Annulment Case Highlights Early Texas Marriage Rules
Jessie Ruth Mullins, 21, and her former husband A J Mullins faced a marriage annulment after eloping to Oklahoma and returning home to Texas. Jessie Ruth admitted a prior marriage at 12 to a 56 year old, while a 14 year minimum for consented marriage in Texas was noted. The Mullins family includes ten children and a brother who wed at 14 to become a county’s youngest father.
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A. J. Ul
Paul
Oklahoma
Jessie Ruth
Albany
Texas
Tex
A. B. Mullins
Henry Burt Mullins
Tarrant County
Senator Connally Attacks NE Anti-Lynching Bill
Senator Tom Connally criticizes federal anti lynching proposals in a telegram to J B Arnold of the Texas Sheriffs association. He warns federal enforcement could spread to regulate all state laws and praises Texas sheriffs for suppressing mob violence while opposing national action. Trade with Record advertisers.
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Austin
Tom Connally
J. B. Arnold
Texas Sheriffs’ Associatiom
Amarillo
Connally
Texas Sheriffs
South
Vaccination Push for Texas School Children
An Austin issued statement urges local boards of health and education to require smallpox, diphtheria, and typhoid vaccination for all children before the fall term. It notes medical and parental roles, prep school exams, and the Health Department’s full support in preventing illness and deaths among Texas students.
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Austin
Boards of Health
Boards of
Cox
Texas State Department of
Health
Texas
State Health Department
John Coolidge Elected Republican Delegate at Large
John Coolidge son of the late President Calvin Coolidge won unopposed election as a delegate-at-large to the Republican state convention in New Hayes Conn Aug 28. The article also discusses a year of war in Japan and Chiang Kai-shek’s stance amid Chinese resistance, with opinions on Japanese actions and the broader regional conflict.
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New Hayes
Conn
John Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Japan
Christian Science Monitor
China
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japanee Jeu
Dolbarns
Lnn
Chiang Kai-Sheks
Sian
Chiang
Peiping
Arim Mennon
Homer Price
Jin
Shanghai
Nanking
Suchow
Chengchow
Pierre
Ieee
Wali
Ate Sahellat
Europe
Gilmer Congressman To Be Capitol's Baby
In Gilmer Texas Lindley Beckworth and 6 of Gilmer may be the baby member of the next Congress after Texas Democratic primary victory. OConnell of Montana and Boren of Oklahoma both 29 are the youngest in the current House. Lyndon B Johnson turned 30 on Saturday.
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Washington
Lindley
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Capitol
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Exareenaligeh A and Ping
Menisiat, Texas
H. J. Cureton
Daw Meridian
Tera
Burrell F
Pracetice
Meridian
Wood Bros
Waco
Hollywood
Ewing
Kaynee
Central Texas Fair Clifton
Central Texas
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