Parrish Delivers First Campaign Speech in Sherman
Hon. Lucian W. Parrish of Henrietta opened his bid for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate before a crowded Sherman audience. He outlined fourteen platform planks including cooperation with Europe, anti profiteering, federal aid for farmers, rail rate relief, state rights, highway and health policy, immigration controls, veteran benefits, a tariff for revenue, and cautious Mexico policy. Local supporters Ed Crane and Judge H O Norwood praised his character and fitness.
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Ed Crane
Dallas
H. O. Norwood
Greenville
Mr. Parrish
Texas
United States Senate
T. S. Clyce
Parrish
Lucian W. Parrish
Sherman
Europe
State Railroad Commission
Rio Grande Valley
Mexico
Baylor University in Big Fire Loss at Waco
Fire destroyed Carroll Chapel at Baylor University in Waco late today, with damage pegged at 125000. Insurance coverage was about 100000. Flames started in the dome, but firemen saved the walls. Baylor students rescued about half the library, including Browning materials, before President Brooks halted entry.
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Waco
Browning
Law
S. P. Brooks
Baylor University
F. L. Carroll
Bromo Quinine Advertises Laxative Cure
An old advertisement promotes Bromo Quinine as a cure for colds grip and influenza. It highlights a single product name on the box with the trademark E W. GROVE'S and suggests the remedy costs 30 cents.
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E W. Grove
Arrests Made in Fort Worth Lynching Case
Fort Worth, Feb 13. After sixty days of investigation, officers have under arrest three men in the lynching of Fred Rouse, a negro strikebreaker. Two arrested are Niles City policemen C H Teller and W H Arturton, charged with murder. The third is Tom Howell, a Rick Island railroad switchman, facing a murder complaint. A pistol found near the body was used in the killing. An assault to murder charge also targets W B Morgan for stabbing Rouse days earlier.
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Fort Worth
Fred Rouse
Niles City
C. H. Teller
W. H. Arthurton
Tom Howell
Rick Island Railroad
W. B. Morgan
Rouse
Morgan
Labor unions to select Grayson County candidates
Sherman February 12 The meeting will gather February 18 in Sherman with trades locals railroad brotherhoods and Farm Labor Union bodies to perfect the Grayson County Non-Partisan Political Conference Delegates only will speak at the proceedings The effort follows a January 22 Waco meeting where railroad brotherhoods and Farm Labor Union representatives planned county and district organization to adopt political policies for upcoming elections
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Sherman
Grayson County
Waco
Railroad Brotherhoods
Farm Labor Union
No Worms in a Healthy Child Tonic Claim
Advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic cures worms in children by improving blood and digestion and boosting strength. It asserts regular use for two to three weeks will expel worms and restore health, priced at 6 per bottle.
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Grove
Negro Color Theory in Atlantic Monthly Tale
A snippet recounts a belief from slave era lore about why the palms and soles of enslaved people were described as white. Eleanor C. Gibbs relays this superstition as part of plantation day folklore, noting it as a generational tale attributed to religious explanation.
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Eleanor C. Gibbs
Atlantic Monthly
Painter’s tale of race and skin color described as creation myth
The text recounts a creator who begins with white people and, tiring of them, paints many into red yellow brown and finally black. He orders some white people to kneel on all fours to be painted black while noting the insides of hands and soles remain unpainted. The piece frames race through a controversial, symbolic narrative.
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Hall
A, J. Cheney
Toledo
Chio
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J. L. Kirkpatrick
Mattie Crosswhite
Glade Spring
Cardui
Garda
FT. Worth
Organized Labor
Jas. C. Wilson
Wilbur Carter
Kelly
R. C. Hoyle
R. B. Nall
Commercial Bank
Wolfe, Freeman & Wolfe
Sherman, Texas
Aid
Littell
James F
Ballard
Prap
St. Louis
Mark
Labor Unions
Chesterfield
Liggett Gy Myers Tobacco Co
Ode Crowell, the Drayman
G. S. Murphy
M. & P. National Bank Bldg
Herbie
Kellogg’s
W. K. Kellogg
Meg
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