Governor Neff in Huntsville for brief business
Austin notes report Governor Pat M. Neff has gone to Huntsville for a day or two on state business. The bulletin cites various Texas political moves including six National Guard candidates for the Military Academy exams, and local appointments and resignations.
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Neff
Huntsville
Prc
Pat M. Neff
Texas
National Guard
United States Military Academy
Austin
State Prison Commission
State Department of Education
Clas
Texas Agricultural Fairs Expand Across Counties
Texas counties outline plans for community and county fairs this fall. Van Zandt and Anderson counties report multiple community fairs with exhibits feeding into the county fair. Bishop fair plans and other events in Nueces, Bexar, Concho, Cooke and Harrison counties aim to educate farmers, promote clean-up campaigns, and collect material for the black land exhibit train.
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van Zandt County
Nueces
Black Land
Texas
Bexar County
Schertz
Southton
Oak Island
Culebra
Adkins and
Coker
Childress County
Harrison County
Marshall
World News Briefs from Washington and Honduras
Stokely W. Morgan in Tegucigalpa to aid a friendly reconciliation among Honduran revolutionary factions. The Cuba arms embargo is lifted by presidential proclamation after reports the internal disturbance emergency has ended. In Wyoming, a recommendation will be sent to appoint a successor to Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss as receiver of the Teapot Dome reserve.
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Stokely W. Morgan
Tegucigalpa
Washington
Honduras
Cuba
Coolidge
Owen J. Robertson
Atlee Pomerene
United States District Court
Cheyenne
Wyo
Joseph Strauss
Teapot Dome
Modern View of St Amelia Sees Laocoon Group
The fragment describes a viewer examining sculpture with a witty aside about firemen. The focus remains on the art scene and observational humor within a museum context.
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Amelia
Hen lays three eggs daily for three days
Lemont resident Herman Kelsey reports his hen produced exactly three eggs each day for three consecutive days. The brief note mentions other state events and notable figures in brief form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Kelsey
Lemont, Ill
Dawes plan endorsed and border ports eyed as free hubs
Reparation commission declares the Dawes plan in operation and chambers of commerce in Matamoros and other borders back the project for Matamoros becoming a free port. Also notes France sending ships to Shanghai amid South China tensions and Geneva league session electing Dr Motta as president. Fifty thoroughbreds sold at Hoppegarten with no buyers. Rome prepares Holy Year 1925 with paving of St Peters square after long dispute.
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Chamber of Commerce
Matamoros
Chambers of Commerce
Government of Mexico
Geneva
Assembly of the League of Nations
Giuseppe Motta
Switzerland
St. Peters
Vatican
Rome
Birds Flock to Valley in Earliest Arrival in 165 Years
In Brownsville Texas hunters report geese arriving ahead of the first norther marking the earliest arrivals in 165 years. Ducks follow as they plume to lakes and lagoons between the Rio Grande and the coast seeking food and shelter away from farther north.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Coast Line
Rate Hearing May Help Houston Fort Worth Transcript Evidence
Houston seeks rate relief by studying Fort Worth where a rate hearing has run intermittently since April 27. City attorney Sewall Myer returned with the bulky transcript of evidence already heard, totaling 10,400 typewritten pages.
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Houston
Tex
Fort Worth
Sewall Myer
First Woman Certified for World War II Bonus
Miss Margaret CC Shaughnessy, a civil service employee of the government, becomes the first veteran of World War to be certified by the adjusted compensation department of the Marine corps to the veterans' bureau as entitled to a bonus for service. She served in uniform with the Marine corps during the war, and is believed to be the first from any branch certified.
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Margaret CC. Shaughnessy
Department of the
Marine Corps
Veterans’ Bureau
Shaughnessy
Governor Walker Receives Queer Letter Requests Excerpted
Georgia Governor Clifford Walker published excerpts from a collection of queer letters he has received. The correspondence includes varied appeals ranging from loan requests to marriage proposals.
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Clifford Walker
Georgia
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Dallas
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New York
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College of Industrial Arts
Miss Blanton
John Bert Graham
Waxahachie
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Big Lake
University of Texas
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Adj
T. D. Barton
Newton County
East
Riley Strickland
Kirbyville
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General Revenue Fund
J. D. Parnell
Wichita Falls
Saya
Hoyle
Extension Service Publications A. and
M. College of Texas
Lone Star State
Anderson County
Rotary Club
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Athens
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Concho County
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San Angelo
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
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Jesse Newton
San Antonio
Chicago
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Foreign News
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Ministry of Marine
Jules Ferry
Colmer
Shanghai
Saligon
Indo-China
South China
Hoppegarten
Berlin
Cape Hatteras
W. W. Hickson
Gongbo Peninsula
South America
Marshall Field
Field Museum of Natural History of
Hoke Smith
Cleveland
Pelham Manor
Marie Crawford
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London Daily Mirror
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Plymouth
Violet Hunter
Southport
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