Governor Ferguson Proclaims Texas Thanksgiving Day
Governor James B. Ferguson designates Thursday November 25 as a day of genuine thanksgiving in Texas. The proclamation celebrates national and state gratitude, noting peace, crop abundance, industrial growth, and progress in education and citizenship while calling Texans to observe the day and give thanks to God.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Ferguson
United States
A. D
James B. Ferguson
Inland Waterways League Convention Concludes in Houston
Delegates to the Interstate Inland Waterways league convention in Houston complete a two day session pledging to push the Mississippi to Rio Grande link and nine foot by one hundred foot canal. Officers including Colonel C. S. E. Holland are reelected with G. J. Palmer as treasurer. The group endorses canal for national defense and thanks Houston officials, Dallas for the next Democratic convention, and mourns former member John B. Mahan.
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Houston
Tex
South
Interstate Inland Waterways League Convention
Mississippi
Rio Grande
Congress
League
Sabine
Lake Charles
C. S. E. Holland
G. J. Palmer
Dallas
Louisiana
Texas
Locke
John B. Mahan
Port Lavaca
Bulgarian losses put at 100000 in recent fighting
An Athens dispatch to Havas from November 5 reports an official Serbian legation statement estimating Bulgarian casualties at 100000 killed and wounded to date.
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Paris
Athens
Havas
Legation
Germans Sink Japanese Ship Yasukuni Maru Near Gibraltar
The Japanese steamer Yasukuni Maru of 5118 tons gross was sunk by a German submarine offshore Gibraltar. The captain and crew reached shore safely.
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Gibraltar
German plots cost New York over half a million
Officials probing the Robert Fay case report at least 500000 dollars spent in efforts to stop war munitions reaching the allies. Fay claimed to be a German lieutenant and is among five alleged accomplices under investigation.
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New York
Robert Fay
Tornadoes kill twelve in Great Bend and sweep four states
A fast moving storm system unleashed tornadoes high winds rain and snow across Nebraska South Dakota Iowa and Kansas on Wednesday. Great Bend Kansas reports twelve deaths as widespread destruction and property losses mount across the region.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Kansas
Great Bend
Kan
No-Tsu-Oh Carnival Crown Honors King and Queen
The sixteenth annual No-Tsu-Oh carnival reached its climax as crownings were held at the coronation ball. King Nottoe XVI was Mr. R. BE. Paine and Queen Miss Marion Holt Sew ard.
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Houston
Tex
Nottoe XVI
R. BE. Paine
Marion Holt Seward
Prohibition Victory in Alice Texas Election
Prohibitionists won the Saturday election in Alice Texas signaling a clear victory for the movement. Supporters cheered as voters approved the prohibition measure amid a high turnout.
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Alice
Tex
Nations crops hit five and a half billion value in history
The 1915 farm crops are valued at about 5.5 billion dollars, surpassing 1914 as the highest in U.S. history. Corn leads with 3,090,509,000 bushels worth 1.913 billion, wheat at 1.002 billion bushels worth 932.9 million, and oats totaling 1.517 billion bushels valued at 532.6 million.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Cotton Ginning Report Shows Season Totals To Nov 1
Washington reports 7,584,871 bales ginned before November 1 1915, including 69,204 round bales and 55,858 sea island. Comparisons show lower ginnings than 1914 and 1918 levels, with ten year average about 7,954,534 bales. Texas figures follow with three year comparisons.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Sea Island
President Speaks on National Defense in New York
President Wilson opened the administration campaign for its national defense program with a Manhattan Club banquet address. He said the United States has no aggressive aims but must be ready to defend itself and ensure liberty for all in the hemisphere, seeking independent growth for the peoples of the region.
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New York
Wilson
Manhattan Club
United States
Nine Hundred Irishmen Blocked From Leaving for New York
Nine hundred Irishmen who planned to sail on the Cunard line Saxonia to New York were barred from boarding after clashes with crowds. The ship company refused passage citing concerns over evading military service and public disorder.
