Shreveport Times Plant Seized by Sheriff
In Shreveport on June 19 the plant of the Shreveport Times was seized by Sheriff Flour noy ER. M. Sellers was appointed keeper to prevent suspension of publication pending sale. The seizure follows a $35,000 judgment against the Louisiana Publishing Company by the First National Bank. The Times, oldest newspaper in the area, was affected.
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Shreveport Times
Shreveport
Louisiana Publishing Company
T. W. Danager
New Orleans
The
Times
Louisiana
Wynne challenges Attorney General in public debate
Colonel R M Wynne denounces Davidson charges of conspiracy with Standard Oil Waters-Pierce and Kirby Lumber and demands proof. He calls for a joint debate to expose truth or risk public condemnation, asserting slander aimed at undermining his candidacy for Texas attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
R. M. Write
Davidson
Corsicana
Standard Oil Company
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Kirby Lumber Company
Texas
St. Louis
R. M. Wynne
Austin Selected for Texas Women's Press Meeting
Fort Worth June 14 Texas Women's Press association chose Austin as next meeting site. Officers elected include Miss Katie Daffan of Dallas president Mrs Mary Q Manlove of San Marcos first vice president Mrs Emma B Shindler of Dalhart second vice president Mrs Mary M Bryan of Houston third vice president Miss Mamie Tate of Gonzales recording secretary Mrs J D Alexander of Cisco corresponding secretary Mrs Noble A Sayre of Temple treasurer Mrs Mary Hunt Afflack of Brenham poet laureate.
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Temple
Mary Hunt Afflack
Brenham
Remanded to Sheriff in habeas corpus case
Austin district court remanded ex parte F M Davis to the sheriff. The supreme court held that a husband with ability must support his wife and children even during divorce proceedings. Davis had been imprisoned for contempt for failing to pay alimony, and the court affirmed its jurisdiction to enforce alimony orders.
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Austin
Vunety
F. M. Davis
Dallas County
Supreme Court
Davis
Coffin Found With Threatening Inscription on Front Porch
In Meridian Mississippi on June 18 Lucy Lena, an elderly Black woman, found a miniature black coffin on her front gallery. The lid bore the warning deceased Black person you next. The coffin was empty and the woman asked police for protection against unknown enemies after the eerie discovery.
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Meridian
Miss
Lucy Lena
Editor Fights Off Burglary Suspect In Home
In Salisbury on June 19 Frank Smith, a Black ex convict, was struck during a burglary attempt at editor W H Stewart's home. Smith escaped but was later found at his own home with a bullet wound in the stomach, mortally hurt.
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Salisbury
Frank Smith
W. H. Stewart
Bottle Beside Body in German Cemetery Suicide Verdict
Houston June 19 an empty carbolic acid bottle lay beside the body of an unknown German about sixty five found propped against a grave in the German cemetery No letters or identification were found and the coroner's verdict is suicide the man is unnamed in this brief notice
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Houston
Reversed and Remanded in Wheeler Murder Case
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded the Will Wheeler case from Dallas, overturning the death penalty for the killing of George Reed. The court ruled the facts do not justify first degree murder.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Will Wheeler
Dallas
George Reed
Delegates Instructed for Bryan at Mississippi Convention
Jackson Mississippi June 19 The Democratic state convention instructed delegates to vote for Hon. W J Bryan for presidential nominee.
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Jackson, Miss
W. J. Bryan
Roosevelt Taft clash shapes GOP platform at dawn
Chicago June 18 Roosevelt and Taft urged action as the convention adopted a contentious platform. A telegram from Roosevelt and a letter from Taft pressed for a revised injunction plank favoring cautious court action. The 35 to 16 vote upheld the injunction provision aiming to curb radical use while preserving conservative benefits.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Manufacturers’ Association
Trades Unionists
Republican Party
Congressman Wiley Dies in Hot Springs Virginia
Hot Springs Va June 19 Representative A A Wiley of Alabama who served in Cuba as General Lawtons chief of staff and civil governor of the Eastern province and was a member of the last four congresses died at a hotel here Wednesday. He was about fifty years old after weeks of inflammatory rheumatism and a general breakdown and became irrational in the last days of his illness.
