Senator Tillman Addresses College Audience on Facilities
Senator Tillman of South Carolina spoke at the college Lyceum course and urged Texas A M College to expand dormitories and classrooms to accommodate 3000 students. He praised morals and character building and advised the students to marry young. He was hosted by President Harrington’s family after the talk.
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Tillman
South Carolina
Potts
A. and M. College
Texas
Texas College
Harrington
Record High Registration at A M College
A M College in College Station Texas reports 495 registrations for the Agricultural and Mechanical college as of Friday noon, with four withdrawals leaving 490 students. This exceeds the previous twenty year high for the same date by about 100. Parents flood the president with admission requests, some proposing tents or town boarding to secure spots.
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College Station
Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Bryan
Gus Street Recovering After Near Fatal Accident
Friends announce that Gus Street of the Southern Pacific civil engineering department is recovering in a New Orleans hospital after a motor car accident near Morgan City Louisiana. The car left the track and Street was crushed by the vehicle until a skull fragment was removed in surgery. His condition improved markedly after the operation.
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Gus Street
New Orleans
Street
Geo. W. Smith
Civil Engineering
Southern Pacific
Morgan City
Houston
Plasterer Killed in Elevator Shaft Accident
Fort Worth October 15 Sam Hanks a plasterer died instantly Monday when patching on the second floor of the Hoxie building on Main street his body was caught between the elevator cage and sill as it descended severing his head He was thirty and unmarried.
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By & Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Sam Hanks
Hoxie Building
Main Street
Vater
Hanks
Seawall Holds Back Flooding as Tide Rises in Galveston
An October storm drives a tide five and a half inches higher than average with seven inches of rain since Saturday. Galveston’s seawall protected the beach district, keeping water from overflowing, while city drains flooded temporarily and streetcars resumed by afternoon. No damage reported.
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Galveston
Beach
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Cotton market opens strong with limited follow through
The cotton market opened with an advance around 21 points and early buying to cover short positions. Traders noted rains in the western belt and heavy cables suggesting demand, but subsequent trading eased with prices down 16 to 20 points from the session high.
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New York
Belve
Galveston
Special Rates Flood Railroad Commission Requests
Austin reports the Railroad Commission was deluged on Monday with applications from railroads statewide for special rates to conventions circuses and various excursions in line with the commission order None of the railways accept the commission's authority to compel such requests Governor Lanham returned from Dallas praising the state fair and other officials followed suit
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Mnday
Lanham
Pallas
Explosion in Wingate Colliery Leaves 24 Dead
An explosion at Wingate colliery near Durham on Sunday night entombed about 200 men. At the disaster site sixty to seventy were at work. by Monday afternoon 24 bodies had been recovered and 30 men had been brought out alive amid scenes of grief as women and children mourned.
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Durham
Eng
Wingate
Here
Bullfighter Barquero Gored Under Chin in Juarez
In El Paso on October 15, bullfighter Barquero was gored under the chin by a enraged bull at Juarez. The horns narrowly missed his jugular vein, but he is expected to recover.
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el Paso
Barquero
Juarez
Sheriff Accused of Large Arrearage in Chicot County
Lake Village Ark Oct 15 Sheriff Strong of Chicot county is alleged to owe the county $40 000 and is charged with refusing to settle He is twenty three years old and succeeded his father who resigned The action is civil only
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Lake Village
Ark
Strong
Chicot County
Texarkana Pioneer A. J. Blankenship Dies
Mapped happenings include the death of Texarkana pioneer A. J. Blankenship. Allen Robinson acquitted in Wvalde on murder charge. A gas pipeline fire near Caddo City and Texarkana. a snake bite in Denton. deaths in Galveston and Granger area. Robberies in Dallas. steamboat Slackwater boiler explosion. Huntsville shooting of Constable Palmer. bonds posted in Texarkana and Kountze cases. oil district purchase in Sherman. ex Confederate Jabez Mitchell convicted in San Antonio. Jury deliberated long in several cases.
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A. J. Blankenship
Texarkana
Allen Robinson
Wvalde
Tex
J. E. Lott
Caddo City
Bertie Elkins
Denton
James A. Hayes
Galveston Path
Granger
Tom Clark
Harry Bren
Dallas
Pittsburg
Constable Palmer
Oakhurst
San Jacinto County
Texas
Huntsville
M. Ww. Bryan
Frank Daniels
Kountze
T. C. Hurley
Piersherce Oil Company
Sherman
San Antonio
Jabez Mitchell
J. F. Warren
Prominent Pioneer Gil bert Dies in Denison
Denison October 15 Judge H. G. Gilbert a prominent pioneer died Monday at his home. He had helped establish local institutions and served on the bench. His death removes a longtime civic leader and legal figure from the community.
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Denison
G. Gilbert
Seale and Browning Wed in Athens Then Benchley
Mr H B Seale of Benchley and Miss Linnie Browning of Athens Texas married Sunday afternoon in Athens and returned to Benchley yesterday. The bride is the daughter of Tony Browning formerly of Brazos county and a lady of many fine qualities. Mr Seale grew up in Brazos and is brother of Mrs Bettie Bell. The Eagle offers congratulations.
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H. B. Seale
Benchley
Linnie Browning
Athens
Texas
Tony Browning
Brazos County
Seale
Bettie Bell
Printing Plant Manager Found Dead With Throat Cut
Captain W. Co. Nunemacher, manager of the Blosser Printing Company in Atlanta, was found dead in the basement of his plant with his throat cut early Monday. Circumstances suggest the act occurred Sunday afternoon or evening. No motive reported. Nunemacher was to be married within a few days.
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Atlanta
W. Co. Nunemacher
Blosser Printing Company
Saide
Nunemacher
Great Will Contest In Philadelphia For Weightman Estate
A contest is launched to invalidate the will of William Weightman the wealthy chemist who died leaving an estate worth about 60 million dollars. A hearing before Judge Ashman in the orphans court is slated.
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Philadelphia
William Weightman
Ashman
Orphans’ Court
Cotton sale accepted at Denigen warehouse
On Oct 15 in Denigen a buyer offered 11 cents per pound for all cotton stored in the Farmers' Union warehouse and the offer was accepted.
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Denigen
Farmers’ Union
Ex-Premier Witte says he will not seek office again
Paria reports M Witte, former Russian premier, declares he will never again hold public office. Brief items note Don Miguel Nibold named Mexican consul in St. Louis and several accidents and political events across the country.
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Paria
M. Witte
Russia
Don Miguel Nibold
St. Louis
Grand Rapids
Mich
Yellow Fever Cases Rise in Havana Reports
Havana reports two new yellow fever cases on Monday bringing total to eight. Authorities note no further cases as of now and express no special anxiety about the situation.
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Havana
Mrs Isabella A Spurlock Dies Founder of York Home
Mrs Isabella A Spurlock died in Lincoln on Sunday night. She founded the mothers' jewels' home at York Neb, an institution of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Lincoln, Neb
Isabella A. Spurlock
Mothers’ Jewels’ Home
York
Neb
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Springfield man Harriston held in Green County jail
Springfield Missouri October 15. John Harriston the alleged self confessed slayer of the Parrons family near Houston Missouri is reported to be in Green County jail awaiting further proceedings.
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Springfield
John Harrston
Parrons
Houston
Green County
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