Texas items mix smallpox cases and civic projects
ATexas clippings page reports ten smallpox cases at a posthouse in Howson and Corsicana fundraising for an armory in progress. It notes a big cattle meeting, a Fort Worth arrest, and local votes on town improvements while chronicling bans, rail and mill news, and lectures in Dallas.
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Howson
Corscana
TM Paes
Fort Worth
Knox County
Thin County
Mooming Grove
Honda
Ely Hall
Tilda Johnson
Sherman
Refugees Driven, Levee Break Threatens Mississippi Area
Reports from Vicksburg Mississippi describe a new danger point on the Mississippi levees near Riverton Bolivar County where the main embankment sloughs and leaks. A special train with hundreds of laborers was sent from Greenville to reinforce the area as refugees数量 rise and livestock losses mount.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi
Riverton
Rowedale
Bolivar County
Greenville
Duvalle
Boy's Heart Shot Out on Quitman Street in Houston
A 17 year old boy, Johnny Butler, was shot and killed yesterday on Quitman Street Houston. John Samuels, held at the central station for murder, claims the shooting was accidental. The incident occurred just after 4 p.m. with both parties described as colored members of the nearby neighborhood.
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Houston
Texas
Johnny Butler
Quitman Street
John Samuels
Central Station
Freight Wreck Delays Katy Line Near Temple Texas
Freight train No. 105 of the Missouri Kansas & Texas wrecked six miles south of Temple Texas at 12 40 due to a broken flange on the tender. Engine 451 and conductor Snover. nine cars left the track and track was torn up for about 100 yards. Traffic delayed several hours though passenger No. 4 passed at 6 pm. No injuries reported.
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Katy
Temple
Texas, Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Snover
Girl Fatally Burned in Weatherford Incident
Last evening in Weatherford Texas Lillian Ward a ten year old daughter of Henry Ward was fatally burned. She stood near a stove in a neighbor's house when her dress caught fire and she ran into the yard screaming. She lived about five hours.
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Weatherford
Texas
Lillian Ward
Henry Ward
Bowen Receives Large Share in Bowen Estate
In New York the will of Mrs. Ellen M. Bowen filed for probate awards Herbert W. Bowen, the United States minister to Venezuela, a substantial share of the estate valued near one million dollars, with his wife Miss Clagge of Texas cited in the will.
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New York
United States
Venezuela
Herbert W. Bowen
Miss Clagge
Texas
Ellen M. Bowen
Bowen
Two Workmen Scalded In Lake Charles Engine Incident
Lake Charles Louisiana Frank Trotter and Lud Singleton workers at Watkins Car Shops were severely scalded today while repairing an engine a boiler plug blew and discharged hot contents onto them authorities cautioned about the hazardous steam and hot liquid exposure at the shop and urged safety checks after the incident
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Lake Charles
Frank Trotter
Lud Singleton
Watkins Car Shops
Batson Seeks New Trial After Court Action
In Lake Charles Louisiana the district court set aside AEB Batson sentence on Saturday to permit his lawyers to file a formal motion for a new trial. The motion was submitted and refused yesterday.
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Batson
Lake Charles
A. EB. Batson
Jogen- Lenoad
Crusade Against Vice In New Orleans Mobilizes Citizens
A March 23 mass meeting, held under the Protestant Ministers Alliance, launched a citywide crusade against vice. Leaders pledged organized efforts for law and order with a permanent group to guide the movement. Speakers including Rev. Richard Wilkinson and Rev. Gilbert Dobbs criticized lax enforcement and accused officers of complicity.
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New Orleans
Protestant Ministers’ Alliance
Richard Wilkinson
Rayne Memorial Church
Gilbert Dobbs
Coliseum Place Baptist Church
Negros in New Jersey Oppose Southern Suffrage Convention
Negro agitators driven to hold a state convention for southern suffrage face opposition from prominent New Jersey Black leaders including Rev A Wich Roundtree Charles N Robinson of Camden Rev J H Morgan of Bordentown and William F Powell US minister to Haiti They argue the convention would provoke strife and harm southern Blacks White Republican leaders back the stance and say New Jersey will not host mass meetings.
