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Postmaster General Burleson faces House criticism over parcel post plan. Emergency funds proposed for three new battleships. Wilson handles Mexican policy by resigning Ambassador Wilson and naming John Lind as representative. Senate confirms George Todd as assistant attorney general. McAdoo to move crop funds to banks at 2 percent. Texas league standings and various incidents across the U S including a truck of derailment near Nome and deadly train collision near Ken dleton. Severe weather and molasses of grain exports from Galveston. Four Mexican workers killed in Houston storm sewer project. Militia trains to Wheatland after deadly clash with hop pickers.
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Burleson
House
Representative Kindell
Colorado
Representative Britton
Iinois
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
White House
Capitol
Senate
Joseph B. Forauker
Ohio
House Committee
James A. Emery
Wilson
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Huerta
John Lind
Minnesota
Lind
George Herald Todd
New York
United States
South
McAdoo
Kendleton
Texas
Galveston
United States Custom House
Houston
Sacramento
Cal
Wheatland
Manwell
Yuba County
Port Arthur
Tex
California rail commission cuts Wells Fargo express rates
The California state railroad commission orders Wells Fargo & Co to reduce annual express revenues by 760000 and abolishes the old rate in the state. Over 3000000 new rates are to take effect October 1, reshaping pricing across California.
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State Railroad Commission of
California
Wells Fargo & Co
Multicontinent Fatalities From Various 1910s Incidents
Seventeen Mexicans die after maltreating Matthew Gould’s daughters near Tampico. American farmers linked to the penalty. Fritz Sturmfeldt drowns when a yacht capsizes near Tegernze Bavaria. Leo Slezak survives. Sun Yat Sen flees China aboard a Japanese steamer to Formosa amid revolution. Relief ship Lovenskiold sinks while seeking Schroeder Stranz party. Balkan peace treaty nears signing by Serbia Greece Montenegro Romania Bulgaria. Milan clashes leave fifty wounded and a hundred arrests as strikers clash with soldiers. Grey denies Panama tolls affect Pan American Exposition decision. Airship service planned between London Paris Manchester. Jerusalem sanitation funded by an American millionaire reduces malaria. Pasteur Institute reports anti cholera serum curing infected monkeys. Japan Exploration Society launches coast scrutiny for colonization. Engagement announced for Victoria Sackville West to Harold ____.”
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Matthew Gould
Tampico
Mexico
Fritz Sturmfeldt
Leo Slezak
Tegernze
Bavaria
Sturmfeldt
Royal Opera
Lebpsic
Christiana
Norway
Lovenskiold
Schroeder- Stranz
Spitzbergen
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Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Roumania
Bulgaria
Milan
Italy
Panama Canal
Ikkdward Grey
House of Commons
Great Britain
London
Paris
Manchester
Jerusalem
Holy City
Pierre Roux
Pasteur Institute
France
Academy of Sciences
Pacific
North
South America
South Sea Islands
Japan Exploration Society
Tokio
Japan
Victoria Mary Sackville West
Bed Lord
Lady Sackville
Harold
Government to Move Crops With 20 000 000 in Treasury Aid
Twenty million dollars in government deposits will be placed in crop sections this month with $20 million more in September and up to $10 million in October if needed. Southern bankers and Secretary McAdoo discussed security and how the funds will circulate, with about equal distribution planned for the South and West. Texas showed the largest movement, needing up to $400 million to move its cotton in ninety days, while Houston and Galveston were the only Texas cities represented at the meeting.
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P.C. Houston
Cuba Ordser LS
Nurog Ses Fecce
San Antonio
Gts Ata
Mort Worth
Galveston
Beaumont
San Angelo
Texas
West Texas
New York
Memphis (Tenn
Memphis
Shoshone
Wyo
Chicago
Washington
McAdoo
Treasury
Houston
Carpenters Elect State Officers and Select Convention Site
In Greenville Texas indications Thursday favored Wichita Falls for next year’s carpenters convention but Waxahachie won after five ballots. D B White of Sherman was elected president and J E Proctor of Houston was re elected secretary.
