State Board Education Leases Bonds for School Needs
At a June meeting in Texas the State Board of Education leased 193 600 dollars of bonds for permanent school needs. All bonds were purchased by the common and independent school districts, with one small water works issue and one street bond issue. The bonds bear five percent interest and were paid cash, along with previously due bond amounts. Weather favorable.
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Lof Educstion
Ustin
Tex
Ialy
State Board
German Officers In Ottoman Service Bolster Gallipoli Defense
Constantinople reports that 360 German officers and 1867 noncommissioned personnel are serving with the Ottoman army navy and coast defenses. Most arrived early in 1915 via the Balkan route with Liman von Sanders Pasha heading the mission. Families of the Goeben and Breslau ships provide personnel while German pay varies and subsistence is Ottoman funded.
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Associated Press
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FE Arish
Asia
Stamboul
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Goertz
Texas Fairs Federation Holds Annual Meeting in Waco
The Texas Federation of Fairs opened its annual meeting in Waco with S. N. Mayfield of Waco as president. Morning sessions discussed county fairs and featured Fred W. Davis the state commissioner of agriculture as main speaker.
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Waco
Tex
Texas Federation of Fairs
S. N. Mayfield
Fred W. Davis
Hat memory riddle at west end hotel leaves judge puzzled
A famous judge dined at a west end hotel where a hat dealer famed for recalling hat ownership presents the judge with his silk hat. The judge asks how the hat is recognized, the dealer replies that the judge himself handed it to him, prompting a baffled exchange.
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West End
Young probationer preaches trial sermon in English parish
A young probationer delivers a trial sermon in a northern English parish church. After the sermon he prays silently before the congregation, who are surprised. The elderly Scottish beadle climbs the pulpit steps and claps the preacher on the back saying he may do better next time.
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England
Rochester
Casement testifies no German funds for Irish rebellion
Sir Roger Casement, on trial for high treason, testified he received no money from Germany before the Sinn Fein uprising. He said money offered there was refused and that the rebellion was not funded by Germany. Sullivan then argued the plan involved an Irish brigade in Germany. The session closed with the defense seeking to quash the indictment.
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Roger Casement
High Court of Justice
Germany
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Sir Roger
Alexander Sullivan
America
Sullivan
Francis P. Doyle
Philadelphia
Casement
Associated Press
Doyle
Sir Roger Casement
Kiernan given US year sentence in son killing case
C J Kiernan was sentenced to ninety nine years in the penitentiary after a jury found him sane in the killing of his son John Kiernan on September 16 1915. The case followed an all night session in the Thirty-seventh District Court with expert testimony on insanity. Kiernan testified describing the fatal confrontation and struggle. An appeal will be taken.
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C. J. Kiernan
Thirty-seventh District
John Kiernan
Kiernan
John
Stage Box Gossip Sparks Courtroom Exchange
In a witty courtroom aside, Maude remarks to Mrs Fashun about her husband, claiming his earnings go to her. Jack responds that the husband may be seen as not earning much, highlighting the strain of marital finances.
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Maude
Fire causes two hundred dollars in San Antonio store
A fire beginning around 2 AM Wednesday at the San Antonio Art Glass Co on Blim and Bonham streets caused $200 damage. Officials cite spontaneous combustion. Building damage is $50 and contents $150, with insurance covering the loss.
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San Antonio
Dolen
Fourth Street
C. W. Wentworth
Essex Street
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