Temple business groups protest new telephone rates in 1918
Temple Chamber of Commerce protests Postmaster General Burleson announced long distance charges effective January 21 1919. The group urges Texas officials to seek an injunction to protect business interests and questions charges for any call even if unanswered.
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Burleson
Chamber of Commerce
Belton
W. A. Spencer
Temple Chamber of Commerce
Telephone and Telegraph Company
Texas
Burles
W. P. Hobby
Temple Telegram
Valley Mills Local News Highlights and Visits
Will H Horton visited Waco Tuesday afternoon. Lonnie Goodall came from Rich Field last Sunday. Lowell Cox stopped en route to Meridian. Mrs Earl Hatter visited Moody home over the weekend. Bun Raley from San Antonio spent a few days with relatives. Ruth Perner of Sierra Blanca visits. Dick Harris and family plan to move to Hereford but decide to stay. Harris to manage Oil Mill. E B Cass and Louisa Cass ill. Casses went to Brownwood. Ella Goodall and Mary McNeill return from Waco with Judge Gallagher. George Goodall attended State Hardware Dealers meeting in Dallas. J C Jarrett Jr visits with Gibbs family. Mary McNeill and Ella Goodall visit Waco friends. A Kilpatrick of Ranger visits. Lucile Granger of Dallas visits.
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Valley Mills Tribune
Will H. Horton
Waco
Lonnie Goodall
Rich Field
Lowell Cox
Meridian
Earl Hatter
Moody
Bun Raley
San Antonio
Ruth Perner
Sierra Blanca
Ruth Pool
Dick Harris
Hereford
Harris
E. B. Cass
Brownwood
Louis Cass
James Cass
Ella Goodall
Mary McNeill
Judge Gallagher
George Goodall
Dallas
State Hardware Dealers Association
J. C. Jarrett, Jr
Legislature to Consider Water Reclamation Bill in Texas
Austin January 24 The legislature faces a key measure to reclaim large western Texas lands by building reservoirs for irrigation. The West Texas Chamber of Commerce formed at Fort Worth backs the bill to be introduced by Representative Leonard Tillotson of Austin County.
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Austin
Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
West Texas
Leonard Tillotson
Austin County
Senator Bell of
Foard
Bell
Brown
Tarrant Sou
Miller
Dallas
House Committee On
House
La‘ney
Curtis
Tn House
Texas Heirewn
House Judiciary Committee
Horton
Judiciary Committee
Committee On Suffrage and Elections
Sam E. Johnson
Blancoty
Two Ford Touring Cars For Sale By J W Butler
Two Ford touring cars offered for sale by J W Butler in good condition. The seller notes there are too many for one person and will accept a good note on a long-term basis.
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J. W. Butler
Tfc
Local residents visit Dallas Waco and Clifton for family and business
Relatives and friends travel for family matters as Mrs. Summers joins her mother in Dallas after her husband Warren Granger’s death. Clifton visitors include Miss Grimland and Mrs Twee dy, while others like C L Grounds and J N Brantley conduct business in Dallas Waco and Greenock.
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Dallas
Warren Granger
W. B. Summers
Waco
W. A.mcnemar
Clifton
C. L. Grounds
Happy
Billy Jackson
Jackson
Chas. E. Dansby
First National Bank
Anna
Nora Grimland
E. A. Tweedy
Texas oil land grant and state royalty details
The report covers an oil well on state land in Hastland county within the Ranger field, with the state owning eighty three acres and a permit granting an one eighth royalty plus two dollars per acre per annum rental. It also notes various state infrastructure and judicial actions, including road and county administration decisions, and legislative measures affecting taxes, education, and law.
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Ranger
Hastland County
Allies Order Turkish Forts at Dardanelles Destroyed if Medians Army Surrender
London reports that the allies told Turkey the Turkish force at Medina must surrender immediately or the forts at the Dardanelles will be destroyed.
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London
Turkey
Medina
Dardanelles
Explosion Kills 15 at Pittsburgh Film Exchange
A blast at 804 Penn Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh wrecked a film exchange building late Tuesday. Fifteen people were killed and more than twenty injured, mostly women and girls, with eight bodies recovered and others believed buried under the debris.
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Pittsburgh
Film Exchange
Penn Avenue
Terrell Takes Office as Comptroller in Texas
Henry B. Terrell began a third term as Texas state comptroller. Chief Justice Nelson Phillips administered the oath. Upon returning to office he reappointed his former staff for the new administration.
Outrages By Texas Rangers Charged on House Floor
J T Canales of Cameron county accuses Texas Rangers of murdering innocent men in border counties while defending a bill to regulate the Ranger force on the house floor in Austin Texas.
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Texas Rangers
Austin
Texas
J.T. Canales
Cameron County
Ranger
Injunction Dismissal on California Prohibition Ratification
In San Francisco California the Superior Court dismisses the order restraining Governor W D Stephens from certifying California's ratification of the national prohibition amendment.
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San Francisco
Cal
W. D. Stephens
California
Superior Court
Glasscock Parr election contest hearing set in Texas
In Austin, Texas the hearing date for the Glasscock Parr election contest was fixed by the committee on privileges and elections for Tuesday February 4.
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Glasscock
Austin
Texas
White children home bill in Austin advances
Austin Texas. House bill 112 titled An act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a state home for dependent and neglected white children. The measure seeks state support for a care facility.
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House
Thompson Nol
State Department of Agriculture
Austin
Texas
Beard
Davis
State Bar Association
John Davis
Dallas
House Committee On
Bureau of the Department of T
W. M. Fly
Tillotson Elected President of Texas Conservation Association
Austin legislator Leonard Tillotson from Austin County was chosen president of the Texas State Conservation and Reclamation association to succeed the late W. W. Beley of Waco. Tillotson’s election was announced in Austin.
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Jeff
Wilson and
Nelson
Comanche Fields
Burkburnett
Wilson
Glifton, Texas
Valley Mills
Farmers Guaranty State Bank
J.M. Jenson
Ford
J. N. Brantley
Greenock
T. F. Eaton
County Farm
Tribune
H. S. Lewis
Hico
Beaumont
New Orleans
Board of Pardon
State Highway Department
Attorney General's ‘Department
George A. Duren
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
A. and M. College
United States
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
University of Louisiana
Baton Rouge
South
Bradford Knott
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Houston
State Textbook Commission
J. R. Hamilton
Travis County Criminal Court
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