Laws From 39th Legislature Go Into Effect Today
Austin June 15 through June 18 marks the start of many laws from the Thirty-ninth Legislature. About 100 laws take effect, including key reforms on eleemosynary institutions, convict paroles, game and fishing regulations, eminent domain for railroads and counties, child labor rules, anti mask provisions, and curriculum funding. The session, led by Texas' first woman governor, set records for rapid completion and budget handling.
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Austin
Texas
Teer and
Chitwood
Terrell State Hospital
San Antonio State Hospital
Galveston
State Medical College
Dallas
Board of Control
Irwin
Gulf Coast
United States Supreme Court
Texas and Pacific Railroad Company
Santa Fe Railroad System
Hale
Cement City
Texas and Pacific
Ku Klux Klan
Boards of Trade
Text Book Commission
Brazos River
Robertson County
Louisiana
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Amnesty bill passes amid House split over governor immunity
The measure allows impeached governors to hold public office for former Governor James E. Gerguson. The bill, challenged as unconstitutional by Attorney General Dan Moody, split the House after being sent from committee without recommendation. Proponents and opponents accused each other of parliamentary maneuvering before final passage on third reading.
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James E. Gerguson
House of Representatives
Bunger News Highlights Local Anticipations and Travels
Mr and Mrs L Duncan begin a vacation trip in their new Dodge visiting Ohio and other states while Mr Duncan led work at Fred B Foster and Co in Young Stephens and Archer counties. Crops are good and no grasshoppers. farmers busy cutting grain. The Hinson well at Peanut Ridge near Banger is set to spud in this week amid local ownership disputes. The Bunger Baptist Sunday School grows with F G Wiley as superintendent. Rozelle Parsons visits from Fort Worth. plans move of Sam Goldwater to a Pigly Wiggly cash and carry model by September.
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Fred B. Foster and Company
Young, Stephens
Archer
Bunger
W. S. Brandon
New Domain Oil Co
J. K. Smith
Kirby
Los Angeles
California
Mr. Smith
Julian Bros
Hinson Et al
Peanut Ridge
Banger
Thedford
Graham
South Bend
Gooseneck Bridge
Bunger Baptist Sunday School
F. G. Wiley
Rozelle Parsons
Gee Parsons
Fort Worth
H. A. Lisle
C. T. Smith
J. L. Redwine
Sam Goldwater
G. W. Mahaney
O. C. Roark
W. W. Storms
F. W. Marvin
Brazos
Navigator brings Keaton comedy to Liberty Theatre
The Navigator stars Buster Keaton and Kathryn McGuire in a nautical comedy about a naive youth stranded with a girl on an ocean liner. The film, directed by Donald Crisp and Keaton, adapts a story by Havez Bruckman and Mitchell and is presented by Joseph M. Schenck.
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Buster Keaton
Metro-Goldwyn
the Navigator
Liberty Theatre
Kathryn McGuire
Keaton
Mrs Coolidge Returns to White House as First Lady
The article recalls a young teacher who visited the White House with deaf-mute pupils during Roosevelt’s era and touched the East Room piano, provoking a rebuke. Now she is Mrs Calvin Coolidge, the new First Lady, who may use the piano and oversee a renovation of the White House as part of her duties.
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New York Times
White House
East Room
Calvin Coolidge
Rose of Paris at Liberty Theatre with Mary Philbin
Universal Jewel drama directed by Irving Cummings screens Mitsi Yeetich novel tale of an orphan girl Mitsi who learns she is the heiress to a vast French fortune while ensnared in a conspiratorial plot in Paris.
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Mary Philbin
Liberty Theatre
Irving Cummings
Mitsi
Miss Philbin
France
No insured fires blamed for national losses
A crude fire outbreak caused by negligent workers and a dirty factory setting, with a man claiming there is no loss because it is insured, costs the nation nearly as many lives and money annually as the Revolutionary War.
Regulatory Co operation Key to U S Power Growth
The article argues that achieving major electrical development requires strong cooperation between power companies, consumers, and state and national regulatory bodies. It stresses that without such cooperation progress becomes limited and uncertain.
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United States
Ridin' Kid From Powder River at Liberty Theatre Next Saturday
Universal-Hoot Gibson feature Ridin Kid From Powder River comes to Liberty Theatre on June 27. Based on a romantic Western era with cattlemen against nesters, the film features Universal Ranch Riders, directed by Edward Sedgwick with supporting stars Tully Marshall Gladys Hulette and Walter Long.
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Powder River
Universal-Hoot Gibson
Liberty Theater
Far West
Nester
Universal Ranch
Edward Sedgwick
Tully Marshall
Gladys Hulette
Walter Long
South African Listener Thanks SA Court of Appeals
A Johannesburg gentleman writes to the San Antonio Court of Appeals thanking them for a sermon transmitted by radio station WOAT of the Express heard in Johannesburg, 9 800 miles away on an air line.
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San Antonio
Blivens Plans New Home Den On Second Floor
Bi Harpan intends to construct a new home with a den on the second floor. Mrs B notes he often growls about something, suggesting the addition suits his mood and habits.
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Blivens
Harpan
More Chambers and Agriculture For City Growth
A historic speech argues that town prosperity hinges on agricultural welfare. It urges cooperation between farmers and city businesses, saying farms create wealth and attract industry. The speaker calls for more chambers of commerce focused on agriculture to build local economies.
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Chamber of Commerce
Commerce
Ain't it the Truth Mrs Friendly and Mrs Truthful Quote
A dialog excerpt presents Mrs Friendly asking about a son following his father and Mrs Truthful replying that if he does he will end up at bootlegger doors daily. The exchange satirizes family legacies and illicit activity with humor.
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Mrs. Friendly
Believe the first test of a great man is humility
Quote attributed to John Ruskin noting humility as the measure of greatness and character.
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John Ruskin
Nervous Woman Taunts Beggar Over Puddding Offer
A nervous woman dismisses a persistent beggar with a taunt about pudding. The beggar replies that the woman's pudding is well known to him as he quips about Thor.
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Thor
Ant can Carry Burdens Eight Hundred Times Its Weight
A test shows the common red ant can lift and carry a load 800 times its own body weight, highlighting surprising strength in tiny insects.
Memorial Coins for Stone Mountain Urged by Hurley
Edward N Hurley advocates minting Confederate Memorial Half Dollar coins to honor southern soldiers. He praises Congress for the act and urges southern support for the entire issue to memorialize Stone Mountain Georgia and valor of Confederate and Union soldiers. He cites leadership in the South and praises centennial tribute as enduring.
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Arlington
Congress
South
Edward N. Hurley
Stone Mountain
Georgia
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Gregory
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Thirty-Fifth Mississippi
Stoneountain Memorial
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