France Moves To Enforce Rhine Reparations
Paris reports France mobilizes Rhine forces recalling Mayence troops after reparations conference collapse. No German action until Paris orders. France plans talks with Belgium and Italy to speed reparations. In Washington, the U S seeks peaceful settlement via experts as cabinet weighs next steps.
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Paris
France
Mayence
DeGautié
Rhineland
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Murderer sought in case of Mrs Meyers death
A man is being hunted across northern Texas for the murder of Mrs Ben Meyers of Oklahoma City. Mrs Meyers and Cole left the Imperial hotel in a rented car, taking her two young children, who remain at the hotel unaware of their mother’s death. Authorities think the killing followed a money dispute with Cole on the Dallas Fort Worth pike ten miles from here.
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Meyers
Proprietress
Minister Shot Twice by Assassin in Prague
Prague, Czecho-Slovakia January 5 1928 minister Raisin findice minister of Czecho-Slovakia was shot twice by an anarchist while driving to his bureau. He was rushed to a nearby hospital with serious wounds.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Raisin
Findice
Lament Frees Cowboy in Dallas Jail
Detective Lieutenant John Blanton freed a young boy singing Cowboy's Lament in a Dallas city jail. The boy, from Morloy county's ranch, was paroled after Blanton recognised the tune and showed compassion, giving carfare to Fort Worth and buying breakfast.
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Dallas
John Blanton
Blanton
Morloy County
Fort Worth
Roswell Flora Company Advertises Free Delivery
Roswell Flora Company promotes free delivery for Choice Cut viewers and flora designs. The advertisement lists a contact phone 19 and highlights its plant and flower offerings.
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Flora Designs
Roswell Flora Company
Aefc
Wife faces murder charge hearing in Augustine
In Augustine Texas on January 5 a writ of habeas corpus was filed for Mrs. Sara Florence Knox wife of millionaire Hiram Knox. She was ordered held on a $25,000 bond which she refused to make and remains in sheriff custody awaiting further proceedings. Discussion of vital agricultural issues to follow at Texas State Bureau Federation convention in Dallas beginning January 17. Topics include railroad rates on farm products immigration arid land reclamation rural credits and marketing and related legislation.
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San
Augustine
Texas
Bysara Florence
Hiram Knox
Dallas
Texas State Bureau Federation
Congress
Road contracts let for 41.6 miles in Tom Green County
San Angelo Texas January 5 contracts for 41 62 miles of graded road with concrete drainage structures on the San Angelo Wall road and Miles Sherwood road were awarded to L F McMillen of Austin and Austin Brothers Construction Company of Dallas for a total of 92675 50. State and federal governments will cover half after a 10 percent contingency. McMillen’s work totals 41456 10 for grading while Austin Brothers art will build culverts dips and bridges for 51219 40. Sixteen other firms bid on the projects.
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San Angelo
Texas
San Angelo Wall Road
Tom Green County Commissioners
L. F. McMillen
Austin
Austin Brothers Construction Company
Dallas
McMillen
Austin Brothers
Monkeys Bring Trouble at Port Arthur
At Port Arthur Texas on January 5 two sailors sold two African monkeys to quarantine officers without declaring them for import. They faced smuggling charges though monkeys are on the free list. The ship captain was fined 1000 dollars and the ship seized. Sailors released on recognizance await federal grand jury action as officers keep their jobs but have no monkeys.
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Port. Arthur
Tex
Ist
Federal Grand Jury
Real Estate Transfers Filed January 3 1923
Abstract title data record transfers including Kemp Lumber Co to F L Austin for Lot 2% Block 12 Hagerman priced at $10.00 and Calvin Tressiés to John and Agnes Beck for 0.40 acres plus 8 by 24 rods. Shearman area corner to Fierce Hit-48 Military Heights with notes of spouses and property lines.
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First State Bank &Trust. Co
Kemp
Lumber Co
F. L. Austin
Hagerman
Pat Mueller
Sherman Tuffle
Calvin Tressiés
John Beck
Agnes
Beck
Bangas
War of Drugs In Hamburg Threatens England
A Hamburg underworld drug network is described as an ongoing war against England with artillery-like supply chains of morphia and derivatives. The piece portrays Piccadilly Circus as a hotspot for arrests, notes high profits for traffickers, and warns that smuggling routes from Hamburg and ship departures fuel a growing drug influx into London, risking a calamity akin to a new holocaust.
