Cox Roosevelt Campaign Funds Urgently Needed in Texas
In October 1920 the 12th Senatorial District in Texas mobilizes funds for the National Democratic Party. Lee J. Rountree of Bryan is named Finance Chairman for Brazos Robertson Limestone and Freestone counties with a terse appeal to raise donations within thirty days and press for local newspaper publicity.
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Brazos
Limestone
Freestone and
Robertson
Lee J. Rountree
J. A. Kemp
Brazos County
Ed Hall
Pattie W. Sims
John E. Astin
W. 8. Howell
L. L. McInnis
Ike Ashburn
Hall
James M. Cox
Ohio
Franklin LD. Roosevelt
New York
United States
J. Felton Lane
Hearne
Robertson County
D. Leon Harp
J. M. Bradley
Mexia
Limestone County
Lee F. Kirgan
Fairfield
Freestone County
Kemp
Dallas
Texas
Bryan
National Democratic Party
Hundred Thousand Be Idle in Chicago
By Associated Press Chicane October 13, officials warn of large layoffs in Chicago with 100,600 workers in building trades and allied lines out of work by January 1. E M Craig of the Building Contractors Association cites the number while Simon O'Donnell of the Building Trades Council cautions figures may be high but agrees unemployment rises daily.
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Associated Press
Chlane
Chicago
E. M. Craig
Banding Contractors’ Association
Simon O'Donnell
Suilding Trades Council
Mrs John Hicks Passes Into Rest
Mrs Laura Josephine Hicks of Brazos County died at Bryan Hospital following an operation. Funeral services will be held at 2 50 this afternoon from the home, with burial at Reliance cemetery near Kurten. She was born January 18 1875 in Madison County and is survived by her husband four sons a sister and a brother. She was a member of Missionary Baptist church of old Tryon at Kurten.
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Laura Josephine Hicks
Bryan Hospital
Reliance
Kurten
Madison County
Brazos County
Walter
Auddie
Bert
Liver
Ollie Saxon
Bryan
J. H. Carr
Comanche
Missionary Baptist Church of
Supreme Court grants test petition on pledge binding voters
The Texas Supreme Court, by a majority led by Chief Justice Nelson Phillips, granted permission to file a mandamus petition to test whether pledges by port nominees in Democratic primaries bind voters who subscribe to them. The ruling set the stage for a major constitutional question on party pledges and voter obligations.
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Associated Press
Austin
Supreme Court
Nelson Phillips
League of Nations Day Proposal Refused by Governor Coolidge
Boston Mass October 13 The League of Nations Day committee led by President Lowell of Harvard University asked all state governors to proclaim Sunday October 21 as League of Nations Day to promote understanding of the covenant. Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts refused the request.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Lowell
Harvard University
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Texas Women's Wage Law Upheld by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
The Texas minimum wage law for women and minors was upheld by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin after reaffirming a lower court judgment. J Page of Harris County fined $100 for discharging Bessie Lee who testified before the Industrial Welfare Commission of Texas.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Industrial Welfare Commission
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
J. Page
Starris County
Bessie Lee
Industrial Welfare Commission of Texas
Marriage Licenses Issued in Brazos County This Week
The Brazos County Clerk reports a week of issued licenses listing couples including Jesse Salogos and Antonio Cerda C. C. Lewis and Katie Ruth Spiller Frank Greeland and Lu la Thompson Tom Robertson and Jewell Lockett Madison Bradley and Amy Sanders Henry L. Brown and Hazel L. Farris Oscar Harrison and Alice Lockett Walter Sikorski and Beulah Brawiek Ike Lane and Mary Jane Wade Alf Henry and Lila Jackson Reddin Andrews and Addie Hill.
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Brazos County
H. O. Ferguson
Jesse Salogos
Antonio Cerda
C. C. Lewis
Katie Ruth Spiller
Frank Greeland
Lula Thompson
Tom Robertson
Jewell Lockett
Madison Bradley
Amy Sanders
Henry L. Brown
Hazel L. Farris
Oscar Harrison
Alice Lockett
Walter Sikorski
Beulah Brawiek
Ike Lane
Mary Jane Wade
Alf Henry
Lila Jackson
Reddin Andrews
Addie Hill
Unique program for the Sunday school reception
A Sunday school reception at the Y M C A features an old fashioned charade contest with prizes for best charade and best answer. Each class must present a tableau, with some events requiring a young lady representative and advance class planning advised. For sale two top buggies with harness good as new cheap Monday Moehlman phone 219.
