Limestone County Poultry Association Campaign Grows
The Limestone County Poultry Association starts a membership drive inviting farmers merchants and professionals to join. J W Radley and P G Haines urge support as 500 members are needed for startup funds coops for show birds and monthly meetings are planned with eggs shipping points rising at local railroad stations.
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Limestone County
Limestone County Poultry Association
J. W. Radley
P. G. Haines
Mexia Daily News
Care Mexia Daily News
Mexia
Texas
Mr. Rogers
J. S. Watson
F. W. Kazmeter
Bryan
Leroy Dorsett
Coolidge
Fred Hill
Ray G. Purcell
E. H. Hudsons
R. L. Maddox
J. M. Arendale
W. L. Dorsett
Mexico
V. A. Brimble
George E. Hughes
Groesbeck
Vernet Gatlin
J. D. Ter
George S. McKvaine
J. B. Thomas
John Focke
C. F. Marsac
Milton Dossey
W. C. Perkins
W. E. Potts
Louis A. Gunter
Thornton
O. F. Pitts
0. F
Limestore County Poultry Association
Kansas City Tong Murder Sparks Chinatown Feud
Police tie the shooting death of Lee Wing Chicago to a tong feud in Kansas City. Witnesses saw three men leave the basement of a building housing a Chinese importing company after Wing and three others played mahjong. Wing belonged to the On Leon tong.
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United Press
Kansas City
Lee Wing
Chicago
Chin Ding Lip
Weather Summary for East and West Texas
East Texas fair tonight and Saturday with showers along the coast. West Texas fair tonight and Saturday with possible showers in coastal areas.
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Texas
West Texas
States to Lift Embargoes on Texas Goods Soon
Dr Marion Imes federal eradication chief predicted that embargoes on Texas products will end within days as Mississippi and South Carolina lift bans and slaughter of infected animals concludes in the plague area. The Brazoria injunction dissolves completing the nationwide shift away from embargoes.
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Houston
Texas
Marion Imes
Mississippi
South Carolina
Brazoria
Low Bidder to Appeal to State Over Jones County Contract
Allen Smith of Bryan plans to appeal to James E Ferguson after the Texas Highway Commission awarded the Jones County paving contract to Tibbetts Construction for 592000. Smith, a Madison County road bid winner, says he will file a formal protest and questions why his bid of 579000 was rejected. He notes he has 50000 to fund the appeal.
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Austin
Texas
Allen Smith
Bryan
Jones County
James E Ferguson
Highway Commission
Tibbetts Construction Company
Smith
Madison County
Allison
Ferguson
Drilling Surges in Balcones Area With New Tests Planned
Operators at Pure Oil and others prepare new tests near Bazette and Troy Kaufman County as Gas shows and chalk readings spur renewed work. Lucas and Lewis of Dallas drill Oliver No 1 about 10 miles southwest, with strong fault prospects and potential large royalties if productive.
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Balconies
Pure Oil Company
Cranfill Brothers
Dallas
Troy
Kaufman County
Penn
Windsor Wildcat
Baxette
Seation
Bazette
Groesbeck
New Country
Lucas and Lewis
D. Oliver
Here
Golden Lane
Navasota
Austin
Will I. Lewis
Angus
Yoder
Oliver
Lewis
Oliver No. 1
Ligget and Johnson
Prairie Hill
Parker Held in Death of Tenant in Lubbock
J B Hill rancher from Yoskam County was jailed in Lubbock charged with murder in the death of tenant Sem Parker. Parker was fatally injured during an altercation Wednesday.
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Lubbock
Texas
J. B. Hill
Yoskam County
Sem Parker
Parker
Hill
Henderson man thanks Mexia Daily News for notice
Ed C Spharler of Henderson expressed thanks to the Mexia Daily News for locating him and informing him of a message at the J I Riddle Company. The message announced his mother's critical illness in Marlin and the paper was the first information he received before hurrying to Marlin.
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Ed. C. Spharler
Henderson
Mexia Daily News
J. I. Riddle Company
Marlin
Collision Kills One as Express Trains Wreck Near Worley
A head on collision between the Dixie Limited and the Dixie Flyer near Worley Tennessee kills Mrs. H C Beyer of Cloquet Minnesota and injures about fifty people including train crew. Officials say crew error caused the crash as houses shake and ambulances rush to the wreckage with many injured and scalded.
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United Press
Chattanooga, Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Dixie Flyer
Worley
Chauffeur Fends Off Bandits in Nora Bayes Robbery Attempt
Six men attempted a nighttime hold up as Nora Bayes returned from a theatre. Her chauffeur John Carlow resisted, receiving a groin wound from a bullet. The attackers fled after failing to loot the actress, who narrowly escaped with no theft.
