El Paso Fire Causes Major Losses Across Several Firms
Fire in El Paso destroyed the wholesale establishments of Gus Mob Jenson & Co. and Thorne & Co., damaged a Texas and Pacific rail station, and caused about 100000 dollars in losses. Reports from Rhome Nacogdoches and Abbeyville note additional fires, thefts, and violent incidents across Texas and nearby states.
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el Paso
Gus Mob- Jenson & Co
Thorne & Co
Texas and Pacific Railway
Endowment Drive Aims for Buckner Orphan Home
Dallas reader Mrs. Royal A Ferris launches a campaign to raise 100000 dollars for Buckner orphan home by gathering one thousand donors each giving one hundred dollars. In Fort Worth a boy named Alfie Edwards dies after a shock while touching a live motor line.
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Buckner Orphan Home Endowment
Dallas
Royal A. Ferris
Buckner Orphan Home
Fort Worth
Alfie Edwards
Brown's Bond Fixed in Dallas Murder Case
Dallas January 28 Bond for W O Brown charged with death of Albert Sidney Johnson set at 25 000 and posted. The case centers on a fatal shooting with Brown in custody awaiting further proceedings. (Names: W O Brown Albert Sidney Johnson. Place: Dallas. Date: January 28. Amount: 25 000)
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New York
Moses Silverman
Charles Wilmot Townsend
Brighton
Staten Island
Levee Breaches Flood Luxora Residents Seek Higher Ground
Luxora Arkansas residents retreat to second story rooms as a town levee breaks and floodwaters surge through the streets. In other items, noted heart specialist Professor Schatt visits ex Governor Higgins and a saloon shooting near Fort Washington leaves Private Cosbey dead with Wirberger fled the scene.
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Higgins
Olean
N. Y
Schatt
Fort Washington, Md
W. S. Wirberger
Cosbey
Tenth Coast Artillery
Wirberger
One Hundred and Fourth Coast Artillery
Probable Leprosy Cure Reported by Dr Duque
Havana on January 28 Dr Marais Duque announces a probable cure for leprosy with two patients showing improvement. In Amarillo Texas a new letter carrier is to be hired. Dallas notices the death of Anderson Moore a longtime resident since 1871 aged eighty five who died Sunday night.
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Havana
Marais Duque
Dallas
Henderson
Davidson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Campbell
Fred H. Manning
Arden Riddle
Manning
Riddle
Voliva Chooses New Zion City Site On Pacific Coast
Zion City leaders announce plan to desert the Chicago colony with Withur Gonn Veliva taking leadership on a move likely to Pacific coast sites. Dr John Alexander Dowle and creditors face a power struggle as Voliva plans a tour to inspect potential locations and gulf coast Texas areas.
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Zion City
Bea
Chicago
Withur Gonn Veliva
Zion
Pacific Coast
John Alexander Dowle
Zion Temple
Voliva
Gulf Coast
Texas
Work of flames destroys eight story Columbia Building
Buffalo January 28. The eight story Columbia building on Seneca Street was gutted by fire Monday. Loss estimated between 400000 and 500000 dollars. Top floor housed printer C B Russell but exact cause not learned. The Pan American exposition era hotel housed about twenty tenants during the blaze.
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Columbia
Buffalo
Seneca Street
C. B. Russell
Phelps Publishing plant in Springfield destroyed by fire
The Phelps Publishing company plant in Springfield Massachusetts burned with losses nearing one million dollars. The firm published Good Housekeeping Monthly Agriculturalist Orange Judd Farmer New England Homestead and Farm and Home. Journals will be published in other cities as arrangements are made.
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Springfield
Mass
Phelps Publishing Company
Good Housekeeping
Orange Judd Farmer
New England
Vanderbilt Adds Six Acres To Biltmore Estate
George W. Vanderbilt bought six acres and a log cabin from Charles C. Collins for 2000 dollars. The tract lies largely within the growing Biltmore boundaries, a prior sale dispute noted Collins has since moved to Pittsburgh.
