International Celebration Dotown by the Rio Grande
The border event marks George Washingtons Birthday with five days of fiestas from February 21 to 25 featuring a bullfighter roping contest naval fireworks Washington crossing the Delaware drills historical pageants and a flower carnival. Low excursion rates to Laredo and Mexico entry tickets with a ten day stopover are offered, with agents D. J. Price G. Hunter and G. P. & T. A. listed for details.
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Citigsne
la Texas
Nuevo Laredo
Xico
George
Texas
Rio Grande River
Gen. Washington
Delaware
U.S
Laredo
Enterey
Mexico
Redo
Moody Present Attorney General as Trial Observer
Attorney General Wm H Moaly was an interested observer at the opening of immunity pleas in the Packers trial. He whispered to District Attorney Moody rison during the proceedings while M McFarlane of Fairbanks Canning testified about books shown to investigators under Commissioner Garfield.
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Parkers
Wm. H. Moaly
Packers
Moodyrison
M. McFarlane
Fairbanks Canning Company
Garfield
Patterson Resolution Challenges Senate Treaty Voting
Washington February 5 Patterson introduced a resolution concerning senators voting on treaties. He held that Democratic caucus pressure violates the constitution and coerces senators, urging one vote per senator and denouncing coercion as degrading to the state and Senate. Lodge supported a similar idea but withheld action. Tillman objected to non-privilege matters. Patterson announced he would discuss the measure Tuesday.
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Lution
United States
Senate
Lodge
Patterson
Tillman
Slasher Attacks Woman in Washington Store
Mrs. Wm. Barton, wife of a local physician, was slashed by the so-called Slasher while walking in a Washington department store. The assailant followed her before delivering a two foot long cut with a long sharp blade, nearly reaching flesh. Police promise pursuit as past Slasher cases in the city caused widespread fear among women.
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Ton
Jack
Twelve Bodies Seen In Silce Bomb Ruins
Berlin dispatch reports a private house near Silce on the Russian frontier destroyed by a bomb. Twelve bodies visible in the ruins, with belief that many more were killed. In Washington, two railroad rate bills passed before debate began, one creating town sites in Montana’s Flathead Reservation, the other authorizing $60,000 more for Lawton Oklahoma county improvements from town lot sales.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Kottowitz
Prussian Silesia
Silce
Washington
House
Flathead Indian Reservation
Montana
Lawton
Okla
Roosevelt transmits ICC report on railroad antitrust case
President Roosevelt sent to the house the Interstate Commerce Commission report regarding the Pennsylvania Railroad and other lines cited in a resolution accusing a violation of the anti trust law. The document notes that some rates were advanced.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
National Mine Workers Board Adjourns in Indianapolis
The United Mine Workers national executive board adjourned in Indianapolis on Monday February 3. President Mitchell refused to discuss board work and Secretary Wilson said no statement would be released at this time.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Wilson
Man Killed While Switching at Texas and Pacific Yard
Milton Markell aged thirty four, formerly of Pennsylvania, was killed Monday morning in Fort Worth while a train was switching in the yards. He had recently moved to Texas. Police and railroad officials conducted the investigation. The death is being treated as a workplace accident with inquiries continuing.
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Fort Worth
Milton Markell
Pennsylvania
Texas and Pacific
M. H. Curtis
Bowie County News
New Boston
Tex
H. Pinckney Wells, Jr
Shreveport
Henry Norton
Minneapolis
W. L. Hall
Dallas
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Fort Sill
F. M. James
Chicago
Rev. Beattie
Hongkong
Sam Cain
Texarkana
Ilinois
Spring Valley
Father Gilbert
Speed Contest Between Mail Trains Begins in Southwest
A month long speed race starts between Iron Mountain and Frisco Missouri Kansas Texas mail trains to win government awards worth about 150000 annually. Trains depart 3 am and 2:30 am respectively from Vinita and connect into routes serving Dallas Fort Worth and beyond across Missouri Kansas Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas.
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St. Louis
Iron Mountain
Vinita
I. T
Little Rock
Mersiphis
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
Laredo
City of Mexico
Southwest
Tex
Frisco
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Winita
Arkansa
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Record Time for Gould Train Near Dallas
The Gould fast mail from St Louis arrived in Dallas at 9:35 PM, delaying from 8:27 due to a Sulphur Springs mishap. The run set new records between St Louis and Texarkana with speeds up to 76.5 mph during a blizzard, while other lines like Texas and Pacific and Frisco stayed on or near schedule to Fort Worth and Denison.
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Dallas
the Gould
St. Louis
Sulphur Springs
Cotton Belt
Texarkana
Texas and
Pacific
Longview
International
Great Northern
Palestine
Frisco
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Denison
MEETS AT MINEOLA
President C P Pyle calls a Farmers Union executive meeting at Mineola on February 8 to submit the Texarkana constitution to a referendum of local unions. Campbell Russell of Hereford notes recognition of current Texas State union officers may be discussed. The Texas State union plans a Dallas meeting on March 6. Calvin cites 11 cents as the minimum cotton price.
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Texarkana
Texas State Union
Dallas
Calvin
Union Depot for Dallas to Cost Five Million
Dallas February 5 B F Yoakum, prominent railroad magnate, said in the city Saturday that a large union passenger station with full terminal facilities could be built soon. He estimated the cost at 5 million dollars and said the complex would accommodate seventy five tracks.
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Dallas
B. F. Yoakum
Frigidity Prevails As Cold Wave Hits Midwest
Temperature plunged twenty-four hours to as low as ten degrees above zero in Kansas City and Topeka. A light Sunday snow drifted under a high north wind that stretched from Wichita into Oklahoma and northern Indian Territory, with Oklahoma gusts around forty-eight miles per hour.
