Prison Centralization Committee Eyes Austin Session Date
The penitentiary centralization committee plans a possible special Texas Legislature session date this week after a Friday meeting. Fort Worth executive secretary Bob Parker arrived to arrange the meeting. The panel just completed a three weeks inspection tour of state prisons and will discuss its report and recommendations. If relocation sites differ from current lands, another inspection trip to Texas sites will be considered. The report is expected to be rushed.
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Austin
Bob Parker
Fort Worth
Texas
Texas special session to study fee system and pensions
Tubbock says findings on county and district salaries under the fee system are ready. Senate plans a special session mainly for the penitentiary issue and will also address fee system legislation, Confederate pension law amendments, and a proposed Texas Oklahoma boundary compact.
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Tubbock
Parish
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas Governors and Presidents Through History
A compact chronological list traces Texas leaders from early presidents Henry Smith and Sam Houston to governors up to Dan Moody. It notes statehood in 1846 and enumerates governors including Henderson, Wood, Bell, Pease, Runnels, Houston, Clark, Lubbock, Murrah, Hamilton, Throckmorton, Davis, Coke, Hubbard, Roberts, Ireland, Ross, Hoge, Culberson, Sayers, Lanham, Campbell, Colquitt, Ferguson, Hobby, Neff, Ferguson, and Moody.
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Texas
J. Pinckney Henderson
George T. Wood
P. H. Bell
E. M. Pease
H. R. Runnels
Sam Houston
Edward Clark
F. R. Lubbock
Pendleton Murrah
A. J. Hamilton
James W. Throckmorton
E. J. Davis
Richard Coke
R. M. Hubbard
O. M. Roberts
John Ireland
L. S. Ross
J. S. Hoge
C. A. Culberson
J. D. Sayers
S. W. T. Lanham
T. M. Campbell
O. B. Colquitt
James F. Ferguson
William P. Hobby
Pat Neff
James FE. Ferguson
Dan Moody
Mouse Causes Fatal Accident in Waukegan
Miss Elizabeth Shillan stepped backward into a moving machine after a mouse startled her and was crushed to death in Waukegan Illinois.
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Elizabeth Shillan
Jokes Turn Fatal at Breakfast in Chicago Hotel
W J Kelly a St Louis hotel guest died after joking with a waiter at breakfast in a Chicago hotel. Police said the man collapsed and died on the dining room floor leaving no immediate signs of foul play.
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Chicago
W. J. Kelly
St. Louis
Prison Inspection Trip Highlights Texas Penitentiary Policy Gaps
Lee Simmons of the State Prison Board reported on a tour across twenty three states visiting sixteen prisons. A legislative committee and prison board aimed to study management for potential reforms. Simmons said Texas lacks a definite policy and a permanent prison system, contrasting with other states.
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Texas
Simons
Legature and Prison Board
Tex Rickard's Wife Seeks Job Amid Widow's Hard Times
New York widow of promoter Tex Rickard says she is nearly penniless despite his million-dollar reputation. She claims a $5,000,000 trust fund for their daughter Maxine is a dream, expects no estate payouts, and says she must work to support her child. She criticizes friends and notes her Miami Beach house and a $75,000 cost as her remaining assets.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Maxine
Richard
Flushing
Miami Beach
Fla
Tex
Ory
Miami
Brownsville Man 79 Takes First Train Ride
Thomas Russell, 79, rode the Iron Horse from Brownsville on a vacation to Kerrville to please folks. He arrived in Brownsville in 1872 and had not left the valley since 1881 when he traveled to San Antonio after his father’s death, a pioneer Texan and member of the navy commanders. He made that trip by stage.
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Brownsville
Thomas Russell
Iron Horse
Kerrville
Russell
Valley
San Antonio
T¢ Navy
Fragmentary Phrase Cited as Critique of Document Value
A clipped OCR line reads to be worth the paper it is written on stating strong doubt about the document’s practical worth. The fragment implies skepticism toward a formal record or agreement.
Spare The Red Cardife Wales to Public Schools
Fragmentary text notes restrictions on teachers and pupils at public schools and mentions the Vatican population and Philippine Legislature measures. The legible items reference typhoons and relief actions, but details are unclear.
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Cardife
Wales
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