Missing Texas schoolgirl stirs Comanche search
Sam R. Allen of Cooledge police received a Comanche inquiry about 12-year-old Bessie Wynne daughter of Rev and Mrs J M Wynne who vanished from her Comanche home and was last seen near noon at school. A general search is underway with foul play not confirmed.
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Mexia
Texas
Sam R. Allen
Cooledge
Limestone County
Comanche
Bessie Wynne
J. M. Wynne
Waxahachie
Wynne
James E. Dickey
Young Woman Shot in Lusing Texas Tragedy
Miss Lillian Casey of Lusing Texas died after a pistol fired accidentally by Lawrence Stahl while he tried to fasten a door at the Stahl residence. The inquest by Justice Geo E Lucas ruled the death accidental. The body was sent to Missouri for burial.
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Lusing
Texas
Lillian Casey
William Stahl
Lawrence Stahl
Justice of the Peace
Geo. E. Lucas
Miss Casey
Missouri
Budget request targets fifth biennial state budget
Board of Control member R B Walthall announced the 40th legislature will seek about 50 million for the fifth biennial budget. The preliminary figure exceeds the 39th legislature's appropriations by roughly 18.5 million to resume a paused building program for state institutions.
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Board of Control
R. B. Walthall
Boerne Home Destroyed by Fire
Fire totally destroyed the Otto Weidner home and all its contents early Monday. The residence stood on Ten Oak Gardens just below Boerne, Texas.
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Boerne
Texas
Otto Weidner
Ten Oak Gardens
Age 85 Dies After Kerrville House Fire
Kerrville Texas January 7 The home of Mr and Mrs W H King burned at noon destroying the house and furniture valued with insurance at 15000 S J Townsend 85 father of Mrs King who lived with them died of heart failure while carrying his trunk from the house Townsend formerly served 18 years as Justice of the Peace at Hallettsville and his body was sent there by afternoon train.
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Kerrville
Texas
W. H. King
S. J. Townsend
King
Hallettsville
Lost man rescued after five days in Guadalupe mountains
Edgar Brasch of Lamesa Texas was found in Dog canyon after five days wandering in the Guadalupe mountains. He was hospitalized in Carlsbad New Mexico and said he stayed on foot with frozen feet after his matches were soaked when he fell into a water hole.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Guadalupe Mountains
Edgar Brasch
Lamesa
Texas
Brasch
H. F. Williams
Dog Canyon
Hammer Suspect Held In Rita Quinn Case At Fort Worth
Fort Worth detectives arrested a suspect in the assault on Rita Quinn who was struck by a hammer Saturday afternoon. Police say identification is nearly certain but no charges have been filed yet as the investigation continues.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Rita Quinn
Gas Company Employee Found Shot and Beaten at Plant
Austin Texas officer report J R Ledbetter of the Austin Gas Company was found early Tuesday at the gas plant with a crushed head and a pistol wound to the shoulder. A telephone tip led police to the scene, indicating an ambush followed by a blunt weapon blow.
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Austin
Texas
J. R. Ledbetter
Austin Gas Company
Investi
Dallas youth found asleep in attic after two-month robbery search
Dallas, Jan. 66 A two months' search for Cerl Barnett, a Dallas youth charged with robbery with firearms in the B. A McClatchy holdup on November 8, ended when officers found him asleep in the attic of his home. An attic opening had been discovered and investigated.
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Dallas
Texas
Cer! Barnett
B. A McClatchy
Two Boys Missing Near Pharr on Citrus Run
Pharr Texas January 2 Hankins and Hensley left Friday at noon on a search for Maurice Hankins and Robert Hudson who departed December 24 with a truckload of citrus fruit driven by Albert Johnston. No word since then and families fear ill circumstances prevented contact.
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Pharr
Texas
Libel suit seeks $100000 damages against AMA
The Hoxie Cancer Institute files a libel suit in Taylorville alleging damages from a January issue of the American Medical Association Journal. Morris Fishbein of Chicago is named in the action alleging publication of a criticism of the institute.
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Taylorville
American Medical Association
Hoxie Cancer Institute
American Medican Association
Morris Fishbein
Chicago
Wagon Kills Child in Sweetwater Outing
Five year old James Sykes died when a heavily loaded cane wagon wheels passed over his head in front of his home in Sweetwater. The tragedy occurred today as the child played nearby during a rural morning. Police and emergency responders investigated the scene.
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Sweetwater
James Sykes
Local Notices and Market Prices From Fredericksburg Dated January 8 1926
Community notes report illness of Mrs Hy Mann in Dallas with the Heimann and Schneider families at her bedside. Market column lists Fredericksburg merchant prices for eggs per dozen Fryers per pound and other goods dated January 8 1926. Local travels note Louis and Emil Stahl’s Mason trip and Erwin Woerner with son Lee Roy visiting San Antonio. Metzger family return trip with them. Advertisement urges selling furs to See Aug Hahn and promotes Gillespie County History books in demand at the office.
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Erwin Woerner
Lee Roy
San Antonio
Peter Metzger
Alamo City
Gillespie County
Governor Decrees Electrocution For Murderer Rueda
Austin Texas January 5 Governor Miriam A Ferguson orders Aga pito Rueda to die in the electric chair at Huntsville January 9 for the March 1924 El Paso murder of bank guard William Meers. The decree reached H Meers brother and a deaf mute friend after a reported bid to commute to life imprisonment was rejected.
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Austin
Texas
Agapito Rueda
el Paso
William Meers
Huntsville
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ghent Sanderford
H. Meers
Winters
L. 8. Bowen
Rueda
Child Burned Playing With Boiling Water Near Washpot
In Cottonwood community Elgin on December 30, little Harry Neff Peterson, youngest child of Mr and Mrs J Peterson, suffered serious burns to the face and arm from a washing pot of boiling water. He received prompt medical aid and is reported to be in painful condition.
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Elgin
Harry Neff Peterson
J. Peterson
Cottonwood
Smothered to Death in San Angelo Baby Dies in Sleep
One month old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs L A Kosarek, died after being smothered while sleeping with her parents. Mother heard crying at 5 am, baby grew quiet, revived briefly later, but died despite resuscitation efforts. A stray advertising note about circulation is included in the clipping.
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San Angelo
Margery Kosarek
Daugther
L. A. Kosarek
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Harry Schneider
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Fredericksburg
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Mason
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Hugo A. Walter
Caps Lumberjacks
New Braunfels
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