Texas Wheat Exports and Port Activity Highlight July Outlook
Texas ports report a busy period with three million bushels of wheat shipped abroad this month from Galveston. Texas City handled 1,347,084 barrels of oil in May and Port Arthur issued May building permits totaling 158 valued at 169,492 dollars.
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Raymond Brooks
Texas State Railroad
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United States
Texas
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Joe Burkett
State Senate
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Civil Service Commission
Dublin
Electra
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Mineola
Paris
Ranger
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Seguin
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Anahuac
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Bill to Expedite Aid to Soldiers Passes House
The House approved the Sweet bill by 335 to 0 to consolidate agencies aiding former service members. A Veterans Bureau would oversee the War Risk Insurance Board and other services, with 14 regional offices and 140 aid sites. Automatic bureau termination is set for July 1 1926, and insurance payout rules for lapsed policies are amended.
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Senate
House Commerce Committee
Veterans’ Bureau
Treasury Department
War Risk Insurance Board
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Public Health Service
Elliott
Indiana
Bergdoll Family Pays $23,000 Fines Under Protest
Emma Bergdoll mother of deserters and four co-defendants paid $23,000 in fines under protest to the U S District Court here. The group faced prison terms of one year and a day or six months with fines but were told the sentences could be remitted if fines were paid by June 13.
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Philadelphia
Emma C. Bergdoll
Bergdoll Brothers
Grover C
Erwin R. Bergdoll
United States District Court
Charles A. Braun
Texas Oklahoma boundary case sets timeline for testimony
Attorney General C. M. Cureton and Assistant Attorney General C. W. Taylor return from Washington to announce that testimony in the Texas Oklahoma boundary controversy before the Supreme Court must begin by August 15 and conclude by October 29. Frederick S. Tyler of Washington is named special commissioner to hear the testimony.
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C. W. Taylor
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Frederick S. Tyler
Death of Baptist Leader Gambrell in Dallas
Dr James Bruton Gambrell renowned Southern Baptist leader, educator and former SBC president, died at his Dallas home after several months illness. He would have turned 80 next July.
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Dallas
Texas
James Bruton Gambrell
Southern Baptist Convention
Bodies of Flood Victims Found Along Arkansas River
Six more flood victims were found Friday along the Arkansas River in Pueblo Colorado. Four bodies were adults and two were youths.
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Pueblo
Colo
Arkansas River
Auto Confiscation Bill Passed In Senate
Washington report says a bill protecting automobile and vehicle owners from confiscation if used in illegal liquor transport without their knowledge was passed by the Senate on Friday. It seeks to shield owners from liability when their property is used without consent in illegal operations.
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Washington
Senate
Synod Votes to Abolish Celibacy in Polish National Church
The synod of the Polish National Catholic Church in session Friday decided to abolish celibacy among its 150 clergymen in Scranton Pennsylvania.
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Scranton
The
Polish National Catholic Church
Seasion
Veterans Association Formed by World War and Earlier Service Members
Congressional veterans from World War I Civil War and Spanish American War years gathered at the University Club in Washington forming The Veterans Association of the Sixty-seventh Congress. Roy G. Fitzgerald and John E. Rankin elected leaders as John Thomas Taylor outlined the American Legion legislative program including consolidation vocational training hospitalization and emergency officer retirement measures.
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House of Representatives
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American Legion
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California
Roy G. Fitzgerald
Ohio
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
John Thomas Taylor
National Legislative Committee of the Legion
Taylor
Legion
War on Legions Bachelors Sparks Kansas Campaign
The Kansas campaign by the American Legion Auxiliary promotes women in posts and urges no bachelor posts in the state. Miss McCoy of Topeka pushes the battle cry and praises women for cooking, housekeeping, and clubhouse upkeep, while Legion prisoners supposedly receive fried chicken and pies.
