Woman Governor Leads Texas Inauguration
Miriam Ferguson, first female Texas governor, took the oath at the Capitol before about 6,000 in the Hall of Representatives and a vast audience. The ceremony featured military bands, seven gun salutes, and a reception with dignitaries as Neff offered congratulations.
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State Capitol
Ferguson
Camp Mabry
Adjt
Thomas Dol. Barton
Hall of Representatives
Twenty-Thiry Infantry Band
United States Army
Fort Sam Houston
142D Infantry
Texas National Guard
Brownwood
Twenty-Third Infantry
Wright Armstrong
Texas
American Legion
Gov
Neff
Eyes of
May Peterson
Ernest Thompson
Amarillo
Thompson
Old Gray Mare Band
Hines Warns Against Sale of Bonus Policies
Washington veteran affairs head Director Hines warns that bonus insurance policies cannot be sold and have no loan value now. Certificates payable to the veteran or beneficiary at 20 years, beneficiary designation for money illegal. After two years, certificates may secure a loan.
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Washington
Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Durant Drug Ring Breaks After Major Arrests
Federal narcotic officers aided by local police arrested Frank Williams Lewis Bishop and Lillie Bishop in Durant Oklahoma amid a months old drug ring probe. Four thousand grains of morphine and cocaine valued at $5000 were seized at Bishop residence. The trio waived preliminary hearing and are held on $1500 bond for the federal grand jury.
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Durant
Okla
Frank Williams
Lewis Bishop
Lillie Bishop
Bishop
Boy Finds Mother Dead After Accidental Gunshot
Glen Rose Texas Jan 20 Ten minutes after buckshot fired through thin walls the Sparks home three miles north of town Mrs Alice Sparks 40 was found dead outside the dwelling by her son He said he was cleaning the gun while hunting and did not know his mother had been hit until the body was found She was struck in the back of the head apparently dying instantly.
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Glen Rose
Texas
Sparks
Here
Alice Sparks
Crop prizes to be given again in Grayson County
Sherman January 17 The Chamber of Commerce held a meeting with most members present. County Agent C C Morris outlined crops to focus on in 1926 including terracing fertilizer tests orchards watermelons dairying livestock poultry diversification gardens and better roads. A committee was named to frame the farming program and a milk production contest added for 1925. The talk stressed cooperative effort and warned that U S agriculture could soon become an importing nation without more effort.
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Sherman
Chamber of Commerce
P. J. Waldrop
C. C. Morris
Grayson County
Morris
Waldrop
C.C. Morris
Ike Exstein
Luther, Ladd
E. B. Scott
Reeves
Herbert Hoover
United States Agriculture
Masked Band Warns Birmingham Residents
Unidentified robed men toured Birmingham homes last night firing a cross and warning occupants to heed. they seized Bob Drake and handed him to police on a statutory charge after threatening others in Irondale and leaving time tables at the scene.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bob Drake
Drake
B. B. Durrugh
Irondale
Durrugh
National Prohibition Five Years Old Friday
Washington reports the fifth birthday of national prohibition. Wayne Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League hails it as a milestone toward freedom and prosperity. He says drunkenness has shifted from common to news in five years and Americans choose wealth, health, happiness, and decency over liquor evils.
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Washington
Wayne Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
America
Changes In Faculty Of Public School Whitewright
The resignation of Mrs. Neathery effective Monday creates a temporary vacancy filled by Miss Lucile Hampton. Due to crowding in grades, second grades will combine under one teacher for the rest of the year, with overflow rooms planned. At a board meeting Miss Margaret Everheart was elected to lead the new work for the last term.
