Texas GOP nominee Thomas Lee declines Texas governor bid
A Houston nominee Thomas P. Lee withdraws from the Texas governor race. He states he did not seek the nomination and cites misquotations and injurious public statements by party members as reasons to decline. He says unity is needed and notes the anti-Robertson and anti-Ferguson factions complicate support.
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Colorado Springs
Aus
Republican Party of
Texas
Thomas P. Lee
Houston
James E. Ferguson
Lee
Republican Party
Fort Worth
Sta of Texas
Union
MUSE
Tdemocratic
Robertson
Ferguson
ST Em
Tamaulipas Chief Visits Nuevo Laredo on Official Tour
Candelario Garza governor of Tamaulipas arrived in Nuevo Laredo with staff aboard a private car attached to the regular train. He was greeted with salutes and whistles and hosted at the Casino Hall for an informal reception during his official visit.
British poloist saved by nun after declared dead in 1918
Major Hurndall of the British army survived after a Dublin hospital revival in 1918 following a surgeon's verdict of death. A nun washed his body with alcohol for three tones and urged him to breathe again, after he was rescued from the torpedoed steamer Leinster in 1915.
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New York
Fld
Hurndall
Oun
Hin
Dublin
Major Hurndall
Leinster
Kingston
Ireland
Holyhead
Dublin Hospital
Bryan-Named Democratic Nominee Tour Opens In Lincoln
Lincoln welcomed a Democratic rally as William Jennings Bryan acknowledged his nomination and Governor Bryan received the vice presidential nod. Speakers praised the platform while a large, unlit stadium audience listened from the University of Nebraska memorial stadium. Dr. Emily Newell Blair presided as the first woman to chair such a ceremony, with John W. Davis and Senator Harrison also featured.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Charlie
Chicago
Clem L. Shaver
National ‘Committee
Shayer
John W. Davis
Middle West
Omaha
University of Nebraska Memorial Stadium
Hartison
Mississippi
Democratic
Woolrow Wilson
Harrison
Emily Newell Blair
Joplin
National Committee
Womn
Missouri
National
William Jennings Bryan
Epithets by opponent of Robertson in Texas speech
In Angelo Texas Judge W D Robertson denied being under Ku Klux Klan influence while rebutting claims from anti klan lawyers. He labeled opponents as sham shysters and stated he is fearless and fair in Dallas County. Public meeting featured Rev Bancom and veterans on stage.
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Ran Angelo
Tex
Yoling
W. D. Robertson
Dallas
Robertson
Kustux Klan
Dallas County
Agenueu Wy
Nein
Ferguson, Nelms and Short
Guson
James H. Ferguson
W. Bancom
Robertham
A. V. Tendricks
Chadbourne Street Methodist’ Episcopal Church
South
Texas
Apr Mause
Stev
J. A. Richardson
Protestant Methodist Church
Richardson
Hiiehardson
George M. Sharmond
Nel Rio
Texas Sheen and Goat Raisens’ Association
Gih Callaway
Comanche
Hie
Ferguson
Perguson
Gove
Arnor
Senate
O. B. Calquitt
Colquitt
Oscar Budweiser
Bernstorff
Oscar Callaway
Comanche County
Callaway
Calle 1
Kirby
John Henry Kirby
Tudge Robertson
Tridge Robertson
Folkx
Keys Return From Long Trail Across Cities
A San Antonio businessman lost a pair of post office box keys in Brooklin and had them found by honest locals. The keys, marked "postoffice," were sent to the Yale lock office after quick detours through Brooklyn and the postal service. Serial numbers enabled authorities to trace them to San Antonio, where the owner received the keys Tuesday morning.
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Brooklin
San Antonio
Brooklyn
Yale
French Evacuation of Baden Complete
Paris reports the evacuation of Offenbourg and Appenweier was completed last night with no incidents. About 200 French troops remain to guard the towns on the east bank of the Rhine opposite Strasbourg, after they entered February 4 1923.
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Associated Press
Paris
Baden
Offenbourg
Appenweier
French War Department
Rhine
Strasbourg
Children Regret Army’s Departure from Occupied Towns
In Strasbourg report, German authorities evacuated Offenbourg and Apnenyeir with precautions. Residents largely indifferent, except children who regretted the soldiers’ departure as two Hussars squadrons and 170th Infantry units prepared to rejoin their regiments.
