State Fair of Texas Announces Historic Twenty Year Plan
The State Fair of Texas, managed by about fifteen hundred Dallas citizens, funds a fire proof auditorium and exposition building at $100,000 and adds $90,000 for premiums and attractions to crown the 1905 Fair as Southwest’s largest event. Gates open Sept 30, 1905 for sixteen days of livestock, horse racing with $30,000 purses, and a comprehensive Texas resources display. For details, address State Fair of Texas, Dallas.
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Struggle Succeeds Yet Cautions Against Relaxation
New Orleans reports progress against yellow fever with deaths nearing eighty and daily new cases around two hundred. Surgeons note no nest of cases from Canal Street northward while Colon trade shifts to New York. Bishop Sessums organizes mass meetings and Governor Blanchard negotiates train disruptions in parish transport. Eleven new cases and six deaths recorded by noon Tuesday.
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Return of Conger to China amid boycott waning
In Pekin Aug 22 the plan to bring home former U S minister to China Charles E Conger linked to the anti American boycott sparked surprise. consular reports show the boycott fading except Shanghai where unchanged. Chicago Aug 22 Mrs Henry M Kidder of Evanston Ill dies suddenly at Carlsbad Germany following theater fire incident and her husband Colonel Kidder is a board of trade member. daughter Katherine Kidder an actress.
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Peace Conference Postponed Amid Protocol Delays
Portsmouth new hampshire August 22 postponed peace plenipotentiaries meeting due to secretaries not completing protocols. Meeting moved to Wednesday morning at 9 30 o clock in Tokyo the Imperial navy renames several Russian warships Sagami Tongo Bayan Aso Pallada Tsugaru Variag Soya.
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Oldest Member of Famous Republican Quartette Dies
Joseph W. Mather, aged veteran singer at Fremont and Dayton campaign meetings in 1856, died Monday in Darton Conn where he was born eighty six years ago. UC graduate, long businessman, retired in 1897. Also noted: David Asher of Navasota Tex died suddenly in Houston.
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Friend Kills Friend by Misfire in Heat Texas
In Rockwall Texas on August 22 Steve Pike fired as he thought the pistol empty striking Custer Larkin in the forehead. Both young men were close friends and planning a trip. Pike nearly destroyed himself with grief over the disastrous mistake.
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Texarkana Forms Old Settlers Association
A group of long time residents in Texarkana has organized the Old Settlers Association with ex Mayor Ohio as chairman. Eligibility covers those who arrived before 1875. Monthly meetings are scheduled for the 8th and the aims are strictly social.
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Ohio
McGregor Man Severely Injured In Thrasher Accident
Jim Ash of McGregor Texas was crushed between a thrasher engine and the separator while reconnecting equipment. The left abdomen and face and neck suffered severe injuries from boiler contact, with recovery uncertain.
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Jim Ash
Minor Matters Across Regions Reported
A storm near Lawton injures three. Fort Sill hosts cavalry. Arkansas quarantines Louisiana. Albert Adams crushed by cars in Austin. Rainfall affects San Angelo. General Agent Hamilton dies in Mexico. Cooke County orchard to market 2000 bushels this fall. Chicago records two heat deaths and several prostrations. Coal vein found near Caddo. Abner Kelly shot at Cleveland, Oklahoma. George Simpson surrenders. Cyclone damage in southern Minnesota with two deaths. John Hyde under medical care in London. New York receives third internal machine at Precinct Police Captain O Reilly. Conductor Lansbury fatally shot in Elabelle, Georgia. Heirs of P S Bennett withdraw opposition to W J Bryan’s account in New Haven. John Cooper pleads guilty in McKinney to carrying a pistol. fined 100 dollars and 30 days jail.
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Armed posse seeks unknown assailant near Meridian
In Meridian Mississippi on August 22 a heavily armed posse hunts a negro who tried to assault Maggie Rhodes nineteen, daughter of L A Rhodes a prominent citizen. The youth fled to aid her and was fired upon as the attacker fled into nearby woods.
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Mrs Mary Mapes Dodge Dies at Onteora Park Cottage
New York report says Mrs Mary Mapes Dodge poetess editor of St Nicholas magazine and author of children stories died at her summer cottage in Onteora Park Tennersville New York on Monday.
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Ball and Bat Scores and Wind Superstitions Noted
Texas League results show Temple over Dallas 9 to 7 and Fort Worth over Waco 4 to 2. Other circuits include Houston blanking Beaumont 5 to 0 and Galveston 3 San Antonio 0. Wind superstitions describe rope knots said to govern winds with nautical lore.
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Etymologist Rails At Big Words In Old Scientific Titles
The New York Herald quotes an etymologist arguing that seventeenth century works feature far longer and more cumbersome titles. He cites Panzoologico mineralo gia and the blank verse play Chrononhotonthologos to illustrate extreme wordiness and the difficulty of enunciation.
Great Writers Not Correct Writers
A meditation on linguistic purity argues famous authors err in English usage and only obscure writers master language. The piece cites Professor Thomas R. Lounsbury and critiques reading pleasure versus proper form, noting a dismal conclusion about current masters.
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Harper's Magazine
Eyeglasses and eyeful drama illuminate old London musings
In a collection of brief observations the piece notes that realists avoid eyeglasses on heroines while many women wear them in life. It then jokes about English attitudes to weather and dress, calling Londoners pale and umbrella bound. A quip about a father and a dead daughter's memory closes.
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John Lane
London Outlook
One Sided Reflects on Money and Worldly Plans
A brief dialogue shows Mr. T planning to enjoy his wealth by giving up business while Mrs. T imagines travel after death. In a separate exchange Daisy notes Maude Oldgirl’s anger at photographs though praise remains. Maisie explains the photographer’s disclaimer about preserving the original.
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Minister uses large clock to focus parishioners
A minister troubled by restless parishioners during sermons solved the problem by placing a large clock behind him to capture attention and maintain focus.
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Liverpool Mercury
The Difference and the Invalid Joke
A humorous quip from Harper's Bazar contrasts illness with being an invalid The joke defines an invalid as someone who makes others sick, presented as a witty line rather than factual reporting.
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