Death of Mr Rice and Dallas News Building Collapse
A report on William Marsh Rice's death questions mercury involvement after Dr Witthaus finds no embalming mercury. Physicians note mercury could kill in minute doses and a future statement may clarify medicine links. Separately, the Dallas Morning News building collapsed, damaging type and machinery but with no injuries, losses pegged at 15 to 20 thousand dollars.
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New York
Wittaus
William Marsh Rice
Gardiner
Hart
Witthaus
Walker Curry
Rice
Curry
Mr. Rice
Dr. Curry
Dallas News
Dallas
Texas
Dallas Morning News
Windsor Hotel
A. H. Belo & Co
Wews
Lightning Strikes Dance Hall Injuring Five In Guthrie
A Dover Oklahoma dance hall was struck by lightning during a dance on October 29. The bolt entered through a window, injuring five seriously and tossing about a dozen people to the floor. One man Harris was badly burned and is expected to die. A traveling man described a blast like a shotgun and several attendees drew guns before realizing the danger. The dance ended early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Dover
Harris
Oklahoma
Four Children Drowned Near Port Clinton Bay
A quadruple drowning occurred near Plaster Bed on Sandusky bay. The Stark children ages 3, 5, 8, and 13 died when their boat capsized after the oarsman could not free it from a fish net. William Stark and his family were aboard.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Plaster Bed
Sandusky Bay
Douglass Stark
George Stark
Alfred Stark
Henry Stark
William Stark
Robbery at Shiloh Postmaster's Store by Masked Men
In Roanoke Texas on Friday afternoon two masked men robbed J R Yookly a Shiloh merchant and postmaster at about two oclock they took 380 dollars including 40 dollars belonging to the government. Police investigations begin.
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Roanoke
Texas
J. R. Yookly
Shiloh
Yookly
Valuables Retrieved From Debris Held in Galveston
Captain J P Alvey reports a wide array of recovered property at his Galveston headquarters. Many items cannot be identified, including hundreds of rings and watches some diamond set, plus a sum of money found and turned in. Unidentified goods may be sold after locating owners or relatives fails, with proceeds to the relief fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
J. P. Alvey
Thirty-Third Regiment Sees End of Philippine Campaign
R B Deason of Brazos county reports from Bryan Texas that the Thirty-third infantry U S W believes the Philippines campaign is nearly over and troops will return to the United States in November. He notes the men regret only that soldiering there is unpleasant, though the regiment has seen distinguished service including a detachment that rescued Lieutenant Gilmore and his men.
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Thirty-Third Regiment
Bryan
Texas
R. B. Deason
Brazos County
Thirty-third Infantry
Philippines
United States
Demand for Laborers in Wharton Texas Coast
This coast section shows vitality in recovery from this year's shocks. Division Engineer Jones of the Southern Pacific says 300 men are at work rebuilding Van Vleck. A dozen houses are under construction. The depot, switches, roads, and streets are being graded. Builders seek laborers at $1.50 per day. Twenty or more owners await lumber.
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Wharton
Texas
Jones
Southern Pacific
van Vleck
Rich ore car brings 24140 to El Paso smelter
A shipment of ore from the Deloras mine on the Chihuahua Sinaloa line, owned by George F Beveridge and E A Stone of San Francisco, was paid 24140 in El Paso. The ore assayed 603.50 per ton in gold and silver after two weeks of sampling.
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el Paso
Texas
George F. Beveridge
E. A. Stone
San Francisco
Deloras
Chihuahua
Sinaloa
Mexico
Republic
Beveridge
Texas Rice Grades West Wheat in State Crop Report
A Louisiana observer tracking Texas rice notes this year’s harvest is the best in the market, clear and flour free. He says the western portion fares best due to favorable season and less rain, while cautioning it may not always hold. Two cars of stock and two cars of Matagorda rice were shipped over the Caney Valley east Saturday.
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Texas
Wharton
Louisiana
Matagorda
Caney Valley
Actuarial Society of America Fall Meeting Reports Papers
About fifty members from Canada and the United States attend the fall meeting in New York. Papers read include topics on life policies surplus allocation, mortality research, discrimination by sex, numerical table accuracy, and endowment issues. A minute notes the death of Augustus Harvey of St. Louis, a charter member.
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Actuarial Society of America
New York
Canada
United States
Actorial Society of America
W.S. Smith
Rufus W.eeks
Emory McClintock
Life Companies
John K. Gore
O. B. Ireland
W.S. Nichols
Arthur Hunter
A. C. Washburn
Augustus Harvey
St. Louis
Pacific Mail Deal Connected to Hunt ington Estate Plan
San Francisco observers say C P Huntington heirs and executors are consolidating the estate. They foresee sale of the Pacific Mail interest followed by Newport News shipyards and Guatemala railroad, to boost Southern Pacific stock and bond holdings.
