Garner's tariff plan blocked by party leaders in Congress
Congressman Garner proposes a 5 percent import duty and a 10 percent tax on items on the free list to close the treasury deficit. Party leaders reject the plan as a tariff for revenue only while McAdoo and others push stamp taxes and an excess profit tax. Garner predicts opposition but may yield to party wishes. Panama bonds may be sold to cover shortfalls.
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Washington, D. C
Garner
Texas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Committee
Congress
Texan
Treasury
Kitchin
Champ Clark
Secrary
McAdoo
Burleson
MoeAdoo
Washington
Garner's
United States Steel Cor
Panama
You Need Not Suffer From Catarrh
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a blood infection and promotes S S S as a permanent cure. It claims external treatments fail and that S S S will purify and strengthen the blood, relieving throat mucus, nostril sores, bad breath, and hawking. The piece offers free medical advice from Swift Specific Company in Atlanta.
Body of Clyde Armour Found Near Glorieta New Mexico
Clyde Armour who vanished October 23 on an automobile trip was found Sunday in the Glorieta mountains twenty miles from Santa Fe. A dog dragged a human bone to a ranch house and a mortally identified body was confirmed by an automobile repair receipt. E W Biancett, said to have left with Armour, was arrested in Friday Harbor Washington. A shotgun shell was found beside the body as investigators conducted a wide multi state search with a $1000 reward offer.
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Santa FE
N. M
Clyde Armour
Glorieta
E. W. Biancett
Armour
Friday Harbor
Wash
Colorado
Nebraska
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Prima donna vows nine bouquets but pays for ten
A friend notes the prima donna is unsettled after nine bouquets tonight. She supposedly paid for ten, prompting disbelief at the entr'acte curtain calls. The item captures performance drama with a sharp, period tone.
Mystic Quiet of Snow Over No Man's Land Front
British dispatch from France describes a snowy Sabbath on the Somme front transforming trenches and barbed wire into crystal and white fog. Guns remain active but muffled in the serene, snow covered battlefield as conflict persists in winter austerity.
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France
London
Somme
No-Man's-Land
Luling Farmers Form Caldwell County Peanut Growers Assn
More than fifty farmers attended the Luling Commercial Club meeting to hear John G. Drake on peanut raising. They organized the Caldwell County Peanut Growers Association with 21 members and elected P. Q. Dunlap president W. G. Weaver vice president F. A. Pierce secretary treasurer. Committees were named to draft by laws and recruit members with a next meeting January 25 to set peanut planting acreage.
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Luling
Tex
Luling Commercial Club
John G. Drake
Caldwell County
Peanut Growers’Association
P. Q. Dunlap
W. G. Weaver
F. A. Pierce
Commercial Club
Traveling libraries sent to Texas communities
The Texas Library and Historical Commission sent traveling libraries of fifty books to Mt. Olive Dawson Maypearl Athens Medi medicine Mound Conroe Christine Buda Olney Holland Hamilton Hico Graham Mineral Cotulla Jacksonville Woodsboro Mc Gregor Littlefield Tuleta. Communities pay transportation and care. libraries stay in schools post offices stores or clubs for three months with option to renew three more. For details contact Miss Octavia F Rogan Capitol Austin.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Library and Historical Commission
Mt. Olive
Dawson
Maypearl
Athens
Medicine Mound
Conroe
Christine
Buda
Olney
Holland
Hamilton
Hico
Graham
Mineral
Cotulla
Jacksonville
Woodsboro
McGregor
Littlefield
Tuleta
Octavia F. Rogan
the Capitol
Overworked Mother Finds Health in Our Vinci
Mrs. Ann Becker states nervous breakdowns and headaches improved after using Vinci for two weeks. The ad promotes Vinol's beef and cod liver proteins and minerals to strengthen weak mothers, listing druggists A. M. Fischer and several Texas stores as distributors.
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Collinsville
Ill
Vinci
Ann Becker
A. M. Fischer
Meier
Sap
Main Ave
George Keene
H. L. Wagner
Rpymann Drug Store
F. Prassel
San Antonio
Texas
Brooklyn Scout Visits Texas Towns on Cross-State Hike
Arthur W. Seabury of Troop 74 Brooklyn arrives in San Antonio after a long journey begun November 11 with his father. They camped in the open despite bad weather and slept under the stars while greeting local scout patrols. He earned a second class degree in Suffolk Virginia and met scouts in Orange Beaumont Houston Wharton Edna Victoria Cuero Gonzales San Marcos sharing scoutwork.
