True Life Story of Leonard Dodd by Himself
Leonard Dodd writes from Dallas County Jail detailing how liquor fueled his crimes and led to a death sentence. He argues whiskey causes misery, urges prohibition, and appeals to readers to vote dry to prevent similar fates for others.
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Leonard Dodd
Dalas County
Dallas County
John Barleycorn
Hell
Vater
Simoes
Dallas
Ferguson
Governor Ferguson
Death of Andrew Francis Shocks College Station Family
Andrew Francis, eldest son of Dr and Mrs Mark Francis longtime College Station residents, died after years of illness. A 1912 graduate of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, he later studied at Cornell University. The body was shipped to Shandon Ohio for burial.
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Andrew Francis
Daily Eagle
Albuquerque
N. M
Young Francis
Mark Francis
College Station
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Cornell University
Shandon, O
W E Cloud Leaves for Australia With Daughter Olive
W E Cloud departed last night for Australia with his daughter Miss Olive who will enroll as a university student this session.
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W. E. Cloud
Ausin
Miss Olive
Negro 15 Arrested for Killing Mexican in County Jail
Saturday's Daily Hagle reports Kid Shannon a Black man arrested by Sheriff Nunn and jailed on murder charges for the killing of Sebastian Rodriguez a Mexican man about 70. Rodriguez body was found at Whiteswitch with a chin wound and a pistol cartridge shell nearby.
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Shannon
Nunn
Sebastian Rodriguez
Navasota
Waco Sets Local Option Election for October 20
The county commissioners scheduled a local option election for October 20 in Waco. The decision comes after action by the county officials and outlines the ballot scope and voting logistics.
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WACO
Associated Press
County Commissioners
Eight Indictments Issued By Grand Jury
The grand jury returned eight indictments at noon on Friday six for burglary one for theft of cattle and one for assault with intent to commit criminal assault. Names of the indicted are not published as arrests have not yet been made.
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Daily Eagle
Exemption Status for Chance and Brandon Questioned
Local board chairman P. H. Arrington sought guidance on why George M. Brandon and George Chance were not exempted. The Southern Exemption Board replied that both men, serial numbers 56 and 353 with orders 199 and 242, were not acted on by the Southern District Local Board.
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Daily Eagle
Southern Exemption Board
George Chance
George Brandon
Arrington
Adjutant General
Hutchings
Austin
Texas
Houston
Geo. M. Brandon
Geo. Chance
Bryan
P. H. Arrington
Tex
Southern District
Judge Hudson to Lead Anti Prohibition Campaign
Judge W. B. Hudson will manage the anti prohibitionists campaign in the county. He serves as spokesman for the group and has been away since accepting the post. A voters list is being prepared and a vigorous fight is anticipated.
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Daily Eagle
W. B. Hudson
Italian Captain Flies From Turin to London Nonstop
Captain Laureati of the Italian army and an observer completed a nonstop flight from Turin to London covering 656 miles in seven hours and twelve minutes. The same officer set a new world long distance record on August 29 by flying from Turin to Naples and back, about nine hundred miles.
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Italy
London
Laureati
Turin
Naples
Trading with the Enemy Bill Cleared for Signature
The house adopted the conference report on the trading with the enemy bill and sent it to the President for his signature after Senate approval yesterday. Oliver McGee of Navasota is ill at his father L. D. McGee’s home in this city.
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Charity
Washington
House
Senate
Wilson
Oliver McGee
Navasota
L. D. McGee
Brazos County's First War Volunteer Joins Marines
Joe Krus, a young man of Polish parentage, was Brazos County's first to volunteer after war was declared April 6. He joined the Marine Corps and is stationed in Norfolk drawing $33 a month. His father is A. M. Krus.
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Joe Krus
Uncle Sam
Marine Corps
Norfolk
A. M. Krus
Reid Place Sold in Bryan West Twenty Sixth Street
A deed recorded in the County Clerk office shows J W English sold to John W Doremus for 4350 dollars the David Reid place on West Twenty sixth street in Bryan. The two lots include a two story brick house and an almost new well built dwelling.
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Ferguson
J. W. English
John W. Doremus
Bryan
David Reid
Twentysixth
Anderson) Street
Statewide Campaign for Prohibition Planned by Wolfe
Governor Hobby said no liquor legislation will be submitted at the present special session. Austin on September 25 reports Hobby's remark as part of the unfolding debate over statewide prohibition plans attributed to Wolfe.
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Associated Press
Dallas
M. H. Wolfe
Texas Prohibition Committee
Hobby
Austin
Farmers Deliver Cotton Bales Near Cross City
An Eagle representative noted two Grimes county farmers were in the city yesterday from near Cross with cotton. One brought three bales and the other two, the result of work on the Navasota river crossing by the Bryan commercial club and citizens of Bryan and Brazos county.
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Grimes County
Cross
Navasota River
Commercial Club
Bryan
Brazos County
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