Texas News Roundup Includes Legislative Appointments
Mrs. Franklin L. Bishop, national organizer for the American Legion Auxiliary, will visit Texas in early April per local Auxiliary announcement. Denison’s C. F. Peter elected secretary of the Railroad Commission to fill the EB R McLean vacancy. State districts rule against insurance claim. tax collectors urged to remit state auto tax shares. Confederate pensions rise to 32 dollars per quarter starting June 1. Attorney General work on bonds for University funds. Haile named superintendent of aid projects in the Highway Department. Abilene resigns from UT regents over railroad passes. Lignite contracts awarded to McAlester and Sparks at reduced prices. Fisher tract gas problems subsided in McMullen County. Veterans Bureau renews Kerrville Legion Sanatorium lease at 67,500 annually. Olympic cowboy judging may involve Ranger Captain Hickman. State officials to inspect institutions in April for next legislative budgets. Auxiliary insane asylum superintendent to be selected in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin L. Bishop
American Legion Auxiliary
Texas
Centennial Meet Set for April 12 in Dallas Texas
Plans for a 35 day drive to pick delegates to the Texas centennial convention in Austin in May were launched with Dallas hosting temporary directors. The convention authorized a 100 director board to be chosen by Texas voters, with 62 district directors and 29 at large, plus five governors’ nominees. Delegates for senatorial districts to be chosen April 12, with district conventions April 19 to select two directors per district.
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Dallas
Tex
Austin
Cato Sella
Fort Worth
Lowry Martin
Corscana
Pat M. Neff
T. W. Davidson
R. E Seigler
House of Representatives
Texas
Rich Potash Salts Found in Texas
Washington DC report from the interior department notes rich potash salts in drill cuttings from two nearby Reagan County wells Santa Rita Nos 2 and 3, with No. 1 already reported. Potash beds appeared between 1181 and 1687 feet, including 3 percent in 1430 to 1660 feet depths.
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Washington, D. C
Reagan County
Texas
Department of the Interior
Santa Rita
Reagan County Well No. 2 Is 800 Feet West of No. 1
No. 3
No. 2
United States Geological Survey
Peddy Mayfield Ballot County Washington
A senate committee reviewed ballots and records from Orange County in the Peddy Mayfield election contest. Recounters show Mayfield 926 and Peddy 2165 after including fifteen precincts, with official totals giving Mayfield 921 to Peddy 200. Newton County recount reports Mayfield 301 and Peddy 63 with four precincts missing.
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Washington
Orange County
Senate Committee
Peddy Mayfield
Texas
Mayfield
Peddy
Newton County
Units Stationed at Galveston to Join Thirteenth Regiment
The war department reassigned coast artillery units effective June 30 and announced no personnel changes at Fort Crockett Galveston. Units stationed there on the change date will become batteries of the Thirteenth regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Washington
Coast Artillery
War Department
Fort Crockett
Lumber Dealers to Meet in El Paso Convention
El Paso Texas will host the 38th annual convention of the Texas Lumbermen's Association, with business, pleasure and politics on the agenda for April 8, 9, and 10, promising one of the liveliest meetings in the association's history.
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el Paso
Tex
Texas Lumbermen’s Association
Mineola School House Destroyed by Fire
Mineola Texas reports the high school building burned Friday with losses around 60,000 and insurance coverage of 25,000. No further details on cause or casualties are provided in the fragments.
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Mineola
Tex
Great Minds Move in Same Direction in Wireless Era
Prominent inventors Marconi and Tesla announce breakthroughs in wireless communications and power transmission. Marconi claims control of radio waves toward specific destinations with potential for secrecy and reduced costs, while Tesla describes a nonwired power transmission system capable of operating ships and aircraft over great distances with lower losses.
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Marconi
Nikola Tesla
Cameron and Cameron Clash Over Grand Canyon Access
Representative Louis C. Cramton criticized Arizona figures including Cameron for private claims to Grand Canyon land and Bright Angel Trail. He cited Hayden amendment aims to remove private interests hindering park development and public use, and noted government actions to protect national park rights. He recalled Cameron’s past as Coconino sheriff and his lode and millsite claims opposed by the federal government.
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United States
Ralph Henry Cameron
Arizona
Congressional
Louis C. Cramton
Michigan
Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Cramton
Hayden
Senate
Cameron
Grand Canyon National Park
Bright Angel Trail
Craimton
Secretary of the Interior
Coconino County
Forest Service
Grand Canyon
National Park
United States Supreme Court
Mundelein and Hayes Made Cardinals
Archbishops George W. Mundelein of Chicago and Patrick J. Hayes of New York sailed for Rome to be consecrated cardinal collaborators of the pope. Crowds in New York wished the old friends bon voyage as bands played popular tunes. Mundelein, born 1872 to German parents, rose from parochial schools to Urban College in Rome and was ordained in 1895. He later became chancellor of Brooklyn and, in 1915, archbishop of Chicago succeeding Quigley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Mundelein
Chicago
Patrick J. Hayes
New York
Rome
Little Georgie Mundelein
Uttle Pat Hayes
Cardinal Mundelein
Academy of the Christian Brothers
Manhattan College
Brooklyn
Urban College of the Propaganda
Loryma
James HB. Quigley
Kemal Abolishes Caliphate After Turkish Assembly Action
Mustapha Kemal Pasha confirms supremacy as the Turkish national assembly declares the caliphate abolished. Following 1922 moves that separated sultanate from caliphate, the caliph is dethroned and sent into exile with Abdul Medjid Effendi elected as caliph.
