Penitentiary Sentences Forestall Hill County Burglary Pair
Four Hill county youths were sentenced to the penitentiary for burglary after breaking into a store at night to steal meat for a chicken stew. The act, described as a boyish lark, drew sharp criticism over sending youths to prison. A Hill County newspaper urged commutation to avoid creating hardened criminals. The rest of the page notes church conference union and regional reach of the Texas conference, now larger and more influential with 54,000 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill County
Methodist Church
Dallas
Texas
East Texas
Galveston
Houston
Tyler
Beaumont
Palestine
Brenham
Bryan
Marshall
Alabama
Galveston News
Riots on Rock Island Train Wreck at Terral kills two men
A Rock Island passenger train wreck occurred near Terral in Indian Territory along the Red River yesterday. Engineer George Wells and Fireman George Clark were killed in the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Terral
I. T
Red River
George Wells
George Clark
Calicoes and meat markets and a balloon prize
Advertisements note Coulter’s calicoes with best colors and brands. Bryan Grocery Co offers Christmas turkey fat and fine. Suber opens a meat market next to McGee’s feed store. Geo. W. Higgs plans a balloon arrival with chickens and a prize for the tag holder. The Houston Post praises The Other Fellow at the opera and the company returns tonight for an enjoyable evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Coulter
Coulter's
Bryan Grocery Co
D. E. Suber
McGee’s
Geo
Houston Post
Houston Opera House
Beautiful Building Site Near College Street for Sale
Five and a half lots with 160 feet front on College Street east side near the new residence of R. S. Webb. A big bargain. Terms easy. Agent Cliff A. Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Street
S. Webb
Cliff A. Adams
Agt
Galveston Seawall Carnival Ticket Sale Announced
The H. and T. C. announces a Galveston Seawall Carnival round trip fare of four dollars and eighty cents from December 14 to 19 with return valid through December 21. Agent W. S. Wilson notes sale and terms.
Excursion Rates for Galveston Holiday Carnival
I & GN announces the Sea Wall Carnival December 15 to 20 with special excursion rates to be announced. Christmas Holiday Excursions offer rate one fare plus $2 round trip with limited 30 day return. Tickets sell December 13, 17, 21, 22, 23 and 26 to southeastern states, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Colorado, and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Colorado
Mexico
D. J. Price
G. P
T.A
L. Trice
V. P
G. M
Palestine
Low Round Trip Rates to Old States Announced
The Houston and Texas Central offer round trip tickets on multiple December dates at one fare plus $2 with a thirty day return limit. Routes pass through Texas and Louisiana with connections to the Southern Pacific. Additional dates in late December and early January feature reduced Texas and Louisiana fares with January 3 return limit. Also notes a December opera night featuring Mr. Harry West with vaudeville acts and other local items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston and
Texas Central
Texas
Louisiana
Houston
Southen Pacific
New Orleans
T. J. Anderson
T. A
M. L. Robbins
G. P
Harry West
Opera House
Pilgrims Die After Train Accident in Mexico
A Hidalgo railway special carrying about 1000 pilgrims returning to Tulancingo derailed at a Y junction near Tepa. The rear car plunged off the track as the train backed to resume. three killed and many injured, with 600 people, largely women, thrown from the elevated track. Injured were taken to Pachuca hospital as pilgrims continue toward Guadalupe shrine progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
Hidalgo
Tulancingo
Tepa
Pachuca
The
Republic
Santa Fe Ratifies Purchase of New Lines at Topeka Meeting
At the annual Santa Fe meeting in Topeka Kansas directors ratified the purchase of multiple lines including Kansas City and Southwestern Sunset Route and California Eastern. Price Waterhouse Co. was elected independent auditors as over 75 percent of stock was represented. President Ripley noted a pension plan for employees is under consideration with contributions from management and the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Railroad
Topeka
Kan
Atchison
Eastern Railway
Mexico
Price, Waterhouse & Co
Santa Fe
Ripley
Yukon Post Office Robbed in Canadian County Oklahoma
