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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
2
Emma Cronberg of Buhl Minnesota and a St Paul college student has been named interstate grand champion in home economics and agriculture after winning bread baking and food judging contests. She placed first among competitors from twelve states and is pictured with several of her pies at the event.
Washington reports foreign trade in 1924 at 8.225 billion dollars, the highest normal year in U S history. Exports total 4.65 billion, imports 3.575 billion, leaving a surplus of 18.228 billion since the end of World War I. Officials note postwar balances and investments shaped the record.
Austin reports eradication efforts near Houston have cost 444825 to date as Texas live stock sanitary commission chair J Boog Scott notes. A meeting in Austin aimed to review expenses and seek further deficiency appropriations bringing salaries and expenses to 60000, with state and federal halves of livestock and property damage covered. No outbreak has occurred in the infected area since October 27, and the area now reflects only the original infected cattle territory.
The Buffalo Bayou project at Houston costing 88000 dollars was approved again by the House Rivers and Harbors Committee as the omnibus bill moved to the House in final form on Thursday. The plan deepens the light draft channel above Turning Basin to 10 feet and widens it to 60 feet.
President Coolidge's veto of the postal pay increase bill was sustained by the Senate. The veto passed by a margin of one vote, with twenty-nine supporters and fifty-five opposing, falling short of the two-thirds needed to override the president.
Georgetown Tex The woman’s dormitory at Southwestern University known as the annex was wholly burned Thursday. All students teachers and other residents escaped injury but many lost clothing and personal belongings.
The oil and gas division denied permits to drill for oil in the Wortham field requested by Why-Not Oil Company of Mexia and Atlantic Production Company of Dallas. A separate request by E F Smith to drill in the San Marcos river beds was also denied.
A fissure two inches wide and forty feet long formed in East Bridgewater Massachusetts after Friday tremors. Local residents report structural effects in nearby houses and streets as authorities investigate the unusual geological event.
Governor-elect Miriam A. Ferguson released a list of appointments on Tuesday in Temple Texas naming Mrs S W Meharg Plainview as state secretary Mark McGee Brownwood as adjutant general C O Austin Dallas as banking commissioner and others to the state board of control the prison and health agencies lawyers and commissioners with offices in Temple Houston Dallas Galveston Tyler Breckenridge Gilmer Plainview Sulphur Springs and Waco Texas.
Dallas will host the Associated Ad Clubs of the World convention May 10 14 with 6000 delegates expected. Special excursions from Houston to Texas will be allowed and railroads will offer one third fare from across the United States to Houston. George D. Hunter notes full cooperation between Texas railroads and Houston advertising men.
U S district court judge joins opinion affirming federal power to seize suspected rum runners under the Volstead Act. A Canadian-flagged steamer Quadra was seized 17 miles off the Farallon Islands by American officers during a suspected illicit run.
Berlin reports the German government replies to allied ambassadors on the Cologne evacuation failure. The note says the German people feel a heavy blow and their hope to consolidate affairs and pursue peaceful cooperation with other nations has been gravely shattered.
Lawrence M. Hight, a former clergyman, and Mrs. Elsie Sweetin were convicted of poisoning Wilford Sweetin. Hight began a life sentence Monday at the Southern Illinois Penitentiary in Menard, Mount Vernon, Illinois.
In Galveston Texas estimates place oyster landings at twelve thousand barrels since September 1 marking a threefold increase over last season. The business gathered reports indicate strong markets for regional shellfish as beds yield abundantly.
W L Stallings Harris County agricultural agent predicts Gulf Coast figs will cost 25 to 80 percent less in 1925 than in 1924 due to favorable growing conditions. The forecast cites broader market trends and regional production factors affecting prices.
Brownwood Texas Mark McGee state commander of the American Legion has been named adjutant general of Texas by governor-elect Mrs Miriam Ferguson and will continue as Legion commander after assuming his duties as adjutant general.
Chicago report states Bernard Grant, convicted two years ago for the murder of a police officer, has been granted a reprieve for the eighth time just days before the scheduled execution. The delay preserves the ongoing legal effort and postpones the final sentence.
Elsie Sweetin begins a 36 year term at Stateville Penitentiary after conviction alongside Lawrence M Hight in the murder of her band member Wilford Sweetin. The case links a deceased clergyman to the crime and marks a high profile state punishment.
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