Berry Family Tragedy in Nebraska Fence Cutting Ignite Shootout
A Superior special recounts a June battle near St. Frances between the Berry family and cowboys over fence lines and a watering road. In a violent encounter five people died as the Berrys father and three sons fought from their home while attackers burned and pressed the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Superior
St. Frances
Berry
Cattre
Dewar
John
Local visitors and arrivals fill Tyler society notices
Tyler society notes list visitors from Houston Dublin and Dallas. People include Miss Louelle Brown, Miss Elva Yeargan, Miss Cliftine Blake, Miss Tilson, and many families visiting relatives in Bryan Wellborn Madison and Grimes counties during commencement. A wedding is announced for Gussie Fiiley and Robt May with a large guest list and local dignitaries attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louelle Brown
Anderson
Elva Yeargan
Dallas
Bertha Roberts
A. B. Coston
Beaumont
Cliftine Blake
Houston
Alberta Adams
Miss Tilson
Texarkana
Tilson
W. Wipit
Lee Edge
Monroe Edge
P. M. Yarborough
John M. Felder
Navasota
DeWitt Carrington
Marquez
Maybelle Hartman
Paul Bradley
Carlos Bee
San Antonio
David F. Houston
Judge Bee
Cora Root
F. Marion Law
Walter I. Mann
Galveston
Law
Mary E. Spaan
Sam Houston Normal Institute
Huntsville
Annie Dearing
Ennis
Ribbons and trunks headline Coulter's department store
A stream of notices lists new ribbons and trunks at Coulter's with ranges in sizes and colors. Guests and visitors include Mrs. H L Fountain, Miss Rowena Jackson, Miss Bessie Marriott, Misses Rachel Franks and Ruth Barry, and Hallie Bremond and Tips from Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulter’s
Rowena Jackson
Mumford
Bessie Marriott
Rachel Franks
Ruth Barry
Marlin
E.S. Wickes
Coulter's
Dr. Wills
Temple
A. M. Waldrop
C. D. R. Kirk
Shuqualak
Miss
J. W. Tabor
Davis
Walker County
Chicago
Senator Lipscomb
Hempstead
Horrible massacre of Somerdash villagers by Bashi Bazouks
Reports from Monastir describe a May 21 attack by Bashi Bazouks on Somerdash south of Lake Presba. Turkish forces bombarded and set fire to the village, killing over 200, including women and children, with many bodies burned or mutilated and hundreds fleeing or captured.
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Monastir
Somerdash
Lake Presba
Shakaiaroff
Plate
Doom of Dennis Lynched in Daylight Mob
In Greenville Mississippi on June 5 John Dennis a Black man was seized by about 200 men outside the jail and hanged from a telephone pole after an attempted sexual assault on a local young woman. Police made no intervention as crowds watched. Dennis reportedly asked for time to pray as he was executed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Miss
John Dennis
Dennis
Made Baxter Street Famous
Harris Cohen known as the original Cohen and first to run a second hand store on Baxter Street died. He is credited with originating the puller in scheme that gave the thoroughfare its notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harris Cohen
Cohen
Baxter Street
Haus Mare
Progresso Yellow Fever Report and Local Incidents
News in brief reports yellow fever in Progresso Mexico and local incidents across Texas and nearby areas. Items include strict gambling enforcement in Oklahoma City, a 10 inch centipede captured near McKinney, Lampasas County prohibition majority, a $50 000 donation to Baylor University, injuries from trains and electric cars, a temporary injunction against Fort Worth archers union officers, chicken thefts in Fort Worth, a fine for a black man, and the death of Fort Worth deputy clerk John C Brannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progresso
Mex
Oklahoma City
McKinney
Tex
Lampasas County
Texas
Baylor University
Waco
Will Hand
Ranger
Charles Downing
Dallas
Theodore Harris
San Antonio
Fort Worth
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Cowboys
Cieeces
Just
NBC
Saratoga
Graham Waters
Dansby
Cseres
Tyler Haswell
Will R. Thomas
Dublin
Ance
Louise Brooks
W. c. Fountain
Jahyann Crummery
Howell Bros
Ivy Carnes Jett
A. C. Carnes
R.V. Boyle
Centerville
Leon County
W. Koppe
Kate Lipscomb
Bryan
Cabiness
W. BR. Farqubhar
San Angelo
John B. Neeley
Wellborn
Leila Russell
Margaret Fuller
Calvert
W. G. Taliaferro
Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
C. H. Holmes
Perseed
J. T. Harrington
Genoa
Jessie Harrington
H. H. Harrington
B. M. Worsham
Austin
K. K. Legett
Abiline
Joseph W. Bailey
Gussie Fiiley
City
Robt. F. May
First Baptist Church
W. C. Finley
Jennie Howell
W. E. Bonner
Mexia
Miss Herring
Lizzie Harris
Maggie Beile Ross
Mattie Clyde Bonner
Linnie May
Annie Kirven
J. R. Astin
B. C. Pittuck
Douglas Finley
Robi. W. Howell
H.O. Boatwright
J Webb Howell
Promis
L. J. Cox & Son
Waldrop
Men’s Outfitters
H.L. Fountain
Hillsboro
Bishop Kinsolving
D. F. Houston
Jessie Martin
Coleman
Madisonville
Thomason
Eagle
A. J. Buchanan
Pilot
Henderson Hightower
Lewis Reed
George Cooper
John Jones
Cedar Creek
Cooper
Heinz
Cross & Blackwell
John M
Lawrence
Taylor’s
Luther Taylor
Levy Bros
Colorado
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
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