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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1903
Page
2
Multiple terse notes report oil exploration near Sherman and Corsicana including a new Davis lease oil well. Also listed are crimes, fires, bank appointments, a prohibition election push, and various local incidents across Texas with names, places, and outcomes.
Galveston City Company transfers blocks 711 to 716 in Galveston for 100000 cash to M A Low general attorney to the Rock Island railway. An option on the property was paid to bind it February 24. The Rock Island plans are unclear and details remain undisclosed.
Constable John son of Blum reported the death by own action of Mrs. B. V. Adams in Hillabore Texas. She took sixty grains of morphine then swallowed two glasses of buttermilk and died within hours. She had two years of ill health and a recent operation failed to help.
Beaumont Texas report states Ed Kennedy leading Sour Lake road project after trip to Columbus and Chicago. Papers signed and sealed for an electric line to Sour Lake. J W Meeker Investment Company to finance. Ma Meeker's engineer to assess ground and begin work soon.
Appraisers appointed by the referee in bankruptcy finished evaluating the Wettermark estate assets in Nacogdoches. The bank building fixtures post office building and land totaling 163 107 98 dollars were valued. The Wettermark individual estate remains separate. Two Ohio convicts attempted escape from prison.
Twelve proposals were submitted for a Houston federal building site. Bidders listed blocks bounded by Milam Louisiana Main Fannin Walker and other streets with prices from 48 000 to 125 000 dollars and varying lot sizes. Names include W W Thomas Paul Hoover N L Mille Gillaspie Harrell Weiss Lidstone House and others.
The funeral of the late J. M. Hurt was held yesterday in Dallas and attracted many business and professional people. All the courts adjourned for the service and the Dallas Bar Association met to hear formal eulogies and to appoint committees for further memorial actions.
In Abilene Texas yesterday Dr H McNiel of Lampasas killed himself with strychnine. A note declared his intent and Sheriff Alton had planned to take him home that evening. Sheriff Walton departed for Lampasas with the body after the incident.
The Byrd Syndicate oil well No 3 at Saratoga Texas came in as a genuine gaser at 5 PM on the 16th and blew until 11 AM the next day when a gate valve shut it off. General manager C K McFallen witnessed the blowout and believes the well will become a top producer once the gas is expelled. Brice wells Nos 1 and 2 are ready to come in, giving the field five producing wells.
President Roosevelt appears close to concluding his Yellowstone Park visit as officials wrap up tours and events. Public enthusiasm remains high with media coverage and scheduled remarks.
News from Dale Texas reports John Ethridge was accidentally shot and killed by Bob McGintis during a deer hunt ten miles south of town. Four hunters were in the sand hills when a deer came into range and a shot struck Ethridge, who was in the path of the projectile.
An eastbound freight rear ended another east of Alpine Texas at 10 yesterday morning, demolishing two cabooses and several cars. Two linemen inside one caboose escaped uninjured with no injuries reported. Separate note: Mine Workers executive boards meet in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Judge J M Hurt former judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals died in Dallas at 6 45 p m He served as a Confederate infantry captain and was a key figure in Texas law earning a reputation for firm adherence to the letter of the law He was born in 1830 in Carroll County Tennessee and buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Sheriff Seideman received a report that Maria Rodriguez a Mexican woman was stabbed to death in Fromme Seguin County. A large crowd witnessed the killing. The assailant fled and was not yet apprehended with efforts underway to track him down aided by Sheriff Tobin.
A blaze at 1 AM destroyed the machine shops and round house of the Shreveport and Red River Valley road along with local warehouses of Anheuser-Busch and Lemp Brewing. Five locomotives and several cars were burned. Loss estimated at $40,000.
Belton Texas see C W Meyer and Co grain elevator burn yesterday morning with $5000 loss and $1200 insured. Hanover of New York insures. Loss total avoided by effective fire department work and prevention of a larger conflagration. Origin incendiary.
Austin Texas reports counties that paid interest yesterday on permanent school fund bonds. Harris 5000 dollars Kimble 604 Stephens 6850 Denton 3390.
Rev Dr Francis A Horton pastor of Temple Presbyterian Church Philadelphia died after apoplexy struck him while preaching last night and he was removed from the pulpit.
In Lafayette Louisiana a Black man named Wilfis Lodge was convicted in district court for passing counterfeit currency.
Stirling Alberta report from M Pickrell, Canadian Government agent, touts superb weather, rich soils, and high yields across Edmonton region, Raymond, Lacombe, and Wetaskiwin districts. Cites oat 70 bu per acre, wheat 35, barley 40, large beet crop, and a planned beet sugar factory at Raymond. Notes rapid farm gains and eager settlers from the United States.
A trained chimpanzee named Consul in London dresses like a man eats with a knife and fork smokes cigars plays football rides a tricycle and enjoys having his photograph taken attracting curious crowds.
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