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United Press
New York
Nora Bayes
John Carlow
Miss Bayes
Washington Pennant Secured Quietly as Pittsburgh Grabs World Series Tickets
Washington clinched its second straight American League pennant in a quiet fashion. The scramble for World Series tickets appears the only notable activity, while Pittsburgh clinched the National League pennant prompting Series anticipation.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
France Debt Settlement Terms Face American Review
New York Paris terms for funding the 34.2 billion French debt are examined by the American Debt Funding Commission after briefing President Coolidge and cabinet officials. Officials study the plan, discuss possible concessions, and expect a final settlement similar to a British agreement, outlining a 62 year repayment with rising annual payments and potential revision if conditions worsen.
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William L. Losh
United Press
Washington
Coolidge
American Debt Funding Commission
Cailiaux
Secretary of the Treasury
Merton
Kellogg
Hoover
Belgium
Caillaux
Europe
Treasury
Ninety Nine-Year Sentence For Murder In Abeline
Liz Chapman was sentenced by a Texas jury to 99 years in the penitentiary for the murder of his former wife in April. The jury deliberated for eight hours.
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Abeline
Texas
Liz Chapman
Crackers and Cats Headed for Fort Worth for Third Game
Atlanta Crackers and Fort Worth Cats travel to Fort Worth for the third game Saturday with one game each already in the bag. Sunday and Monday games also scheduled there, a potential sixth game back in Atlanta. About five hundred Atlanta fans accompany the team.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Crackers
Fort Worth Cats
Fort Worth
Question Boy In Kramm Murder Question Boy In Kramm Murder
Kansas City police questioned 17 year old Terrence Mahoney as a possible suspect in the Edith Krum case. He denied involvement in the fatal shooting near Overland Park while recalling a recent robbery and saying he knew Miss Krum.
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United Press
Kansas City
Edith Krum
Terrence Mahoney
Krum
Andy Loftus Jr
Overland Park
Kas
Loftus
Mahoney
Miss Krum
Rain Totals and Temp Drops in Mexia and City Garage Fire
Rain totaling .62 of an inch fell in Mexia Thursday with 7 am readings showing 42 and 87 as the day’s high. Temperatures dipped to 65 Friday as another rain event continued. A large New York garage fire destroyed 100 cars and displaced hundreds from their apartments in the early hours.
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Mexia
Josephine Newman
New York
National air board urged to supervise aviation activities
Commander John Rodgers, famed for the Hawaiian flight, urged establishing a national air board to supervise all departmental aviation efforts and assign competent aviators to leadership. He will testify before the Coolidge committee after outlining the plan in a San Francisco speech. In Lakehurst, a report alleges substitute engines for the Shenandoah were recommended 15 months before its crash, sharpening blame for engine failures cited by Col. Hall.
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International News Service
San Francisco
John Rodgers
National Air Board
Air Board
Washington
Coolidge
Lakehurst
Shenandoah
Landsdowne
Hall
Fechet to Testify Before Aviation Unification Board
United Press reports a summons to Brig. Gen. Fechet assistant chief of the army air service to appear before the aircraft inquiry board Monday morning Mitchell testifies Tuesday. The Navy department orders Admiral Robinson Coontz and Wiley to testify here about the unified air service plan.
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Washington
Hrig
James Fecher
Army Air Service
William Mitchel
Air Service
Mitchell
Fechet
Navy Department
S. 8. Robinson
Battle Fleet
Robert FE. Coontz
Hampton Roads Naval Base
Henry A. Wiley
Battleship Division
Self Defense Plea Wins For Collier
GEORGETOWN Texas September 25 M H Collier was exonerated of blame in the killing of Charles Vick of Florence that July by a jury here late yesterday. The jury deliberated ten minutes. Collier testified she fired upon Vick in self defense.
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Georgetown
Texas
H. Collier
Charles Vick
Florence
Collier
Vick
Private Killed in Auto Accident Near Kelly Field
SAN ANTONIO September 25 A private in the 40th squadron at Kelly Field was killed when the car they were driving lost control and crashed into a pole. Sergeant Mett of the same unit was seriously injured in the wreck.
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San Antonio
T. W. Martin
Kelly Field
Sergt. Meté
Bridge collapse fatality reported in Colmesneil area
A reported incident near Colmesneil in September involves a fatality tied to a trench explosion on a broken bridge. Connie Nash is named in early accounts as connected to the event and location details indicate a distance of about 99 miles from an implied reference point.
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Colmesneil
Tesss
Sepik
Connie Nash
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Kramm
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