Strike and heat reports and literary gossip in one issue
Seventy four thousand steel workers are on a strike in Pennsylvania. The Missouri governor urges rain. railroad workers push for a double header bill. A New York girl recalls a ringside incident. Oil wells in Grimes county face quicksand delays with two more tests planned. A Montgomery lynching is noted as a racial crime. Olive Schreiner faces possible British punitive action over South Africa writings.
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Pennsylvania
Sieuston Oil Company
Grimes
Mnty
Olive Schreiner
South Africa
Dreyfus
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Cure Guarantee
Advertises Rex Dyspepsia Tablets for sour stomach indigestion and heartburn. Claims druggists will refund money if not cured. Price 50 cents. M. H. Semes, leading druggist, Bryan Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Semes
Bryan
Texas
M. H. James
A Special Edition To Bring Trade To Bryan This Fall
The Eagle announces a forthcoming special edition this year to showcase Bryan and boost trade. With crops improving in cotton and corn, the edition aims to promote local business, the fair, and draw advertising from merchants. A canvass for ads will begin immediately to fund and shape a attractively printed issue for the trading public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Eagle
Bryan
For Sale Pair Of Large Draft Horses
For Sale. A pair of large draft horses. Any person desiring to buy call or address J. W. Thomason at postoffice, Bryan, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Thomason
Postoffice
Bryan
Texas
Quiet at Pittsburg steel plants as strike stalls progress
No new developments on the Pittsburg steel strike by July 16. Plants including Paints mill Lindsay Motteheon Clarks Solar Iron works Mcuiongehala and Star Tin Plate are quiet with Paints mill in partial operation and a few Hungarians seen in yards. About 19 000 skilled workers are idle and unskilled labor totals near 74 000, with officials predicting a near-term settlement.
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Pittsburg
Paints
Lindsay
Motteheon
Clarks
Solar Iron Works
Mcuiongehala
Star Tin Plate
Alabama
Harper
Albrecht
Combine
Amalgamated
Shaffer
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Vigilance committee eyed to curb thug rule in New Tammany
Denver ministers discuss forming a city wide vigilance organization to overthrow thug influence. They will align with police though a force could be deemed unnecessary. Aimed at restoring law and order, the plan envisions broad social uplifting beyond combating crime. In Seattle, Dawson gold shipments reach 5 million this year. a Lake Creek placer strike is reported. Eskimo fruit prices in Dawson drop, traders lose money as fruit varieties arrive.
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Denver
Tammany’s
New York
Seattle
Wash
Dawson
Hootalinqua River
Lake Creek
Teslin
Convention Opens Near in San Francisco Incoming Delegates Arrive
Special Ep worth League trains run every half hour all day though behind schedule. Nearly all delegates expected before Thursday opening. Los Angeles chorus 750 singers arrived to join the concert. Arrangements for visitors' accommodations are going smoothly, signaling an enthusiastic convention.
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San Francisco
Epworth League
Los Angeles
Great
Twelfth Annual Trans-Mississippi Congress Opens in Cripple Creek
The twelfth annual Trans- Mississippi congress opens at Odd Fellows hall Cripple Creek Colo with nearly 1000 delegates. Representatives come from every western state and territory. Walter Gresham of Galveston calls meeting to order at 10 00. Colorado Governor Orman and Cripple Creek Mayor Crane welcome delegates. responses by Governor Stanley of Kansas and others.
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Cripple Creek
Col
Trans- Mississippi Congress
Odd Fellows Hall
West
Congress
Walter Gresham
Galveston
J. B. Orman
Colorado
F. J. Crane
Nelson Franklin Victor
W. E. Stanley
Kansas
Train Attack at Tierra Blanca Kills Seven
In Cordova Mexico on July 16 a Vera Cruz and Pacific train was attacked by a large armed group at Tierra Blanca. Seven trainmen were reported killed and pursuing rurales from Cordova followed the mob. The motive remains unknown though the assailants are said to be former road workers.
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Cordova
Mex
Vera Cruz and Pacific
Tierra Blanca
Notable New Orleans Figures Die in Heat and Asphyxiation
Charles F. Alba a well known New Orleans businessman and former United States appraiser dies from heat while William A. King brother of author Grace King dies by asphyxiation at his home. The events occur in New Orleans on July 16.
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New Orleans
Charles F. Alba
United States
William A. King
Grace King
Wholesale Killing at Spencer Camp Near Liberty New Mexico
Report from Hereford Texas on a clash between Mexican and Black workers on the Rock Island extension near Liberty New Mexico. Fifteen Black workers killed, several wounded as armed groups clashed after earlier killings and police interference. Local authorities weakly enforce the law in a sparse border region.
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Hereford
Tex
New Rock Island
New Mexico
Here
Spencer's
Liberty
N. M
Cortland Mob Hangs Suspect After Confession
In Cortland a mob hangs Alex Herman a Black man accused of killing Sallie Swoope. Police escort to the train to Tuscumbia is halted by the mob which drags the prisoner off shoots him and leaves his body riddled with bullets. Herman reportedly confessed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Cortland
Alex Herman
Sallie Swoope
Herman
Tuscumbia
Steel executive talks mute on strike after Morgan meetings
In New York on July 16 President O M Schwab of United States Steel and J P Morgan held conferences but gave no public hint of stance on the strike. In Wilkesbarre June 16 stationary firemen strike halts nearly all Wyoming valley mines, with about 43000 workers idle.
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New York
O. M. Schwab
United States Steel Company
Schwab
J. P. Morgan
Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
West Virginia Interests Sink Five Oil Wells at St Jo
O H Watt for West Virginia capitalists closes a contract to drill five oil wells in the St Jo oil district and to develop the asphalt deposits in the same area.
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St. Jo, Tex
O. H. Watt
West Virginia
Weather and Fire News From Kansas and California
Rain fell over an area of 89 miles around Kansas City with thunderstorms and cool air in the region. In Omaha and western Iowa a inch or more of rain began at 2 o clock. The Wichita packing plant of Jacob Dodd and Sons burned completely causing about 100000 dollars in losses. San Francisco accepted Carnegie’s 750000 dollar offer for a public library.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Wichita
Kas
Jacob Dodd & Sons
San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Andrew Carnegie
Cartridges Explode in Saddle Bags at Waco Courthouse
Deputy Earnest Reed stored 45 caliber cartridges in saddle bags when heat from the sun allegedly caused an explosion tearing a hole in the leather. The horse remained uninjured and calm. the incident drew alarm and street talk in Waco Texas.
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Waco
Tex
Earnest Reed
The Sweetest Music of My True Love
A reflective poem praising a lover over grand choirs and cathedral organs. The speaker notes the lover grows older with grace, silver hair and crowf eet, yet remains beautiful. They exist apart from wealth and fame, finding fulfillment in love and mutual devotion.
Why the Banner warns about trade deficits
The Brenham Banner argues that exporting more goods than importing drains national resources. It questions how long the world can sustain buying half a billion more than it sells and compares the situation to Spain in the 16th century, where riches did not prevent resource loss.
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Brenham Banner
Spain
I Have Moved to the Kandy Kitchen Building
A reader notes the relocation to a larger house at the Kandy Kitchen building and invites continued patronage. Prof Hearne the optician offers free eye tests and is now permanently at Lem B. Hall's store, ensuring accountability for his work.
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Kandy
Hearne
Lem B. Hall
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Ad
The advertisement promotes Rex Dyspepsia Tablets for dyspepsia and indigestion with a money back guarantee if not cured. It lists the price at 50 cents per package and cites M H James as the leading druggist in Bryan Texas as the distributor.
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M. H. James
Bryan Texas
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