Session Adjourns After Proclamation Submissions
Acting Governor Hobby submits five subjects in proclamation issued as the SRD session is adjourned and called.
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
6
Texas to convene third special session in 1917
Acting Governor Hobby calls the Texas legislature to meet in Austin at 10 am on August 31 1917 for six major issues including pink bollworm prevention protection of soldiers property extending defense answers time and impeachment trial logistics and relief for drought stricken counties. Local bills creating several independent and common school districts were also approved in the prior session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Hubby
W. P. Hobby
Texas
House of Representatives
Tighten Government Control of Exports
President Wilson has ordered stricter export controls, barring shipments to European countries without a license and expanding license lists to include cotton meats sugar and most other major export commodities. The move aims to prevent American goods from aiding the enemy and shifts export administration to a new board led by Vance McCormick. Exports to Germany and its allies are blocked and neutrals like the Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden and Switzerland face license restrictions, with cotton shipments scrutinized for central powers use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson Moulay
America
Germany
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of Commerce
Export Administrative Board
Vance McCormick
Netherlands
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Pacifist Leaders Ousted in Hudson Mob Action
A mob estimated at 1000 escorted out secretary Lochner of the peace council publicity agent Williams Charles Kruse president of the New York Brotherhood Welfare Association Florence Margolies president of the workers council her woman secretary and stenographer from the national peoples council headquarters in Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kndson
Wis
Lochner
The
People's Peace Council
Williams
Charles Kruse
New York Brotherhood Welfare Association
Florence Margolies
New York
Workers’ Council
National People’s Council
Hudson
Mail to Soldiers Guidance for WWI Camps
Postoffice guidance instructs sending mail to soldiers by unit when known, using rank name and unit, such as Private John Jones A Company First Infantry Camp Dodge Iowa. If unit unknown mail goes to state section until troops are organized and mail is distributed to company and regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Ll
Texas
John Jones
First Infantry
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Minnesota
Italian Drive Deepens as Monte Santo Dominates
Italian forces press eastward over the Bain sizza Plateau with Monte Santo as a secure high point. They face stubborn Austrian resistance from infantry, machine guns, and light artillery. Daily, prisoners mount with 600 officers and 23,000 men reported captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Santo
Bainsizza
Gasoline Shortage Fears From Oil Drilling Delays
The Bureau of Mines informed the Council of National Defense that rising military and naval gasoline demands may go unmet due to a shortage of equipment for drilling new wells.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
Bureau of Mines
Allies capture 167 780 prisoners since April 9 war campaign
The British war office reports that British, French, Italian and Russian forces have taken 167 780 war prisoners since the April 9 start of the 1917 campaign.
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London
British War Office
Collins Wins in Election in Fourteenth District
Beaumont's V A Collins defeated V B Middlebrook of Nacogdoches to win the Fourteenth senatorial district race on Monday.
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Collins
Appropriations For University Passed In Texas
The Texas House passed the University of Texas appropriation bill with eighty seven votes in favor and six against It funds two years of operation for the main Austin university and the Galveston medical branch totaling 1 629 407 15 with 819 453 50 for year one and 809 953 50 for year two The medical department receives 197 510 split evenly between years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
House of Representatives
House
Messrs
Bertram
Cox
Lindermann
Morris
Scholars
Thompson
Red River
Messrs Florer
McFarland
Senate
Galveston
Thorough probe of Negro riot under way
El Paso hosts 156 Negro soldiers from Columbus New Mexico, held at Fort Bliss stockade with possible court martial. General Chamberlain leads Houston investigation into riot that killed 17 and wounded many. inquiry board in session. unit moved from Houston to Columbus under Major Bradford guard.
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el Paso
Tex
United States Infantry
Columbus
N. M
Fort Bliss
Houston
Washington
John L. Chamberlain
Army
Baker
Chamberlain
War Department
N.M
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Texas
J. H. Bradford, Jr
Nineteenth Infantry
Onion Industry Father Dies in Laredo
Thomas Carter Nye 73 native of Matagorda county died at his Laredo home after pioneering Bermuda onions in the area. He began planting 19 years ago and built a market across the United States, with 2,500 plus carloads shipped annually and farmers’ gross receipts around 2 million dollars last season.
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Laredo
Tex
Thomas Carter Nye
Matagorda County
Nye
United States
Ferguson Grants Pardons In Texas Record Toll
Records in the office of the secretary of state show Governor Ferguson granted 141 pardons between July 26 and August 24. All were conditional and filed with the state department, with 59 filed August 20 to 24 and about twenty filed the day the house adopted articles of impeachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Secretary of State
Ferguson
State Department
House
Miners Strike Averted in Birmingham District
In Birmingham Alabama the miners strike was averted through efforts by Secretary of Labor William B Wilson. The union’s demands including recognition have been indefinitely postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
William B. Wilson
San Antonio Man Appointed to Insane Asylum Board
Acting Governor Hobby appointed L. F. Robe cheaux of San Antonio to the board of managers of the Southwestern Insane Asylum at San Antonio to fill the vacancy caused by Homer T. Wilsons resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Hobby
L. F. Robecheaux
San Antonio
Southwestern Insane Asylum
Homer T. Wilson
The Passing of Earl Great London
Earl Grey former governor general of Canada died Wednesday at Howick House Northumberland after a long illness.
