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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1925
Page
4
The text proclaims belief in the United States as a government of the people with powers derived from consent, a democratic republic, and a union of sovereign states. It emphasizes patriotism, love of country, constitutional obedience, flag respect, and defending the nation against enemies.
Commentary attacks John T. Scopes in Dayton Tennessee over teaching evolution. The piece mocks the trial atmosphere and argues debates over origins distract from global crises and moral questions, comparing modern unrest to divine authority and historic landmarks.
April building activity in 171 cities totals over 405 million dollars with Mexia singled out for remarkable growth. Dallas and Waco rank high, but Mexia's expansion, aided by planned water supply connections, promises more homes and business projects and a surge of new residents for next school year. The national four month average also surpassed prior records.
The Houston Post-Dispatch notes Texas led 1924 exports, led by agricultural products. It praises gains in production and shipping while urging local cotton manufacture to capture more value domestically rather than exporting raw cotton. It contrasts oil export profits from refining with cotton being sent abroad as raw material.
In Bucyrus Ohio on June 5 a litter of kittens was carried one by one by a setting hen to a nest in the barn of W P Bakers property on Normal Hill neighborhood. Baker says the hen then spread its wings over the kittens guarding them as a mother.
County records list land transfers and property actions compiled by Limestone County Abstract Co. with entries from Groesbeck Texas dated June 4 1925. Transactions include multiple J. L. Chavert survey parcels to R L Henderson and connections to sections 54 55 64, plus property transfers involving T H Thompson Jr, Ben F Cone, R OM Kralle and others together with oil and gas lease release and probate papers for the estate of David R Beatty.
W M U ladies hosted a Tuesday evening shower for Miss Zelda Rogers. The program included piano and violin solos by Miss Ora Lee Wytie and Miss Elton McDougal, readings by Thyra Huggins and Peggy Manning, and a review of Bethel Young Ladies’ Association work. Light refreshments featuring Lund white and heart shaped cookies were served.
Buhei Yamanode, who ran a nursery in Tokyo, began serving a life sentence for murdering thirteen infants under his care. Parents seeking custody learned their children had died, leading to an investigation that uncovered the killings.
A Texas appeals court ruled that oil beneath the earth cannot be owned by any person, not even the landowner above it. The fourth court of civil appeals reversed a district court ruling and held that an offset well driller may use artificial means to bring oil to the surface, even if it stops flow on neighboring land.
Tokyo reports 422 fires between January 1 and April 1 1925 causing about 50 million yen in losses roughly 25 million dollars. The figures come from Fire Department records covering Tokyo and surrounding areas.
Advertiser touts Black and White Ointment and Soap as quick remedies for disfiguring skin conditions such as eczema rash boils and pimples. It claims the 50c Ointment size contains three times as much as the large size and urges readers to buy from local dealers without explanations.
The piece riffs on a mock business letter where a lady typist dictates the response to a blunt critic. The narrator, a self styled gentleman, refuses to pen the insult while implying the recipient lacks class or understanding. The tone is satirical and pointed.
A fragmented dialogue contrasts ammonia and pneumonigm with a pun about bottles and chests. The text also references forest cover claiming two fifths of the total area of Russia, though the passage appears garbled and incomplete.
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