WES TEXAS OIL HELDS GOOD FOR MANY MORE YEARS
Washington reports Fort Worth Dallas Wichita Falls Amarillo and other Texas cities may expect oil fields extending west to Carson county to supply them for several years if waste is eliminated The geological survey notes a 1917 gas estimate for Dallas area was correct The Petrolia field was deemed to hold 70 million cubic feet and is nearly exhausted prompting a 1920 review New gas sources from Oklahoma extended supply from three to five years and new Texas fields are anticipated with both gas and oil expected to extend supply for many years if waste is avoided.
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Washington
Fort Worth
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Graham
Texas
Carson County
Geological Survey
Department of Interior
Petrolia
B. W. Shaw
Oklahoma
Memorial Day Services At Christian Church
Veterans of the Civil War Spanish American War and World War join in a memorial service at the Christian church Sunday at 4 pm. Afterward they march to the Cemetery to decorate the graves. Everyone is urged to bring flowers and support the American Legion in observance. An invocation, readings of deceased soldiers names, short veteran talks, and songs are planned.
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Christian Church
American Legion
Graham
J. E. Evans
America
Eugenia Carlton
Freeman, Hampton, Russell
Oeschner
R. A. Petty
Phillips
Ck Khan
S. A. Penix
Plague Cases Rise in Tampico with New Deaths
Four new bubonic plague infections and three fatalities were reported in Tampico yesterday. Total known cases reach forty as authorities announce strict sanitary measures to curb spread.
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Tampico
Mexico City
Mr Boyd Street and Family Visit Georgetown Relatives
Mr Boyd Street and his family are visiting Mrs Street's relatives in Georgetown.
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Mr. Boyd Street
Mrs. Street
Georgetown
Banks Close Monday in Memory Day Observance
Graham banks will close Monday Memory Day to honor deceased. All graves in Young County will be decorated. American Legion Spanish War Veterans and Civil War veterans will take part in the ceremonies.
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Graham
Young County
American Legion
Civil Strife Threatens Sour Lake and Liberty Towns
Beaumont May 23 reports police patrols by Sheriff Nelson and 25 deputies in Sour Lake after threats of civil strife. A mob formed by two Liberty citizens was said to head toward Sour Lake to avenge the whipping and tar and feathering of Justice of the Peace Revere, a former Liberty resident.
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Beaumont
Sour Lake
Liberty
Nelson
Justice of the Peace
Revere
Bbl
Slaughter Charged With Mann Act Violation
Dallas May 28 United Press reports S L Slaughter son of the late Colonel C Slaughter a Texas multi millionaire is named as defendant in an indictment charging violation of the Mann act for transporting a girl from New York City to Dallas Federal District Attorney Swiefel announced today.
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United Press
Dallas
S. L. Slaughter
Colonel C. Slaughter
Texas
New York City
Swiefel
Mineral Wells Faces Franchise Money Call After Fort Worth Grant
Felix Ury and Milton McConnell, officers of the late Gra ham T-O league club, traveled to Mineral Wells to seek more than 1000 dollars from the franchise granted there at last Thursday's Fort Worth meeting. They planned to explain expenses from team formation to grandstand construction to Mineral Wells citizens and cover an outstanding 600 dollars if only the initial 1000 is paid. Team members and equipment have been turned over to Mineral Wells.
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Felix Ury
Milton McConnell
Graham T-O
Mineral Wells
Fort Worth
connecti@n
Mifavat Wells
Woman, 86, who lived under four flags dies in El Paso
Elizabeth Hall 86 of El Paso Texas died at her home on Thursday. Daughter of Shubiel Marsh one of Stephen F. Austin's first colonists she was born near Independence June 16 1835 just before Texas independence. Her life spanned the Texas Republic the Confederacy and the United States. She moved to El Paso years ago from Rockdale where she was laid to rest.
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el Paso
Elizabeth Hall
Texas
Shubiel Marsh
Stephen F. Austin
Independence
Mexico
Hubbard Banker Slumbers Since Tuesday in May 27 Report
R S Stovall banker of Hubbard has slept since Tuesday noon. He can be aroused for nourishment but falls back into deep sleep. Dr F G Armstrong tending him says the case resembles sleeping sickness but blood tests are pending. No other disease symptoms observed. Stovall remarks he knows he sleeps too much.
Financier and couple dispute over hat funds
In a staged exchange, a woman explains she saved for a jumper using money given for her hat and had the hat charged to her partner's account. The scene frames financial tension between the two as they discuss the misallocated funds.
