End of Carpet-Pbag Rule in Texas
A historical account recounts Edmund J. Davis a Florida native who served Texas from 1850s to 1874. It details his Civil War service for the Union, return to Texas, the Reconstruction era, military and civil governance measures, and the shift ending carpetbag rule with Richard Coke and Hubbard's inauguration in January 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Edmund J. Davis
Florida
Rio Grande
Davis
Reynolds
Austin
United States
Union
State Guard
Pacific
Corn Sugar Feud Blamed in Blast
Cleveland reports a blast wrecked the home of Raymond Porello amid the corn sugar racket killings. Police await clarity on whether accidental gas blast or deliberate attack. Porello family fears further violence as rivals known as barons continue gun battles. Raymond and his wife narrowly escaped with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Raymond Porello
Porello
Joe
Vincente
Porellos
Raymond Poreo
Ciildren
Raymond
Four Guadalupe County Barns Burned Note Spontaneous Combustion
Four large barns with feedstuffs were destroyed in Guadalupe County over several days. Property losses affected Charles Kroesche in Cordova, Henry Wegel, Jul Bretzke in Marion, and Aug Breitzke in New Berlin. Authorities suspect spontaneous combustion of feed as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Tex
Guadalupe County
Charles Kroesche
Cordova
Henry Wegel
Jul
Bretzke
Marion
Breitzke
New Berlin
Texas Fisheries Plan Drives Gulf Coast Lab Construction
Washington reports outline a five year nationwide program by the U S Bureau of Fisheries to build a Gulf Coast fishery laboratory costing 75000 and a West Texas freshwater station costing 35000 with field site surveys to follow. The plan aims to maximize underwater area for stations and extend distribution by 75000 steel cars. The initiative lists multiple states for future stations and notes Texas gains a west Texas lab and the broader lab network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Gulf Coast
Lewis Radcliffe
Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau
Missisippi
United States
Alaska
New Mexico
Louisiana
Idaho
Wisconsin
Montana
Colorado
New Hampshire
Maryland
West Virgina
Alabama
Indiana
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
New York
California
Oregon
Florida
Maine
Virginia
Minnesota
Nevada
Illinois
New Jersey
Mississippi
Ohio
Kansas
North Dakota
Georgia
North Carolina
Merger completes three Lutheran synods into American Lutheran Church
In Toledo Ohio the merger of the Buffalo Iowa and Ohio synods forms the American Lutheran Church uniting 1955 congregations 1527 pastors and 500000 members. Officers include Hein Hoes sel Prot ten geier Poppen Grabau and Braulich Seguin with a seven million dollar assets board of trustees and new Chicago headquarters. An education board will oversee Wartburg Seminary Wartburg College Capital University and a Foreign Missions program covering New Guinea and southern British India with about fifty missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Buffalo
Iowa
American Lutheran Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Co. C. Hein
D. D
Columbus O
K. A. Hoessel
N. Y
Synod
H. L Fritschel
Milwaukee
Wis
R. E. Galladay
Columbus
H. Harting
Minneapolis, Minn
H. F. Schuh
John Bachmann Columbus
Wm. Groening
Denver
G. A. Grossman Waverly
Robert Pfeiffer
W. L. Voeller
State of Illinois
Chicago
Wartburg Seminary
Dubuque
Wartburg College
Clinton
Count Luckner Seeks New Biography In America
German naval captain Count Luckner arrives in the United States to learn his true story for American Magazine. He cites meetings with San Francisco mayor Raph and a claim to honorary citizenship while recounting raids aboard an American owned clipper captured by a U boat. The vessel’s late captain Johnny Scott is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Luckner
America
Luckner
Raph
San Francisco
Johnny Scott
Scott
Peters all leather shoes for the whole family
Peters offers all leather footwear for men women and children through JUENKE & SCHOENEWOLF. The ad promotes durable leather construction and family sizing across multiple styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Brand
Prison Cashier in Texas Kills Self at Prison Office
C J Davis cashier of the Texas State Prison System was found dead in his office with a 45 caliber pistol on the desk. The coroner ruled it a self inflicted death. Davis had served as cashier since 1921 and had been in ill health though no irregularities were found in a cursory check of the prison books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Tex
C. J. Davis
Texas State
Davis
Lee Simmons
Simmons
Sterling Raps Bathtub Tales
Borger Texas August 13 Ross Sterling candidate for Governor attacked what he called lies about his road plan and his bathtubs saying he aims to unbond the people not bond them He argued against forcing a farmer twenty miles from a highway to pay for it and proposed taxes on gasoline and traffic to fund road work He cited Senator Pink Parrish as a critic in the speech
New Butcher Shop Opens in Rich Maier Building
A new butcher shop opens between Piggly Wiggly and the Central Hotel in the Rich Maier Building. It offers fresh meats daily at liberal prices and invites local trade.
Sterling cited for bath tub count in a local talk
The report notes how the artest report on Sterling’s bathtubs sparked humor. Sterling quips that the highway commission chair has 29 bathtubs and 22 pianos, and jokes about having one piano and visitors who play. He mentions James E Ferguson needing more than 22 bathtubs to cleanse his soul.
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Artest
Sterling
The
Highway Commission
James E.ferguson
Dipping Sheep After Shearing Saves Feed Later
Dairy and farm note explains dipping sheep post shear reduces lice and ticks that slow lamb growth. Recommends using a coal tar preparation or stock dip as an effective treatment.
Cotton Goods Sale Noted At Local Market
A brief notice records cotton duck sacks and cotton picker sacks along with knee pads offered at the local market. No further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juenke & Schoenewolf
No More Rats or Mice Use Rat Snap For Quick Kill
Advertisement for Rat Snap rodent killer promotes a smell free effect with guaranteed results. Sizes 35¢ for pantry and kitchen, 65¢ for chicken houses and small buildings, $1.25 for farms and factories. Sold by R M Lewis and Knopp & Metzger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M Lewis and Knopp & Metzger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frontier Times
Bancera, Texas
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Richard Coke
Richard B. Hubbard
Messrs
Coke
Hubbard
Grant
Guadalupe
West Texas
American Lutheran
Russia
Jugoslavia
W. E. Schuette
Sewickley
SFA
EAGLE
H.f.solding
Medicine and Surgery
Max Winkel
Prop
Hill Country Motorels Co., Inc
Oak HiLl
Cedar VaLley
Dripping Springs
Henley Mount View
Johnson City
Hue Stonewall
Fredericksburg
Kerrville Lo Tae
Schandua
Reichenau
Schandua & Reichenau
New Fall Rayons
Soisetto
Rayen Hose
Fredericksburg Bottling Works
Hone
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