Harding plan to boost American merchant marine
President Harding presents a congressional plan to grow the U S merchant fleet through subsidies. proposals include liberalizing marine laws, selling government ships at fixed prices, a 125 million dollar loan fund, 2 percent borrowing for shipbuilders, tax cuts for shipping firms, tax waivers for new ships, require 50 percent of immigrants travel on American ships, a merchant marine naval reserve, all government transport on U S ships, extended coastwise laws to the Philippines, and funds from duties and tonnage taxes to support ongoing aid with caps on profits.
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Congress
Harding
Shipping Board
America
Army
Navy
Philippine Islands
Peniless Texas prison fund drains to zero
Austin reports the Texas prison system has exhausted its funds with $3,467 on Jan 1 and about $74,935 paid on warrants since. No funds remain for March nor any plan revealed for prisoner support or supplies. Governor Neff offered no comment on the crisis.
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Austin
State Treasury
Texas
Neff
Teen Learner Weds High School Preceptress In Avon
Mrs Laura Spencer a 45 year old high school preceptress in Avon New York recently married 19 year old Neil Cushing a student in her class. She is mother of five with the oldest teaching in Rochester. Mrs Cushing continues with duties while husband attends classes amid local interest.
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Avon
N. Y
Laura Spencer
School Commission
Neil Cushing
Rochester
Cure That Itch with Lufkin Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes a product named Lufkin Remedy promising a secretive pleasant cure for an itch. It offers at one dollar per bottle through Dyer & Jones or J. L. Kirkpatrick with a no cure, no pay policy.
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Dyer & Jones
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Prison population continues to grow in Texas during 1921
Austin reports the 1921 Texas State prison population rose from 2,561 on January 1 to 3,155 by December 31, an increase of 594. Releases were 51 percent discharges, 10 percent pardons, 30 percent escapes, 6 percent paroles, and 3 percent deaths. Harris County led with 127 new convicts, followed by Tarrant, Dallas, El Paso, and Bexar.
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Austin
Texas
Harris County
Tarrant
Dallas
el Paso
Bexar
Huntsville
State Prison Commission
Criminal Record Department
Tire surgery specialists offer more for old tires
We are specialists in tire surgery. We can do more for your old tires than a beauty doctor can for a woman's face. Our prices are right. R. S. Morehead.
Bookout Cleared of Charges in Grayson County Ouster Trial
Sherman March 38 The jury found Hubert Bookout not guilty on five counts of official misconduct in the removal case accusing illegal collection of fees. While cleared in civil complaints, he faces two extortion bills from the December grand jury based on similar transactions. The trial drew large crowds with Judge Silas Hare presiding. Bookout testified he believed his accounting for examining trials was legal.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Hubert Bookout
Bookout
Fifteenth District Court Room
Silas Hare
Ben F. Gafford
J. A. Carlisle
Col
C. B. Ran
Dell Judge Webb and Jones Named in Case
Dell, Judge G. P. Webb, and Judge Ben L. Jones are referenced in a legal record noting their involvement in a judicial matter. The context and outcome are not fully provided in the fragment.
I O O F Home At Corsicana Houses 392 Inmates
Rev S T Gray reports from the Widows and Orphans Home at Corsicana the Odd Fellows facility shelters 360 children and 32 elderly residents. He notes scientific meal planning, a 19‑teacher school with university affiliation, a 20‑instrument orchestra, strong religious atmosphere, diverse Sunday services, 12 fireproof buildings, on site power and steam heat, a 300 acre farm with 40 milch cows 300 hogs and 10 pairs of mules, forming a self contained community Once described as a beautiful little city of its own.
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Corsicana
Texas Odd Fellows
The
State University
Ulty
Odd Fellows Visit Texas Home Cited to End Suspensions
Miles out from Corsicana, a local note states that if every Odd Fellow in Texas could visit the home there would be no more suspensions for non payment of dues.
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Corsicana
Texas
Evolution of a name joke about Pegasus and Pegasi
A punny dialogue plays with Elizabeth and Peg as a nickname for Pegasa, claiming Pegasa is the feminine form of Pegasus. The punchline notes an immortal steed is an everlasting nag, prompting a whispered wink about the wife in the next room.
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Elizabeth
Repair old shoes to save money and extend life
The Sun offers a brief ad urging readers to extend shoe life by repair rather than buying new. It notes high cost of new shoes and mentions R. S. Morehead as the advertiser and a yearly subscription price of $1.50.
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R. S. Morehead
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R. A. Gillett
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