The Yukon Oklahoma post office was robbed early Thursday of 300 dollars in cash and stamps. Two men used dynamite to blow the safe. Marshal Montfort was shot in a fight with the robbers who fled in a stolen buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
Oklahoma City
Canadian County
Oklahoma
Marshal Montfort
Becketts condition sparks transfer after stabbing in Waco
In Waco Texas on December 12 James Beckett lies badly injured after a stabbing by a negro. heightened threats against a jail detainee prompted sheriff to move the accused to a southern city for safety. in El Paso officials seized diamonds valued at 5900 tied to Silberberg Bros and pawned by J J Craig due to missing customs formalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
James Beckett
Iamonds
el Paso
Treasury
Silberberg Bros
New York Customhouse
J. J. Craig
Cleveland and Washington Address Berean School Meeting
Former President Cleveland presided at a public meeting in Philadelphia in support of the Berean Manual Training School, a colored institution, and delivered an address. Booker T. Washington also spoke at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
Berean Manual Training School
Booker T. Washington
Judge Rules Against State in Back Taxes Case
District Judge Penn decided adversely to the state in a dispute with the International and Great Northern Railway Company over $30,000 in back taxes claimed for the Colorado River bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Penn
International and Great Northern Railway Company
Colorado River
Husband Lodged in Jail in Oberlin Murder Case
Lucien Sonier, husband of Mrs. Sedonit Sonier killed near Oberlin, is jailed in Lake Charles. The couple had been living apart. Belton trial opens as Judge Furman overrules venue change in John Connell case. defendant charged with killing his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Lucien Sonier
Sedonit Sonier
Oberlin
Belton
Tex
Furman
John Connell
Reverend Fuller Robbed on Southbound Train at Denison
Denison Texas December 12 Rev D F Fuller of Kemp Texas was held up in a chair car of a late southbound train and robbed of ten dollars and his ticket by a thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Tex
D. FB. Fuller
Kemp, I. T
Thought Murder in StamfordHeadline
Frank Palmer of a short order home is found dead in bed with a bullet wound. Authorities indicate evidence points to murder and are investigating the case in Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Tex
Frank Palmer
Immigrants Arriving as Land Prices Rise in Gilmer
Immigrants arriving in Gilmer Texas on December 12 observe a surge in land prices as immigration increases. Local reports indicate rising land costs and a steady influx of new residents seeking opportunities in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmer, Tex
Prominent Michigan Woman Credits Wine of Cardui Cure
Mrs Ida McDonald of Detroit describes her health decline from torpid liver and kidney issues. She, a noted Maccabees leader, credits Wine of Cardui for relief and urges other women to seek the remedy, citing a yellow dull skin and back pains prior to treatment.
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McDonald
Beaubien Street
Detroit
Mich
Cardus
United States
Faceabees
Order
Cardui
Rock Island Wreck Kills Engineer and Fireman in Texas
A Rock Island passenger train struck a broken rail near Terral Oklahoma Territory, killing Fort Worth Engineer George Clark and Fireman George Wells. The wreck left the train badly damaged and halted service as investigators began work. A separate Southern Railway crash near High Point North Carolina injured six passengers after an Atlanta express collided with a freight train when an open switch caused a derailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Rock Island
Terral
I. T
George Clark
George Wells
Collison
Southern
Charlotte
N. C
Atlanta Express
Southern Railway
High Point
Docking Boss Testifies On Union Rule Breach
Edward Ridgeway former docking boss for Temple Coal and Iron company testified before the strike commission in Scranton. He said he joined the union and did not know docking bosses were forbidden to be union men. He recalled a 5 to 8 percent dockage mandate nine years ago which was later nullified after a union check docking boss was appointed. In Manila Moros attacked Camp Vicars on Mindanao after 70 days inactivity, but were repulsed with no American losses. The hostiles were believed to come from east of Lanao, a region Captain Pershing had not yet visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Edward Ridgeway
