Budgeting urged for federated clubs to plan spending
Edith MacClure Patterson, budget specialist of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, urges federated clubs to create a department of budgeting. She cites 23 million households shaping homes and notes women control over vast spending, calling for education and businesslike management of household finances.
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Edith MacClure-Patterson
General Federation of Women's Clubs
United States
Department of Budgeting
Warren Picked as U S Ambassador to Mexico
Charles Beecher Warren is named as United States ambassador to Mexico amid talks of him possibly becoming secretary of the navy. A veteran diplomat, Warren previously served as ambassador to Japan, aided by his legal career in Detroit and his World War I service earning the D S M. Born 1870 in Bay City Michigan, he holds Michigan and Detroit College of Law degrees and has been active in Republican politics since 1912.
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Charles Beecher Warren
United States
Mexico
Navy
Edwin Denby
Warren
Japan
Rio Grande
Mr. Warren
Bay City
Mich
University of Michigan
Detroit” College” of Law
Detroit
Don M. Dickinson
Joint High Commission
Rykoff Succeeds Lenin as Chairman of Soviet Council
Rykoff becomes head of the federal council of commissioners, replacing Nikolai Lenin after selection by the new parliament. A Finnish-born, Russianized engineer and linguist, he joined the Communist party in 1899, endured exile and prison, and helped organize early Bolshevik factions with Lenin.
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Alexis Ivanovitch Rykoff
Federal Council of Commissioners
Nikolai Lenin
Rykoff
Russia
Communist Party
Siberia
Viatka
Russian Social Democratic Labor Party
Lenin and
Kameneff
Founder Predicts 1,000,000 Girl Scouts Rise
Miss Juliette Low spoke at the Washington convention noting 850000 members in the United States and 200 outdoor camps. She cited 10000 leaders, 55 colleges offering scout training, and 1700 college women completing courses, predicting future growth beyond one million.
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Juliette Low
Girl Scouts
United States
Washington
Miss Low
March Report of Texas Farm Crops
Texas March crop report shows cereal stocks on farms above 1923 levels for wheat barley and oats. Corn remains largely unsold with lower merchantable share and high imports. oats stocks reach 24 percent of March 1 holdings, hay at 28 percent, sweet potato storage reports total 8 075 bushels in mid February.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
H. H. Schutz
U. S
United States
Walter Candler Exonerated in $100,000 Suit Verdict
Decatur Ga A jury awarded Walter T Candler an exonerating verdict in a civil suit brought by Mrs Clyde K Byfield beauty contest prize winner. Byfield was led from the courtroom sobbing.
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Decatur
Walter T. Candler
Atlanta
Clyde K. Byfield
Byfield
Prohibition Chief Probes Plunkett Wet City Claim
Washington wetness claim prompts inquiry by Prohibition Commissioner Haynes after Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett, commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard, asserts Washington is the wettest city in the United States and faces investigation ordered by President Coolidge.
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Washington
Haynes
Coolidge
Charles P. Plunkett
Brooklyn Navy Yard
United States
Frost Heads Pine Association
E A Frost of Shreveport La was unanimously elected president of the Southern Pine Association at its ninth annual convention in New Orleans. He was nominated by retiring president John H Kirby of Houston Texas.
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New Orleans
E. A. Frost
Shreveport
Southern Pine Association
Frost
John H. Kirby
Houston
Texas
Watermelons Planted for Market in Bellville Tex
Planting progresses in Bellville Texas with several farmers already sowing watermelons for market. No cotton has yet been planted in the community and indicators suggest a large acreage will be devoted to melons.
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Bellville
Tex
Fire threatens Humble tank farm near Groesbeck
A blaze at Humble Oil and Refining Company tanks just north of Groesbeck, Texas, endangered over 1,000,000 barrels of crude oil. Total loss estimated at 75,000 dollars. Heavy damage and emergency crews responded promptly.
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Groesbeck
Tex
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Underwood Captures Majority of Alabama Counties
In the preferential primary held Tuesday Senator Oscar W. Underwood carried a majority of Alabama counties, with a strong home-state showing based in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Peach Crop Not Hurt In Severe Freeze
Tyler Texas report that the last Texas peach crop does not seem greatly damaged by the Sunday night freeze. The full extent of any damage will only become clear in coming weeks.
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Tyler
Tex
Texas Officials Update and Oil Boom Notes
Former State Treasurer John W. Baker becomes sheriff's clerk in the Comptroller Department after John D. Mann's death. Oil and gas drilling notices surge as Texas activity grows, with gasoline tax in January totaling 250277 dollars. Several state appointments and budget figures are reported along with highway registrations and boundary work on the Red River.
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John W. Baker
State Comptroller's Department
John D. Mann
Texas
Oil and Gas Division
The
Railroad Commission
Gas derrick topples crushing San Antonio official
M. L. Amick superintendent of operations for the Gay Ridge Development Company was instantly killed Thursday when a gas well derrick top piece fell on him at a San Antonio site. The tragedy was reported from Texas with authorities investigating the accident.
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San Antonio
Tex
M. L. Amick
Gay Ridge Development Company
Pioneer Tells Interesting Experience With Tanlac
Frank Rikert of North Sacramento recalls arriving from Illinois in a covered wagon in 1864. He credits Tanlac with saving his life after a severe flu left him frail and underweight. Rikert says the medicine restored his health and weight and vows to recommend it to friends. Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 40 million bottles sold.
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Frank Rikert
Illinois
California
North
Sacramento
Cal
Tanlac
Mr. Rikert
Efficiency Hill Doctor Cultured Dill Yes
A brief line presents a witty exchange about a doctor named Efficiency Hill who is described as cultured and able to trim patients courteously. The remark emphasizes politeness and skill in medical care.
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Efficiency Hill
Dill
Bayer Aspirin Warning Ady Ad
Demand Bayer aspirin only if the package or tablets bear the Bayer name to ensure genuine product proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 23 years. Say Bayer when you buy to avoid dangerous imitations.
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Bayer
Ady
Speed mania and mischief in forming friendships
Quick chatter warns that speed mania risks hurting friendships and advises asking for Allcock's porous plaster when buying plaster. Itinerant knife grinders claim that business thrives when things are dull.
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Lenin
Stalin
Kamenoff
Council of Peoples’ Commissars
Supreme Economic Council
Walter Candler
Frost Heads Pine Association
Underwood
Austin
F. H. Pierson
Henry Hutchings
Fort Worth
Secretary of State
8. L. Staples
State Department
C. N. Payne
Lon A. Smith
C. H. Judd
School of Education
University of Chicago
State Highway Department
Arthur A. Stiles
Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Red River
Arthur D. Kidder
Wichita River
J. G. Burr
State Game, Fish and Oyster Department
Burr
James A. Harley
John N. Garner
John Garner
United States Senate
Garner
Gov
Neff
Fred W. Davis
Morris Sheppard
Senator Sheppard
C. V. Terrell
Secretary of State’s Office
Splawn
Midland
Midland & Northwestern Railroad
Texas & Pacific
Seminole
Smith Brothers
Mylo
Fletcher
Aap Shihan
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