Four convicts escape from Huntsville penitentiary
Houston dispatch reports four convicts escaped from the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville around noon. Guard Emmett Appleton was wounded and hospitalized. Authorities named Richard Navarro, Alin Fields, and other inmates as those believed to have fled toward Houston, with terms ranging from 30 to 32 years.
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Collins County
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Uncle Sam's Big Family in Good Health
The U S Public Health Service reports over 400 million Americans in good health for the year. Death rate 12.17 per 1000. Health conditions overall better than any prior year. Rising mortality from respiratory diseases noted as a factor.
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Prison Farm Transfer Flight Ends in Double Escape
Report describes two-year and three-year transfers from Wilharger and Runnels counties to Eastham prison farm. Appleton, driving a touring car, was found by motorists unconscious along a road, recovering enough to name his attackers. He said one man struck him with an iron pipe. Immediate posse pursuit formed, but the pair fled with several hours’ start and remained unseen at a late hour.
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Appleton
Hove
Chicken Thief Persists Taking Rhode Island Reds
A local thief is reported to have taken fifteen Rhode Island Red chickens in one stretch. Saturday the theft occurred at Mrs. B Moeen’s home on 515 Austin Street, based on police reports.
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Ford predicts farming will become large scale future
Detroit report quotes Henry Ford warning that farming may be done on a large scale by corporations yet today farmers resist, citing high land prices and the need for protection against overgrowth. He advocates farmer cooperation, pooled cattle, and shared mechanical power to raise efficiency and prevent waste.
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Quincy's Katherine Brown Wins 225000 Prize for Novel
Katherine Holland Brown of Quincy, Illinois, was awarded 225,000 dollars for best novel in a contest by John Day Company and the Woman's Home Companion. The winning work titled The Fathers was submitted under the pseudonym Edna Corral. Brown’s identity was kept secret until after the final decision.
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Alton
University of Michigan
Dr Baumgardt to Speak at Main Avenue High School
Dr B R Baumgardt an international lecturer on the staff of several colleges will speak at Main Avenue high school auditorium Monday at 8 p.m under the San Antonio Open Forum. His lecture titled An Evening With the Slave will be illustrated with brightly colored lantern slides. Herbert Fitzes, president, will introduce the speaker.
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San Antonio
Firemen Contain Oakland Restaurant Blaze During Saturday Shopping Rush
A major blaze broke out in downtown Oakland threatening disaster as the entire Oakland fire department responded to a fire at a restaurant on a busy December afternoon. Traffic halted and flames were checked as firefighters battled the blaze amid heavy shopping crowds.
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