Texas legislature closes after calmer final session night
The thirty fifth Texas legislature adjourned sine die after seventy two days with about 1400 bills introduced and 400 enacted. Prohibition minded actions dominated final hours while President Wilson and Bryan drew praise. The session saw peace on the floor with few clashes and the clock not turned back as in earlier years.
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Fuller
Yantis
Ed Westbrook
Wolfe City
Hunt County
McNvalus
Harley
Senate of
Texas
Austin
Tex
Senate
Caldwell
Cope
Hobby
Dayton
House
Bills Signed by Governor Ferguson This Week
Governor Ferguson signed several measures this week. One Senate bill authorizes city councils or commissioners to levy a tax up to five cents per hundred dollars for land improvements for city parks. Another Senate bill validates a land league to Jose Antonio Sepulveda in Trinity County. A House bill defines original appellate jurisdiction of the supreme court and governs practice there.
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Ferguson
Senate
Jose Antonio Sepulveda
Trinity County
House
Supreme Court
Cotton crop of 1916 placed at 11 442 838 bales
Washington reports the final 1916 United States cotton crop at 11 442 838 equivalent 600 pound bales excluding linters, with 21 621 ginneries and state ginnings led by Texas 8 724 731 and Georgia 1 819 874. Linters and sea island outputs noted with historical comparisons.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Sea Island
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Mexican Proposal Refused By United States Note
Washington reports the note to General Carranza refusing his proposal for neutral action to cut belligerent exports. The rejection cites hopelessness of peace, Wilson’s efforts, and Germany's moves to embroil Mexico and Japan, while indicating no intent to impede peaceful mediation by other neutrals.
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Washington
Carranza
Europe
State Department
Wilson
Germany
Mexico
Japan
Rhoma elected president of Texas Hereford Association
Fort Worth leader B C Rhoma Jr was chosen president at the association’s annual meeting. Officers include Henry M Halff Midland R H Faulkerson Tolar R P Lucas Berclair and W J Moore San Saba as vice presidents with John P Lee San Angelo re elected secretary treasurer. Prize money was allocated to Fort Worth Stock Show 400 San Angelo Fair 100 Midland Fair 100 Texas Cotton Palace 100 San Saba Fair 50 and Beeville Fair 0.
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Fort Worth
Tex
B. C. Rhoma, Jr
Texas
Texas Cotton Palace
San Saba Fair
Major Gas Well Found Near Mineral Wells Tex
A new gas well on the Dave Hess farm four miles south of Mineral Wells is reported as the largest yet found in the area. Early estimates place its production at about 15,000,000 feet.
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Mineral Wells
Tex
Dave Hess
Big Fire Sweeps Marlin Business District
A Tuesday morning blaze in Marlin Texas caused an estimated 15000 dollars in damage and destroyed many buildings threatening the downtown business section.
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Marlin
Tex
Texas Cattle Raisers' Association Elects Leaders at Fort Worth Meet
Fort Worth hosts the forty first annual convention where James Callan of Menard is reelected president and San Antonio is chosen as next meeting site. E B Spiller of Fort Worth reelected secretary S B Burnett treasurer Fred S Gage named vice president Richard Kleberg second vice president. New executive committee members named to raise from twenty five to thirty. An additional 15000 set aside for rail rate case fight and by law amendments approved.
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Fort Worth
Texa
James Callan
Menard
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
San Antonio
E. B. Spiller
S. B. Burnett
Fred S. Gage
J. H. Landergin
Amarillo
Richard Kleberg
Kingsville
Callan
F. 8. Hastings
Stamford
T. T. East
Alice
W. H. P. McFadden
Beaumont
J. B. Wood
Victoria
Marion
Spiller
Ewing Halsell
Vinita
Okla
H. M. Stonebreaker
Kansas City
H. C. Harding
C. M. Newman
el Paso
R. B. Masterson
John M. Moore
Richmond
R. P. Lucas
Berclair
G. D. Scott
Houston
Ed L. Mears
Jax M. Cowden
Midland
J. M. Boren
Cedar Mills
Kan
R. C. Sutton
Fowlerton
F. S. Hastings
Marion Sansom
A. M. James
Dalhart
T. M. Pyle
Logenfelder
W. FE. Weatherby
del Rio
R. R. Russell
Abe Mayer
San Angelo
P. L. Childress
Ozona
C. E. Schultz
Llano
W. L. Cowen
Jerome W. Shield
W. L. Kingston
Toyahvale
D.H. Snyder, Jr
Colorado
Houston urges conserving pulp wood for future newsprint
Secretary Houston calls for conserving pulp wood to secure future newsprint. He cites tight supply between production and demand, criticizes wasteful forestry, and urges state forest support for reforestation. He notes Alaska and the West still offer stock and proposes government cooperation to supply mills from national forests. If needed, a government role in paper manufacture could follow.
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Washington
Houston
State Forest Department
United States
Alaska
Carrancista Troops Patrol 35 Mile Railway Corridor
Fifteen hundred Carranza soldiers patrol the Mexican Central railroad between Terrazas station and Laguna to prevent communication lines to the border from being cut by Villa forces.
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el Paso
Tex
Carranza
Terrazas Station
Laguna
Villa
Bonds Replace Appropriation for UT Bond Issue
Nashville Tennessee lawmakers pass a bill to issue one million dollars in bonds to fund the University of Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
University of Tennessee
Texas Legislature Ends Fifty-Fifth Session With Broad Reform
The Thirty-Fifth Texas Legislature closed with a wave of general and local bills. It passed judicial reforms, education support, and a highway system, and approved billions in appropriations across both branches. Two constitutional amendments will be voted in August, and a special session may adjust dates.
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Austin
Tex
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Civil Service Commission
Public Utilities Commission
State Board of Civil Engineering
University of Texas
Organized Labor
Textbook Commission
State Board of Architects
United States
Department of Insurance and Banking
Kept Her Word Marriages Culture and Agriculture
We read about a bride who vowed to marry a cultured man and did so with an agriculture minded husband. The ad touts Renovine as a cure for heart weakness with a stark warning about delay. It claims the heart remedy costs one dollar and fifty cents. Also mentions fishing in Lake Maracaibo Venezuela.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad
An advertisement promotes GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC claiming quinine fights malaria and iron strengthens the system. The label states the formula and price of 50 cents.
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GROVE
Norway Plants Trees in Public Reforestation Drive
Norway since 1900 organized 144 tree planting societies that have set out more than 27 000 trees. The effort reflects a broad public campaign to expand forests and restore green cover across the country.
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Norway
Freckles vanish with ethine-double strength treatment
A historical ad claims the ethine-double strength formula will remove freckles. It promises clear skin after applying a small amount nightly and morning, with a money back guarantee if it fails to remove freckles.
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Hunt
Richards Medicine Co
Sherman, Tex
Right Tommy-Pa: what comes after a million
Mr. Gotrox the fortune hunter asks his son about numbers in a playful exchange. The dialogue hints at wealth and ambition across a family dynamic.
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Tommy
Mr. Gotrox
Bond's Liver Pill Ad Claims Quick Liver Health
An advertisement touts Bond's Liver Pill as a remedy for biliousness constipation dizziness sour stomach and coated tongue. One pill at bedtime acts on the liver to cleanse the system with no after effects and costs 25 cents at all druggists. Refuses substitutes.
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Nature
There Are Many Ways of Getting a Living
The note surveys varied paths to earn a living, mentioning that people have different means and some have taken up work. It hints at adaptability in pursuing livelihood.
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Doan
Bright
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