Labor Ad Urges Texas Voters to Back Labor Rule
A circular from Labor's Political League of Texas urges voters to oppose Governor Bailey and back Thomason Neff or Looney, claiming eight hour days and higher farm wages. It asserts Bailey opposes eight hours and warns against the open shop, calling for labor to rule in Texas.
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Texas
J. W. Bailey
Thomason
Pat Neff
Gor
Bailey
Rea
Dallas News
Waxahachie
Ellis County
Neff
Looney
Wyoming Rider Stays Three Seconds On Coyotte
Chicago July 5 Coyotte the champion devil mustang of cow boy contests at Ellis in session unseated 170th victim yesterday injuring Jack Brown from Lusk Wyoming with a broken hip after Brown lasted just three seconds. Ed McCarty owner of Coyotte had bet eighteen thousand dollars no man could ride him.
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Chicago
Coyotte
Ellis
Jack Brown
Lusk
Wyo
St. Luke’s Hospital
Brown
Ed McCarty
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Clancy
Texas Sagebrush
Mexico
Waco
Fort Worth rider sticks with steer in championship tests
Miss Mabel Strickland of Fort Worth Texas rides in the championship events and clings to a wild steer for ten minutes before joining the other dislodged equestriennes in the showcase.
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Mabel Strickland
Fort Worth
Texas
Card of Thanks for Miss Emma Lacy
The family thanks all who showed kindness while Emma Lacy lived among you and for acts of sympathy at her death. W. H. Lacy and Mrs. J. T. Barron express gratitude, joined by Mrs. B. M. Hunt and Mrs. J. H. Conway and Mrs. V. E. Conway.
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Emma Lacy
W. H. Lacy
J. T. Barron
B. M. Hunt
J. H. Conway
V. E. Conway
Parisian Taxes Spell Out Absurdities of Prewar Paris Rent
An American renter in Paris describes high levies including a wine tax for non drinkers, rent-based taxes for carriage ownership, water and ash collection fees, and a gas fixture and window tax. The window tax dates to the Napoleonic era and many boarded windows remain blocked to sunshine.
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Paris
Exchange
No Worms in a Healthy Child Ad Claims
Advertisement states that sickly children with worms have poor color and stomach issues. It promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a two to three week remedy to enrich blood improve digestion and strengthen the whole body. It claims Nature will dispel worms and the child becomes healthy with pleasant 60c bottles.
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Grove
Purifying bowel remedy offered by local druggists
A teaspoonful of Herbine will produce a copious and purifying bowel movement to improve appetite restore mental activity and a fine feeling of vigor and cheerfulness. Price sixty cents. Sold by Dyer Jones druggists.
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Dyer & Jones
Denison Herald Oil News on Preston Anticline Field
Denison Herald Oil News reports on the Preston Anticline field with pricing notices: subscriptions at 50 cents a month and advertising at 35 cents per inch. The item highlights local oil industry activity and classified ad rates.
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Denison
Texas
Herald—Oil
Preston Anticline
Wreck On Katy Kills Eight And Injures Dozen
McAlester Oklahoma July 5 Eight dead twelve seriously injured and ten minor injuries after a Katy freight train rear ended a carnival special at Atoka yards thirty miles south of here. The dead were placed in Atoka morgue while the injured were rushed to McAlester hospitals. Two cars burned trapping some victims. Names include Mrs Maud Woehler Miami Arizona Mrs Anna Wilson San Bonita California Mrs Myrtle Duke and baby Greenville Texas George Hunt Belton Texas Mrs H B Danville Miami Oklahoma Mrs McClanahan Dallas Texas and an unidentified woman.
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McAlester
Okla
Katy
Carnival Company
Atoka
Here
Maud Woehler
Miami
Ariz
Anna Wilson
San Bonita
Cal
Myrtle Duke and Baby
Greenville
Texas
George Hunt
Belton
H. B
Westover No 2 shows oil at shallow depth near Denison
Denison July 1 The Westover test well on the Easton farm eight miles northwest of Denison shows oil at a shallow depth with gas earlier detectable. Bailings poured oil from the boiler and the slush pit overflowed indicating production. Drilling to resume after a thorough test with expectation of a commercial well on the Preston anticline near Kingston and Madill fields.
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Denison
Westover
Easton Farm
Westover No. 2
Kingston and
Madill
Preston Anticline
No Pink Boll Worm Threat Says State Press Observe
The Dallas News observer states there is no pink boll worm menace. A pink boll worm exists but is no cause for public alarm. The piece notes boll worms have long fed on cotton blooms and color shifts to pink when feeding on red blooms. The Honey Grove Signal is cited for the reaction to the scare.
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Dallas News
Honey Grove
Imitations warned in medicine line adage
A cautionary note warns that many imitations of a popular Chill and Fever Tonic flood the market and pose danger to consumers. The ad emphasizes that genuine remedies should be preferred and urges vigilance against fraudulent products.
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Ady
A Changed Man Interview With A 110 Year Old Man
A reporter interviews a centenarian who claims to have seen Lincoln. The elderly Black man, seated on his doorstep in a straw hat with a pencil, recounts changed beliefs after joining the African Methodist church and says he no longer recalls Lincoln.
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Lincoln
African Methodist Church
Upward Trend: Widow's Railroad Settlement Reported
A Kansas City Star quip recalls Spink Sawney's wife killed by a train and a later court awarding him $600. The vignette ends with a quip about wives and a nod to want ads, reflecting local humor.
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Spink Sawney
Spink
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Ark
Kansas City Star
Sunday Baseball Sparks Civic Debate in Whitewright
A Sunday baseball controversy in Whitewright questions the social and moral impact of playing matched games on the Sabbath. Co. C. Childress argues against Sunday play to protect church sanctity, urges safeguarding next season, and promotes park ideals as a humane civic goal. The notice references local sentiment, park vision, and broader community wellbeing. Also notes period ads for The Sun and Dallas News subscriptions and Malaria remedies.
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Whitewright
Texas
Commonwealth
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