Governor Ferguson Defends Mansion Expenditure Inquiries
Rumors of investigations swirl around the Texas legislature as lawmakers examine state operations. Governor Ferguson defends a $168.70 executive mansion reception including salad and punch costs, arguing constitutional limits and a Supreme Court ruling require funding channels. Senate and House debates focus on submission of a liquor measure, bank guaranties, and various reform bills amid a busy Austin week.
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Austin
Tex
Comptroller’s Office
San Antonio Court of Appeals
Ferguson
Supreme Court
Newt Williams
McLennan County
New York
House
Senate
Lattimore
Gibson
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
State Department of Insurance and Banking
Secretary of State
Johnston
D. E. Garrett
Houston
King
Nacogdoches
House Committee On
Senate Committee On Labor
Strickland
Dean
Industrial Welfare Commission
Bee
Senate Committee On Internal Improvements
Heroic Chemist Sacrifices Self at London Munition Plant
London danger scene after Friday explosion at a munition factory kills workers and injures many. Dr Angell, 40, chief chemist and Oxford lecturer, chosen to stay and fight the fire, perishes alongside a watchman. his wife oversaw women workers. About 300 feared dead, hundreds rescued, vast crater and gas tank destruction shape the carnage.
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London
Daily Mail
Dr. Angell
Dr. Angel
Tanlac credited with restored health for Boerne couple
Oscar Rechenthin and his wife, once afflicted with severe illness and rheumatism, report dramatic improvement after taking Tanlac. He describes renewed vitality, better sleep, and regained appetite while she recovers from pellagra-like symptoms. Both plan to continue treatment as Tanlac is promoted by Wagner Drug Co. in San Antonio.
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Oscar Rechenthin
Boerne
Rechenthin
Tanlac
Wagner
San Antonio
Taniac
Wagner Drug Co
E. J. H. Meier
Bankers Reach San Antonio Farmers With Acreage Warning
A Texas Bankers Association campaign visits San Antonio to urge farmers to cut cotton planting this spring. Eleven expert teams from state and federal agencies will tour cities including Kenedy Cuero Floresville and Fredericksburg to stress food crop needs and tick eradication alongside livestock aims. The Bexar county meeting occurs Wednesday at 4 PM in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium.
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Texas Bankers’ Association
San Antonio
Departments of Agriculture
A. and
M. College
Chamber of Commerce
Bankers’ Association
Kenedy
Cuero
Karnes City
Floresville
Fredericksburg
Kerrville
Bureau of Animal Industry
J. Kierman
J. L. Allen
Henry Grofke
P. B. Scott
Jesse Robards
J. D. Steele
L. R. Fantick
A. W. Hartman
H. L. Darby
J. B. Reidy
Frank Hecker
William Cassin
Agricultural Division
The
Bexar County
Texas
Mr. Cassin
South
Universities plan Washington as center of higher education
Plans backed by Princeton Columbia Harvard Library of Congress and Carnegie Institute aim to make Washington the hub for national higher education. A committee led by Monro Beard Hart Hunt and Leland will meet to finalize proposals without new legislation, keeping archives libraries and museum collections accessible to scholars.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
United States
Dana C. Monro
Princeton
Charles A. Beard
Columbia
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard
Gaillard Hunt
Library of Congress
Waldo C. Leland
Carnegie Institute of Washington
R. M. McElroy
Chicago
Smithsonian Institute
National Museum
Congress
Navy court convenes in San Diego over Milwaukee case
The cruiser Pueblo carries Rear Admiral W F Fullam toward Eureka California where a court martial will try Lieutenant William Newton commander of the Milwaukee. Newton faces charges of culpable negligence and unskilled seamanship as head of the board appointed by Admiral Caperton.
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San Diego
Cal
Pueblo
Pacific Reserve Force
W. F. Fullam
Eureka
Milwaukee
Fullam
W. B. Caperton
William Newton
Newton
Woodmen Supreme Physician Dr F A Smith Dies
Dr F A Smith supreme physician of the Modern Woodmen of America died suddenly of heart disease at his Rock Island home yesterday. His death marks a loss for the fraternal order and the local medical community.
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Rock Island
If. A. Smith
America
Winter attire sale offers gowns and frocks at half price
The advertisement promotes a sale including winter suits dresses coats and all evening gowns and dance frocks at half the original price. The offer is on the third floor.
Button boots offered for winter wear and next season
The notice promotes button boots with complete size assortments in two styles at about half price. Prices are $2.75 and $3.65, with the option to lay away for next winter. Some sizes are broken but the assortment remains.
Children’s Coats Reduced to Half Price Lot
A small lot of serviceable winter coats for girls aged two to fourteen offered in four groups priced from 1.45 to 4.95, well under half their original prices. Secondhand sale notice notes broken sizes and low prices for quick clearance.
Angora Sweaters Reduced to $4.95
Light weight warm coat style Angora sweaters with vest pockets and large collar offered at a sale price of 4.95 on the first floor. About two dozen sweaters reduced from higher prices, showing savings of 1 to 2.5 dollars in a good size assortment.
University of Pennsylvania to send expedition to study ancient Chinese art
Officials announced the university museum will lead a three year expedition to China and Japan to study ancient Chinese art. Dr. Carl W. Bishop, curator of the oriental art section, will head the mission next month.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
University Museum
Far East
Carl W. Bishop
China
Japan
Rheumatism Warns of Insidious Start and Hidden Dangers
The notice warns rheumatism begins with small pains and worsens if untreated. It claims external liniments fail to reach the illness and promotes S. S. S. as a blood cleansing remedy with fifty years of relief, inviting readers to write for free medical advice from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta.
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Swift
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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