Texas Reapportionment Bill Aims For Fair Districts
Texas lawmakers debate a redistricting plan by Representative Terrell seeking near equal population across districts. Harris and Galveston counties are grouped in district eleven with Fort Bend Waller and Grimes to back deep water projects at Houston and Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Congress
Texas
Terrell
Cherokee County
Burleson
Bexar County
Comal
Wilson
Ikarnes
Dewitt
Goliad
Guadalupe
Dallas
Ellis
Johnson
Harris
Galveston
Fort Bend
Waller
Grimes
Houston
Heat Damages Cotton Crops in Central Texas
Former County Commissioner Joe McBride of Robertson county said extreme heat in Central Texas has damaged the cotton crop. He noted early opening bolls from young plants, predicts good yield for old cotton, but late plantings may be short. Cotton picking has begun and a fair crop is expected. McBride may relocate to San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos
Texas
Joe McBride
Robertson County
McBride
San Antonio
Sentiment Divided on Investigation In Austin
In Austin on August 18 the house is split over continuing the investigation into alleged election law violations. A senate concurrent resolution lingers, with pressure from the pro majority to act. Some pro leaders doubt the governor would approve the measure as it sits in the call. Antis oppose the investigation, keeping the split stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
House
Senate
John L. Peeler
Gilmore
National Conference of Governors Set for September Meeting
Plans for the national conference of governors at Spring Lake New Jersey September 12 progress under Governor Woodrow Wilson as committee chair. Thirty five states will be represented with speeches planned by Dix Foss Willson Norris Aldrich and Carey. Several governors including Johnson Eberhart Harmon may attend with Taft also possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Spring Lake
N. J
National Conference of Governors
Woodrow Wilson
Committee On
Wilson
Dix
New York
Foss
Massachusetts
Willson
Kentucky
Norris
Montana
Aldrich
Nebraska
Carey
Wyoming
Hiram Johnson
California
A. O. Eberhart
Minnesota
Harmon
Ohio
Taft
American Pharmaceutical Association Meets in Boston
The fifty ninth convention of the American Pharmaceutical Association concluded its fifth day with meetings of high technical interest. A vote established an American Journal of Pharmacy to replace monthly bulletins. A committee drafted a national syllabus for boards and schools, outlining licensure exam topics and testing the purity of goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Boston
Mass
American Pharmaceutical Association
American Journal of Pharmacy
United States
Len genfeld Buys Interest in Heidenreich Grocery
Eric Lengenfeld of Dallas has purchased an interest in the Heidenreich Wholesale Grocery company in Kyle and now oversees the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle
Tex
Eric Lengenfeld
Dallas
Heidenreich Wholesale Grocery Company
Legislature Fails To Pass A Single Bill At Austin Session
Governor Colquitt's push for twenty subjects faces dwindling time as legislators struggle to finalize laws. No bill approved yet except contingent expenses and mileage. Reapportionment looms, with senate focused on prohibition and textbook issues amid strong lobbying and criticism of current law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Executive Department
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Johnson and
Bryan
Collins
English Peer Seeks American Citizenship Amid Mining Hopes
The Marquis of Queensberry arrived in New York from London and said he plans to seek American citizenship if he can find work, first exploring the mining field and possibly bringing his two sons to grow up in the United States. He dismissed his title as unimportant. He criticized the old country for its treatment of him and praised equal opportunity in the US.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Marquis of Queensberry
London
England
United Kingdom
House of Lords
Return to work secured for Louisville Gas employees
Louisville August 18 The Louisville Gas Company employes on strike will return to work this morning to replenish dwindling gas stock. They won a ten hour day with a 25 cent raise and others were promised satisfaction under the settlement terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville, Ky
Louisville Gas Company
Test of Legality of Election Inquiry Updates Attachments Issued
Austin August 18 Attachments by the senate committee for Major George W Littlefield and others force obedience to testify. If witnesses refuse and are jailed contempt, the matter goes to the courts to decide the committee authority. Colonel Jake Wolters testified while not recognizing the committee’s authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Senate Committee
George W. Littlefield
W. H. Gray
Kennedy
Clifford Stone
Rawlins Colquitt
Otto Wahrmund
Q. A. Watson
Claude Kavanaugh
Alexander Pope
John L. Wortham
Wallace Inglish
Louis J. Wortham
W. E. Craddock
Kaufman
George C. Pendleton
George H. Ludde
Waco
B. Adone
Galveston
John A. Hulen
Houston
Walter Gresham
O. Paget
J. F. Onion
San Antonio
Sam R. Scott
Sam Morgan
Dallas
H. Brown
Fort Worth
Senate
San Francisco Harbor Forts Fire on Mock Hostile Fleet
In San Francisco on August 18 a war maneuver began with three government tugs simulating a hostile fleet. Fort Winfield Scott fired on the trailing target Barrett and forts Barry Wiley and Baker performed defensive drills with searchlights and shelling to test harbor defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Presidio
Barrett
Fort Winfield Scott
Barry
Wiley
Baker
Eludes Nurses Escapes Man Ready for Operation
Michael Levers, 24, fled from the county hospital before surgery while an appendicitis attack threatened death. He was half dressed in an abbreviated operating shirt with bandages as police and relatives searched Buffalo for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Michael Levers
Lydia E Pinkham's Compound Promoted By Personal Testimony
A Paw Paw Michigan woman recounts suffering a displacement and a hospital operation after four weeks, then credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it restored her health, enabling her to do housework and urges others with female complaints to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Orville Rock
Paw Paw
Mich
Ann Arbor
Mrs
Michigan
Saturday After Breakfast Sale Cambric Muslin and Fabrics
The promotion features 16 yards of 36 inch bleached Cambric Muslin for $1 with a run of the mill lot showing minor oil stains and weaving defects. Also offered are 50 pieces apron check gingham, 40 inch white waisting linen, 86 inch white linen, and 36 inch white linen finished flax on lawns with various regular prices and sale rates.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Galveston Counties
Druggists
Journal of Pharmacy
Bulletins
DR. Caldwell
W. B. Caldw
Caldwell Bldg
Monticello
Duerler’s Brew
CG. A
Carlsbad
America
THE
Sapaseke
Java
Alamo Plaza
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!