Valley Mills Local News Roundup Shifts Home Folks
Will H Horton visited Waco Tuesday afternoon. Lennie Goodall came from Rich Field last Sunday. Lowell Cox traveled through en route to Meridian on business. Mrs Earl Hatter visited Moody home over the weekend. Bun Raley from San Antonio furloughed home recently. Ruth Perner of Sierra Blanca is here visiting relatives. Dick Harris and family decided to stay rather than move to Hereford. Harris will again manage the Oil Mill. Mr and Mrs E B Cass went to Brownwood for illness in the family. Ella Goodall and Mary McNeill returned from Waco to see Judge Gallagher. George Goodall attended a State Hardware Dealers meeting in Dallas. J C Jarrett Jr arrived for a few days with Gibbs family. Mary McNeill and Ella Goodall visited Waco. A Kilpatrick of Ranger visited on business. Lucile Granger of Dallas was here. Legislature to decide on reclaiming western Texas lands by reservoirs for irrigation. West Texas Chamber backs the measure via Rep Leonard Tillotson.
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Will H. Horton
Waco
Lennie 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
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Dallas
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J. C. Jarrett, Jr
Austin
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Leonard Tillotson
Austin County
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W. A.mcnemar
Clifton
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Jackson
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E. A. Tweedy
Two Ford Touring Cars For Sale By J W Butler
Two Ford touring cars in excellent condition offered by J W Butler. Too many for one man, seller will take a good note on a long time payment and may sell one or both.
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J. W. Butler
Telegraphic Reform Triggers Outrage at Burleson Rates
Temple Chamber of Commerce plans to protest Postmaster General Burleson's December 1918 telephone and telegraph rate changes. Members seek injunction to block new charges affecting long distance calls and medical communications, urging state leaders to act and inform other organizations.
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Texas and national notes on oil, roads, and laws
The report covers oil royalties on state land in Eastland County plus a proposed Beaumont steam ferry across the Neches river. It notes highway funding in Dallas and statewide road work, parole reform criticism, and farming, education, and legal measures from the Texas legislature including textbooks, divorce causes, and constitutional questions.
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Beaumont
New Orleans
Local visits and events amid illness and travel
Residents and guests drift through the area with hospital news and flu cases. Mrs. Warren Granger’s widow resides with her Dallas mother while Uncle Billy Jackson visits amid his wife’s flu illness. Clifton, Dallas, Waco, and Meridian figures attend to business and family matters.
Allies vow to destroy forts at Dardanelles if Turkish arms
London dispatch says the allies warn Turkey that Medina must surrender and the forts at the Dardanelles will be destroyed unless Turkish forces lay down arms immediately.
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London
Turkey
Medina
Dardaneles
Explosion kills 15 at Pittsburgh film exchange building
A blast at 804 Penn Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh wrecked a film exchange building, killing about 15 people and injuring more than 20, most of them women and girls. Eight bodies have been recovered from the rubble as rescue teams search the interior.
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Pittsburgh
Film Exchange
Penn Avenue
Ruina
Freemen
Terrell Begins Third Term as Texas Comptroller
Henry B. Terrell takes office for a new term as Texas state comptroller. Chief Justice Nelson Phillips administers the oath, and Terrell immediately reappoints his existing staff to start the administration.
Outrages By Texas Rangers Charged in House Debate
In Austin representative JT Canales from Cameron County accuses Texas Rangers of murdering innocent men in border counties during a floor debate. He defends a bill to regulate the Ranger force addressing alleged abuses.
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Texas Rangers
Austin
Texas
Jt.canales
Cameron County
Ranger
Injunction Suit Against Ratification in California
San Francisco California dismisses order restraining Governor W D Stephens from certifying ratification. The action concerns a challenge to official ratification procedures and the court’s ruling on the restraining order.
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San Francisco
Cal
W. D. Stephens
Califor
Glasscock Parr election contest hearing set for Feb. 4
Austin Texas The hearing date for the Glasscock Parr election contest in the senate date was set by the committee on privileges and elections for February 4.
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Austin
Texas
Committee On Privileges and Elections
State bill for white dependent children home in Texas
House Bill 1129 proposes to establish and maintain a state home for dependent and neglected white children in Austin Texas. The act outlines creation funding and administration to care for exposed youths within the state system.
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Austin
Texas
Tillotson Named President in State Reclamation Board
Leonard Tillotson, legislator from Austin County, elected head of the Texas State Conscription and Reclamation to succeed the late W. W. Beley of Waco. The appointment places Tillotson at the forefront of state efforts amid ongoing public works.
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Tillotson
Austin
Texas
Leonard Tilotson
Austin County
Texas State Conscription and Reclamation N
Waco
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