Republican gubernatorial race waged along non partisan lines
In Austin on September 17 Associated Press reports Doctor George Butte, Republican nominee for governor, began messaging the public as he planned to publish a Sunday letter. R B Creager stayed for further talks as Butte urged Texas welfare over party and signaled an independent campaign strategy.
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Associated Press
Austin
George Butte
R. B. Creager
Butte
Texas
Europe Solves Own Problems Colonels House Says
Colonel House asserts Europe is resolving its own issues without outside help. He states nations are pursuing salvation through self reliance and cooperation in the current crisis.
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Colonel House
Europe moving toward own solution without US leadership
Colonel Edward House said in Wenham Massachusetts that Europe under Britain and France is confidentially working out its own solution to its difficulties without waiting for American leadership. He cited see previous opportunity from 1919 and noted the shift in approach after his overseas visit.
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Associated Press
Wenham
Mass
Europe
Edward House
Britain
France
United States
Frank Womack Visits Bryan District Manager for Bond Firm
Frank Womack of Houston district manager for the National Bond and Mortgage Corporation visited Bryan today to confer with local representative Miss Ida J. Parker. He noted changes at A and M College and listed his territory including Sealey Bellville Brenham Somerville Caldwell Navasota and Bryan, with a new Bryan office opening recently. Mr and Mrs G R Warren of A and M College also traveled to Bryan for a brief business visit.
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Frank Womack
Houston
National Bond and Mortgage Corporation of Houston
Bryan
Ida J. Parker
Womack
A. and
M. College
College
Sealey
Bellville
Brenham
Somerville
Caldwell
Navasota
National Bond and Mortgage Corporation
T. A. Adams
W. S. Barron
H. C. Fulgham
C. E. Griesser
C. W. Goolsby
W. W. Griffin
F. L. Henderson
W. W. Hall
Kay Hassell
Tyler Haswell
Dr. E. P.humbert
Forrest Jones
James
J. H. Kraft
T. K. Lawrence
W. H. Lawrence
J. M. Lawrence, Jr
Ivan Langford
J. A. Moore, Jr
Oak McKenzie
A. S. McSwain
Roy Montgomery
J. W. Payne
Park
M. L. Parker
David Reid
J. L. Reese
H. T. Schovassa
D. D. Vasbinder
M. E. Wallace
D. L. Wilson
C. G. Walker
H. H. Williamson
Millican School Bond Election Injunction Halted
An injunction blocks the Millican district bond election after boundary errors led to cancellation. Plaintiffs John D. Rogers E P Terrell and C M Cole seek court action with judges W C Davis to rule Friday. defense by F L Henderson Armstrong and Armstrong. Local Millican attendees include C B McGregor J D Battle and others.
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Millican
J. D. Battle
Peach
W. C. Davis
W. S. Dean
Navasota
W. S. Barron
Bryan
F. L. Henderson
Armstrong & Armstrong
R. W. Armstrong
John D. Rogers
E. P. Terrell
C. M. Cole
C. B. McGregor
A. Battle
S. E. Dunlap
Millican School Board
J. W. Burrows
Winnie
Clarence Sawyer
R. L. Baker
Carroll Jamieson
A. J. Edwards
J.D. Battle
Carl Seeley
World fliers reach Omaha after flight from Chicago
World fliers circled over Omaha this afternoon and arrived at 12 50 pm after departing Chicago.
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Omaha
Chicago
Associated Press
the World Fliers
Cotton futures rise as Gotton Market closes higher
Cotton futures closed 60 points up as Gotton Market shows gains. Local spot prices quoted at 20 12 cents with middling basis noted.
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Gotton
Omaha chosen for 1925 American Legion convention
St Paul Sept 17 Omaha was selected as the 1925 convention city for the American Legion at the sixth annual session. Fort Worth was the only other candidate in the race, with the vote Omaha 512 and Fort Worth 440.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Omaha
American Legion
Fort Worth
Robberies Hit New York Frock Designer After Cabaret
Edith Bobe, noted frock designer for Dorothy King and Louise Lawson known as Broadway butterflies, was held up with an escort after a cabaret party. Four bandits looted $25,000 in jewelry, masked the maid, and knocked the escort unconscious. Victims refused police details and disappeared into anonymity.