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Greenville
Tex
Wichita Falls
Waxahachie
D. B. White
Sherman
J. E. Proctor
Houston
First Peace Treaty Signed With Salvador
Washington reports the first international peace treaty under Secretary Bryan includes the United States and Salvador and will be sent to the Senate for ratification.
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Washington
Bryan
United States
Salvador
Senate
French Senate approves three year army service bill
The French Senate adopted by 254 to 370 the bill for three years of active service. The Senate vote followed the deputies' passage on July 19. The reform raises the army to 800000 men on a peace footing.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Osteopaths Select Philadelphia For 1914 Convention
Kirksville Missouri and Philadelphia vied for the 1914 American Osteopathic Association convention in session Thursday. Dr. Percy H Woodall of Birmingham Alabama was elected president.
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Osteopaths
Philadelphia
Kirksville
New York
American Osteopathic Association
Percy H. Woodall
Birmingham
Ala
Eagle Carries Off Swiss Child
Geneva report says a 4 year old child was carried away by an eagle near Ander. Hunters with dogs searched the area but found no trace of the eagle or the child.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Chik
Ander
Laborer In Omaha Receives German Estate Heirship
Frederick Gross van Alvensleben, a daily laborer of twenty seven years in Omaha Nebraska, was informed by the German consul in Chicago that he has fallen heir to an estate in Germany valued at 1 750 000 dollars.
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Omaha
Neb
Frederick Gross van Alvensleben
Chicago
Germany
Aviator Cody Killed in Aldershot Crash
London. Colonel F S Cody famed Anglo American aviator died in an aeroplane accident at Aldershot Thursday.
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Cody
London
F. S.cody
Aldershot
Strange cattle disease kills fifty in Cypress near Houston
A baffling cattle illness has cost Cypress area farmers about fifty head of cattle. Veterinarians in Houston report the disease as the cause and continue investigations into its origin and spread.
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Houston
Tex
Cypress
New President Named for Texas Farmers Union
In San Antonio Texas W D Lewis of Topsy won the Texas Farmers Union presidency by an 81 to 19 vote over J E Pearson of Dodd City on Thursday. Lewis succeeds the prior leader and takes the helm of the organization in the state.
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San Antonio
Tex
W. D. Lewis
Topsy
The
Texas Farmers Union
J. E. Pearson
Dodd City
Willacy Amendments Boost Prison Profits For Dependents
Thursday session saw the Willacy amendments to the Warren penitentiary bill creating a separate fund from prison profits to benefit prisoners dependents or be used after release. The Senate also approved the Morrow indeterminate sentence bill to align with suspended sentence statutes. The insurgent substitute penitentiary bill passed 78 to 37 in the House after a long debate.
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Willacy
Senate
Morrow
Colquitt
Colorado Springs
Panama Canal
House
Wortham
House Committee
Watson
Hays
Edward Burleson
Austin
Tex
Warren
New Morrow
Wheeler-Oliver
Texas House Passes Direct Election and Appropriation Bills
The Texas House approved the Kennedy direct election of U S senators bill and the eleemosynary appropriation bill after hours of debate, with the Kennedy plan amended to allow up to seven thousand dollars in candidate expenses in a second primary. The Penry bill repealing the in county witness fee act was engrossed by a 59 to 56 vote. Henry of Wichita secured sixteen thousand four hundred dollars for the State Training School for Girls. The McLennan blue sky bill faced adjournment for a McGregor barbecue as the chamber moved on. A floor report favored the Morrow indeterminate sentence bill. Senator Townsend complained of not being consulted. Morrow defended the process as hurried to print the bill.