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Pacific Mail
San Francisco
Cal
C. P. Huntington
Newport News
Guatemala
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Company
Woodlawn tract to become High Grade Race Track
Hot Springs Ark October 27 It developed yesterday that the seventy acre Woodlawn property one mile south of the city purchased by C E Dugan and Dan A Stuart was bought to build a mile race course They plan to spend about 100000 in construction and equipment to match the best tracks in the country.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Woodlawn
C. E. Dugan
Dan A. Stuart
El Paso Times Change of Ownership Set for November
El Paso Times to change hands on or about November 15 with Captain Juan B. Hart retiring. New lessees are W. B. McKinney T. R. Thompson and John N Murphy of Colorado. Lease runs three years with option to buy the outfit including a $7500 building for $57,500.
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el Paso Times
el Paso
Texas
Juan
Hart
Messrs
W. B. McKinney
T. 4K
Thompson
John N. Murphy
Colorado
Captain McKinney
Pueblo
Bondana
Shoe Factory Shutdowns Strike in Quebec
About thirty shoe factories with around 1000 workers halted operations after a union member refused piece work wages and was fired, prompting a non union hire and a subsequent factory walkout. The manufacturers’ committee paused production to seek a better understanding.
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Quebec
Moonshining Charges Entered in Pike County
Deputy U S Marshal Holman brought two prisoners Joshua Warder and Robert Read to Texarkana after a preliminary trial before U S Commissioner J M Sommersville. They are held in bond of 500 dollars each for the federal court opening November 1 in Texarkana Arkansas.
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Texarkana
Ark
United States
Holman
Pike County
Joshua Warder
Robert Read
J. M. Sommersville
Special Grand Jury Session Closes Laredo Fiesta
District Judge Albert McLane convened Webb county grand jury in a special session to probe gambling games allegedly run publicly at the fiesta plaza in Laredo. The result is that the annual fiestas were shut down.
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Laredo
Texas
Albert McLane
Grand
Webb County
Fiesta Plaza
Heavy Landslide Delays Choctaw Gulf Train Near South McAlester
A heavy landslide on the eastern division of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf railway near South McAlester delayed the westbound passenger and mail train for about twenty four hours.
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South McAlester
I. T
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Paris mushrooms firms and other world notes
A collage of occasionally specific figures and facts from the era lists Paris market firms specializing in mushrooms, mining and rail usage in Canada, prewar South African mine employment, a rare San Diego snowdate, Canadian gold output, German medical corps in China, British wartime purchases in Canada, a Pennsylvania court fine for oaths, Lake Erie fishing employment and capital, and quirky items such as a Vermont lawyer’s bill for staying awake to think over a case and an estimate of ant counts in Geneva trophies.
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South Africa
San Diego
Cal
Canada
China
Easton
Lake Erie
Dresden
Colorado
Vermont
Emil Yung
Geneva
Switzerland
Indianapolis News
Substance and Shadow on Love and Women Wit and Wit
A collection of wry maxims on love gender roles and vanity. It cites Doctor Johnson style quips about women marriage and social expectations with a humorous in tone edge. The sayings comment on affection respect and control in relationships and the social gaze.
Military dress trends echo in buckles and wear
The British Museum curates a collection of abnormalities and sports in insects aiming to cover all animals. A quote from Richter extols suffering as a path to self understanding. The piece notes the rekindled military spirit after wars reflected in fashion with regimental buckles for waistbands gaining demand.
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British Museum
Richter
Woman's Point of View and Charitable Critique
Reflections on women, love, and independence by Dorothea Moore. A witty critique of male vanity, charity, and social norms highlighting hidden tensions in family life and gender roles. An epigrammatic essay notes authority and mutual respect amid modern youth.
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Dorothea Moore
Footnotes on Life And Self Reliance
The Indianapolis Journal notes how people drift toward pursuing another’s aims, praises orderly habits that hide things, and mocks reliance on others while highlighting a husband seeking his wife's advice after buying a new hat and discarding the old.
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Indianapolis Journal
Clerk Deals with Customer for Car Purchase
In a brief scene from the Philadelphia North American a clerk is asked by a man to buy an automobile. The man slides a sealed letter through the window and leaves a two cent payment as he asks for the vehicle.
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Philadelphia
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G. W. Blackburn
Alpine
W. van Sickle
L. N. Halbert
Brewster
Paris
Doctor Johnson
W. H. Ragin
Brewster County
B. M. Hines
G. AL
S. A
Hancock's Drug Store
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