Boundary Case Is Finally Settled
The Red River boundary between Texas and Oklahoma is fixed as the south bank as it existed in 1821, with erosion or gain to be adjudicated. A three member commission will mark the southern cut bank and the Supreme Court retains jurisdiction. Texas wins most valley, agricultural, and oil lands in the ruling.
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Washington
Red River
Supreme Court
Texas
Oklahoma
van Devanter
McReynolds
Spain
United States
Austin
Federal Supreme Court
Keeling
Panhandle
Neff Inaugurated for Second Texas Term in 1930
Austin January 16 Governor Pat Morris Neff took the oath for a second term before hundreds of officials and citizens. Lieutenant Governor T. W. Davidson was inaugurated, succeeding Lynch Davidson. Neff urged lawmakers to heed public duty, underlining patriotism and the state’s vast resources while warning against personal interests. He called the legislature to a broad, noble service for Texas.
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Austin
Texas
Pat Morris Neff
T. W. Davidson
Marshall
Lynch Davidson
Legislative
Martin Convicted On Bigamy Charge
Sherman January 16 Joe Martin alias John Collins was convicted of bigamy by a Fifty-ninth district court jury before Judge Wilcox and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Wife No 1 Mrs Mineola Martin did not testify. wife No 2 Tressie Camper testified about their eight day courtship in Dallas and the later marriage.
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Sherman
Joe Martin
John Collins
Fifty-ninth District Court
Wilcox
Mineola Martin
Tressie Camper
Grand Saline
Martin
Dallas
Wife No. 1
Nocona
Texas
Spark Plug
Court ruling could cost Saunders millions in oil dispute
In Wichita Falls on January 16, Frances Ann Saunders a 14 year old heiress faces potential losses over 3 million dollars from a US Supreme Court decision on the Red River boundary. The receiver holds oil valued at 4 million dollars, with 3 million from Saunders land.
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Wichita Falls
Frances Ann Saunders
United States Supreme Court
Red River
Texas
Saunders
Mrs. Lillie Noel Shaw Pioneer Sherman Woman Dies
Sherman January 17 Mrs Lillie Noel Shaw wife of J B Shaw a well known Sherman merchant died after a long illness at the family home Tuesday evening following over six weeks of critical illness at Sherman Texas
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Sherman
Lillie Noel Shaw
J. B. Shaw
Texas Lawmaker Pleads for Unified Service to State
A Texas speaker urges lawmakers to rise above personal quarrels and special interests and work for five million residents. He pledges his best efforts to serve faithfully and efficiently, emphasizing the barometer of business and the eyes of Texas upon the legislature.
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Texas
County Keeps Farm and Home Demonstration Support
Sherman January 13 The county appropriation for farm and home demonstration work will continue. A move to withdraw failed when Commissioner Finis Alvers on did not get a second. A petition backed by the Farm Labor Union asks Grayson Commissioners to cut the annual funding. Resolutions condemning the move were passed by local groups.
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Sherman
Finis Alverson
Farm Labor Union
Grayson Commissioners
Decision to Renew Prison Loan in Texas
Austin on January 16 reports the extension of a 750000 loan to the State Prison Commission by Brown-Drummer Co of Wichita Kansas. Governors Neff and commissioners Herring Dean and Sayles attended a conference. The loan currently at 7 percent would renew at 5 percent, with final maturity moved from October 1 to March 1 to avoid financial embarrassment for the prison system.
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Austin
State Prison Commission
Brown-Drummer Company
Wichita
Kan
Neff
J. A. Herring
S. J. Dean
Walker Sayles
Bill in House Seeks to Block Book Contracts
Austin January 17 A measure by Representative Pope of Corpus Christi and seven others aims to halt contracts for new state text books. It would create a Text Book Commission and keep all books in use as of December 1 1922 for three years. A second Pope bill bars use of state text book funds for contracts let after December 1 1922.
