Lawmakers at Capitol Vote on Faculty Salaries and Appropriations
By an 83 to 37 vote the house urged a reduction in university faculty salaries after a two day debate. Satterwhite’s plan to preserve current pay but divert funds to buildings was rejected 37 to 84. Senate passed two bills the educational appropriation totaling 4 649 951 for year one 4 185 149 for year two and the judiciary appropriation at 1 480 815 for year one 1 472 970 for year two. The criminal jurisprudence panel moved to report unfavorably on quo warranto removal of county officers by a 3 to 2 vote. Senators Sutter and Woods will issue a minority report.
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House
Satterwhite
Senate
House Judiciary
Senate Committee On
Burkett
Eastland
Sutter
Woods
John Tarleton College
Wood
Williamson
Benator Wood
College of Industrial Arts
Chillicothe
Temple
Beaumont
Nacogdoches
Angleton
Pecos
W. E. Doyle
Teague
Friends
University of Texas
Clark
Fayette County
Navarro County
A. B. Wolf
Witt
Willis
Court of Criminal Appeals
Ku Klux Klan
Crompton
Bowie
Limestone County Board of Trustees
Doyle
League
Davidson
Harrison County
Texas
France
Senate Committee of Irrigation, Mining and Drainage
Bledsoe
Lubbock
Agricultural, Livestock and Industrial Board
Senate Committee
Darwin
Floyd
Page
Richards
Texas House Tables Resolution and State Budget Moves
The House tabled by 69 to 54 the Patman resolution denouncing masked activity and warning the imperial wizard to stay out of Texas. Gov Neff urged economy through department consolidation and travel cuts. The senate engrossed an educational bill and upheld two year appropriations totaling about 8.8 million dollars with minor changes.
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House
Patman
Texas
Neff
Senate
Bledsoe
Lubbock
Mance
House Appropriations
State Health Department
Legislature empowers eight member committee on public mismanagement
The house adopted a resolution to appoint a legislative committee of eight to investigate charges of mismanagement, mis-spending and fraudulent expense returns by department employees. The senate concurred and named Witt, Page and Davidson to serve. The house supported a modified suspended sentence bill and rejected complete repeal of the law, despite renewed governor proposals.
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House
Senate
Witt
Page
Davidson
Obregon Orders 10 Percent Federal Salary Cut
President Obregon proposes a 10 percent reduction in all federal salaries from August 1 to December 31, excluding daily wages under three pesos. Applies to both military and civil employees as part of a broad economy measure to stabilize Mexico's finances.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Obregon
Senate stalled on liquor laws and college budgets in Texas
The report details debates in the Texas Senate over rejected and enacted measures. It notes stricter suspended sentences for serious crimes, raised salaries for John Tarleton College and university personnel, restoration of experiment station funding, and continued support for the University of Texas. It covers proposed road, irrigation, and statewide budget reforms, and notes Dr. M. M. Carrick’s plea for plague control funds amid tariff and appropriations discussions.
Texas Legislature Debates Tax Rates and Repeal of Suspended Sentence Law
The senate and house committees finish appropriation work with a 35 percent cap for general tax funds. A vote of confidence in Governor Neff is withdrawn at his request. The house adopts a substitute bill to repeal the suspended sentence law, while the senate extends two notes to the prison system from the Texas Steel Company purchase. Rosetta Club protests home economics administration shifts to C L A. A Aransas County tax collection resolution seeks changes to delinquent county tax laws.
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Neff
House
John Davis
Dallas
Senate
Cousins
Jefferson County
Texas Steel Company
Rusk
L. P. Featherstone and Associates
Rosetta Club
Beeville
A. and M. Colleges
C. L A
Bailey
Cuero
Committee On Education
Commissioners Court
Aransas County
Employment agency ad draws 2000 applicants in Baltimore
Mr W D Jones proprietor of an employment agency placed a Monday morning ad for 30 colored laborers. He had to call the police when 2000 or more applicants overwhelmed him. Hundreds of them a year ago earned big wages in ship yards.
Champion Bird Swallower Cassowary of Digestion Tales
The cassowary earns a reputation for swallowing stones and hard substances to aid digestion. Noted tales describe its impressive gluttony and remarkable capacity for intake.
Squeaking Shoes Solution From Old Footwear Tricks
The squeak comes from leather layers rubbing. Shoemakers fix by opening the side and inserting felt or pegs in the sole to stop the rubbing noise.
Letter Corrects Party Date Mixup
Carol, invited to a party, asks each family member for a ride and is turned down with reasons. She tells the narrator to write a letter saying it is the wrong day, highlighting a mixup and social mishap in a domestic scene.
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Carol
How Home Sweet Home Was Written
John Howard Payne, American minstrel and author of Home, Sweet Home, drifted worldwide after losing both parents. Stranded in Paris, he penned the song on a dreary October day in 1822.