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London
Earl Grey
Canada
Howick House
Northumberland
War Costs $1,000,000 Per Hour In U S Expenditures
Washington reports that U S war spending and allied loans rose in August to over 24 million dollars per day. The statement excludes 100 million dollars recently loaned to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
Treasury
New Wells at Goose Creek Tex Produce 9000 Barrels Daily
Goose Creek Texas reports three producing wells in the Goose Creek oil field this week with a combined daily output of 9000 barrels of oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Creek
Tex
Wheat Price Fixed At 2.20 A Bushel For 1917 Crop
President Wilson fixed a 2.20 per bushel price for the 1917 wheat crop on the recommendation of the wheat price committee led by Dr. H A Garfield. The ruling sets No 1 Northern spring wheat delivered at Chicago as the basis and includes price differentials for grades and terminals. The move aims to stabilize markets, aid producers, and reduce living costs while ensuring a 14 ounce loaf remains affordable.
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Washington
Wilson
Wheat Price Committee
H. A. Garfield
Chicago
Food Administration
Congress
United States
The
Walla
Galveston
New Orleans
Kansas City
Omaha
Duluth
Minneapolis
St Louis
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Wheat Corporation
Ferguson Answer Denies Impeachment Charges in Texas Senate
Governor James E. Ferguson submits to the Texas senate that none of the twenty one impeachment articles allege high crimes or misdemeanors. He claims the charges do not violate his oath or the Texas constitution and asks the court to judge the sufficiency of each allegation.
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Senate of the
State of Texas
James E. Ferguson
Texas
State of
House of Representatives
Senate
Russians Desert as Forces Fall Back to Narrowed Front
Russian troops west of Fokshani desert their posts allowing Teutonic allies to advance. In Oena and Kardi Vasarhely they fight the invaders and repel major assaults. A large portion of two Russian regiments deserted their trenches at Fokshani.
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Fokshani
Oena
Kardi-Vasarhely
Chicago shootout ends with suspect surrender after 500 police
Three detectives were wounded in a Friday confrontation with Edward Wheedle at a cottage where he had barricaded himself. He fired from a window as 500 officers, thirty with rifles, closed in after the murder of two ex press messengers who had $8,100 taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Edward Wheedle
Wheetle
Price Fixed on Print Paper
Washington reports President Wilson set a price of 2 1 2 cents per pound for news print used in publishing the government daily official bulletin. This order is described by publishers as an important precedent affecting future government printing.
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Washington
Wilson
Official Bulletin
King Signs Proclamation Halting Bacon Butter Imports
Great Britain imposes an import ban on bacon butter hams and lard with license requirement. action announced in London as the king signs the proclamation Friday.
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London
Woman in Perfect Health Credited to Lydia E Pinkham Remedies
Mrs Evsiz J Van Der Sande of Paterson New Jersey says Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier restored her health after long weakness back pain irregularity and fatigue. She urges other women to try the remedies and seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co confidential Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson, N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Paterson
N. J
Some Gardener in Bensonhurst
A brief mention from Yonkers Statesman notes a gardener in Bensonhurst who is ambidextrous and able to handle tasks with both hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bensonhurst
Yonkers
Former Traffic Cop Talks Cars With Motoring Applicant
A dialogue shows a motorist asking about automobiles while the applicant, a former traffic cop, affirms knowledge and familiarity with driving rules and car matters.
Fowl Rebellion Over Egg-Laying Demands
Cartoon dialogue presents a humorous exchange where a hen opposes a government plan to increase egg production and another hen voices firm opposition. The item mocks political pressure on farmers with light satire.
La Creole Hair Dressing Ad Promises Youth Look
An advertisement claims the La Creole Hair Dressing can make the wearer appear ten years younger by darkening gray or grizzly hair. The short notice emphasizes youthful transformation.
Pardonable Crime Dialogue Prompts Lighthearted Quip
A tongue in cheek exchange features He asking if a kiss would lead to arrest and She replying any judge would acquit him. The wry banter emphasizes playful romance over legal peril.
Doctor and Don Juan Revisit Matters of the Heart
Dialogue centers on romance and rejection as a doctor reexamines the Don Juan persona. Light exchanges explore love, ego, and flirtation in a playful tone.
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H'm
Yassir
No Slacker Witty One-Corporal Strutt Enlists in April
Town Topics recalls Witty One-Corporal Strutt as a notably patriotic recruit. He reacts to a father sending money by draft, sparking pride and humor among readers.
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Corporal Strutt
Soldier recruits mocked by petty inspection joke
The article recounts a humorous scene where a war office officer inspects recruits bundles of needles and soap while teasing Private MacTootle. The officer tests toothbrush razor hold-all and housewife with sharp questions, mocking the men as the recruits respond with wry courtesy.
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War Office
Journal of the American Medical Association
MacTootle
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