Winning Campaign for Senator Davidson Presses Texas Victory
Editorial from the Houston Post August 22, 1920 praises Senator Lynch Davidson of Houston in the lieutenant governor race. It notes growing cross-faction support, calls him a unifying figure free of partisan tactics, and asserts his broad statewide strength and readiness to assume the governor’s duties if needed.
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Houston Post
Texas
Lynch Davidson
Houston
Davidson
Neff
Bailey
Senator Davidson
Harris County
Temple Mirror
Culp
South Texas
Protection to Aliens Act Suggested by Bar Association
The American Bar Association committee urged federal legislation to strengthen treaty rights for aliens. The proposal would authorize the President to direct the Attorney General to file equity suits in federal courts to protect foreign citizens under treaties, and allow federal transfer of state cases deemed contrary to those rights. It also called for judicial code clarifications on removal of cases and changes in Supreme Court rules to avoid travel to Washington for motions.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Convention of the American Bar Association
Committee of Jurisprudence
Congress
United States
District Court
Judicial Code
Supreme Court
Washington
Labor agitators warned at Brazos county mass meeting
At a Bryan chamber of commerce gathering resolutions decry labor agents coming to Brazos county to recruit workers for cotton and other crops elsewhere. TheHealth Department in Austin urges rat extermination campaigns with cash prizes for dead rats, awarded by Mayor L Villegas of Laredo, dated Aug 7, 1920.
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Associated Press
Bryan
Texas
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Brazos County
Brazos
Austin
L. Villegas
What World Owes to Petroleum
Washington D C Aug 27 Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of the United States first oil well drilled by Colonel Drake near Titusville Pennsylvania in 1860. The piece traces petroleum’s journey from lamp fuel to engines ships and power for cities and industry noting kerosene gasoline paraffin and Vaseline among its by products and highlighting notable milestones in refining and uses.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Colonel Drake
Titusville
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
Peppers SD Social Calendar and Attendee Notes
Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt notes Friday dance at Service Club and Saturday event at Soldiers Club Roof Garden. Local society items include travels to San Marcos, Rochester, Atlantic City, and visits in San Antonio and Laredo. Community greetings, bridge party, outdoor party at Loma Vista Park, and a large host of names and brief movements among residents.
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Service Club
Soldiers Club
Misa Vesta Sturges
Loma Vista Park
Miss Sturges
Rex Tarver
Edward Bodet
Douglas McLean rises to stardom in Ince film debut
After years of supporting roles for many stars Douglas McLean has been elevated to stardom by Thomas H Ince. He stars with Doris May in the Ince picture 23 Hours Leave at the Strand Theatre Tuesday. The article cites his screen peers Dorothy Dalton Enid Bennett Mary Pickford and Alice Brady among others he has worked opposite.
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Douglas McLean
Thomas H. Ince
Doris May
Ince
Strand Theatre
Dorothy Dalton
Enid Bennett
Mary Pickford
Alice Brady
Maude Adams
Margaret Anglin
Marjorie Rambeau
Mr. McLean
Three New Courses in UT Extension Literature
The University of Texas extension department adds three new literature courses for club study. L W Payne offers Special Course in American Literature alongside American drama and poetry. James F Royster drafts Recent American Drama and James F Dobie leads Literature of Letters, expanding to fifty group study options across subjects.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
L. W. Payne
James F. Royster
Texas University Extension Grants 2118 Correspondence Enrollments
The University of Texas Extension Division reports 2118 correspondence course applications in the past year. Courses often grant college credit after completion, with one term or one third credit per course. New offerings include international markets, foreign trade, economics of agriculture, anthropology, modern drama, European history, and modern Spanish drama. Full details from the teaching division.
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Hy Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Extension Department
University of Texas
Texas
Retail prices to drop in fall and winter months
The Federal Reserve Board says retail prices will ease during the fall and winter and slip further next spring. It attributes the decline to savings from cheaper materials and more efficient labor, with manufacturers passing reductions to consumers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Legal Aid Bureau Proposed to Counter Radicalism
The American Bar Association convention in St Louis urged establishing a nationwide legal aid bureau to provide free legal advice to the poor as a means to curb radicalism spread.
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St. Louis
United States
American Har Association
France Advises Poland on Strategic Frontier
Paris reports the foreign ministry counselled Poland to seek the best strategic frontier, noting that the auxiliary position will influence peace terms and future settlement, reflecting France's diplomatic emphasis during August.
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Associated Press
Paris
Foreign Ministry
France
Poland
Rob by hypnosis shocks Mexico City residents
Mexico City reports a new crime twist as General Palemon Rojas accuses two individuals of breaking into his home and robbing a handbag a guitar and five pesos after one offender placed him in a hypnotic trance.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Palemon Rojas
Candidates for Degrees at University of Texas
Associated Press reports at Austin dated August 27 that 125 candidates will receive degrees this summer. Of these 83 seek Bachelor of Arts, 23 Master of Arts, 5 Bachelor of Business Administration, 1 Master of Business Administration, 6 Bachelor of Laws, 2 Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, 1 in Architecture, 1 in Civil Engineering and 1 in Mechanical Engineering. This is a drop from last summer’s 75 graduates.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Freight Car Shortage Hits Kansas City Wheat Trade
In Kansas City elevators wheat stocks are near 2 million bushels, far below the 15 to 20 million capacity, with 9 million stored a year ago. The car shortage for grain shipments in the Southwest is acute, threatening business and finance. Judge Clyde M. Reed warns it would take 28 months to move the current wheat stock under ongoing rates.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Kansas
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Councils of Defense Meet to Plan National Organization
Des Moines Iowa August 27 1918 meeting set for September 13 and 14 to unify state councils of defence. H J Metcalf says aim is to review propaganda groups with common interests and discuss national welfare issues with secretaries and council members invited to attend.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
State Councils of Defence
H. J. Metcalf
Film firm receives bid by aspiring comedienne with unique talents
A leading motion picture producer received an application from a young woman who says she was born to be a film comedienne. She describes herself as more homely than Charlie Chaplin and claims to possess an india rubber face she can twist into knots.