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Austin
Text Book Commission
Pope
Corpus Christi
Masked Murderess Jennie Speers Sentenced for Oklahoma Killing
In Stigler Oklahoma on January 17 Mrs Jennie Speers alias masked murderess was found guilty in district court for the murder of Mrs Nancy Parker who was shot while milking a cow at her home on September 23 The jury deliberated forty five minutes and all evidence was circumstantial resulting in a life term.
Man builds coffin and ends his life in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City January 17. Allen Osborne a Black man fitted a crude coffin, shot himself after deputies entered a Spencer area home. Earlier he had killed his mother in law and wounded his wife, who likely will die.
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Oklahoma City
Allen Osborne
Spencer
Russia Ready To Assist Germany
The Times correspondent cites reliable sources saying the Russian Soviet Government plans to mobilize five year conscripts to aid Germany if France acts in the Ruhr. France has begun heavy occupation, with about 100,000 troops, and aims to seize Ruhr coal while Ruhr mines face pressure from mining magnets.
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London
Riga
The
Times
Germany
Rhine
Herne Canal
Essen
Ruhr
France
Belgium
Italy
Rome
Missing Preacher O C Huston Seeks $1000 Reward
Bonham with Red River bottoms hunt ends in disappearance of Rev. O C Huston pastor of the Presbyterian Church. A total $1000 reward is posted by the church and local supporters for his return. Reports of sightings have proved untrue and a Dallas inquiry found a man seeking information was not Huston.
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The
Dallas News
Bonham
Dallas
Rev
Huston
News
Whitewright Girl Making Good at Normal
Miss Corinne Lilley daughter of Mrs Emma Lilley a Whitewright High School graduate attending East Texas State Normal College Commerce earned a place on the Scholarship Honor Roll for fall term 1922. The letter from Dean Ruby Terrill congratulates her on academic success and notes her previous honors in local schools and two successive state meet declamation appearances in Austin.
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Corinne Lilley
Emma Lilley
Whitewright High School
East Texas State Normal College
Commerce
Corinne
Austin
Lilley
Ruby Terrill
Dean of
Granville Hopkins Visits Mother in Dallas
Granville Hopkins of Dallas spent Sunday at the bedside of his mother Mrs. L. F. Hopkins who has been seriously ill for several days.
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Granville Hopkins
Dallas
L. F. Hopkins
Monthly Banquet Set by Whitewright Chamber
One hundred ten tickets have been sold for the Whitewright Chamber of Commerce dinner on Monday January 22 at the Reed store building next to Hudson Davis and Company. Fifteen tickets remain at Chesley Rutledge's Postoffice Confectionery. Doors open at 7 30 pm with no entry before or after that time to avoid interrupting the speaking program. J J Taylor of the Dallas News will be the principal speaker with additional talks on the organization’s work. The Baptist Church ladies will serve the meal and the Whitewright orchestra will provide music.
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Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Chesley Rutledge
Postoffice
Reed
Hudson, Davis & Company
Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Taylor
Dallas News
State Press” Fame
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Whitewright Orchestra
Clifford Foote Trio to Perform at Local Lyceum Night
The Clifford Foote Trio arrives January 26 at the grammar school building presenting Indian lore numbers arranged for Foote by Neawanna. Led by Foote with Marcella Franks and Gerald S. Pell the program blends readings, plays, water colors and vocal pieces in a professional lyceum show praised nationwide.
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Clifford Foote
Grammar School
Mr. Foote
Neawanna
United States
Canada
Lyceum
DeKoven Quartet
Cincinnati College of Music
Dudley Buck
Schubert
New York
Foote
Marcella Franks
Gerald S. Pell
Mahian
Sherman Guests Visit Local Clergy Couples
Rev and Mrs L S White and Mrs B D Dye of Sherman were guests of Rev and Mrs J A Dickey for a day last week.
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L. S. White
B. D. Dye
Sherman
J. A. Dickey
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Charles Lughboe
America
Commonwealth
Sacred Trust
Bill IN House
Russia
Whitewright
Hambone
DE Longes
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