Cotton pool plan shifts burden to Southern banks
New York Oct 22 A bankers conference on a proposed 150 million cotton pool to ease Southern credit identified two warehouse certificate classes. Northern and Western banks would back cotton at 41.4 cents per pound while Southern banks would accept six cent cotton. The plan aims to limit next year's crop and involves major banks pledging up to 50 million as part of a wider relief effort.
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Associated Press
New York
North
W. P. G. Harding
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Festus J. Wade
G. W. Simmons
St. Louis
A. H. Wiggin
Clearing
Five Milward Sons Serve in English Army in War
H T Milward of 1019 Mason Street San Antonio Texas has five sons and one son in law serving in the English army in Europe. Two are fighting in France while the others await calls for the next contingent. Only one son, living in New York, has not yet enlisted.
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San Antonio
Tex
H. T. Milward
Mason Street
England
France
New York
South Carolina Senate OKs $25 million cotton bond plan
The State Senate approved a bill authorizing a $25,000,000 bond issue to buy cotton. If the House passes it, voters in South Carolina must approve it by two thirds at the next general election. A separate measure to end cotton production next year was killed in the House after three days of debate.
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Associated Press
Columbia
S. C
State Senate
House
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Two More Bandits Killed in Sedro Woolley Bank Raid
Associated Press reports two more bandits died early today after a bank robbery near Sedro Woolley Washington. The five-man group had robbed the Sedro Wooley bank last Saturday. three attackers were killed in the ensuing confrontation and two more were killed at dawn.
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Associated Press
Bellingnane Wash
Sedro Wooley
Farmers Meet Forms Brazos County Diversification Association
The Brazos County Crop Diversification and Marketing Association organized at the county courthouse at 10 this morning with Ed Hall as temporary chairman. About 300 farmers from across the county attended and 110 charter members signed the roll. I. M. Cook was elected president, Ed Hall first vice president, W. E. Graham second vice president, and H. L. McKnight secretary.
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Brazos County
County Court House
Ed Hall
I. M. Cook
W. E. Graham
H. L. McKnight
Income Tax Dodgers Suspected After Low Returns
Washington report says 57 598 income tax returns were filed for the fiscal year, far below the 425 000 taxable incomes projected. Treasury figures indicate 146 828 fewer returns than expected, prompting an IRS campaign to uncover delinquent filers.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
President Wilson Signs War Revenue Bill
Washington reports President Wilson signed the war revenue bill at 5 48 yesterday afternoon establishing the new wartime tax measures and funding.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Food Inspector notes improvements in Bryan markets
J. T. Thompson of Austin representing the State Food and Drug Inspection Department spent a day in Bryan. He found better conditions at markets and slaughter houses but flagged lack of proper screening and protection of goods and short weights in butter, giving two weeks to fix defects. He will revisit the city then.
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J. T. Thompson
Austin
Food and Drug Inspection Department
Bryan
Thompson
Eagle Office
Cargo Train Sees 14,900 Bales Leave Texas City
Leyland line steamer Median departed Texas City with fourteen thousand nine hundred bales of cotton bound for Liverpool. The Belgian of the same line arrived from Liverpool. about nine thousand bales from Texas will reach Liverpool.
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Texas City
Liverpool
Tex
Leyland Line
Texas
Anthems and War Chants From National Pride
A collage of period songs invokes Germany's Rhine guardian chant England's God Save the King France La Marseillaise and Russia's anthem with calls to arms against tyrants. The piece blends patriotic oaths and warnings of invasion, urging unity and liberty across nations.
Lemberg, Capital of Galicia, described in detail
The New York Sun profiles Lemberg, Galicia's capital, a 160000 population commercial hub on the Pel ten river. It highlights its former fortified inner town turned to pleasure grounds, diverse cathedrals, a 1784 university, and broad streets with parks. The city hosts machinery, ironware, matches, candles, brick and tile industries and brewing interests. The ethnic mix is 80 percent Poles, 10 percent Germans, 30 percent Jewish, with Poles asserting de facto autonomy under Franz Josef.
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Lemberg
Galicia
Austrian Empire
Franz Josef
New York Sun
First Siege of Ostend and its Historic Shifts in Power
The article traces Ostend’s sieges from 1604 to 1814 1830 with changes in control by Spain France the Netherlands and Belgium. It notes Ostend as La Reine des Plages the Queen of Beaches and a premier European seaside resort with grand hotels and liberal bathing wear.
