Thanksgiving at Minter Springs School Celebration
Thanksgiving day at Minter Springs school featured a program arranged by teacher Mrs. Minnie Foster with songs recitations and complimentary speeches. Students and patrons enjoyed a bountiful noon feast and mingled merriment with solemn thanks as autumn sun and wind framed the gathering. A closing note praises Mrs. Foster for organizing the event and a remark on the cotton market concludes the piece.
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Minter Springs School
Minnie Foster
Hoadley Offers 15 Cent Cotton Plan To Fall River Chamber
Jos Hoadley signs a telegram to Fall River Chamber of Commerce stating no harm to trade and a plan to stabilize cotton by holding unsold crop at 15 cents per pound with southern delivery. He invites orders for actual cotton up to holdings, graded to spinner needs, with charges from origin, aiming to export the entire balance.
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Jos. H. Hoadley
Wall Street
Chamber of Commerce
Fall River
Mr. Hoadley
President Chamber of Commerce
Mass
Alarming Havana Fever Report Amid Health Concerns
The report warns of an alarming Havana yellow fever situation. The note adds that three successive frosts suggest temporary safety and cites Texas’ estimated fifteen million chickens as a statistician’s familiar figure with hen roosts.
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Havana
Texas
Hyomei Breathes Superior Cures for Catarrh
The Hyomei treatment, using eucalyptus oil and balsams in a pocket inhaler, is portrayed as a natural cure for catarrh and all respiratory diseases. Physicians endorse it, claiming it cures 99 percent and that E. Jenkins offers a money back guarantee if it does not cure.
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E. J. Jenkins
JestersJubilee Carnival Opens on Congress Avenue
The Jesters Jubilee carnival opened in Austin with Congress Avenue gaily decorated and vendors displaying along the street. Officials anticipate large crowds throughout the week as festivities begin. The same day the state controller started collecting nonresident land taxes, taking in about 6800 dollars.
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Austin
Congress Avenue
Man Charged After East Denton Fight Ends In Wounds
A. J. Jones is jailed on charges of assault with intent to murder after a brawl at the Blas home seven miles east of Denton leaves J. T. Blagg and Bob Ransom gravely wounded. Bragg sustained deep cuts and exposed bowels. Ransom required fifty stitches.
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Denton
A. J. Jones
Jai
J. T. Blagg
Bob Ransom
Blas
Bragg
Ransom
Twins Found Dead in La Porte Morbidity Case
In La Porte on December 5 two infant daughters of Ira Bratton were found dead in their bed by their mother. The mother had cared for them overnight after they were restless and later found them dead in the morning, presumed smothered to death.
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la Porte
Ira Bratton
Littl
Daughters Meet At Sixth Annual State Conference
The sixth annual state DAR conference met in Temple at the Carnegie library with many chapters represented. Business was transacted at the first session. In Bowie a farmer was robbed near here of 155 dollars by a masked man. a deed was done nearby.
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Temple
Tex
The
Carnegie Library
Bowie
Lured and robbed near Woodville train depot
Gil bert and Wort Hubden brothers were invited by men to a warm fire five hundred feet from the depot. They accepted and were struck with revolvers and robbed of eight dollars and sixty cents.
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Woodville
I. T
Gilbert
Wort Hubden
I‘h
Negro man given life for crushing preacher’s head
Ired Brown, a negro, was convicted and sentenced by Judge Burford in Guthrie to life imprisonment for killing Rev. Moses Winston, another negro, three years ago. He allegedly crushed the preacher's head with a rock after Winston testified against him in court.
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Guthrie
Ired Brown
Moses Winston
Burford
Brown
Winston
Reverend Hawkins Found Guilty in Slander Charge
A Camden special to the Gazette reports Rev. J S Hawkins was found guilty by the Little Rock conference committee on charges of slandering Rev J E Godhe D D and reflecting on the church He was suspended from ministry for six months in the sixth day of the conference held in Little Rock Arkansas on December 5.
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J. S. Hawkins
Little Rock
Gazette
Camden
Methodist Episcops Church
South
J. E. Godhe
D. D
New Orleans Times Democrat Reports Cotton Crop At 10.16 Million Bales
The New Orleans Times Democrat places the national cotton crop at 10,155,000 bales in its final report. The article highlights the season's yield and its statewide impact on markets and growers.
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The
New Orleans Times Democrat
True to Baked Beans Boston Dee
Bostonians remain loyal to baked beans with last year’s spend exceeding 650 dollars and 79 cents. Wholesale dealers report 68.7 percent of barrels consumed and demand rising. Tokio reports education ministry and Imperial University clash as eight professors resign.
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Boston
Dee
Tokio
Education
Imperial University
UK Cabinet Resigns as Balfour Steps Down
Arthur J. Balfour formally resigns as premier along with his cabinet to King Edward. Campbell Bannerman expected to become the new premier as political crisis peaks in London. In Memphis, the International Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers holds a biennial session with about 700 delegates.
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London
Dec
United Kingdom
Arthur J. Balfour
King Edward
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
Memphis
International Brotherhood of Painters
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