Suits Ordered In Textbook Case In Texas
In Austin on May 7 the House ordered action against December textbook contracts. Chief Clerk Carl Phinney served certified copies on Attorney General Keeling State Superintendent Marrs Comptroller Smith and Treasurer Terrell instructing them not to recognize the contracts and to seek suits to invalidate them. The House says the contracts are void and should not be observed. If Marrs obeys the resolution execution of the contracts would stop.
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Austin
Texas
House
Carl Phinney
Keeling
Marrs
Smith
Terrell
Confederate Veteran John W. Wilson Dies at 88
John W. Wilson, 88, died at his home near Orangeville after a long Texas residency begun in 1867. Born March 14, 1835 in Tennessee, he married Nancy Benton in 1861. seven of eight children survive along with 36 grandchildren and 39 great grandchildren. Funeral services honored by Methodist pastor Rev. K. R. Isbell and Masonic rites.
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John W. Wilson
Orangeville
Texas
Fannin County
Mr. Wilson
Washington County
Tennessee
Nancy B. Benton
McNinn County
Tenn
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Wilson
K. R. Isbell
Whitewright Methodist Church
Masonic Fraternity
John Wilson
Olney
Jim
Will Wilson
Mollie Smith
Joe Kent
Blue Ridge
R. E. Maness
Crockett
J. H. Graves
Fire destroys Sherman businesses and home with 14000 loss
Fire early Wednesday in Sherman wiped out the Joe Dennis grocery Savage and Anderson store the Nevitt and Embry meat market and the residence of Mrs. Mary C Harrison on Travis street. Total loss cited at 14000 with partial insurance coverage.
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Sherman
Joe Dennis
Savage & Anderson
Nevitt & Embry
Mary C. Harrison
Travis Street
Krupp Chiefs Given 15 Years in Prison
Dr Krupp von Bohlen head of Krupp works was sentenced to 15 years and 100000000 mark fine by a court martial for the March 31 shooting at the Krupp plant. Directors Hartwig Decesterlen Bruhn Baur Schaeffer others faced 10 to 20 year terms and fines.
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Werden
Germany
Krupp von Bohlen
Krupp Works
Krupp
Hartwig
Decesterlen
Bruhn
Baur
Schaeffer
Schraepfer
Cuntz
Gross
Mueller
Ruvert
France
Estimates on Grain Crops Forecast Losses in 1923
The Agriculture Department forecasts Winter wheat at 578,287,000 bushels, 1.4 percent below 1922, based on May 1 conditions at 80.1 percent of normal and 39,750,000 harvested acres, 6,629,000 fewer than last fall. Hay stocks on farms May 1 are 13,480,000 tons, 12 percent of 1922. Rye at 74,510,000 bushels on 85.1 percent normal. Hay crop 100,853,000 tons on 87 percent normal with 76,031,000 acres.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Milk cow yields King Snake after head infection scare
In McKinney Texas on May 8 Charles Brookins reported a milk cow acted oddly and a veterinarian speculated screw worms. Chloroform freed a nineteen inch King Snake from the cow's ear. the reptile died shortly after and was preserved in alcohol amid community chatter.
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McKinney
Texas
Charles Brookins
Blue Ridge
Boy Killed by Gun in Hands of Companion
Paris Texas May 8 The eight year old son of Rafe Skidmore living about 20 miles south of Paris was shot and killed by a target rifle in the hands of a 12 year old companion, the son of A Duckworth. The ball entered the back and pierced the heart. Justice Phillips held an inquest and did not return a verdict on accidental or deliberate discharge.
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Paris
Texas
Rafe Skidmore
A. Duckworth
Phillips
Odd Fellows Work Sick Neighbor's Farm
Neighbors with 26 teams gathered at Ed Walker’s farm near Lucas Texas to plant cotton and tend crops while Walker was a patient in a Dallas sanitarium. Members of the I O O F fraternity conducted the work.
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McKinney
Texas
Ed Walker
Lucas
Walker
Dallas
White House Joins in Sugar Price Fight
New York on May 8 reports the White House is joining households in cutting sugar use to force prices down. Mrs. Warren G. Harding's secretary replied to Mrs. Louis Reed Weltmiller that the presidency is economizing in sugar consumption, believing reduced use is the remedy for high prices.
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New York
White House
Warren G. Harding
Louis Reed Weltmiller
Harding
Peking promises to pay ransom to bandits
The Peking Government has promised to pay the ransom demanded by Chinese bandits who captured American and other foreign nationals after wrecking the Shanghai and Peking Express. The Chinese prime minister will act swiftly on demands from the Portuguese minister and plans to dismiss civil and military governors in Shantung. The Portuguese diplomats warned of daily indemnity claims after May 12 if captives remain. Secretary Hughes briefed President Harding on the plight, who called the China situation difficult and annoying and said the U.S. will protect its nationals.
