Comanche Publishing Co notes and local issues
The Comanche publishing page lists officers and directors, urges readers to report missed deliveries, and reminds shipping dates. It covers liquor bills in Austin, hog shipments, river projects, and critiques of local governance, education laws, and a new Gustine Gazette editor. It also contrasts Texas and Northern views on race and education.
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Gustine Gazette
R. M Barnes
Comanche
Barnes
Aubrey Findley
Tie
Findley
Roads and farms urge drag to win good roads support
The Farmers and Ranch section argues for a split log drag to build public support for better roads. It notes motorists and wagon users demand smooth surfaces and suggests farmers investing in a drag could spark roadside advocacy.
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Farm & Ranch
Pork Barrel Fight Hits Rivers and Harbors Spending
Critics denounce the sundry civil bill and senate additions totaling about 42 million dollars as wasteful pork, urging deeper cuts amid wartime taxes. They note large projects like Trinity Brazos Coosa and Beaufort canal, plus 6 million for lower Mississippi reclamation and 8.2 million for Ohio funding, as emblematic excess.
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House
Senate
Mussel Shoals
Underwood
Trinity, Brazos
Coosa
Beaufort Canal
St. Lucia
Lower Mississippi
Missouri
Kansas City
Ohio
Big Sandy
Chicago Tribune
All for Peace and the dream of universal peace
The article contrasts wartime horrors with a poet’s vision of peace and questions whether war can end. It cites Senator La Follette arguing that universal peace could be achieved if fundamentals are met, including arms limitations and nationalization of weapon production.
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Universal Brotherhood
la Follette
Ship Purchase Bill Probed in Alleged Lobbying Probe
The Fort Worth Record notes committees will investigate claims that owners of foreign vessels tied to belligerents lobby officials, and that shipping trust officials plotted with Republican senators during efforts to defeat the bill. The paper cautions against unfounded motives in political maneuvering.
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Fort Worth
US Protests to Britain and Germany Over Maritime Actions
The United States sends protests to Britain and Germany. The German note protests the February fifteenth warning that neutral ships must stay from waters off France and England. The British note protests the raising of the US flag by British ships to shield against German warships and claims that English vessels have a right to do so to protect lives and property.
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United States
Germany
France
England
Note to Germany Warns on Attacks on Neutral Vessels
The note states that if German warships act on the presumption that American flag usage is in bad faith and destroy an American vessel or harm citizens, the United States would view it as an indefensible violation of neutral rights and would hold Germany strictly accountable and take necessary steps to safeguard its interests.
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North
South
Life
United States
British Policy Threatens American Vessels and Lives
The text warns that a British policy, if adopted and German naval action enforced, would not protect British ships and would menace American lives and vessels. It urges Britain to curb deceptive use of the US flag by British ships to avoid endangering friendly powers and potential responsibility for American losses. The excerpt ends with an advertisement for Singer sewing machines and a note for 8. J. Miles.
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United States
Great Britain
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the Comanche Publishing CO
Texas
J. R. Eanes
Grade Callaway
Sec.Treas
Geo, Sullivan
J. R. Manes
Geo. L. Sullivan
G. A. Cunningham
W. AW. Thodberg
E. W. Harris
S. P. Smith
D. H. Cunningham
T.I. Cunningham
Oscar Callaway
Paris Smith
BE. W. Harris
T. J. Williams
W. H. Thodberg
L. P. Cunningham
J. R. Moore
J. Thomas
Geo
L. Sullivan
W.O.L. Carpenter
Austin
New Marketing Association
Jones
Coosa River
Trinity
Brazos River
Liewelling
Dallas
New York
Boston Navy Yard
Batilese Ps Vettins
Texaco
Teucco
US. S
Nebraska
Navy
The
Texas Company General Offices
Houston, Texas
U. S S
Britain
Singer
J. Miles
J. R. Eanes & Co
J.R. Eanes
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