Tabor Community News Highlights August 19 1907
Local notes recount a light shower after noon and visits among Beeville Bryan and Hearne residents. W. R. Ball and J. L. Cobb family news, Miss Ella Lindsey and Miss Lillian Elliott visits, and a new baby girl born to Ezra Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Lindsey
Lillian Elliott
Mary Bell Ball
Beevill
Skidmore
Berclair
Lee Joseys
Tom McCallum
Sabinas
Lula Ball
Katie Dean
Iola
Mendy Chappell
J. L. Cobb
Little Son
Mrs. Cobb
Hearne
Pollie Hickman
Bryan
Crop Prospects Rise After Beneficial Rains
The report notes very good crop conditions due to recent rains. Local social and church activity includes visits from Mrs. Goodwin and R. S. Fensome to Mineral Wells, Dr. Butler delivering a sermon, and protracted meeting ending. Guests from Cameron, Bryan, College, and Myers visit and attend services or stay with locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Jones
Bryan
Dr. Butler
Passenger Ends Life On Georgia Train
J W Anthony a High Shoals merchant drank laudanum aboard a Central of Georgia train between Madison and Bishop in Athens on August 21 and died.
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Athens
Central of Georgia
Madison
Bishop
J. W. Anthony
High Shoals
FiveYearOld Fatally Kicked By Horse In Beaver City
Beaver City Oklahoma August 21 a five year old boy, son of Mrs Emma Williams of this place, was fatally kicked at Wonrey by a horse. The tragedy is reported from local sources.
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Beaver City
Okio
Emma Williams
Wonrey
AP Strike Ends as AT&T Inches Up Wages to Eight Hours
Chicago August 21 The American Telegraph and Telephone company sets an eight hour day for operators and raises wages 10 to 15 percent. About 8% of AP operators nationwide join the drift toward normal operation with 250 of 400 on duty. Union claims the AP remains demoralized as managers promise continued service improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Associated Press
C. 8S
Diehl
Pittsburg
Salt Lake City
Indiana
Wesley Russell
Telegraphers’ Union
Stone
Small
Texas
Building Riddled in Ash Fork Arizona Riot
Ash Fork Arizona August 21 the office of the Postal Telegraph company was riddled with bullets fired by a mob. All the windows are broken and no one was hurt. Two employees who refused to strike were at work. Governor Kibbey appealed to and General Manager McNalley in New York notified authorities.
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Ash Fork
Ariz
Prestal Telegraph Company
Kibbey
McNalley
New York
Davidson Assists In Rail Case Over Houston San Antonio Line
Austin August 21 Lieutenant Governor Davidson aids the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railway in a railroad commission dispute seeking a writ of injunction to block the order forcing daily passenger service from Houston to San Antonio via Victoria Judge Brooks recently issued a temporary injunction and the railroad commission seeks dissolution Davidson says he is focused on law and not politics though he intends to run for re election next year for the office he holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Davidson
Galveston, Harrisburg and
Railroad Commission
When God Tells You at Christian Workers Conference
In East Northfield Massachusetts on August 21 Rev. Dr. J C Morgan of London sparked a mild sensation by saying it is allowable to smoke or attend theater if one believes God told them it was right. Christian Workers circulars banned smoking and several ministers planned to stop wearing spats when he spoke.
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Phil
Shoop
East Northfield
Mass
J. C. Morgan
London
Christian Workers
State tax rate cut and big school apportionment announced
The state automatic tax board fixed the ad valorem rate at 12 1 2 cents per 100 valuation, down from 20 cents, based on a state valuation of 1 707 615 458 with 172 million in intangible assets. The education board set a per capita state fund apportionment of six dollars, totaling 5 360 648 for 893 441 scholastic population. Insurance Commissioner Love named Joseph S. Myers Fort Worth state librarian, succeeding E W Winkler. Colonel W L McGaughey of Hood county, former land commissioner, said he retired and now lives quietly at home.
