State Fair of Texas Opens 1905 with Record Exhibits and Race Purse
The State Fair of Texas, owned by about fifteen hundred Dallas citizens, builds a fireproof auditorium and exposition building at a cost of 100 000 and allocates 90 000 for premiums and attractions. The Twentieth Annual Fair runs sixteen days from Sept 30, 1905, featuring livestock displays, horse racing for 30 000 in purses over thirteen days, and a comprehensive showcase of Texas resources and industries.
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Texas
Dallas
Southwest
South
Urses
Times Near Synchronic Deaths Of Couple At 1000 Miles
Mrs June Johnson and her Little Rock banker husband Allan Johnson died within hours of each other after a bath at Coney Island. A telegram notifying Allan’s death arrived as Mrs Johnson’s body was recovered. Mrs Johnson wrote as Helen Dixie Johnson and was connected to Arkansas business leader Allan N. Johnson.
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New York
June Johnson
Little Rock
Ark
National Exchange Bank of
Coney Island
Major Junius Johnson
Anniston
Ala
Allan N. Johnson
Arkansas
Steamer Peonico Sinks Off Amelia Island
The American steamer Peonico under Jones, master, foundered in a Sunday night storm near Amelia Island after coal shifted in heavy seas. The master and most of the crew were lost, two sailors reaching shore and reporting twenty men perished. The vessel had sailed from Philadelphia August 19 for New Orleans. In Oklahoma Mangum on August 29, M T Wright faced complaint for selling nursery stock without proper permit from the secretary of the territorial board of agriculture.
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Pernandin
Jones
Amelia Island
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Mangum, Okla
McNabb
Territorial Board of Agriculture
M. T. Wright
Portland, Ind
Cholera Still Rages in Manila With Two Native Deaths
Manila report notes the cholera situation unchanged with two native deaths recorded on Monday marking the latest fatalities in the outbreak through August 29.
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Manila
Minor Matters From Across the Nation
A roundup of small incidents reports a Shawnee packing house project, Santa Fe tariff details, a fatal train or wreck, refugees detained in Selma, horse disease in West Lake area, a Labor Day parade in New York, a Galveston death by carbolic acid, oil strike near Madill, Lincoln birthplace auction, a 110 acre farm, Jeffries to referee in Colma, a New York steer incident, Madden vows to fight divorce, Danville pipe explosion fatalities, Pensacola mayor attacked over Jim Crow car order, Kentucky congressional nomination, and the Union Exchange bank liquidation in South McAlester.
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Tex
Shawnee
Okla
Santa Fe
Chickasha
Johnny Bunn
Beggs, i
Sherwood Junction
Cal
Selma
Ala
West Lake
Lake Charles
New York
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Galveston
Lockney Farm
Madill
Lincoln
James J. Jeffries
Britt Nelson
Colma
Colo
Texas
John E. Madden
Danville
Ill
Bliss
Pensacola
Fla
W. C. Jones
Congress
Montgomery
Kentucky
Union Exchange Bank of
South McAlester
Baseball results from multiple leagues across cities
Summary of recent games across the Texas and South Texas leagues and major circuits. Fort Worth blanked Dallas 6 zero, Temple defeated Waco 3 to 1, San Antonio beat Brenham 1 to 0, Houston topped Galveston 10 to 1, Memphis shut out Atlanta 5 to 0, Birmingham beat Little Rock 8 to 2, Shreveport won 6 to 2 against Nashville, Chicago beat Boston 4 to 2, Pittsburg 4 Philadelphia 2, Brooklyn 10 Cincinnati 6, New York 8 St Louis 1, and in the American League Cleveland edged New York 5 to 4, Philadelphia 5 Detroit 4, Washington 3 Chicago 1.
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Brenham
Houston
Galveston
Memphis
Atlanta
New Orleans
Montgomery
Shreveport
Nashville
Birmingham
Little Rock
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Equitable Life Chief Calls Bank of England Sound
Thomas E. Ryan, newly dominant figure at Equitable Life, declares the company as sound as the Bank of England and pledges to run it for policy holder welfare. He says the New York legislature investigation will aid policy holders and that Morton will aid the committee.
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Thomas E. Ryan
Bank of England
Beattie
Wash
Thomas Ryan
New York City
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Associated Press
Equitable
New York
Morton
Chinese boycott easing as minister reports subsiding
Washington reports Minister Rockhill says the anti American boycott on American piece goods is gradually subsiding overall. Chinese merchants in Shanghai resisting the boycott and taking steps likely to break it for piece goods.