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San Antonio
Arthur W. Seabury
Blazing Arrow Patrol
Brooklyn
N. Y
Young Seabury
New York
Suffolk
Arthur
Texas
Orange
Beaumont
Houston
Wharton
el Campo
Edna
Victoria
Cuero
Gonzales
San Marcos
Ager
Surprise Symphony Visit For Brackenridge Birthday
The San Antonio Symphony played a covert birthday serenade for George W. Brackenridge at his home on Sunday. Under conductor Arthur Claassen the group presented Grieg and Dvorak tunes as guests arrived, with Miss Mary Aubrey singing two songs and gifts from local schools and Douglass High School. The school board members also stopped by to offer wishes.
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San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
George W. Brackenridge
Menger
Brackenridge
Mr. Brackenridge
Arthur Claassen
Dvorak
Mary Aubrey
Machree
Douglass High School
Texas Good Roads Convention Set With Busy Program
The sixth annual Texas Good Roads Association convention opens in Austin with a packed two day program. San Antonio officials including Mayor Clinton G. Brown and Postmaster George D. Armistead are listed for addresses. Topics cover highway departments road methods and public education while state figures and county engineers join in sessions and an evening debate on systematized road building.
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Texas Good Roads Association
Austin
D. E. Colp
Clinton G. Brown
San
San Antonio
Bland
Taylor
D. FE. Colp
Texas
Leonard Tillotson
Sealey
T. A. Taylor
State University
T. W. Morse
Doughty
Postoffice Department
George D. Armistead
Roy Miller
Corpus Christi
P. L Downs
Tempie
J. H. Eastland
Mineral Wells
West Texas
L. A. Penix
Fort Worth- el Paso
R. J. Windrow
Waco
Hill County
C. R. Gardner
Hillsboro
Lee J. Rountree
Georgetown
House of Representatives
Carlos Bee
Charles M. Kirk
Houston
Morris Stern
Driskill Hotel
Sam Sparks
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Jimian C. Feild
Denison
Jesse M. Brown
Fort Worth
H. A. Fisher
W. W. Watson
Kansas Division
Meridian Road
Salina
Kan
C. N. Avery
Reading
Richard Critz
Good Roads Meeting Arranged in Georgetown Texas
Georgetown hosts a session featuring papers on road issues including Morison on common mistakes in bond administration, Udden on road investment, Nash on material for traffic, and Warren on prison labor. Carlock advocates registration and taxation of motor vehicles, Gibson urges statewide highway needs, with Governor Ferguson set to speak. Nearly all Texas good roads units are expected to attend.
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Georgetown
R. J. Morison
A. & M. College
J. A. Udden
State University
J. P. Nash
Wight Session
House of Representatives
John W. Warren
San Antonio
R. L. Carlock
Fort Worth
Texas
I’. M. Gibson
Bonham
Ferguson
Barney to Be Released From Jail Tomorrow on Good Behavior
In a vivid exchange Mrs Flannigan and Mrs Murphy discuss a letter from Barney stating he will be released tomorrow after receiving a month off for good behavior. They remark on the lad's character and pride in his conduct.
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Barney
Conference on Minimum Wage Act Education at Austin
A conference on the minimum wage for manufacturers and related liability issues will be held in Austin after a request from Senator Carlos Bee. Bee has drawn a minimum wage bill and it may have passed out of committee. Attendees are expected from San Antonio, with J A Patterson chairing the Manufacturers' Club legislative committee and other members present.
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Austin
Carlos Bee
C. Leel
Manufacturers’ Club
Bee
San Antonio
J. A. Patterson
The
Walton D. Hood
Hog Cholera Strikes Luling Farms
Hog cholera has broken out in several places around Luling Texas with deaths reported on multiple farms. An expert from A and M College has joined owners to combat the outbreak using vaccination and disinfection. All dead hogs are burned to curb spread.
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Luling
Tex
A. & M. College
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