Fine Junior Achievement Hall Dedication in Springfield
The Junior Achievement hall in Springfield Massachusetts was dedicated after a $100000 gift from Horace A Moses a wealthy paper manufacturer. Six New England governors and numerous business leaders attended as this is the nation’s only building of its kind for training leaders in self help programs across industrial and homemaking lines.
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Springfield
Mass
Horace A. Moses
New England
Wood's son bankruptcy shocks Broadway circle
Leonard Wood Jr., son of Major General Wood and governor of the Philippine Islands, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Brooklyn Federal court. He lists assets at 842 and liabilities at 14,585, a figure reflecting his theatrical ventures on Broadway.
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Leonard Wood, Jr
Wood
Philippine Islands
Brooklyn
Broadway
Ferguson Says Federal Help Free to Fight Cattle Plague
Former Governor James E Ferguson announced that federal authorities will direct the fight against foot and mouth disease with full state cooperation. He expects Dr Marion Imes to curb the outbreak within thirty days and does not seek a special legislative session or martial law. He urged reimbursements for farmer losses and said existing funds plus possible borrowing should cover the drive.
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Houston
Tex
James E. Ferguson
Marion Imes
Ferguson
Imes
Houston Chamber of Commerce
E. B. Spiller
Southwest Cattle Raisers’ Association
State Sanitary Livestock Commission
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Willacy County Approves Bond Election for Road Paving
Willacy County commissioners court ordered a bond election on a $300,000 road paving issue to close the gap in the paved highway from Brownsville to Kingsville. The election is set for October 17. The court estimates $300,000 will cover paving about 20 miles of the highway through the county.
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Brownsville
Tex
Willacy County
Kingsville
Commissioners Court
Walton Begins Presidency Term At A&M College
Walton formally began his first term as president of Texas A and M College in College Station by opening the fiftieth annual session with a record enrollment of 1,880 students and about 200 more degree candidates than last year.
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College Station
Tex
T. O. Walton
Texas A. and M. College
New Outbreaks in Cattle Malady Reported in Texas
Two new foot and mouth disease outbreaks emerged within a restricted quarantine zone in Texas. Dr Marion Imes of the federal bureau of animal industry reported one outbreak in the Palmer dairy herd near Algoa and another within the same protected area. A dairy herd near Galveston also lies under an injunction order from Wednesday.
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Houston
Tex
Galveston
Marion Imes
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Palmer
Algoa
Desertions Rise as Abd el Krim Promises Fail
Moroccan soldiers desert in large numbers from Abd el Krim’s ranks in Fez as promises of paradise and heaven for those who die in the war against the invader fail to stem the wave of defections to the French army.
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Fez
French
Morocco
Abd-el-Krim
Miss Holdsworth named English tutor to Japanese prince
London reports Miss Helen Holdsworth appointed as English tutor to Prince Yashuhito, heir son of the Japanese emperor, reflecting a notable royal education assignment.
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London
Helen Holdsworth
Prince Yashuhito
Emperor of
Japan
Inheritance Taxes Run Into Millions in Texas
Austin figures show $32,709,916 in estates on file for inheritance tax in Comptroller Terrell’s department with $206,303 more due in the next 90 days. Yearly receipts total $587,546.49 for the year ending September 1, and $29,241 for 15 days in September. Key estates include A Levy Harris County 847,275, Henrietta King Kleberg County 6,239,122, Marcy Burnett Tarrant County 1,382,243, Ida S. Gage Bexar County 1,515,000, E M Scargrough Travis County 485,000. Tax division seeks audits for valuation, but staff limits slow work. Projected year revenue near $1,000,000.
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Austin
Tex
Terrell
A. Levy
Harris County
Henrietta King
Kleberg County
Marcy C. Burnett
Tarrant County
Ida S. Gage
Bexar County
E. M. Scargrough
Travis County
Texas Cotton Ginning Total Near Million Bales
Austin Texas Approximately 1 000 000 bales of cotton have been ginned in Texas this year and about 650 000 bales sold George B Terrell commissioner of agriculture said Saturday About 20 per cent held for better prices by cooperatives and farmers the Texas crop will be about 3 675 000 bales He warned rain or frost could cut output and predicted prices may rise if US production stays under 13 000 000 bales Domestic consumption and exports for the year just closed reached 14 000 000 bales and Memphis reports a total Texas crop of 12 937 000 bales.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
George B. Terrell
Mr. Terrell
United States
Commissioner of Agriculture of
Memphis
Tenn
Texas Roads Reach 20000 Miles In State System
Austin announces that more than one thousand miles of new state highways have been designated, bringing Texas highway mileage to 20000. A building program aims to surface and preserve existing roads, with ferries replaced by bridges and a $25000000 budget for 1925 overseen by the state highway commission.
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Austin
Tex
State Highway Commission
Texas
Airship Sets Unofficial World Record Over Mitchell Field
Lieutenant Alford Williams of the U S Navy piloted the Curtiss racer at Mitchell Field reaching 302.3 miles with a reading of 802.3 miles per hour as the white cross insignia appeared below signaling a lifelong ambition fulfilled and a new unofficial mark.
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Mitchell Field
Alford Williams
Mitchel Field
Williams
Navy
Body Recovered Eighty Miles From River Tragedy
The body of Ida Evans, who drowned in the Red River at Springbank Miller County Arkansas, Friday, was recovered Sunday near Shreveport about eighty miles downriver from the scene of the tragedy.
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Texarkana
Tex
Ida Evans
Red River
Springbank
Miller County
Arkansas
Shreveport
Louisiana Cotton Crop 1925 Estimated at 655000 Bales
United States Department of Agriculture statistician Jones said Louisiana's total cotton crop for 1925 is expected at 655000 bales with 220118 bales ginned by September 1. The figures reflect early season harvest progress reported in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Jones
United States Department of Agriculture
Fifteen Exposition Floats Burn in Tulsa Parade Loss
Tulsa fire Friday destroyed fifteen floats meant for the petroleum exposition parade scheduled during the Petroleum Exposition from October 1 to 10. The blaze halted plans for float displays and disrupted the event timeline.
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Tulsa
Okla
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Receives Praise
Mrs F B Headden of Macon Georgia reports severe illness confined to bed for two weeks, then rapid recovery after two weeks on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She endorses the product publicly, noting 200000 canvass replies with 98 of 100 benefited. For sale by druggists everywhere.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
F. B. Headden
Holt Avenue
Macon
Georgia
Cuticura Talcum Ad Highlighting Trio’s Allure
Advertisement touts Cuticura as a complete toilet regimen with Soap Ointment and Talcum priced 25 cents each. It claims the powder and perfume render other scents unnecessary and appeals to busy men who rarely slow down.
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Habibullah Chan
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Aurora
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Utah
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