Straw vote shows Coolidge closing gap with LaFollette and Davis
The article outlines a regional presidential straw poll with Calvin Coolidge leading in several downtown canvasses while LaFollette and Davis trail, noting shifts in support across Houston Street booths, North Alam Street, Turner Hall, and city facilities. It reports vote totals, party lines, and urges readers to vote in The Light’s nationwide and local straw polls.
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Hearst
LaFollette Leads California Poll in Hearst Papers
In San Francisco and Oakland polls compiled by Hearst papers, LaFollette leads Coolidge and Davis in the northern California region called North of Tehachapi. The Frisco area shows LaFollette ahead as industrial voters weigh the race.
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San Francisco “Examiner
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Enquirer
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Tlafolette
Coolidge
Davis
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Frisco
LA Follette
Francisco
TaPollette
California Polls Show La Follette Lead Dims in North
Early tallies indicate La Follette leading Coolidge in northern California with a strong Republican drift and notable Democratic cuts. Alameda County shows the largest division outside San Francisco, while farming districts in Central and Northern California favor La Follette. In the north La Follette holds about 48.5 percent to Coolidge 44 percent with Davis around 7 percent.
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Farm Commission Up for Discussion in Washington
President Coolidge faces calls on the engagement list as his regular cabinet meeting covers mining, farming appointments and a beet sugar industry report expected this week to guide tariff and arith agar duty decisions. The president also reviews visitor reports from the campaign trail with no indicated shift in participation.
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Agricultural Commission
City Buys Materials for Creek Parkway Improvement
Equipment for the San Pedro creek park is ordered including 100 feet of pine, fittings from Standard Sanitary Manufacturing and 1200 Thompson sprinklers from Sam Antonio Machine and Supply. An appropriation of 2400 dollars funds paving Aransas avenue from South Hackberry to Denver boulevard by Branlt Western Bitulithie. arc lights will be installed at Warwick Boulevard with South Presac and Saunders with Hamilton streets.
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Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company
Thompson
Sam Antonio Machine and Supply Company
Aransas Avenue
Hackberry Street
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Branlt Western Bitulithie Company
Warwick Boulevard
South Presac Street
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Hamilton Street
Dr William Tucker Dies in Hanover Educator at 86
Dr William Tucker of Hanover New Hampshire former professor and administrator at Dartmouth College age eighty six was reported critically ill today. He previously survived a serious illness twenty months earlier and remains at his home under care.
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William
Jewett
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Two Hundred0 Women Clash With Police in Paterson Riot
In Paterson New Jersey Oct to Turner Hall last night 2000 striking silk workers led by two sisters with American flags clashed with police at city hall. Police dispersed the crowd injuring about a score and resulting in thirteen arrests.
Poll results across nations show party splits
The clippings report varied 1930s state and national results with names like La Follette Coolidge Davis and Taft styled figures. Democrats and Republicans lead several contests while others trail, with totals ranging into thousands for major parties and smaller shares for independents.
Oil promoter Robert Chew found guilty in federal court
Robert Chew of Eldorado was found guilty on eight of eleven counts in a federal trial in Tenarkana Arkansas for using the mails to defraud in connection with a stock promotion in the South Arkansas field. Sentencing deferred by Judge Frank A. Youmans until October.
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Robert “Bob” Chew
Eldorado
Federal District Court
South Arkansas
Tudac
Frank A. Youmans
Armenian towns rocked by quake in Erzerum district
A belated dispatch from Constantinople reports another earthquake in the Erzerum district of Armenia, the fourth in six weeks. The tremor caused deaths and widespread damage, destroying houses, several railroad stations and bridges that had withstood earlier shocks.
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Tondon
Erzerum
Armenia
Mrs Haupttrice Faces Justice Bar Alone
In a silent courtroom Annie Haupttrice sits in mourning while Sheriff Allen maintains order as her husband Will Haupttrice, hampered by arsenic effects, is carried out. The piece notes babies, Lenore, and looming tragedy as the defendant endures a quiet, solitary moment before her cell.
