Severe Cold Wave Grips Regions Across Country
Reports from Europe and the United States describe a harsh cold spell with sleet and snow. North Texas and East Texas face continuing cold and a severe cold wave, while Nebraska and surrounding states report subzero temperatures and heavy snowfall disrupting travel and utilities.
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Europe
Falen
East Texas
Rio Grande Valley
West Tesas
Tanhandle
Syuti
North
Turesday
Small Fire Damages Store Corridor Early Sunday
A small blaze lit around 1 o clock Sunday morning at a J. M. Kan store on a back street. Kennedy fought the flames with a garden hose but the shed was fully involved before firefighters arrived. The incident caused fire damage and the prompt action prevented further losses.
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J. M. Kan
Oter Street
Kennedy
Snow and storms disrupt Southwest plains travel and Paris
An old time blizzard across Kansas and the Southwest halts trains and breadlines as farmers brace for drifting snow. In Paris the Dixmude airship disaster deepens storms flooding the Seine with pumps and evacuations underway.
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Kansas City
Dee
Kansas Plains
Southwest
Revo
Power Plant Renovation and New Transmission Line
The Community Tower and Light Company is installing a horsepower boiler at the local power plant in Teague and renovating the facility to a modern water zone system. A new transmission line is being built from Marylin to Mexia and then to Teague, prompting this expansion.
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Teague
Community Tower & Light Company
Marylin
Mexia
Atlanta Prison Break Sparks Manhunt For Four
Officials intensified a search for four inmates who tunneled out of the federal penitentiary in Atlanta aided by outside help. The escape echoes the Gerald Chapman NY gang heist and is linked to the earlier million dollar truck robbery. The pursuit involves southern lawmen and federal agents.
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Altanta
George Anderson
New York
Atlanta
Anderson
Liberty
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Der
South
Federal
Improvements and New Boiler For Mexia Plant
The Mexia plant, located at Groesbeck, has added a 460 horsepower boiler to reduce production costs. Company officials say these improvements will enable lower rates for local consumers, according to the local manager Mr. Alexander.
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Groesbeck
Alexander
Farewell Old Year A Poem Of Hope And Farewell
A reflective verse bids Old Year farewell as the speaker laments an undone work and vows to redeem promises. The poem praises the year for bringing dreams, guidance, and faith while acknowledging time’s inexorable passage and the steady hope of a new year.
Rainfall of the Year Slightly Above Average in Mexia 1923
The Mexia Texas rainfall report for 1923, gathered by volunteer observer Josephine Newman, shows the year slightly above the 1904 36 inch annual average. December and February emerge as notable months with higher totals and a third of yearly rain coming in December. A separate prison escape narrative details a tunnel under a wall at a state facility, with Lepper Haynes and Schmidt recaptured or eluding capture near Macon, while guards increased vigilance.
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Mexia
Texas
Josephine Newman
Postmaster Isidore Newman Extends New Year Wishes
Mexia Texas post office head Isidore Newman sends New Year greetings to city and rural patrons, wishing happiness and prosperity for the year ahead.
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Mexia
Texas
Isidore Newman
Moonshiner Mob Theories Jolt Florida Lynching Case
Jacksonville report says officials advance the theory that Eugene Burnam a negro was lynched by moonshiners after raids on moonshine stills in the area Two white men allegedly carried Burnam to Dutsmore where he was shot and then axed A headless body of a second negro Edgar Phil Hips weighed down in a creek near her is identified as another moonshine suspect The article notes a white storekeeper killed a hiding negro nearby and cites a second explosion in Emporium Pennsylvania killing two workers The Post office will close for New Year observances
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North Sherman
Joe Stubenrauch
Joe
Rock of Gibraltar
Calvert
Boyd
Ws Publishing Company
Arthur Brisbane
Alass
Garland Adair
Light Brigade
Greesmie
Anthony Garland
Garland
Junior
Blake Smith
Blake
Pickett
Gettysburg
Prickett
Mr. Prickett
Jacksonville
Fla
Eugene Burnam
Dutsmore
Edgar Phil. Hips
Klan Convention 18 Scheduled Says Clarke
Atlanta news brief reports Ku Klux Klan members to meet February 15 to 20 in Atlanta to discuss Clarke's plan to reform the organization or end it. Edward Young Clarke, former imperial wizard, announces a nationwide call to Klans Thursday night. Breckenridge visitors C S Larkins mentioned in Mexia.
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Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Edward Young Clarke
Clarke
Coolidge
Nelson States That Dollar Diplomacy Ruled
Congress investigates dollar diplomacy amid reports of an arms sale to the Obregon government. Representative Nelson of Wisconsin questions the State Department's Saturday arms sale announcement and notes Secretary Weeks opposed selling war materiel to Obregon while informing Secretary Hughes.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Nelson
Wisconsin
State Department
Weeks
Hughes
Patterson Neves Jewelry Store Moves to New Mexia Location
L S Patterson and his jewelry firm move from the old site next to City National Bank to Lawson Sewell building one block east. The entire first floor will be used, with expanded display space and plans to invest hundreds of dollars to attract customers and grow as a local institution.
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L. S. Patterson
Stard
City National Bank
Lawson Sewell
Karner and Phillips
Patterson
Patterson Jewelry Store
Mexia
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Gervet
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Vera Cruzch
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Atter
Jee
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Conénpire
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Jinor Wee
Maminge
Seine
Nanterre
St. Denis
Quais
Havre
Guests OF the Heart
Ain
Jacon
New Yo
Gerald Champan
Hiram Lepper
Baltimore
Frank Haynes
Chattanooga
Ludwig Schmidt
Rochester
N. Y
Lepper
Milwaukee
Haynes
Macon
Wadren Saratain
Ridgeway
Penn
Emporium
Hercules Powder Company
Bedingfield of Marlin Register
Majestic
Patterson Neves Jewelry Store
Sewell Building
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