Uncle Sam Turns to Immigration Labor Distribution
The United States creates a Division of Information under the Bureau of Immigration to distribute arriving aliens where labor is needed. It aims to steer immigrants from urban slums to agricultural regions, with port offices, multilingual materials, and maps to guide settlement and job opportunities in states like Georgia Massachusetts Virginia Wyoming Minnesota Utah North Dakota.
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Sam
United States
Federal Employment Office
Bureau of Immigration
Washington
Division of Information
Terence V. Powderly
Georgia
Massachusetts
Virginia
Old Dominion
Wyoming
Minnesota
Utah
North Dakota
The Slaves Who Stayed Mammy Sketch
A September issue feature by Lucille Finch profiles Mammy the old nurse famed for caring for sick babies. The portrait notes her 90 year old black hair braided, disdain for glasses, and lifelong habits of courtesy and motherhood within the neighborhood.
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Lucille Finch
Miss Finch
Consolidated Company to Deposit 25000 in Austin City
A consolidated company plans to place a cash deposit of 25000 dollars in Austin. The move signals liquidity actions amid local financial activity. No additional entities or dates are specified in available text.
Promoters Seek Dam Deal In Austin With Big Builders
A message from Jay Strickland of Consolidated Construction says he will visit Austin to deposit 25 000, binding a contract if accepted by October 14. J G White & Co of New York, famed dam builders, may buy the rights, while promoters expect city pledges for a project critics call too liberal for the financial return. Other details recount concessions won by Consolidated and local concerns about city funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Jay Strickland
Consolidated Construction Company
Consolidated Company
9. G. White & Co
New York
Egypt
Brazil
Colorado
Consolidated
White & Jo
Howlers From Essays At Local Natural History Show
Readers would note how some English children misstate livestock facts in a recent exhibit. Entries claim wild lions and tigers chase young horses, live fowls used for cock fighting and dead fowls yield feathers, and pigs shed wool coats in summer for wool.
Game law query on open seasons for waterfowl and turkey
Astin Texas R W Lorance chief deputy state game warden has asked the attorney general for an opinion on when the open season begins for ducks geese and turkeys under last session's game laws. The article notes migratory ducks and geese have no closed season and doubts exist about turkey open months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astin
Tex
R. W. Lorance
Robbers Halt Great Northern Train Near Bedford Mont
Two masked men halted Great Northern Oriental Limited No. 1 six miles west of Bedford Montana, forcing the engineer to stop and looting registered mail sacks. They opened an express car safe after three charges but found it empty and fled after firing a parting volley. The railway offers a total $10,000 reward for arrest and conviction of the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Elliott
The
Great Northern Express Company
Associated Press
Great Northern Oriental Limited
St. Paul
Bedford
Mont
Great Northern Railroad Company
Great Northern Railway Company
EE. Ward
Medical graduates unfitted to practice warns AMA panel
Dr. Chester Mayer of Kentucky’s State Board of Medical Examiners told the American Medical Association in Chicago that 75 percent of yearly 4 000 medical school graduates are unfit to practice and 50 percent fail licensing exams. He warned of dangerous, careless practice and outlined cases from hospitals and public records.
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Chester M
State Board of Medical Examiners of
Kentucky
American Medical Association
Committee On Medical Education
Chicago
Mayer
W. Uhe
Indiana Boar Board
Atlantic City
M. Clayton Thrush
Medico Chirurgical College
Philadelphia
Henry G. W. Rheinhart
Demack & Co Charged Over Wild Ducks in Galveston
Galveston Texas police swore out a complaint against Demack & Co for possessing wild ducks for sale. A search found 127 wild duck carcasses in their refrigerators. This marks the first arrest under the new game laws with minimum penalties of 10 dollars per bird and possible jail time.
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Demack & Co
Galveston
Tex
Galveston County
Cassie Chadwick Suffers Blindness After Collapse
In Columbus Ohio Cassie L Chadwick collapsed in the female department of the Ohio penitentiary during a conversation with her son. She was carried to the hospital with female attendants. Dr Garrett the day physician arrived to find her conscious but nearly all exhausted and almost blind.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Cassie L. Chadwick
Garrett
Charwick
Saratoga Field Fire Ravages Oil Leases
A major blaze in the Saratoga Texas oil field destroys derricks and rigs on the Christian lease and parts of Day and Hefflin Meehan Grace and Guffey Wing leases. Estimated damage exceeds 25000 dollars as the forest fire expands from nearby burning lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Tex
Christian
Day & Hefflin
Meehan Grace
Guffey Wing
City approves liquor tax hike to boost revenue
San Antonio officials pass an ordinance raising taxes on retail liquor dealers by 35 dollars per year and on malt dealers by 6.50 dollars. City estimates the measure will add about 8 thousand dollars to next year’s revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Circus Hauling Charge Approved by Railroad Commission
The Texas and Pacific Railroad Company won approval for a $3400 charge to transport 79 circus cars of Ringling from El Paso to Fort Worth with stops at Abilene and Weatherford. Advertising cars, four in number, will be billed at $50 each.