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Liverpool
New York
Cunard Line
Saxonia
Steamship Company
Jones and Smith Spare Rim Joke
Two farmers Jones and Smith clash over a modern automobile in a Philadelphia Press item. Jones, tied to old ways, asks about the spare rim while Smith explains its purpose. The quip ends with Jones recalling his decades of horse drawn work and his lack of spare legs.
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Crimson Clover
Jones
Smith
Jes
Allus
Philadelphia Press
The Bigot Is Usually Pretty Small
A wife confronts her husband after twelve years of cooking criticism. He claims his silence is not a fault and argues that compliments are hard to recognize. The piece closes with a blunt generalization about bigots being small.
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John Henry
Ancient gas warfare used in Peloponnesian siege
The earliest recorded use of deleterious gases occurs during the 431 to 404 B C Peloponnesian wars. Athens and Sparta along with Platea and Delium were besieged as wood soaked in pitch and sulfur burned beneath walls to spew choking fumes intending to paralyze defenders and ease assault.
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Platea
Delium
Child artist invited to annual illustrators frolic
The dialogue notes a daughter studying art has progress. She is invited to the annual frolic of the illustrators and has a bid to the Art Students' league costume party.
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Art Students’ League
Balkan Situation Delivers Two Word Summary Refusal
A brief exchange shows a hurried speaker refusing to summarize the Balkan situation in two words. The other party notes, with humor, that a concise summary cannot be supplied, highlighting the complexity of the topic.
Hidden Grudge Threatens Lives in Quiet Society
A man struggles to adapt as a stubborn secret grudge disrupts the lives of several people, revealing how personal animosity can corrode institutions and harm innocent bystanders. The piece examines gendered expectations and social pressure, showing how quiet resentments drive public consequences.
Not Guilty and the Virginia Railway Disaster
A country town in Virginia reports a railway collision. A shrewd Richmond lawyer rushes to the scene and asks about damages. An old colored man with a head injury rejects compensation, claiming innocence and declaring no damages will be obtained.
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Virginia
Richmond
Ten-Cent Christmas Box Inspires Canny Fare Aid
A couple exchanges about a ten cent Christmas fund. The wife urges memory. the husband vows not to forget and promptly uses four dimes the next day to cover a car fare shortfall. This small savings gesture highlights thrift in daily life.
To be a Satisfied Fiance and Husband
The saying argues a man should balance love and finances. It contrasts courtship with marriage noting a satisfactory fiancé is all heart while a satisfactory husband is all pocketbook.
In Office Term Suppresses Reform Bug in Man
A term in office will in most cases kill the reform bug in a man. The remark suggests that prolonged tenure reduces zeal for reform and concentrates power.
Bath mix up in English inn ends with landlord raid
In a Conteporary English scene Smythe mistakes a dressing room tub for a bath in the outhouse. He finds a muddy soak, voices a quip on water, then faces a shouting landlord who shouts that the tub is in the next place and accuses him of washing in home brewed ale.
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Smythe
Father and teacher differ on collect and congregate
A minister's son asks if collect and congregate mean the same. The father explains there is a vast difference between a congregation and a collection, noting language nuance in a gentle moral aside.
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Christian Register
Sorry He Spoke. A quarrel leads to a proposed match
During a family quarrel a remark about a proposal is exchanged. The dialogue centers on who first suggested the match and who opposed it, reflecting tensions within the family.
Its Nature. The New Nurse and a Wages Hold-Up
A terse quip contrasts a new nurse with a perceived wage extortion as a social aside. The remark paints a minor picture of labor and compensation themes in a dated context.
Pie Refusal Boy Emerges as Dinner Hero
A small boy declines a piece of pie as supply runs short, shown as a quiet act of self restraint and generosity at table. The scene frames him as a hero in the household memory.
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