Cotton industry and notable incidents across the nation
Cotton gins run day and night in Lawton Oklahoma with output about 200 bales every 24 hours. Incidents include a bank cashiers’ missing funds, a college student killed by accidental firearm discharge, a fatal saw accident in Hobart, and train wrecks near Geneva New York with three killed.
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Lawton
Indian Territory
Territory
Benator Culberson
Carnegie Hall
New York City
British public outraged over Pacific squadron attack
London reports a sharp British response after the Russian Second Pacific squadron attacked North Sea fishing boats on Oct 21. King Edward expresses sorrow for the victims while public anger grows over perceived incompetence, with Count Benckendorff being jeered at Victoria Station.
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London
Great Britain
North Sea
Foreign Office
Amanda War
Francis Knollys
Baron Faversham
King Baward
Victoria Station
Count Benckendorff
Continent
Stalemated Front Near Shakhe River With Suffering Soldiers
War brief reports no general fighting resumed on the Shakhe river. Russian and Japanese outposts lie within 700 yards. main armies are under four miles apart. Cold weather fuels shortages magnify hardship for troops. St. Petersburg says Kuropatkin’s Japanese adversary is bolstered by heavy reinforcements from Port Arthur and Japan.
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Shakhe
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Port Arthur
Japan
British Cruiser in Readiness at St Johns Newfoundland
The British cruiser Charybdis under Commodore Paget was ordered Monday evening to be ready to proceed to England on short notice. The training ship Calypso is to mobilize 600 Newfoundland naval reserve sailors amid widespread naval excitement in St Johns.
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St. Johns
N. F
Charybdis
Paget
England
Calypso
Newfoundland
Train Shot Incident Near Humtsville Texas Injures Passenger
Sheriff Brooks with Rangers Delling and Dunaway pursue an attack on a northbound International and Great Northern train. Passenger J. R. Robinson of Palestine was shot in the back of the head and treated for a scalp wound. Two Polish youths, aged 12 and 15, were arrested and jailed.
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Humtsville
Texas
Brooks
New Waverly
International
Great Northern
J. R. Robinson
Palestine
Mr. Robinson
Delling and
Dunaway
Priest Dies After Strychnine Poisoning in San Antonio
In San Antonio a Catholic priest Rev. Henry L. Pinard was found dying from strychnine in a lodging house. He had bought thirty grains for coyotes, left a note about debt collections, and died after suffering heart disease. His parents reside in Houston.
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San Antonio
Texas
Henry L. Pinard
Houston
Athletic Instructor Wallace Bell Dies by His Own Hand
Wallace B. Bell aged 23, athletic instructor formerly at Central University Danville Ky, died by suicide in Chicago after cutting his throat with a razor and turning on gas in his room. Son of Mrs L H Bell of Louisville Ky believed failure to secure work prompted the act.
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Chicago
Wallace B. Bell
Louisville
Bell
L. H. Bell
Central University
Danville
Grand Jury Summons in Seguin Peonage Case
Hagar Johnson wife of Judge Johnson is summoned to testify in a Shreveport federal court related to peonage cases. The couple says they were entrapped to go to Monroe Louisiana last summer and held in voluntary servitude on a plantation.
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Seguin
Texas
Hagar Johnson
Johnson
Monroe
Shreveport
Rainfall Helps Sowing Prospects in Belton Texas
Showers moved through Belton Texas soon after noon on Monday followed by a two hour hard rain in the evening. The rainfall was greatly needed and improved the ground for sowing grain.
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Belton
Texas
Guthrie Fire Destroys C. E. Boggess Department Store
A Sunday night blaze gutted the C. E. Boggess department store at Curtis in Guthrie Oklahoma. The total loss was estimated at 20000 dollars with only 5000 dollars covered by insurance.
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Department Store
Guthrie
C. EB. Boggess
Curtis
Farmer Loses Wallet Carrying Over $400 Near Temple
J. T. Carter, a well known Stampede area farmer living seventeen miles north of Temple, lost a wallet containing over $400 while riding a wagon from Troy to Temple. Despite immediate search, no trace has been found, illustrating an unusual period of prosperity among farmers versus past years.
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Temple
Texas
J. T. Carter
Stampede
Troy
Niece of Terrell Man Pardoned in Fort Worth Murder Case
William M. McDonald of Terrell received a telegram stating his niece, once sentenced to life in prison for murder in Fort Worth, had been pardoned by Governor Lanham.
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McDonald
Terrell
Texas
William M
Fort Worth
Lanham
Royal Arch Masons organize new Colmesneil chapter
Royal Arch Masons formed a new chapter in Colmesneil Texas on Saturday with nine members present. Since then eight additional applications for membership have been received. A number of visiting Masons attended the event.
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Royal Arch
Colmesneil
Texas
The
Royal Arch Masons
Tremendous Rain Delivers Hope to Yoakum Trucking Industry
A tremendous rain fell in Yoakum Texas on Monday night and is expected to bring substantial benefits to the local trucking industry by boosting crops and transport capacity.
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Yoakum
Yoakum, Texas
Gin Burned at Bridgeport Texas Sunday Morning
Bridgeport Texas suffered a fire at J W Malone's cotton gin on Sunday morning. The gin valued at 6000 with 4000 insured burned. About 1500 in seed and 25 bales of cotton were destroyed.
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Bridgeport
Texas
J. W. Malone
Pecan Shipments Rise From Victoria County This Season
The pecan crop in Victoria County shows improvement with seven train cars shipped this season after three more cars left Monday.
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Victoria
Texas
Levelers and the Creator's plan for whisky tobacco and coffee
A prescient essay argues that whisky tobacco and coffee act as leveling forces in society and in individuals. It cautions against drug dependence while praising disciplined living and endorses Postum Food Coffee as a safe, restorative alternative. The piece urges readers to reflect on nature's laws and the cost of indulgence.
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Illinois
Nature
Rome
Nate
Dame Nature
Freddie Sizes Up His Ma
A short comic exchange in a classroom shows a teacher defining agnosticism and an inflection on belief. Freddy replies that his mother must be anagnostic, reflecting a humorous mispronunciation of agnostic.
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Freddie
Freddy
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M. Dotteussy
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N. Y
D. Rogers
Chas. Hickey
Rouse
8. Louis
United States Textile Workera
Lowe's
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Congress
New York
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G. W. Yaney
Marvel
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Ohio
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San Gabriel River
Taylor
War Department
O'Rourke
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St. Louis
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Culebra
Panama
Mare Island Navy Yards
Russia
John Bull
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Hull
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Hall
Knollys
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