Jefferson Davis Birthday Noted Across Texas and South
The Daily Eagle reports Jefferson Davis' birthday celebrated in many Texas towns and the South. Burglars stole 3000 dollars from Jasper post office, starting a fire that destroyed the town and caused one hundred thousand dollars in losses. The issue also covers labor strikes, oil activities near Lamb Springs and Hearne, and Victoria acquiring boll weevils to combat pests with a hoped future premium.
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Jefferson Davis
Texas
South
Pipe organ fund benefit by Baptist Sunday school students
The young people of Mrs. C. R. Estell and Miss Emily Tabor’s Sunday school classes present an entertainment at the Sanders residence on Wednesday night June 5 to raise funds for the Baptist church pipe organ. Refreshments will be served. Admission is one cent. Everyone invited.
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C. R. Estell
Emily Tabor
Baptist Sunday School
W. R. Sanders
The
Baptist Church
Velvet Ribbon Sale Noted at Norwoods
100 bolts of black velvet ribbon sold at 6 per bolt noted at Norwood's. Gus Hedtke arrived from Kurten yesterday.
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Norwood’s
Gus Hedtke
Kurten
Obituary: J C Brogdon of Robertson County Passes
Mr J C Brogdon aged over eighty died at his Benchley area home Sunday morning after a long life as a Alabama native and Brazos county farmer. He leaves a wife and ten children George J W Luck J VaR L R H Brogdon Mrs Deens Mrs Skains Mrs Haygood and Mrs Henry. Burial was at Alexandria chapel cemetery yesterday afternoon with many relatives and mourners attending.
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Robertson County
Benchley
J. C. Brogdon
Mr. Brogdon
Alabama
Brazos County
Higgs
Bryan
Alexandria Chapel
Hotel Arrivals
Exchange notes list hotel arrivals and guests including F Zweifel Galveston Basil Isaacs St Louis J H Berghauser Nevada Mo DS Sessions Ennis J M Sloan Navasota Max Schnitzer New York J O Green Dallas F H Ray Houston J C Weaver Dallas M Coleman Kentucky W H Dunbar J M Lewis EF H Peters New York Geo H Oberfeld St Louis H McMichael Buffalo L H Fuller St Louis J E Frisk Hempstead W Duggan San Marcos W B Sanders New York CENTRAL Henry Brown Calvert Jo L Brownlee Austin.
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F Zweifel
Galveston
Basil Isaacs
St. Louis
J H Berghauser
Nevada
DS Sessions
Ennis
J M Sloan
Navasota
Max Schnitzer
New York
J O Green
Dallas
F H Ray
Houston
J C Weaver
M Coleman
Kentucky
W H Dunbar
J M Lewis
EF H Peters
Geo. H Oberfeld
H McMichael
Buffalo
L H Fuller
St Louis
E Frisk
Hempstead
Duggan
San Marcos
B Sanders
Horses for Sale at Nabors Stable
Eight riding and driving horses offered by Nabors Nabors' stable. T. A. Johnson. Also a fine double team hack and traveling outfit available at P. H. Sammons's wagon yard near Parker's. Editor W. L. Turner visiting from Madisonville.
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Nabors
T. A. Johnson
P. H. Sammons
Parker
W. L. Turner
Madisonville
Reward offered for return of missing blood red bull
A $10 reward is offered for the return of a blood red two year old bull named Devon. The animal branded G. G. on the ribs with a white spot under the belly on the right flank has been missing for five months. No ear tag. Contact T. 8S. Minter in Bryan, Texas.
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Devon
G. G
Minter Bryan
Texas
Court Ruling on Porto Rico and Philippines Draws Cabinet Fight
The article notes the Supreme Court opinion favorable to Porto Rico but doubtful on the Philippines. Knox and Root press for a cabinet decision, hinting at an extra session. Congress members abroad, and talks of a rushed meeting space, fill the political tension.
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Porto Rico
Philippines
Congress
Supreme Court
Buen Oem
Knox
War Root
Senator Bacon
Georgia
Representative Cooper
Wisconsin
House
Representative Tawney
Minnesota
Beveridge
Europe
Henderson
Iowa
House of Representatives
Cannon
Ilinois
Maximite armor-pusting explosive tests claim breakthrough
The piece details Maximite a 12 inch armor piercing explosive developed by Hudson and tested at Hook proving grounds. It allegedly penetrates thick nickel steel armor then explodes inside ships, with claims it could render battleships obsolete in favor of fast torpedo craft.
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New York
Hudson New
Try Aftf Hook Proving Grounds
Ord
Maxim
United States
Butchers in New York Raise Meat Prices
New York butchers raise wholesale carcass prices to 84 dollars thirty four cents per hundred pounds with a nine cent rise and plan higher retail prices. The move mirrors a general price uptick in the meat trade.
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New York
Arbuckle Bros Raise Refined Sugar Prices
New York June 3 Arbuckle Bros advance all grades of refined sugar by 10 points, remaining 5 points below American Sugar Refining. Paris Tex June 3 district court term ended with 76 divorces granted and 19 suits dismissed, over a hundred divorce cases still on the docket.
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New York
Arbuckle Bros
American Sugar Refining Company
Paris
Tex
Yonkers arrestee linked to Sunday golf protest
Yonkers New York police arrested Benjamin Adams a member of the Yonkers Board of Education on a Sunday golf charge as part of a blue law enforcement push. Clergy signatures on a petition for strict enforcement sparked local anger with congregations threatening church withdrawal.
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New York
Yonkers
N. Y
Benjamin Adams
Board of Education
Exports to Spain Likely to Surpass 1900 Levels
Washington reports Spain-US trade relations fully restored with 1901 exports projected near 16 million dollars. Nine months to March total 11.88 million versus prior years, led by raw cotton shipments. In a separate note, a train crash near Powhattan, Wheeling, kills Amelia Chan and John Meting, injuring over twenty.
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Washington
Spain
United States
Wheeling
Pittsburg, Ohio Valley and Cincinnati Railway
Powhattan
Amelia Chan
John Meting
Not Improving. Mrs McKinley in frail condition in Washington
Mrs McKinley remains very weak with little change from Saturday. The illness near end of life in San Francisco persists in a milder form and continues to cause great concern to physicians and the president. Her vitality has been remarkable yet her strength is near exhaustion.
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Washington
Fire on Isthmus of Tehuantepec Kills Over 70
News reports from Oaxaca detail a devastating blaze on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec that burned through a coffee plantation and surrounding areas for days. more than seventy people perished as they could not escape the fast spreading flames.
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Isthmus
Tehuantepec
Oaxaca
Mex
Istmus
Tehuantpec
Devastating Fire Destroys Plantations in Rain Quenches Blaze
A vast fire swept through a plantation area causing the destruction of coffee trees bananas and orange trees and other crops. Many laborer families perished in huts unable to escape the flames as the fire raged before rain finally stopped it.
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Was Son
Earth cracking jars Butte as five big crevices open
Five large cracks appeared in Butte Montana sections with a 12 inch wide crevice on West Galena street. The openings are spread across west and east sides of town. No cave in but walls show separation. Gas and water workers face trouble as citizens grow alarmed. A second note says Charles Griffin was caught in the act of committing a crime to avoid arrest.
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Butte
Mont
Galena Street
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Jo L Brownlee
Austin
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Tien Tsin
Atlanta
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State Senate
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Henry W. Grady
Newman
New York Central Railroad
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Lake Shore
New York Central and Hudson Railroad
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Both Roads
Flemen
Arbuckles
Levy Bros
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Henry Spell
Poe
Charles Griffin
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