Bond and political notes from Austin seek road funds
The Texas Attorney General approved 20000 special road bonds for Jim Wells county and Paris & Great Northern Railroad lines gained added rates on road building materials. Clyde F Elkins was named chief of the inheritance tax division by the state comptroller. Appeals in Jim Flowers and Henry Taylor cases. State Senator Bowers headed Burleson County delegation meeting with Adj Gen Barton. Governor’s Industrial Accident Board appointment unclear. Emily Newell Blair and Harriet Taylor Upton to visit Texas for League of Women Voters event in San Antonio. T. M. Scott now superintendent of the State School for the Deaf with new appointments and a Sept. 19 class resumption. R. E. Seagler noted session timing. J. Reddick coordinates with state and federal game enforcement from Houston. Textbook contract appeal moves to the U S Circuit Court in New Orleans. Cotton crop damage reported at 53 percent of normal for August. The body of Mrs Charles Morse arrived from New York. John Q Willacy travels to White Sulphur Springs for National Tax League meeting starting Sept 24.
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Emily Newell Blair
Democratic National Committee
Harriet Taylor Upton
Women's Republican Organization
Texas
League of Women Voters
San Antonio
League
European buyers of American staple
Washington reports European cotton trade approves universal standards for American grown cotton. Lloyd Tenney says final arbitration in American European transactions is welcome. Europe remains friendly and will use large quantities if price and supply allow, though high prices may curb purchases and Indian cotton could become more attractive.
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Washington, D. C
Lloyd
Tenny
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Tenney
Ten
Turkeys in Cold Storage Rise Since Last Year
U S cold storage data for Sept 1 show turkey holdings at 7 377 000 pounds up from 3 204 000 a year earlier. Broilers roasters fowls and miscellaneous poultry figures are given with August 1 adjustments noted.
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Austin
Tex
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Texas Radio Market News Service
Thirty Cent Cotton Reality Reached in New York Trade
New York cotton traders saw October contracts hit 30.30 cents after a sharp bull run. The rally, driven by expectations of a short US supply, followed the end July government report and spurred heavy buying before profit taking halted further advances.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Cattlemen Expect Price Shift From Obregon Recognition
El Paso cow men expect U S recognition of the Obregon government to raise cattle prices as thousands of cows may be bought to restock northern Mexican ranges. Northwestern cattlemen plan to move herds into Texas to replenish their stocks.
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el Paso
Tex
Obregon
United States
Texas
ICC suspends Missouri Pacific grain rate filings
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a suspension until January 19 of rate applications proposing routing restrictions for grain and grain products on the Missouri Pacific railway. The proposed rates would affect shipments from points north of Kansas City to Texas when routed through Kansas City.
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Washington
Missouri Pacific Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
Texas
Suit for Recovery of 861 Acres in Miranda Oil Field
The Texas attorney general filed in Travis county district court a suit to recover 861 acres of alleged excess land from Eusibia Garcia of Laredo. The lands lie in the Miranda oil field and are described as highly valuable. The state seeks to regain the excess portion.
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Austin
Tex
Travis County
Attorney General’s Department
Eusibia Garcia
Laredo
Miranda
Newspapers Risk Strikes as Pressmen Pact Inked
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants union signs an agreement with the New York News Paper Publishers Association. The international union will try to run metropolitan daily presses while the local union, suspended from the international body, remains on strike.
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International Furnish Pressmen
New York
New York Newspaper Publishers’ Association
International Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union
International Union
Cotton Crop Doubled in Navarro County
R M Albright government statistician reports 34013 bales of cotton ginned in Navarro County by September 1, up from 14110 on the same date last year.
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Corsicana
Tex
R. M. Albright
Navarro County
Odd Fellows Pick Jacksonville as 1905 meeting site
Jacksonville Florida was chosen Wednesday as the meeting place next year for the sovereign grand lodge I O O F and affiliated organizations.