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Wichita
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Kansas City
Topeka
Double-Track Panama Railroad Progress Ahead of Schedule
Progress on the isthmus railroad doubles the tracks with steam shovels cutting side embankments. Officials expect both tracks to be operational by July, marking rapid advancement on the Panama project.
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Panama
Isthmus
Man dies after blow near Sylvan country road
Paris Tex Feb 5 A fight ten miles southeast of Sylvan ended with Felix Patton colored fatally struck on the head by a brickbat and dying within minutes Dave Crittenden colored is under arrest in connection with the incident
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Paris
Tex
Sylvan
Felix Patton
Dave Crittenden
Fatal Pastime in Luling Shoots Fatality
In Luling Texas on February 5 John Duke and Louis Rodgers were handling a shotgun during a game when it discharged killing Rodgers. The incident is reported as an accidental fatality involving two men of color.
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Luling
Tex
John Duke
Louis Rodgers
Rodgers
Complete Failure in Hungary Settlement Talks
Vienna on February 5 reported that negotiations toward resolving the Hungarian situation ended in a complete failure.
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Vienna
Family Burned Up in Columbus Fire
Columbus, Feb 5. Ed Schneider his wife and daughter were cremated when their residence burned.
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Columbus, O
Ed Schneider
Heyburn and Hitt Illnesses Reported From Washington
Senator Heyburn of Idaho is slightly better after an appendicitis attack but undergoing cautious observation as doctors avoid immediate surgery. Representative Hitt of Illinois, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, remains confined to bed but shows encouraging signs.
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Washington
Et. S
Heyburn
Idaho
Mak
Representative Hitt
Illinois
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Outwits Mob Escort for Jackson Return to Missouri Trial
In St Louis on February 5 Sheriff Hogg and prisoner Bud Jackson traveled by train from Williamsville after a mob at Poplar Bluff threatened lynching him. Mrs Daniel Norman had identified Jackson as her assailant. Jackson will be held in St Louis jail until tension subsides and he is returned for trial.
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St. Louis
Bud” Jackson
Poplar Bluff
Daniel Norman
Hogg
Williamsville
Jackson
Resignation of St George's Rector D W S Rainsford
New York on February 6 announces the resignation of Rev. D W S Rainsford after twenty two years as rector of St George's Episcopal Church due to health reasons.
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New York
D.W. S. Rainsford
St. George's Episcopal Church
Navy to boost tonnage to 400000 by 1907 end
Tokio reports the navy will be expanded to 400000 tons by the close of the 1907 fiscal year, signaling a major naval buildup. The plan outlines a significant increase in fleet capacity within the stated timeline.
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Tokio
Seven Years For Taylor In McKinney Case
McKinney Texas February six jury convicts Lee Taylor a business college student of criminal assault sentencing him to seven years in the penitentiary. The alleged victim was twelve the daughter of his landlady. In San Antonio the first fast mail train on the Gould system from St Louis arrived twenty five minutes late.
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Clerk Linn
Supreme Court of
Cook County
Illinois
Philip Schell
Moorhead
Minn
Arthur Mullins
Herman Hopkins
Hugo
J. T
Mulins
Helen M. Post
Jacksonville
Fla
Walter Wells
Kaw City
Okla
San Antonio
St. Louis
Emperor William Gift Bracelet For Miss Roosevelt
Berlin February 6 Emperor William presents Miss Alice Roosevelt with a finely crafted bracelet as a wedding gift. Denison February 5 weather reports water courses frozen solid Monday with temperatures six above zero.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Alice Roosevelt
Denison
Advanced Eight Points. New York Cotton Opens Higher
New York markets opened with cotton gaining several points as the trading session began on Monday. Buyers showed firmness at the early price levels, while sellers stood firm on nearby delivery contracts.
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New York
President nominates Abernathy as Oklahoma marshal
Washington February 5 The president has sent to the senate the name of John R Abernathy for marshal of Oklahoma.
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Washington
Senate
John R. Abernathy
Oklahoma
Ab Strack Abstracts Office in Brazos County
Office in Taliaferro building opposite the Court House. Phone 37. Have in office the only set of Abstract Books of Brazos County and four Land Titles.
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Taliaferro Building
Court House
Brazos County
For Sale Four Main Street Lots
Four lots on Main Street offered for sale at 800 dollars. The listing notes a single price and location with no additional terms or contact details provided.
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Rio Grande
D. J. Price
G. D. Hunter
G. P
T. A. Asst
T.A
Eagle
Lega'l
Mr. D. Kauble
Nevada
Kodo
W. W. Laylee
Hilliard, Pa
Emmelt& Maloney
Moody Present
Mr. Patterson
Jack the Slasher
Wm. Bar
Russia
Mineola
Union Depot
B. Y. Yoakum
Brickbat
Heyburn and Hitt
Rainsford
Japan
Tulsa
Floyd White
Mulkey Elkins
Milan
Italy
Southern Ol Company
Cordell
Kemper County
Mississippi
Melissa Chapman
Hutchins
Dallas County
Science Hall
University of Georgia At Athens
Mrs. Schley
Louis Kosminsky
S. P. Tate
Cameron, Tex
Duran, N. M
Guthrie
Algeciras
Spain
Cuylesville
N. Y
Indiana
Kentucky
Opyma
FORD
S Saloon
Taylor
Gift of Kaiser
Abernathy
DeWitt
B.C. Dewitt & CO
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney
BHYAN
Res
W. H. Lawrence
Over Haswell’s Book Store
Monroe Edge
Myers’ Hirdware
W. H. Oliver
Smith Building
W C. Fountain
Burt Norwid
J.W. Batts
Youra
Bryan
Vaidus
Cardus
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
The
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Naomi Bake
Webster Groves
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