Bloody six round bout ends without clear winner
In Philadelphia at the National Athletic club Terry McGovern and Young Corbett fought a brutal six round match. The close verdict left parity with both fighters trading hard blows and McGovern avoiding risks by circling or clinching. Corbett opened the second round with a heavy right that dropped McGovern to nine counts.
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Philadelphia
Terry McGovern
Young Corbett
National Athletic Club
McGovern
Corbett
Doling
Plains Letter From Dimmitt Texas 1906
A Brock letter from Dimmitt notes busy plains farming with frost dangers, rain and cool winds. It mentions rising cotton acreage for 1907, land values in Oklahoma versus Texas, and S I Lee selling land to buy a store in Dimmitt. The author also recalls visiting A P Todd and Penny, who is gaining weight.
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Dimmitt
Texas
Bryan Eagle
The
Eagle
Castro County
Oklahoma
S. I. Lee
A. P. Todd
Penny
Brazos County Prosperity and Local Sentiments
In Brazos County residents discuss community pride and caution in speaking to outsiders. The speaker notes a new business venture feeding a carload of wether lambs for market, hoping wool may cover costs. Friends in Dixon would be surprised by current prosperity and general satisfaction among Brazos people.
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W.S. D
Dixon
Old Brazos
Brazos County
Larmore Lecture Tonight at Baptist Church
Mr. M. S. Larmore noted prohibition lecturer speaks at the Baptist church tonight at 8:00 PM. He is billed as an eloquent temperance reform advocate and will discuss the origin history and effects of legalized liquor traffic.
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M. S. Larmore
Baptist Church
College professors report record cotton and rising land values
Prof. R L Bennett and Prof. F R Marshall report 29 bales of cotton from 31 acres on College hill. Brazos county lands show new records as scientific farming spreads. Gen H B Stoddard suggests a Daughters of the Confederacy and Confederate veterans meeting at the opera house at 5 pm to mark Mrs Jefferson Davis death.
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R. L. Bennett
College
Waco
Dallas
F. R. Marshall
Bennett
College Hill
Brazos County
Marshall
Eagle
H. B. Stoddard
Jefferson Davis
Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederate Veterans
Opera House
the Eagle
Heavy Bloodied Bouts as McGovern Faces Corbett
The fight featured a bloody pace with Corbett opening a left eye wound and both fighters drenched in blood. McGovern weakened by Corbett's blows, and Corbett, carrying excess weight, wore down as the two men clashed under Marquis of Queensbury rules with continuous exchanges.
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Corbett
Gong
McGovern
Marquis of Queensbury
Terry
Convention of Anti-Horse Thief Association Attends Oklahoma City
About 1200 people attended the Oklahoma City convention of the Anti-Horse Thief Association of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. A parade marked the event as the group reported recovering over $60,000 worth of horses in seven years.
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Anti-Horse Thief Association
Oklahoma City
Anti-Horse Thief Association of
Oklahoma and
Indian Territory
Two Santa Fe Expresses Collide Near Manzanila
Two men were killed and more than twenty injured when two Santa Fe express trains collided head on near Manzanila Pueblo Colorado on October 18. Locomotives and the baggage car were demolished. The deceased include Harry Murdock of Kansas City an express messenger and an unknown black man suspected of stealing a ride.
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Pueblo
Colo
Manzanila
Harry Murdock
Kansas City
Texas Company plans Beaumont to Tulsa oil pipe line
Austin Oct 18 It is said the Texas Company of Beaumont the largest oil corporation in Texas will double its capital stock from 6 million to 12 million. It plans a new pipeline from its Humble northern terminal to Tulsa I T covering 450 to 500 miles at a cost of 7 to 10 thousand dollars per mile, totaling nearly 4 million dollars.
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Austin
Texas Company of Beaumont
Texas
Humble
Tulsa
I. T
Fire at Sentinel destroys several business houses
Cordell Oklahoma October 18 Fire at Sentinel near Cordell destroyed several business houses causing about 50000 dollars in losses with small insurance.
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Sentinel
Cordell, Okla
Oklahoma Masons hold 1200 in Guthrie reunion
The Oklahoma Scottish Rite Masons met in Guthrie with about 1,200 in attendance. A class of thirty seven received degrees from the fourth to the thirty second during the session held October 18.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma Scottish Rite Masons
Noted Red River county farmer reports cotton yield
Clarksville Texas October reports CO. C. Williams a well known Red River county farmer nine miles northeast of Clarksville says two bales weighing 505 and 510 pounds came from a 1.5 acre tract and he expects to gather about 1000 pounds more seed cotton from the patch.
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Clarksville
Tex
CO. C. Williams
Red River County
Memorial Services For Mrs Jefferson Davis Ordered
The United Daughters of the Confederacy request memorial services for Mrs W Jefferson Davis widow of the Confederacy president on Sunday afternoon Oct 21. The Texas Division U D C asks Daughters to join with the U C V for joint services where convenient and approved. Faithfully, Mrs Joseph Dibrell president Texas Division U D C.
Condolence Messages Pour In For Mrs Jefferson Davis
News of Mrs Jefferson Davis death draws telegrams from across the nation. Prominent figures and southern friends gather at the Hotel Majestic in New York to offer condolences. President and Mrs Roosevelt send messages. The body will leave New York Thursday at 3 30 PM and reach Richmond by Friday morning with a guard of honor.
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New York
Hotel Majestic
Jefferson Davis
Roosevelt
Richmond
Countess's divorce case moved before creditors suit
In Paris on October 18, the court postponed both the Count de Castellane's divorce action against her husband unt Boni and creditors' suit for a fortnight. Counsel for the countess succeeded in having the divorce hearing set before the creditors case, though the count favored the opposite order.
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Count de Castellane
Unt Boni
Paris
Adjudged Guilty in New York Rebate Trials
In New York on October 18 the jury returned guilty verdicts against the New York Central Railroad and Frederick I. Pomeroy in the rebate trial. Sentences were deferred while motions are filed by the defendants.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
New Colored Church Nears Completion In City
The Lee Chapel M. E. church is nearing completion with the tower unfinished. The roof and ceiling are nearly done and the corner stone will be laid Sunday at 11 o’clock. Rev. W H Logan of Trinity M E Church Houston will preach. Rev. Walton Brown aims to raise $500 during the observance.
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New Lee Chapel
M. E
W.H. Logan
Trinity M. E. Church
Houston
Walton Brown
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Love Letter
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Maloney
Hbawter & Chatham
Larmore
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