Diverse local items from Alpine including labor, politics and accidents
A sprawling Alpine notice sheet lists varied items: a McCorain coke plant plan, child labor and labor rights stories, a Guthrie presidential election, a breaking horse incident injuring a rider, a Beaumont refinery venture, a $75 000 bond vote for Muskogee school bonuses, a 23 year missing Baltimore girl case, a carbolic acid death in New York, a Texas wreck death, Japanese provisioning for Hong Kong, Oklahoma Dental Association officers, a Gibraltar report on foaming, and Mexican land deals affecting settlers.
Confederate Reunion Opens in New Orleans Amid Festive Decor
New Orleans crowds gather for the United Confederate Veterans reunion with nightly concerts and fireworks at the fair grounds. Texas delegates, led by General Reagan, arrive for ceremonies at Christchurch memorial services and the St. Charles Hotel. The city is lavishly decorated along Canal Street as the convention begins and a large attendance is anticipated.
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New Orleans
Tee
Appomattox
Texas
Louuisiana
Mississippi
St Charles Hotel
John H. Reagan
St. Charles Hotel
C Corridora
Christchurch
Jefferson Davis
Southern Memorial Association
Fair Grounds
March of Americanism Hearts Endure Seventeen Days
A fragment notes an eleven day confinement with no food or water leaving the subject lively and healthy, promising seventeen more days. In Culver Minnesota robbers wrecked the Culver State Bank safe and stole $3000 before escaping on a handcar. A claim warns that if Manchuria is checked the U S could lose a key cotton market in years ahead.
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Minneapolis
Kan
Culver State Bank
Culver
Manchuria
United States
China refuses Manchuria port openings amid Russian pressure
In Pekin on May 19 China cites Russian opposition to opening Manchurian towns in commercial treaties. The US and Japan pressed for Harbin Mukden and a Yalu mouth port. C C Baldwin reports American cotton trade growth but Russian coercion hinders business and may redirect orders to Russia.
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Pekin
China
United States
Harbin
Mukden
Yalu River
C. C. Baldwin
New York
Southern Cotton Mills
Manchuria
America
Baldwin
Threatened Deluge Captivates Houston With Pompeii Spectacle
For one week starting Monday night May 25, Ht J Pain known as The Fireworks King presents The Last Days of Pompeii in Houston. The show features a volcanic eruption and additional aerial and aquatic novelties. Special railroad rates arranged. The week includes First Nighters Surprise Monday Tuesday Houston Night Wednesday Elks Night Thursday Ladies and Children's Night Friday Hoo Hoos Saturday Labor Night.
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Houston
Ht. J. Pain
Pompeii
Pain
Texas
Umbria Arrives Liverpool Searched by Detectives
Cunard steamer Umbria reaches Liverpool where detectives conduct a search on board but no arrests are made. Passengers remain unaware of the dynamite affair until after reaching Queenstown.
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Liverpool
Cunard Line
Queenstown
Verdict Set Aside in Pullman Parlor Car Suit
In Trenton Judge Kirkpatrick of the United States circuit court set aside a $500 verdict for Henry T. Johnson, a colored preacher, who sued Pullman Company after being refused a parlor car seat on the Richmond to Washington trip. The 1897 federal act governing interstate commerce was declared unconstitutional.
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Trenton
N. J
Kirkpatrick
United States
Henry T. Johnson
Pullman Company
Johnson
Richmond
Washington
Booth Tarkington in Serious Condition with Typhoid Fever
In Indianapolis Booth Tarkington’s condition worsened last night as his fever reached 103 degrees. He cannot eat solid food after several weeks of illness and remains very weak.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Booth Tarkington
Fire Causes $200 Loss at Bachman Iron Foundry
A fire in Austin Texas this evening caused about two hundred dollars in damages to the Bachman Iron Foundry. Insurance coverage is in place.
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Austin
Texas
Bachman Irons
Bridgeport Strike Delays City Streetcar Service
Bridgeport Connecticut officials of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company halted city lines after yesterday’s rioting waiting for police protection. Cars on the Stratford line ran, and Barnum Avenue line to reopen this afternoon for work.
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Bridgeport
Tidgeport
Conn
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
Stratford
Barnum Avenue
French exiles arrive in New York from France
The French line steamer La Champagne arrived yesterday from Harve bringing sixty four religious exiles. Among them were four sisters and sixty brothers most of whom are young students. Forty six of the exiles go to Methuen New Jersey and the remaining party heads to Montreal.
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New York
la Champagne
Harve
France
Methuen
Montreal
Black man dies in well cave near Mexia Prairie Grove
Jesse Douglass an elderly Black man was killed when the 90 foot deep wall of a well caved in on him while he cleared debris at Prairie Grove in Mexia County yesterday.
