Ferguson says James Ferguson sought ten percent on road contracts
Bellville contractor J D Winder testified before the House General Investigating Committee that Jim Ferguson offered 10 percent of about 75 000 in road contracts and wanted the payment in 5 and 10 dollar bills. Winder said he was pressured to bid lower and warned of trouble for speaking out.
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Austin
J. D. Winder
Bellville
House General Investigating Committee
James FE. Ferguson
Winder
Highway Commission
Hill
Eugene T. Smith
The
Smith
James E. Ferguson
Houston
Ferguson
Bellville Road
Jim Ferguson
Frank Lanham
New Ruling Eases Liquor Prescriptions for Patients
A Saturday Treasury Department ruling allows doctors to write liquor prescriptions without naming a specific drugstore. Patients may fill at any licensed medical liquor dealer, increasing convenience and privacy for those treated with liquor prescriptions.
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Treasury Department
Cotton Not Only Money Crop in Texas
The Dallas Journal notes Texas crop values will exceed 1925 by over 115 million dollars due to bumper corn wheat and other products. It argues diversification reduces reliance on cotton and strengthens the economy with money crops in barns and bins.
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Texas
Dallas Journal
Eugene V Debs Answers Call
Eugene V Debs died at a suburban sanitarium near Chicago at 7 84 p m Wednesday. The socialist leader would have turned 71 next November 5 after a long struggle with heart disease and a recent nervous breakdown.
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Eugene V. Debs
Chicago
Ill
United States
Debs
Ford Asked to Buy Two Million Bales
Congressman M. C. Allgood of Alabama urged Henry Ford to purchase two million bales of the current cotton crop to stabilize prices. The telegram argued the move would aid Southern farmers and Ford agency business while countering widespread low prices across the cotton district.
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Henry Ford
M. C. Allgood
Congress
Alabama
Mr. Allgood
Mr. Ford
South
Ford
County road contracts altered to hold back more funds
Testimony alleges the county engineer and staff force a 20 percent holdback on road contractor payments, instead of the usual 10 percent, to pressure for future business. Witness claims contractors paid a 10 percent bribe for maintenance contracts, though he lacks direct knowledge of such payments.
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Highway Department
Home, Dad and the Boy by Frank H Cheley
A Denver author urges fathers to study boy nature and treat parenting as a profession. He argues knowledge reduces punishment and a boy needs work and a playground to grow into self-reliance.
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Dad
Frank H. Cheley
Outdoor League Organizes Fifteen Members Aims Restocking Farms
A local Outdoor League forms with fifteen members led by R L Johnson as president and John Philip Barbee as secretary treasurer. The group plans to stock Whitewright area farms with birds, ban hunting for five years to restock quail and other species, and protect song birds with support from state and federal programs.
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R. L. Johnson
John Philip Barbee
Whitewright
Man Shot to Death in Note Dispute near Marshall
W A Bill Alexander of Harrison County was killed on the Hazleton road eight miles northwest of Marshall after a dispute over a note. John Clark surrendered to Sheriff John C. Sanders and posted bond. The shooting occurred as Clark fired from behind his car injuring Alexander at close range. Alexander previously served time for murders and was pardoned after five years.
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Marshall
W. A
Bill) Alexander
Harrison County
Hazleton Road
John Clark
Sloan Place
W. B. Lea
John C. Sanders
Sanders
Bernard Lindsay
Alexander
Clark
Jim Ollie
Bud Wagner
InitiaLED Nickel Returns Home After 32 Years
In 1894 a man cut his initials and Mrs C L Kennedy s maiden name on an 1883 nickel and gave it to her. After marriage she spent the coin in Marshall Texas. Kennedy later found the nickel while his son left change for lunch, confirming it as the same piece given years earlier.
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Waxahachie
C. L. Kennedy
Marshall
Texas
Kennedy
Kimbell Plans New Warehouses at Old Mill Site
Kay Kimbell of the Kimbell Milling Company, Fort Worth, orders materials for a 40 by 87 foot building on the old milling site. The two undamaged steel grain bins will be connected by a conveyor to the new structure, storing 70 000 bushels. Improvements will cost several thousand dollars with more later.
