Mob Attacks Man Labelled Scab on Dallas Streets
In Dallas on Monday night a mob of 50 to 75 men attacked a laundry worker suspected of scabbing. The leader beat him and chased him through Lamar Main and surrounding blocks, while bystanders restrained him at times. Police dispersed striking Postal Telegraph messenger boys who fled to the city hall.
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Dallas
Lamar
Elm Streets
Windsor
Lamar Street
Main
Main Street
Kirby's
Main and
Tamar Streets
Poydras
Poydras Street
Martin Street
Hig
Palace
Field Street
Harwood Street
Postal Telegraph Company
Brandenburg
Hog kills youth in Texas enclosure incident
In Riehmerd Texas on August 27 19 year old Adam Kaulfers was killed by a hog after playfully trying to touch it. The animal attacked severing an artery in the leg. Medical help arrived quickly but he died from blood loss.
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Riehmerd
Tex
Adam Kaulfers
Britishers Allowed to Wed Deceased Wife's Sister
The House of Lords passed a long debated bill by 98 to 54 legalizing marriages between men and their deceased wives sisters in Great Britain. The measure has lingered in Parliament for years aiming to end a longstanding ban.
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London
Great Britain
House of Lords
Arbitration ruled out in telegraphers strike dispute
President Small of the Commercial Telegraphers union says arbitration is impossible and Western Union Superintendent Brooks says the company will not deal with Small or his union. The firm expresses willingness to consider individual cases only if men acted under agitator pressure. those who joined the strike will not be rehired.
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Shoo
Shoop
Jent
Darmstadt
New York
Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Brooks
Western Union
American jockey Johnny Reff hired by German furrier
Reports from Berlin say Johnny Reff, a famous American jockey, has been engaged to ride for a prominent German furrier at a salary of $50,000.
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New York
Berlin
Johnny” Reff
Furfman
Fourteen Bridges Under Way Between Sherman and Dallas
McKinney August 26 George Houston of Dallas is engaged in building the fourteen bridges between Sherman and Dallas on the Sherman Dallas interurban line.
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McKinney
George Houston
Dallas
Sherman
Suicide in Well Prompted by Tragedy in Lost Creek
Mrs. Preasley Edwards of Lost Creek in Clarksburg West Virginia committed suicide by jumping into a well. The death occurred on August 27 and was reported by local authorities.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Preasley Edwards
Lost Creek
Reunion of Ohio Volunteer Guard Ends With Whisker Exchange
Uriah Buchtel attended the One Hundred Fourth regiment reunion in Salem Ohio after having his auburn whiskers trimmed to a Vandyke by three comrades at a barbershop. He took the severed whiskers home to prove to his wife and friends that he was indeed her husband.
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Salem
Uriah Buchtel
One Hundred and Fourth Regiment
Ohio Volunteer Guard
Buchtel
Rip van Winkle
Butchel
Wrong man accused in bridge attack case
In Macon on August 27 C P Millirons was tried for disorderly conduct and dismissed. Cassy Barron testified he was assaulted by Millirons near Spring street bridge after an anonymous unsigned letter lured Millirons to the location. Barron said he was unaware of any letter and was mistaken for the intended target.
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Macon
C. P. Millirons
Recorder’s Court
Cassy Barron
Millirons
Spring Street
Barron
Five Arrested in Ireland Nationalist Rally Case
James Farrell MP for North Langred and four others were arrested in Langford on August 27 and brought before a special court court for trial on charges of taking part in an unlawful assembly likely to cause a riot. The prosecution says Farrell encouraged nationalist meetings across his constituency and Sinn Fein supporters clashed with opponents.
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Langford
Ireland
James Farrell
North Langred
Sperial
Farrell
Sinnfien Society
Paducah Patrol Ride For Memphis Couple
In Paducah Kentucky on August 27 a Memphis couple C E Patton and his wife were given a police patrol ride after missing a cab at the onion station. Two officers arrested a suspect and returned the Pattons to the Palmer House hotel where they thanked the police for their hospitality.
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Paducah
C. E. Patton
Memphis
Onion Station
Patton
Clark Confesses in Murder Plot In Rochester
Rochester police say Clark confessed that he and Mrs Osborne killed his teamaker by signaling to drown the shots with a passing freight. He claims Osborne fired twice while he sat at a table. Both are held on first degree murder charges.
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Rochester
N. Y. Ave
Clark
Eleven Year Old Boy Dies By Own Hand In Winfield
In Fairmount West Virginia August 27 Charles Lawson the eleven year old son of Constable M M Lawson killed himself at his home in Winfield. He bade his mother goodbye then walked away a gunshot followed and Mrs Lawson found the boy with his head nearly blown off. The cause remains unknown.