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New York
Edith Bobe
Dorothy King
Louise Lawson
Miss Bobe
The
Lambs Club
Bobe
Pounding Surprise For Rev C B Thompson At Home
About 75 Free Baptist church members surprised Rev C B Thompson and his wife at their home last night with a "pounding" of gifts and good cheer. The group gathered at the church then moved to the Thompson residence for games, visiting, and a festive exchange of household and personal items.
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C. B. Thompson
The
Free Baptist Church
Thompson
Auto Agency and Mechanical Shop in New Godwin Building
A new brick building on Bryan street by James Godwin will house an automobile agency for Star and Durant cars with W. H. Smith as proprietor and a front filling station. The rear holds an automobile repair shop run by Godwin and featuring Pete Crenshaw and another mechanic. the business is already open.
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Bryan Street
James Godwin
Star and Durant Cars
W. H. Smith
Houston
Mr Godwin
Pete Crenshaw
Brazos County
Miners Burned as Explosion Traps Dozens Underground
An explosion in a coal mine left over 50 miners trapped underground and severely burned. Rescue teams faced dangerous conditions as workers battled the blaze and tried to reach the imprisoned miners. Local officials urged calm and coordinated efforts to save those affected.
Twelve Men Escape Mine Disaster At Sublet
Rescue parties returned with the bodies of 21 miners from the Kemmerer Coal Company mine at Sublet after yesterday's explosion. More than 60 men were in the mine. twelve emerged unharmed, saved by a cave in that cut off gas after the blast.
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Associated Press
Emmerer
Wyo
Kemmerer Coal Company
Sublet
P T A to hold annual business meeting at high school
Mrs A K Brown president of Bryan Parent- Teachers Association announces the annual business meeting to be held Thursday afternoon September 18 at 4 o clock in the high school building. Annual reports will be presented and committees named inviting all parents and teachers to attend.
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A. K. Brown
Bryan
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Ware’s Interpretative Dancing Classes Attract Local Interest
Mrs. A S Ware offers two booklets on Girls Classic Dancing and Children's Classic Dancing to foster graceful expressive movement. The first meeting occurred September 13 with weekly sessions at the Elks club rooms through March 28 1925. May fete will showcase interprettive dancing ballet and technique with monthly visitors day for progress views.
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A. S. Ware
Elks’ Club
Governor Bryan Expands Campaign Into Adjoining States
Lincoln reports Governor Charles Bryan will extend his vice presidential campaign into several neighboring states beginning early October. He announced the plan from Lincoln on September 17.
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Bryan
Associated Press
Lincoln
Charles Bryan
Nebraska
Butte Seeks Texas Governorship Pronouncing Name Clearly
Dr. Butte Republican candidate for Texas governor explains his name pronunciation in Austin on Monday. He vows a vigorous campaign and argues a strong opposition party is the bulwark of safety for the people, aiming to avoid political jokes.
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Dr. Butte
Texas
Montana
Austin
Gasoline Prices Seen Dropping Again Soon
Independence Kas Sept 17 The Prairie Oil and Gas Company announced a 25 cent per barrel cut for all oil purchased at wells in North Texas Kansas and Oklahoma. Similar reductions were also made by the Transcontinental Oil Company headquartered at Muskogee Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Independence, Kas
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
North
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Transcontinental Oil Company
Muskogee
Roads Featured At Rotary Meet In Bryan Texas
The Bryan Rotary Club held a luncheon at Green Parrot Tea Room and a major meeting focused on road issues. Speakers including W. Williamson discussed road costs and Bryan’s growth prospects along with attendance and pledges for student loan funds.