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Sunflower State
Miss McCoy
Topeka
Women's Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Legionnaires
Legion
Texas Editors Adjourn Meeting
Brownsville Denton chosen as next Texas Press Association meeting site at 42nd annual convention closing session Judd Mortimer Lewis of Houston elected president for the year Other officers include S D Chesnut Kenedy Sam Harden Richardson and C F Lehman San Antonio A tie on resolutions urged raising official publications rate to 2c opposed political diversions and praised Rio Grande Valley towns for hospitality Fairs should boost advertising over paper generosity and education institutions key Texas venues noted No adoption of world wide disarmament proposal.
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Texas Press Association
Judd Mortimer Lewis
Houston
S. D. Chesnut
Kenedy
Sam Harden
Richardson
C. F. Lehman
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McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Dallas
Waco
Fort Worth
Texas
Texas Rail Revenue Shows a Large Increase in Net Output
Austin is where Texas lines report first quarter vs last year. Rail operation net revenue rose 107.86 percent to 4,405,298 with total operating revenue at 55,775,639 and operating expenses at 51,370,341. Freight and passenger revenues climbed while mail and express declined.
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Austin, Texas
Texas
Legion Flag Ad Adds History In New Orleans Quarter
The American Legion will fly its flag in a rebuilt section of New Orleans heart in the French Quarter. The city administration turned over a building near the Spanish Cabildo for four years to Legion posts. The facility will include an auditorium offices and clubrooms and will house beloved department headquarters and auxiliary offices.
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American Legion
New Orleans
Legion
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana Department
Legion Employment and Service Bureau
Women's Auxiliary
Pelicanaire
Lightning strike kills workers at Utah Oil Refining plant
A lightning bolt struck a 1.5 million gallon gasoline distillate tank at the Utah Oil Refining Company plant in Salt Lake City. Two dead are confirmed with at least six more possible, over 25 injured, many unaccounted for, and property losses near 1 million dollars.
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Utah
Utah Oil Refining Company
Sims Ordered Home From London by Denby
Rear Admiral Sims was recalled to the United States by Secretary Denby after a speech criticizing Sinn Fein sympathizers in the United States.
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Washington
Sims
London
Denby
Sinn Fein
United States
Railway Earnings Fall in April Despite Cost Cuts
The Association of Railway Executives reports April net operating income at 29.201 million, down 1.494 million from March as operating expenses declined but earnings still dropped.
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Washington
The
Association of Railway Executives
Polish ambassador named foreign minister in cabinet
Skirmont, the Polish ambassador to Italy, has been appointed foreign minister in the Polish cabinet. He succeeds Prince Sapieha, who resigned from the post.
Agricultural Markets Report Shows Mixed Prices Across Commodities
The Markets Bureau reports hay prices mostly lower amid light receipts. Alfalfa slips about $2 in Kansas City while Chicago and Cincinnati see steady or absorbing demand. Wheat, corn and oats show varied shifts with July wheat reaching new highs before dropping, and cotton futures easing to 12 point gains in New York.
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Mississippi
F.o.b
Georgia Carman
Tom Watson
Boston
Wisconsin
Market Report: Rice Prices and Receipts in New Orleans
In New Orleans the rice market showed steady demand with clean rice trading higher than Friday. Receipts totaled 4,419 sacks rough and 1,000 pockets clean, with sales of 6,827 pockets clean including Blue Rose at 21-8 3.55c and 208 pockets Japan at 2 35-8c. Bran and Polish prices listed at 16.00 and 23.00 respectively.
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New Orleans
Japan
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root Ad Promotes Kidney Medicine
Long ad notes druggists’ endorsement of Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder medicine. It claims years of proven use and urges readers to buy at local druggists or request a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
I Told You So Moments Amid Unforeseen Events
A reflective note on how some individuals insist they foresaw disruptions. The line captures the tension between surprise incidents and voices claiming prescience, illustrating human reactions when plans derail unexpectedly.
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for avoidable operation
Mrs J H Meyer of Orange California says doctors warned a serious operation was needed for a tumor and ulcers but after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered and can do household work and long walks. The ad notes many women also cured without surgery.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
J. H. Meyer
South Orange St
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