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Mexia
Texas
Jesse Douglass
Prairie Grove
Jesse
King Edward's Levee at Buckingham Palace
London rulers marked the third year of King Edward's reign with a levee at Buckingham Palace attended by Ambassador Choate and other members of the United States embassy.
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Edward
London
Buckingham Palace
Ambassador Choate
United States
Worker Dies of Gas Inhalation at Fort Worth Packing House
D. Hammond employed at Swift and Co. packing house in Fort Worth died yesterday morning after being found in a gas tank. He apparently succumbed to asphyxiation while at work.
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Fort Worth
Texas
D. Hammond
Swift & Co
President Roosevelt’s Yosemite Trip Sets Travel Pace
President Roosevelt broke all travel records as his coach journeyed from Yosemite to Raymond sixty nine miles in ten hours of actual travel.
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Berend
Cal
Roosevelt
Yosemite Park
Yosemite
Raymond
Texas News in Brief: Hangings, Fires, and Local Incidents
Rip Johnson hanged in Huntsville for Washington murder. Unsuccessful wreck attempt on Houston and Texas Central near Brenham. Henderson bank capitalized at 25000. Connor injured in Deport wagon accident. Hamm arrested in Ennis for alleged child assault. Beaten woman found near Fort Worth. Matthews and Burt dispute ends with Bat strike. Matthews arrested. Armour Packing to build Sherman warehouses costing about 50000. Kendall dies from lamp explosion injuries in Denton. Mrs. Annie Nelson sues railroad for 50000 over husband’s death. Grif bitten by mad dog at Texarkana. uses mad stone in Greenville. Willie Miller injured by Interurban in Oak Cliff. Judge Kemble of Waxahachie dies. Fortune leaves Manila for home after dispute with police. Bailey Fly wins judgeship by one vote. Waco barber's trap door thefts of instruments. Sam Locklin murder affirmed by court. Gasoline can ignites at Weatherford. quilt saves home. Prison board reports 3870 convicts. 77076 balance. Gainesville Whaley Mill to build elevator at Justin. Unknown man found dead in Monongahela. possible murder. Taylor’s new Methodist church nearing occupancy. seats donated.
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J. M. Carnes
Alpine
McCorain 1
Monet
Gow Pennypacter of
Pennsylvania
Valparaiso
Chile
AL. Bleed of
Guthrie
The
Okahoma Vedics Association
Mitchell Woolf
Muneet
Beaumont
Gco
Martie Owald
Walt
Texas and New Orleans Railway
Tishomingo
Shoenfelt
Council of the
Western Missouri
Protestant Episcopal Church
Mites
Hoot
Hintnee & Baines
Kingfisher
Sugden
I. T
Moniier Amerson
Hartehorne
Bonda
Muskogee
Michel Clarke
Jasper W Clarke
Baltimore
Claude Guernaey
Tmadelabia
Auteldal
Totel Navarce
Henry Williams
Cae Waly
Pope Williane
Dillsboro
McCormbs City
Hong Kong
Velegraph
Shengoai
Straite
Okahoma Dental Association
L. Coulter
Olahoma City
Roe Mendleon
Norman
Theo TP Milalhuest
Shaw Hee
Abd Lreagurer
Gibraltar
Tetuan
San Ange
Mar Chas Newholt
United Statos Army
Department of Texas
Benjamin Vijeen
Snyman
South Africa
Conall
Canal Street
Repubic
Republic
Nho
John 8. Ward
Ward
Ares Poosevel
Wroius
Svitu
S.A
Rip Johnson
Huntsville
Mose Washington
Houston and
Texas Central
Brenham
Farmers’ and Merchants’ National Bank of Henderson
Thomas Conley
Deport
John Hamm
Ennis
Sherman
Pythian Temple
Dawson
Will Matthews
H. A. Burt
Matthews
Armour Packing Company
Will A. Kendall
Denton
Annie Nelson
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
J. W. Grif
Texarkana
Greenville
Willie Miller
W. M. Miller
Eighth Street
Ewing Avenue
Oak Cliff
A. A. Kemble
Waxahachie
Kentucky
Ellis County Bar Association
Manila
C. Thomas Fortune
War Department
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
J. C. Wilson
Victoria
Bailey Fly
Ben. W. Fly
Fly
Bailey
Waco
Sam Locklin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Locklin
R. F. Rowntree
Ed Robinson
Weatherford
Penitentiary Board
Supt
Baker
Whaley Mill and Elevator Company of
Gainesville
Justin
Tex
Monongahela River
Pittsburg
Taylor
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