Dead or alive Felix Gershuni baffling reports
New York dispatch cites Russian and Finnish papers claiming Felix Gershuni a language student and alleged Terriorist party organizer may have died in the United States. Russian patriots in New York deny death reports while hinting he has recent business in Europe.
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New York
Felix Gershuni
Terriorist Party
Russia
United States
Gershuni
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Manchuria
Tokio
Japan
America
San Francisco
Felix Orski
Europe
Bursting Water Main Destroys Street in St Louis
A 36 inch water main burst early Thursday in St Louis tearing a 12 foot deep by 15 foot wide crater at Herbert street and Rauschenbach avenue. Water spouted six feet into the air flooding two blocks and flooding basements. The flood damaged pavement, bricks, and slime and mud covered the nearby park area.
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St. Louis
Herbert Street
Rauschenbach
Two Attorneys Shot in Driskill Hotel Corridor
In Austin on Thursday, a sensational shooting at the Driskill hotel left two attorneys wounded. John Dowell of Austin was struck in the left leg, Mason Williams of San Antonio sustained a flesh wound in the abdomen. Thirteen shots were fired after a dispute over a court matter.
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Austin
Driskill Hotel
John Dowell
Mason Williams
San Antonio
Dowell
Williams
Dorr Street Savings Bank Closes in Toledo
The Dorr Street Savings bank in Toledo Ohio has closed its doors. Patrons mainly workers and small traders withdrew deposits amid a general financial lull. The bank is capitalized at 25000 dollars and holds 125000 dollars in deposits assets to pay depositors in full.
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Toledo
Dorr Street Savings Bank
NOT HIS FATHER
Fort Worth reports Theodore Schlicker aged 38 was charged with assaulting C Schlicker 62 and learned at trial that the plaintiff he lived with was not his father He says he tried to prevent his father from beating his mother The elder Schlicker said he adopted the defendant in infancy
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Fort Worth
Theodore Schlicker
C. Schlicker
Schlicker
Three Men Killed in Alberta Mine Explosion
Winnipeg report says an explosion in a Canmore Alberta mine killed three men and seriously burned four others. Fire boss John Wilmott was among the dead.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canmore
Alberta
John Wilmott
Bridges Washed Away and Logs Scattered in Texas
Bridges of the Texas and New Orleans and Santa Fe railways over Pine Island bayou were washed away. The new county bridge at Voth on the same stream was destroyed. Many million feet of logs have been scattered by the flood around Houston on April 16.
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Houston
Texas
New Orleans
Pine Island Bayou
Voth
Red River Government Work Suspended Due to High Water
Owing to high water government work on Red river has been temporarily suspended in Denison on April 16.
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Denison
Red River
Cotton Men in Session at MIT Huntington Hall
The eighty fourth annual meeting of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers opened in Huntington Hall at MIT in Boston on April 16 for a two day convention. The group, with over 1,000 members nationwide and abroad, aims to advance cotton interests and improve manufacturing practices.
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Boston
Mass
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Huntington Hall
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Grain Business Change at Wilson Grain Co
Mr John Vick has purchased the feed and grain business of the Wilson Grain Co effective yesterday. He will operate at the same stand and plans to install new machinery to manufacture feed and offer close prices to the wholesale trade. Mr W S Wilson Jr has not announced future plans.
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John Vick
The
Wilson Grain Co
Vick
W. S. Wilson Jr
Sensational Developments Expected At State Textbook Board
Austin faces a heated debate as the state school book board convenes next month. Affidavits allege price undercutting by a primer publisher in Indiana while other firms file sample primers with board officers. The governor’s proclamation on adopted books awaits public release.
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Austin
Indiana
Walthall
Bexar County
Postal Savings Banks Favored by Senate Committee
Senate committee on post offices and postroads voted to report favorably the postal savings bank bill drafted by a sub committee. An amendment changed the name to postal depositories to meet bankers objections.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Post Offices and Postroads
Postal Savings Bank
Corn Greatly Damaged by Heavy Rainfall
Denison reports April 16 excessive rainfall has greatly damaged hundreds of acres of corn.
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Denison
Lightning Disables Street Cars in Dallas
Lightning struck Dallas on April 16 disabling two street cars.
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Dallas
Olive trees and forage crops gain interest in Bexar County
County Treasurer Walton reports a cash balance of 276930.05 after expenses. Special agent S M Tracy visits San Antonio to study para grass and guinea grass trials at the government Experiment Farm and King ranch, noting para grass yields of 18 tons per acre and strong forage value in Southwest Texas.
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San Antonio
Texas
Walton
Bexar County
Government Experiment Farm
S. M. Tracy
United Staes Department of Agriculture
Southwest
King Ranch
America
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E. H. Astin
Albert W. Wilkerson
E. W. Crenshaw
J. N. Cole
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