Two Are Killed in Katy Wreck Tuesday
Waco February. Northbound Katy Texas Special No 2 derailed about 2 PM at Powers six miles north of Waco. Engineer Uncle Bob Mays of Denison and Fireman R R Dickey of Denison died. Three others injured lightly. Cause suspected split switch. Engine and three cars left track. engine overturned. Debris delayed reporting. Mays oldest engineer in Waco Denison run. crew had been on run about thirty minutes.
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Waco
Katy
Texas
Powers
Bob” Mays
Denison
R. R. Dickey
Mays
Dickey
Waco-Denison
William F McCombs Dies Former DNC Chairman
New York reports William F McCombs former chairman of the Democratic National Committee died at Greenwich Connecticut at 7 15 this morning of heart disease Frederick R Ryan his business partner announced He directed Woodrow Wilsons 1912 presidential campaign and had endured years of declining health with his heart condition growing more serious in recent months
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New York
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Greenwich
Conn
Frederick R. Ryan
McCombs
Woodrow Wilson
Sherman Cavalry Troop Becomes Texas' Largest Unit
Sherman Feb 21 The Federalized Texas National Guard Captain R F Pool in charge stationed here underwent Federal inspection today by Colonel J T Sales of Austin official inspector of cavalry troops in Texas The troop strength was raised from 76 to 114 men making the Sherman troop the largest of its kind in the State Troop
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Sherman
Texas National Guard
R. F. Pool
J. T. Sales
Austin
Washington
Texas
Henry Starr Dies in Harrison Jail in Oklahoma Bandit
Henry Starr, famed Oklahoma bandit, died in Harrison jail after a Friday wound from W. J. Myers, ex president of the People's Bank of Harrison. Starr had a long crime record, once faced a murder death sentence but was pardoned by Roosevelt, and had reportedly gone straight until the Dec robbery of the Bank of Seligman. His wife, son, and mother were with him at death. He named his three companions before dying, but details were withheld to aid ongoing investigations.
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Harrison
Ark
Henry Starr
Oklahoma
W. J. Myers
The
People’s Bank of
Starr
McKinley
Roosevelt
Bank of Seligman
Seligman, Mo
Johnson
Theatre Tax Bill Is Reported Favorably
Austin Feb 21 The House Committee on Revenue and Taxation reported a favorable measure by Baldwin to raise occupation tax on traveling theatres. Rates vary by city size from 1 to 25 dollars and extend to carnival shows with per performance and annual taxes. An exemption applies for short Chamber of Commerce led carnivals, while the Chamber pays a separate annual tax.
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Austin
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
House
Baldwin
Chamber of Commerce
Harding completes cabinet selections
President-elect Harding appears to have finalized a cabinet list with Hughes as secretary of state Mellon as treasury Weeks as war Daugherty as attorney general Hays as postmaster general Denby as Navy Fall as interior Wallace as agriculture Hoover as commerce Davis as labor Changes to navy commerce and labor unlikely Navy post surprise Denby chosen after Lowden declined consideration for the Navy role
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St. Augustine
Fla
Harding
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
Supreme Court
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
United States
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio
Will H. Hays
Indiana
Republican National Committee
Edwin Denby
Michigan
Congress
Navy
Marine Corps
Interior
Albert B. Fall
New Mexico
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Farm Publications
Herbert Hoover
California
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Moose Fraternity
Commerce
Labor
Denby
Detroit
Frank O. Lowden
Man Kills Father and Two Brothers in Texas Shootings
Fort Worth Feb 21 The bodies of W D Robinson 65 W D Robinson Jr 40 and J C Robinson 33 were found shot dead in the Snatchum community Bear Creek area with Bert Robinson 27 jailed in the county jail as the suspected killer. Neighbors say the son had been acting strangely after a flu illness last year. Local visitors Mr and Mrs Butler of Mexico are in the area to visit relatives north of town.
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Fort Worth
W. D. Robinson
W. D. Robinson Jr
J. C. Robinson
Robertson-Mueller
Bert Robinson
Tarrant County
Snatchum
Bear Creek
Here
Leonard Store
Mrs. Butler
Mexico
E. I. Everherat
Lively Incorporates as Lively & Company in Whitewright
T H Lively has organized his dry goods business as Lively and Company with Lively as president and J H Thompson as vice president. Thompson will relocate immediately and take an active role. he is known in Whitewright. Lively praises Whitewright’s churches schools and civic life, predicts a bright future and a new era of prosperity with adjusted wartime prices and reorganization.
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T. H. Lively
Lively & Company
Lively
New Corporation
J. H. Thompson
Thompson
Whitewright
Brave Lively
Sun
Federal Control Is Growing 180 Fast
Washington reports Rep Campbell of Kansas denounces centralized government and rising federal control in the Washington Birthday address. He cites many departments and 690000 civilian employees overseeing citizens, arguing regulation is both remedy and burden while warning of French Revolution precedents.
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Washington
Campbell
Rep
Kansas
France
Paris
Suspended sentences reach two in Fifteenth District Court
In Sherman on Feb 21 two defendants pled guilty and received suspended sentences. Jack Russell faced forgery charges and P V Silas faced a charge of passing a forged instrument. Separately the Presbyterian Church Ladies Aid Society plans a sale Saturday at Dyer Jones.
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Sherman
Fifteenth District Court
Jack Russell
P. V. Silas
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Dyer & Jones
M. K. & J. Takes Off Two More Trains
The Katy railroad removed two more passenger trains last Sunday, totaling four trains discontinued this year. All fast trains now stop locally, giving Whitewright two daily north and south services with northbound at 10 56 am and 11 17 pm and southbound at 5 32 am and 4 54 pm. The removed services were due here at 4 14 am southbound and 10 35 pm northbound, but overall impact is minimal since remaining trains were non stop before and times are similar. A spring bonnet sale is advertised at Dyer & Jones.
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Whitewright
Wilson to Continue Efforts for Peace
President Wilson told a Harvard Woodrow Wilson Club delegation at the White House he would bend his efforts to the last in supporting world peace. Robert C. Stuart Jr. led the Houston group which organized on the armistice anniversary to collect manuscripts on his administration for Harvard Library.
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Washington
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Club
Harvard University
White House
Robert C. Stuart Jr
Houston
Texas
Harvard University Library
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First National Bank
C. E. Bryant
R. A. Gillett
Man
Lively Incorporates
Planters National Bank
Brazil
Java
Seal Brand
Chase & Sanborn’s
Mangrum Brothers
Member
Retail Merchants Association
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