Destruction on Legation Street and Dallas Murder Probe
Reports from Pekin describe shelling and an attempted mine at the American legation amid legation street desolation. In Dallas county the Carmack murder case widens as two suspects are jailed and coroner Freeman cites poisoning as the cause of death.
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Legation
Pekin
Dallas County
Dallas
Texas
Sheriff's Department
Grand Jury
Willis New
Kieberg
W. T. Carmack
Carmack
Kleberg
W. S. Freeman
Freeman
Legal challenge to Southern disenfranchisement laws
Giles S. Jackson of Richmond acting for the National Council for the Constitutional Rights association hires ex Attorney General Pillsbury and W C P Breckinridge as counsel to seek a Massachusetts supreme court ruling on the legality of Southern statute laws and constitutional amendments said to disfranchise Black voters. The case may be taken to the U S Supreme Court.
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Boston
Giles
Jackson
Richmond
National Council For the Constitutional Rights Association
A. D. Pillsbury
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Lexington
Supreme Court of
United States
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Embezzler Brought Back From Havre Extradition Noted
Jose Castro Garcia, arrested in Havre July 20, charged with absconding from Porto Rico with 12000 dollars of U S government funds, arrived aboard the French liner La Quitaine and was jailed on Ludlow Street. Louis Barrios, Porto Rico insular police chief official, escorted Garcia home. French government recognizes U S sovereignty in Porto Rico through this extradition.
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New York
Jose Castro Garcia
Havre
France
Porto Rico
United States
Laquitaine
Ludlow Street
Louis Barrios
Insular Police
Metropolitan Trust Pays 50 Percent Dividend to Creditors
The Metropolitan Trust Company has paid a 50 percent cash dividend on behalf of the readjustment committee to all creditors of Price McCormick Co who filed claims. Claims deposited with the trustees exceed 85 percent of all estate claims, and the first dividend will exceed $1,000,000.
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New York
Metropolitan Trust Company
Readjustment Committee
Price, McCormick & Co
G A R Parade Draws 55 000 In Chicago
The Grand Army of the Republic parade in Chicago on August 29 drew about 55 000 members and 7000 posts. The line moved for five hours as the procession passed a fixed point.
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Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Ex Slaves Reunion Planned in Waco Texas
The Ex Slaves association of Central Texas, organized five years ago, will hold its annual reunion in Waco on September 2 and 3. Membership is limited to former slaves, with strong attendance from McLennan Robertson Brazos and Milam counties. Noted Black orators from the region are expected to speak, and attendees look forward to the meetings with pleasure.
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Waco
Texas
Central Texas
McLennan Falls
Robertson
Brazos
Milam
Guard Beaten and Robbed by Convicts Near Waxahachie
Four African American convict laborers assaulted guard John Hardeman in Waxahachie Texas August 20. They beat him, stole his pistol and 27 dollars, while he hauled hay. One struck him with a rock, others restrained him as they fled to a nearby thicket and remained at large.
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Waxahachie
Texas
John Hardeman
Hardeman
No Word from the Parents
A Sherman woman brought a four year old boy to County Judge J D Woods asking the child be cared for by authorities after alleging the parents went to California months ago and failed to provide. The judge urged her to take the boy home and await contact from California.
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Sherman
Texas
J. D. Woods
California
Cotton Pickers in Demand in Waxahachie Texas
In Waxahachie Texas on August 29 cotton pickers faced high demand as the crop opened quickly. A small group of African American pickers attempted a strike for higher wages demanding 60 cents per hundred pounds rather than 50. Farmers refused and the workers returned to work at the old rate.
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Waxahachie
Texas
Li Hung Chang Held Aboard As China Talks Open
Paris dispatch reports Admiral Courre jolles states the council of admirals has informed foreign legations in Pekin that Li Hung Chang is held on board ship until negotiations begin between the powers and China.
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Li Hung Chang
Paris
Courrejolles
Navy Department
Council of Admirals
Pekin
China
Grain Warehouse Collapses in Waco
A large grain warehouse owned by Seley and Early in Waco at Lorena collapsed last night. It held about 15 000 bushels of grain, mostly in sacks, but the contents are nearly all saved. The building is nearly a total loss with minimal content loss expected.
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Waco
Texas
Seley & Early
Lorena
Wandering Boy Found Near Caddo Peak Texas
A barefoot and bareheaded boy about 10 years old appeared at Mr. Coneley’s house near Caddo Peak Texas on August 29. He came from the west and cannot speak or identify his family or origin, leaving his status as lost or abandoned in mystery.
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Caddo
Peak
Texas
Lone Star Lines highlights from Texas news items
A roundup of Texas notes includes Abbott's new bank and Corsicana's $400 street sweeper. Oct 13–14 Dallas area fairs, Oct 20 San Antonio fair, a Honey Grove man killed by a runaway team, New York death of Richard Zorells, a robbery near Plano, and railroad shop moves to El Paso.
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Corsicana
Comal County
John Grant
Honey Grove
Plano
Southern Pacific Railway
Tucson
Ariz
el Paso
Pithy maxims and oddities from an old column
A collage of pointed maxims and curiosities spanning social quirks, legal wit, and truncated science. Notes on envy, doctors, bachelors, prudence, and the quirks of language mix with observations on law, Europe, and oddities of Oxford and China, all in a breezy, period tone.
Undefined country roads and cleaning tips in brief
An odd collection notes country roads in China as undefined and offers time saving window cleaning with borax instead of ammonia or soap. It mentions deserts of Arabia being notable for pillars of sind and hints at miscellaneous observations.
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China
Arabia
Sind
Global curiosities from ancient canals to sea fog condensers
Australia pounds gold but not silver. Aluminium utensils replace tin in France. Meat and fish prices in Australia are very low. A 92 mile ancient canal linked the Mediterranean and Red Sea. Peru once extracted front teeth to show servitude. Prof Bell invents sea fog condenser for drinking water. A banyan tree with 400 trunks shelters 1,000 soldiers. In India a banyan has thousands of trunks and roots.
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Australia
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Peru
Prof
Bell
India
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William Pierce
Delta County
Lake Creek
Johnson County
George Couch
Grapevine
Travis County
Elgin
Colored Baptists of Texas
Austin
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J. W. Milligan
Emberson Prairie
Globe
Lamar County
Church of the Sacred Heart
King Humbert
W. M. Rowe
Santa Fe
Yarboro Station
Navasota
Calvin Bradford
Mobile
Colmesweil
Calvin
Charles Price
Omaha
The
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Commerce and
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Magnolia Land and Cattle Company
Capital
Sherry
Paul Jones
Belle OF
Bourbon
Barrel Goods Metropolitan
Waldorf
ALCON
Nay Bowles, Prop
Alpine
G. W. Blackburn
W. van Sickle
L. N. Halbert
Brewster
W.H. Ragin
Brewster County
B. M. Hines
Hancock's Drug Store
St. Louis
Wise
Chicago News
Avery
Constantinople
Oxford
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