East Texas trip widens editors view of the state
The June gathering in Tyler and East Texas hosted over 200 editors from across Texas. They learned East Texas farms diversify beyond cotton with crops and livestock, improved roads, and profitable small holdings. Observers note West Texans favor vast acreage while East Texans lean to varied farming and better soil care.
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Tyler
East Texas
West
East
Texas
Tye
Anderson County
Palestine
Jacksonville
Earthquake Rocks City in California Santa Barbara
A series of earthquakes early Monday shook Santa Barbara after 6 44 am causing mass debris across the Channel City principal structures. Estimates place losses from 3 000 000 to 30 000 000 with 39 000 residents enduring emergency life. Listed dead include Mrs Charles E F Perkins Patrick Shea and others with numerous injuries reported and water supply concerns resolved by a bypass.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Channel City
State Street
Sheffield
Charles FE. Perkins
Burlington
Iowa
Patrick Shea
Bertram Hancock
Los Angeles
J. Mostiero
William Matthews
Demitrius Satnter
James Angel
James Starrow
H. Hazzard
Henry G. Hensey
G A. Hancock
Ruth Allan
Henry T Cronin
Louis Dinner
Seattle
William Renwick
John Girod
Lamesa
Leo Stewart
Lempos
Henrietta Best
Henry de L. Gadillo
A. R. Henseling
Ethel Drener
Frank Rexro
Shepherd Acquitted in Typhoid Germ Murder Trial
Chicago ruling ends the typhoid germ murder case against William Darling Shepherd who was freed for the death of foster son William Nelson McClintock after a five hour forty minute jury verdict. The coroner’s jury meantime recommends holding him for the separate murder of Billy McClintock and the earlier death of his mother Mrs Emma Nelson McClintock. Shepherd may sign bond for ongoing charges.
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Chicago
Ilc
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Shepherd
Thomas J. Lynch
Billy McClintock
Emma Nelson McClintock
Billy
State collects 1.12 million in gas tax in three months
Texas Comptroller reports March April and May gasoline tax under the one cent per gallon rate totaled 1 124 077 with 112 407 778 gallons sold. Five major firms paid most of the tax. Gulf Production Magnolia Petroleum Texas Company Pierce Oil Humble contributed various amounts across March April and May.
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Austin
Tex
8. H. Terrell
Gulf Production Company
Magnolia Petrolem Company
Texas Company
Pierce Oil Corporation
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Edith Nourse Rogers elected in Fifth District
Lowell voters in a special election chose Edith Nourse Rogers to represent the Fifth Congressional District in Congress, with overwhelming support.
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Lowell
Mass
Fifth
Edith Nourse Rogers
Congress
Coast Guard Seizes Whisky Schooner and Six Boats
Coast Guard cutter Saukee towed a liquor schooner and six small boats into Mobile after a large seizure tied to rum running. The whisky cargo is valued at about 360000 dollars and twenty three men were taken as prisoners in Mobile, Alabama.
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Mobile
Ala
U. S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Saukee
Marines Guard White Court Detachment Sent to Swampscott
A detachment of United States Marines has been sent to Swampscott Massachusetts to guard White Court the summer White House while President Coolidge is away.
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Weslaco Independent
Weslaco
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Smithville
Katy
Austin
Third Civil Appeals Court
Travis County District Court
Katy Railroad
Waco
United States Supreme Court
United States
Swampscott
Mass
White Court
White House
President Coolidge
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University of Texas
Texas News
Archer City Independent School District
Attorney General’s Department
Angleton
Ellis County Women's
Davis Memorial Square
Waxahachie
The
Mills Bennett Production Company
Lockhart
University of Texas Recitation Hall
Attorney General's Department
Nucess
Marshall
W. G. Hatcher
State Fire Insurance Commission
Point Isabel
Brownsville
Cameron County
Barreda
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Commission of Texas
Southern Pacific
Houston
Galveston
Harrisburg
Galveston Bay Causeway
Good Roads
Galveston-Harrisburg
California
Germ
Grant Park Stadium
Citizenship Clubs
American Citizenship Foundation
Astar
Breydenberg
Great Shipyards
Great Hog Island
Delaware River
Louis Breguet
France
Faye Lamphier
Alameda
Santa Cruz
Atlantic City
Clifford Lideen
University of Iowa
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