Texas Senate ends special session with mixed bills passed
Austin reports the Texas Senate closed its special session after approving several measures including a headlight bill and a $4 million emergency school aid act while killing others. The session saw debates over university finances, illiteracy commissions, and tax changes, with final counts showing multiple bills engrossed or postponed.
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Market Conditions Report From The Bureau Of Agricultural Economics
Latest weekly market bulletin shows Carolina potatoes firm in New York and at shipping points, with weaker activity elsewhere. Prices for strawberries, watermelons steady to firm. cantaloupes and peaches lower. Florida tomatoes and Georgia Mayflowers cited with varied regional pricing. hay timothy prices up. Wheat and corn futures mixed. cotton spot and futures up modestly. Livestock prices mostly lower. hogs steady to down and beef steers softening.
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Tulsa Flood Swamps City as Arkansan River Rises
Tulsa suffers its worst flood on record as the Arkansas River nears peak, forcing 3000 to 4000 residents from homes. Refugees shelter in Sand Springs and local facilities while guards patrol bridges, waterworks shut, power crews race to keep the plant from flooding.
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Editors Close Yearly Convention at Galveston
The forty fourth annual Texas Press Association meeting wraps in Galveston as Amarillo chosen for 1924. Sam T. Braswell elected president with Albert Luker vice president and Sam P. Harben secretary. New officers include Clarence E. Gilmore Arthur Lefevre Arthur Shannon M. Loomis E G Senter and L S Nunn. Sam P Harben named field agent to monitorLegislature and member interests.
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Houston Chronicle
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Nebraska
Foreign Prisoners Released by Chinese Brigands
Eight bearded foreign prisoners, four Americans among them, reached Tsao Chwang mine near Suchow after escape from bandits who seized them on the Shanghai Pekin Express on May 6. The group, part of 27 captives, traveled by sedan chair and on foot with brigand escort to the mine where relatives greeted them. The eight include Major Roland W. Pinger, Leon Friedman, John B. Powell, Lee Solomon, R. H. Rowlatt, Fred Elias, Emile Gensburger, and G. D. Musso.
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Birmingham
England
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Rome
Italy
Bulgarian ex‑minister seizes legation in Constantinople
General Savoff former Bulgarian minister of war in exile in Constantinople attacks the Bulgarian legation with followers, expels the chargé d affaires, and takes over records. Turkish authorities stay passive as unease grows over a possible outlet to the Aegean and tensions at Lausanne conference.
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Why Take Laxatives
An eminent medical authority warns against pills and salts as they cause permanent injury while promoting a natural method. It endorses Nujol as a harmless lubricant that aids regular bowel movements by lubrication, not as a medicine. Nujol is used in leading hospitals and available from druggists.
He Vamps. Add Social Perils Wolves in Sheiks’ Clothing
A terse notice notes social perils as wolves in sheiks’ clothing are revealed in a Boston Transcript item. The brief highlights risk to public morale and propriety in high society circles.
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Teethina credited with saving baby in Elba Alabama ad claim
Mrs. B. W. Wamble of Elba Alabama swears Teethina saved her gravely ill baby. The testimonial urges giving Teethina at first trouble and notes a 30 cent mail offer from Moffett Laboratories Columbus Georgia. A closing line jokes about the nagging wife spoiling chances in marriage.
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Mrs. B. W. Wamble
Route 4
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The Cuticura Toilet Trio Advertisement
The Soap cleanses and purifies while the Ointment soothes and heals and the Talcum powders and perfumes. No toilet table is complete without them.
After Love and Black Sheep in Folklore Sayings
A trio of wry adages: after several loves, romance seems trivial to some. misfits stay silent. and Newfoundland is home to forty thousand lakes.
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Painless Quick Relief
An ad touts Freezone as a fast acting corn remover. It claims instant relief on aching corns and calluses with a tiny bottle sold by druggists for a few cents, suitable for hard corns soft corns and corns between the toes without soreness.
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