Ozark Trail group selects Brady route backers and officers
Bennett urged action to place Brady on the Ozark Trail route between Menard Junction Kerrville and Brady Mason Fredericksburg. Max Loeffler was elected district president from Abilene to San Antonio. E. H. Riley named secretary. County vice presidents named in Taylor McCulloch Mason Kendall Gillespie, with Coleman and Bexar pending. An Oklahoma Texas division meeting set for late June in San Antonio. national meeting in Miami Oklahoma June 5 6 7 sought delegation.
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McCulloch
Brady
Colorado River
Menard
Junction
Kerrville
Mason
Fredericksburg
Bennett
Max Loeffler
Ozark Trail Organization
Abilene
San Antonio
E. H. Riley
Ruft Cook
Taylor County
A. H. Broad
J. T Banks
August Otter
Kendall
D. A. Riley
Gillespie
Coleman
Bexar
Col. W. H. Harvey
Montenay
Ark
Perry N. Clark
Rodgers
Curtis Hancock
Highway Commission
Austin
F. R. Wulff
J. P. Barton
Lohn
John T. Banks
Waring
The
Ozark Trail Association
Miami
Okla
McCulloch County
Oklahoma
Texas
Ozark Trail Military Highway Plan Discussed in Brady
A Brady meeting with Abilene and Fredericksburg delegates debated routing a branch of the Ozark Trail from Fort Sill Oklahoma to Fort Sam Houston Texas and toward the coast. Texas was noted for its strategic location and road network to support rapid mobilization for a potential military highway, with emphasis on fine mobIle units and quality roads along the route.
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Brady
Missouri
Arkansas
Fort Sill
Okla
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Abilene
Frank Bennett
W. A. Halford
Taylor Outs Times
Bailey Jones
D. A Riley
Bennett
Abilene Chamber of Commerce
Ozark Trail
Col
W. H Harveys
Rilidad
United States
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Mexico
Gulf
Fl Paso
Brownsville
Mooney death sentence to be imposed May 28
Thomas J. Mooney, convicted for the 1910 Preparedness Day bombing murder, lost his final review appeal in California courts. Gov. Stephens may grant a pardon. counsel may appeal again to the State Supreme Court, or seek U.S. Supreme Court review. The state courts affirmed the conviction and sentence.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Thomas J. Mooney
William D. Stephens
Moonye
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
United States
Mooney
Franklin A. Griffin
Registration of Men Turning Twenty One Since 1917
State of Texas Adjutant General's Department requests local exemption boards to publicize that men who reached age twenty one since June 5, 1917 must register on the proclaimed June 5, 1918 date. General Crowder urges widest publicity via newspapers to ensure all eligible young men are notified. Office of Information, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Texas
General Crowder
Congress
Open Attack of Cattle Tick long dipping vats oppose parasite
Washington brace spring drive sees 250000 cattle in 275 counties march to 23 thousand dipping vats. The effort spans 100 miles of concrete trenches, overseen by 285 USDA inspectors, 289 state inspectors and 1000 county inspectors, backed by thousands of cattle owners eager to end meat-wasting tick fever during wartime.
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Washington, D. C
South
Southern
United States Department of Agriculture
Des Moines Report on Iowa Tornado Toll and Damage
Des Moines Iowa May 21 Tornadoes across central Iowa left at least seven dead and scores injured as damage surpassed 1 000 000 dollars Three fatalities occurred at Boone and two at Newton with factory wrecks and farm losses reported Rescue and medical teams were dispatched from surrounding towns to aid affected areas Denison also reported fatalities and injuries as storms moved northeast along the Northwestern main line.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Boone
Here
Newton
Northwestern
Denise
Luling Citizens Tar and Feather Man Shown the Door
A. Express reports in Luling Texas a man who refused a Red Cross donation was tarred and feathered by a committee of prominent citizens. He was branded and marched through the business street and told to leave town within twelve hours. He owns several thousand dollars in property and was asked to donate two dollars. He refused to apologize to the Red Cross committee.
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A. Express
Luling
Tex
Red Cross
Federal manager to run each railroad in U S
International News Service reports May 21 that a Federal manager will be placed in immediate charge of each railroad property in the United States. The manager will report to the Federal regional director of his district and act as operating chief, replacing the railroad president. Walter D. Hines named Assistant Director General of Railroads.
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International News Service
Washington, D. C
United States
Direcoro
Road
McAdoo
Walter D. Hines
To Get the Ticks as They Emerge from the Grass
The article describes tick eradication efforts using regular dipping vats every forty nights to kill newly hatched ticks on cattle. It notes ticks hatch last fall, mature, and lay eggs, but dipping prevents egg laying, reducing tick numbers. Officials foresee 125 additional counties freed from the pest by December 1, with 1921 bringing near-total South cattle tick elimination and a strengthened cattle-raising region.
