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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1924
Page
6
Residents of Throggs Neck near Fort Schuyler gather under a spreading mail box tree that houses 50 mail boxes for local residents. The tree stands as a communal touchpoint for the neighborhood's mail routine.
John D. Rockefeller Jr purchases the A B Wallace property in Daytona Florida for a winter residence. The coqunia stone house sits among splendid gardens.
Ras Tafari regent of Abyssinia on a visit to England plans to regain possession of Emperor Theodore's crown seized as loot by Lord Napier in 1868. King George expressed intent to restore the crown which has been kept at the Victoria and Albert Museum since its capture. The old crown is shown being packed at the museum.
State Game Fish and Oyster Department assigns deputies to rescue fish from drought ravaged streams in the California Mountains and other areas. Deputy Stanberry reports oil well damage from rising water in Lulling. plans bottom plugging to keep water out. The June gasoline tax receipts reach 312565 dollars and Texas motorists buy record gasoline volumes. Seizure of four large whiskey stills and a brewery array follows a Ranger raid in Stephens County. UT Austin oil royalties dip in July with optimism for August. Governor Neff reappoints G N Holton to the State Fire Insurance Commission and Charles E Baughmanse to Markets and Warehouses. Yanus Robinett named secretary of the State Highway Commission. Superintendent Marrs notes summer normals may end with new teacher certificate law. Medical exams of prisoners completed and studied for release later.
John W. Davis accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in Clarksburg amid a rain soaked crowd as he denounced the Republican party for corruption and urged a program of honest government and global peace, pledging restraint and reform. The report notes Texas prison stats, anti klan shifts, a large El Paso cotton compress plan, and rail crossing accidents 46 total.
The Democratic National Committee completed its reorganization Monday with Clem L. Sb Ver of Fairmont Virginia as chairman. James W. Gerard of New York becomes treasurer and Emily Newell Blair of Missouri Frank S Hagen of New Jersey and Samuel Amidon of Kansas are elected vice chairmen. Charles Greathouse of Indiana re-elected secretary and Burt New of Indiana becomes executive secretary. Jesse H. Jones of Houston is named chairman of the finance committee to raise campaign funds.
The ten leading Latin American nations bought 6610,000,000 in U S foreign trade in the fiscal year ending June last. Mexico ranked second with 124,000,000 about 17 percent of the total. Increased business with Mexico was about 10,000,000 or 9 percent. The total increased trade to these countries was about 74,500,000.
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