Mayor Urges Mexia To Back Corsicana Oilers In Opening Game
Mexia prepares for Friday opening game against Corsicana Oilers as Mayor J Sanford Smith proclaims city support for the Gushers. Local business may close for attendance. fans anticipate a strong showing from Mexia in the Texas Association season opener with Mathews leading the club and over 12,000 expected spectators.
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Corsicana
Mexia
Mexia Gushers
Corsicana Oilers
J. Sandford Smith
Corsicana Daily Sun
Austin
Matthews
Gushers
J. Stuart
Matty
Texas Association
Texas
Jesse McLendon
Matty Matthews
Mexia Gushers Open 1924 Season With Corsicana Oilers
Mexia Mayor Sanfford Smith urges citizens to attend the Texas Association season opener at Nowlin Park on Friday April 24 1925 as the Mexia Gushers face the Corsicana Oilers in a bid to repeat the 1924 attendance cup victory. He calls for local employers to close establishments during game hours to encourage broad community turnout.
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Mexia
Texas Association
Nowlin Park
Mexia Gushers
Corsicana Oilers
Mexia Baseball Club
America
Floyd Collins Body Raised From Sand Cave in Kentucky
The body of Floyd Collins, entombed in Sand Cave since January 30, was brought to the surface in Cave City Kentucky on April 23. He was found sitting upright in the tunnel and is to be embalmed before a late week burial as rescuers pried loose a seven ton rock from his face. The tunnel began caving again after the extraction.
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International_ News Service
Cave City
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Groesbeck Youth Wins Declamation Honors in District
In the Calvert district Interscholastic League of Texas meet Mexia took first honors while Clarence Cain of Groesbeck won the Declamation Contest for Junior boys. Cain, 11, son of Tom Cain, is praised as an unusually gifted speaker and now advances to the State contest in Austin.
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Calvert
Interscholastic League of Texas
Mexia
Clarence Kane
Rosebud
Clarence Cain
Groesbeck
Tom Cain
Limestone County
Austin
Prison Is Full And Here Coming From All Over
Leavenworth Kansas April 23 The federal penitentiary is crowded above capacity with more than 600 convicts en route from across the country. The warden warns congested conditions could be extremely hazardous in case of an epidemic.
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International News Service
Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Penitentiary
Municipal Band Plans Built in Coolidge Meet
A Coolidge meet on Wednesday night laid plans to organize a strong municipal band. Twenty six experienced players attended. about forty pieces are targeted, with no decision yet on a full time or part time director. The band will perform at the Baylor Cubs Coolidge baseball game Thursday afternoon.
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Coolidge
Baylor Cub
Dairymen to Meet at Mexia High School Friday
Arrangements are made for a dairyman gathering at Mexia high school on Friday night at 8 15 p m to hear W T Magruder a dairy expert in an educational playlet titled Joe Guess Wing 1000 The play promotes better feeding methods for cattle Magruder portrays Bob Profit with Joe Guess Bill Know and William Henry Keene in leading roles No admission charged all dairymen and interested parties invited.
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Mexia High School
W. T. Magruder
Joe Guess
Mr. Magruder
Bob Profit
Bill Know
William Henry Keene
Texas Drought Fails to Rain. Cattle and Crops Suffer
April 23 dispatch reports Texas in extreme drought with three months without rain statewide. Cattle dying in Gonzales while stock feed ships in. cattle prices up 30 percent due to drought. Farmers beg for rain before May 1 as crops wither and authorities prepare statewide prayer appeal.
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Houston
Weather Bureau
Texas
Catse
Gonzales
Drouth
Armour & Co
Agricultural Bureau
Ferguson
Teague 42 Club Reorganized in Teague
Teague residents report the revival of the forty two club after disbanding. Mrs. W R Boyd hosted a meeting at her Sixth Avenue home with floral decor and three tables in use. High score went to Mrs. C E Johnson. Members listed include Z H Anderson, W R Boyd, L R Boyd Sr, Geo Branch, C E Johnson, J M Kiser, H C McMichael, T H Neyland, EB Tucker, J B Watson, J Ross Bell, and Miss Eula Sims.
