17 Dec 1923
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1923
Page
1
The protest against the election of Earle Mayfield was referred to the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections for investigation. Senator Cummins, president of the Senate, presented the protest and the matter was referred without discussion.
Wilson of Wilson and Forrest Grocery says the store sold one whole buffalo since Monday opening and will offer another calf for sale Tuesday. The ten animals were from Lawton government range, with five already allocated after government sales. The account notes recovery efforts from a wrecked steamer CL A and other maritime news.
The Duke d Aosta a leading member of the Italian royal family is reported dying of pneumonia at his Turin palace. Other royal family members have been summoned to his bedside.
Fort Worth Texas December 17 I E Riddle superintendent of Piggly Wiggly stores was held up and robbed by a lone bandit Saturday night after leaving a store check. The bandit asked for a ride to the city in his car then fled on foot with 3000 dollars.
Fire at Quanah sanitarium causes 10000 dollars in damage with several patients carried to safety as rest escape the burning building. Origin blamed on a faulty flue and several inmates flee to safety while staff battle flames.
Washington reports a probable great American rehabilitation loan to Germany after the Allied inquiry into Germany’s finances and conference recommendations. The loan would be the largest of its kind, with most funds likely from the United States and other nations joining in. It aims to help Germany regain economic footing and resume reparations payments.
In Athens Georgia authorities search for two women missing after a note from Mrs John Best of Athens prompted concern. Charred skulls found among ashes at an abandoned shack near Attica suggest they were slain and their bodies burned to destroy evidence.
Paris dispatch reports Georges Clemenceau, the Tiger of France, saying he is too tough to be damaged by an automobile. The ex-Premier, badly injured with head wounds, rests with bandages and nourishment by straw after a Sunday road accident near Paris.
Federal forces under Obregon move from the west to the east to confront General Estrada’s rebel army in Vera Cruz as Calles joins Obregon at Anizaco to direct operations. Loyal troops advance from Guadalajara toward the east while Estrada withdraws, destroying bridges and railways to slow pursuit.
In Kansas City a negro robber entered a home. Ethyl Axelrod, 18, jumped from a second story window and alerted officers, leading to the bandit's death in a gun battle. Police chauffeur FE Cassidy was wounded, and another clash left two negroes wounded as officers aided a woman seeking her husband in a rooming house.
In MEMIMAN Texas on December 17 the murder case of Mrs Nora Bosshe over the death of her stepdaughter Edna Kellersburger on October 25 was continued. The defense reaffirmed the absence of Dr E P Kellersburger husband and key witness. Mrs Bosshe was granted bond while Kellersharper travels from South Africa where he serves as a missionary.
House leaders move to clear the way for tax reduction as President Coolidge urges action but face opposition over the Bonus and lax bills. The Ways and Means Committee will review a new Treasury Mellon's draft and its impact on lowered taxes.
SAS CITY, Glo. Dee. J. W. Hereford, 20, killed his wife last night after she failed to meet him following his restaurant shift. He said they quarreled often and she threatened to return to Kiowa, Ow. They had come to the city three weeks ago from Muskogee.
Mrs. Owen F. Watkins and Mrs. B. A. Teter of the American Legion Auxiliary announce the Tuesday noon luncheon at the hall will be the last of its kind until about January 3. The upcoming holidays Christmas and New Year’s halt further luncheons. W. M. Schmidt and Martin Johnson will direct a planned program, with Post Commander Watkins promising a good meeting. All members are urged to attend.
Secretary Stollenwerck of the Chamber of Commerce left at noon for Austin to pursue state and federal aid for a Forest Glade to Navasota river road. If aid is secured and residents approve $35,000 in bonds, a Uvalde Paying Company style road would extend from Belknap Street to the Navasota river.
NEW YORK December 17 Release of war time law prisoners has drawn ire from top American Legion figures. State Commander Edward E Spaf ford calls it an insult to veterans who defended the country. General George E Wingate chairman of the Legion welfare committee Major Donald C Stratham national executive committee member denounce the move as incredible and sacrilegious.
Mexia High School invites the public to visit the new $163000 building tonight despite weather worries. W M White chairs the school board with Supt Charles G Puckett, inviting all to tour the completed facilities and learn about the institution's services. The guided walkthrough will let visitors explore departments without a formal program.
In Atlanta on December 17, Dr. R. G. Swint testified Phil Fox is incurably insane and permanently insane, admitting possible feigning of mouth twitching. The defense argues Fox fate is acquittal or hanging without asylum mercy, amid testimony accusing Fox of paranoiac tendencies linked to Ku Klux Klan leadership.
The Charter committee delayed its Monday night session to allow city schools to reopen after the holidays. Chairman D K Hughes is out of the city, but other members supported the postponement to avoid conflicting with school schedules.
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