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Austin, Tex
The
Railroad Commission
Texas & Pacific Railroad Company
Ringling
el Paso
Fort Worth
Abilene
Weatherford
Switchman Sues Railroad for 30000 Damages
John R. Ryan a switch man sues the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio over injuries from a switch engine striking a hack seeking 30000 in damages in San Antonio Texas.
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San Antonio
Tex
John R. Ryan
Galveston, Harrisburg
Clerk Resignation in Attorney General’s Office
Aust n Texas. Hr. B. Cushman resigns as stenographic clerk in the attorney general’s department and is succeeded by Russell Sanders of Dallas. Cushman plans to engage in business in Dallas after an efficient tenure.
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Attorney General's
Aust'n
Tex
Hr. B. Cushman
Attorney General's Department
Russell Sanders
Dallas
Cushman
Death of assaulted woman in Bastrop County case
In Hills Prairie Bastrop County Texas Aunt Mary Owens an elderly Black woman who was assaulted at her home Sunday night died Tuesday night. One man has been arrested but she said he is not the man. The details are shocking.
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Texas
Hills Prairie
Bastrop Co
Waco Man Sandbagged and Robbed Near Town
T B Hill of Taylor county was sandbagged in Waco and left unconscious. crooks took 85 dollars. Officers are pursuing leads but have not yet identified the assailants. Hill is described as from a good family.
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Waco
Tex
T. B. Hill
Taylor County
Hill
Blanket Independent School District Bond Registration
The attorney general approved for registration ten thousand dollars in fifteen and thirty five percent schoolhouse bonds of the Blanket Independent School District in Brown County.
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Austin
Tex
Independent
Blanket
Brown County
Mule's Fatal Kick Strikes Tex. Man to Death
J A Dutton of Midlothian Texas died Thursday after a mule kicked him in the abdomen when it struck at a passing horse. The incident occurred about three miles west of town.
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Midlothian
Tex
J. A. Dutton
Here
Mr. Hutton
Winter approaches as light showers ease into Texas
Madisonville Texas reports a light shower Monday night and Tuesday morning with a cool norther indicating winter's approach. Tur nip sowing is in progress as field work continues.
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Madisonville
Tex
Bexar County Teachers Start Weeklong Institute
In San Antonio the Bexar county teachers begin a six day institute on September 23. The program promises an excellent lineup and is expected to benefit the educators with substantial professional gains.
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San Antonio
Tex
Bexar County
Fire Devastates Oil Field In Batson Texas Loss Estimated
A Monday fire in the Batson oil field caused at least 40000 dollars in damage. Twenty one standard rigs six or seven tanks and about five thousand barrels of oil were burned along with substantial other property.
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Batson
Tex
Onion Farm Labor Demand Spurs Worker Migration
In Laredo Texas a high demand for labor on Webb county onion farms drives many Mexican cotton workers from the interior back toward home as harvest needs shift.
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Laredo
Tex
Webb County
Temple Tex Getton Receipts Reach 1295 Bales
Receipts at Temple Getton total 1295 bales to date with Saturdays adding 171 bales. Prices ranged from 13.55 to 13.65 cents.
Little George dies in county jail after jail raid shooting
Waxahachie Texas report says George a Black man injured when officers raided a craps game died in county jail Sunday night. The incident occurred during law enforcement action linked to the game.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Little George
Thunder and rain sweep Thomaston with strong norther
A light rain fell in Thomaston Texas on Tuesday between 12 and 1 o'clock. Thunder and lightning accompanied the shower and a high gale of wind swept the area. A cool norther is blowing.
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Thomaston
Tex
Fire Roars Through Cudahy Packing Plant in Philadelphia
A large Cudahy Packing Company plant in Philadelphia burned on Wednesday. The loss is about 200000 dollars and 250000 pounds of beef were destroyed. Fire officials believe a passing locomotive spark started the blaze.
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Philadelphia
Cudahy Packing Company
Gathering Statistics in Hallettsville County Ginners
Wm. Peterson begins countywide rounds gathering statistics from ginners for the United States Bureau of Statistics.
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Hallettsville
Tex
Wm. Peterson
United States Bureau of Statistics
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F. T. Fehrenkamd
Devoe
Moulton, Texas
Boards of Agriculture
Neandertood
Amce
Mr. Powderly
American Magazine
J. G. White & Co
Pittsburg
Mall OF Fame
Alix
Lorance
Birt
Cassie Chadwick
Saratoga Field
Mule
Bexar Teachers’ Institute
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