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Monday
Moehlman
Government to Probe Texas Cotton Gin Fires By Night Riders
United States Justice Department agents are sent to Cameron Texas to determine if a compress fire that destroyed 5000 bales of cotton was incendiary. The inquiry expands to other gun and compress fires across the state with expected arrests in several locations following rider warnings.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
United States
Cameron
United States Department of Justice
Department of Justice
Dallas Alumni Plan Texas-wide Organization
At a Dallas luncheon the A and M alumni discussed organizing local associations across Texas. President Bizzell urged alumni support to grow the college, noting enrollment gains and a ten-year building plan to add dormitories and classrooms. C A Finley urged mobilizing ex-students to form Dallas and future city chapters. A Dallas committee was named to organize a Dallas association.
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Dallas
Texas
Bizzell
C. E. Finley
Finley
A. & M. College of Texas
Tyree L. Bell
Lakewood Engineering Company
Dallas University Club
C. O. Moser
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
Mulvey Goodwin
Southwestern General Electric Company
D. M. Levy
Texas Construction Company
John Garrity
Magnolia Petroleum Company
University Club
Mac Sweeney Hunger Strike Worsens At Brixton Prison
Lord Mayor Mac Sweeney's condition fell weaker on the morning bulletin from the Irish Self Determination League. The Cork mayor's sixty second day of hunger strike prompted Paris doctors to discuss possible durations and factors affecting endurance.
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Associated Press
London
MacSweeney
Brixton Prison
Irish Self Determination League
Paris
Cork
Dr. Socquet
Paris M'dn
William Granier
Granier
Toulouse
Tanner
Succi
Merlatti
Taylor
Brazos County District Court Fines and Trials Noted
The Brazos County District Court docket on Monday included Isaac Harris pleading guilty to aggravated assault with a 25 dollar fine plus costs. Other cases set for October dates include R D Hoffman forgery, Wilburn Gator liquor equipment possession, Joe Coulon collision aid refusal, Joe Kolnench rape, and W E Foster theft of property over 50 dollars. Petit jurors listed for this and next week.
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Brazos County
W. C. Davis
Isaac Harris
R. D. Hoffman
Wilburn Gator
Joe S. Coulon
Joe Kolnench
J. H. Rawson
W. S. Barron
W. E. Foster
Palmer seeks reasons for Sims resignation in coal cases
Washington October 13 Attorney General Palmer telegraphed Dan W Sims of Indianapolis requesting his reasons for resigning as special assistant attorney general in prosecutions of coal operators and miners before Federal Judge Anderson in Indianapolis.
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Associated Press
Washington
Palmer
Dan W. Sims
Indianapolis
Anderson
Central Texas District Baptist Association Opens Sessions
The Central Texas District Baptist Association began its sessions at First Baptist Church with Rev. L. J. Wallace delivering the sermon on missions and stewardship. Officers elected include C. B. Carter Moderator and C. E. Bullock Corresponding Secretary, as committees are appointed for the weeklong meeting with reports due Thursday.
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Central Texas District Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
L. J. Wallace
Franklin
Jnc. A. Held
J. J. Pipkin
W. A. Chisholm
The
Baptist Tabernacle
C. B. Carter
C. E. Bullock
Hearne
John A. Held
Bryan
E. F. Drury
Calvert
Association
Tickets On Sale For Lyceum Course Season
Open sale of Lyceum Course tickets drew strong interest as students and campus crowds prefer season passes for seven numbers. First to appear will be the Zedeler Symphonic Quintet on a Texas tour returning to many familiar towns. Sherman reports a splendid program and all members are noted artists.