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Ostend
Charles II
Spain
Marlborough
Ramillies
Netherlands
Belgium
la Reine Des Plages
Europe
New Orleans
Mysterious California Animal Baffles Local Hunters
Deputies received a peculiar creature named caco mixta from two men who mistook it for a fox. The animal resembles a fox in shape but more like a ring tailed cat, ten inches tall and eighteen inches long with a ringed tail. It is said to have a valuable hide and may become a local curiosity as the first of its kind seen in this region.
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George Nedbalek
Bryan
California
New Mexico
Texas
Nedbalek
Robbed at Pistol Point Near Cotton Compress
Neill Spell of George Texas visiting his uncle T H Spell was held up near the cotton compress at 7 15 pm by two men with a pistol and flashlight and robbed of six dollars and one or two other articles. Officers searched the area but made no arrests and continued the investigation.
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Neill Spell
George
Texas
T. H. Spell
Bryan & Central Texas Interurban
Four boys plead guilty after church car theft attempt
Four youths arrested by Officers Jolly and Worley after an attempted car theft at the Baptist Church during prayer meeting pleaded guilty. The incident occurred Wednesday night as officers intervened during the escape attempt.
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Jolly
Worley
Baptist Church
Germans Claim Gains in Belgium and Northern France
Berlin reports German victory across Belgium and into northern France with heavy attacks near the Lasbasse Canal and Arras. Paris notes French progress near Verdun while the British, French, and German naval actions intensify along the Belgian coast amid sinking merchant ships and ongoing bombardments.
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Nouncement
Lasbasse Canal
Arras
Young Men Released Without Fine After City Court Guilty Plea
City court yesterday found three young men guilty on charges but Mayor Harris released them without fining. They were warned that repeat offenses would incur fines for both new and prior violations.
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Harris
Wise and Otherwise Buckets of Wit and Words
A collection of humorous quotes and quips from Mrs Firth and others. Jokes touch on teething babies beard shaving cold jokey bets and social banter with light Western and city references. The items read like a quick humor feature from a 19thcentury or early 20thcentury paper.
Duke of Roxburgh Wounded in France
The Duke of Roxburgh, the British officer who married Miss Mae Goelet of New York, was wounded in France.
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Associated Press
London
Duke of Roxburgh
Mae Goelet
New York
France
Kiel yards build thirty armored fighters for invasion
Copenhagen reports two Kiel shipyards are constructing thirty armored fighters to transport troops with a plan to use them from Amsterdam in an invasion of England. The claim notes the vessels are intended for this operation and cites the source as a contemporary dispatch.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Kiel
Amsterdam
England
Portuguese Uprisings Suppressed Across North Portugal
Monarchists attempted uprisings in multiple areas of North Portugal on the nights of October 20 and 21. All efforts were quickly suppressed.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Portugal
Russians Defeated in Bukowina Capture
Berlin reports that Vienna announces the capture of Czernowicz the capital of Bukowina from the Russians on October 23.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Vienna
Czernowicz
Bukowina
North Sea Mine Sinks Steamer Alice in Minutes
A North Sea mine sank the steamer Alice near London on October 23. The vessel went down in three minutes but the crew were saved.
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Associated Press
London
Alice
Russians Claim Victory Before Warsaw Despite German Hold on Vistula
London reports on Oct 23 that Russia says it has defeated the Germans before Warsaw while acknowledging German positions along the Vistula river.
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Associated Press
London
Official Information Bureau
Maximilian of Hesse
Karlsruhe
Atlantic
Warsaw
Vistula
Germans Bring Fresh Troops For Verdun Fight
A Paris dispatch reports German forces sending fresh troops to Verdun as heavy fighting continues with alternating French gains and losses.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Paris
Verdun
Eleven Drown in San Antonio Flood Disaster
The flood wrecked the poor district as eleven residents died yesterday in San Antonio. Dozens remain missing and two hundred houses were swept away by Alazan Creek amid continuing rains. The report also notes related flooding at Cuero and halted automobile mail service south of San Angelo.
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Associated Press
San Antonio, Tex
Alazan Creek
San Angelo
Tex
Boys Caught Driving Car From Church During Prayer
Four youths were nabbed by Deputy Worley at the Baptist Church while driving a car away during prayer meeting. They were summoned to appear before the city court at 4 this afternoon.
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The
Baptist Church
Marshal Worley
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