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House
Austin
Tex
Henry
Wichita
Williams
McLennan
Insurgent House Action on Texas Penitentiary Bills
Insurgents led by I B Reeves and Dick Humphrey caucused to force the penitentiary committee to report prison bills and begin the Jeff Steele investigation. The committee was ordered to report by 10 o clock Tuesday morning after a 59 to 63 vote. The session also engrossed the eleemosynary appropriation bill with two minor salary amendments for the deaf blot inmates and the blind institute principal.
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Austin
Tex
House
I. B. Reeves
Dick Humphrey
Penitentiary Committee
Jeff Steele
Olander
Colored Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute
Mangum
Blind Institute
Orphana
Penitentiary Probe Proposed in Texas House
A penitentiary investigation resolution stirred the Texas House on Wednesday. Presented by Hill the penitentiary subcommittee chairman it was postponed until Thursday. An insurgent resolution names the investigating committee with Cope as probable chairman and Lewelling Woods and Burmeister among others.
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Austin
Tex
House
Hill
Cope
Lewelling
Woods
Burmeister
Senate Acts on Judiciary Item in Austin
The Senate referred the Wiley Darwin foreign corporations bill to a new special committee and passed the judiciary appropriations bill with minor changes. A penitentiary reform bill was introduced to give commissioners executive hiring power and reassign audit duties, while other bills on prisoners earnings and university funds faced committee action and budget shifts. The University of Texas appropriation was trimmed by $100,000 annually, with adjustments to agricultural station funding and the main College Station station included.
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Senate
Austin
Tex
Wiley-Darwin Foreign Corporations
Judiciary
Brelsford
Bressford
Penitentiaries Committee
Morrow
Judiciary Committee
Darwin
Wiley
Willacy
Senate Finance Committee
University of Texas
B. Youngbrood
Uen
College Station
Keeping Down The Ice Bill With A Simple Chest Pad
A reader proposes a cheap method to cut ice consumption by building a cooler pad using thick felt and coarse wire placed inside the ice chest. Soaked felt between wires creates better air flow, cooling the chest so ice lasts longer and the bill drops by at least one third.
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R. A. Bird
Recipe for English Pickle from Historic Passage
A historic recipe outlines pickling in a cauli and gherkin laden mix. It lists vegetables peppers onions celery and spices with vinegar mustard turmeric and salt. The method includes soaking in salt water, boiling vinegar with spices, thickening with flour, and returning vegetables to the jar.
Cooking a Tough Chicken as Pot Roast
A very tough chicken can be roasted by browning in butter then simmering in boiling water to tenderize. Brown the chicken all over in butter, cover with two inches of water, and simmer about three hours for a large bird. The result avoids a flat boiled taste.
Cherry Water Ice From Sweet Red or Black Cherries
Wash and crush a quart of cherries to extract juice and flavor from kernels. Strain into pulp, add sugar and water, then strain again. Add a pint more water and about three quarters of a pound sugar, freeze without whites or eggs. A natural color ice suitable for Neapolitan thirds.
Pineapple Peel Juice Recipe and Preservation Method
Instructions describe peeling and weighing pineapple pieces, pairing with equal sugar by weight, making a syrup with water, boiling the fruit in syrup for 15 minutes, letting stand overnight, then straining and pressing in a sugar bag. Bottle the product and serve as pudding sauce with boiled rice.
Thousand Island Dressing Recipe
A simple salad sauce mixing mayonnaise and whipped cream with Tarragon vinegar imperial sauce and lemon juice. A chopped hard boiled egg green pepper pimiento and chives are folded in for flavor and the mixture is served with any salad.
Bread Cutter Attached To Bread Board With Arch Support
A practical bread cutter is secured to the bread board by an arch-shaped wooden piece. The knife remains fixed to the board allowing the bread to be pushed to the edge for easy slice thickness adjustment.
How to Clean Knives
Advice on removing heavy stains from knives using a raw potato split in half. Dip the potato in powdered brick and rub it over the blade to brighten dull or stained metal.
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