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Cincinnati
Jacksonville
Fla
Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. O. F
Morton D Hull to represent Second Minors district in Sixty-eighth Congress
The Second Minors district of Illinois, a wealthy 450000-population area in southeast Chicago with Lake Michigan boundaries, will be represented by Morton D. Hull in the Sixty-eighth Congress. Hull, born 1867 in Chicago, Harvard educated, has served fourteen years in the Illinois legislature and pushed key financial and anti-loan shark legislation.
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James R. Mann
Morton D. Hull
United States
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Illinois- Indiana
Calumet
Mann
Aerial Dare Devil Manuel Herrick Faces Off in Court
Former Oklahoma representative Manuel Herrick, dubbed the Aerial Dare Devil, is involved in multiple court actions after retirement. Miss Ethel Chrane sues for 100000 claiming a promise to marry and inappropriate conduct, while Herrick counters with a defamation suit amid alleged schemes and media uproar.
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Manuel Herrick
Oklahoma
Washington
Ethel Chrane
Miss Chrane
Capitol
Manuel
Judges and Justice Butler Seek Ethics Code at 1024 Meeting
Justice Pierce Butler of the U S Supreme Court chairs the judicial section of the American Bar Association to appoint a panel of judges to draft a code of judicial ethics for action at the 1024 meeting. The ethics report notes a judge must be above reproach in conduct and impartial in duty, courteous to counsel, and avoid conflicts when relatives are involved.
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Pierce Butler
United States Supreme Court
Judicial Section
American Bar Association
Association
Justice Butler
Smoot Outlines Expenditure Tax Plan Replacing Sales Tax
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah returning from Europe as chair of the Senate Finance Committee announced a plan for an expenditure tax to replace the sales tax. He expects government expenses next year to stay under 3 billion dollars and running costs to drop about 200 million compared with the current year. The proposal would exempt farmers’ sales up to 6000 dollars, tax expensive purchases like a 2500 dollar car or 7.50 shoes at 1 percent, while cheap items would be untaxed.
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Reed Smoot
Utah
Europe
Senate Finance Committee
President Coolidge
Smoot
Finance Committee
Senator Smoot
Congress
Food Products Lead In Texas Industries
Texas manufacturing shows food products as the top value sector at 276,759,000 with 1,443 establishments. Blanton notes broad group coverage from meat packing to butter, with 145,000,000 in capital and 17 industrial groups totaling 885,000,000 in annual value and 4,869 establishments. Texas ranks eleventh in manufacturing industries with 6,520 plants and about 155,000 workers.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Burt ©. Blanton
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Food Products
Blanton
Mr. Blanton
Warning Against Ginning Wet Cotton In Texas
Texas Cotton cautions growers and ginners to avoid ginning wet cotton after heavy rains. Commissioner Charles E. Baughman warns of losses in both price and weight, with lint and linters fetching lower prices. He urges storage and drying to prevent $50 per bale losses and recalls 1919 losses of about $30 million.
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Austin
Tex
Charles E. Baughman
Mr. Baughman
Texas
New Basis for Yeast Wins Praise by American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society announced a new basis for yeast that is expected to save about $5,000,000 yearly. The product, a mineral salt mixture, will cut waste in fermentation totaling 200,000 barrels of flour, 30,000 barrels of sugar, and 15,000,000 tons of yeast.
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New York
American Chemical Society
Ginning Report Shows Slight Drop in Austin County Cotton
Bellville Texas census figures show 8429 bales ginned in Austin County by September 1 this year, down from 8801 bales by the same date last year. The data reflects seasonal cotton production trends in the county.
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Bellville
Tex
Census Bureau
Austin County
Good Draws Long Sentence In Robertson Murder Case
Abilene Texas cattleman Milt Good received a 25 year term after a jury found him guilty of the murder of H L Robertson a cattle inspector last spring.
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Good
Abilene
Tex
Milt Good
State Penitentiary
H. L. Robertson
Castoria Brand Baby Remedy Promoted By Physicians
An old advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a safe 80 year old substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric teething drops and soothing syrups. It claims the product contains two narcotics and bears a genuine signature on the package.
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Fletcher
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