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Mo Ward
Annie Hauptrief
Will Hauptrief
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Lenore
Annie Haupthel
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Annie
Wil
Walter
Tarcia
Police Officer Pedraga fatally shot during mob scene
Cred all the evening. Pedraga was shot when a crowd pressed on him at Houston and St Marys street. He died at the hospital without giving a statement. Pedraga survived by two children and had served in the police force since 1912. Jennings Rogrepuel called the shooting accidental and said Pedraga tried to frighten the crowd. Funeral plans to be announced.
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Jennings Rogrepeul
Jennings
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Pedraza
Riebe Undertaking Company
Paneral
Sungkiang Captured by Sun Fun Army Near Shanghai
Fukien advices report Sungkiang, ten miles southwest of Shanghai, captured by General Sun Chinane Fun and Chokiang troops retreat toward Singehwan. The move could force Chekiang defenders to withdraw from the Howangtu Liuho front.
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Sungkiang
Sun Chinane- Fun
Fukien
Singehwan
Football man held after threatening rival in clash
Fletcher Mills of Yazoo County Agricultural High School faces a $1000 bond on an alleged assault charge after a Friday game with Belzoni High School. Mills reportedly vowed to target Albert Hicks and allegedly knelt on Hicks neck, causing a broken neck. Hicks was hospitalized with a slim chance of recovery.
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Fletcher Mills
Yazoo County Agricultural
Denton
Liberty
Albert Hicks
Belzoni
Mills
Hicks
Vigorous Democrat Campaign Planned in Texas
An Austin Democratic meeting urged voters to join a patriotic uprising against Republican and Ku Klux Klan efforts. The committee planned a statewide campaign with district senatorial appointments, announced a proxy vote by James Ferguson, and adopted an address denouncing those who reject the party nominee after primaries.
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Republican Party
Democratic Committee
George Tiutée
Imperson
James J. Ferguson
Miriam A. Berguson
C. Thuipstomh
Quitman
Walter YL. Jones
Incola
Federal agents arrest Pedro Quiroz for liquor production
Prohibition officers raid SIS Leach street finding a fifteen gallon still and 190 gallons of mash, three fermentation vessels, a whiskey pint, and a charcoal burner. Pedro Quiroz admitted guilt and was jailed in default of bond.
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United States
Th. Lh. Edward
Pedro Quiroz
Mlew
U S Steel Buys Fort Worth Plant
United States Steel Corporation announces it has purchased the Cleveland Bene company assets. Negotiations have been ongoing and the acquired properties include factories at Waukegan Fort Worth and Newark with business continuing under the same name and officers. No price detail is disclosed.
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Qet
Prowlers Loot Optical Office in Monday Night Break In
Robbers entered the Optical company office at 1075 Riverwalk, took $27 in cash before being discovered when a night watchman found the front door open. A man on night duty alerted authorities.
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It Optical Company
Rivealk
Five Die in Houston Spree of Shootings Suicides
Houston reports a 48 hour toll of deaths from shootings suicides and accidents. Charles Tessce 28 faces 10000 bond for killing Ernest Gohr 30 after Gohr shot Miss Mary Engel 22. Thelma Calvert 18 killed herself after a parental rebuke. Jesse Melknight 65 died after jumping time and Ernest Garza 4 died from eating a bean. Charles Emmet Morgan 31 dies from injuries while unloading on a hunting trip.
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Charles Tessce
Ernest Gohr
Gohr
Mary F. Engel
Jessee
Miss Engel
Engel
Thelma Calvert
Calvert
Windsor Hotel
Jesse Melknight
Buffalo Bayou
Ernest Garza
Frank Garza
Tito
Charles Emmet Morgan
Synthis
New Piggly Wiggly Opens in Boerne Texas
Boerne opens its first Piggly Wiggly in the Kuehne Hardware building with Walter Kuehne as manager. The store occupies half the building and draws a large opening crowd with more than 40 customers per hour. A souvenir is given to each shopper.
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Boerne
Tex
Kuehne Hardware Company
Walter’ Kuehne
Store Fire at Flores Street Damages $73
A. C. Trevino awoke at 1:45 AM to find his Flores Street store in flames caused by defective wiring. Trevino lives behind the shop and woke his family as smoke filled the living quarters. Damage totaled about $73.
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