Genoa Delegates Still Optimistic After Conference
Genoa delegates depart for home convinced the conference achieved long term gains for pacification and European reconstruction. While some smaller states may feel disappointed, the meeting fostered broader understandings among nations including Russia. France exits with more confidence. Lloyd George returns to England hopeful if Russia acts reasonably. The conference adjourned after approving a provisional nonaggression post and plans for The Hague meeting.
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Genoa
Europe
Russia
Hyen
France
Lloyd-George
England
Hague
Cotton seed report shows falling output figures
Washington reports nine month period August 1 to April 30 data from the Census Bureau with declines in cotton seed crushed to 2,922,886 tons from 3,762,873 last year and lower crude and refined oil production. On hand stocks also down in several categories including cake and meal and linters with mixed export figures.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Texas Womans Christian Temperance Union Adjourns
The fortieth annual Texas Women's Christian Temperance Union convention adjourned Friday. Fort Worth was chosen as the next meeting place with the gathering planned for October.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Fort Worth
Hangars for Airplanes at Fort Crockett to Open June
Galveston Tex Work on setting up airplane hangars for the temporary landing field at Fort Crockett will start June 8, it was announced Friday following the arrival of the hangars here Thursday.
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Galveston
Tex
Fort Crockett
Freeport Well Flows Steadily with Oil at Stratton Ridge
Freeport Sulphur Company reports well No. 9 on the Tolar Dannenbaum lease at Stratton Ridge in Freeport, Texas, is steadily flowing with a good oil pressure, indicating productive reservoir activity.
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Freeport, Tex
Freeport Sulphur Company
Tolar- Dannenbaum
Stratton Ridge
Parish tax collections in Calcasieu for 1921 totals
Lake Charles assessments for Calcasieu Parish collected during March April and parts of February and May amount to 1 009 019 88. The total taxes to be collected in 1922 reach 1 277 315 46 leaving 267 399 58 still due.
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Lake Charles
Lba
Calcasieu Parish
Salary Cut Debate At Allen Parish School Board
At a meeting of the Allen Parish school board the advisability of cutting all salaries was discussed and only one member favored any reduction. The discussion highlighted opposition to salary reductions among the board.
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Oberlin
Allen Parish
Notable Faith in Cosmic Rhythm Amid Earth’s Uneventful Year
Scientists note this old world has varied little in its annual orbit around the sun, with only a second or two of deviation in a turbulent year. The quiet astronomical record stands amid global turmoil and trouble.
Difference In Crowd According To Uncle Eben
Uncle Eben laments changing attitudes to music saying the old crowd respected music and played bones while the new crowd uses rolls. He contrasts generations and recalls earlier musical practice.
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Uncle Eben
Differing Tasks for Writer and History
Quote reflects on how writing history relies on monuments and records while individual lives fade as personal knowledge erodes. It notes the challenge of preserving memories as time passes and illness or fever erases details. The remark underscores limits of archival memory.
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Doctor Johnson
Texas News Flash Roundup of State Developments
Four carloads of cattle shipped from Cuero to markets while a 2 million dollar San Antonio school bond election is set for June 20. Jasper forms a Boy Scout troop, Navarro County crops lag and 60 percent of cotton yet to be planted. Canteloupes from Pharr head to eastern markets. per capita ward costs in April reach 23.96 dollars vs 22.61 last eight months. Mexia votes to take water works under municipal control. 250,000 dollars planned to secure water supply. Livingston parcel post ships 40,000 potato slips to Groveton. over 100,000 slips shipped last week. Carey No. 1 gas well at Decatur draws crowds as gas flow climbs to 30 million cubic feet daily. Houston Cotton Exchange relief seed car (1,000 bushels) to Richmond for flood victims. 42,000 head stock dipped in Galveston County under state law. Corsicana dam and lake receive 6,000 black bass with 20,000 more planned. Lockhart ships 53 bushel cotton seed sacks by parcel post, post stamps total 93 dollars. Cherokee County completes public health headquarters in Rusk with state and international boards. Texas floods leave 25,000 families needing replants. Jefferson County rice plantings near 40,000 acres. Childress waterworks pond bonds 310,000 dollars. Turkey ISD bonds 20,000 dollars. Kleberg County Farmers Warehouse Association organized with officers listed. Fifth submerged oil and gas rights bid announced for Matagorda County June 13. Freeport street bonds pass. Harlingen Groesbeck Mesquite gain fire credits up to 15 percent. 215 towns awarded credits for good records.
