Senator McNealus elected amid Senate snubs and bids
The Texas Senate elected Senator McNealus from Dallas to the presiding post by a 24 to 2 vote after incidents where he was removed from the floor. He declined the capitol price claim and noted others hesitated to vote without hypocrisy. Harley and Robbins proposals were withdrawn or declined.
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Senate
Dallas
McNealus
Sutter
Lattimore
Capitol
Clark
Harley
Robbins
Mec Nealus
Bread prices to drop as wheat price fixed at Chicago
Washington reports a price fix set the wheat at 2.20 dollars per bushel for the 1917 crop. A 14 ounce loaf could sell for five cents with a fair profit for flour makers and bakers. The licensing system for flour and bread dealers will role out, not covering small dealers.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Food Administration
Pope Blames Congressmen For Cotton Protection
H N Pope retiring Texas Farmers Union president says Southern congressmen blocked a crop protection plan. He cites Wheat price at 2.20 and calls for a minimum cotton price of at least 25 cents per pound. He urges Congress to authorize the President to extend wheat protection to cotton.
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Pope
Fort Worth
Tex
Congress
H. N. Pope
Texas Farmers’ Union
Wilson
Farmers’ Union
Traders Continue to Wait For New Wheat Figures
Wheat traders in Chicago waited as government figures effective tomorrow caused mixed opinions on pricing. Observers noted possible premiums for wheat sold for specific uses and the government price lagged behind yesterday’s No 1 Northern spring wheat at 2.38.
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Chicago
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Relieves Dry Throat
An advertisement notes Horsford's Acid Phosphate relieves parched throat and mouth and prevents the dry feeling caused by heat. The claim targets consumers seeking quick relief from heat induced dryness.
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Horsford
Bessarabia Falls Under Central Powers Advance
After Czernowitz and Chotin fall, central powers advance into Bessarabia, Russia’s rich province between the Pruth and the Dniester, formerly taken from Roumania in a post war exchange. Bessarabia lies south by the Danube and the Black Sea.
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Chotin
Bessarabia
Russia
Pruth
Dniester
Roumania
Dobrudja
Turkey
Danube
Black Sea
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Moldavia
Berlin
Transylvania
Calotabs Promoted as Delightful Calomel Tablet
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a modern de nauseated calomel tablet. It claims one tablet nightly purges biliousness and cleanses the liver with no taste or sickness, promising morning restoration and freedom to eat. Sold in sealed 20-dose packages for thirty-five cents with a refund if not delighted.
Expert Takes Charge of Steel Purchases
J Leonard Replogle, president of Wharton Steel and American Vanadium, named to oversee steel purchases for the United States and its allies. His rise from humble water carrier at Cambric Steel Plant to VP and general manager, followed by leadership roles in major corporations, marks a remarkable industry career.
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J. Leonard Replogle
Wharton Steel
United States
Replogle
Europe
Replogie
Cambric Steel
Johnstown
Wabash Railroad
Boundaries and features of Bessarabia province in historic review
The article surveys Bessarabia’s geography, rivers, size, population, and capital Kishinev, noting its flat terrain with Carpathian offshoots, wine production, and diverse ethnic mix. It traces territorial history from Byzantium through Ottoman and Russian control, detailing maps and strategic importance on the Dniester and Pruth rivers.
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Vermont
New Hampshire
Carpathian Mountains
Russia
Kishines
Roumanian Moldavia
Podolia
Kherson
Dniester
Lemberg
Byzantium
Trajan
Dacia
Abyssinian Emperor Recaptured After Escape
Sidy Jeasu, the deposed Abyssinian emperor who escaped from Magdalena, has been captured, according to a dispatch to the Daily Mail from London dated August 31.
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London
Sidy Jeasu
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Magdalena
Daily Mail
Charles F Merrill Dies At 66 In Chicago
Charles F Merrill secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade died today in Chicago at age sixty six from angina pectoris.
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Charles F. Merrill
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Train Passes Through Swamp Near Indiana Town
A train sped through a northern Indiana swamp fringed with cat tails as a city bred boy cried out about sausages in the wind, remarking to his mother. The odd scene appears in The Girls' World.
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Indiana
Leaves of geome plants seek morning sun across broadside leaves
The text notes iris leaves being two raked and oriented edgewise to heat, while some plants adjust their foliage to sun exposure. Sunflowers are observed turning with the Sun, maintaining a sunward orientation during heat.
Ohio Senator Says War Is Not Popular In Debate
The Senate resumes debate on war profits and tax provisions with a final vote expected by September 10. Senator Harding of Ohio argues against drastic conscription of wealth and says the war is not popular, urging taxes that avoid crippling business while defending national strength. An amendment seeks to raise the minimum exemption from six to eight percent.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Harding
Ohio
America
Europe
Bankhead
Prominent Kerrville Man Dies at 70
W. S. Reynolds died at his Kerrville home after a two week illness. Born February 14 1848 in Huntington County Pennsylvania, he was 70. Survived by wife Maggie Hays and three sons Willis Floyd and Eugene. Funeral conducted by Rev. W P Dickey with burial in Glen Rest cemetery.
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Tex
W. S. Reynolds
Huntington County
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Maggie Hays
Willis
Floyd
Glennwood
Colo
Eugene
California
W. P. Dickey
Kerrville Presbyterian Church
Glen Rest Cemetery
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