Mexia Considers Continued Membership in Baseball Association
Mexia fans hear a vote tonight at Lion-Tarian Inn on whether the city remains in the Texas Association of Organized Baseball. The club, backed by Mexia citizens, faces attendance and financial pressures, with civic pride and recreation at stake as leaders urge continued support for the season.
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Algal Baseball
Mexia
Texas Association of Organized Baseball
Lion-Tarian Inn
T. A
Jyegard
Mexia Z
Lessing
Gusher Park
Fire damages King’s Grocery and Market in mystery blaze
A Sunday morning blaze swept King’s Grocery and Market at 409 E Commerce Street causing about 4000 in damages. Fire crews responded with three trucks to subdue the fire as investigators seek the cause. The store, two years old, operated with a connected market under manager W Packard and was fully insured, with furnishings bearing the greatest loss.
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King's Grocery and Market
E. Commerce Street
Spreng
W. Packard
Pittman
Ti Ss
Phil Karner
Axe used to batter life in Tampa. four killed
In Tampa on June 25 a man battered four relatives with an axe. B. E. Rowell, 45, his mother, his nephew Ira Rowell, 30, and his niece Lena Rowell, 16, were slain. Lena survived briefly but died at a hospital. Police had no clues amid a baffling case as a coroner's jury adjourned.
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Tampa
Fla
B. E. Rowell
Carpenter
Near Peace With Russia Emerges From Circumstances
Washington reports a shift toward possible rapprochement after eighty years of discord as American exports rise and the Russo American Chamber reorganizes with leading bankers and industrialists. Observers say diplomatic recognition could come within months. The change appears to be a general attitude rather than a fixed plan.
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Washington
Russia
Mexia Daily News Ad T肯ers Support Ferguson Club Letter
J K Hughes praises Mexia Daily News and the postal staff in a letter advocating the Ferguson for Governor Club. He urges more women to join, notes poll tax statements, and expects July 24 participation, while lauding the paper and Mexia post office for outreach and mail handling.
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Mexia Daily News
J. K. Hughes
Mexia
Miriam A. Ferguson
The
News
Ladies Ferguson Club
Texas
Rostil
Toshing
Ferguson For Governor
Premier McKenzie King Resigns Over Parliament Stand
Canada. Montreal June 28. Premier McKenzie King of Canada resigns after a week of parliamentary censure tied to the Canada United States border smuggling dispute. He quits when the governor general refuses his request to dissolve parliament. The Commons adjourns and Conservative leader Arthur Meighen is poised to form a government.
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United Press Montreal
McKenzie King
Canada
Ring
House of Commons
Arthur Meighan
Bank adds J E Bradley and Homer Wilson to board
T M Wilson president of Farmers National Bank of Thornton announces two new directors J E Bradley of Groesbeck and Homer Wilson of Thornton. Bradley is a Limestone county bar member and Wilson a Thornton merchant while the bank continues normal operations after a recent fire and robbery scare. Former officers Gidden and Brown face Federal court charges of embezzlement and misapplying funds with $87 000 in Liberty bonds missing after the blaze.
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Thornton Texas
T. M. Wilson
iFarmers' National Bank of Thornton
J. E. Bradley
Groesbeck
Homer Wilson
Thornton
Bradley
Limestone County
Wilson
Waco
E. L. Gidden
W. Travis Brown
A 3 National Bank
Escapee Milt Good Re-Arrested in Fort Worth
Fort Worth June 28 Milt Good the escaped convict who fled the Texas Penitentiary in November with three companions was recaptured near Antler Oklahoma He was brought to Fort Worth unshackled after promising to return and not attempt further escape He gave little information about Tom Ross and the Dallas highwaymen who fled with him.
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Fort Worth
Bethe
Iberty
Texas
Milt Good
Good
Tom Ross
Dallas
Antler
Oklo
Oklahoma Court Bars Trapp From Gubernatorial Run
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules M E Trapp ineligible to seek or succeed the governorship. The decision follows the nine justices ruling that a governor must immediately succeed himself after a vacancy, barring Trapp from continuing Walton's term.
