Beaumont Oil Boom Outshines California Gold Rush
The Beaumont oil boom is said to exceed the gold discoveries that once echoed around the world. Oil companies proliferate. stockholders may soon be imported as raw Texas oil material nears exhaustion. John E. Green Jr. wins the state cictorical contest at Southwestern University in Georgetown. he is the son of Rev. John E. Green of Houston.
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Beaumont
California
Texas
John E. Green, Jr
Southwestern University of Georgetown
Young Green
John E. Green
Houston
Belo obituary and legal notes greet Texas journalism legacy
In memory of Col A H Belo a leading Texas newspaper figure is praised for building a strong Galveston Dallas News while the Supreme Court decision on North Dakota divorces frustrates hopes of former couples who remarried and faced complex family outcomes. The piece laments ongoing social disruption from the ruling.
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Col
A. H. Belo
Galveston-Dallas News
Texas
Minnesota Legislature Advances Marriage Regulation Bill
The Minnesota senate approved a bill to prevent marriages for persons deemed degenerates and the governor is expected to sign. Supporters cite testing the law’s efficacy in regulating marriage and improving the human race, with a two to one senate vote in favor.
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Minnesota
Senate
Hotel Arrivals List From Fort Worth to Dallas
A consolidated hotel arrivals notice lists guests including W Childress from Fort Worth John LaPrelle from St Louis Col Park er Somerville R M Shaw Houston F W Whitney Searcy Williams Chicago L L Wireless Paris John E Astin Mumford Ricardo Coll L Gonsebatt H M Rollins G B Adamson C B Harrington Mr Hooper College Gordon Boone Navasota R W Roach Louisville C Kelleter St Louis S W Kohler Dallas J H Stewart North Carolina J Forrs Austin J S Hudson New York Wm Moore Chicago P Wilson Dallas.
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Co. W. Childress
Fort Worth
John LaPrelle
St. Louis
Col. B. G. Parker
Somerville
R. M. Shaw
Houston
F. W. Whitney
Searcy Williams
Chicago
L. L. Wireless
Paris
John E. Astin
Mumford
Ricardo Coll
L. Gonsebatt
H. M. Rollins
G. B. Adamson
C. B. Harrington
Mr. Hooper
College
Gordon Boone
Navasota
Unclear Names List Items in Regional Record
A fragment lists individuals and places including R Sokolsky New Orleans R H Wilson FE R Lloyd Kurten J A Mager Toledo Bernard Blum Brenham N C Gilley Caldwell F J Meekins J P Skinner Millican Pierce Owens Bedias A M Stephenson Comfort P F Allen Marlow I T.
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R.sokolsky
New Orleans
R. H. Wilson
R. Lloyd
Kurten
J. A. Mager
Toledo
Bernard Blum
Brenham
N. C. Gilley
Caldwell
F. J. Meekins
J. P Skinner
Millican
Pierce Owens
Bedias
A M Stephenson
Comfort
P F Allen
Marlow
I T
Churches to Welcome New Members at 11 A M Service
The Methodist Baptist Christian Presbyterian and Free Baptist churches will receive new members during the 11 o'clock Sunday morning service.
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Methodist
Baptist
Christian
Presbyterian
Free Baptist
Land Law Approved by Governor and Other Texas Notes
The governor approved the general land bill changing remittance to county clerks who forward money and land descriptions to the state treasury. Other measures include penalties for animal cruelty, deputy marshals appointments, and appeals from justices courts. Also notes on a night waterfowl hunting ban in several counties and several local incidents from Delta, Eddy, Pittsburg, and Huntsville with outcomes.
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Austin
General Land Office
State Treasury
Galveston
Harris
Jefferson
Brazoria
Materorda
Nueces
Aransas, Refugio, Lavaca, San Patricio, Cameron, Hidalgo and
Calhoun Counties
Splendid Failure Wins Oratorical Contest at Georgetown
Georgetown Tex April 20 The oratorical contest among Texas college representatives held Friday night concluded with J T Green of Southwestern University Georgetown taking the top prize for his subject A Splendid Failure.
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Georgetown
Tex
Texas
J. T. Green
Southwestern University
Oil Traces Found in Cleburne Well Adventure
L W Chase reports striking traces of oil at 486 feet while boring a central Cleburne well. Drilling will continue to depth beyond 1000 feet to pursue the oil find.