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News
Teague
C. E. Johnson
W. R. Boyd
Sixth Avenue
Dorthy Perkins
J. Ross Bell
Eula Sims
Mesdames Hugh Sims
N. M. Bendy
VF. 3B. Russell
Jne Bonner
Sallie Bell Sneed
C. E. Proctor
Casere V. Camps
D. Proctor
Mesdames
Z. H. Anderson
Geo. Branch
J. M
Fire in Dallas Destroys Block of Homes Injuring Ten
Ten men were injured, none seriously, when a fire swept a block of homes in Dallas. Property damage is estimated over 100000 dollars and the blaze endangered the residential area of east Dallas yesterday.
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United Press
Dallas
Jeast
Mexia Lady's Father Dies in Cleburne
J A Drennan of Cleburne, an aged pioneer, died Wednesday night after a paralysis attack. His daughter Mrs Don Caldwell notified. Caldwell left for the funeral. Mrs Caldwell had visited her father last week. The family and friends extend condolence.
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J. A. Drennan
Cleburne
Don
Caldwell
Captain Sees No Survivors From Ill Fated Raiftky Maru
In New York on April 24 British Captain John Roberts of the Homeric explains he saw no one clinging to wreckage and gave no order to lower boats. Passengers dispute this, with Amos Pinchot among others claiming sailors struggled in heavy seas as the Raiftky Maru sank and that lifeboats or rafts were not released.
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International News Service
New York
John Roberts
Homeric
Amos Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Roads Meeting in Last Session
United Press reports on the final day of the joint conventions of the United States Good Roads Association and the National Bankhead Highway Association. The main focus is the election of officers and selecting a 1926 convention city with Gov. E. Lee Trinkle of Virginia as a likely re elected president and several cities bidding to host next year.
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United Press
Houston
Anvil
United States Good Roads Association
National Bankhead Highway Association
E. Lee Trinkle
Virginia
Sacramento
Cal
Morristown
Tenn
Omaha
Indianapolis
Washington
Philadelphia
Detroit
Denver
Louisville
Heavy Damage At Bynum Fire Destroys Several Firms
Damages estimated at more than 100000 resulted from a Wednesday fire in Bynum. Eight brick stores and the Cameron Lumber company plant were destroyed. Officials suspect thieves started the blaze after looting a dry goods store whose safe was found open.
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United Press
BYNUM
Cameron Lumber Company
Wheat crop forecasts trimmed in Texas and Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Grain Exchange cut its wheat yield forecast to 45.6 million bushels for Texas and Oklahoma, down from an earlier 74 million due to extended drought. The downgrade reflects widespread crop abandonment and poorer conditions across the two states.
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International News Service
Oklahoma City
The
Oklahoma Grain Exchange Today
Texas
Oklahoma
County Pioneer John Sellers Dies at 84 in Shiloh Home
John BR. Sellers aged 84 died at his son Dave Sellers home in Shiloh after a long residence in the area. Born October 18, 1840 in Alabama, he was a Baptist for years and survived by sons Will of Point Enterprise Dave of Shiloh and daughters Mrs W R McElroy of Shiloh and Mrs J F McElroy of Anson. Funeral set for Thursday with Rev E F Rogers of Mexia officiating. Burial by John TR Corley Undertaking Co. of Mexia.
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John BR. Sellers
Dave Sellers
Shiloh
Will
Point Enterprise
Dave
W. R. McElroy
J. F. McElroy
Anson
Rev. E. Fe, Rogers
Mexia
John TR. Corley
Leaders Killed in Sofia Ciil Disturbances
London dispatch reports M Brutkin leader of the Agrarian party and M Muravieff former minister of war assassinated in Sofia during disturbances. Pelgarde dispatch notes Jugoslavija demanding Bulgaria explain or apologize for statements about cathedral bombing possibly directed from Serbia.
