State Board awards contract for new power house
The State Board of Control awarded contracts for a new power house at the Southwestern Insane Asylum near San Antonio. Other items note no bills returned by the Grayson County grand jury, a push to raise scholastic funds, Mayfield’s U.S. Senate move, and state fiscal updates including land valuations and railroad cash balances.
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State Board of Control
Southwestern Insane Asylum
San Antonio
Grayson County
Denison
Clifford L. Stone
Austin
Democratic Platform Adopted at Texas Convention
The Texas Democratic convention approved a platform denouncing the Republican administration and the Fordney McCumber tariff while endorsing strict prohibition enforcement and labor rights. It named Earle B. Mayfield for the Senate, Governor Pat Neff for re election, and State Senator T W Davidson for lieutenant governor. The platform argues for state rights, reform of election laws, highway and water projects, pruning inter state commerce control, and expanded social provisions.
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San Antonio
Tex
Earle B. Mayfield
United States Senate
Pat M. Neff
T. W. Davidson
Democratic Platform
Democratic State Convention
Neff
United States
Texas
Wilson
To Continue Dipping in Center County
Center Texas commissioners court will continue vigorous cattle dipping in the county despite strong pressure to discontinue. The decision preserves ongoing disease control measures amid local debate.
Prosecution of Tick Dipping Rules Enforced in Brenham
Brenham Texas county officials vigorously prosecute cattle owners who fail to dip their cattle as required by law to eradicate ticks. The move targets disease control and compliance with the tick eradication program.
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Brenham
Tex
Bonds Approved in Austin Water Works and School Bonds
The attorney general's department approved bond issues including Anson city water works bonds of 80000 dollars bearing 6 percent and serially maturing, and Teague independent school district school house bonds of 20000 dollars.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
City of Anson Water Works
Teague Independent School District School House
Cotton Market Report from Corsicana Texas
Corsicana reports 3586 bales of cotton sold to date with prices from 21 to 22 1/2 cents and seed declined from 28 to 24 dollars per ton.
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Corsicana
Tex
Move to End Child Labor Debated in Congress
Senator Medill McCormick leads a renewed push for a constitutional amendment to curb child labor, backed by the Permanent Conference for the Abolition of Child Labor and prominent groups led by the American Federation of Labor. President Harding favors state action and suggests delaying federal action until state legislatures respond.
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James P. Hornaway
Washington
United States
Medill McCormick
Illinois
American Federation of Labor
Women’s Clubs
League of Women Voters
McCormick
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
Supreme Court
Congress
General Federation of Women's Clubs
National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers’ Associations
National Council of Catholic Women
National Women’s Trade Union League
American Association of University Women
National Council of Women
Young Women’s Christian Association
Federal Council of the Church of Christ
National Child Labor Committee
Public Education and Labor Associations of Pennsylvania
Social Action Department
National Catholic Welfare Council
National Consumers
Child Labor Conference
Harding
Army
Should Avoid Acquaintance
Ed Oscars of the Majestic Tire company once lived in Greenfield and met a Greenfield acquaintance outside the Federal building. The friend reminded Oscars he had borrowed $5 and never repaid, then they recalled the dispute and shared two malted milks across the street.
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Ed Oscars
Majestic Tire Company
Greenfield
Federal Building
Oscars
Street Singer in Luck Wins Queen’s Hall Spotlight
A former street singer, Miss Alice Warwick, has appeared at the Queen's Hall after a renowned conductor discovered her in street performance. He mentored and trained her to refine the superb vocal quality that impressed him.
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Queen’s Hall
Alice Warwick
Government restrains rail shopmen in nationwide injunction
In a rare move the United States obtained a temporary federal restraint against rail shopmen and allied bodies from interfering with railroad operations. Attorney General Harry Daugherty argued the order to preserve government authority and open shop principles, as labor leaders vow to continue the strike.
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Chicago
United States
James H. Wilkerson
Harry M. Daugherty
Washington
Scott
W. H. Johnston
International Association of Machinists
Labor Board
Daugherty
Condition of Texas cotton falls to 59 percent normal
Houston reports Texas cotton on August 25 at 59 percent of normal, down from 72 percent on July 25 as per F N Gray, cotton statistician with the bureau of agricultural economics. The ten year August 25 average is 62 percent.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
F. N. Gray
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
State Warrants Unpaid In Texas General Fund
State treasury deficiency leaves about 300000 warrants unpaid against the general revenue fund. They will be registered in serial numbers and called for repayment from time to time. Treasurer C. V. Terrell announced.
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Austin
Tex
General Revenue Fund
C. V. Terrell
Texas Cotton Crop Suffers Drouth Across State
The Texas agricultural department reports the cotton acreage up to September 1 yields 2,462,400 bales. Drouth damages are noted in many sections of the state.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Agricultural Department
Drouth
Wheat Quality Below Last Year and Ten-Year Average
Washington reports this year’s winter wheat quality at 8.8 points below last year and 4.1 points below the ten year average. The Agriculture Department released the findings on Friday.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Fruit Crop Rats on Ground in Chicago Market Losses
Investigation at Chicago, the nation’s market center, finds commission houses accepting only select grades. Fancy fruit is sold as ordinaries to move before spoilage. High freight rates and a bumper nationwide crop leave great quantities of apples peaches plums and potatoes rotting on the ground daily.
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Chicago
America
Tantallon Castle To Be Sold This Summer In North Berwick
London reports Tantallon Castle in North Berwick, longtime Douglases stronghold, will be sold this summer. The fortress figures in Sir Walter Scott's Marmion and has withstood sieges by James VI and later Cromwell and Covenanters as battles raged around its 12 foot walls.
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London
Tantallon
North Berwick
Walter Scott
Marmion
Clare
James VI
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Dallas
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