Four Implicated in Double Murder Near Waco
Five persons including four men and a woman are held incommunicado as investigators pursue a double homicide case. Police link four suspects to the killings of W E Holt and Mrs Ethel Denecamp, with jealousy and liquor shipment rumors shaping the inquiry. A $2,500 reward is offered for conviction, and other related deaths are under review.
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Ethel Denecamp
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Texas license fees rank low among state auto taxes
Fort Worth January 21 Texas ranks thirty ninth in license fee revenue per motor car according to a Texas Highway association statement. For a 25 horsepower passenger car the fee is 8.75 dollars, with thirty eight states charging higher amounts led by Oregon at 34 dollars.
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Miles Texas Names Its Youngest Preacher
In Miles near Brownwood eleven year old J. N. Tidwell son of Mr and Mrs J E Tidwell was granted a ministers license on December 31. He preached his first sermon at First Baptist Church with the town attending en masse. Tidwell has read the Bible cover to cover and the new Testament several times under Rev Scott Hickey.
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United States
J. N. Tidwell
J. E. Tidwell
Texas
First Baptist Church
Young Tidwell
Scott Hickey
Half Million Cars Operated in Texas
Austin reports a State Highway Department estimate that about 500000 motor vehicles are in operation on Texas public highways. Registrations for 1922 total 526238, with Dallas Harris and Bexar counties leading. Projected 1923 registrations suggest surpassing 600000 as the Highway Commission orders 100000 more number plates.
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Highway Commission
Drought Broken as Rain Revives Wheat Hope
A slow rain began last Saturday night and continued through Sunday and Sunday night with showers Monday and two inches of snow Monday night. The rain benefits wheat and prompts farmers to ready land for planting. Rain covered Texas with about two inches in many areas, including Littlefield and Lubbock, extending across the Plains.
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Littlefield
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Plains
Flu Prompts Easing of Medicinal Liquor Rules
The Internal Revenue Bureau may liberalize limits on liquor prescriptions as a widespread influenza outbreak raises concerns. Current rules cap physicians at 100 prescriptions in three months, with grippe evolving into a broader influenza threat. The public health service notes a severe nationwide wave, hitting the South hardest but affecting all regions.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
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United States Public Health Service
Cummings
South
People Make the Town What It Is Tells Whitewright Chamber
J. J. Taylor of the Dallas News spoke to Whitewright Chamber of Commerce members on community progress and moral advancement. He urged townsmen to value hard work and church school cooperation while noting rural roots, local standards, and the need for order, industry, and thrift to keep a thriving town.
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North Carolina
Chamber of Commerce
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Caesar
Governor Neff pushes concentration over relocation of Texas prisons
Texas Governor Neff urges concentration and readjustment of the penitentiary system in a special message to the Legislature. He favors centralizing operations near 40,000 acre farm network, establishing factories, and selling several outlying farms while reshaping facilities at Huntsville and Gatesville.
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Allison Mayfield Dies in Sherman
Allison Mayfield, longtime chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, died in Sherman at age 63 from heart trouble. A Sherman native, he served as city attorney, assistant to Attorney General Culberson, secretary of state, and railroad commissioner since 1907, with 16 years as chairman. He recently returned from Washington discussing Orient railroad rehabilitation. He is survived by his widow Louise Chapman Mayfield and daughter Mrs. Wilton G. Gutsch of Austin. The State Capitol flag was lowered to half mast in his honor.
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Texas
L. J. Storey
Henderson College
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Tyler
Louise Chapman
Wilton G. Gutsch
Austin
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Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad
State Capitol
Sparkman Chicken Theft Bill Passes House as Felony
In Austin on Saturday the Sparkman antichicken theft measure, moving the offense from misdemeanor to felony like thefts of horses, cattle and hogs, won final House approval 95 to 11 after failed amendments. The Purl bill on wife desertion also advanced to felony status.
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Governor Defends Brazoria and Fort Bend Farm Purchase
Governor Neff says the Brazoria and Fort Bend farms were a bad trade due to overflow land but are now penitentiary farms. He notes over $1,000,000 in improvements and warns levees and ditching could render land safer. He cites prison costs savings of over $500,000 across two years despite the population rising from 2,400 to nearly 3,700.
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