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International News Service
London
M. Brutkin
Agrarian Party
M. Muravieff
Sofia
Pelgarde
Jugo-Slavia
Bulgaria
Serbia
Doctor Held as Man Slashed in Fray
Dr. J. H. Fletcher was released on $2,000 bond in Wichita Falls after being charged with assault to murder following a confrontation with J. D. Oldridge who was slashed above the heart with a pocket knife but expected to recover. Fletcher waived the examining trial.
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United Press
Wichita Falls
J. HE. Fletcher
J. D. Oldridge
Oldridge
Fletcher
Army Private Is Sentenced to Die in Manila
Private William Johnson of the United States Army was sentenced to be hanged in Manila after stabbing a fellow private following a quarrel. The sentence was handed down this morning.
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International News Service
Manila
William Johnson
United States Army
Rotary Club Luncheon Features Preacher Address
Mexia Rotary Club heard Rev Edward H Hudson pastor of First Presbyterian Church deliver an instructive talk noting Rotary is an institution not a club. Officers installation planned next Thursday with keys demand 100 percent attendance. An On to Cleveland committee was formed and a group to arrange a new luncheon site was named as Woman's Missionary Society will end luncheon service after May 1.
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Mexia Rotary Club
First Methodist Church
Woman’s Missionary Society
Hardy Eubanks
Dim Cannon
Edward H. Hudson
First Presbyterian Church
Hei
I. W. Keys
Cleveland
A. H. Berry
Joe Arrington
Nelson Forrest
Woman's Missionary Society
Val Horn
J. G. Meinsich
Charles Stewart
Shriners Postpone Mexia Smok er Event Due to Venue Shortage
The Mexia Shrine club delays its monthly smoker and entertainment planned for Friday night April 24 because no suitable venue could be secured. Arrangements are in progress to hold the affair later, with plans to start growthfully sessions inviting Shriner wives and sweethearts.
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Mexia
Mexia Shrine Club
Man Breaks Arm on Skating Rink Near Coolidge
Coolidge reports Bruce January, a farmer living five miles west, fell on the new roller rink Tuesday night and broke his arm above the wrist. He received treatment from a local physician.
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Coolidge
Bruce January
January
Plan merger of all agencies in war with smugglers
President Coolidge plans the merging of all crime detecting branches of the government to wage a united drive on ram tunnels dope peddlers and alien smugglers. The proposal aims to have all departments work without friction under one head.
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International News Service
Washington
Coolidge
Masonic Degrees Conferred on Two by Teague Staff
Teague Masons visited Mexia on Wednesday night at the invitation of Worshipful Master Rodney Tidwell of Springfield lodge. The Teague party conferred the Master’s degree on one of two Mexia candidates in a well received ceremony. Teague officers led by Sam Ward with G R Branch Randolph Patton Earl McSpadden and others assisted, and after the rites ice cream and cake were served. The visit followed a prior Mexia delegation to Teague.
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Rodney Tidwell
Springfield
Mexia
A. M
Masonic Lodge
Teague
Sam Ward
G. R. Branch
Randolph Patton
Earl McSpadden
E. S. Headley
W. M. Upshaw
Mexia Lodge
Teague Lodge
Mothers Council Meeting Friday Urgent Local Assembly
The Mothers Council calls a Friday 10 a m meeting at the public library, led by president Mrs W M White. Reports are urged for the National Congress of Mothers in Austin, with a goal to boost local membership by at least fifty thousand and win a silver loving cup for the top percentage increase. The Mexia council offers a $25 prize for the school grade with the most meeting attendance and a $50 prize for the county school meet winners. The gathering will cover important items and expects full attendance.
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Mothers Council
W. M. White
Mothers Council of
Mexia
Parent-Teachers Association
Heriot States France Won't Repudiate US Debts
Edouard Herriot president of the French Chamber of Deputies said France does not intend to repudiate its debts to the United States. The remark was made in Paris on April 23.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
France
United States
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Pirok
Taylor
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Rotary Club
Preacher
Herriot
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