New York Guests Tour Texas for Commercial Purpose
A New York business delegation visits Orange Beaumont and other Texas cities on a sixteen day tour to study conditions and promote investment. Officials coordinate data collection for a forthcoming printed report expected to influence future foreign capital in Texas. Beaumont reports a major land sale of 1600 acres for 440000 to Right Bladgood Co. of Saginaw Michigan as a key transaction in rice and oil country.
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Houston
Texas
New York
Orange
Beaumont
Texas Reception Committee
Chamberlain
Texas Committee
Wortham
Transportation
Trowbridge
Chamber of Commerce
Jessup
Corwine
Merchants’ Association
N. Fianter
Merchants Association
San Antonio Strike Expands as Union Walkout Stops Work
In San Antonio Texas unions widen the strike halting all building labor. Builders' Exchange dispute sparks a new walkout closing current projects and cancelling or delaying forthcoming contracts. About 1000 workers are involved in the stoppage.
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San Antonio
Texas
Builders’ Exchange
Temporary injunction halts sale of oil lands in Jefferson County
In Austin on April 24 Judge Morris granted a temporary injunction restraining W Belcher as trustee and the Texas Trust Company from selling a one fifth interest in lands in Jefferson County where oil was struck. The suit says the only land in the decree on Veatch survey belongs to L L Cleveland estate a 540 acre tract known as Spindle Top Heights and the reserved strips and railroad right of way shown between blocks have not been sold.
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Beaumont
Texas
Leon & J. Viterbo
Bladgood & Co
Saginaw
Mich
M. Kelley
Duluth, Minn
Southern and Western Representative
Ed. D. Chenett
Lucas
Viterbo Bros
Kelley
Louisiana
Austin
Fifty-third District
Morris
W. ©. Belcher
Texas Trust Company
Jefferson County
L. Cleveland
Supreme Court
Amasa B. Chappell
Travis County
L. D. Brooks
Watts & Aldridge
Dallas
General Land Office
Rogan
Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company
South
Ohio Flood recedes as crest nears Cincinnati tomorrow
The Ohio river rise eases in Cincinnati with backwaters around the city. crest expected tomorrow. A few lives lost upstream in drifting and boating accidents, but none locally. Evacuees are cared for and to return home soon.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Parkersburg
Tragic Suicidal Act Shocks Seymour Texas
J T Hayden an aging Baylor county settler living four miles north of Seymour cut his throat with a razor yesterday. A widower, he left behind two boys aged 10 and 12. The elder son ran for help as the father died, while the younger applied flour to staunch the blood in a desperate measure.
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Seymour
Texas
J. T. Hayden
Baylor County
Murder of two Americans at Hardshell mine
News from Phoenix reports Frank and Charles Leal were murdered at the Hardshell mining camp near Nogales by Francisco Valdez a Mexican bandit after a saloon dispute. Valdez shot them twice and battered their skulls with a revolver butt.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Frank
Charles Leal
Francisco Valdez
Hardshell
Nogales
Leals
Valdez
Train laden with cattle and coal seized by Boers near Molteno
A Boers raid near Molteno Cape Colony on Saturday evening seized a train loaded with cattle and coal. The forward locomotive escaped to Stormberg and returned with troops who found the train burning. A few natives were killed and the train crew were stripped and released.
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Ers
East London
Cape Colony
Molteno
Stormberg
The Sky Remains Blue Despite Blind Man's View
A reflective line notes that color persists regardless of perception. It contrasts sight with truth and underscores subjective experience versus objective reality.
Ohio Flood Threatens Valley as Snow and Rain Add to Rise
Cincinnati awaits the crest as Ohio River flood warnings spread from Pittsburg to Cincinnati. Officials fear a record spring rise, with lower valley areas already braced for damage while telegraph and rail networks falter and crops face major losses. The report also notes a Texas land case seeking oils and minerals rights tied to section 282 in Jefferson county.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Point Pleasage
Portsmouth
Springfield
New Saw Mill Project Advances Near Timpson Texas
Mr Bagley a Winsboro mill man with new land buys is guiding railroad work toward a mill site nine miles northwest of here. Machinery is bought and ready to move once the line reaches the mill by July 1. A grading crew is at work and track laying will begin as the first mile is prepared.
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Timpson
Texas
Bagley
Winsboro
Railroad commission grants veg rate from Crockett to Jacksonville
Rates on vegetables in Texas set by the railroad commission effective May 1. The International and Great Northern may charge 7 1/2 cents per 100 pounds for vegetables from Crockett and intermediate points to Jacksonville, with exceptions where carload rates are lower for canners.
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Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission
International and Great Northern
Crockett
Jacksonville
Beaumont Oil Boom Sees $125000 Well Purchase
Dewey Heywood and W C Tyrrall bought a Parkersburg VA well being drilled by Kiser and Kelly for cash 125000 in Beaumont Texas. The 810 feet promising well sits on a 30 acre tract with gas and a mud gusher developing by Saturday night. Earnest money of 5000 was posted to hold the deal for 48 hours.
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Beaumont
Texas
Dewey Heywood
W. C. Tyrrall
Heywood
Kiser & Kelly
Parkersburg
W. Va
Scheme to Beat Homesteaders in Indian Lands
Indian Inspector H I Vaughan exposes a fraud plan in Denison Texas detailing use of Kiowa and Comanche tepees to mislead homesteaders. About 3000 Indian allotments and vast pastures are at stake as hired Indians occupy lands for a fee then vacate for a schemer to claim a preferred tract.
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Denison
Texas
H. Ll. Vaughan
Bell- Beaumont Oil Co to Sink Temple Well
Hell County Texas April 22 The Bell Beaumont Oil company of Temple with $100000 capital owns twenty acres in the Beaumont Oil field. Directors have been in Beaumont and plan to sink a well at once. A limited stock offering will be issued today. Directors are all Temple residents.
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Hell County
Temple
Texas
Bell- Beaumont Oi! Company of
Beaumont
Temple Partier
Department of Agriculture
Iawaiian Islands
Europe
Mesers
Seaburn
Hiskins
Hudgins
Velasco
J. M. Daugherty
Abilene
A. J. Boyd
Mexico
Odessa
Wind Topples Water Tank in Chicago Building
A Chicago wind toppled a large water tank from the Galbraith building at Madison and Franklin, smashing through six floors and injuring five people. The accident caused about 50,000 dollars in property damage.
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Chicago
Galbraith
Madison
Franklin Streets
Field and Flock Reports From Texas Counties
Field notes list strawberry and peach shipments, wheat and oats damage from rain, and ongoing planting in Moore and other counties. Cattle and hog shipments to St Louis and Oklahoma, with reports of frost, pests, and crop outlooks across Ellis, Brown, Tarrant, and surrounding regions.
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Milford
Ellis County
St. Louis
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