Bryan prospers on trolley promise as capital backs line
Promoter Ed Kennedy visits Bryan and urges residents to raise 25000 dollars in stock to build an electric trolley and power house. He will supply remaining funds and expects completion within six to twelve months after rail and equipment orders, with local labor and materials spent in Bryan. The plan aims to connect Bryan with A and M College and boost population, land values, and local industries.
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Ed Kennedy
Houston
Bryan
College
Doremus & Butler
Kennedy
Bryar
A. and M. College
Fatalities of Fourth of July Weekend
Chicago records fifty one deaths and 3551 injuries from the Fourth of July celebration with many more hospitalized. The death toll may rise in days as dispatches show injuries likely to be fatal and toy pistols caused a large share of the deaths and injuries. Tetanus risk from wounds remains uncertain.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Former President Cleveland Reports Minor Illness
Former President Cleveland, staying in Princeton New Jersey, told an Associated Press reporter he is only slightly ill and improving. He recently returned from a fishing trip in the south and plans to travel west after recovering from indigestion. Doctor Carnochan says there is nothing serious and expects a brief recovery with visits to Vilas and Eckels planned.
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Inceton
N. J
Cleveland
Associated Press
Princeton
Carnochan
Mr. Cleveland
Vilas
James H. Eckels
Turkish Checkmated on Persian Frontier Invasion
Constantinople reports that Turkish forces attempting to seize more Persian frontier territory were repulsed by Governor Pushkar. An invading force of 300 Turkish regulars and 700 mounted troops suffered considerable losses. The Turkish commander Zekki Pasha was ordered to withdraw from advanced positions to avoid further rupture with Persia.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Pushkar
Council of Ministers
Zekki Pasha
Persia
Gasoline Tank Explosion Kills Worker in Saginaw Plant
A gasoline tank exploded at the Consendar Dye works in Saginaw Michigan on Friday wrecking the building and killing worker E A Foehl while injuring four others. All windows in the block bounded by Tuscola Jefferson Baum and Genesee streets were shattered.
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Saginaw
Mich
Consendar Dye Works
E. A. Foehl
Tuscola
Jefferson, Baum and
Genegee
Pearsall Executed for Criminal Assault in Lexington
James Pearsall, a Black man, hanged in the Lexington jailyard for criminal assault on Mrs. Wagner, a crime he committed seventeen months ago. The execution occurred Friday with no incident.
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James Pearsall
Lexington
Wagner
Taft Plans Westward Inspection Trip This October
Secretary Taft announced a tour westward in October to Fort Riley Fort Leavenworth and Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. He will inspect these sites focusing on plans by the general staff for creating large brigade posts at these locations.
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Washington
Taft
Fort Riley
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
William Lee Sentenced to Hang in Virginia Case
Baltimore July 6 William Lee a negro was convicted in the circuit court of this city Thursday of criminal assault on two white women in Somerset county Virginia and sentenced to be hanged He confessed Owing to fear of lynching he was brought here for trial but will be hanged in Somerset county.
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Baltimore
William Lee
Somerset County
Virnignia
Twombly Jr. Drowns While Swimming at Big Squam Lake
Ashland New Hampshire July 6 H M K Twombly Jr eighteen son of H M K Twombly a New York capitalist drowned while swimming in Big Squam lake His mother was a daughter of the late W H Vanderbilt The incident occurred on Thursday in the neighboring town of Wilderness
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Ashland
N. H
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First National Bank
Bryan, Texas
J. W. Howell
H. C. Boatwright
Guy M. Bryan, JR
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
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MO City
E. J. Jenkins
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ST. Louis
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