Call For Extra Session Issued In Texas Legislature
A proclamation by Representative A H King calls the Thirty-Ninth Texas Legislature to convene in Austin on November 2 1925. The call cites eight purposes including repeal of a law altering evidence rules the search and gest ure act investigations of state departments and officials tightening prohibition on poisonous decoctions and ensuring accountability for public powers. It seeks governor and speaker support to avoid constitutional questions.
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Wichita
Texas
Prisoners Now In Pen On State Farms 384
Austin Texas report from the criminal record office to the governors shows there are 384 state prisoners in the pen and on state prison farms. Counts include 635 at Ram sey farm 398 Blue Ridge 344 Imperial 308 Harlem 0 Neff honor farm. Additional inmates at Blakely Clemens Darrington Eastham Ferguson Goree Huntsville Retrieve Shaw entor Waynune Old Min. All are state prisoners, none federal.
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Austin
Tex
State Penitentiary
Ramsey Farm
Blue Ridge
Imperial
Harlem
Neff Honor
Asylums
Blakely Farm
Clemens
Darrington
Eastham
Terguson
Goree
Huntsville
Retrieve
Shaw
Entor
Waynune
Old Min
Cattle shipments from Shelby County in 1925 reach 6457 head
Figures compiled by J.P. Mulver show nine months of 1925 cattle shipments from Shelby County totaling 6457 head. Center shipped 8399 head, Timpson 1636, and Tenaha 422, with an average price of 10 dollars per animal.
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Center
Tex
J.P. Mulver
Shelby County
Timpson
Tenaha
Seven Millions Paid in 1923 Tax Returns
Washington bureau of Internal Revenue reports 7,698,321 individuals and 398,9933 corporations filed 1923 returns. Individuals paid 663,651,505 dollars while corporations contributed 937,106,798 dollars to government support.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Foster Heads Veterans in Abilene Texas Meeting
J C Foster of Houston was re elected commander of the United Confederate Veterans of Texas at a session held in Abilene. Port Arthur was chosen as the site for the 1926 encampment during the Friday gathering.
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Abilene
Tex
J. C. Foster
Houston
United Confederate Veterans of Texas
Port Arthur
Abligne
Port Arthur Water Works Bonds Approved
Port Arthur reels in a $400,000 water works bond issue approved by the attorney general's department. The bonds carry 5 percent interest and mature serially, with the Austin Texas issue centered in Port Arthur.
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Austin
Tex
Port Arthur Water Works
Attorney General's Department
Increase Shown In Cotton Yield In Texas Railroads
Texas notes railroad monopolies harm service and prompts Interstate Commerce Commission to favor competition. Brownwood plans a 1 million dam to irrigate 30 000 acres following San Saba. East Texas Cotton Palace draws crowds as goats become profitable. schools, cotton pickers, and bank growth noted amid national cotton yield report showing 14 759 000 bales with Texas at 3 875 000.
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Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
San Saba
Brownwood
State Board of Water Commissioners
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Crop Reporting Board
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
California
States
Lower
Old Mexico
United States
Arkansas
Ocean Side Toll Road Aims 135-Mile Gulf Route
Austin Tex Construction of a 135 mile toll road along the Gulf of Mexico is planned by the Ocean Side Toll Road Company. The route would start near the Rio Grande mouth in Cameron County and run north to the Gulf side of Brazos Island. It then follows the gulf side of Padre Island through Cameron Willacy Kennedy Kleberg and Nueces counties to Corpus Christi Pass. One fork would extend to the jetties at Aransas Pass and the other to the Laguna Madre side of Mustang Island.
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Austin
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Ocean Side Toll Road Company
Rio Grande
Cameron County
Brazos Island
Padre Island
Cameron, Willacy, Kennedy, Kleberg
Nueces Counties
Corpus Christi Pass
Mustang Island
Aransas Pass
Laguna Madre
Sap Extension Hearing Ends in Brownsville Texas
The five day hearing on the Southern Pacific railroad extension from Falfurrias into the lower Rio Grande Valley closed Friday before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Thomas F. Woodlock. Argument in Washington before the full commission will likely not occur beforeJanuary.
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Brownsville
Tex
Southern Pacific Railroad
S, A
A. P
Falfurrias
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Interstate Commerce
Thomas F. Woodlock
Washington
Woodlock
Gas Blast Kills Four at La Clede Gas Light Plant
Four people died and over sixty were injured when gas exploded in the basement of the La Clede Gas Light Company building. The blast occurred Thursday. the Director of Public Safety Board announced findings after on-site investigation on Friday.
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St. Louis
Laclede Gas Light Company
Public Safety Board
Mathewson Dies After Tuberculosis Pneumonia
Christy Mathewson famed as Big Six of baseball and part owner of the Boston Braves died Thursday in Saranac Lake New York. His physician Dr Edward N Packard attributed the death to tuberculosis pneumonia.
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Christy Mathewson
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Big Six
Boston Braves
Edward N. Packard
Architect Wins Memorial Prize for Roosevelt Memorial
Washington reports New York architect John Russell Pore has won the $20,000 Roosevelt Memorial Association prize for the best design for a national memorial in Washington to Theodore Roosevelt.
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Washington
John Russell Pore
New York
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Theodore Roosevelt
Air Mail Contract Awarded From Midwest to Fort Worth
The postmaster general awarded the contract for air mail transport from Chicago and Kansas City to Fort Worth Texas to the National Air Transport Inc of Chicago.
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Washington
Chicago
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Texas
National Air Transport, Inc
Funding Arrangements For Czecho Slovak Debt Reached
Washington reports that funding arrangements with Czecho Slovakia have been concluded. The settlement amounts to 115 million dollars to be liquidated over sixty two years. This marks an agreed basis for repaying the debt to the United States.
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Washington
United States
New Ambassador Charles MacVeagh Named to Japan
Charles MacVeagh of New York and Washington selected as ambassador to Japan. He has served as general solicitor and assistant general counsel for United States Steel Corporation. The Tokyo government notified the Department of State that he will be acceptable for the post.
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Charles MacVeagh
New York
Washington
Japan
Tokyo
Department of State
MacVeagh
United States Steel Corporation
Attar of Roses production regions noted
The article states attar of roses is not produced commercially in the United States. It is mainly produced in Bulgaria and France and to some extent in India. Attar of roses is used for perfumery, while the rose water left after distillation is largely used in cooking.
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United States
Bulgaria
France
India
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Throckmorton
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Port Arthur Bonds CQ
K.D
East Texas
Waco
Athens
East
Propos&d
Sap
Architect
Air Mail
Shenandoah Tragedy
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Fine War Memorial Building of
Nashville
Tenn
American Legion
The
Legion
Betty van Arsdale
Margaret Heckler
Miss van Arsdale
Palestine
Sam Sloan
Wille
Varsity of Arkansas
Omer Uce
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