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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1925
Page
6
National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets restored quiet in Henryetta Oklahoma after a night of rioting between union and nonunion coal miners. One man is seriously hurt. Okmulgee company called out to end the disturbances as guards patrolled the streets.
Six soldiers from Fort Sam Houston attempted a burglary in San Antonio but forced entry into Edward Tyrell’s home. Tyrell awakened, called firemen, and helped subdue the intruders. One suspect surrendered with a companion after being identified.
Plans for the first statewide election in the Republican Party of Texas will be discussed at a meeting of the Republican State Executive Committee in San Antonio. The session on May 15 is to be attended by committee members, party officials, headquarters committee members, and other leading Republicans led by state chairman Eugene Nolte and national committeeman R. B. Creager.
In a fragmented Spotlight extract a housewife and a tramp quote a garbled exchange about actions in the Great War. The text names figures like Orville Buffington Wichita Falls and Dr F L Thomson San Antonio alongside unrelated notes on Twain and Washington Irving, with multiple garbled phrases and misspellings.
The Pattersen Soluma Redpath-Horner Company concluded a successful week in Mexia highlighting Hautauqua attractions. Attendance varied with some displeased patrons while the program offered popular plays and amusements for the community to enjoy.
Ledger style notice lists numerous land transfers liens and notices filed through the Limestone County Abstract Co in Groesbeck Texas. Items include transfers of acres in Tehuacana and Mexia surveys plus liens releases and lis pendens. Names include Burris Brown Ederington Speight Baker Freeman Varela and multiple estates and trustees. Abstract of Judgment notes First National Bank of Kasseva.
Mr and Mrs W C Arnett wed in Wichita Kansas on June 3 return from two honeymoons and plan to reside in Mexia Arnett is part of Arnett Motor Company Star and Durant dealers in Mexia The note mentions W Bullock and legal costs in a separate fragment with reference to Indiana booze laws.
Hope and efforts continue as friends of Roald Amundsen seek U S aid in locating the explorer. Reports say a thorughly equipped expedition may winter at sea to search for the missing flyer.
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