Texas Grid Classic Links San Antonio To New York Stars
Major Tobin and General Funston sanction a January 20 game in San Antonio pitting the Second Texas infantry against the First New York cavalry. New Yorkers, 800 strong from McAllen, will tour the city boosting Texas hospitality and staging parades.
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Second
Texas Infantry
New York Cavalry
Texas
Charles M. Tobin
San Antonio
M. D. Bryant
General Funston
First
Tobin
Rio Grande Valley
Old Mexico
New York
Tobins
Major Tobin
John W. Tobin
W. G. Tobin
McAllen
San Anonio
Funston
West Point
Annapolis
Standard Weights and Measures Committee Meets in Tyler
E W Cole of the marketing bureau of the Department of Agriculture returned from Tyler where he attended a committee meeting to recommend standardization of containers grades and packs for fruit and vegetables. He is the committee chairman.
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Austin, Tex
E. W. Cole
Marketing Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Tyler
Something to Be Rid of Him in the Parlor Below
A narrative fragment recalls 614 Biffleigh where a sleepy parent hears a moaning noise from below. Eva calls out that it is Mr. Chuffer singing Love Me and the World Is Mine while the parent grimly comments on the foolishness of the young man.
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Biffleigh
Eva
Mr. Chuffer
Nine
Chicago Ledger
Keeps Her Children In Perfect Health
Mrs Aug Doellefeld of Carlyle Illinois praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for years of use keeping her four children in perfect health. The laxative combines simple herbs with pepsin and acts gently to regulate bowels. Sold nationwide for fifty cents a bottle with a free trial bottle available by writing to Dr Caldwell Monticello Illinois.
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Aug. Doellefeld
Carlyle, Ill
Dr. Caldwell
Pepsin
Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Illinois
House Leaders Abandon Plans For Peace Vote
Washington officials report delay in receiving the entente powers' reply to President Wilson's peace note. The State Department expects the note early next week, while anxiety grows over possible changes to the document and the impact of Senate endorsement on Wilson's European position. Count Tarnowsky's impending arrival is hoped to shed light on Teutonic aims.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
State Department
Lansing
Entente
Senate
House
Congress
Rit
White House
Count Tarnowsky
French Firm for War Echoes Across Front
Paris reports strong anti peace sentiment in trenches as French and Allied troops vow to fight to crush Germany. American volunteers in France express resolve to keep fighting. pilots Raoul Lufbery and Edgar Bouligny face wounds while Filipino Juan Rojas is reported killed behind German lines on the Somme.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Germany
Eugene Jacobs
Pawtucket
R. I
American Legion
Teutons
Raoul Lufbery
Wallingford
Conn
LaFayette
Legion of Honor
War Department
Edgar Bouligny
New Orleans
Juan Rojas
Manila
Somme
Rojas
Beaux Arts
Germany Secures Secret 50 Million Dollar Loan From New York Banks
Germany obtained a secret 50 million dollar loan from New York banks to finance a wool shipment plan from Argentina to central powers after the war. The arrangement clarifies recent British moves in Argentina aimed at halting gold payments for German wool, with banks shipping gold rather than participating directly in the loan.
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New York
Germany
South America
Equitable Trust Company
Guaranty Trust Company
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
National Bank of Commerce
New Yor
New York Bank Clearings Rise Over Last Year
New York bank clearings for today totaled 655 855 842 dollars compared with 500 181 701 dollars last year an increase of 155 674 141 dollars in the daily report.
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New York
Ballots in Ishikawa 1915 election nullified amid fraud claims
The Supreme Court quashed Ishikawa Prefecture’s 1915 general election after ballots on paper too thin to read when folded caused miscounts. Five opposition members were unseated amid charges of vote buying and government influence.
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Tokio
Ishikawa
Supreme Court
Roumanians Shot Ten Pieces by Teutons
War dispatches from the Romanian front report a Roumanian company wiped out by two German machine guns near Pitescu after Bavarian and Austro-Hungarian forces under General Krafft von Delmensingen captured the important town. The observers describe the scene as appalling and devastating.
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von Falkenhayn
Roumanian Front
Piteshu
Krafft von Delmensingen
Dawson County Bonds Approved by Attorney General
The attorney general's department approved two Dawson county common school district bond issues. District No. 21 issues 1500 dollars at 6 percent and District No. 22 issues 2000 dollars at 6 percent. Also approved Morris county district No. 4 bonds of 1400 dollars at 5 percent.
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Dawson County
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Dawson County Common School District
Morris County Common School
Red Riding Hood Tale Triggers Roosevelt Twist
A teacher recounts the Red Riding Hood story with a turn of humor as a pupil shouts Teddy Roosevelt. The class reacts to the imagined predator in a town discussion.
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Red Riding Hood
Teddy Roosevelt
Texas educators plan bill on high school classification standards
A Texas conference of educators approved forming a commission to set classification standards for public high schools and determine entrance requirements to state universities and colleges. The bill, to be submitted in the next legislative session, is led by State Superintendent Doughty.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
University of Texas
A. and M. College
College of Industrial Arts
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Doughty
VU Systerm
Women in Politics Allegedly Seek Public Reform
A Washington tar cartoon caption quotes Miss Cayenne arguing women want a hand in politics to reform public affairs while not neglectting home. She claims women aim to atone for making home life pleasant so men neglected politics.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington
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