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John Howard Payne
Paris
Right of Free Speech and Frosted Peach Jibe
A Boston Transcript quip cites a pun about freezing peaches as an example of free speech. The remark targets Del aware and the frost damage to her peach crop, noting the state’s supposed right to freeze peach.
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Delaware
Boston Transcript
Son of a Gun phrase origins traced
The expression son of a gun has multiple proposed origins. Some link it to Son of the Wine or Flagon, others to the term goan from dialects, and a view that it referred to boys born on ships. An admiral claimed to have been cradled under a gun carriage. The phrase is typically used deprecatorily.
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Smyth
Army posts to be abandoned amid strength cuts
Washington reports a discharge surge will cut enlistments to 150000 by July 31 with further reductions by October. Several camps will be retained including Travis Texas Dix New Jersey Lewis Washington and Knox Kentucky. Most camps will be abandoned with troop moves and partial salvaging while land remains for potential citizen military training camps.
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Washington
Weeks
Congress
Travis
Texas
Dix
New Jersey
Lewis
Knox
Kentucky
Devens
Massachusetts
Sherman
Ohio
Grant
Illinois
Meade
Maryland
Jackson
South Carolina
Bragg
North Carolina
Camp Meade
War Department
Camp Travis
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Camp Lewis
10Th Brigade
Camp Jackson
S. C
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
10Th Infantry Training Corps
Camp Sherman
Columbus Barracks
Camp Knox
11Th Infantry
Fort Thomas
Fort Benjamin Harrison
6Th
Camp Grant
16Th Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
Brownsville
Fort Sill
17Th Infantry Training Center
Fort McIntosh
1St Cavalry Division
Fort Bliss
1St Cavalry
Fort Douglas
Arizona
Fort Riley
Kansas
Fort Myer
Virginia
Ethan Allen
Vermont
Marfa
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
Philippine Island
Fort Huachuca
Monterey
Cal
del Rio
Panama
Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Sheridan
16Th Field Artillery
81St Artillery
Teeth stolen during nap in Central Park
Havana man Manuel Diaz Morgado says a thief stole his $40 set of false teeth while he slept in Central Park after an open mouth nap. He reports the loss and seeks recovery of the denture.
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Havana
Manuel Diaz Morgado
Morgado
Central Park
Fire Devours Coal and Property at Mexican Docks
Port Arthur Texas fire wrecked coal and property valued at about 15000 dollars at the Mexican docks. Nine coal bins plunged into the basin when the floor ing collapsed, taking roughly seventy five feet of railroad track with it.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Quarantine Tightened in Port Arthur Over Fever Cases
Port Arthur Texas tightens district quarantine rules after yellow fever cases emerge in Tampico, according to Dr. W. S. Winter Jr. The move aims to prevent spread and protect local health.
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Port Arthur
Tex
W. 8. Winter, Jr
Tampico
Demand for Tanlac Breaks All Records
Tanlac has sold over twenty million bottles since its public debut six years ago, gaining international reach from England to Hawaii. The medicine is praised for restoring weight, health, and strength to many with stomach, liver, and kidney disorders, indigestion, headaches, and related ailments. Leading druggists nationwide carry Tanlac.
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Canada
America
Tanlac
North America
England
Japan
Mexico
Cuba
Hawaii
Alaska
Porto Rico
Great Lakes
Gulf
New Life for Sick Man
A testimonial from C. O. Frappie claims Eatonic cured his acid stomach bloating and indigestion after only two boxes. The ad touts Eatonic as a quick remedy that relieves pain and gas, helping the stomach digest normally with a guarantee from the druggist.
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Eatonic
C. O. Frappie
Cuticura Ointment Soap and Talcum Ad
A vintage beauty ad promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and itching followed by Cuticura Soap for bathing and Cuticura Talcum for fragrance. Priced at 25 cents each, the routine aims to smooth skin and leave a pleasant scent.
Not Very Serious Mary Garrett Hay Speech Comment
Mary Garrett Hay of the National League of Women Voters addressed in New York saying women will fight bosses and be taken seriously. The speech was illustrated with a joke about a young bride and her husband’s letters and meals to emphasize misperceptions.
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Mary Garrett Hay
National League of Women Voters
New York
Affixed Can to Car Pest Onboard Romance Spark
The New York Sun recounts a playful scene where a Sweet Young Thing straits the attention of a man reading a note over her shoulder. She finally reveals Dot ended engagement with Terry but stops short, blaming a eavesdropping companion before closing with a cheeky remark.
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Dot
Terry
Dearie
New York Sun
Coming Up to the Scratch In Boston
Humorous note from the Boston Transcript about rural mischief. A neighbor thanks another for letting chickens roam, easing worries about crops and garden plots.
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Nexdor
Naybor
Boston Transcript
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