Ferguson HIG Campaign Speech Defends Tax Record in Texas
Governor Ferguson opened his renomination bid in Waco praising his 1914 platform, defending tax levels, education funding, and prison reform. He attacked Campbell and Strong, criticized Robertson insurance law and Gibson bill, and urged Texas to welcome foreign capital for cheaper loans to farmers and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
Ferguson
Texas
Robertson Insurance
Gibson
McCormack
Towa
Ste
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Wall Street
Houston
Dallas
Texas Insurance Companies
Texas Trust
Austin
Belgrade Lively Despite War Ruins and Rebuilt Streets
A Koelnische Zeitung correspondent reports Belgrade as a peaceful, lively city with war damage largely repaired. Ruins around Kalimekden fort remain, but most shell damaged houses are fixed and electric streetcars run, signaling postwar normalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Koelnische Zeitung
Belgrade
Kalimekden
Serbian towns report cleaner, more orderly life under occupation
The article notes 60,000 refugees returning as Ger mans Austrians and Hungarians occupy Serbia and neighboring regions. It describes improved interior conditions, discipline, order, and cleanliness, with populations accepting occupiers. Montenegro and Albania see sanitary efforts reduce disease. Typhoid cases are addressed by 70 German Austro-Hungarian sanitary detachments under physician direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serbia
Montenegro
Cettinje
Albania
Soldier Ends Life After Injustice At Inquest
Albert Brock a Cheshire regiment private who hanged himself after serving six years in India fighting at Mons and a year in Germany was wounded captured and returned home. His widow said taunts that he should be in the army drove him to suicide. A London inquest noted these pressures. Adjustable pontoons designed to make small boats unsinkable were patented in England by an Australian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asylum For
Ferguson
Sterling Strong
Tom Campbell
School of Industrial Arts
Denton
Gatesville
Gainesville
Campbell
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Colquitt
Washington
New York
Eastham
London
Albert Brock
Cheshire Regiment
India
Mons
Germany
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
HIG
Flags
Waters-Pierce
University
M. College
Campbelll
Sherman
Union
NOA Spears CO
Lesoya
Hone
Sunset Wood CO
Ron Peat Vere Gn
SAN Antonio Loan & Trust CO
San Antonio
Chickering
Kranich & Bach
Ivers & Pond
South Texas Music Co
Bedell Building
W. M. Aikman & Co
Certified Public Accountants, Business & Financial Advisors
Moore Bidg
Campbells
Heusinger Hardware Co
E. Main Plaza
Carpenter-Morton CO
Sudbury Street
Boston
Mass
Commonwealth Bank Trust Co
Guaranty Fund Bank
Harry Landa
H. P. Drought
W. R. Wiseman
T. N. Smith
Juan Faudon
T. Cashier
Thos. H. Jarrell
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!