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Oklahoma City
Jane
State Supreme Court
M. E. Trapp
Supreme Court
Trapp
Gove
Oklahoma
J. C. Waltonff
Brotherhood Meeting Featured Guests At Local Luncheon
The Wesley Brotherhood of the First Methodist church hosts the fourth luncheon, 8:00 p.m. dining room at the church. Leonard Tidwell absent, W. J. Landrum to preside with a strong program and large turnout anticipated. The article notes the movement’s reach across several denominations and aims of prayer and Christian living.
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Brotherhood of the
First Presbyterian Church
Wesley Brotherhood of the
First Methodist Church
Ioch Ins
Sur Susser
Leonard Tidwell
W. 3.Landrum
Wesley Brotherhood
Earth
Ithe Wesley Brotherhood
Woman Killed in Jump from Train in Fort Worth
Fort Worth June 28 Mrs Emma Elrod 58 of Tulsa Oklahoma leaped from the rear of the Sunshine Special westbound at 5 o clock on a Pullman platform and died three hours later at Fort Worth hospital from a brain convulsion. Her daughter Mrs H Malone of Denison was taking her to Los Angeles to recover. The body was taken to Sherman Texas for burial.
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Fort Worth
Emma Elrod
Tulsa
Okla
Texas and Pacific
Elrod
H. Malone
Denison
Los Angeles
Landslide Predicted for Dan Moody as District Club Chairman
Four people rescued from a drifting motor boat on Lake Erie after ten hours at sea. A lake steamer named Mather spotted the group by improvised torches from soaked shirts. The party, rescued near waters of Big Lake Huron, collapsed upon warming.
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United Press Huron
1 -8015
Mather
Lake Erie
Moody Prospects With 800 Women Backing Moody in Texas
Mrs T A Kindred chairman of the 13th Senatorial District Women s Moody for Moody Governor club reports from Dallas on the Moody for Governor headquarters. She notes 120 Dallas campaign volunteers and a strong statewide push supported by notable Texans including Judge Cockrell Col Alvin M ousley Chas A Leddy Murphy Townsend Gen M M Crane C M Smithdeal Judge Dexter Hamilton and ex Governor C B Colquit among others. The Dallas headquarters are at the Baker Hotel and crowds fill the center city site.
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T A. Kindred
Women’s Moody Fors
Dallas
Dan Moody - ‘Fors
Women's Moody ‘Club
Moody
Baker Hotel
Ferguson
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Dan Moody
Joseph C. Cockrell
Alvin M. Ousley
The
American Legion
Chas. A. Leddy
Murphy Townsend
Gen. M.M. Crane
C. M. Smithdeal
Dexter
Hamilton
C. B. Colquit
Cullen F
Allen, Sr
A. Frank
Chas. Field
Ponzi Eludes Pursuers As He Heads For Genoa
June 28 Houston reports Charles Ponzi, dubbed a financial wizard, eluded pursuers and shifted to Orleans then boarded a steamer bound for Genoa Italy. A dock worker and a sailor claim Ponzi is aboard as a waiter. Sheriff Bing and Boston officials seek confirmation of his status.
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United Press
Houston
Charles Ponzi
Boston
Orleans
Galveston
Steat
Genoa
Italy
New Or
George Lacy
Police Identificat Bureau
New Orleans
Ponzi
Ace
Sunday School Record Counts Attendance Across Churches
A page item notes Sunday school attendance totaling 1 370 across Baptist Methodist First Presbyterian Central Presbyterian Catholic Bonham Methodist Church of Christ Salvation Army and other listings. It references a Ferguson regime debate and editorial tabulations with dates like May 6 and 29 and hints at continuation on the third page.
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Baptist
Methodist
First Presbyterian
Central Presbyterian
Bonham Methodist
Church of Christ
Salvati Army
A. B. ‘ Granfil
Epps G. Knig i
Texas
Ferguson
Davidson
Jimmama -Ferguson Real
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Star
King Grocery
Hughes
Ma” Club
King
J.E. Bradley
Thornton Bank
Walton
Douglas
Arizona
Brotherhood
Sheroan, Texas
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