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Neathery
Finnell
Lucile Hampton
Whitewright
Miss Hampton
Fred W. Smith
Whitewright Independent
Board of Education
Margaret Everheart
Ferguson and Miller Declared Elected Texas Gov and Lt Gov
Mrs Miriam A Ferguson of Temple and Barry Miller of Dallas were formally declared elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor after canvass. Ferguson led George C. Butte by 127 588 and Miller led J H Kurth by 350 554 with totals Ferguson 522 558 Butte 294 970 Miller 526 100 Earth 175 546. Gray County not reporting.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Temple
Barry Miller
Dallas
Ferguson
George C. Butte
Miller
J. H. Kurth
Butte
Earth
Gray County
Plan to Tax Smokers For the School Fund
Austin January 19. Cigars and machine-made cigarettes would face a 10 percent luxury tax under a proposed bill to raise funds for the public school system. Roll-your-own tobacco and plug chewing tobacco would be exempt. The measure, modeled after Arkansas law, aims to generate around one million dollars annually for Texas schools.
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Austin
Department of Education
Texas
Eternal party principles endure like permanent waves
A brief editorial line from the Ohio State Journal asserts that party principles remain as enduring as permanent waves, implying lasting political loyalties and values. The tone reflects a steady, traditional view of party fidelity.
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Ohio State Journal
Neathery Finnell Wedding Ties City and Pilot Grove
A surprise ceremony united Miss Annabel Finnell and Mr Ivy Neathery at the bride’s home on South Bond Street last Friday evening. Rev. W A Stuckey officiated. Finnell, a popular grammar school teacher, has resigned. Neathery, a prominent Pilot Grove farmer, plans to live in that community. Congratulations and best wishes are extended.
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S. Bond Street
Annabel Finnel
Ivy Neathery
Pilot Grove
W. A. Stuckey
Finnell
Neathery
Texas Governor urges strict spending and reforms in message
Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson signals economy through tight appropriations and reform. She backs reduced state department spending, warns against nonessential requests, and outlines changes in banking, insurance, law enforcement, prisoner reform, highways, and education in the Texas Legislature. The message preserves focus on curbing deficits and modernizing state agencies.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Andrew Jackson Houston
Sam Houston
Ferguson
Colonel Houston
Houston
Insurance Department
Insurance
Fire Raining Board
Adjutant General's Department
National Guard
Farmers Asked to Aid In Agriculture Census
Howard M. Gore urges U S farmers to assist in the census of agriculture. The joint effort of the Commerce and Agriculture departments aims to collect data on farm acreage livestock crops and land use for 1924 to guide annual crop estimates and policy making. Information will be confidential and used strictly for statistical totals by county and state.
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Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Congress
Howard M. Gore
Secretary of Agriculture
Burglars Enter Three Places at Tom Bean
Three Tom Bean stores were broken into Thursday night. Ball and Sullenger's dry goods and furnishing store saw clothing suitcases shirts and furnishings valued around 300 dollars taken. O W Looney's hardware store reported flashlights knives and clocks valued about 100 dollars stolen after a door was broken in. Miner's garage also burglarized with a repaired knob from a safe noted.
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Tom Bean
Ball & Sullenger
O. W. Looney
Miner’s
Looney Hardware Store
Forty-Two Tournament Draws Small Daytime Turnout
The Forty-Two tournament at the American Legion hall, organized by the PTA, drew a small crowd in the 2 to 5 pm session due to muddy streets and bad weather. Mrs. Wilson handled money and the evening session later filled the box, with fourteen tables providing two hours of play and chicken salad refreshments. Door receipts totaled thirty dollars.
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American Legion Hall
Parent- Teacher Association
Wilson
Texas tax plan funds education and asylum in West Texas
A proposal allocates 4 million dollars yearly from excise taxes on cigars and cigarettes to education. One million goes to University of Texas, A and M College, and state teachers colleges each, with the remaining million to common and country schools. A new insane asylum costing at least 500 thousand dollars would be built in West Texas, with Sweetwater suggested as a central location.
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University of Texas
A. & M. College and Allied Branches
College of Industrial Arts
West Texas School of Technology
Texas
Sweetwater
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Miriam Amanda Ferguson
United States
Capitol of
Stephen F. Austin
Davy Crockett
James Bowie
House of Representatives
C. M. Cureton
Supreme Court of Texas
Austin, Crockett
Bowie
P. J. Pierce & Sons
Grayson Co
National Prohibition
Mirs. Ferguson
San Antonio
Highway Department
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