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Cleburne
Tex
L. W. Chase
Mayors Conference backs municipal electric plants plan
At the mayors' conference in San Antonio on Friday a resolution favored municipal ownership of electric light plants. Corsicana was chosen as the site for the next meeting. Morgan Tex reports a separate incident where town marshal locked up George Holt in the calaboose and Holt burned to death in a suspicious fire. In McKinney Will Duckworth was convicted of criminal assault and sentenced to seven years. San Antonio notes the growing strike tension between contractors and carpenters worsening.
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San Antonio
Mayors
Corsicana
Morgan, Tex
George Holt
Calaboose
McKinney
Tex
Will Duckworth
Governors to Attend Grand Reception for McKinley in El Paso
El Paso Texas April 20. Governors Ahuamada of Chihuahua Otero of New Mexico and Murphy of Arizona with their staffs will join the reception for President McKinley and party on May 5. Arrangements are being made for a Grande affair.
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el Paso
Tex
Ahuamada
Chihuahua
Mexico
Otero
New Mexico
Murphy
Arizona
McKinley
Fogland reports war taxes may aid American industries
Washington reports that Britain's Boer War taxes could benefit U S exporters by boosting demand for American coal and limiting refined sugar imports. Export duties on coal may shift buyers toward U S coal, while sugar tariffs aim to shield British refiners.
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Washington
England
United States
United Kingdom
Treasury Department
Great Britain
Europe
Gage
the Treasury
Navy to modernize battleships Oregon Indiana and Massachusetts
The Navy Department evaluates improvements to increase efficiency of the battleships Oregon Indiana and Massachusetts. The move aims to modernize these vessels and enhance overall naval power.
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Oregon
Indiana
Massachusetts
Washington
Navy Department
Spokane Historian James Ridpath Father Dies at 81
James Ridpath, father of eminent historian John Clark Ridpath, died in Spokane at age 81. Born in Virginia, educated, he moved to Indiana at 20, then Minnesota where he served in the first Minnesota senate. He later served as a Dakota state senator and became a mining operator in the Black Hills before relocating to Spokane a decade ago to live with his son, Colonel Waltham Ridpath.
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Spokane
Wash
James Ridpath
John Clark Ridpath
Virginia
Indiana
Minnesota
Senate
Dakota
Black Hills
Waltham Ridpath
Honest Tom Sampson Dies at Mount Vernon and Lincoln Plot Link
New York reports detective and army veteran Honest Tom Sampson dies in Mt. Vernon. He earned 16 medals for meritorious service including lifesaving deeds and helped arrest Mrs. Surratt Fitzpatrick Edward Payne and Dr. Samuel Cox tied to Lincoln assassination plots. Pekin reports German minister Dr Mummy von Schwartzenstein denies planned invasion as von Lessel expedition moves west from Pao Ting Fu.
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New York
Honest Tom" Sampson
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Sampson
Congress
Surratt
Pekin
Mummy von Schwartzenstein
China
von Lessel
Pao Ting Fu
Shan Si
New York Capitalists to Visit Bryan Texas
Secretary F Marion Law reports a visiting party of New York business men and capitalists invited by Governor Sayers will visit Bryan. Telegram from Ed win Chamberlain aided inclusion. arrival 4 pm to midnight with Baylor College visit. Local group plans entertainment to impress potential investments. Also notes Sunday song service at opera house 5 to 6 led by Rev Jewell Howard and Sunday School at St Andrews church 9 am the second Sunday after Easter.
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F. Marion Law
Bryan Business League
New York
Texas
Sayers
Bryan
Edwin Chamberlain
H. B. Stoddard
Brazos
Vis College
Business League
Great Gulf State
Opera House
Jewell Howard
St. Andrews Protestant Episcopal Church
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Connelly & Carnes
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Aguinaldo
Emmel’s
Rev
George Stuart
Supreme Court of the United States
North Dakota
Central
the Land Law
Laat
Delta County
Eddy, Tex
Eddy
Pittsburg
E. A. King
J. W. Hill
G. Davis
Zachry
E. A King
J W. Hill
Huntsville
Vaughan
Dodge
Winchester
Green
Ois
Texas Mayors’ Conference
President McKinley
Ewe BO
Parks & Waldrop
Ters
Fogland
Board of Construction
Shanghai
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Naval Cadets
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Cologs
Shan Li
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