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Department
Sproul Wins Republican Nomination For Pennsylvania Governorship
Philadelphia May 21 Republicans of Pennsylvania give State Senator William C Sproul of Delaware County a heavy margin of votes to pledge support for the National Prohibition amendment and nominate him for the Pennsylvania governorship. Sproul led his principal opponent J Denny ONeil by a wide margin, surpassing pre primary estimates.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
William C. Sproul
Delaware County
Pennsylvania
Sprouls
J. Denny O'Neil
Lafollette Denies Seditious Speech Charge
Wisconsin Senator Lafollette through counsel told the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee that a Minnesota Public Safety Commission charge that his St Paul speech was seditious is groundless. Attorney Gilbert Roe argued the speech was patriotic and within his rights, and that reports and the transcript were garbled.
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Associated Press
Washington ,D. C
Minnesota Public Safety Commission
St. Paul
Senator Lafollette
Wisconsin
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Gilbert E. Roe
Minnesota Commission
Officers and wives hurt in auto collision near bridge
Six people were injured in a head on crash near South Houston on a Sunday afternoon. Three army officers and three wives were in one car. Capt Fr W Bowles and wife were taken to Baptist Sanitarium. Bowles slightly hurt, Mrs Bowles cut bruised and said to be internally injured.
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L. A. Express
Houston
Tex
South Houston
Army
W. Bowles
Baptist Sanitarium
Bowles
Mrs. Bowles
Injured Officers From Camp Logan Car Crash
Lieut Charles Hill and wife Lieutenant Wyatt and a young woman were injured in a car crash. They were taken by army ambulance to Billington Field Base Hospital where the extent of injuries could not be learned. All officers are with the 7th Field Artillery at Camp Logan. Lieut Hill is with the dental corps.
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Charles Hill
Wyatt
Billington Field Base Hospital
7Th Field Artillery
Camp Logan
Hill
Dental Corps
Bomb raid kills and wounds in Cologne center
London dispatch reports fourteen killed and more than forty wounded when Entente air force attacked Cologne on Saturday. Six allied aviators participated, with heavy damage centered in the market place.
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Associated Press
London
Entente
Cologne
Amsterdam
Soldier Crossing Trestle Struck by Train Near Lott
A 22 year old soldier from Company D 133d Machine Gun Battalion Camp Bowie was injured crossing a trestle two miles from Lott. He lost his left arm between wrist and elbow when a San Antonio and Aransas Pass train struck him as he swung from the rail to drop to the ground. He is son of W J Boyd of Lott.
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Waco
Tex
Tillman Boyd
Camp Bowie
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Lott
iBoyd
W. J. Boyd
Lott. Tass
Reading Notices for Congress Candidate in Sixteenth Texas District
Announcement lists campaign advertisement rates and states Claude B Hudspeth is a candidate for U S Congress from Texas Sixteenth District subject to Democratic primary action. It notes cash orders and per word pricing for notices.
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U. Congress
Aeereet
Representative Distriet Ss
Congress
Sixteenth
Texas
Pirman
Claude B. Hudspeth
District Attorney Candidate Announces Run in Texas 38th Judicial
Mitch Johnson of San Saba County Texas announces candidacy for District Attorney in the 38th Judicial District subject to Democratic primary action.
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38Rd Judicial District of Texas
Mitch Johnson
San Saba Co
Texas
Stahl Announces Candidacy for Gillespie District Clerk
A. D. Stahl announces candidacy for the office of District Clerk of Gillespie County in the upcoming November election, filing as a candidate and seeking support from local voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
A. D. Stahl
Ed Ble
Justice
Arrival of First Class Alfalfa and Prairie Hay Car
A wagon labeled as a car of first class Alfalfa and a car of first class Prairie Hay arrived at 37 Aug Cameron. The notice notes the shipment details and location, indicating feed commodities arriving at the designated depot.
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Cameron
Alfred Schmidt announces candidacy for sheriff and tax assessor
Alfred Schmidt announces his run for sheriff and tax collector of Gillespie County at the November election. Charles Schmidt seeks re election as tax assessor for Gillespie County at the same general election.
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Gillespie County
Alfred
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John L. Johnston
Johnston
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Eugene D. Penn
Foggia
Rae Penn
Pex
Penn
State OF Texas
Adjutant General's Department
Office of Information, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ilinois
Sproul
Hermann Herbort
Soldier Crossing
Milly
Daylight Store
Palm Beach
Kool Kloth
Barrier-Maier
BR. Maier & Son
Koenig
Chas. Schmidt
Gus
Malchow
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