No Clear News As Texas Politics Juggles Appointments
A dense Texas column mix discusses voting integrity, women’s roles, and political patronage. It notes a series of local officials, including Burnet district attorneys, moving through offices via governor appointments, highlighting concerns of entrenched power and the state’s political culture.
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Neff
San Saba County
Dayton Moses
Burnet
Burnet County
Europe
San Saba notes spark wit and weather signs for 1925
A local San Saba roundup blends aphorisms and small town happenings from January to 1925. Mentions eclipse aftermath and solar signs, ribbenship gifts, pecan displays at the National Bank, and a church joke, all framed in light weekly miscellany tone.
Weather Prophet in San Saba Forecasts Dry December 1924
The Sun of a Gun in San Saba News predicts a very dry December 1924 and promises to reveal January 1925 in Februarys first issue. Coleman Democrat Voice notes a rare sensible weather forecaster amid the chatter.
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Sun-of-a-Gun
San Saba
Coleman Democrat- Voice
Welcome Sign and Texas Ranger Turmoil
A San Saba News column urges advertisers to use home papers as the welcome sign for business. The piece notes Texas has had no Texas Ranger since Friday after a judge blocked Ranger operations, accusing Ranger laws since 1901 of being unconstitutional, hinting at a political clash between Rangers and bootleggers amid broader corruption concerns.
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San Saba
Texas
San Antonio
Rangers
Appointive method faces election for district attorney
Commentary argues that the current appointive path to district attorney leaves the people powerless until the next election, implying a safe but unsatisfying transition in Europe styled terms. The piece stresses electoral accountability as the people’s remedy.
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Burnet
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38Rd
Dayton Moses
Capt. Hammond
Christian
Capitol
Austin
Pat Neff
House of Hapaburgs
Hoheyzollerns
King
Europe
See O P The Child Labor Amendment
The arguments against the Federal Child Labor Amendment are examined with defense of its necessity. Harvard Law professor Manley Hudson condemns the notion Congress would be ineffectual, noting the need for national action to uniformly regulate child labor. The piece defends the amendment as a wise, properly drafted measure to curb abuse of child labor nationwide.
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Manley
Hudson
Harvard Law School
Massachusetts
Professor Hudson
United States
San Saba and Comanche bond votes and local opinion
The San Saba sewer bond proposal drew debate as Comanche approved water and gas bonds by wide margins. The Standard argues for town ownership of sewerage and criticizes stagnation, while noting the influence of local newspapers and merchants on community progress. Ex-Lt. Gov. Willii Mays, now Dean of Journalism at Texas Univ., is referenced.
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San Saba
Jesue
Willii Mays
Texas University
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