Ferguson inaugurates Texas governorship from business life
James B. Ferguson of Temple becomes Texas governor, the first to move directly from active business to the chief executive post. The banker and farmer pledges a nonpolitical administration focused on railways, silos, highways, immigration, and farming, with Hobby as supportive lieutenant governor and no early liquor legislation.
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Austin
Texas
James B. Ferguson
Temple
Commonwealth
Ferguson
Father Heckman of Temple visits Houston and Texas civic life
Father P. A. Heckman of Temple, Texas, en route home from Galveston, paused in Houston to greet friends. Known for charity and state-wide influence, he is described as a pioneer booster of Bell County and Temple. The report also notes Cameron connections and B. P. Matocha’s election as secretary-treasury in St. Louis University dossier.
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Galveston
Temple
Houston Post
P. A. Heckman
Houston
Father Heckman
Texas
Prairie
Falls County
Tiene
Falls
Cameron
Fleur de Lis
St. Louis University
B. P. Matocha
Thrall oil field prospectors plan deep well at Thrall
Dr T D Roundtree of Rockdale visited Taylor on business and outlined plans by Rockdale investors to drill a twenty five hundred foot well in the Thrall area. A Johnson rotary drill will be used with an experienced Corsicana driller, aiming to evaluate undeveloped oil potential after shallow tests showed surface oil. Local explorers believe oil may lie beneath the surface despite previous saltwater or blank results.
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Taylor
Texas
T. D. Roundtree
Rockdale
Roundtree
Corsicana
Taft Advice to Girls on Independence and Marriage
Former president William Howard Taft spoke at the Hebrew Technical Schools for Girls urging practical training to gain independence. He cited 2 700 graduates with 260 marriages and argued women should study a trade to avoid marrying for custom rather than love.
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New York
W. H. Taft
Hebrew Technical Schools For
Milano I O O F Installs New Officers for Six Months
Milano Gazette notes the installation of officers for the visiting term ending in June at the Milano lodge. Officers include J A Touchstone Noble Grand W H McGee Vice Grand L Bedell Secretary J D Ruby Treasurer J N Suttle Chaplain and Lesser Newton Past Grand. Mrs T S Henderson returns from visits to Mineral Wells Dallas and Ft Worth.
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Milanoi. O. O. F. Lodge
J. A. Touchstone
Noble
W. H. McGee
L. Bedell
J. D. Ruby
J. N. Suttle
Lesser Newton
Milano Gazette
T. S. Henderson
Mineral Wells
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Germans land violent blows on Warsaw road
London datelined report details German forces delivering seven violent attacks on the Russian left bank of the Vistula as they attempt to push toward Warsaw. Russian counteracts include silencing Austrian guns at Tarnow and further advances toward the German frontier, with battles also ongoing along the western fronts near Arras Aisne Vosges and Soissons.
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London
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Stephan Burian
von Hindenburg
Warsaw
Kirlibaba
Transylvania
Vistula
Roumania
Hungary
Count von Berchtold
Servia
Foreign Department
Flanders
Arras
Aisne
Laon
Rheims
Vosges
Argonne
Soissons
12000 Bodies Under a Fallen City's Walls
Rome reports renewed seismic disturbances early today adding to terror in districts hit by last Wednesday's earthquake. Shocks were light yet cracked buildings toppled, forcing residents of Avezzano and Sora from fragile shelters.
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Rome
Avezzano
Sora
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