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New York
South
New Jersey
A. W.ich Roundtree
Charles N. Robinson
Camden
J. H. Morgan
Bordentown
William F. Powell
United States
Layi
Young Beast Sentenced in San Antonio Case
In district court Eddie Bowers a 14 year old pleaded guilty to assaulting 6 year old Winnie Cotton. The jury set five years in the state reformatory and house of correction. Time waived and sentence pronounced immediately. The orphan Rogers lived in the Cotton home as charity and used a pillow to smother the child's cries while her father was nearby.
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San Antonio
Texas
Eddie Bowers
Winnie Cotton
State Reformatory
House of Correction
Rogers
Plans Adopted for New Masonic Temple in Waco
Rotan, a member of the grand Masonic temple building committee, left for Dallas to attend a meeting where plans for the new Waco temple are to be considered. If accepted, construction will begin soon.
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New Masonic Temple
Waco
Texas
RE. Rotan
Grand Masonic Temple
Dallas
Kansas City Merchants to Visit Texas April Ninth
Horticultural Agent Hall of the Santa Fe will bring a party of 100 commission merchants of Kansas City to Texas on April 9. The trip aims to meet fruit and vegetable growers and citizens to interest Texas growers in the movement. The party will visit South Texas.
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Kansas City Commission
Fort Worth
Texas
The
Santa Fe
Commission
Kansas City
South
Two Years For Theft Conviction At Boston Texas
Pat Fitzgerald was convicted of theft in Boston Texas and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. He had stolen a valise with over $5,000 in notes from the Cotton Belt baggage room last November. the valise was recovered.
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Texarkanas
Texas
Boston
Pat Fitzgerald
Cotton Belt
River flood threatens levees near Issawaqua country
Steamer City of St Joseph reports critical conditions along the Issawaqua line with water nearly level to levee crowns and sections slopping over. Extensive sandbagging fails to halt seepage as cave in old levee expands despite 2000 sacks. Officials consider cutting levees while residents protest. Refugees and stock moved to high ground as backwater rises.
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Vicksburg
Miss
City of St. Joseph
Greenville
Issawaqua
Dooley
Duvals
Brunswick
Chotard
St. Joseph
Davis
Kiger
Australia
Louisiana
Pilchers’ Point
Rice Farmers Face Setback From Prolonged Rains in Lake Charles
Lake Charles Louisiana farmers report record rainfall delaying planting across the district. Fields remain flooded, canals show no improvement, and with continued wet weather there will be no acreage increase this season.
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Lake Charles
Wisconsin Louisiana Land and Oil Said to Drill Seven Wells
The Wisconsin Louisiana Land and Oil company announces seven wells will be sunk on holdings northeast of Sulphur Lake Charles. The firm holds 20 000 acres across three townships and plans a seventeen acre tract in the Welsh oil field. Incorporated at Milwaukee with 250 000 paid-in capital.
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Lake Charles
Wisconsin- Louisiana Land and Oil Company
Milwaukee
Fatal Cotton Gin Accident in Kemp Texas
Manton Wilson, 30, was killed at 9 o'clock this morning when his clothing became caught in the shafting of a cotton gin in Kemp. He was a nephew of D. M. Wilson of the area.
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Kemp
Texas
Manton Wilson
D. M. Wilson
Senator Douglass Takes Sick Leave at Home
Senator A. M. Douglass is at home in Hillsboro Texas Kept by illness kidney trouble. He has been ill for several days and his physician advised rest at home. It is hoped a short rest will restore his health.
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Senator Douglass
Hillsboro
Texas
A. M. Douglass
State's Road Leased To Dallas Lumber Interests Near Rusk
A press report claims the Texas penitentiary board and W H Knox of Dallas agreed to lease the state's railroad to Knox. He will supply timber for the prison furnace, build a large sawmill near the Cobun Belt and State railroads, extend the line about ten miles, and lay trams along the main line. The plan promises ten years of timber and iron shipments to extend the road, with no land purchase by the State.
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Rusk
Texas
Penitentiary Board
W. H. Knox
Dallas
Knox
Koos
Big Damage Suit Paused in Waco Court Fight
Brown Brothers versus The American Land and Freehold Company of London dominated Judge Scott's court for the week with no verdict. The defamation suit seeks $100,000. The Riggin s versus City Council of Waco case was postponed and will resume on the 15th of April with trial expected then.