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Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Angora
Mustapha Kemal
Mohammed
Mohammed VI
Abdul Medjid Effendi
Republic of Turkey
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For All Garments
Women can dye any garment or drapery with Diamond Dyes. Tint worn or faded items for 15 cents. Perfect home dyeing guaranteed even for beginners. Druggists carry all colors with directions in each package.
Doctor declines gift after aerated water praise
A doctor praised a aerated water in the interest of humanity and expected nothing in return. A company sent him a letter offering one hundred as thanks, which he refused. He then discovered another sentence about distributing circulars on the page.
Bond's Pills Offer Liver and Bowels Remedy
Advertisement promoting Bond's pills as a liver and bowel remedy to remove bile and waste. Warns against calomel and notes a 25 cent price and instruction to refuse substitutes. Targeting general readers with a mild, effective dose claim.
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Bond
Paper Film Invention Promises Film Industry Revolution
A new British invention drafts paper films that are projected by light reflected in front of reels rather than behind. The films are non inflammable, resistant to cracking or tearing, and last longer than celluloid. They can be produced cheaply and mailed in ordinary paper wrappers.
Black and White Ointment Ad Promises Clear Skin
An advertisement touts Black and White Ointment as a solution to pimply blotchy skin and eczema. It claims improved appearance strengthens affection and social appeal, noting the product is economically priced with a 50c size offering triple the content of 25c, available from all dealers.
Valentine Sales Tangle With Skeptical Pharmacist
A salesman hawks gilt valentines to a wary druggist who refuses to stock romance items as they are not medicines. The ad shifts to promise Dr. Peerys Dead Shot vermifuge for worms and tapeworms at 60 cents, with address 372 Pearl St New York.
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Fin
Tavesick
English chemist displays golf balls in window
An English chemist in a market town places several boxes of golf balls in his shop window. On market day a countryman named Giles studies the globes with interest and quips that he could never swallow a pill of that size.
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Giles
Zur
My daughter would cry at everything Clinton Wisconsin ad
A testimonial from Mrs. I A Holford Clinton Wisconsin praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for building up and calming an irritable weak young daughter. The letter states the product helped the girl and was given to her daughter as it had helped the author before her birth. Mothers are urged to try the remedy for such troubles.
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Clinton
Wisconsin
Lydia EB. Pinkham
I. A. Hoolforp
Lydia E. Pinkham
Holford
Golf Talk Teases新 Language for New Players
A Houston Post quote riffs on learning golf as a language for beginners. It frames golf as a new skill set, with veteran players advising newcomers to absorb terms, etiquette, and strategy to fit into the game.
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Houston Post
Freezone Offers Quick Relief for Corn Pain
A druggist sells a small bottle of Freezone for a few cents that instantly relieves corn pain. The product claims to remove hard corns soft corns and corns between toes and foot calluses without soreness or irritation and can be lifted off with fingers.
Hobo Kidney and Bladder Remedy Ad Promotes Alcohol-Free Treatment
An ad warns kidney patients against medicines with alcohol and promotes Hobo Kidney and Bladder Remedy. The herb balm, popular in the Southwest, is alcohol free and claims strong purifying properties for serious organic ailments. Six bottles cost $6.00 with a satisfaction guarantee. order via Hobo Medicine Company Beaumont Texas.
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Southwest
Texas
Louisiana
Hobo Medicine Company
Beaumont
When Death Sheds Light on Timing of Life
A reflective line contemplates the idea that knowing the exact moment of death would let a person spend and enjoy wealth more freely. It weighs the paradox of foresight versus living in the present.
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. F. Peter of
Denison
Railroad Commission
Eb.r McLean
Travis County District Court
Southland Life Insurance Company
Va. Chapman
State Bank Guaranty Fund
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad
Keeling
C. V. Terrell
Lon A. Smith
Carl F. Gibson
Attorney General's Department
State Board of Education
Charles R. Haile
State Highway Department
Houston
Gibb Gilchrist
Mr. Haile
Highway Department
M. Caldwell
Abilene
Regents
University of Texas
Neff
Caldwell
Board of Control
McAlester Fuel Company
Sparks Lignite Company
Rockdale
Fisher
Three Rivers
McMullen County
H. F E. Bell
Callaham
San Antonio
State Board of Control
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau
American Legion Memorial
Kerrville
Tom Hickman
London
H. H. Harrington
W. T. Gaston
Auxiliary Insane Asylum
State Blind Institute
Ballot County
Sig
Guglielmo Marconi
Mundelein
Hayes
Cardinals
Mustapha
Kemal
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Bayer
Anl
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