Ferguson Circulators Spark Protest at Robertson Rally
Former governor Jim Ferguson faced fiery opposition at a Gainesville gathering as supporters distributed circulars for Felix Robertson. The crowd denounced Ku Klux rhetoric while Ferguson denounced alleged klan deals and criticized Robertson. A glass was broken as tensions rose and Ter gason’s campaign moved toward Temple headquarters.
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Kenneth M’calla
Gainesville
Ferguson
Robertson
Terguson
Felix Robertson
Callaway
Breaét
Evans
W.G. Davis
George Culp
Culp
Jim Ferguson
Cooke County
Greenville
Ma” Tergason
Temple
Ike
France Concedes Year More Ruhr Occupation
Berlin dispatch reports Germany accepts a one year extension of the Ruhr occupation. France drops demands for a commercial pact while Paris, Berlin, and Brussels outline a staged troop and railway staff withdrawal by August 1925 and a formal incorporation of the evacuation into the conference project.
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Ruhr
Dortmund
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
France
Economic Notes On Gasoline And Efficiency
The passage discusses gasoline costs in the U S and the idea that lighter loads use less fuel. It mentions employers seeking slim chauffeurs to operate light cars and notes lessons in economy learned from necessity. The tone mirrors a 20th century commentary on daily life and resource use.
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Merica
Germany
Woman Claims Slayers Fled After Night of Terror
A woman testified she saw two men run down stairs and flee the apartment building after a slaying. She described a thickset man on the street and identified him briefly, while others fled into the night. Investigators pursued McCoy as a prime suspect amid conflicting autopsy and witness accounts. Victims Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Schapp were recovering as grand jury readiness loomed.
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Evan T
McCoy
Grand Ry
Sam Schapp
Thom
Grand Jury
Tuesays
Helena Street Beer Parlor Raided By Rangers
Thirsty patrons at a Helena street beer parlor were interrupted when rangers arrived at 6 pm Friday afternoon. The state police seized 128 bottles of beer, most on ice, and about fifteen gallons of mash. One man was arrested.
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Helena Street
One Dies as Houston Engine Hits Trolley
A Houston incident left one man dead and four others seriously injured when an International Great Northern switch engine crashed into a logged streetcar near the turfing basin. The victim, a male Black individual, jumped from the rear of the car and was run over by the wheels.
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Houston
Houston, ‘Lex
Turfing Basin
Dell Ender
Middle States Oil Receivers Appointed by Court
Joseph P. Tunmitz and former Federal Judge Jutus M Mayer were named receivers for the Middle States Oil Corp to represent stockholders and creditors. The firm once valued at 95 million dollars faced fraud charges and asset losses, with about 30 subsidiaries and a bankruptcy petition filed by three creditors.
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Associated Press
New York
Joseph P. Tunmitz
Jutus M.mayer
Middle States Oil Corporation
Middle States Oil
N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Haskell
William Shivers
Middle States
Southern States Oil Corporation
Haskell _property
Southern States
Middlestates Company
Trade talk stirs town firms to join travel program
A report notes that many local firms have not sent representatives on trips but may be compelled to change. Competitors are expected to attend as Stelrose Folmeroon, secretary of the Alamo Tron works, urges action to protect business from rivals stepping in.
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Genie
Stelrose Folmeroon
Alamo Tron
Wirdersat to Return Home in September
German naval attaché Dr Otto Wird, stationed in Washington, is expected to return to Berlin for an indefinite holiday at the end of September. The foreign office denies his resignation, but personal friends and associates in the Krupn directorate doubt his return to America.
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Preas
Bertin
Otto Wirdfelt
United States
Berlin
Foreign Office
Washington Post
Krnupn
America
Walker Leonard World Welterweight Title Fight Date Set
New York August 16 The New York State Athletic Commission set September 22 as the date for the proposed world welterweight title match with Mickey Walker defending against Benny Leonard. If rain forces a delay the bout is moved to September 23.
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New York
New York States Athletic Commission
Mickey Walker
Benny Leonard
Burglar and Cotton Thief Escape Jail Again in Texas
Paris Texas Aug 16 Tom Sales burglar and Jess Smith cotton thief and jail breaker escaped from the county jail on Friday their third escape in four months first April 1 second July 30 seven others were freed they left from the death cell after being reevaluated in Oklahoma they tore the lever from the door unlocked a window bar and descended on a blanket rope
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Associated Press
Paris
Texas
Tom Sales
Jess Smith
Oklahoma
Gravel surfacing contract for Dimmit County roads
State Highway Engineer W F Huston reports let contracts to surface 12.78 miles of Dimmit County roads from San Antonio to Eagle Pass. The shell and gravel project costs 117000 dollars and goes to W L Pearson and Company of Houston and McAllen. Two additional 12 mile units are planned.
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Dimmitt County
San Antonio
Eagle Pass
W. F. Huston
Cartizo Springs
W. L. Pearson and Company
Houston
McAllen
Federal engineers begin flood survey in Texas
Federal engineers arrive in Texas to complete work on a flood control project funded by the Eighteenth legislature. The $600000 appropriation is matched by the government as engineers prepare topographic and hydrographic maps of Texas streams under Major Charles E. Cooke. This fall about 36 engineers will work under general supervision, with Cooke arriving in the capital to direct efforts.
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Austin
Texas
Charles E. Cooke
Major Cooke
State Board of Water Engineers
Imperial Gezerba Remedy Adverts Vanishing Kids
An advertisement claims a remedy called Imperial Gezerba will revive missing school kids after several applications. It promises not greasy or malodorous formula and notes druggists will refund money if the remedy fails.