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Austin
State Automatic Tax Board
State Board of Education
Love
Joseph S. Myers
Fort Worth
E. W. Winkler
Agricultural Department
W. L. McGaughey
Hood County
Texas
McGaughey
Judge sustains railroad in拒绝 to command more trains
Judge Brooks sustains the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad in refusing to obey a railroad commission order to run double daily trains between San Antonio and Houston along the Victoria division via Cuero and Victoria. He rules the commission cannot dictate daily train counts.
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Austin
Brooks
Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio
Rairoad Commission
Houston
Victoria
Cuero
Railroad Commission
San Antonio Syndicate Buys 489 Acre Marble Mountain
A group of San Antonio businessmen has contracted to purchase a 489 acre marble mountain twelve miles from Mars, with M D Morgan of Marfa the former owner. John Young of Ozona arranged the deal. Development will cost over 250000 for machinery and a spur track to the Southern Pacific. The site yields eight colors, including pure white and blue black, with unique, fine-textured marble suitable for high polish.
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San Antonio
Mars
John Young
Ozona
Ower
M. D. Morgan
Marfa
Vermont
Southern Pacific
United States
Italy
Frightful Farm Fatality Near Occato Falls Wisconsin
Aug 21 Occato Falls news reports Fred Schiller son of Gottfried Schiller, a farm laborer, died after a horse dragged him while being led to water. The horse’s tether looped around the boy’s head and ripped his body apart, a tragic accident described in local accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Occato Falls
Fred Schiller
Gottfried Schiller
Forest Fires Rage Across Several Counties
Forest fires burn in western Dorchester county Cape Cod district and in Bristol and Plymouth counties. About 7000 acres have burned. Large blazes also rage in the Douglas woods, the state’s richest timber lands.
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Boston
Dorchester County
Cape Cod District
Bristol
Plymouth
Douglas Woods
Rochester Fatal Fall Drowns Edward Nior
In Rochester New York on August 21 Edward Nior fell from a ferr y and drowned.
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Rochester
N. Y
Edward Nior
Woman Dies After Medicine Bottle Not Shaken
Tyler Texas August 21 Miss Eliza C Flour noy living four miles east of town died after swallowing a chill medicine that was not shaken. She was thrown into convulsions shortly after taking the preparation and died in agony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Tex
Eliza C. Flournoy
Here
Dallas Hail Storm Hits City with Heavy Rain
Part of Dallas was struck by a hail storm Tuesday afternoon with a considerable quantity of hail reported. A heavy rain shower followed, the first in many weeks, adding to the unsettled weather.
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Dallas
Woman Hangs Herself in Texas Barn
Ellinger Texas August 21 Mrs Catherine Mazac wife of Joseph Mazac near here hanged herself in a barn She was about forty nine years old She leaves a husband and four children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellinger
Tex
Catherine Mazac
Joseph Mazac
Hear
Sea Cliff man shoots wife then kills self
New York August 21 Angered by family differences Valentine Hess at his Sea Cliff Long Island home fatally shot his wife and then committed suicide in a murder suicide incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Valentine Hess
Sea Cliff
Long Island
Dan Patch Breaks Own Mile Record In Davenport
Dan Patch paced a mile in 1 58 1 2 at Davenport Iowa on Tuesday, shaving two seconds off his own track record set two years earlier.
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Davenport
Dan Patch
MecFar land Knocks Out Benny Yanger in Fort Wayne Fight
Fort Wayne boxing summary reports MecFar land delivers a fourth round knockout of Benny Yanger in Fort Wayne Indiana on August 21 to cap a decisive bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
MecFarland
Benny Yanger
Boy John J Schultz Dies in Dunkirk
A Dunkirk New York resident reports the death of a boy named John J Schultz who dropped dead in the city on August 21. The incident details are sparse in the fragmentary OCR.
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Dunkirk
John J. Schultz
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