Busy Texas Legislature Faces Key Votes This Week
Austin news notes a winded week with decisive votes on submission and university board regents. Senate action targets UT investigations while many House bills, including highway and election measures, await final passage as plans emerge for a sine die adjournment around mid March.
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Austin
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Texas
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Friends of Submission
Board of Regents
University of Texas
Senate
Ferguson
Political Rivalry Hurts State Measure in Senate Hope
The measure faces doubt in the Senate and likely failure in the House. Political rivalry between two probable governors candidates may thwart its passage.
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Senate
House
Fifteen Perish In Snow Slides Near Hailey
Southern Idaho faced a fierce winter storm as rescue efforts for fifteen men killed in snowslides near Hailey were abandoned. Six bodies were recovered with fifteen injured in Hailey and Bellevue hospitals amid ongoing heavy snowfall and danger of more slides.
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Idaho
Boise
Hailey
Bellvue
President frees president from signing many army commissions
A judge advocate general ruling in Washington on February 26 states the president will no longer sign commissions for officers of lower grades. The secretary of war will sign those "as by the president." The decision relieves the president amid plans to expand the army, noting it could otherwise take a week to sign 50 000 commissions for 5 000 000 men.
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Dallas
Lange
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Hudspeth
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St Patrick's Day Celebration Planned by Local Groups
Committees from San Antonio Division No. 1 Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies Auxiliary plan a morning parade and a palace mass at St Patrick's Church with Bishop John W. Shaw. Rev Father M J Gilbert will lecture on Ireland after the service. music and other events to follow.
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Creer of
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Frank A. Cloonan
John W. Shaw
Lather John Pinnell
St. Patrick's Church
M. J. Gilbert
Dublin
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Emerald Isle
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John Cassidy
J. E. Walsh
John T. Maley
Matt C. Cody
Ben Newman
James Fallon
Ed Campbell
A. Lincoln Mahoney
Germany Pleased With Submarine Warfare Success
Albert Ballin of Hamburg Americaline says Germany achieved its aim of stopping English commerce through unrestricted submarine warfare. He notes neutral traffic stagnation and cites a treaty preventing confiscation in US harbors. Ballin argues President Wilson based the rupture on international law and should honor agreements.
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London
Taegliche Rundschau
Albert Ballin
Hamburg- American Line
Germany
Herr Ballin
England
United States
America
Wilson
Educators Converge in Convention on Training and Thrift
Kansas City reports the annual convention of school superintendents. The agenda includes military training in schools and promoting thrift among children as key topics for discussion and potential action this week.
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Kansas City
Superintendency
Woman says Tanlac eased her long ailments and aids Nevada trip
Mrs. B. E. Ogg of 308 Matagorda street reports Tanlac cured her catarrhal digestive troubles headaches and nervous strain. She plans to take Tanlac to Nevada to prevent running out. The ad notes Tanlac as a reconstructor tonic aiding appetite energy and general health in San Antonio with local retailers Wagner Drug Co. and E. H. Meier selling under a Tanlac representative.
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B. E. Ogg
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Matagorda Street
Nevada
San Antonio
Tanic
Wagner Drug Company
E. H. Meier
National Education Association sessions open today
The National Education Association and affiliated bodies begin meetings today with over a score of subsidiary organizations starting on various days. Officials forecast a large attendance for the convention, ahead of the annual gathering in Portland, Oregon, June 7 to 14.
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National Education Association
Portland
Ore
A Difficult Question and a Quiet Household
Mrs Moran leaves Catherine in charge of her children and returns to hear a playful report. Catherine says the kids behaved beautifully but chose to fight to decide which was behaving best.
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Catherine
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Denison Woman
A Denison Texas reader reports relief from heavy female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites reduced nervousness dizziness heat flashes and headaches and urges others to try the remedy as a cure. The letter is part of many on file endorsing the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Dennison
Texas
G. O. Lowery
Barrett Ave
Denison
Lydia E
Plans for Reunion Aids San Antonio Scottish Rite Degrees
Scottish Rite Masons plan the tenth semi annual reunion in the San Antonio valley. The cathedral on St Marys Street hosts March 26 to 29 with degrees from the fourth to the thirty second. Nearly 100 candidates have applied and rehearsals begin March 2 led by degree masters from Gonzales Smithville Range and other locales.
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Valley of San Antonio
St. Mary’s Street
Union
San Antonio
W. M. Fly
Gonzales
Henry Rabe
Nat M. Washer
Anton N. Moursand
Thomas O. Hill
Smithville
Noel W. Smith
Sylvan Lang
W. W. Boyce
Range
Ralph H. Cameron
Arthur Storms
F. L. Hillyer
Warring Socialist Factions Move to Form New Party
Stockholm February 26. Members of the Socialist left publish a call to form a new Socialist party after the split at the Congress. The proclamation is signed by fifteen party in parliament members and eighteen from the general party organization.
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Stockholm
London
Socialist Party
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