State depository plan aims to end private bank use
Governor Hobby will push a state depository at the next session to keep public funds out of private banks. The plan would legalize private banks with strict controls to earn at least two percent on daily balances, reducing officer incentives to funnel money to banks while keeping funds accessible for state needs and liquidity.
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Austin
Tex
Hobby
Ferguson
Crane
M. M. Crane
Treasury
Austin Exchange
Texas
Italian Army Officers Arrive at Atlantic Port
An authorized commission of twenty Italian army officers arrived at an Atlantic port yesterday led by Captain Carlo Tappi. The group, largely from the aviation corps, traveled on a French vessel.
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Aviation Corps
Carlo Tappi
Passenger Steamship Visitor Seeks Aircraft Purchase
Captain Tapps refused to discuss the mission but it is understood the visitor intends to buy aircraft.
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Tapps
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Summer Strength
Advertisement claims the tonic strengthens the weak and elderly to endure summer heat. It purifies blood and boosts the entire system. Priced at 60 cents.
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Grove
Rioting in Finland Flares Amid Diet Tensions
Serious rioting reported at Bjornborg Finland with hours of fighting between Finnish civilians and Russian garrison soldiers. Casualties feared as the Finnish Landtag assembly date clashes with Russian dissolution orders. Premier Kerensky warned force would prevent reopening of the Diet and Finland's separation plans.
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London
Bjorneborg
Finland
The
Central News
Moscow
Kerensky
Russia
Disastrous August Weather Wrecks British Crops
London reports describe an August of record rainfall and savage gales that crippled grain harvests across western counties and tore fruit from trees. The Times cautions that food supplies may be affected, noting harsher seas aid submarines and urging strict individual self denial.
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London
London Morning Papers
Immensield
the Times
Tailor Shop Promises Prompt Orders Fulfilled
Three expert cutters and forty tailors enable prompt execution of orders. Lentz "Tailor" at 312 West Commerce Street advertises skilled staff ready to complete work efficiently.
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Lentz “Tailor
W. Commerce St
Adv
Bandit Suspects Held After Double Murder Robbery
Six men were arrested after a payroll robbery and double murder at the Winslow Foundry plant. Police say two or more suspects may be in the Fox Lake area. Authorities sent fifty investigators to the scene. Charles Carrao was identified from a tip and booked, with five others detained after a reported fight in a saloon.
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Chicago
Winslow Foundry Company
Charles Carrao
Fox Lake
Illinois
Rainfall Reaches 1.68 Inches in Galveston
Galveston recorded 1.68 inches of rain last night the first inch or more since February 6. The city endures its driest summer in 46 years with a yearly rainfall deficit of nineteen inches.
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Galveston
Tex
Galvesto
Norwegian relief ship Kongsli sunk off Spanish coast
A Christiania telegram to the Morning Post says the Norwegian steamer Kongsli, en route from Saint Nazaire to the United States, has been sunk off the Spanish coast. The maritime register lists the Kongsli as a Belgian relief ship, with a tonnage of 3663.
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London
Kongsli
Saint Nazaire
France
United States
Christiania
Morning Post
The
Maritime Register
Heavy Rain Brings Mixed Fortunes to San Marcos Farmers
A heavy rain after a dust storm and northerhit San Marcos on Tuesday evening. Farmers fear cotton losses while others hope for a rebound to yield a harvest. The cotton outlook is poor. corn and cane are light, and fall oats are needed for feed.
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San Marcos
Tex
Frigga Sunk by German Submarine Off Copenhagen
A Copenhagen dispatch reports the Norwegian steamship Frigga of 1,046 tons gross sunk by a German submarine. The crew was saved.
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London
Copenhagen
Senate Plans Inquiry Into University
Austin Aug 29 before the Senate formed a court of inquiry Senator Dayton moved to appoint a committee of five senators and four representatives to fully investigate the University. The measure carried a $15,000 appropriation which Dayton then offset with a substitute to pay expenses from the Senate contingent fund, sent to the education committee for action.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Dayton
Trial of the Governor Goes Ver One Day
Texas impeachment trial of Governor James E Ferguson stalls as no judges are present to swear in the high court. Chief Justice Nelson Phillips may be summoned from Milford to preside tomorrow, with alternative Hawkins if needed.
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Tex
Senate
High Court
James E. Ferguson
Nelson Phillips
Supreme Court
Milford
Ferguson
Protem Lom A. Smith
John A. Bailey
Committee On Procedure
Civil Court of Appeals
Criminal Court of Appeals
Phillips
Hawkins
Amarillo
No Relief Sought as Drought Bill Dies in Texas House
In Austin the drought relief bill for West Texas farmers died on the House calendar after a chair ruling barred further consideration within 43 hours of adjournment. Other measures to regulate junk dealers and tax remissions in Stonewall and Kent counties also failed. The House, by 67 to 24, adopted the Crane impeachment board’s report, selecting General M. M. Crane of Dallas to represent the board in Governor Ferguson's Senate trial, with a fixed $1250 fee and no extra state expense for an assistant.
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Austin
Tex
West Texas
Stonewall
Kent
Crane
House
Board of Managers
M. M. Crane
Dallas
Ferguson
Senate
Denton
Calotabs Calomel Purified From Objectionable Effects
A modern pharmacy triumph Calotabs the calomel tablet claims to purge objections of old calomel One tablet at bedtime with water leaves no taste and ensures a good night and a clean liver Calotabs sold in sealed twenty dose packages for thirty five cents Druggists offer refunds if not delighted.
House passes bills amid war era actions and school district plan
The House moved to hold General Crane in contempt over a $1250 fee dispute and sought Governor Ferguson's answer about a $156,000 loan source. It approved a moratorium for soldiers, created an independent school district in Bridgeport Smyrna Johnstown Centerbrook Almulreel, and enacted a Harris County road law and soldiers relief measure.
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Crane
Bridgeport
Smyra
Johnstown
Centerroak
Alumreel
Harris County
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