No. 1 D. Endicott Tonkawa pool well yields 70 barrels hourly
In Tulsa on August 16, the No. 1 D Endicott for Penwock Oil in section 34251 produces 70 barrels an hour from one foot of sand at 4080 feet. Ten wells in the deep sands total 39,500 daily barrels, lifting the Tonkawa pool by 30,000 barrels weekly. Officials expect record highs of 160,000 barrels may be surpassed as deep sands expand.
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Tulsa
Tonkawa
Santa Fe seeks control of Pecos and Northern Texas line
The Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway asked the interstate commerce commission for authority to acquire control of the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway segment between Coleman and Sweetwater Texas. It also sought authority to lease the Concho San Saba and Jane Valley and Panhandle lines as part of extending control.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Handy man shoots woman and kills self in Kansas City
Tremane Csabe, 34, shot Mrs. Lila Olson at her home before turning the gun on himself. He died an hour after at a hospital. Csabe, employed to do odd jobs, hid in the house and fired as Olson crossed the threshold after she refused his marriage proposal.
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Associated Press
Kansas
CFTY
Tremane Csabe
Lila Olson
Csabe
Pan American Labor Congress Planned in Mexico City
A call was issued for the fourth Pan American Labor Congress to convene in Mexico City on December 8 under an agreement between the Pan American Federation of Labor executive committee and delegates from the Mexican regional federation. Mexican and American federations will hold conventions in Juárez and El Paso in November prior to the congress.
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THE
ASSOCINTEL_ Press
Washington, D.C
Pan-American Labor Congress
Mexico City
Pan-American Federation of Labor
Confederacion Regional Obrera Mexicana
Mexican Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Juaréz
el Paso
Mexico
Darrow Gains Point In Wit Struggle At Leopold Case
Chicago report describes a two hour hearing where Clarence Darrow argued with Dr. A D Singer and others. Singer admitted asking 340 questions of Leopold and Loeb and that his conclusions were based on observations. Defense aims to mitigate punishment and avoid gallows. Cross examination to continue with one state witness remaining before closing arguments.
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Associated” Press
Chicago
James Quinlan
Tlinois
Thomas Fitzgerald
Crowe
Loeb
Leopold
Fitegerala
Singer
Ixohn
Women seek House Rules place in national party meeting
In Westport on August 16 two hundred delegates of the national women's party planned to nominate a woman to oppose Rep. Bertrand A. Snell, Republican chairman of the House Rules Committee, over the equal rights amendment. Mrs Stephen P Bell of New York was slated but declined, saying she is a Republican and would run as an independent in a Republican district.
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Associated Press
Westport
National Women’s Party
Congress
Bertrand A. Snell
House Rules Committee
Stephen P. Bell
New York
Enraged seaman wounds two after tomato attack
Philadelphia August 16 A white mob driven by anger after a head hit with an overripe tomato leads to a shooting at the United States Shipping Board employment office. David Radwin the alleged assailant fires twice, wounding two men and injuring one more during the incident.
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Prevy
Philadelphia
David Radwin
United States Shipping Board
William Smith
Smith
Samuel Gorgon
William Thomas
Connecticut Banker Resigns as State Treasurer Amid Bank Losses
G Harold Gilpatric resigns as state treasurer after frenzied operations at the First National Bank of Putnam, now in receivership with about 262000 loss and embezzlement allegations. Governor Templeton received his resignation letter from his Putnam hospital bedside where he is being treated for self inflicted wounds. Est. losses from estates he trustees total about 500000.
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Associated Press
Waterbury
Conn
G. Harold Gilpatric
National Bank of Patiam
Templeton
Gilpatric
Putnam
Richard G. Moulton Noted Literato Dies
Richard Green Moulton professor emeritus of literary theory and interpretation at the University of Chicago died at his home in Turnbridge Wells. He authored works on Shakespeare ancient classical drama and Bible for the modern reader.
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Associated Press
London
Turnbridge Wells
Richard Green Moulton
University of Chicago
Scout Troops Plan Zero Day Camp Trip to New Braunfels
Alamo Council of San Antonio organizes 225 boys from San Antonio Kingsville and Kenedy to attend Boy Scout Summer Camp at Landa Park New Braunfels August 21 to 26. 14 from Kingsville and 10 from Kenedy join 225 total. groups of 24 assigned to 50 foot tents. Four army cooks, a film projector, and life saving instruction accompany the trip. schedule tight from reveille to taps with safety emphasized for 50 junior lifesaving corps swimmers.
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Torm Am
San Antonio
New Braunfels
Alamo Conneil
Wil Seid
Kingsville
Kenedy
Landa Park
ALM
Michael
Red Cross Lifes Saving Corps
J R Fariss Dies in Canon City Colorado
A telegram received today reports the death in Colorado of J R Fariss of the firm Henne Wineli and Fariss of Laredo Texas. The notice comes from Laredo with details scarce and a city telegram origin in Canon City Colorado.
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Canon City, Colo
Laredo
Tex
Colorado
J. R. Fariss
Henne, Wineli and Fariss
If our mains were not large enough we couldn't do it
A brief note explains that limited mains capacity prevents action. the statement implies scale limits and infrastructure constraints limiting capability.
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Meker
VIA
Galveston
Schedul
Luxello
AN Marcos Bedville Maxwell
Lockeart Daly
Osaey
Tveston
St Mary's St
Joseph P. Tumulty
Julius M. Mayer
Wiedersat
Federal Engineers
New Tonkawa Pool
Santa FE
Pan-American Labor Conference
Darrow
Wreasling
Franks
Connecticut
QUTS
Richard G. Moulton
Camp
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