15 Jul 1911
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Newspaper
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1911
Page
1
Governor Deneen comments on Illinois politics and the Lorimer investigation. He notes a proposed legislative special session to review the scandal was not sent, citing a disbanded investigative committee. He recalls obtaining the Lorimer exposé proof just before the Chicago Tribune publication.
Usty Aseimatearome Landon reports higher fares aboard transatlantic steamers. First cabin rates rise from 125 to 85 dollars while second cabin and other classes follow, tied to wage settlements won by seamen in the recent agreement.
scrambled OCR notes report that contracts for supplies to state institutions were awarded today in Texas. details are unclear due to garbled text but references suggest disputes and a responder named Heath Oliver Acetner returning from Austin denying typhoid rumors and contest claims.
An account from Bonors, Mexico details tense clashes as a 330m garrison waited on federal forces after Umudnancanterance. Soldiers pacified delays, then faced disorders on Thursday night. Troops later swept the hills in pursuit of retreating elements.
Viator Mars, the flyer who fell several hundred feet at an aeroplane show in Erle, Pa, survived with a skull fracture and other bones intact. Initial reports claimed fatal injuries, but doctors say Mars will recover and may soon leave hospital.
At Annies in Chicago on July 15 the postal savings bank opened but proved unpopular in Lake Forest, a North Shore suburb where many millionaires keep summer homes. It took in only one small deposit for the day. In Winnetka, another suburb, the postal bank collected around one hundred deposits during the same period.
In several counties including Cleburne, Texas and Marion, rain has fallen heavily with many areas receiving first substantial rainfall after sixty to seventy days. Apparent storms linger through the night and into today with mixed impact across the region.
Assistant Attorney General Mead releases an opinion stating that anyone who borrows money to pay a poll tax is not a legal voter and that election officers should suspend the vote of any person under suspicion of such action. The guidance, issued in Austin on July 13, emphasizes enforcement of electoral law.
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