Editors in Session At National Editorial Meeting
Editors from across the United States attend the National Editorial Association annual meeting in St. Paul Minnesota. Governor Johnson and Mayor Lawler extended welcomes. President Warner of Lexington Kentucky presented the preliminary report and announced committees before the group toured the Stillwater state prison.
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St. Paul, Minn
United States
National Editorial Associaton
Old Capitol
Johnson
Lawler
Warner
Lexington
Stillwater
Chicago Killing: Man Dropped From Third Floor Window
Orlovd Sleva, 23, was beaten and thrown from a third story window after an altercation with alleged assailants John Garwjantes zewich, 32, and Stephen Kiawatkiewicz, 26. Sleva had leaned from a second story window when a bucket of water was thrown on him, prompting a pursuit and fatal fall.
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Chicago
Orlavd Sleva
John Garwjanteszewich
Stephen Kiawatkiewicz
Slevan
Sleva
Shreveport Times Sold to New Publishing Group
Announcement in the Shreveport Times states sale of the paper to Times Publishing company head Robert Ewing of New Orleans with W. C. Chevis J. Walker Ross and A. W. Brown. The purchase promises extensive improvements and stronger news departments. The Times traces back to the early 1870s.
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Shreveport
Shreveport Times
The
Times Publishing Company
Robert Ewing
New Orleans
Snake Indians in Council at Hickory
McAlester Oklahoma, Aug. 17. The Snake Indians are in council at Hickory. H. M. Jind ley of this city and Chester Howe of Washington City, their attorneys, have been called there. The Indian agency at Muskogee has been notified and Indian police have gone.
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McAlester
Okla
Hickory
H. M. J.indley
Chester Howe
Washington City
Muskogee
Freight collision delays traffic near Thackerville
Ardmore reports a Santa Fe freight crash near Thackerville left eighteen cars an engine and a caboose ditched the cars laden with grain. A shoe fly bypassed the wreck and traffic resumed after a delay of more than twenty four hours. Fireman Charles Bectol sustained a scalp wound.
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Ardmore
Santa Fe
Thackerville
Charles Bectol
Coal miners idle as Ohio river drops choke shipments
Pittsburg August 17 head news reports that about 40 percent of Monongahela coal mines are idle due to very low Ohio river water. River shipping halts prevent new coal mining as barges wait empty to store mined coal, risking widespread miner hardship without rain to raise water levels.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela River
Ohio River
State Accounting Board reviews bids for accounting overhaul
The State Accounting Board in Austin met Monday to consider about twenty six bids opened earlier for contracting an individual or firm to revise bookkeeping methods in state departments. The board is composed of the governor the railroad commission chairman and the secretary of state and aims to make recommendations.
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Austin
State Accounting Board
Railroad Commission
J W Batts Real Estate Agent Listing Brazos County Titles
J W Batts advertises office in the Taliaferro Building opposite the Court House with the only set of Brazos County land title abstracts. Properties include a corner lot brick house with cistern and stable for 1050 dollars, and a five room house in a good neighborhood for 1000 dollars with terms of one quarter cash and the balance over one to three years at interest.
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Taliaferro Building
Court House
Pew
J. W. Batts
Senator Bailey Returns From New York En Route Home
Gainesville Texas reports Senator Bailey has returned from New York in good spirits though unable to make public appearances for some time. He shed twenty five pounds in New York but gained fifteen on his Kentucky farm during the stay.
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Gainesville
Tex
Bailey
New York
Kentucky
Cassidy Fatal Shooting Suicide at Chicago Home
John Cassidy shot his wife at 226 Illinois street and then killed himself with the same weapon. Mrs. Cassidy was taken to a hospital. the motive remains unknown to police.
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Chicago
John Cassidy
Illinois Street
Chafin Faces Mob During Prohibition Campaign Incident
In Springfield on Aug 15 a mob seized arms from Fishman’s pawnshop and threatened bystanders as Prohibition candidate Eugene W. Chafin faced a mob beating a Black man. Chafin warned he would shoot if anyone touched the man and escaped injury though a stray bullet killed James Scott.
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Prohibition
Springfield
Ill
Fishman
Eugene W. Chafin
Chafin
Fifth
Washington
Mr. Chafin
Wounded county official amid post-lynching street attack
Springfield New Jersey reports W H Bowe chief clerk in the county treasurer office was set upon by several negroes at Fourteenth and Madison. He was shot in the body grazing the liver, robbed and beaten, then spared after one assailant intervened. An operation was performed and recovery is hoped.
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Springfield
W. H. Bowe
Fourteenth
Madison Streets
Mr. Bowe
Saloon Keeper Found Dead in Chicago Bar
Anthony Thompson, saloon keeper at North Forty second street and West Chicago avenue, was found dead behind his bar with a bullet wound. A revolver linked to him lay nearby. His widow said two men fled the front door. Furman, her brother, and Mrs Thompson were kept under guard as police investigated. the cash drawer remained undisturbed.
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Chicago
Anthony Thompson
Forty Second Street
Chicago Avenue
Brothers Drown At Bachman's Dam Near Dallas
Joseph Russell and his brother James drowned when they slipped from the bank while fishing at Bachman's dam. James plunged in to rescue Joseph but both men perished as their wives watched. James was a building contractor.
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Dallas
Joseph Russell
James
Bachman’s Dam
Joseph
Mr. Russell
Murder Threat Suspect Shoots Self Near Media
Moses Spencer, a black man, shot and killed himself at Upper Providence near Media to avoid capture by a posse pursuing him for allegedly threatening to kill Miss Margaret McClure at Rose Tree. The shotgun blast nearly blew off the top of his head.
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Media
Moses Spencer
Upper Providence
Here
Margaret McClure
Rose Tree
Gross Receipts Collections In Austin Budget Update
The comptroller reports cash collected under the gross receipts law for Q3 1908 July 1 to Sept 30 totaling 55 202. Yet 10 507 remains due including 7 712 from Waters Pier ce Oil Co which failed to pay its tax. Excludes express and insurance companies.
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Austin
Comptroller’s Department
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Express
Health Chief Probes Denton Soda for Drugs
Denton Texas August 15 Dr J B Abbott state pure food commissioner collected samples from local soda fountains and will analyze them for cocaine and other harmful drugs. Abbott reported finding cocaine in three soft drinks and said tests will determine safety.
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Denton
Tex
J. 8. Abbott
State
Pure Food Commissioner
Abbott
Night watchman arrested in Waxahachie cattle theft case
Waxahachie Texas on August 15 J F Benson city night watchman was arrested and held to the grand jury on an alleged cattle theft charge. The arrest followed impounding of two cows belonging to a citizen. Benson posted bond.
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Waxahachie
Tex
J. F. Benson
Benson
Tax assessor reports big valuation gains in two counties
Austin August 15 tax assessor reports Harris County 1908 valuation at 89,116,870 up 27,721,045 from 1907. Tarrant County values total 78,697,400, an increase of 35,982,740 over 1907.
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Austin
Harris County
Tarrant County
Veteran's Long Walk Reaches Mexico Missouri
Joseph Meyer eighty nine years old arrived in Mexico Missouri after starting his long trek on foot from San Antonio Texas last winter.
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Mexico
Joseph Meyer
San Antonio
Tex
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