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Washington
Rockhill
Pekin
Shanghai
Bubonic Plague Death Reported From Panama
Consul General Lee in Panama wires the state department that one death from bubonic plague occurred there on Saturday.
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Washington
Lee
Panama
State Department
Indianaiaw Appointed in Interior Secretarial Post
Washington Aug. 29 Jesse T Wilson of Indiana has been appointed second assistant secretary of the interior.
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Indianaiaw
Washington
Jesse T. Wilson
Indiana
Interior
Knittle Named Central Passenger Agent for Big Four
Warren J. Lynch plans to appoint G. W. Knittle as Central passenger agent in Cincinnati to replace C. C. Clark who moves to Columbus. Knittle, currently general agent of the Dallas Big Four passenger department, is regarded as a bright railway man and the promotion is considered favorable.
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Cincinnati
Warren J. Lynch
Big Four
G. W. Knittle
C. C. Clark
Columbus
Knittle
Dallas
Texas
Bullion Fatally Injured in Louisiana Cotton Gin
Genoa Bulliono former Confederate General and commander of the Louisiana United Confederate Veterans was pulled into a cotton gin on his Hopeville plantation in Louisiana early Tuesday. He died later Tuesday from his injuries at age sixty five. Bulliono had served in the Civil War and represented his parish in the legislature.
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New Orleans
Hopeville
Genoa Bulliono
Louisiana United Confederate Veterans
General Bullion
Southern Pacific merger agreed including Harriman lines to El Paso
Stockholders approve a merger of Southern Pacific Railroad with Southern Pacific Railroad of California raising capital to 160 million dollars. The deal covers Harriman lines from San Francisco to El Paso except the Coast road to Santa Cruz and the Central Pacific segment La Throp to Goshen and includes the ferry system between San Francisco and Alameda County. In Chicago a woman fell from a bridge as Eastland crowds watched, life-savers failed to rescue her.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California
Harriman
el Paso
Southern Pacific Coast Road
Santa Cruz
Central Pacific
California
la Throp
Goshen
Alameda County
Chicago
Eastland
Wells Street
Bayan Arrives at Maji Dura Station As Azo in Japanese Navy
From Tokio and Washington reports on Aug 29: the former Russian cruiser Bayan reaches Maidzura naval station now named Azo in Japanese service. In Washington the Comptroller of the Currency calls national banks to submit condition reports for Aug 25.
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Tokio
Bayan
Maidzura Naval Station
Azo
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Emperor Tests Armorer with Bulletproof Coat
Napoleon ordered a Paris craftsman to make a bulletproof coat and paid 18 000 francs. The emperor then fired pistols at the artisan to test the coat, earning another 18 000 francs for the fright he caused. The ordeal proved the work’s efficacy and value.
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Napoleon
Belgium
Paris
Savage Bluefish and the Food Chain of the Sea
A vivid recreation note describes bluefish as ferocious predators feasting on smaller fish while terns scavenge scraps and bottom feeders cleanse what sinks. It explains the ecosystem balance and cites the Choctaw origin of the term Okeh meaning it is correct or I approve.
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Edwyn Sandys
Boston Herald
The Gorilla Through History in Britain
A timeline notes how gorillas entered British awareness from 1847 when Dr. Savage sent a skull and description to Sir Richard Owen who named the species gorilla savages. It covers 1851 skeletons to the Royal College of Surgeons, 1858 a preserved specimen to the British Museum, and 1887 the first living gorilla shown at Regent's Park from Mr. Cross of Liverpool.
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Savage
Gabon
Richard Owen
Owen
England
Royal College of Surgeons
Harris
British Museum
Regent's Park
Cross
Liverpool
London
His Great Mistake in Public Life
A Washington Star dialogue between Senator Sorghum and Mr Braynes notes Braynes’ sharp ideas on governance yet minimal public attention. The exchange contrasts planning idealism with practical outcomes in statecraft.
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Mr. Braynes
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Writing and Flirting in a London Mail aside
A contemporary novel is praised for its heroine who equates writing to flirting. The London Mail quote claims writing cannot be taught if one cannot do it, and if one can, no one can stop them.
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Isabel Carnaby
London Mail
Book sales soar as author teases next release
The two authors discuss sales figures with prices and timing. The first asks about copies sold and the second estimates over a hundred thousand. They note the release is planned for next Tuesday.
Ancestry Render Elevates Good Man Yet Trounces Ill
An old maxim from Addison notes that lineage amplifies virtue but exposes vice. The line suggests public memory crowns noble deeds while condemning flawed ancestry.
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Addison
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