Temple Coal and Iron Company
Manila
Camp Vicars
Island
Mindanao
Lanao
Pershing
Inspector Hendrix Fireside Tragedy Revealed
Reports state constabulary inspector Hendrix wounded on Samar by Ladrones was actually shot by a fellow private after engagement. The assailant fired from behind as Hendrix’s command fled. Military authorities confirm the internal shooting and subsequent retreat of his unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Hendrix
Navy
Samar
Ladrones
Protocol Signed at Havana in U S Cuba Treaty
The protocol of the commercial treaty between the United States and Cuba was signed Thursday night in Havana, marking a formal step in the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
United States
Cuba
Police Commissioner Partridge Resigns in Ill Health
New York reports the resignation of Police Commissioner Partridge due to ill health. Also dated Dec 12 Manila notes cholera spreading among the lake Moros with concern for a serious epidemic. Swiss politics record Vice President Deutscher elected president of the Swiss Confederation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
New York
el Old
Baker
Partridge
Manila
Lake
Moros
Berne
Deutscher
Paris Texas to hold a horse show brief
Paris Texas will host a horse show as part of local events. Snow damage reported in Crimea. A Comanche citizen claims a twelve year old hen. Joe Coleman drowned duck hunting near Russellville Arkansas. General Wright favors gold and silver pesos for Philippine currency. Battleship Texas returned to Norfolk yard after an accident. Oil strike reported on Gibson tract south of Corsicana. Eye injury from splinter near Kenndale Texas blinds S R Ramos. Lucraft Bros Colbert Indian Territory sold 600 bales of cotton to King & Co Durant for about 26000 dollars. Baby found wrapped near Muenster Cooke county Texas.
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Paris
Tex
Crimea
Comanche
Joe Coleman
Russellville
Ark
General Wright
Texas
Norfolk Navy Yard
Gibson Tract
Corsicana
Kennedale
S. R. Ramos
Lucraft Bros
Colbert
I. T
King & Co
Durant
Muenster
Cooke County
92 Acres Near A. and M. College Described for Farm Use
A local land listing offers 92 acres near A. and M. College suitable for a dairy or hog farm with a seven room house, barn, outbuildings, a fine water well, and a price of 1000. Additional parcels include Pochila two story house selling cheap, inside city lots at 25 dollars and corner lots at 35 dollars, plus 69 acres on Wixon creek known as Pearson place with 49 acres cultivated and most land as creek bottom. Other lands are described as plentiful and going cheap for small farm use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & M. College
Pochila
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
Train collision, fire, and various incidents reported
A freight and passenger train collided on the International near Taylor Texas injuring cars but no people. A Fort Worth freight car was struck by an automobile and a horse was killed. A jealous husband shot his wife in Huntsville Alabama and then cut his throat. A Martin County Indiana grand jury indicted 96 for vote selling. Ex congressman Yardly died at Doylestown Pennsylvania. A Russellville Tennessee woman locked children in a burning house and the children were cremated. Four gambling houses in St Joseph Missouri were robbed of $3000. A miner William Hunter was killed by a dynamite blast in Coal Town Illinois near Moline. The Reina Mercedes Spanish ship is being refitted at Portanfurt New Hampshire as a training ship. A gas vein and oil were struck at Kaiser Mound near Columbia Texas. The Cobre Grande copper suit is reopened at Phoenix Arizona.
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Taylor
Tex
D. J. Simpson
Fort Worth
Simpson
Jeff Grogan
Huntsville
Ala
Grand Jury
Martin County
Indiana
Yardly
Pennsylvania
Doylestown
Russellville
St. Joseph
William A. Hunter
Coaltown
Ill
Moline
Portanfuth
N. H
Kaiser Mound
Columbia
Phoenix
Ariz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilson & Jenkins
the Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnes
Prof
Baldwin
Galveston Seawall
W.S. Wilson
Emmel’s Prescription Pharmacy
Florshell
Florsheims
Hunter
Chatham
Old States
Coulter
Col
Rush McQueen
J. B. Oldridge
Rock Island Railway
Smithville
Sherif G. W. Davis
Bastrop
Mrs. Ida, McDonald
fcDonal
Rock Island Wreck
Carrizo Spr Mineral Water Company
San Antonio
Lamar Bethea, Monroe Edge
Bryan Lee
Storage & Coal Co
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