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London
T.N. T
Freeport
Hamburg
England
Harrisburg
Piccadilly Circus
Plans for 1923 Work Coming in
A Chamber of Commerce survey draws strong community sentiment with many questionnaires returned. Directors note slow response as valuable answers await compilation. work to tally results begins next week and members are urged to complete and mail their forms promptly.
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Chamber of Commerce
Grea
Stop Exodus From Schools Warns Texas Leader
Dr. W B Bizzell president of Texas A and M College urged Houston audiences to curb the exodus of children from schools. He called for engaging courses and stressed education’s value to individual welfare and national strength, adding that graduates must be taught how to use their education.
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Houston
Tex
W. B. Bizzell
Texas” Agricultural and Mechanical College
Bizzell
Mt Morash hosts exact replica of Solomon's Temple
McAlester Oklahoma January 5 a sacred Masonic emblem a full size copy of Solomon's Temple sits atop Mt Morash. Conceived by R D Doyle in early Oklahoma statehood the project drew on museum finds and writings. Christopher Springer and William Essex aided in planning and expansion with contributor names on the temple. Oklahoma leads in Mason numbers.
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Mcalester
Okla
Masonic Lodge
Mt. Morash
Solomons Temple
Palestine
Yaims
R“dmand H. Doyle
Oklahoma
Yound
Mueums
Doyle
Christopher Springer
William Essex
Twin Beds Fall Out Of Style In Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City shoppers mull a furniture trend as twin beds allegedly reappear in decor but dealers report the classic double bed remains favored. Cold weather sparks desire for shared warmth, while second hand dealers note demand for two single beds is limited to used sets and mostly one bed is sold.
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Oklahoma City
Boom for Oklahoma Mining
QGAPAW Okla Jan 5 An unprecedented development in the local mining industry is anticipated with the entrance of Charles Schwab the steel magnate in the region. The move is expected to boost mining activity and attract investment, signaling a major economic uptick for the area.
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Oklahoma
Qgapaw
Okla
Charles
Mr. Schwab
Ee el -Magnate
Murder case testimony looms as masked assailants spoke
Court action hinges on voluntary testimony from Watt Daniels and sixty others about brutal murders and attacks by hooded men. A morning hearing, adjourned to 2 PM, follows guidance from Attorney General Caco in the exposed case.
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Watt Daniels
Caco
Yanks May Be Withdrawn In Near Future
Washington Jan 5 The American troops on the Rhine may be withdrawn in the near future Secretary of War Weeks declared after a Harding cabinet meeting where the European crisis was discussed.
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Washington
Weeks
Harding
Farm Wages in 1922 Show Decline in Rates
ST LOUIS Mo Jan 3 Wages for farm hands during 1922 show a tendency to decline from 1921. The Federal State Crop Reporting Service says average daily harvest wage was 2.25 with board and 2.75 without. Ordinary farm work paid 1.45 with board and 1.85 without, with 75 working days in year. South of Missouri river little hired labor for corn. greatest employment in northwest. Day wages prevail over rates per bushel.
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ST. Louis
Federal
State Crop Reporting Service
Missouri River
Northwest
Trinity U. Receives 280 Acre Farm Donation
In Dallas on January 5 a deed to a 280 acre farm was found in Trinity University’s mail. Dr. John Harmon Burma, the university president, said the donor's name would be revealed if permission is granted, but it will not be disclosed at present.
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Trinity U
Dallas
Tex
Trinity University
John Harmon Burma
Memorial names honored on bronze tablets at Texas sanatorium
Chicago dispatch reports Woodmen of the World will have bronze tablets inscribed with the names of all members who died in the war. The tablets will be inset in a memorial monument at the sanatorium being built near San Antonio, Texas, per W. A. Fraser, sovereign commander.
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Chicago
San Antonio
Texas
W. A. Fraser
Race Riot Bloodshed Rocks Rosewood Florida
In Rosewood Florida a race riot left twenty two dead, including twenty Black residents and two whites, with many wounded after an attack on a white girl and a forced seizure attempt. Hundreds of white reinforcements surrounded a Black home where about a score of Black residents were barricaded as tensions rose and fear grew of spread to nearby areas.
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Florida
Rosewood
Fla
Sanguh
Forty SMU students fail to meet grades at Dallas
At Southern Methodist University 600 failing grades were turned in but only forty students did not meet the required college work. Dean E B Jennings said half may be allowed to return and some students felt they would have another chance.
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Southern
E. U
Dallas
E. B. Jennings
Southern Methodist University
Jennings
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