Desperate Assault at Mineola Ends in Self Inflicted Wound
Allen Hood, a local porter, fired shotgun at a woman, chased her, and attempted to cut her throat with a razor before turning the weapon on himself. The woman was wounded slightly, Hood died soon after, and a crowd formed as others were arrested for unrest.
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Mineola
Tex
Allen Hoot
Mornig
Stefke
Alteta” Natale
John
Daniel
PGF
Hood
State Grange Adjourns After Election of Officers in Texas
McGregor Texas August meeting of the State Grange adjourned after an election of officers. R D McGee of Guadalupe named worthy master. R R Bryant Erath worthy overseer J Isbell McGregor worthy steward A F Teague McLennan worthy chaplain D W Howell Erath worthy secretary Chagos Sellingsloh Guadalupe worthy gatekeeper Miss Pearl Reed Erath worthy pomona Mrs Mattie Alexander McClellan worthy flora Mrs Carrie McGee Guadalupe worthy ceres Miss Mary Atkinson assistant steward.
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Ard
A. F. Teague
McLennan
D. W. Howell
Erath
Chagos Sellingsloh
Guadalupe Worthy
Pearl Reed
Pomona
Mattie Alexander
McClellan Worthy Flora
Carrie McGee
Guadalupe
Worthy Ceres
Mary Atkinson
Guerin Holds Out as Printers Surrender in Paris
In Paris on August 18 the Antisemite league leader M. Guerin barricaded himself to resist arrest. Eight of his typesetters surrendered to authorities, while an mediation attempt by M. Lasses failed. The scene sparked minor demonstrations as Guerin’s faction intensifies support and threats against critics. Also, northern New York endures forest fires burning vast timberlands across Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties.
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Paris
Antisemite League
M. Guerin
League
M. Lasses
Guerin
Watertown
N.Y
New York
Jefferson and
St. Lawrence
Infant granddaughter killed in Shelbyville hatchet accident
In Shelbyville Indiana on August 1 John Rasp, an elderly man, struck a tree with a hatchet missing the trunk. His 2 year old granddaughter stepped behind him at the moment. The blow split her skull in the tragedy.
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Shelbyville
Ind
John Rasp
Wellmans Expedition Reaches Tromsoe After Franz Josef Land Work
Walter Wellman and survivors of the polar expedition arrive on the Capella in Tromsoe Norway after completing explorations in Franz Josef land. The team reports new lands and significant scientific work by BE Baldwin Dri Holma and A Harlan. One member may be permanently crippled from injuries. Forty seven bears and many walrus were killed. No trace found of missing aeronaut Prof Andre.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Augus
Walter Wellman
Capella
Franz Josef Land
Wellman
Grand Haven
Mich
A Harlan
United States Coast Survey
Pia
Beard
Mr. Wellman
Franc Josefland
Andre
Various World News Briefs Tumble from Aug 18 Dispatches
A scattered set of reports covers high school funds and church costs, violent incidents in Illinois and Kansas, a farmer's suicide in Oklahoma, financial moves on KC Pittsburg and Gulf reorganization, a Welsh colliery explosion feared to kill workers, a Bible college graduate's death in Kentucky, mine sales in Oregon, a switch engine wreck near Houston, a fire destroying residences in Oregon and Illinois, and a dynamited depot case in Spring Valley.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Gulf Ro
Spring Valley, Hls
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Explosive deaths and civic veto mark Aug. 18 reports
Aug. 18 dispatches note the Nashville explosion killing John Davis and Stezer Toney after a storehouse blast at Cumberland Electric Light and Power. Other items include a veto sustain in Waco over forced debt payment by city workers, an accident near Brenham where George Forber died, and a large lemonade poisoning in Oregon. Also mentions an inexhaustible Portland cement deposit near Owens Sound and rising production.
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Nashville
Cumberland Electric Light and Power Company
John Davis
Stezer Toney
Union Hill Meeting Announcement
I will begin a meeting at Union Hill the 20th of August at 11 a.m. Meetings will be held under a tent two miles north of A and M College and three miles south of Bryan. Everybody is invited to attend.
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Union Hill
A. and M.college
Bryan
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