The Lobster War Between States And Laws
A discussion of the Maine Massachusetts lobster dispute over legal sizes and cross state trade. Massachusetts crews buy undersized lobsters in Maine waters to sell under Massachusetts law, prompting Maine authorities and federal fisheries to consider a Webb law style federal ban to curb inter state shipments and enforce interstate commerce rules. The column notes potential broader use of prohibition style legislation and anticipates a federal bill to protect lobster consumers with age definitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Massachusetts
Broadway
Cape Cod
Commission of Sea and Shore
Bureau of Wisheries
New York
Iead
Maligning the South In McAdoo Food Appeal Sparks Debate
Secretary McAdoo urged southerners to raise their own food to ease transport, but newspapers in distant cities misinterpreted the move. The article defends the South’s rapid material development and challenges foreign imputations, noting regional progress and local understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
South
New England
New York
South Shows Self Sufficiency in Food and Clothes
The South led by Texas is rapidly developing, feeding itself and exporting surplus foodstuffs to national cities while clothing the world. Critics claim this regional strength would lift the burden from the rest of the country, but the South argues it already sustains itself even if railroad transport halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Véxas
United States
The
Buffalo Express
McAdoo
Loyalty to country in wartime duty and criticism
The piece argues for unwavering focus on war, rejecting immunity for officials or insinuations of patriotism. It praises frank criticism as democracy’s safeguard, cites England’s example, and calls loyalty to country and American ideals essential to victory and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
Individua
England
Asquith
France
Wilson
Prospective Texas Fruit Crop Depends on Freeze Risk
The article notes a potential bumper fruit yield in Texas this spring if temperatures stay above freezing. It highlights plums and peaches in San Antonio, mentions drought effects on figs, and cites advantages of backyard orchards for jam and jelly production amid rising food prices and sugar relief plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Gulfy
United States
San Antonio
Food Administration
Distorted Notion of Citizenship and Officials in War Critique
A reader argues that a distorted idea of American citizenship damages national unity. The critic calls for a public official unable to accept frank, sincere criticism to step aside, framing it as essential for effective wartime governance.
Political and literary fragments reflect wartime tension
A collage of statements shows Carranza refusing a trade pact with the United States and New Zealand’s stance on former German Samoa, paired with Trotsky’s resignation and hostile foreign policy hints. The piece shifts to a sentimental lullaby poem about a mother and child, then a dated reference to Kansas City Star contents, blending news and verse in a fragmentary wire-service style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Dolly
Sutherland Town
Jay BH
Iden
The
Kansas City Star
Pretty Baby at the Grand Opera House Week’s engagement
The Grand Opera House hosts Pretty Baby with Jimmie Hodges delivering nonstop humor and a lively chorus, a colorful, noisy show blending comedy and music. The act blends stock jokes with new material, while Eddie and the Foyettes perform a bright but uneven set alongside other vaudeville artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
Jimmie Hodges
Hodges
Evlans
Jimmie Hoddges
Senor Castoriu
Eddie
Foyettes
Majestic Theater
Ddie
Seven Fayettes
Nelson
Juggler
Comediennes
Lillian Fitzgerald
Clara Howard
Ndadie Foy
Foys
George W. Hobart
May Regiment
New York
Wddle
Madeleine
Gother
Irving Lewis
Royettes
Johnny Johnston and Company
Bachelor Life
Pantages Program at Royal Theater Features Variety Acts
The new Royal Theater program showcases local favorites including a top comic and musicians. Tixoletto Brothers, a notable vaudeville duo, headline with their act alongside sly musical comedians and entertainers on the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
Brothers! Net
Tiindeville
The
Royal Theater
Sly Maxicians
The Midnight Trail at Pearl Theater Tonight
Film star William Russell headlines The Midnight Trail at the Pearl Theater with his versatile stage persona Tack Woodford in a nocturnal detective tale. Tuesday features William S Hart in The Silent Stranger and Louise Glawmn in Idolsters with the National Anthem, while the page notes other chatter and snippets from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Russell
Pearl Theater
Tuesday Willian & Hart
Louise Glawmn
Letter to the Editor condemns Germany and urges boycott
A reader argues Germany should be ostracized and American goods boycotted. The writer links German culture to war, criticizing German language in schools and predicting labor oppression if Germany prevails, urging citizens to avoid German products and echoing wartime sentiment.
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Germany
Uy, S.A
America
Chorge
U. S.A
Surety to Editor Reply Reflects Texas War Measures Debate
A reader defends Texas self rule amid war zone concerns. The letter counters a Texan by stating Buckmange does not approve San Antonio vice, notes the zone bill passed with two thirds support, and argues the War Department is letting Texans manage affairs. It criticizes those fearing job loss as the army needs manpower while recounting a domestic anecdote about a misbehaving child at dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yexan
The
Light
Wilson
War Department
Texas
San Antonio
Buckmange
Southern Department
Hobby
House
Senate
Legislaure
Iso
Aquar
Army
Navy
I. B. Wlliott
Compiled Texan Press Opinions On War, Suffrage And Drought
A collage of 1923 Texas editorials critiques notes the Kaiser era, drought forecasts, and wartime thrift. Opinions range from Nog Island worklessness denial to suffrage attitudes, frontier remedies, and state politics. Prominent papers like Austin Statesman Beaumont Journal and Corpus Christi Times weigh issues of law, propaganda, and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Kaiser
Austin Statesman
Nog Island
Temple Velegram
Texas
Laredo
State Press
Beaumont Journal
Byjis
Lufkin
Villa
Tis
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Carranza
New Zealand
Leon ‘Trotsky
Trotsky
Russia
Florida
Lilian Witaxerald
Chitenes Senna
Ttagel Moran
Progr
Pat Barrett
Kayhions
Barrett
Paris
Regal Sisters
Princess
Captain Kidder
Cecil
Mack
Dan Anhaern
June Grey
Tomiiste
Lydda
Alemin
Leon
Father
Wileen
Eagle Pays
Jonah
Barlin
Eagle Pass
Mexico
Times-Herald
Waco
Corpus Christi Times
Moore
Yoakum Times
H. A. Lindenberg
Dallas
Justice of the Peace
Santa Anna Sun
Anerivany
Dallas News
Austin
Anonymous
Houston Post
By Briggs
Trin
Hele
April
Ves
the Tribune Assoc
New York Tribune
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