Delay in electric chair setup sparks Texas legal tangle
Austin dispatch reports postponement of completing Hunterville State penitentiary electrocution chair, delaying death penalty executions under the State electrocution act. Governor and legal authorities may need to stay actions where sentences loom. several death penalties are pending. The electrocution act took effect August 14, prompting questions on timing before the chair is ready. Card of thanks notes and local theatre listings follow.
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Austin
Texas
Hunterville
Cabsd
Cate
Secral
Penaitien
Olsen of Texas Day Yanks Olsen Dies
Des Moines report notes Olsen from Texas and a sale via Towaco Western League club. Pat Olsen planned travel options for a Yankees stop at Carpenter Bros. Olwen to report to the Yanks in spring. Mentions Texas A. and M. College and origins from Waco and Leary Street Charles Hotel.
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Dies Moines
Iowa
Towaco
Clifton
Pat Olsen
New York Yankees
Carpenter Brox
Olwen
Yanks
Waco
Des Moines
Leary St. Charles
Texas A. & M. College
Judge orders wife to pay alimony in 16.50 case
In Los Angeles on September 11, Judge John W. Summer ordered Mrs. Mary Beranton to pay her husband Charles Scranton five dollars weekly as temporary alimony while he sues for separate maintenance. Scranton testified his wife, earning 4180 monthly, diverted funds and he is ill and unable to work. The judge noted the couple’s plea for mutual support and said the wife must shoulder part of the burden for now.
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Los Angeles
John W. Summer
Field
Superior Court
Mary Beranton
Charles Scranton
Scranton
Gems from Books We Have Read and Farewell Talk Program
Program of readings and sermons from a church event includes Gems from Books We Have Read by Leader Dorothy Rea, a farewell talk by Mr Purcell on The Widow's Oil, and musical selections by Antoinette Vernard and Eleanor Fricke. Speakers include Bessie Mae Thom Mary Grace Larsen and William Duke Roe with scriptural references from 1 Timothy, Luke, and Acts.
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Christian
Deavon Meegram Tople
Dorothy Rea Bone
Clyce
Muret
Tim
David
Sam
Ouar J. Rea, Jr
Antoinette Vernard
Mr. Purcell
Bessie Mae Thom
Olaf Werlgsard, Jr
Eleanor Fricke
Mary Grace Larsen
Wiliam Duke Roe Ee
Pershing to retire on upcoming birthday
General Pershing marked his sixty third birthday Thursday and began his last year in active duty as he will retire to private life one year hence after forty two years of service. Among Allied World War I leaders he remains the sole general still in active service while he also acted as secretary of war and general of the armies on his birthday.
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United States Army
Hich
Pershing
Stat
Oklahoma Governor uses martial law amid Tulsa unrest
The article argues Governor Walton overstepped by occupying Tulsa with troops and declaring martial law across Oklahoma. It notes suppression of habeas corpus, press censorship, and military control of courts and the grand jury, provoking widespread criticism yet some support for restoring order. References to Tulsa Tribune, Muskogee Phoenix, and Okmulgee visit appear.
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Oklaboma
Wallen
Tulan
Me Wan
Hin Crition
Oklahoma
Oklshoms
Oklahoma City
Atale
Tulsa
Bheem
Wwinty
Walton
Hare
Tulea Tribune
Itaphheld
Muskogee
Tulan Tribune
City Commission
Auction sale of household goods at Mia Finstad residence
The Clifton Record notes an auction sale of household goods of Mia and Ella Finstad set for Saturday September 29 at the residence. The notice appears in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram context with regional references and a price of 2.50 per year.
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Fort Worth
Mia
Ella Finstad
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