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Associated Press
Strasbourg
France
Offenbourg
Hussars
Hhe
170Th
Kehli
Iicht
Ean
Zavala County Cotton Output Seen From Gins In Texas
In Zavala county cotton acreage is small in parts but larger in the north. La Pryor gin expects to process at least 700 bales before season end. A light rain before September could raise total county bale count to about 200. Cotton yields about a half bale per acre valued near 150 dollars after ginning costs. Hot dry weather slowed picking.
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Crystat
City
Tex
Zavala
Ia Pryor
la Pryor
Youths Charged With Theft From Cars in City
Pedro Twlores and Dat Medala, both 18, were jailed by city detectives on charges of stealing 3000 cigarettes worth 417 from two cars on North Pearl and 100 pounds of meat from Swift & Company. They allegedly targeted unattended vehicles.
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Pedro Twlores
Camp Street
Dat
Medala
South Leona Strups
Burns
North Pearl End
Swift & Company
Ferguson targets Love and Ball in Texas campaign
Former Governor Ferguson attacked Thomas Ball and Thomas Leve in Childress Texas urging open stance against the Ku Klux Klan. He criticized opponents Evans, Dinkey Hubert son, and Callaway while defending Miriam Ferguson in the run off for governor with West Texas and Panhandle stops planned.
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Arry Mutter
Dallas
Texas
Ferguson
Childress
Perguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
West Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Canyon
Randall County
Opera House
Courthouse
Childress County
Chamber of Commerce Band
Memphis
Fall County
Ferguson Supporters Inc
FE. M. Dorsey
Edward Lowe
Prohibition
Night Flying Jobs Draw 300 Girl Applicants
A New York corporation offering night flying jobs for female pilots drew 300 applications. The ad calls for applicants weighing up to 125 pounds and notes the company uses illuminated planes for aerial advertising over the theater district. Existing pilots are male.
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New York
Texas Defies Attacks On Republic By Ku Klux Threat
The speaker rails against Ku Klux Klan efforts to overturn the Republic and impose a throne of a grand gizzard, contrasting past state rights with a demand for ballot voice. He proclaims Texans will resist and safeguard the voice of the people at the ballot box.
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Rey
Atlante
Texas
Republic
Bust of Washington Found After 70 Years Mystery
New York reports Mitchell Kennerley, art collector, found a marble George Washington bust once believed destroyed in the 1851 Congressional Library fire. Experts, including Daniel Chester French and Paul Bartlett, deem the sculpture by Pierre Jean David, also called David DAngers, authentic.
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New York
George Washington
United States
France
Congressional Library
Mitchell Kennerely
Cutler
Manhattan
Henry E. Wuntington
San Gabriel
California
Daniel Chester Grench
Paul Bartlett
J. O. Davidson
America
Pierre Jean David
David D'Angers
Kennerely
TV Angels
Governor Pinchot Praises Army Test in Defense Message
Harrisburg August 19 Governor Pinchot released a letter on National Defense praising the army test. He said war remains legal and warned against unpreparedness, stressing duty to aid the federal government in a nationwide National Defense act test and ordering Pennsylvania National Guard to assemble on Defense day.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
America
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Police Chief Loses Nerve in Gun Fight in Missouri
In Joplin Missouri on a Saturday gun battle left bandit Roy Daugherty dead. Mayor Taylor Snapp dismissed Police Chief Verna P. Hine for hiding behind a barn during the confrontation. Detectives Gibson and Van Deventer returned fire wounding Daugherty and a bullet grazed Gibson.
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Joplin
Verna P. Hine
Taylor Snapp
Roy Daugherty
W. Gibson
Len van “Deventer
Hine
Aed
Gibson
Daugherty
van Deventer
Mexicans Arrested for Refusing Work in Cotton Pick
Eight Mexican men were jailed at 9 a m on Tuesday on vagrancy charges after declining work offers from farmers. Officers Salinas Galan and Torres report the group refused pay offers of 1 75 per 100 pounds and 25 cents per hour while lingering near the city market. Prisoners to face Palica Judge on Wednesday morning.
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Salinas, Galan
Torres
Gtb
Avork
Dawes Notification Ceremony Braced for Rain in Evanston
Rain threatens to dampen Charles G. Dawes notification ceremony in Evanston as experts warn of possible showers. Officials prepare a canopy and crowds of guests including senators and governors are expected if weather clears. William M. Butler will preside, with addresses by Rev. Jom Thompson and Rev. Hugh Patrick Smyth.
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Evanston
Ill
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago Weather Bureau
H. J.cox
General Dawes
Dawes
Coe
Republican National Committee
William M. Butler
Jom Thompson
First Methodist Church of
Chicago
Hugh Patrick Smyth
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
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