriculture in US colleges
President Bizzell agrees to fund two Serbian youths to receive agricultural education in College under $400 per year cap. Dr Nat Frame initiated the plan from West Virginia University to aid war victims, with private subscriptions to cover travel from Atlantic coast points. American farmers are urged to contribute livestock and seeds to help rebuilding Serbian farms after wartime devastation.
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Serbia
Bizzell
Nat T. Frame
School of Agriculture
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Atlantic Coast
Frame
Baker Seeks Canal Purchase Authority and funds
Secretary Baker asked Congress for legislative authority and a ten million dollar appropriation for the immediate purchase of the Cape Cod canal, signaling a major move in securing the waterway.
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Baker
Washington
Congress
Cape Cod Canal
Supreme Court declares statute on altered or forged notes constitutional
The Supreme Court ruled that federal laws making it a misdemeanor to alter forge or counterfeit currency are constitutional. The decision upholds penalties for falsifying fading banknotes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas Fire Losses Reach 10.8 Million in 1918
Austin reports 1918 fire losses totaling 10 826 272 dollars from 8030 fires. National board of underwriters figures cited by the state fire insurance commission show insurance companies covering 7 675 851 dollars. Lightning caused 273 fires, while no sodden building was fired in that manner.
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Austin
Texas
National Board of Underwriters
State Fire Insurance Commission
East Texas Tomatoes Sold to Kansas City Firm
A carload of tomatoes from Jacksonville Texas was loaded by the East Texas Fruit and Truck Growers' association and sold to Evans & Peppers of Kansas City Missouri for 2.25 dollars per crate.
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Jacksonville
Tex
East Texas Fruit and Truck Growers’ Association
Evans & Peppers
Kansas City
Suffrage Amendment Up For Senate Action
Washington June 3 The house equal suffrage amendment was called up by the senate today for possible final action.
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Washington
Senate
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic For Blood Purification
Vintage ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a blood purifying and enriching remedy. It claims to restore energy, color, appetite and vitality by supplying iron and quinine, noting it is not a patent medicine and is child friendly. The copy cites a 35 year history and suggests it is available at drug stores for 60 cents per bottle.
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GROVE
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U. S
Professor Powers
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Price
Amarillo
Dalhart
Hoover
Peruna
Samuel McKinley
E. 12Th St
Society of U. S. Jewelry Auctioneers
New Perfection Advertising
McCall's Magazine
Cleveland Metal Products Company
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Magnolia Petroleum Company
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