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Childress
Attorney General’s Department
Turkey Independent
Bell County
Farmers’ Warehouse and Marketing Association
Kleberg County
A. M. White
C. E. Albrecht
C. A. Ford
O. J. Mark
Tom Yaklin
W. H. Beck
M. Christopher
R. H. Simmons
Charles H. Flato
I. A. Wright
J. T. Robison
Matagorda Bay
Matagorda County
Peninsula
Texas flood relief needs across 28 counties
Washington reports to Senator Sheppard the flood damage in Texas with 12,270 destitute families and 525,575 acres damaged. The table lists counties and figures for families destitute and acreage damaged, showing wide impact from Anderson to Wharton and Wood, Smith, Young, and Jasper reporting no help needed. The immediate demand includes 150,000 to 200,000 bushels of seeds for replanting cotton, corn, sorghum, and peas.
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Washington
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Sheppard
Anderson County
Austin County
Brazoria
Dallas County
Mort Bend
Freestone
Hill County
Hood County
Houston County
Hunt County
Johnson County
Liberty County
Milam County
Orange County
Palo Pinto County
Parker County
Pell County
Navarro County
Robertson County
Shelby County
Somervell
Travis County
van Zandt
Waller County
Wharton County
Wood, Smith
Young and Jasper
Homeward and Honor: Soldiers Return to Arlington Theme
A historic transport arrives in New York and Hoboken carrying a thousand soldiers' remains. The Quartermaster Corps coordinates memorials, escorts, and interments across sixteen distribution points and Arlington National Cemetery, honoring the dead with guard of honor and Red Cross support.
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Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
New York Harbor
Hudson
Quartermaster Corps of
New York
Toboken
Military Guard of Honor
Thirteenth
United States Infantry
Hoboken
Mobhuken
Ida
Jloboken
Washington
Troboken
Arington National Cemetery
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Work
Potato Growers to Meet in Lufkin for Sweet Potato Growers Association
Ange Hna County farmers are urged to attend a May 26 gathering in Lufkin to form a farm bureau sweet potato growers association. Officials note possible shortages in corn and cotton due to unprecedented seasons, but predict a strong sweet potato yield and growing market demand. Cooperative marketing is seen as a financial boon for the region.
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Lufkin
Tex
Ange Hna
Farm Bureau
Sweet Potato Growers’ Association
Well Delivers Oil and Gas Near Battle Texas
Oil and gas were struck at 1260 feet in the Foster company well near Battle in McLennan County Texas on Wednesday. The Battle community lies about 18 miles from Waco.
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Waco
Tex
Foster Company
Battle
McLennan County
G A R Commander Washburn Dies in Ottawa
George P. Washburn, commander of the Kansas Grand Army of the Republic, died Tuesday at his Ottawa home after a long career. He led veterans in Topeka and Kansas during Civil War remembrance, with Ottawa mourners honoring his service.
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Topeka
Kan
George P. Washburn
Kansas Grand Army of the Republic
Ottawa
Experiment Shows No Deterioration From Inbreeding
A Science report notes an experiment with 600 white rats from the sixteenth to twenty-fifth generations of sibling lines. Findings indicate that close inbreeding produced no deterioration in the studied traits.
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Sitter
Vermont Legislature Composition Described for Senate and House
In Vermont the state senate is composed of thirty members, one from each county, and the lower house is made up of one member from each township in the state.
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Vermont
Permanent Teeth Preserve Your Smile and Health
Permanent teeth support eating, speech, and facial expression. Losing even a single tooth harms appearance and function, and greater loss increases hardship. The National Dental Association Journal urges care to keep teeth through life.
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National Dental Association Journal
Words of Stevenson Carved on St Giles Mural Monument
A mural monument in St. Giles bears words from Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 1894) honoring his enduring memory. The inscription quotes his sentiments as a tribute to the famed author.
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R. L. Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
St. Giles
Cathedral Edinburgh Prayer for Grace and Courage
A fragment from a prayer or litany references grace and strength to forbear and persevere. It asks for courage, joy, a quiet mind, blessing for friends, mercy toward enemies, and endurance through peril tribulation wrath and fortune until death with loyalty and love.
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Edinburgh
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