Death of Iredell Citizen J T Lawrence Ends Life
The Iredell Record reports the death of J T Lawrence a young man described as ideal and quiet. He worked in the De Leon oil fields two weeks ago contracted influenza and died Monday at 5 05 AM after a battle with the illness. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery with Rev Jones and Rev Nichols officiating. Classmates acted as pallbearers and the school flag flew at half mast in his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Lawrence
J. T
DeLeon
Riverside Cemetery
Jones and Nichols
Iredell
Ranger Seeks New Oil County In Texas Fields
A ranger in the heart of oil country advocates forming a new county that includes the oil fields. He currently operates from Eastland County with Eastland as the county seat and petitions will be sent to the legislature for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranger
Eastland County
Eastland
Unspoken claim to intelligence hinted at by men
A philosophical line notes that people may go unremarked for boasting about their own intellect. It suggests that if men did not regularly declare how smart they are, others would not suspect such vanity.
Young Texas Senate Opens Biennial Session
The Texas Senate, reportedly with its youngest membership, convened in Austin with Lt Governor Johnston presiding. Senator Strickland was elected president pro tem, and a full slate of officers was sworn in. Bills totaling 164,000 were approved for legislature staffing and contingent expenses, and the body adopted a resolution endorsing the president's league of nations. A Pharr-Glasscock election contest resolution was tabled. A war department request on despatching the Thirty-sixth Division was referred to committee. A Ferguson land tenant law repeal was proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Senate
R. M. Johnston
J. F. Strickland
Palestine
Strickland
Johnston
W. B E. Conn
Fort Worth
J. E. Bennett
Abilene
J. H. Yarbrough
St. Jo Qlontague County
L. P. Weeden
Lone Oak
M. F. Hornbuckle
Bosque County
J. A. Kennedy
Dallas
A. J. Bell
Hale County
T. T. Shapard
W. I. Brummette
Amarillo
A. B. McKnight
Waxahachie
Lula Gardner
John Cofer
Gainesville
Lottie Adams
Hilda McClendon
Theodosia Bell
Houston
Jacobs
W. S. Banks
Lottie Sturdivant
Scurry County
Frances McMinds
Cleburne
Clyde Smith
S. H. Morgan
Elgin
Woods
House
League of Nations
Floyd
United States
Morris Sheppard
Bailey
Pharr-Glasscock
Secretary of War
Galveston
Ferguson
Tanlac praised as cure for nervous prostration
Mrs. Nannie Hunt of Nashville Tennessee says Tanlac relieved five years of nervousness and digestive troubles. She received three bottles as a gift and has now taken five bottles gaining eleven pounds with no nervous spells since last Christmas. Tanlac sold in Clifton by Carpenter Brothers Drug Store.
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Nannie Hunt
New York Avenue
Nashville
Tennessee
Clifton
Carpenter Brothers Drug Store
Texas House Elects Thomason Speaker in Early Session
Secretary G C Howard convened the house with Rev J Mitchell offering blessings. J C Mitchell named chaplain and a slate of officers seated. Rep Rob E Thomason of El Paso was elected speaker unopposed and urged a full session with a reconstruction program and enactment of the prohibition amendment and woman suffrage.
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G. C. Howard
J. ©. Mitchell
Austin
J. C. Mitchell
Bob Barker
O. P. Basford
Teddy Reese
J. L. Robinson
Kit Robinson
Laren Stanberry
J. K. Lane
Otto Wahrmund Resigns From Texas House Seat
Colonel Otto Wahrmund of San Antonio, a member of the Texas House from Bexar County, has sent his resignation to Governor Hobby. It was accepted immediately and filed in the state department. The governor will likely call a special election to fill the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Otto Wahrmund
San Antonio
Bexar County
Hobby
State Department
Sine Fy Adee
New Year Peace Poem Urges Calm Over Conflict
A Walt Mason verse calls for ending feuds and warlike posturing as the new year begins. It admonishes avoiding insults toward leaders and promotes good deeds, kindness, and peace as the path to prevent further harm and keep disputes from escalating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser Bill
Walt Mason
Banquet Honors Knight in Hill County Resignation
The Young Men's Business League hosted a banquet in Hillboro Texas on Monday night for William H. Knight who resigned as mayor. He will move to Austin to join the Board of Pardon Advisers. Out-of-town guests included his Dallas brothers R. E. L. Knight and Epps G. Knight. Knight was born in Dallas and has lived in Hill County since boyhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Texas
Young Men’s Business League
William H. Knight
Austin
Board of Pardon Advisers
Hard Luck label claims every man as the Goat
The remark notes that despite a global population near two billion, many individuals feel singled out by Hard Luck as the Goat. It reflects a humorous or ironic take on universal misfortune and personal fate.
Letters from Texas Doughboys in France Praise and Fear
Sergeant Willie M. Roberts, formerly of Mills County, writes that French girls are attractive and generous though he struggles with the language. He reports American girls back home are the best and worries preachers and justices of the peace may be busy when soldiers return. G Newton Bradley, once of Hamilton, Texas, adds he’s in the air raid zone and front trenches fear scared him yet many soldiers feel fright but do not admit it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie M. Roberts
Mills County
Texas
France
Erma Cox
Electra
Star- Telegram
Austria
G. Newton Bradley
Hamilton
Bradley
Fort Worth
State Textbook Commission Signs Contracts in Austin
Final contracts were signed today by the State Textbook Commission with publishers whose bids to supply textbooks to Texas public schools were accepted. Bonds were also posted by the successful bidders for approval by the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Textbook Commission
Aviators See Ball Game With Airships In Berlin Stand
The writer muses that stunt-filled airship acts could host a baseball game using captive balloons as bases with Berlin as the grand stand, imagining two teams of aviators performing in the sky.
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Berlin
Young Man Talks With His Girl Over Phone
A lengthy urban tale follows a young man speaking on the telephone with his girlfriend. The piece sketches chatter and idle talk, building a comic or critical mood as the conversation unfolds without delivering a clear point or conclusion.
New Phone Rates Take Effect At Midnight
Washington reports new toll and long distance telephone rates approved by Postmaster General Burleson will go into effect at midnight except where courts issued restraining orders in Mississippi and Indiana. W H Lamar, solicitor of the post office department, says the changes set a basic charge of 614 mills per mile for air lane service with half the day rate for night service until midnight and one fourth of the day rate after that hour.
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Washington
Burleson
Mississippi
Indiana
W. H. Lamar
Post Office Department
Federal Wire Control Committee
Exile Bill's Endless Writing Provokes Bold Questions
Walt Mason lampoons Exile Bill with questions about his writing habits and themes. The verses mock bedtime tales, murder lore for children, Mother Goose reboots, and household dye tips, urging provocative, sensational content.
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Mendelssohn
Edison
von Suppe
George Hamilton Green
Charles Daab
Lou Chiha Frisco
Schow Brothers
Clifton, Texas
Oil County
Clifton Lumber Co
Pro Tem Johnston
Mrs. Hunt
W. H. Knight
Hilsboro
Wilhelm
Bill
Teat
Turk
J. B. McCoy
Mr. McCoy
McNeill Hardware & Imp. Co
Valley Mills
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