Two Colorado Tours Winner Named By The Eagle
The Eagle announces winners of a Colorado tour contest with final vote counts and praise for organizers. Sam Hunter placed third with 15 129 votes as part of the July 1903 tally. The paper thanks Eugene Edge and others for assisting in counting and coupon handling.
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Bryan
Texas
Sam Hunter
The
Eagle
Eugene Edge
Messrs
B. F. Leman
John A. Moore
George Adams
Sam McConnico
W.C. Fountain
Coulter's Today Sale Pages Offer Bargains
At Coulter's Today a 45 pound fringed counterpane sells for 1.65 while 2.50 pieces and 10c baby Elite shoe polish goes for 7c. A mosquito bar canopy is 1.69 and a blue white enamel water pail 0.48. Ossoo Edge Bros advertise hulls for sale and 15c baby talcum is 6c. Coulter's Friday sale runs 196.
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oSoo Edge Bros
Coulter
Fatal Train Collision Near San Luis Potosi
Five men died when two National railroad freight trains collided on a curve near San Luis Potosi Mexico. Engineer James Taff and his fireman Wilbur were killed along with two unknown tramps. Seven cars of wheat corn and lumber were destroyed. Traffic on the southern division was delayed. The cause remains unclear.
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Laredo
Tex
National Railroad
San Luis Potosi
Mex
James Taff
Wilbur
Southern Division
Another Arrest Made in Hamilton Assault Case
Corsicana Texas July 23 another negro jailed here in the Hamilton assault case and kept for developments Mrs Hamilton went to Tyler to view a negro arrested there who could not be brought due to habeas corpus action She failed to identify the Tyler suspect Large Increase Beaumont Texas July 23 city tax collector Tom King finished tax rolls for 1903 reporting a $2 5 million rise to 9 291 900 from 6 788 320 last year Morphine Poisoning Fort Worth Texas July 23 J T Russell about sixty died of morphine poisoning found unconscious near a saloon at Seventeenth and Front streets opposite the Texas and Pacific station Over Five Thousand Present Waxahachie Texas July 23 between 4900 and 5000 people attended the Chautauqua here Wednesday
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Nother
Corsicana
Tex
Hamilton
Tyler
Beaumont
Tom King
Fort Worth
J. T. Russell
Texas and Pacific
Waxahachie
Ve'nesday
Man Arrested After Alleged Assault in Cameron
In Cameron Texas on July 23 Jack Holt, a colored man, allegedly entered Miss Bessie Cargile’s room in Jones Prairie and grabbed her by the throat. Her screams woke the family. Holt fled but was captured Wednesday morning and jailed. The hurt party was not injured.
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Cameron
Tex
Jack Holt
Bessie Cargile
Jones Prairie
Wallace Cargile
Innocent plea amid Dorchester assault charge
Isaac Ford, a Black man held in Grayson county jail for the assault of an eight year old girl at Dorchester, asserts his innocence claiming duress and fear led to his confession. In Belton firemen’s races, store awnings collapsed injuring about a dozen people, with several suffering severe injuries.
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Isaac Ford
Fort Worth
Sherman
Dorchester
Grayson County
Negro lynching and typhoid clams outbreak report
News from Memphis and Bridgeport describe a lynching near Pinckney Landing Arkansas of John Gilbert accused in the killing of H J Hubert a white planter. Hubert died next day. Also in Bridgeport Mrs W H Kidd and two women sick with typhoid after eating uncooked clams.
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Bridgeport
Conn
W. H. Kidd
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Derrick Accident Leaves Garrett Badly Injured at Sour Lake
Sour Lake Texas July 23 Pat Garey fell forty feet from a derrick sustaining a scalp wound and severe ear injury with the upper body bruised. Garey had arrived from Corsicana for work.
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Sour Lake
Tex
Pat Garey
Garey
Corsicana
Lumber Rates Advance Named by Railroad
The Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad announced a further lumber rate increase to take effect August 15. The 2 cent rise applies to shipments to Kansas City and St. Louis basing points, aligning with recent increases to eastern and northern points.
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Houston
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Kansas City
St. Louis
Mississippi
Ohio
Cannon Arrives in New York to Discuss Extra Session Finance
Congressman Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois has arrived from Washington to confer with New Yorkers on financial legislation to be offered at the extra session of Congress. The visit signals possible leadership talks as the next House speaker.
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Monarch
Watch Club
Breakfast Bell
Coco
the Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnes
Colorado
A. P. Anderson
Lamar Bethea
Marlin
T. W. Parker
T. Parker
Brazos County
Limestone County
Eagle Office
Edge Bros
Coulter's
Emmet’s Prescription Pharmacy
Oxford
Hunter
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Ffice
Tyler Haswell
Franklin
Belton
Memphis
John Gilbert
Pinckney Landing
Ark
Gilbert
H. J. Hubert
Criminal Court
Hubert
Jim Harker
Wooten Wells, Texas
Wooten Wells Company
Ten Wells, Texas
E. J. Jenkins Telephone
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