Waters-Pierce Oil seeks writ before Texas Supreme Court
In Austin on December 13, Waters-Pierce Oil Co. sought a writ of error from the Texas Supreme Court as a step toward a U S Supreme Court appeal in the receivership case. Beaumont Jewel P. Lightfoot and Assistant A G Davidson pressed for immediate action after federal and state mandates, prompting a hearing scheduled for next Monday at Beaumont.
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Supreme Court
Austin
United States Supreme Court
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Texas Supreme Court
Court of Civil Anneals
Beaumont
Jewel P. Lightfoot
Davidson
Texas Court of Civil Anneals
Wilcox
Federal Circuit
Cone of Appeals
New Orleans
Jondre David E. Bryant
Federal Court of Appeals
Jude Lightfoot
eRanmont
Judee Bryant
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Bank Statements Show Strong Condition Across Texas
Bank clerk John Johnson reports state banks statewide sent end of period condition statements as of December 3. He notes banks are in remarkably fine condition with strong reserves. Some banks report reserves near 49 to 50 percent, well above required 25 percent by state law and 15 percent by the National Banking Act, 25 percent in reserve cities.
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Texas Austin
Johnson
State Department of Banking
Dr Shoop's Restorative Aimed At Nerve Control Of Kidneys
Weak kidneys are linked to nerve weakness and Dr Shoop's Restorative claims to reach the controlling nerves. The ad states the medicine treats back pain urine issues belents and other kidney distress to strengthen kidneys and nerves, with tablets or liquid and druggists selling.
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Shoop
Kennedy
South Sea Colony Planned By 500 Americans And Allies
Five hundred artisans including Americans Germans Irish Swedes and Russians will sail from New York on December 15 for San Francisco and then to a southern Pacific island to establish a cooperative nonsectarian republic. Elmer B Prather leads the project backed by Modern Science Publishing. Participants pay 300 each into a common fund to start the venture with six hours work daily and four weeks vacation yearly. Cocoanuts are slated as the primary product.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Elmer 8. Prather
Modern Science Publishing Company
Prather
South Sea
South Pacific
Metallurgist William Boggs Killed by Mexican Miners
A letter from Topia Mexico reports the murder of William Robertson Boggs, a leading metallurgist and former Howard University chemistry professor. He was killed December 1 after failing to pay his workers. fifteen men were arrested. Boggs, 51, had been a professor at Howard University in Alabama from 1879 to 1881.
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Mexico
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Santa Fe Extension Contract Awarded to John Scott & Cons
Galveston December 13 contract let for a 21 mile extension from Center to join the Texas and Gulf. The Santa Fe extension will connect at Ter as and Gulf near Zuber and is nine or ten miles north of Timpson.
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John Scott & Cons
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Boy Falls From Switch Engine in Dallas Fateful Accident
Dallas December 18 J Drayion Race aged fourteen fell from a Texas and Pacific switch engine at Pacific avenue and Griffin street near the company offices. His health was cut off and both legs crushed with flesh torn along the track in a grisly accident witnessed at the scene.
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Commuted to Twenty Years in Mexican Prison
From Chihuahua reports that acting Governor Sanchez has commuted the death sentences of Dr. C. S. Haale William Mitchell and C. T. Richardson to twenty years in the penitentiary.
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Brief Local Deaths and Incidents Across States
Oregon dairy profits total a decade’s sum of 17 million dollars in the past year. notable deaths include Captain Z. O. Pell of Ohio River fame in Paducah Kentucky and O Major Thomas W. Park, longtime Missouri Democrat figure, at Platte City. multiple accidents and crimes reported from Texas, Louisiana, and Missouri, with incidents ranging from a fatal cyanide exposure, a 106 year old Newark resident found starved, a five year old burned near Memphis, and a gunshot death in Quitman.
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Z. O. Pell
Paducah
Knowles
Medina
Tex
Emeline Alberts
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Thomas W. Park
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Platte City
Caddo Parish
Lhouisiana
Lake Charles
Rigid inspection halts work at West Virginia mines
Monongah WV December 13 state mine inspector Paul conducts a thorough check of mines 6 and 8. All other work paused until his inquiry ends. 320 bodies recovered. census lists 3388 missing, with 18 bodies yet in mines. Coroner Aames says inquest starts Tuesday. few expect more losses. Fire hampers search. 320 bodies recovered: 71 Americans, 11 Negroes, 146 Italians, 54 Slavs, 31 Pers, 5 Greeks, and unknown Bulgarians.
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Fairmont Coal Company
Foundered Ib4ro Believed Lost Off Vera Cruz
No news has reached Vera Cruz about the steamer Ib4ro of the Yucatan Colonization company which sailed Dec 2 for Frontera. Fear grows that she foundered in the norther off last week and that the entire crew is lost. The vessel carried coal under Capt Arsenio Rodriguez with three officers and twelve men. Oates Appointed to mark Confederate graves in Washington.
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Vera Cruz
Ib4ro
Yucatan Colonization Company
Frontera
Arsenio Rodriguez
Emperor William Arrives in Amsterdam for Royal Visit
Emperor William arrives from England to visit the Dutch royal family in Amsterdam and is warmly welcomed by locals and officials. The event marks a notable signaling of goodwill between nations during the era.
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