Engineers to dredge the Mississippi to aid navigation
Major General Harry Taylor head of the U S Army engineering corps and Colonel T Q Ashburn visited Cairo and Memphis after inspecting the Mississippi River from St Louis to New Orleans. They noted a shallow channel and a sand bar causing delays and promised to fix it. Cairo businessmen held a meeting with Congressman Newton praising river improvements and shipper benefits over rail.
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Cairo
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Harry Taylor
Engineering Corps
United States Army
T. Q. Ashburn
Federal
Memphis
Mississippi
General Taylord
Ashburn
Cleveland
Newton
Night House Mover In Nighttime Stirs San Antonio Street
At 1 am residents near South Presa and Becker streets watched a man drive a pair of mules to pull a large house on rollers through the street. Police halted the operation for lack of a permit and to avoid disturbing sleep until daylight.
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South Presa
Becker Streets
Dickman
Two Negroes Held in Clothing Theft Investigation
Police on Austin Street arrested two black men believed to know of recent clothing thefts from residences in the hill section. The case began with a servant’s quarters break in at H. H. Walton’s home on West Craig place, leading to recovered garments and arrests.
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Austin Street
H. H. Walton
West Craig Place
Austin
Police Hunt Pirates Find Frog Hunters Along San Antonio River
Strange sight Thursday night along the San Antonio river as police chased suspected burglars. Three men in two boats were seen moving over the Rio at midnight. Officers found the boat carried only a frog hunting expedition with a bag of several dozen frogs. Hunters named as R. Mezzetti F Nigra and Carl Frick.
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San Antonio
Market Street
R. Mezzetti
West Travis Street
F. Nigra
East Commerce Street
Carl Frick
Cotton Gil Worker Injured in Fall at Mill
Jose de la Cruz 37 was found weak from blood loss after collapsing in the 1300 block of South Flores Street early Friday. An employee of B and B Garage, he said he fell while pushing a cart of cottonseed cakes at the Alamo Cotton Oil Company mill, suffering a head wound. He was treated at Robert G B Green hospital and sent home.
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Jose de la Cruz
South Concha
South Flores Street
Robert GB. Green
Alamo Cotton Oil Company
Simpson Street
Ortiz
Jie
Day and Heaton Firm Goes Bankrupt After Losses
A New York bankruptcy receiver and accountants begin an inquiry into Day and Heaton losses to creditors after the stock exchange firm collapses. Liabilities are estimated at 1.7 million dollars with assets around 1 million. George R. Christian’s defalcation and disappearance triggered the failure and a bankruptcy petition followed.
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New York
Creditess
Day and Heaton
New York Stock Exchange
George R. Christian
Christian
Canada
Boxer Indemnity Board Appointed in Peking
The Chinese American commission to dispense funds from the Boxer indemnity was named by a presidential mandate. American members include John Dewey Paul Monroe C R Bennett J E Baker Roger Green and others. Chinese members list Yen Koo Sze Fan Yuan Lin Chang Pao Lin Kuo Ping Wen and several university officials.
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Associated Ties
Peking
Chinese American Commission
United States
John Dewey
New
York
Paul Monroe
Yonkers
N. X
C. R. Bennett
The
International Banking Corporation
J. E. Baker
Ministry ‘of Communications
Roger Green
Oklahoma Gets Nurserymen Meet
Oklahoma City was chosen for the 1925 meeting of the Southwestern Nurserymen's Association at the close of the seventh annual convention. J. R. Makew of Waxahachie was reelected president. Officers include C. B. Catee of Noble as vice president and Thomas B. Foster of Denton as secretary-treasurer.
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Dallas
Oklahoma City
Southwestern Nurserymen’s Association
J. R. Makew
Waxahachie
C. B. Catee
Noble
Okla
Thomas B. Foster
Denton
Chapels of Third Dynasty Found Near Sakkara
Two royal tomb chapels from the Third Dynasty near the pyramids at Sakkara, about fifteen miles south of Cairo, are reported. archaeologists led by Cecil Firth say the stone buildings, with leaf-capital columns and papyrus capitals, may be burial sites for princesses or queens. The site is to be cleared this winter.
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Cairo
Szypt
Pyramids
Sakkare
Cecil Firth
Egyptian Antiques Department
Gompers Confined to His Room in New York
News reports from New York say Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, remains confined to his room at a hotel. He sent a representative to the La Follette mass meeting, and a planned conference between La Follette and the presidential candidate may be cancelled unless La Follette visits Gompers in his room.
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New York
Samuél Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Associates
LaFollette
LaQolletté
Gompers
Dandruff Remedy Promises Hair Restoration
An old advert describes dissolving dandruff with four ounces of liquid dryen applied at night to the scalp. It claims rapid results by morning and that repeated applications will eliminate dandruff, stop itching, and improve hair appearance. The suggested product liquid arvon is available at drug stores.
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Night House Mover
Cotton Gil
Boxer Indemnity Board
Oklahoma
West Houston
Americans Railroad
North
Northwest
Chicago
Southern Pacific
Great Southwest
Alton
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Wilson
Isleself
Isj
Furniahe
Aleo
Abel
G. Lutz
A. Williams
General Freight
Ascot
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