Terrell Moves to Railroad Commission in Texas Shuffle
Austin Aug. 11. Gov. Neff named Cc. V. Terrell to the Railroad Commission replacing Dr. Walter Splawn who will resign as president of the University. Secretary of State Sid ney Staples becomes State Treasurer and Finis K. Johnson is Secretary of State. Johnson now heads the blue sky division. Terrell may seek the Railroad nomination in Sept and resign the Treasurer post if approved. Staples would then seek Treasurer, Johnson would appoint a successor, and Terrell would run again if elected.
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Austin
Texas
Neff
Cc. V. Terrell
Railroad Commission
Walter M. W. Splawn
Sidney L. Staples
Finis K. Johnson
Johnson
Blue Sky
Department of State
New State Democratic Committee
Perrell
State Department
State
Gov. Neff
G. N. Holton
State Fire Insurance Commission
Holton
Treasury
Terrell
Decatur
State Senate
State Committee
Splawn
Free Trial Package From Chamberlain Medicine Co
Offer invites readers to send name and address with five cents and the slip to Des Moines Iowa to receive a trial package including Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Chamberlain's Salve for burns and wounds. Ad promotes sale of multiple remedies.
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Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
Advt
Humorous Local Quips Tickle Tickville Crowd
A collection of lighthearted jests and social jabs from Tickville observers. The items lampoon daily life, marriage, chores, pecking orders, and small town foibles with playful asides about neighbors and family antics. No clear single event, but a string of comic vignettes.
Morning routines and small town quips under a rain day
Slim Pickens winds his watch each morning and jokes about a grin from Miss Fortune. Columbus Allsop notes dress wearers tan with freckles forming on the north arm. Sidney Hocks recalls a man burdened with clothes in a suitcase and prefers poverty to the hassle. A tree side checker game is interrupted by a heavy downpour reducing visibility.
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Slim Pickens
Sidney Hocks
Postmaster Receives Stranger Mail Hold Request
A stranger asks the postmaster to hold mail until arrival, prompting the postmaster to note if he complied with every request he would have no time left for duties. Sile Kilden recalls a smart speaker in Ticaville delivering an eloquent talk and questions the speaker’s competence.
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P. M
Sile Kilden
Ticaville
Sile
Tickville
Bromo Quinine Labeled Box Bears Grove Signature
Advertisement notes a single Bromo Quinine tablet product with Grove’s signature on the box. It claims the remedy removes the cause of colds and flu and lists a price of 0c. The copy emphasizes that there is only one Bromo Quinine product.
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E W.grove
Edwards Explains Purported Rating In Runoff Speech
Denton Texas Aug 8 Will C Edwards says his opponent uses a Ku Klux Klan ticket with him listed F aligned to friendly favorable and fair He asserts no group could list him other than fair noting his campaign pledge to be fair and just to all including his opponent He cites Judge Miller at McKinney and Alvord remarks in his defense
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Denton
Texas
Will C. Edwards
McKinney
Miller
Alvord
Primary candidates receive mixed praise in report
The report rates several candidates as fair, noting no denunciation of the Klan during the first primary. Morris Sheppard is listed as fair, with five Railroad Commissioner hopefuls and one Chief Justice contender sharing similar evaluations.
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Morris Sheppard
The Mossback Riff on Change and Modern Times
A verse critiques old guard nostalgia as society shifts with new fashions and women’s styles. It mocks gloomy views of progress, noting updated dress, generational changes, and a sense of cultural unease with contemporary life.
Bitter railing and aging in Walt Mason verse
The excerpt laments aging and disdain for modern trends. It contrasts the speaker’s nostalgia with the harsh December mood, noting a struggle between nostalgia and social change while a resigned voice counsels waking from the hop dream. The piece frames a veteran speaker reflecting on obsolescence.
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Walt Mason
Brick masons hide earnings to keep hens in the dark
A humorous note from the New York American jokes that brick masons no longer keep hens for fear the birds will learn how much they are paid for laying bricks. The quip plays on the notion of close‑mouthed trades and poultry irony.
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New York American
LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE Promoted for Tonic Effects
An advertisement touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary Quinine for tonic and laxative uses. It claims no nervousness or head ringing and advises remembering E. W. GROVE’s full name and signature.
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E. W. Grove
Couple Marries Return to Confederate Home for Room
Austin Texas aug 10 in a spirit of magnanimity the state board of control made room in the Confederate Home for an aged couple who married five weeks ago and returned seeking separate admission to the men s and women s homes to again receive state bounty the man aged 84 the woman 76 and thrice married will live together as man and wife in the veterans home making twenty four couples residing there
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Control
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Sim Flinders
Poke Eazley
Washington Hocks
Jefferson Potlocks
Poke
Tobe Moseley
Luke Mathewson
Raz Barlow
Fortune
Miss Fortune
Columbus Allsop
Li B.thrifty
Planters National Bank
Edwards
THE
Mossback
First National Bank
Mazda
Whitewright
Chesley Rutledge
Hartford
S. H. Montgomery
Whitewright, Texas
Pee Gee
Peaslee-Gaulbert Co. Incorporated
Atlanta
Louisville
Dallas
L. LaRoe & Company
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