Texas News Highlights From Hillsboro to Sherman
A garbled Texas wire of notes reports Hillsboro gaining a broom factory and tanning yard capacity rising. Substations opened at Denixon and Galveston with Baylor cadets to receive artillery. Obits include Rev W E B Jordan Canyon City Fort Worth and D W Hall of the Texas and Pacific. Various deaths, grand lodge meeting in Waco, bond election glitch at Mineola, and local incidents across Corsicana Fort Worth Paris and Dallas area.
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W. EB. Jordan
Canyon City
Fort Worth
Grand Lodge of Colored Masons
Waco
Mineola
Man Survives 2300-Volt Live Wire Ordeal in Houston
R J Knight, a Houston Light and Power worker, hung head downward for seconds after contact with a 2300 volt live wire on Montgomery Avenue near White Oak Bayou bridge. Rescued by Ben D Brown, Knight survived despite severe burns to his back and right hand. He regained consciousness and rests under opiates, with recovery hoped for though danger remains due to spinal proximity and nervous-system shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
R. J. Knight
Sos
Houston Light and Power Company
Montgomery Avenue
White Oak Bayou Bridge
Ben D. Brown
Mr. Knight
Brown
S. D. Parker
Oil Fire Subdued At Jennings After Steam Attack
A flaming gusher near Jennings Louisiana was quenched by steam power after workers placed a gate valve. A burned pipe, asphaltum, and a lake of oil remained as evidence of the blaze. Enols ordered full steam at 2 pm and within ten minutes the fire was out and danger ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings
United States
Enols
First Texas Cotton Bale Sells at New Orleans Auction
The first bale of the new Texas cotton crop to reach New Orleans was sold yesterday at the Austin cotton exchange. It was shipped by Rosenberg Bros of Hallettville Texas and brought 9 cents.
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New Orleans
Cotton Exchange
Rosenberg Bros
Hallettaville
Texas
Texas Pacific Washouts Flood Pecos Valley Tracks
Heavy rains out West flood the Pecos valley washing out several miles of Texas and Pacific track between Toyah and Pecos. Passengers were being transferred yesterday.
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Texas Pacific
Fort Worth
Texas
Paciic
Pecos Valley
Toyah
Pecos
All Returned to Work at Southern Pacific Shops in Houston
Houston July 22 Fifth ward woke to workers streaming into the Southern Pacific shops for the day. About 700 to 800 men, including 75 to 100 new hires, filled gates as the whistle blew at 7 am ending a three week strike. No disorder noted and most new hires reportedly left town after the settlement.
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Houston
Texas
Fifth Ward
Southern Pacific
San Antonio
el Paso
Deadly Baltimore Tornado Strikes City Harbor
A brief tornado hit Baltimore at 1 30 p m causing eleven deaths and widespread damage. Nine drowned in the harbor and two more killed by a live wire or a falling tree. A boat capsized and a family perished in a harbor tragedy. Major destruction occurred to churches warehouses and the gas plant with millions in losses. The storm lasted fifteen minutes with 64 mph winds and .56 inch rainfall.
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Baltimore
Edna V. George
Schuller
Cooper
Thomas Carroll
Carroll
Chatham
Mary
St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic
Concord Street
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
Weather Bureau
Oscar Stuart Dead in Marlin Texas Overdose
Oscar Stuart, 24, son of John Stuart of Groesbeeck, was found in a room above Tom Stuart’s business in Marlin with an overdose of morphine. Doctors could not save him. a drug package and a letter to his mother were found. His father and relatives from Groesbeek took the body home for burial after he came to the hot wells for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin
Texas
Tom Stuart
Oscar Stuart
John Stuart
Groesbeeck
Lightning Claims Life Near Lockhart Texas
In Lockhart Texas on Sunday night lightning struck Tom Martindale on the McCurdy farm killing him instantly after he had laid his baby to rest. A respected citizen and Woodmen of the World member, he leaves a helpless family and was buried in Lockhart cemetery yesterday afternoon.
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Lockhart
Texas
Tom Martindale
J. A. McCurdy
Martindale
Woodmen of the World
Lock+ hart
Will Rebuild at Once at Texas State Fair
Dallas Texas July 22 The Texas State Fair management announced that work would begin immediately on temporary structures to replace buildings destroyed by fire Sunday for the coming fair. An addition to machinery hall 200 by 300 feet will be erected housing general exhibits. The new 12000 seat auditorium will substitute for Music hall while permanent brick stone and steel buildings are planned to replace the losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Architetes
Man Crushed Between Cars Dies in Dallas
J C Foster aged 27 died after being crushed between construction cars on the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad at Honey Springs five miles south of Dallas. Surgeons said the breast was crushed dislocating the heart. The body was shipped to Denison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
J. C. Foster
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Honey Springs
Denison
Port Arthur Port Arrivals and Grounded Vessel Report
Port Arthur Texas July 22. Ss Hydra arrived at quarantine. Tug E B Simpson tows oil barges Nelson Bart lett and Ludwig. Ludwig runs aground at the foot of Main street. No pilot aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabine
Texas
E. EB. Simpson
Nelson Bartlett
Ludwig
Main Street
Troops Ordered Out to Protect Aged Suspect in Frederickson Case
At 10 oclock last night a special train left Henderson for Rusk carrying Captain Bon ner and forty men to guard the 70 year old Frederickson, jailed on a charge of criminally assaulting a 17 year old girl, daughter of a prominent local family. A Marshall company is also to support the mission following governor dispatches. The grand jury indicted him within a day of the crime, and talk of lynching has circulated due to the victim's prominence.
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Henderson
Texas
Rusk
Bonner
Hs Company
Brisco Frederickson
Marshall
Frederickson
Fair Buildings Burned at Dallas State Fair Grounds
Fire at 3 10 yesterday morning engulfed the northeastern corner of the Dallas State Fair exposition complex. The wooden structures burned rapidly, destroying the exposition building music hall and poultry pavilion with thousands of dollars in stored brepetky. Sparks reached nearby displays as losses mounted across numerous exhibits from Dallas and beyond.
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Dallas
Texas
The
Fair Association
Music Hall
Raging Waters Threaten Keokuk and River District
The Raging Waters report from Keokuk Iowa describes escalating Missis sippi flood conditions below Keokuk with vast areas under water and levees as the last defense. AP correspondent on the Silver Crescent reports billions in losses and thousands driven from homes as crops perish and rivers rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Iowa
Mississippi
St. Louis
Associated Press
Millionaire Mackay Dies in London After Illness
John W. Mackay of San Francisco died at Carlton House Terrace London at 6 30 PM after a period of heat prostration. The immediate cause was heart failure with congested lung and pneumonia symptoms. Mrs Mackay her mother and Countess Teleferner were present. Princess Galatio Colonna arrived shortly after death.
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Millionaire MacKay
London
John W. Mackay
San Francisco
Carlton House Terrace
Mackay
Fartnership Dissolved in Gatlin and Geeslin Firm
The mercantile firm Gatlin & Geeslin in Goldthwaite Texas dissolves as B F Geeslin sells his stake to partner A J Gatlin who continues the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fartnership
Goldthwaite
Texas
Gatlin & Geeslin
B. F. Geeslin
A. J. Gatlin
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