What's in a Name Senator Terrell Of West Texas
The Houston Post notes Senator H. B. Terrell of West Texas is a longtime newspaper man and legislator. Eight years in the House and eight in the Senate mark a steady career. Voters should see him as a capable statesman aiming to run the comptroller role in a businesslike way for taxpayers.
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H. B. Terrell
West
Texas
Houston
Senator Terrell
House of
Houston Post
Capitol
Elkhart
Tom Ball Faces Again in Humorous Swallowing Jibe
The Malone Register quotes the Houston Post mocking Tom Ball for swallowing Mayes and Lane, with a wagging cartoon caption about Ball not leaving a greasy spot. The quip notes Ball’s com placement and implies another poor day for swallowing.
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Malone Register
Bert Blessington
Houston Post
Tom Ball
Mayes
Lane
Ball
Reisel Rustler criticizes McLennan county road law
The Reisel Rustler blasts the McLennan county special road law for not meeting advocates' expectations. He claims roads have worsened since passage and agrees blame should be shared only if residents ignore the example set by precincts 1 8 and 5.
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Reisel
McLennan County
What is free moral agency asks Waco Times Herald
The Waco Times Herald asks who defines free moral agency and contrasts liberal views with coercive definitions. It argues liberty is doing as one pleases within reason without harming others, while some insist on forcing others to conform, a stance that morality by legislation would undermine.
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Waco Times-Herald
Ington T
Houston Chronicle
America
William Bradford
Plymouth Plantation
Bradford
New England
Boston
Bridge
Charles River
Open theatres on Sunday win support in Texas cities
The debate over Sunday picture shows shifts as Dallas citizens consider a public vote on open theatres. In Waco and other Texas cities, placards and donations appear during Sabbath hours, while Pee argues against Gunday operations. A survey seeks citizen sentiment to guide future policy.
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Waco
Pee
Ahip
Dallas
Sin of the Puritan Leaders
Sun Steffens in March Metropolitan argues Puritan rulers betrayed public trust by seizing and abusing power, corrupting Massachusetts and New England while claiming well meaning motives. The piece warns leaders across eras mirror this treachery as they pursue profit and pride over common interests.
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America
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
New England
Sun Steffens
March Metropolitan
Unfortunate for Texas Prohibition Campaign Split
A Texas mass meeting denounces statewide prohibition as a campaign focus while urging Tom Ball for governor. The piece criticizes prohibition wing factions, mocks politicians who push moral campaigns, and warns the fight will steer state politics toward saloon closure and budget issues. The author stresses choose at the ballot box by the people.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Tom Ball
el Ball
Amon
Bailey
Su Paign
Tom
Hogg
Ball
Camso
Panhandle
Austin
Texas W
Fort Worth Meeting Sparks Unclear Attendance Claims
The report notes that Robert Robertson announced as a prohibitionist after elimination proceedings at Fort Worth. It remains unclear whether he attended the Fort Worth gathering, with certainty about his presence not established.
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Fort Worth
Robertson
Prohibition Debate Tests Old-Fashioned Democrats
The article argues that Christian pulpits push prohibition, clashing with personal liberty. It cites Dr. Gambrell and Methodist figures like Mills and Pendleton, questioning how to reconcile democracy with prohibition. It recalls Pilgrim era limits and Bradford, suggesting strict laws bred more vice. The piece calls for reasoned faith and liberty.
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Cranfill
Texas & Dry State
Roger Q. Millis
George C. Pendleton
Sam Sparks
J. H. Gambrell
Dr. Gambrell
Anti-Saloon League
Texas
Gambrell
Mills
Pendleton
Herbert Spencer
Abram
Lot
Waco Times
Herald
H. B. Terrell Files Comptroller Candidacy Bid
Hon. H. B. Terrell editor of The West News and owner of a Cameron paper announces a bid for comptroller. He has six years in the state Senate and is well known statewide, promising to make his opponent feel the race will be spirited.
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H. B. Terrell
the West News
Cameron and Lorena
Buckingham Palace Valuation Sealed At Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand
A comprehensive valuation of Buckingham Palace and its contents in London has been completed by a week end firm at 17,500,000 dollars with accompanying estimates. The document notes additional assets valued at two million and an apparent remainder of unclear assets.
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Buckingham, Palace
London
Troubled Pro Camps Signal Political Moves
A. Walker and W. P. Lane head pro elimination efforts as Cullen Thomas allegedly calls Lane to block announcements. The comptroller, once eliminated, resists another removal while Thomas hints at new political arrangements. The scene promises friction ahead this year.
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A. Walker
Pro Eliminers
W. P. Lane
Cullen Thomas
Lane
Thomas
Secowd
Southern States Cotton Corp Enters Involuntary Bankruptcy
The Southern States Cotton Corporation has fallen into involuntary bankruptcy. The piece criticizes the large recruitment of agents last summer and fall who promised 15 cents a pound for cotton and claimed to have solved farmers’ problem. It warns gullible farmers may have invested, while wiser ones passed or faced losses as cotton rotted before snow.
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Southern States Cotton Corporation
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Percy Tyrrell
Mgr
Cameron Herald
Cameron, County
Cameron
HH. B. Terrell
A V. Smith
The
Houston High
the Post
George
Hillsboro Dispatch
Shakelford County
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