Caruso Sails for Italy on President Wilson
Enrico Caruso and his party travel aboard the steamer President Wilson at New York harbor. The ship is set to sail for Italy tomorrow with the celebrated tenor on board.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
President Wilson
Italy
Wichita Falls & Southern Railroad handles oil cars last night
Fifteen cars of oil were moved by the Wichita Falls & Southern Railroad and routed to Milwaukee Indianapolis Detroit Cleveland Rosville Ill Hoopeston Ills. Telegraph posts between Wichita Falls and Graham now align with the new line and wire from Chicago is awaited for line stringing. Western Union will use the line to transmit commercial messages along the route.
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Wichita Falls & Southern Railroad
Rock Island
Wichita Falls
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Detroit
Cleveland
Rosville
Ills
Hoopeston
Graham
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Wichita Falls & Southern
Symphony Club Reschedules Program To Tuesday Night
Heavy rain forced postponement of the Junior Symphony Club event at the school auditorium. The American Legion program proceeds Tuesday night with a small admission and all receipts to the community house fund.
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American Legion
Community House
One-Third Cotton Crop Cut Forecast In Texas
United Press reports from Dallas on May 28 say a reduction of at least one third, about four million acres, is projected for Texas cotton this year. The estimate comes from two thousand bankers, county judges, and agricultural agents, compiled by E Sharpshire of the Texas Farm Bureau Federation cotton division. The 1921 crop is estimated at eight million acres.
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United Press
Dallas
Texas
Agricultureal
E. Sharpshire
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
Disjointed Observations on Price, Jobs and Courtesy
The text discusses an automobile incident prompting an apology, asks about price discrepancies in soup bone sales, notes a woman running a meat market described as the fair sex, comments on wage issues and idle preference, and mocks George Harvey’s London appointment as speeches would be cabled.
Republican majority faces tariff limits on farmers' gains
The impending emergency tariff is seen as a challenge to farmers' income, complicating the Republican majority's justification for policy. Economists and political observers argue the tariff may fail to enrich agriculture while straining other sectors.
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Congress
George Harvey scraps league as bitter enders loom
A Kentucky jury rules a mule cannot have rheumatism amid chatter that George Harvey has scrapped the league. Friends of the league fear lingering scraps and a bitter end may surface someday as witnesses swear about doubts surrounding the mule.
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George Harvey
League
Kentucky
Resolution Seeks Daily Singin g of The Star Spangled Barrier
A resolution introduced in Congress calls for singing The Star Spangled Barrier daily in the house. The note argues oratory on the flag should negate any need for compulsion.
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House of Congress
United States Joins Step Toward Upper Silesian Settlement
Paris May 28 United States participates in inter allied effort to resolve the Upper Silesian question. Ambassadors with Wallace draft a note asking approval for a neutral zone and Allied occupation while frontiers are fixed. The plan proposes German and Polish areas to stay under separate occupation until borders are determined.
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United Press
Paris
United States
Wallace
Nautral
Upper Silesia
Germany
Rainstorm Benefits County Gardens
A heavy rain swept Graham and surrounding areas Friday boosting county gardens and garden crops. Farmers say the rain will help garden trucks though it likely came too late to save the wheat crop in Young County.
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Graham
Young County
Gallaher Wins Thursday Graham Gun Club Shoot Trophy
Gallagher triumphed in a Thursday Graham Gun Club shoot with Douglass finishing a close second. The strong wind hampered shooters as birds rose in wind pockets, making hits difficult. Visitors Bergan Moore Kilgore attended, with several scores noted among participants.
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Gallaher
Graham
Clus
Graham Ss Club
Gallagher
Douglass
Bergan
Moore
Kilgore
Eree
Broke Goleageeri
Douglasses
Shaffer
Mortis «Ciesss Cotcesees
Bomb Thrown at King Boris Wounds Two Men at Church
A bomb thrown during church services in Sofia injured two men while King Boris escaped injury. Ten others were hurt in the blast, officials said, as security tightened around the monarch.
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King
Sofia
Boris
S P Nator Appointed Brigade Officer for Confederate Veterans
General Williams appointed brigade commander of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans thirteenth district with state headquarters in Austin. He is to organize camps across the district and is a son of the late W. W. Williams, who served with General Joseph E Johnston.
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Guvnn Williams
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Cmes
Austin
General Williams
Mr. Williams
Veterans’ Sons
W. W. Williams
Joseph E. Johnston
Johnston
Tennessee
Lee
Virginia
Messenger
France suspends wheat import restrictions starting August 1
Paris reports the cabinet authorized suspension of wheat import restrictions effective August 1. The move ends ongoing controls that limited foreign grain entry, signaling easing trade measures and potential market impacts.
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France
Paris
Parish on Committee to Deal with Railway Mail
Washington May 28 As a member of the House Committee of post offices and post roads representative Parish has been assigned to the sub committees dealing with railway mail offense against the postal service and post roads.
