Texas Farmers' Congress to Meet in Fort Worth
February meeting set for February 12 at Hotel Worth Fort Worth to discuss railroad rates delegate entertainment and agenda for the next annual gathering. Snowbound conditions stretch across northern Kansas and Nebraska delaying Missouri Pacific trains with six to eighteen inch depths.
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Missouri Pacific
Kansas
Chicrco
College Station
Texas
Texas Farmers’ Congress
Hotel Worth
Fort Worth
Atchison, Kan
Nebraka
Central Branch
Cawker City
Greenleaf
Whiting
Atchison
Downs
Nebraska
Congress
Dallas
Texas Live Stock Association
Dixon
The
Texas State Horticultural Society
Horticultural Society
Destructive Cyclone Hits Cooper Texas Area
A destructive cyclone swept across western portions of delta county near Cooper and Pecan Gap around 11 PM. Casualties undetermined. Jim Moody's house destroyed and his 14 year old daughter fatally injured. At Rat tan, Tink Surrett killed and two young daughters seriously injured. Two churches, a school, stores and dwellings wrecked. Thompson house destroyed by fire after being wrecked. Odd Fellows hall caught fire but saved. Tornado moved from southwest, about 1000 yards wide, lasting ten minutes.
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Cooper
Texas
Pecan Gap
Jim Moody
Honest
Rattan
Tink Surrett
Thompson
Odd Fellows Hall
Five Kelly brothers visit Greenville Texas from Hunt County
In Greenville on February 4, Mrs. J. H. Whatley hosts five Kelly brothers Rate Charlie John Chris and Jim all large men weighing 175 208 244 244 and 280 pounds respectively. The brothers are praised as solid citizens from north Hunt County and notable guests in the city.
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Greenville
Texas
J. H. Whatley
Kelly Brothers
Rate
Charlie
John
Chris
Jim
North Hunt County
Terrific storm hits Texarkana on February 4
A powerful storm struck Texarkana at 1 am with southwest winds shaking houses and displacing many. Reports from rural areas speak of widespread fence damage and extensive losses to truck farmers, marking the severest weather in years.
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Texarkana
Texas
Explosion Kills Perry Fort and Team Near Alexandria
A Nitro glycerine explosion at the Gas Belt Torpedo magazine four miles northeast of Alexandria, Indianapolis, February 4, destroyed Perry Fort and his wagon team. 760 quarts of explosive detonated, leaving no trace of Fort or the wagon.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Gas Belt Torpedo Company
Alexandria
Perry Fort
Wonderful Electrical Display Over Nacogdoches Storm
A heavy rain with hail and a sharp wind struck Nacogdoches Texas yesterday around 3 am. The electric display was noted as especially striking while the sun cleared to reveal a clear spring day today.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
Mrs Nation Defeated in Saloon Raid at Topeka
In Topeka on February 5 Mrs Carrie Nation led six followers armed with hatchets to smash a restaurant selling liquor on East Sixth Street. She was disarmed, arrested for disturbing the peace, and laughed at police station. Mob crowds tramped snow to witness the attempt opposed by restaurant staff, while Nation urged followers to strike windows. Separate item notes Marion, Ind, reporting a bank robbery gang threatening two local banks as police patrol streets in plain clothes.
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Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
East Sixth Street
United Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Nation
Two Brothers Shot and Killed in Louisiana Urges Inquiry
In Sabine Parish near Sabine, February 5, Tobe and George Stroud were shot and killed Sunday night by Tom Arthur, brother in law of George. Arthur says the Strouds were intoxicated, accosted him, and compelled him to defend himself by shooting.
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Sabine
Tobe
George Stroud
Tom Arthur
George
Miner Finds Rich Silver Ore Near Mineral Wells
Silver near Mineral Wells Texas February 5 Mr H L Haney who lives one mile north of town was seen by this correspondent and showed a piece of silver ore found at 198 feet in a well he is digging The vein is about four feet thick and appears very rich He has not decided how to develop the mine yet.
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Mineral Wells
Texas
H. L. Haney
Parson's Brigade Reunion Planned in Ennis This August
Arranging committee named for the Parson's Brigade annual reunion to be held in Ennis, Texas, in August. Executive committee includes B. Marchbanks as chairman, Dr. C. B. Lewis mayor, Dr. J. C. Loggins, Col. L. A. Daffin, and Capt. T. D. Turner among others. meeting next Tuesday to finalize arrangements.
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Ennis
Texas
Parson’s Brigade Association
James Longstreet
B. ¥. Marchbanks
C. B. Lewis
J. C. Loggins
L. A. Daffin
T. D. Turner
Mays
Census of Kanane City Census Shows City Population
Kansas City Missouri reports 176 011 residents per Kan sas City Times census conducted independently after government figures 165 752. The paper’s count aimed to reflect unvisited residents and is claimed the most accurate yet. Fort Worth strike talks stall with no settlement in sight as builders oppose union affiliations while the trades council plans next moves.
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Kanane City
Kansas City
Kansas City Times
Fort Worth
Texas
Builders’ Club
Allied Union Tradesmen
Trades Assembly
Building Trades Council
Wives Demolish Saloons at McCune in Kansas
A band of women, wives of local leaders, attacked two McCune saloons fifteen miles west of Pittsburg, destroying furniture fixtures and liquor. They held a brief prayer service, armed with hatchets and baseball bats, causing $500 in damage before fleeing. No arrests reported as saloons remain closed and tensions rise.
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Pittsburg
Kan
McCune
Here
Steel and Fron Combine in New York Harmony Report
Steel magnates and bankers confirmed harmony between Carnegie and other iron and steel firms. A Wall Street story about territorial division without consolidation is said to be true in essential features. Army Appropriation Bill passes House committee. total about 118 million with 57.15 million for quartermaster's department. Gause Texas eyes brickyard and cotton factory. coal abundant. boll weevil scare limiting new business and oil borings near term.
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Steel and Fron
New York
The
Mail and Express
Carnegie Company
Iron and Steel
Wall Street
Steel and
Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
Hill
War Department
Quartermaster’s Department
Gause
Tex
San Antonio
FIELD AND FLOCK REPORTS FROM TEXAS STOCKS AND SHIPMENTS
A Texas stock and agricultural roundup notes plentiful sweet potatoes and fair celery, active cabbage shipments from South Texas, excellent cattle conditions, and growing strawberries at Atascosa. Ranchers shipping fat steers to Chicago include Edens Hros and Wright & Allison, with Carolina shipments from Bonham and Taylor. Wolf and coyote control funds rise as Montana cattlemen eye Alaska markets. A new skunk ranch opens in Elkland, Pennsylvania, while registry fees for foreign shorthorns rise to $100. Local seed donations head to Waller county, Tampico tomato preparations expand to U S cities, and notable farm profits are reported in Little Elm and Huntsville. Prairie dog destruction methods advance as Port Worth purchases close.
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Pennsylvania
Elkland
S. H. Sale
Little Elm
Denton County
J. B. Jones
Huntsville
Texas
Chicago
New York
Montana
Alaska
Nome
Dawson
Copper River
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