Two Robbers Steal From Chick’s Pool Room in Kansas City
Day’s receipts counted when two slim men with handkerchiefs over faces entered Harry B. Chick’s pool room in downtown Kansas City. They used revolvers to force the proprietor cashier and three workers to lie down and stole between 1500 and 2500 dollars. A third man guarded the entrance while one employee, Jimmy Driscoll, was struck. The cashier J. A. Frame also suffered a minor head wound. The robbers chose a moment after race betting closed for the day.
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Kansas City
Harry B. Chick
Jimmy Driscoll
J. A. Frame
Population growth shifts across regions reveals south leads
The census director reports decade long shifts in growth. The west shows a marked slowdown, the north a reduced pace, while the south posts a slight rise. Notably, for the first time the south outpaces the north in population increase.
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Washington
Pacific
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Potomac
Ohio
Missouri
Kansas
Territorial organization bill for Indian Territory
Representative Curtis of Kansas introduces a bill to organize the Indian Territory by appointing a governor and secretary, and allowing a congressional delegate to be elected. The governor would chair the Dawes commission ex officio, with a people voted legislature and other offices. The measure gains favorable view in the Indian affairs committee.
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Washington
Curtis
Kansas
Indian Territory
Congress
Dawes Commission
Committee On Indian Affairs
Man falls from balcony and dies in Bowie
W O Carpenter a railroad man aged about 50, perished in Bowie after a coughing fit caused him to lose balance from a balcony railing. He had lived in Bowie three months, boarded at the Denver house, and died on impact. A brother L R Carpenter lives in Lampasas.
Woman Fatally Burned Near Cleburne
Mrs. Pid Hart sustained fatal burns when her clothing caught fire near her country residence outside Cleburne Texas on January 14. Family members nearby too late to save her.
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Cleburne, Tex
Pid Hart
Execution of Phineas Foutz in Philippine Islands
The War Department reports the execution of Phineas Foutz late corporal of Company K Nineteenth Infantry at Cebu in the Philippine Islands. Foutz was convicted of the wilful murder of a native girl on November 16 1900.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Phineas Foutz
Nineteenth Infantry
Cebu
Philippine Islands
Foutz
Standard Gauge Work Advances on Texas Mexican Line
Making Standard Gage Laredo Tex Jan 14 Work to widen the Texas Mexican railway, a Mex National branch, is progressing satisfactorily. An authoritative source says trains will run on a standard gauge track on June 16.
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Laredo
Tex
Texas- Mexican Railway
Mexican National
Lease Approved for Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
The annual meeting in Philadelphia voted to approve the lease of the Little Rock and Hot Springs Western railroad by the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad company.
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Philadelphia
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company
Little Rock and Hot
Nelson's Bill for Department of Commerce Goes Over
Washington January 14. Senator Nelson of Minnesota pushed a bill to create a department of commerce. The measure drew questions over time and transfer of the geological survey. It was sent over for call. The House discussed the pension appropriation bill as the session opened.
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Washington
Nelson
Minnesota
Department of Commerce
Teller
Geological Survey
Hale
House of Representatives
Grosvenor
Ohio
Hepburn
Iowa
Grand Army of Republic
Congress
Roxey
Virginia
Richardson
Alabama
Rixey
Senate probes Panama Canal talks and Philippines war policy
In Washington on January 14 the senate committee on inter oceanic canals heard M Lampre of the Panama Canal company again as Senator Morgan pressed for details. Separately Mr Hoar introduced a resolution to form a seven member senate panel to examine the war in the Philippines and the administration of government there with powers to subpoena and question witnesses.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Inter-Oceanic Canals
M. Lampre
Panama Canal Company
Morgan
Hoar
Senate
Philippines
Selling Land in Bryan City 40 Acres and Numerous Homes for Sale
Real estate listing reports 40 acres including city limits land with cattle feed and improvements plus multiple houses and vacant lots in Bryan, with prices listed from cheap to $1200 and a large boarding house ready to rent. Also notes 14.00 acres of farm and ranch lands and calls for inquiries.
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Bryan
City
A.B. Ballard
Tee Baptist Church
College Road
City Park
Benten
Brain-Body Diet Fad Dismissed by Authorities
A tongue in cheek critique denounces nutrient-specific diets and urges a balanced regimen. The piece extols Green's August Flower as a remedy to aid digestion and liver function, claims blood purification, and promotes Dr G G Green's remedies at Wilson Jenkins Drug Co. and an almanac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Green
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Green
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W. J. Coulter
Janu
Cally
G. B. Abercrombie
Panama
Monroe Edge
Jeff ‘Franklin
City Market
Messrs. Smith & Adams
John W. Hicks
M H James
Vexas
W. A. Watkins
Texas
J. R. Astin
Astin & Bethea
Astin
Main Street
Nabors Brothers
J. F. Parks
Nabors Bros
John Wistman
Paul Jones
J. E. Ponder
Louisville, Ky
DearLogs
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos. W
Liza
Dray Line
F. A. Lee
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