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Biltmore
Asheville
N. C
George W. Vanderbilt
Charles C. Collins
Vanderbilt
Collins
Pittsburg
Texas banks loaning money in the east
A roundup notes several Texas banks expanding lending overseas. The Fruit and Truck Growers Association of Texas will hold its fourth annual session at Jacksonville February 13 and 14. Arbor Day observances are urged in all Texas schools on February 22 in memory of former Governor Hogg.
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Texas
Fruit and Truck Growers’ Association of Texas
Jacksonville
Hogg
T. C. Stribling
St. Anthony’s
Beaumont
Gallagher
J. R. Shook
San Antonio
G. Schmelzer
C Wernette
Houston
Dr. Barnhill
Laredo
Senate probes author of wine women and song dispatch
A January 28 resolution in the senate orders an investigation into the author of a Hearst publication dispatch titled wine women and song. An investigative committee of Senators Terrell Barrett and Mayfield may summon witnesses and administer oaths. Strong rhetoric follows as calls for punishment and a prison sentence are voiced for the culpable reporter.
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Dispatch
Avetia
Jnc
Senate
Austin
Hearst
New York American
Chicago Examiner
Terrell
Barrett
Mayfield
Christ
Chamber
Democratic Party
Looney
Senator Looney
Interurban bill debated and sent to committee
Austin reports the Interurban bill affecting the Houston and Galveston line was recom mitted to the internal improvements committee with a hearing set for Tuesday at 9. Baker Finney and Williams support the act amid opposition to Senator Senter's amendment. Also noted is the anti nepotism bill and a public hearing on the pure food bill.
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Austin
Senate
Committee On
Houston
Galveston
James A. Baker
M. M. Finney
Repreneates
Stone & Webster
Lias
Tony Wiliams
Waxahachie
Attorney General’s Department
Gruets
Legislative Investigating Committee
Attorney General's Department
Crane
Gruet
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Bryan
Attorney General Rules on State Bank Depository Bids
Austin Jan 28 The attorney general ruled that under the state bank depository law no bank in Texas with capital stock under 50 000 may bid for state funds. The question arose when Eagle Lake State Bank with 40 000 capital stock sought to bid.
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Austin
Jan
Sparks
Texas
Eagle Lake State Bank
North Texas Normal Burns in Commerce Fire
North Texas normal institute in Commerce Texas a three story brick building burned at 6 am Monday. Loss estimated at 25000 with 3000 insured. Dormitories saved and the institution will continue in the girls dormitory. Pupil enrollment exceeds 400. Professor Mayo serves as principal.
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State Educational Institute
Commerce
Tex
North Texas Normal Institute
Mayo
Branch to Be Organized by Houston Women
Eighty Houston ladies will organize a branch of the Young Women's Christian Association. Pure Food Laboratory to be established in Galveston as announced by authorities.
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Houston
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
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Wilson Grain & Coal
City National Bank
Smith Building
Southwestern Life Insurance Co
Joe B. Rard
Rhome
Wise
Nacogdoches
Cushing
Nacogdoches County
J. M. Russell & Son
General Merchandise
M. B. Carswell
Abbeyville
W. B. Carswell
Georgia Normal College
F. L. Carswell
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Stillwater
Jefferson
Woodlawn
Stonewall Jackson
North Carolina
Anse
D A. Head
J. H. Wilkes
Boston
Wells Fargo Express Company
Letter City
Willie Vaughan
Denison
Barly Brooks
A. Jacobson
Luxora
Ark
Amarillo, Tex
Mercy
Gruets Reticent
House
Committee On Common Carriers
Congress
Hudspeth
Johnson
Adkins
Silliman
State Bank Depository
North Texas
Pure Food Laboratory
John Witman
John Wittman
Tyler Haswell
King
S. H. Franklin
W. T. Ford
Parsons
Zinati Block
L. Rizzotto
W.c. Fountain
W Batts
Burt Norwood
Taliaferr Building
Court House
Brazos County
Carson, Sewall & Company
ANCE
Ww. B. Wate
Bryan, Texas
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