President Roosevelt Urges Tax Reform and Corporate Control
The president’s annual message urges a graduated inheritance tax and possible income tax, federal oversight of corporations, limits on campaign contributions, and a right of government appeal in criminal cases. He also backs currency reform, labor protections, anti lynching emphasis, and naturalization and policy for Japan and Cuba.
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Campbell appoints officials for Texas offices
Palestine Texas report lists the appointees slated for new offices once Campbell is inducted. Names include A M Borton Anderson County as Private Secretary Felix J McCord Smith County as Assistant Attorney General R W Hearne Bexar County as Adjutant General L T Dashiell Leon County as Secretary of State Ben D Cannon Parker County as State Purchasing Agent and others across state agencies including Penitentiaries Public Buildings and Grounds Agriculture Health and Confederate Home with several county ties across Texas.
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Tex
Campbell
A. M. Borton
Anderson County
Felix J. McCord
Smith County
R.W. Hearne
Bexar County
R T. Milner
Rusk County
Willa M. Brumby
Harris County
Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
Wiliam G. Ramsey
Johnson County
John W. Wright
Joseph S. Mewshaw
Dallas County
J. A. Herring
Madison County
Rusk
John H. Boyd
McLennan County
Huntsville
R. H. Underwood
Bell County
Benton McWillin
Grayson County
J. B. Barbee
Wharton County
Sam Hawkains
Denton County
John B. Reagan
Cherokee County
Austin
S. W. Hornbeak
Elis Countty
Resolutions Introduced on Discharging Negro Troops
Senators Penrose and Foraker introduced inquiries to discharge members of the Twenty Fifth Infantry. One resolution sent to the President and the other to the Secretary of War. the measure was laid over by consent after initial surprise. House opened with large attendance and many sworn in for the new session. Chaplain Couden noted an uptick in deaths among members since last session.
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Illinois
Grand Lodge Opens in Waco Masonic Conclave
Masons flocked to Waco Texas last night for the opening of the Grand Lodge of Masons and Grand Royal Arch Chapter meetings drawing large crowds and local interest in the fraternal event.
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Waco, Tex
Grand Lodge of Masons
Grand Royal Arch
Texas Briefs Describe Prolonged Wet Weather Impacts
Junction City Texas reports two weeks of wet weather with snow cold waves and rain from east winds. Ten mild cloudy days followed, roads heavy and trade affected. Cotton receipts by wagon total 31 288 bales, with estimates to exceed 44 000 bales for the season.
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Junction City
Tex
Bryan
Bride and Stowaway Bride of Heidt Sails to Philippines
Grace McKinley, niece of the late President McKinley and wife of Captain Grayson Willard Heidt, stowed away on the transport Dix to join her husband in the Philippines. She sailed in disguise after securing no permission from the War Department and hid aboard with food, later revealed in Honolulu. The incident prompts a War Department inquiry.
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Honolulu
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Mount Holyoke College
President McKinley
White House
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War Department
Heidt
Dix
Seattle
McKinley Heidt
Why Are You Looking So Happy
A brief quip in The Bright Side section notes a character who loaned five dollars to Jones and laments nonpayment. The exchange suggests a sly happiness over the debt issue, with a hint of past near repayment.
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Houston Post
Children's Eyesight Defective In Glasgow Report
Glasgow officials report 18 565 of 52 493 children tested had vision below standard. Of the defective group 11 209 carried ocular defects. The Chicago Tribune notes the pair of quotes from a car and a lap dog as a playful aside.
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Chicago Tribune
Glasgow
First Sig hs of Love
An elderly man recalls his awkward social call to a young lady as his son heads out for a social evening. He describes preparing, the old mule, and the family table scene with mother and father, noting the contrast between his youth and his son's budding ideas.
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Henry
Father
Has the Wasp Affection
A brief note from Outing magazine describes a wasp colony nesting in a studio dark room last summer. The writer recounts initial unease but no disturbance, observing the wasps gradually become familiar with the space and a stranger who briefly encountered their defense at the window.
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Outing Magazine
Professor Admits Tears Against Chemistry Expense
A college president recalls a chemistry professor and his wife over a domestic dispute about expenses. The wife’s tears failed to sway him, he quips that tears are mere water with small amounts of salts, and he walks away with his hat.
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