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Charlie Chaplin
Queen Candy Company to Open in Laredo This Saturday
The Queen Candy Company, a new business in Laredo, will open Saturday in the Walls building next to Botica del Pueblo. The shop will offer a full line of home-made candies, high grade chocolates, fancy boxes, sodas, ice cream, and sherbets under the management of James Mataragas, a well known local figure.
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Queen Candy Company
Laredo
James Mataragas
Cox signals more expos es on Republican campaign funds
New York on August 27 Governor Cox said he would unveil further leads within a week. En route to New Haven he accused the Republicans of using large contributions and dummy names. He offered to testify before the senate committee if needed and planned to press the charges from the Cox Special Train into the East.
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Associated Press
New York
Cox
New Haven
Conn
Will Hays
Republican National Committee
Senate Committee
Chicago
Pittsburg
Harding Declines Comment on Campaign Funds Charges
Marion Ohio August 27 Senator Harding declined to comment on charges about Republican campaign fund allotments raised by Governor Cox in his Pittsburg speech last night. He said it read hastily and he has no word to say and does not expect to have anything to say.
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Harding
Marion
Ohio
Cox
Pittsburg
Calls It Phony List
Governor Cox objects to a national campaign fund list. Fred Upham, Republican national treasurer, says the list of 61 cities is fake and that quotas were only set by states. He presents funds totaling 1,017,255 with New York state leading at 225,292 and notes the national budget just over 3 million.
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Chicago
Cox
Republican Campaign Fund
Fred Upham
Republican National
Upham
Republican National Committee
New York State
New York City
Will Hays
Paris to Constantinople Through Trains Resume
Paris to Constantinople resumes this month with improved mail service and relieved passenger traffic on French and Italian steamers. The Paris to Constantinople trip now takes about five days and trains have not been more than six hours late.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Paris
Levant
UT appoints hundreds of teachers for year
The teachers' appointment committee at the University of Texas has placed several hundred high school and college teachers in positions for the coming year. Many good posts remain open with more calls expected. Shortages will hit rural districts and small towns hardest, with about three thousand teachers needed as the school year begins.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Rail strike halts California railroads by yard switchmen
California railroads face disrupted service as yard switchmen join a wide strike. Amid broader activity, 19 of 52 aviators completed a round trip race from Toronto to Mineola, highlighting contrasting transport news of the period.
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California
Toronto
Mineola
L. L
Refused Chicken for His Breakfast Pie for Last Meal
Dallas, Aug 27 Fred Douglas hanged in county jail for murder of Q Williams manager of the oil station where Douglas worked He confessed striking Williams with an iron rod and rebating the station He refused watermelon and chicken but asked for a big cherry pie for his last breakfast
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Dallas
Tex
Fred Douglas
Cero
Waa
Tiles County
Williams
Douglas
Census Report: Hot Springs Population Declines Sharply
The Associated Press reports census figures showing Hot Springs Arkansas with 11,696 residents, down 2,759 or 19 percent. Corpus Christi Texas rises to 14,522 people, up 2,800 or 28 percent.
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Ty Associated Press
Washington
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Corpus Chinsti
Texas
Battle of Photos in Capitol Halls Newsroom Clash
The Capitol fights a publicized contest dubbed the Battle of the Photos as Democrats and Republicans occupy the same halls. The staged clash centers on images and public displays, unfolding with political theater and media attention across Columbus.
Mail for Manila Sets Record One Day Total
Six thousand bags of mail arrived in Manila on two steamers the Emprese of Rupata and the Tyndarus from Seattle and Vancouver. Postal officials said the shipment broke all records for one day mail receipts here.
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Ty Associated Press
Manila
P. 1
Emprese
Rupata
Tyndarus
Seattle
Vancouver
Corpus Christi Boy Scouts Capture Rats in Week
In Austin on August 27, Corpus Christi Boy Scouts reported catching and incinerating 2,441 rats and 234 mice in one week, earning a bounty of 117.05 dollars as recorded by the State Health Department.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Boy Scouts of
Corpus Christi
State Health Department
Bale to the Acre from Corpus Christi Farm
J H Isensen, a farmer twelve miles west of Corpus Christi, expects over 250 bales from his 250 acre farm. One seven acre patch yielded ten bales on the first picking. He has earned more than two hundred dollars an acre this year from cotton and onion growing.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Tex
J. H. Isensen
Prosperous Farmers Report Big Cabbage Spinach Crops
Dimmit and Avalla counties in Corpus Christi report wealthfrom crops. R F Schultz says A A U G railroad moved 1500 onion cars from 2800 acres at 1.75 a crate. Spinach earned over 100 per acre across 317 cars. big cabbage and lettuce also harvested. Railroads plan next spring to run solid spinach trains to New York City due to express-car shortages.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Dimmit
Avalla
R. F. Schultz
New York City
Woman joins Berlin Stock Exchange as first member
Berlin August 27 Frau Margaret Bruehl becomes the first woman admitted as a member of the Berlin Stock Exchange she leads significant cereal interests in the city marking a historic breakthrough for women in finance.
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Berlin
Berlin Stock Exchange
Frau Margaret Bruehl
.masonic Notice in Laredo Lodge cancels tonight meeting
There will not be a called communication of Laredo Lodge No 647 A M and A M tonight as previously announced R B Lee W M states the change in schedule for the lodge affairs in this edition.
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Laredo Lodge
A. M
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