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Washington
Peking
Shanghai
Peking Express
State Department
Jacob Schruman
Shantung
Hughes
Harding
White House
China
May Queen Contest Votes Open At High School
Students vote for May Queen with one cent per ballot to fund the May Day pageant on May 20. Candidates are Freshman Lucile LaRoe, Sophomore Martha Bow, Junior Mattie Doss, and Senior Elizabeth May. By Wednesday morning LaRoe led with 316 votes, Bow had 285, Doss 40, May 170. contest closes Monday.
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Lucile LaRoe
Martha Bow
Mattie Doss
Elizabeth May
Hull Youngblood's Discharge Ordered
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered Hull Youngblood of San Antonio discharged after he was held in contempt by a joint legislative committee for refusing to testify in an inquiry into remarks about the Legislature. The court reversed Travis County Judge Hamilton finding the committee lacked authority and held the 20 day jail sentence unconstitutional, constrained by a 48 hour maximum.
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Austin
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Hull Youngblood
San Antonio
Youngblood
Hamilton
Travis County District Court
Mr. Youngblood
Billions More Cigarettes Made Month by Month
New York May 8 A report shows 5 044 748 615 cigarets produced in March 1923 in the United States up from 3 637 464 461 a year earlier. Cigar output up 8 percent while tobacco products declined 6 percent. First quarter totals reach 15 020 990 506 cigarets versus 10 471 039 011 in 1922. Cigar production 1 640 964 171 and tobacco 94 898 169 pounds, compared with 94 549 265 in 1922.
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New York
United States
Financial District
T. M. Nelson Dead
T. M. Nelson, traveling salesman for Kimbell Milling, died in Sherman Sunday at age 50 from heart trouble after weeks of illness. He lived in Sherman after the company moved its head office and was returning to Winnsboro for burial. Funeral services were held at his Sherman home and conducted by Dr. T. L. Holcomb. He is survived by his wife Cicemie Nelson, a daughter Mrs. J. W. Shillings of Mineral Wells, and two stepchildren.
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T. M. Nelson
Kimbell Milling Company
Sherman
Mr. Nelson
Winnsboro
J. W. Shillings
Mineral Wells
Sun Office Supplies Sale
Typewriter ribbons and paper stock up for sale at the Sun office. Blank envelopes and adding machine paper available for purchase.
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Sun
Whitewright offers free Odeon show and bargain day
The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce mails a thousand free Odeon passes for next Saturday May 12 from 1 to 5 pm. Free shows are for nonresidents. locals should not attend. Chamber also plans $5 cash giveaways and cites dollar day values at 25 firms with staple goods deeply discounted.
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Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Odeon Theatre
Whitewright
Old Town
Chamber of Commerce
Klan Kloncilium Granted Full Executive Power
The imperial kloncilium of the Ku Klux Klan in Atlanta is vested with full executive authority by a Fulton Superior Court decree signed by Judge E. D. Thomas. The imperial wizard H. W. Evans remains chief executive but must act within the kloncilium’s two thirds vote and follow its acts, resolving factional disputes.
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Atlanta
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
E. D. Thomas
Fulton Superior Court
H. W. Evans
Klan
Home Sweet Home 100th Anniversary Observed in New York Schools
New York marks the centennial of the first public singing of Home Sweet Home with more than 900000 children in public schools. A 400 child chorus performed in City Hall Park before Mayor Hylan. Similar celebrations took place in East Hampton New Jersey near Payne childhood home. The song from Payne's opera Clari had its first public rendition at Covent Garden on May 8, 1823.
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New York
Sweet Home
John Howard Payne
Payne
Milan
Covent Garden
London
Destructive hailstorm hits Sand Flat to Red Springs area
Smith County reports over 100000 dollars in crop losses after a four inch deep hailstorm pooled in low spots with drifted piles up to 14 inches. The storm spanned about two miles wide and five miles long, harming farms and triggering concern as Sabine River rises. A separate lightning strike at Bullard injured a worker and killed two of H P Terrell’s mules.
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Tyler
Texas
Sand Flat
Red Springs
Winona
Gladewater
Gilmer
Sabine
H. P. Terrell
Bullard
Terrell
Twelve Die In Oil Well Explosion Near Corsicana
Twelve men are believed killed with others injured after an explosion at the Hughes McKie oil well in the Powell field ten miles from Corsicana. Friction ignited about 2000 gallons of oil around the well and the 5000 barrel flow, with escaping gas. Three bodies were recovered by 4 30 p.m. as fires drew aid from Corsicana. The Hughes well reportedly was the biggest producer yet brought in near the Powell field.
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Corsicana
Powell Field
Hughes
McKie
Dinkle Income Tax Bill Passes House
The Dinkle income tax bill passed the Texas House 58 to 48 on Monday. It fixes the tax at 20 percent of the federal income tax less ad valorem credits and moves to the Senate. The measure faced limited debate as supporters urged quick action.
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Austin
Texas
Dinkle
House
Senate
Pope
Burmeister
Rig Builder Falls 93 Feet Not Seriously Hurt
Wichita Falls Texas May 8 Park Odell a rig builder fell ninety three feet Tuesday morning on a rig near Electra. Workmen rushed to him expecting death but he survived and was taken to the hospital where doctors found no serious injuries.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Park Odell
Odell
Electra
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Bill Booster
Smith County
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