Wreck of the W. P. well Leaves Thirteen Dead
In Vicksburg Mississippi on December 21 the wreck of the steamer W. P. well added thirteen names to the dead. Included are Mack Clark and his son John Clark, William Hall, two unidentified deck passengers and four uncertain Negroes. Injuries include substitute pilot M. Wilkinson and fireman W Thorn ton. The boiler was blown 200 feet away and Captain Quackenboss’s overcoat was found in a tree.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Mack Clark
Negro Porter
John Clark
William Hall
Pasengers
Lavelle Verger
Scovell
Embezzler at Kansas City Bank and Suffrage Meetings
W C Anderson, a nineteen year veteran and assistant paying teller at the First National Bank of Kansas City, is jailed in Austin on embezzlement charges. Bank officials say he stole about 9000 dollars within a week of leaving, possibly sending most to a New Orleans bank. Southern Women Suffragists form in Memphis, Laura Clay elected president, urging voting rights and a constitutional provision in Oklahoma. Swawnee officials T B and J H Mogg face lumber trust bonds in Guthrie, and William Cross named commander of Oklahoma United Confederate Veterans after Major General Wilkinson's death.
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Kansas City
W. C. Anderson
Austin
Tex
First National Bank
Anderson
New Orleans
South America
City of Memphis
Memphis
Laura Clay
Kentucky
Nannie Curtis
Texas
South
Constitutional Convention
Oklahoma
T. B
J. H. Mogg
Swawnee
Okla
Lumber Trust
Guthrie
G. L. Wilkinson
William Cross
Oklahoma City
United Confederate Veterans of Oklahoma
Railroads ordered to hold trains at Milano Junction
The Interstate and Great Northern along with the Santa Fe must stop trains to synchronize arrivals at Milano Junction. Passengers missing connections could wait up to twelve hours. The commission cites an unapproved past agreement moving Santa Fe equipment over the International line and mandates continuation of through service. Effective Sunday, Dec. 23.
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Com- Austin
Mission
International
Great Northern
Santa Fe Railways
Milano Junction
Santa Fe
San Antonio
Newborns and Confederate Lineage Highlighted in Briefs
In New Orleans the Webbs announce the birth of a son to the family of the late Hon. Jefferson Davis, noted as the Confederate president’s grandson. An investigation finds no money missing by W. C. Anderson here. In Dallas J. W. Vorhies was beaten and robbed of $5, with two white men arrested.
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Webbs
Jefferson Davis
New Orleans
W. C. Anderson
J. W. Vorhies
Dallas
Nunnally’s candy display and prices at Howell Bros
Nunnally’s candy offers half pound boxes and one pound boxes priced at 40 cents and 75 cents respectively. Two pound boxes are $1.50 the imported square and octagonal boxes $1.50 and $1.75. Caracas chocolates 60 cents assorted nut chocolates 75 cents and pecanelles 40 cents. Howell Bros.
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Nunnally’s Candy Um
Nunnally
Caracas
Fireworks Shooting Prohibited on Main Street
Notice bans firing of fireworks on Main Street near the cotton warehouse yards and platforms during the holidays. Regulation will be strictly enforced and violators will be dealt with accordingly by City Marshal T. P. Boyett.
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T. P. Boyett
Holiday Excursions Offer Across State Lines
H and T C R R advertise round trip holiday tickets at one and one third fare. Return limits vary by route with sales on December 20 to 22 for out of state trips via a special Houston New Orleans train and December 21 to 31 plus January 1 for Texas and Louisiana west of the Mississippi.
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Schloss Bros. & Co Fine Clothes Makers
Baltimore and
New York
Bank Forest
Howell Bros
Holiday Line
Bryan
Ave Cnetrom
Hearn & Dansby
ES. Roed
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