Christmas at A. and M. Cadets Work During Vacation
Cadets stay on campus during vacation to help with campus labor and to earn money for education. The State funds student labor at 12 1 2 to 15 cents an hour. A Christmas tree and meals are planned, with festivities for cadets and campus children. Prof. Puryear will attend the AAAS meeting in Chicago while Gates Thomas and John A. Lomax are on the program in the State Teachers’ association.
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Shirley
Sbiza
Puryear
Association
University of Chicago
Gates Thomas
John A. Lomax
State Teachers’ Association
English Section Meetings Convene in Houston
Mr. M. W. Reed of the Agricultural and Mechanical English faculty will attend the English section gatherings in Houston on December 26. The meetings focus on language and literature topics within the department.
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Houston
M. W. Reed
Agricultural and Mechanical English Faculty
Gill Ends Life After Illness and Financial Worry
In Homer Louisiana on December 21 George Gill manager of the local cotton exchange died by his own action after interrupting a physician's interview he walked to the rear of his home and dived into a well sustaining a skull fracture on a bucket witnesses report illness and financial worry as the cause of the tragedy.
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George Gill
Homer
Mr. Gill
Explosion and Fire in Palermo Toll Climbs
In Palermo Sicily the number killed by the blast and subsequent fire reached 93 with about 100 people reported injured, as authorities continue to assess the disaster scene.
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Palmero
Sicily
Ardmore street railway work to start January first
News snippets report Ardmore will begin work on a new street railway on January 1. Other items include a train switchman losing an arm in Texarkana, fatal burns from a Tulsa coal oil explosion, and a Bank of Sugden charter with 10000 capital.
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Ardmore
Thomas C. Garner
Texarkana
Cashier Vanishes as Bank Finds Ample Funds
Chicago reports Richard Noeleck, adopted son and cashier of August Saehn & Co. bank, has disappeared. Bank operations halted, deposits outstanding amount to $80,000 while Saehn says ample funds exist to pay every depositor. The bank holds $50,000 capital and $40,000 surplus.
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Chicago
Richard Noeleck
August Saehn & Co
Bryn Mawr
Evanston Avenue
Saehn
Ballinger Abilene Railway Charter Approved
Austin officials report approval of the Ballinger and Abilene Railway charter, planned from Ballinger to Abilene a 53 mile line with $200000 capital, Ballinger to be the principal office. Johnson City State Bank will resume operations Tuesday after a suspension. Attorney General Davidson returns from Dallas saying his third term campaign platform is brief: enforce the law. Penitentiary board meets to reassign convicts with satisfactory changes. Wet weather hinders the cane crop movement.
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Austin
Ballinger and Abilene Railway Company
Ballinger
Abilene
State Department of Banking
Johnson City
State Penitentiary Board
Terrific Downpour Closes Texas Roads and Markets
Advices report heavy rain across north and central Texas halting travel and stopping business in many towns. Farmers cannot reach county seats, and Saturday trading, usually the peak of the year before Christmas, suffers as thunder and lightning accompany the downpour.
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Dallas
Texas
Guthries Greeting as Bryan Addresses Oklahoma Legislature
Hon. W. J. Bryan spoke to the Oklahoma legislature in Guthrie on Saturday drawing an ovation. He arrived from Wichita and was met by state officials and prominent figures. A morning reception and large crowd greeted him with handshakes and applause before his address, followed by a banquet in the evening.
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Guthrie
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Wichita
Kan
Supreme Court
Democratic Central Committee
Explosion Blasts Five Story Tenement On First Avenue
A dynamite bomb exploded in a five story building on First avenue injuring no one. Police suspect the blast was aimed at Angelo Traficanti a barber on the first floor and believe the hand of the Black Hand influenced the attack. Windows and doors were blown out and torn from hinges, but the structure remained standing.
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New York
First Avenue
Angelo Traficanti
William Garland Dies by Self at Marion Hotel
William Garland, son of the late United States Senator and Attorney General, committed suicide at the Marion hotel in Little Rock on December 21. Mrs. Garland, a noted author, was among his relatives and had written several books.
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United States
Little Rock
William Garland
Garland
Marion Hotel
Man Surrenders in Washington to Texas Murder Charge
William Vigerstaff walked into the Mount Vernon sheriff's office and surrendered himself. He said he was wanted in Mount Vernon Texas Franklin county for murder tied to an election row while he served as deputy sheriff.
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Mount Vernon
Wash
William Vigerstaff
Franklin County
Texas
Vigerstaff
Engine HITS buggy. three women harmed in Des Moines
In Des Moines on December 21 Mrs. James Schofield was killed, Miss Louisa French fatally injured, and Miss Walters seriously hurt when an engine struck a buggy crossing a railway track.
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Des Moines
James Schofield
Louisa French
Walters
Squires Knocked Out by Flynn in Sixth Round
Bakersfield report says Bill Squires of Australia was KOed by James Flynn of Colorado in the sixth round from a right uppercut to the jaw. Squires earlier in the bout hurt Flynn with a hard right to the jaw, but could not follow up.
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Bakersfield
Bill Squires
Australia
James Flynn
Colorado
Squires
Flynn
Death toll rises at Monongah mines disaster site
In Fairmont West Virginia on December 21 bodies are being recovered from the two Fairmont Coal Company mines at Monongah. The total recovered climbs to 340 with widespread belief that about 400 men or more perished in the disaster dated December 6.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Fairmont Coal Company
Monongah
Wilson shoots rival in Mississippi store confrontation
A. A. Wilson, prominent Shaws merchant, shot and killed Bud Doughty, a wealthy planter, inside Wilson's store. Police report Doughty had used improper language before ladies in the store, prompting the fatal confrontation.
Lawton Man Convicted of Land Conspiracy in Rosebud Case
H Clay Wyatt of Lawton Oklahoma was found guilty by a federal jury in Kansas City of conspiring to defraud the government of Rosebud Reservation land in South Dakota.
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Kansas City
H. Clay Wyatt
Lawton
Okla
Rosebud Reservation
South Dakota
Five Ton Gold Shipment from London to New York
Five packages of gold bullion weighing five tons valued at $500,000 were sent from London to Liverpool for import aboard the Campania bound for New York.
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London
Here
Liverpool
Campania
New York
Minors Milk Dealers Indicted for Price Conspiracy
Fifteen members of the Minors Milk Dealers association in Chicago have been indicted for conspiracy in restraint of trade related to an announced milk price increase. The case hinges on alleged collusion to push prices higher.
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Chicago
Minors Milk Dealers’ Association
Nitrate Strike Turns Fatal in Laguras
In Laguras near Valparaiso Chile a nitrate workers strike escalated into a clash with troops. Seven workers were killed and sixteen wounded in the deadly encounter reported December 21.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Laguras
Demise of Denison Pioneer
Denison mourns M. J. Fitzgerald longtime waterworks superintendent for twenty years and pioneer resident has died.
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Denison
M. J. Fitzgerald
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