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Kay Kimbell
Kimbell Milling Company
Fort Worth
Kimbell Milling
Kimbell Mills
Southwest
Whitewright
Texas
Kimbell
Election Trial Begins Over Sheriff Nomination in Bonham
District Judge Blackburn hears the injunction suit filed by W E Biggerstaff against J E Whitley contesting Whitley’s August runoff nomination for sheriff. Biggerstaff led by 110 votes in the first primary. Whitley won the second by 63. Biggerstaff alleges irregularities and fraud at various boxes. Both men have previously served four years as sheriff.
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Bonham
Blackburn
W. E. Biggerstaff
J. E. Whitley
Biggerstaff
Whitley
Methodists Hold Quarterly Conference at Sherman Church
Rev. C. M. Simpson presided over the Sherman Methodist Church quarterly conference. Reports showed good work and finances near balance with less than 500 dollars needed to meet dues, pledged to be paid before Rev. W. A. Stuckey leaves for Wichita Falls. Whitewright church noted for timely full payments.
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C. M. Simpson
Sherman
Sherman Methodist Church
Wichita Falls
W. A. Stuckey
Whitewright Methodist Church
Dallas visitors R. L. Johnson and R. S. Morehead
Dallas visitors R. L. Johnson and R. S. Morehead were in town Tuesday for unidentified engagements.
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R. L. Johnson
Morehead
Dallas
District American Legion Convention Set for November 14
The American Legion district convention will be held in Whitewright on Sunday November 14 with local post preparing a full program and invitations sent to district posts. Ex service members are expected to attend and Miss Hattie Story of Bokchito Okla visiting Mrs Crawford Montgomery has taken temporary work in the post office.
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American Legion
Whitewright
Hattie Story
Bokchito, Okla
Crawford Montgomery
Bokchito
Wilson
Denton youths accused after coasted prank on two men
Thurman Pierce 20 and Law Sullivan 22 admitted with Louise O'Dell 16 and Dana Bosworth 18 to holding up two men on a road, stripping them and firing shots in a joke. Victims Richard Watson 20 and Edward Stroup 22 reported to the sheriff.
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Denton
Thurman Pierce
Law Sullivan
Louise O'Dell
Dana Bosworth
Pierce
Sullivan
O'Dell
Bosworth
Denton County
Richard Watson
Edward Stroup
Wills Point
Stroup
Watson
Misses O’dell
Miss O'Dell
Pierce and Sullivan
Sanger
Miss Bosworth
Pike
Texas road bonds validated after Ferguson action
Austin reports Governor Miriam A Ferguson certified two bills and signed 560 road district bond measures to correct defects and legalize road district bond issuances after the Supreme Court Archer County decision. The moves aim to validate nearly all road bond issues.
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Austin
Texas
United States Supreme Court
Archer County
Miriam A. Ferguson
Removal of Tariff Barriers Urged by European and American Leaders
A high profile call from European financiers and Americans led by J P Morgan urges removal of tariff barriers and trade restrictions. The manifesto argues peace and prosperity depend on free commerce, criticizing postwar licenses and duties and urging governments to treat trade as exchange not war. It notes signs of change through treaties and international bodies aiming to restore global commerce.
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New York
Europe
J. P. Morgan
League of Nations
International Chamber of Commerce
Farm "Would Not Raise Fuss" Now Produces Prizes
Karl Wolfe of Stamford built a diversified model farm on land neighbors once doubted. At the community fair he exhibited 49 articles from lye soap to duck eggs and whole wheat bread to watermelons, earning a first and several prizes. Wolfe credits diversification as the farmer's salvation.
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Stamford
Karl Wolfe
Wolfe
Man Killed by Auto While Sitting on Porch
Port Arthur October 20 Thad Jacobs insurance man crushed to death when an automobile plowed across the lawn and pinned him to the steps of his home He had just seated himself on the steps when the car crashed into the porch and buried him under the wreckage.
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Port Arthur
Thad Jacobs
Jacobs
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Denver
Cole
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