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Waco
Texas
Brown Brothers
American Land and Freehold Company of London
Judge T J Simmons Dead in Franklin Texas
Judge T J Simmons prominent citizen and leading attorney died in his Franklin office at 10 30 am after taking carbolic acid meant as paregoric. He lived less than thirty minutes.
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T. J. Simmons
Franklin
Texas
Baby found murdered on Cotton Belt track near Greenville
Officials report the discovery of a fully developed white infant four miles west of Greenville Texas. The baby was found morning near the Cotton Belt track wrapped in a cloth and killed by a blow to the head. Two or three trains had passed over the body without moving it.
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Greenville
Texas
Cotton Belt Track
Sudden Deaths Reported in Fort Worth Area
Alexander Smith was found dead today in the hospital ward of the city jail. Death attributed to consumption. Beaumont resident believed. Tom Reed found dead in a lot on Thirteenth Street. Death likely from natural causes.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Alexander Smith
Beaumont
Tom Reed
Thirteenth Street
Fatal stabbing at Seguin restaurant linked to Mexican suspect
In Seguin Texas Davies Headon was seriously hurt with a sharp object at his restaurant last evening. The assailant, a Mexican national, fled and has evaded arrest.
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Seguin
Texas
Davies Headon
Two Boys Hurt Riding Horse In Palestine Streets
In Palestine Texas today two young boys Guy Wilkey and Wilfred Mobley grandson of Judge Reagan were thrown from a horse on paved streets and suffered severe injuries. Wilkey sustained a skull fracture from the fall.
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Palestine
Texas
Little Guy Wilkey
Wilfred Mobley
Judge Reagan
Young Wilkey
Dowager Empress Allocates Half Million Taels for Exposition
Pekin reports the dowager empress has ordered an appropriation of half a million taels for China at the St. Louis exposition. The decision underscores China’s enhanced presence in the fair with formal state backing.
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China
St. Louis Exposition
Fire destroys Marlin Opera House in Texas
The Marlin Opera House in Marlin Texas owned by J T Gitorf was fully burned last night. Fire discovered about midnight and by 2 am the structure lay in ashes and debris. Building and furnishings valued at 11000 with 7000 insured.
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Marlin Opera House
Marlin
Texas
J. T. Gitorf
Snowstorm Widespread Over Des Moines Area
Snow fell three inches in Des Moines overnight with continued flurries across the valley. Reports from across Iowa describe the storm as general and widespread through the state with ongoing snow today.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines Valley
Fowler at Home in Palestine Visits Sister in Need
Captain Gq Reese Fowler, state legislator from this county, is at his sister Miss Edwina Fowler’s bedside in Palestine Texas where she lies seriously ill today.
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Fowler
Palestine
Texas
Reese Fowler
Edwina Fowler
Uruguayan Government Complains to Brazil Over Rio Grande Forces
The Uruguayan government has filed a formal complaint with Brazil regarding forces in the Rio Grande province that have joined Uruguayan rebels.
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Brazil
Monteverde
Rio Grande
Vanderbilt's Alpha Captures Prix Du Fontainbleau
Paris reports W K Vanderbilt's Alpha ridden by Nash Turner won the Prix Du Fontainbleau at the Longchamp meeting this evening. Alpha prevailed in a close finish over rivals. Nash Turner rode to victory for Vanderbilt stable.
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Vanderbilt
Alpha
Paris
W. K. Vanderbilt
Nash Turner
Smallpox Case Reported in Seguin Texas
Seguin city authorities disinfected a home after a smallpox case was found among black residents this morning. Mayor Zorn guaranteed the patient’s care and safety measures were taken.
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Seguin
Texas
Zorn
Death from Smallpox Strikes San Augustin Texan
Loung Sublett a well to do colored man died near here yesterday of smallpox contracted at Beaumont a short time ago His family were all expected
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San Augustin
Texas
Loung Sublett
Beaumont
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Vernon
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Belton
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DHS
John H. Kirby
Orange
Offeera
Dogen
de Peyster
Care Raisers’ Association
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W. W. Turney
Ike T. Pryor
Richard Walsh
John T. Lytle
Prohibitionistes of
Denison
Che Denison Organisaies
Riverton 15
Memphis
Issaquena County
McClelland
Fifth Louisiana District Board
Louisaana
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Henderson's Point
Kleinston
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