Long Legislative Session Opens With Heavy Work Load
Austin reports the Thirty third Legislature begins its fourth week with many measures stalled as committees embark on inspections and travel. Eighty eight bills have been killed and 553 introduced in the House, while the Senate has 279 introduced with 23 to third reading or enrolled.
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Sen
Say Goodbye to Pimples and Blood Cleanser Claims
An advertisement touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a blood cleanser that purges impurities to clear complexions. It claims rapid health benefits, safe ingredients, and broad efficacy, with a price of 50 cents per package and claims of doctor prescriptions.
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Two Towns Sold by Syndicate in Million Dollar Deal
Brooks county records show Falfurrias and Realitos as well as 200000 acres of ranch land were sold to San Antonio buyers and others by a blue sky syndicate for about 5 000 dollars for the town of Falfurrias and similar for Realitos. Deeds list 86 transfers totaling near 1 million dollars with many purchasers named. Deputy Galbraith reports the syndicate’s scope widens as indictments loom and inquiries flood in from San Antonio and beyond.
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Pari a high partmen in his re an or cash
The readable fragments indicate a partial reference to a person named Pari, with unclear context about a high partition or payment in cash. Further readable content is insufficient to form a clear event, location, or outcome.
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Pari
Indictments in Blue Sky Land Deal Probe Reach Two More
The Bexar county grand jury indicts two more suspects tied to the blue sky land syndicate. A key figure allegedly moved 3.8 million acres in a single deal, with deeds recorded in Brooks county. One suspect is reportedly gravely ill in Dallas as deputies pursue him for a capias.
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Dallas
Robbers Flee After Money Drop With Fatalities
In a bold heist, bandits dropped the money in oat sacks and fled in dismay. The raid left one or two perpetrators dead, with bystanders reporting the turbulent escape.
Convention in November Senate Reports Favorably
Austin Feb 8 senate and house committees dispatched business no session this afternoon senate constitutional amendments reported favorably a convention call for Austin in November 1913 pension survivors of thirteen savers of the state treasury recall initiative referendum Supreme Court judges pay raise and educational tax for higher learning railroads also reported favorably Carter's bill on the railroad
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Railroad Employers Involvement In Hospital Bills Noted
Senate judiciary committee No. 1 reports favorably Senator Conner's bill. It provides that if four years of taxes are due and not sued for by the state, it shall be presumed that taxes have been paid.
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Conner
Larger Court Favors House Actions in Texas Legislature
In Austin on February 8 the House committee on constitutional amendments reported favorable on measures to expand the Supreme Court to nine justices, permit state bonds for public buildings and penitentiary bonds, back bonded warehouses for farm products, and create county depositories, with adverse reports on others. Criminal jurisprudence favored notes for delinquent taxes remedies and other penalties, while seven new bills were introduced including curbs on corporate stock control in Texas and criminal penalties for peddler obstruction.
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Cox
Delta
Nabours
Webb
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Brelsford
Jordan
Texas
Mob lynching and burning of two men in Houston Mississippi
In Houston Mississippi Dibrell Rucker a 30 year old Black man was burned at the stake in the courthouse square after confessing to the murder of Mrs John Clifford Williams wife of Deputy Chancery Clerk Williams whose remains were found at her home. The mob also lynched Andrew Williams for the same crime. Rucker claimed Williams was his accomplice though he said he killed the woman.
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John Clifford Williams
Chancery
Williams
Williams Home
Thursay
Rucker
Andrew Williams
Exile Is a Peer Hoquiam Man Responds to Message
A remit tance man in exile informs Bill Ruston secretary of the Eagles that a Gloucestershire peer is dying and Ruston, as heir, must travel to London at once. Ruston has long been surrounded by rumors of aristocratic lineage and titled connections. He accepts the situation with typically English calm.
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London
Bill Ruston
The
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Sphinxlike debater leads Hayne Club meeting on capital punishment
An engaging Hayne Debating Club session last Friday discussed whether capital punishment should be prohibited. Robert M. Field and H. Lee Taylor supported the affirmative and won judges’ decision against Alston Duggan and Walter Wolf. California holds about a quarter of irrigated U.S. farms and the St. Anthony Hotel choir will perform a complimentary concert for the British Association at Monroe Hall.
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Robert M. Field
H. Lee Taylor
Alston Duggan
Walter Wolf
St. Anthony
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