Estimated Gulf Coast Storm Losses Put At 40 Million
Dallas report tallies property losses from the Galveston storm at about 40 million dollars. Texas elements include Gaveston city and island damages, 18 000 bales of cotton lost, railroad and bridge destruction, telephone company losses, and Houston Harris County impacts.
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Dallas
Tex
Sayers
Cittlemen
Gaveston City
Brazos
Colorado
Galveston
Houston
Harris County
Pressing Needs for Galveston Urgently Listed
At a Galveston committee meeting Governor Say ers sends a representative to Austin. Urgent needs include disinfectants lime cement gasoline stoves and furnaces. The group asks nearby towns to send bread and notes money will be available for timely purchases. Building materials are scarce with cement prices rising from 2 to 8 dollars per barrel. A separate report says most grain elevators suffered little damage and ships are urgently needed to load wheat.
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Galveston
Tex
Joseph Lee Jameson
State Revenue
Sayers
Austin
Committee On Correspondence
J. C. Stewart
M. E. Bailey
Galveston Wharf Co
Great St Louis Fair to Open with Multiple Special Attractions
The Great St Louis Fair begins its fortieth year on Monday October 1 and runs through the week with extensive cattle and horse displays. Harness racing featuring a potential match between Abbot record 2 05 and Crecius draws attention, while entrants like Anadonda Searchlight Joe Patchen arrive from Springfield. Exhibits include Belgian hares pigeons and large poultry shows under Henry Steinmesch, with free admission for all children under 14 on opening day as schools close for the occasion.
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St. Louis
Crecius
Anaconda
Searchlight
Joe Patchen
Springfield
Henry Steinmesch
Returning Missionaries From China Reach San Francisco
Rev. J V L Peat his wife and four children with Miss E Hunt arrive on the Nippon Maru after escaping from China. They traveled 1900 miles following consul warnings and report widespread Chinese arming with arsenals in provincial capitals and local manufacture of Mauser rifles in Chengdu.
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San Francisco
J. VL. Peat
E. Hunt
China
Mr. Peat
Chentu
Bible House Sale Signals Change for Society
The old Bible house at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street in New York, home to the American Bible Society for almost fifty years, is to be sold. The society will relinquish its printing establishment and shift to contract Bible printing due to competition from Oxford and International Bible colleges in England.
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New York
Bible House
Fourth Avenue
Ninth Street
American Bible Society
Society
Oxford
International Bible Campuies
England
Manila Harbor Bill Targets Million Dollar Dockage Plan
Gen Wright of the Philippine commission plans a bill for harbor improvements in Manila with a $1,000,000 gold appropriation for protective dockage to boost commerce. The commission also considers municipal revenue shifts, land titles, and exemptions for religious corporations. A civil service bill is to be introduced, creating a three member board.
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Manila
Gen. Wright
Philippine Commission
Commission
United States
Washington Civil Service Commission
Washington
Luzon
Visayans
Morong
Laguna
China
Philippines
Elections in Cuba show Havana province sweep for national party
In Havana province the national party wins all five majority delegates and one minority seat, with republicans taking two. Gonsales de Quesada Rius Rivera and Civil Governor Quiles lead in Pinar del Rio and Juan Gilberto Gomez reportedly wins in Santiago. Early returns from 25 Havana Towns list nationalist leaders Sacret Rodriguez Gener Nunez and republican leaders Sanguilly and Berriel among top vote getters.
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Havana
National Party
Republican Party
Sanguilly
Berriel
Pinar del Rio
Gonzales de Quesada
Rius Rivera
Quiles
Santiago
Juan Gilberto Gomez
Puerto l
Senor Gener
Gen. Wood
Union Democratic
Sacret
Rodriguez
Gener
Nunez
Tamaxo
Zayas
Americans or Aliens Guam native Americans claim debated
In a U S district court in Honolulu Judge Estee held Guam's native born are Americans by US annexation. The issue arose during Reynold Reyes an Guam native seeking naturalization papers. The court noted Reyes may not have needed to apply.
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Estee
Honolulu
Guam
San Francisco
United States District Court
United States
Reynold Reyes
Spain
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promoted as Malaria Cure
Advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as superior, claims iron and quinine cure malaria, touts tasteless formula and no pay offer. Cites Paris Medicine Co records showing over 1.5 million bottles sold last year and declares it the original chill tonic sold nationwide.
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Grove’s
Grove
United States
Paris Medicine Co
St. Louis
Were Men of Few Words From New Hampshire Visit
A Philadelphia Record note recounts New Hampshire settlers in Kiowa county Colorado using minimal talk. A roadside exchange questions horse bot remedies with terse replies and a hard luck tale ends with both men saying they killed their horses.
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New Hampshire
Kiowa County
Col
Philadelphia Record
Josh
Man boasts superiority over police officer in court
An offender admitted to telling a Chicago officer he was superior to all cops and could separate a person from his money. A judge fined him one dollar plus costs. The report also cites satirical one liners from cartoons and anecdotes on servants and chaperones.
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Martin
Joi
The
Chicago Chronicle
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Texas
Little Rock
W. C. Jones
M. Lasker
J. D. Skinner
C. H. McMaster
R. G. Lowe
C. Ousley
Lasker
ST. Louis Fair
Cuba
Police
Puck
Boston
Acme Mfg. Co
Kansas City
Putnam
Ram’s Orn
Ish
Bray
A. J. Tower
Mass
Williams
Cleveland
Ohio
Henry N. Copp
Washington, D. C
B. M. Woolley
Atlanta
U.8. Co
Western Av
Chicago
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