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Wiley
Hot Springs
A. A. Wiley
Alabama
Cuba
Lawton
Much Lumber Burns at Kaul Lumber Plant
Fire at the Kaul Lumber company plant in Tolling Alabama caused losses estimated between 500000 and 850000 dollars. The blaze, which began late at night, destroyed most of the plant including the sawmill planing mill engine house and tramways with over six million feet of timber burned.
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Birmingham
Kaul Lumber Company
Tolling
Ala
Four Hundred Feet Give Way at St Charles MO
A 400 foot stretch of the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway embankment serving as a levee for St Charles county farms collapsed on June 19. A wall eleven feet high flooded 4000 acres of farmland while families fled to higher ground in a sudden flood disaster.
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St. Charles
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
St Charles County
Missouri
Morocco Sultan Announces Cabinet as Marriage Unites Majid
Mulai Majid wed a cousin daughter of Mulai Jamal in a June ceremony in Morocco. The usurping sultan then named his new cabinet with Madaf Glaoui as grand vizier. Hafid ordered rejection of European innovations, including automobiles.
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Mulai
Vez
Morocco
Mulai Majid
Mulai Jamal
Madaf Glaoui
Hafid
Jesse Cox Acquitted In Police Killing Trial
In Muskogee Oklahoma on June 19 a jury found Jesse Cox not guilty of killing Patrolman J F Harvey in March Cox claimed self defense His brother is Malden Missouri prosecuting attorney and his father a famed Prohibition leader who was assassinated three years ago
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Jesse Cox
Muskogee
Okla
Malden
J. F. Harvey
Cox
United States
Italian wine merchant shoots to defend son in New Orleans
Pietro Giacana, a wealthy wine merchant in New Orleans, killed three Italians who tried to force payment and his watch at his home. The dead include Giovanni Barraca and two unnamed Italians. The assailants, who had previously bought wine by the barrel, demanded money and fled after being shot, with one killed near the table and another at the staircase.
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New Orleans
Pietro Giacana
Giacana
Giovanni Barraca
Louisiana
Resolution of Burke Defeated by the Rules Committee
The Chicago rules committee rejected Burke's reduced representation plan 24 to 17 and tabled the Parsons substitute. Burke and 16 supporters planned a minority report as opposition grew in the South. Alabama, South Carolina, and Maryland denounced the measure, fearing party disruption in the South and criticizing efforts viewed as disenfranchising Black voters.
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Burke
Rules Committee
Chicago
Committee On Rules
Parsons
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
Democratic Party
Narrow Lake Michigan Rescue Involving Pang and Two Girls
In Chicago on June 18, Charles Pang and two unnamed girls were rescued after a gasoline launch nearly swamped during a storm on Lake Michigan. The craft broke its machinery, forcing a long night of bailing before lifeboats saved them.
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Chicago
Charles Pangborn
Lake Michigan
BREVITIES BUNCHED IN DALLAS AREA NEWS
A rapid collection of briefs reports a two and a half foot fall in the Trinity River at Dallas Tuesday, floods and crop damage in southwestern Kansas, railroads refusing freight to Carlsbad New Mexico, Denison bridge trains resuming, and several local notices including bonds in Carlsbad and hail damage in Oklahoma towns.
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Dallas
Denison
Kansas
St. Louis
Carlahbad
N. M
North Texas Medical Association
Denton
McKinney
Tex
House of Commons
Pollard
Texas
Synod
The
Christian Reformed Church of the Two Americas
Muskegon
Mich
Sayre
Okla
Clara Hancock
Blossom
J. A. Douglas
D. L. Maloy
Hobart
Oklo
Dublin Tex Fire Ravages City Amid Gale
A Wednesday blaze in Dublin Texas swept through the town during a gale causing about 3000 dollars in damage and threatening the entire city as residents fought the flames and called for aid.
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Dublin
Tex
How to Boil Rice for Creamy Texture
Directions describe boiling rice in cold water until it reaches a boil then draining and rinsing under cold water. Milk is added in place of the water with salt and butter, and the mixture is boiled briefly for a creamy result.
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Texas Women's Press Association
Bryan
Waller
A.E
Paris
A. M. Ellsworth
the Palace
Jack and
Johnny Bull
West Main Street
Prescott, Ark
Langford & Clemmons
E. J. Taliaferro
Picayune
East Front Stree
Nable
Southwest Arkansas
Telephone Go
A.W. Smith
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