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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1900
Page
11
Galveston in the wake of the disaster reports steady progress as committees push tasks, roofs are secured, goods dried, and business slowly resumes. A rain shower tests relief efforts while residents endure damaged homes and continued shelter needs. Meanwhile, legal notices seek death certificates for inheritance and insurance purposes as the area builds back.
Debris removal in city streets lacks a definite plan yet as officials weigh solutions. Work to clear streets is moving forward, but the immense piles require time and careful consideration before action.
At the Confederate home in Austin on September 19 J. W. Singleton was shot three times and killed by J. G. Mills. Both men were former Confederate soldiers and an old feud preceded the shooting. Singleton struck Mills with a cane and Mills fired three times wounding Singleton. Mills was arrested claiming self defense.
In Waco Texas on September 19 farmers organize a relief effort to haul forage to Galveston. A Robinsonville farmer pledges liberal feed donations if wagons can be sent to collect them. Corn is scarce at 45 cents a bushel while oats and hay are plentiful. A wagon train may tour the region to bring in forage for shipment south.
A joint session of passenger representatives from the Texas and Pacific, St. Louis Southwestern, Missouri Kansas and Texas, and Texas Midland met at the Oriental Hotel in Dallas to discuss fair division of passenger revenue to Southwest points. Attendees included L. M. Brown, Milton Everett, J. M. Tyler, Randolph Daniels, and W. E. Kyle. The meeting’s outcome was satisfactory to all parties.
Hazleton Pa September 19 The second day of the anthracite coal strike failed to trigger any contact between operators and striking workers. Neither side has moved and no third party effort appears planned unless a break in ranks occurs.
In Victoria Texas on September 19 1900 report lists twelve Duane family members lost in the Galveston storm of September 18 including Mrs Mary Coleman Duane James Warren and relatives. Two survivors are J M Duane of Victoria and Kate Rosch of Baltimore Maryland.
Texas brief notes many local items including Temple schools opening, a new squage company in allas, Galveston fear, the slot machine law effective on the 15th, deaths of Capt. Frank W. Ball and Col. H. E. Peyton, a suicide and accident reports near Paris and Sherman, and a large flour millers donation in Fort Worth. The tax rolls, post office openings, and railway updates also appear with multiple regional details.
A collection of brief notes covering global facts and curiosities. It cites postal charges, railway accidents in March, economic hopes for Paris and Kansas 1904 exposition plans, telegraph expansion in Japan, and Peruvian ore values. It notes cometary earth encounters, crime in Irkutsk, Chinese dancing masters, and Venezuelan ice production monopolies.
The item notes a sale in the Caracas district covering La Guayra with reference to the Indianapolis News.
A compilation notes Irish bred horses win three quarters of England’s steeplechase races. It highlights broader issues from shipyard productivity to health tips and market ambitions across the British Empire. It mentions Howitzers and eye strain advice as well as fruit trade and dietary contrasts.
Fashions from London and New York feature fringed belt ends and scalloped hems. Parasol linings reveal chiffon ruf flecks and plaited gores decorate skirts from the knee. Blouses stay snug at the sides, gowns favor light mauve and dove gray, with chiffon flowers and silver quins. Dolmans rise in outer garments, with accordion plaited chiffon noted as a stylish but short lived trend.
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