Texas Capitalists Pursue Texan Investments Amid Slaughterhouse Strife
Sam H. Dixon leads a party of Chicago capitalists with cannery interests in Indiana Kansas and Illinois considering similar ventures in Texas. Galveston struggles to locate slaughterhouses amid ongoing industry tensions. Gov Campbell signs a law pushing insurers to invest in state bonds mortgages and corporate securities. Ansley C Martin longtime Pilot associate dies in Houston after a fall on ice in Washington.
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Sam H. Dixon
Chicago
Indiana
Kansas
Illinois
Texas
Campbell
Bryan
Houston
Ansley C. Martin
Washington City
Washington
Tax bills and state measures face careful scrutiny
The Palestine Herald says the state tax bills and related measures should be withheld from public criticism until final action is taken. It trusts the governor will support bills that are fair and just, and notes a good tax bill may emerge from the ongoing measures, urging patience in critique.
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Herald
Palestine Herald
Screen repair and cabinet work offered by J W Allen
Have your house screened or screens repaired to prevent flies. Call 299 from 6 to 9 am and 12 to 1 pm for prompt service. J W Allen specializes in cabinet work and expert repairs. 112ff
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J. W. Allen
Death of Mr J G Welsh in Leonard community
Mr J G Welsh died Wednesday at his home in the Leonard community and was buried at Roberts burying ground. Dr Geo B Butler and Rev G A Foster conducted the service. He was about 45, in failing health long, leaving a wife and seven children with surviving siblings R B Welsh of Waxahachie and Mrs J H Wiley of Sabinal. He was a good man and citizen.
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J. G. Welsh
Leonard
Roberts
Geo. B. Butler
G. A. Foster
Welsh
R. B. Welsh
Waxahachie
J. H. Wiley
Sabinal
A and M Baseball Tour Wins at Tulane in New Orleans
The A and M team defeated Tulane 3 to 1 in New Orleans as part of a southern tour. A second Tulane game was rained out. In Baton Rouge, A and M fell to Louisiana State University 3 to 2 after fourteen innings, Huff striking out eighteen and allowing six hits.
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A. and M
Tulane
New Orleans
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Huff
The Best Selling Book Bible Business Folly
A dealer claims the best selling book is the Bible with billions in yearly sales and steady production. He says overstock never happens and presses run regardless, asserting providence in the Bible’s perpetual demand.
Robertson Insurance Measure Signed by Governor Austin
The Robertson bill requires insurance companies to deposit 75 percent of their Texas earnings in state securities and was signed by the governor. Readings covered legislative resolutions on quorum breaches at ball games and a congratulatory note to Mr and Mrs J B Ridgeway. Senate debate moved between majority and minority substitutes on the general trial court practice act.
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Robertson Insurance
Austin
Robertson
Texas
J. B. Ridgeway
Ridgeway
Senate
Hadspeth
Skinner
Harper
Daughters of the Republic
Senate Chamber
Smith
Looney
Austin Selected For Next Texas Knights Of Pythias Meeting
Dallas April 25 The Knights of Pythias will meet next year at Austin Officers elected include Supreme Representatives Rogers of Brenham and Thomas of Abilene Grand Chancellor Levy of Galveston Grand Vice Chancellor Powell of San Angelo Grand Prelate King of Ennis and others Home directors Shropshire and Bledsoe A Virginia officer delivered an address and a $500 collection was raised for the widows and orphans home.
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Texas Knights of Pythias
Dallas
Knights of Pythias
Austin
Ben SS. Rogers
Brenham
O. P. Thomas
Abilene
Sol W. Levy
Galveston
C. H. Powell
San Angelo
W. W. King
Ennis
Henry Miller
Weatherford
W. F. Skillman
Sulphur Springs
John T. Wofford
Cuero
J. R. Engledow
Troupe
R. H. Buck
Fort Worth
H. C. Shropshire
W. H. Bledsoe
Pythian
Jefferson Wallace
Grand Lodge of Virginia
H. P. Brown
Virginia
Widows and Orphans
Whittaker Heads Texas GAR Officers for 1908 Encampment
Texas division of the Grand Army of the Republic elected L. L. Whittaker of San Antonio as commander with A. McWhirk Dallas senior vice commander J. J. Bellow Houston chaplain Rev. J. L. Albritton Dallas medical director W. E. Thatcher Dallas delegate at large W. B. Young Weatherford and alternates C. A. Cahoon Temple D. E. Farnsworth Denison Horace Welch Jefferson as department officials San Antonio chosen as 1908 encampment site and April 25 date noted for the next gathering in San Antonio Dallas and surrounding area listed for the officers and meeting plans.
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Grand Army
San Antonio
Dallas
Texas
Grand Army of the Republic
L. L. Whittaker
A. McWhirk
J. J. Bellow
Houston
J. L. Albritton
W. E. Thatcher
W. B. Young
Weatherford
C. A. Cahoon
Temple
D. E. Farnsworth
Denison
Horace Welch
Jefferson
Petition Drives 20000 Names For Anderson Pardon
A petition to President Roosevelt with 20 000 names demands clemency for Charles W Anderson. The appeal was prepared after his arrest in Kansas City and return to Leavenworth Federal penitentiary, from which he escaped eight years ago, and was sent to Senator Warner in Washington.
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Kansas City
Roosevelt
Charles W. Anderson
Senator Warner
Washington
Anderson
Federal Penitentiary
For Leavenworth
Clements Probes Coal Oil Ties With Railroads at Memphis
Commissioner Judson Clements of the Interstate Commerce Commission continued his hearing at Memphis on April 25. The inquiry examined alleged rebates and preferential car shipments to certain coal firms, with several local coal and oil men appearing before the commission.
Pedler Palmer Charged With Murder After Train Death
English pugilist Pedler Palmer was charged at Croydon police court with murder for allegedly striking an unknown man whose body was found in a railroad carriage en route from Epsom after the races. A train passenger testified Palmer struck the deceased.
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London
Pedler” Palmer
Epsom
Croydon
Pamer
Another Lease on Life for Death Row In Mexico
El Paso April 25 Richardson Ma son and Harle Americans sentenced to death at Chihuahua for murder to secure insurance money were granted another lease on life as the Federal court in Juarez after denying a writ of habeas corpus granted an appeal to the supreme court.
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el Paso
Smothered by Seed in Cotton Seed House Tragedy
Guthrie April 25 F W Jeffries was crushed by a cave in of seed in the cotton seed house of William H Coyle. His body was recovered about thirty minutes after the accident and it is believed he fell asleep and was buried beneath an avalanche of seed.
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Guthrie
F. W. Jeffries
William H. Coyle
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