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Washington
House Committee of Post Offices and Post Roads
Germany Pays First Reparations Debt
Berlin reports Germany completed the initial war reparations payment. Messengers carried twenty treasury bonds of ten million dollars each, totaling one billion marks. The cabinet will pursue disarmament provisions and begin demobilization of the Bavarian civic guard.
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United Press
Berlin
Germany
Paris
Treasury
Ku Klux Klan Parades In Brenham
United Press reports a Brenham mass meeting and parade by the Ku Klux Klan. The resolutions urge citizens to abandon the German language and to disband from any American political party.
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United Pres
Brenham
Texas
Ku Klux Klan
Tragic Wichita Falls Child Killed By Car at Seventh and Burnett
Two year old Vera Morris was crushed under a Paige roadster at the corner of Seventh and Burnett Streets in Wichita Falls. The driver, Miss Lucile Bissingsy, and two witnesses insist the child ran into the vehicle as it moved at a side speed and was struck fatally.
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Wichita Falls
Vera Morris
Mary Morris
Burnett
Seventh
Burnett Streets
Lucile Billingsey
Burnett Street
Anna Belle Brooks
Potter
Paige
George 2Nd
Seventh Street
Lucille Simmons
Eighth
Williatta
Progress in Local Construction Projects on Courthouse Square
A morning crew begins jail foundation digging on the south end of the courthouse lawn. Sheriff Saye notes relief as inmates will stay local. The $70,000 Methodist church foundation work is advancing with concrete forms, Graham estate building nears completion, Capitol Hotel lobby remaining before June 1 opening.
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John Saye
Graham Estate
Capitol Hotel
Shakespeare Speaks Bobbie in Pie Crust Quip
A playful exchange features Bobbie and his father as Bobbie quips that his father’s name should be Brutus. The line implies a sharp parental remark about a cut of pie revealing witty household humor.
Baldwin Locomotive Works declares semiannual dividends
Philadelphia May 28 directors announce a 3.5 percent dividend on common stock and 3.33 percent on preferred stock. The move reflects steady earnings and ongoing corporate disbursements to shareholders.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Man Burned in Hotel Fire at Panther City
Frank Brown known as Dusty Rhoades perished in a Grammer Hotel blaze on Main Street in Fort Worth. Dr D J Plunkett of Duncan Okla likely fatally injured after hitting a sign leaping from a second story window. J W Ford Frank Handlen and J C Lacy injured others hurt but not seriously. loss about 30000 dollars. Police seek a registered woman and child believed absent. Fire started in a hotel room.
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United Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Frank Brown
Dusty Rhoades
Grammer
Main Street
D. J. Plunkett
Duncan
Okla
J. W. Ford
Flat Rock
Ill
Frank Handlen
J. C. Lacy
Bond and Tax Issues Carry in Jean and Rock Creek
Superintendent H H Avanis notes positive results from recent elections in Jean and Rock Creek where maintenance taxes were unanimously approved. Jean will raise 50 to 100 cents and Rock Creek 15 to 50 cents, with Jean seeking 6800 dollars for a brick school and Colston voting 3000 for building. The Graham Independent district also voted to raise the maintenance tax to 1.00 and approve a 65000 dollar bond.
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H. H. Avanis
Jean
Rock Creek
Colston
Graham Independent
Rain Lifts Spirits as Farmers Gather in Town
A good rain yesterday afternoon boosted mood among farmers and ranchmen in town. Lange numbers were seen in discussion about prospects. Rain arrived too late for small grain but will aid other crops and oil-field work that had slowed due to dry spells.
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Lange
Slacker Bergdoll's Property Seized in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on May 27 the property of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, a draft evader and army deserter now in Germany, valued at about 850000 dollars, was seized by Col. Thomas W. Miller as alien property custodian. The holdings, real estate and deposits in four local banks, were held by Emma C. Bergdoll under power of attorney and seized under the President’s directive and the Trading with the Enemy Act. This marks the first seizure since July 1919.
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Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
Thomas W. Miller
United States
Emma C. Bergdoll
Grover
Col. Miller
Bergdoll Declared Enemy Under Trading With the Enemy Act
Washington May 27 Grover Cleveland Bergdoll is held by the American Government to be an enemy under the trading with the enemy act due to his escape to Germany. The alien property custodian Thomas W Miller issued the explanation in a public statement from his office.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
Thomas W. Miller
Ed Wood’s Strong Showing at Military Institute
Ed Wood of Roswell New Mexico arrived this morning after attending school there. He posted a solid record while at the Military Institute garnering local attention.
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Ed Wood
Roswell
New Mexico
the Military Institute
Ohio Man’s Repeated Attempts Reach Eight
An Ohio man has attempted death by his own hand eight times, with authorities noting the pattern and warning that the act will likely end tragically. A pattern of self harm has prompted medical and mental health interventions as family and officials monitor his behavior.
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Ohio
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