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Rotary Meet
Green Parrot Tea Room
D. L. Wilson
Bryan Club
Wilson
M. E. Wallace
W. S. Barron
Rotary
A. and
M. College
Harry Rogers
San Antonio
W. B. Bizzell
Rotary Club
Green Parrot
Rotarians
Rotary-Anns
Floods in Japan After Typhoon Kill Hundreds Reported
Floods following a heavy typhoon inundate many areas of Japan with a potential death toll in the hundreds. Tokio reports forty thousand houses partially flooded and about three hundred missing in a Saitama village. Landslides in Chiba Prefecture have claimed several lives.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Japan
Saitama
Chiba Prefecture
R M Nall Pioneer Citizen Dies in Bryan Texas
R M Nall died at his home in Bryan on Wednesday September 17 at 10 a m after months of illness He was born December 30 1853 at Rusk Texas and moved to Brazos county in 1880 He served as City Marshall and county sheriff and tax assessor a long time Baptist church member survived by five children and a brother The funeral will be held Thursday at 4 p m from the family residence conducted by Dr John A Held
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Friendship Bible
First Baptist Sunday School
New York
Maurine Neeley
Artie Barron
Louis McCullough
O. J. Parks
Harold Sanders
Lillian Moore
Corrie Suber
Belle Loche
Bess Withers
A. B. Calloway
R. N. Burroughs
Roy W. Nunn
H. P. Smith
W. G. Parkerson
N. L. McCullough
Hattie F. White
P. S. Mangum
Jac. A. Held
Held
Harvey C
Fender
Mary Birdsong
Black
McDuff Simpson
Lynn Benning
G. R. Warren
John Blassenz
Parker Carroll
Eva Stewart
Lillian Ferguson
Jewell Mathis
Willie Belle Johnson
Jessie Mae Kelley
Ella Blazek
Marguerite Stephens
the Evans
Evelyn Crawford
Laura Belle Roten
Adelle Hall
Velma Graham
Ella Francis
Adah Proctor
Artie Lou Smith
Nora Ward
Albert Buchanan
Oscar Goolsbee
Bryan
A. C. Love
Williamson
Beaumont
Brazos County
Rotary
Houston
Corsicana
Texas
M. College
R. M Nall
Rose Hill
Nall
R. M. Nall
Rusk
DeSota Parish
Louisiana
Mattie Rollo
Grimes County
Ters
Lamar Bethea
M. G. Nall
B. B. Treadwell
Uvalde
Roger M. Nall
Pittsburg
Penn
Emmett Trant
San Angelo
J. P. Nall
Teague
K. M. Nall
First Baptist Church of
John A. Held
Sisters Gertrude and Patti Sims Attend Austin Dinner
Misses Gertrude and Patti Sims of Bryan were among guests enjoying a delightful dinner party at the Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter house in Austin today.
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Gertrude
Patti Sims
Bryan
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Austin
Alpha Phi Dinner Attendee Martha Rivers Allen Featured
Miss Martha Rivers Allen of Bryan attended the Alpha Phi dinner at the State University chapter house during opening week festivities. She joined other guests enjoying the campus event and the celebratory atmosphere.
Baltimore Boys Sentenced for Storehold Murders
Thomas Foran aged 17 and Claude Dobbs aged 19, both of Baltimore, were sentenced to hang for the murder of Louis Cohen and a second victim Charles Mullen received life imprisonment after Cohen was shot during a hold up at his jewelry store by three men.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Thomas Foran
Claude Dobbs
Louis Cohen
Charles Mullen
Cohen
Civil Settings for September Term of District Court
The district court led by Judge W C Davis outlined civil and criminal docket planning for September. Civil cases fill weeks one and two while criminal matters follow, with divorces placed on a non jury docket this week.
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District Court
W. C. Davis
Allen Smith
C. R. Wood
Thelma Broach
M. S. Broach
L. D. Palermo
Peter Tremonte
Justice Court
Sarah Vasta Palermo
Texas election board enjoined over Ferguson governor ballot
Brazos County Election Board members and officials are enjoined from certifying Miriam Ferguson's name on the Texas November gubernatorial ballot. The restraining order follows an injunction suit by Chas. M. Dickson of Bexar County. a hearing is set in Austin before Judge George Calhoun on Monday September 22.
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A. 8. McSwain
H. QO. Ferguson
L. E. Morehead
Brazos
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A. and M. College
Convention City
Auto Agency
New Godwin
Parent-Teachers
Ass'n. Annual Business Meeting
Chef
Gene Cramer
Barron
Bill Williamson
Ness
Trinity
Leon
Bowers
R. S. Bowers
State Highway Commission
Bryan College Road
Baltimore Boys
Ren
Ludwitke Kana
Jno
Kana
Laura Koppe
L. W. Routt
Commercial Jewelry Co
Frank Braczyk
Carrie Johnson
Oscar Nelson
Eunice W. Randall Et al
Lank Williams
R. Q. Neely
J. K. Pressler
J. T. Price
Robt. Turner
C. C. Carruthers
T. G. Frazze
Bryan College Traction Co
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