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Q Charles
M. M. Lawson
Winfield
Boy Strikes Mother. Mother Dies in Scuffle
In Asheville North Carolina on August 27 a mother attempting to punish her twelve year old son was struck by him during a scuffle. She collapsed and died holding her infant who was unharmed. The exertion and excitement caused her death.
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Asheville, N. C
James Ingle
Carved in Chest On Train Death Sparks Arrest
Houston August 27 Dock Haywood a man of color was badly carved in the chest during a dispute on a Katy train en route to pick cotton and died upon reaching Houston Heights. George Whitehead was arrested as the incident caused great excitement in the coach.
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Houston
Dock Haywood
Katy
Houston Heights
George Whitehead
Poaching Takes Toll as Lake Fish Die at Insane Asylum
Dr. B M Worsham, superintendent, says the asylum lake population of 500 to 700 fish was killed by poisoning. He plans to restock soon, sourcing new fish from the San Marcos fishery, as authorities seek the culprit and motive for the act.
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Austin
B. M. Worsham
Sane Asylum
San Marcos
Over Seven Hundred New Pension Applicants Expected
Austin officials report the pension quarter starts October 1 and more than 700 new applicants are expected before then. Captain K E A Bolmes in the pension bureau notes totals may reach 1,000 new applicants, with over 8,000 already on the rolls and pensioners rising to over 9,000 next quarter.
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Austin
KE. A. Bolmes
Comptroller’s Department
Vessel Held In Quarantine After Vera Cruz Sickness
State Health Officer Brumby received a telegram from Sabine via Dr. P J Shaver quarantine inspector noting four illness cases on the steamer from Vera Cruz and that the vessel remains under quarantine. Shaver tours the region urging vigorous sanitary campaigns and reports good progress with authorities.
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Austin
Brumby
P. J. Shaver
Sabine
Vera Cruz
Shaver
Collin County Onions Shipments Highlight Diversification
McKinney Texas August 27 The Collin county diversification trend is shown by forty two cars of onions shipped from McKinney this season with several cars from Princetown nearby. The onion crop proved profitable in most cases yielding over 100 dollars per acre and in one case 150 dollars per acre to a tenant farmer.
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Collin County
McKinney
Princetown
Four Burn To Death In Oklahoma City Fire
Four people perished in a blaze on Fast Grand avenue early Tuesday. The victims were Lillian Vane Virginia Wallace Sadie Ward and Walter Ward. Officials suspect the fire was incendiary and investigators work to determine the motive and origin.
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Oklahoma City
Fast Grand Avenue
Lillian Vane
Virginia Wallace
Sadie Ward
Walter Ward
Telegraphers Deny Involvement in Dallas Disturbance
Dallas officials of the Commercial Telegraphers Union deny their members had any part in Monday night’s trouble in which a man was knocked down seven times by an assailant. They emphatically disavow connection with the incident.
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Dallas
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Nelson Morris Dies in Chicago After Illness
Nelson Morris, noted Chicago packer, died Tuesday afternoon after several weeks of illness. The death was due to heart disease complicated by kidney troubles.
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Chicago
Nelson Morris
Packer
Morris
Woman Found Dead in Gorge After Twenty Days Missing
Geneva reports a woman missing for twenty days was located in a gorge where she had fallen. She has lost her reason and is described as a skeleton, a stark end to the disappearance.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden Warmly Welcomed in Worcester
Worcester Massachusetts residents greeted Prince Wilhelm of Sweden with a cordial reception on August 27 as he toured the city and met local officials and residents.
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Worcester
Mass
Prince Wilhelm of
Sweden
Rogers resigns from McIntosh county seat in Georgia
Darien Georgia August 27 W H Rogers a Black member of the legislature from McIntosh county has resigned without giving a reason the action ends his term or seat in the state house.
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Darien, Ga
W. H. Rogers
McIntosh County
Child Drowns In Creek Near Williamsville
Williamsville August 27. Herbert Grabali two years old fell into a creek too shallow to bear the nurse and drowned.
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Williamsville
N. Y
Herbert Grabali
Texas League of Postmasters Meets August 21 22
Dallas report notes the Texas League of Postmasters of the Fourth Class will convene in Ont on August 21 and 22 to discuss district mail management and duties.
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Dallas
Texas League of Postmasters
No Yellow Fever In Mexico Reported
City of Mexico dispatch reports no yellow fever in the republic confirming health status August 27.
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Mexico
City of
Republic
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Dr. Shoop
M. H. James
Monroe Edge
Bryan, Texas
Phil
Court House
Brazos County
Cirles
Ers
Tennessee
Mrs. Osborne
Fairmount
Mrs. Ingle
McKinney, Tex
Waver
ROYCE
Higgs & Haygood
Aika
Feendy
John Wittman
NA Storm Sr
Franklin
Holmes & Parker
Stevenson Machine and Repair Works
Phorie
Bryan
Texas
E. J. Jenkins
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney
LEXUS
Res
W. B. Hudson
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