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Zedeler Symphonic
Texas
Sherman
Ruin Likely for U S Farmers Warns Agriculture Conference
Washington reports a prepared Agriculture Conference finding imminent ruin for farmers if prices don’t improve. The committee faults the Federal Reserve for keeping prices low and urges frank action by authorities to restore production costs and market balance. Cotton gins in Lavaca Arkansas shut down as a sign of rising tensions and possible night rider activity.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Conference
General Committee
Federal Reserve System
Aggies Prepare for L A A Game Friday at Kyle Field
The Texas A&M Aggies groom for Friday’s home game with Louisiana State University under Coaches Bible and Rothgeb. Higginbotham and Sanders are expected back in the lineup as the squad trains behind closed gates, aiming to improve after a Dallas loss and a 3–0 win over the Mustangs.
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Texas Aggies
Bible
Rothgeb
Louisiana State University
Dallas
Mustangs
Kyle Field
Tigers
Louisiana
Higginbotham
Sammy Sanders
Hig
A. & M. University
Sanders
Aggie Elever
Benoit
Jogue
Ives
McFarland
Woodward
Spencer
Schneider
Hanley
Tiger
Beait
Sov
Hogue
Aggie
Aggies
Eddie” Mahan
Spring Hill University
Rumor of Chang Tsao Lin Overthrow in Peking
Shanghai reports an uprising with General Chang Tsao Lin, governor of Fengtein, claiming a monarchy after overthrowing the Peking government. The rumor is unconfirmed. officials are alarmed. Chang Tsao Lin led during the Chili and Anfu party conflict and was accused of aiding the Japanese.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Chang Tsao-Lin
Fengtein
Peking
Chili
Anfu
Students Fill Summer Positions Credabily At Beaumont
The head of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering secured summer jobs for fourteen A and M engineering students at Magnolia Petroleum Company in Beaumont Texas. John Newton class of 1912 coordinated a progressive program moving students through pipeline boiler shop stills laboratory and other departments to study refining methods. The company praised the students as energetic and well trained and the college noted the firm’s recognition of its graduates.
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Magnolia Petroleum Company
Beaumont
Texas
John Newton
Newton
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Cox-Roosevelt
Robertson, Limestone and
Freestone
John Hicks
Geo. A. Adams Tnsurance Agency
League OF Nations
DR. Bizzell
M. Friley
A. & M. Bulletin
Jake Armstrong
Houston
McSweeney
S. S. Clay
W. A. Dearon
S. W. Glass
J. C. Harrington
B. H. Marquart
G. E. Orr
H. L. Prestwood
C. E. Sealey
J. H. Atkins
R. H. Beal
Hugh Dowling
T. J. Harrold
J. W. McCulloch
B. M. Price
J. B
Chas, Schultze
Henry Lawless
Chas. Payne
G. M. Brandon
J. FE. Covey
T. H. Haltom
Tyler Haswell
E. F. Parks
Central Texas District Baptist Association Meet
Bernice Tyson
A. J. Buchanan
Dan Morris
W. S. Howell
A. K. Tyson
E. A. White
A. B. Welsh
J. P. Linan
Old Ministers Relief
Jnc
Jnc. A. Moore; W. E. Graham and R. R. Holbert
Sanitary
Wm. Robinson
R. S. Smith
J. E. Smith
B. A. Barnet
C. §. Jones
Home Missions
H. P. Dansby
Ell Peters
Frank Merka
D. R. Tallent
Foreign Missions
R. L. Brown
A. G. Cobb
O. P. Sandifer
T. C. Elliott
Joe Merka
State Missions
N. G. Hall
J. M .Bullock
Dave Arnett
J. A. Maynard
C. E. Ellison
Buckner Orphans Home
Mr. Sims
Claude Box
Christian Education
John A
Central Texas District Association
C. P. Welch
Carrie Hostrasser
Chas. E. Bullock
H.C. Nash
E. S. Terry
J. P. Lineman
C. F. Drury
G. W Tyson
Bernie Tyson
C. B
G. W. C. Norwood
L. V. Williams
Kurten—Hamp _ Buchanan
Will Henderson
B. F. Lloyd
Cottonwood
J. L. Cobb
Mary Locke
Winter Springs
Will Morris
T. B. Robinson
Harvey
E. A. Peters
T. B. Smith
Lloyd
Rev. Eck Smith
Tabor
Joe Sample
Lyceum
Lavaca
Ark
College Station
Houston and
Texas Central
College
James Sullivan
Chemical Engineering
Bryep
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