Drought Damage and Crime Report Weaving Through Texas
Rice crops across Hillbrandt and Taylor bayous suffer from salt water intrusion and drought with an expected harvest well under five percent. In Coleman county John Pearl faces execution for murder following a criminal appeals denial. In McKinney Rev John Long fatally stabs his wife on a street as bystanders watch. Sheriff’s pistol tied to a Mexican suspect is recovered from a hollow tree near Oak Forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Jane
John Pearl
Coleman County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Pearl
Germany
Gonzales
Tex
Morris
John Barnett
J. W. Homes
Henry Haserodt
Choate
Oak Forest
Donkey Dispute Sparks Fight Between Mexican Boys
In Fort Davis Texas on June 26 two Mexican boys aged 8 and 12 quarrelled over a donkey. The skirmish ended without reported serious injuries and authorities began inquiries into the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
Tex
Williams receives life term in Texas murder case
In Clarksville on June 28 Henry Williams, a Negro, was sentenced to life for killing Bunk Carr. Three accomplices were indicted. one turned state's evidence. Williams is the first tried in the case. Whitings report notes severe corporal punishment of the youth by his father due to age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
Maer
Clarksville
Tex
Henry Williams
Bunk Carr
Williams
Gomez Arrives in Tampa En Route to New York
General Maximo Gomez reached Tampa from Havana and then departed for New York on private business. He said Cubans aim to rebuild the island and seek peace, with no significant agenda in the United States at this time. News from London reports 10 millionaires chartered the deck on the Deutschland for a group including J Pierpont Morgan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Maximo Gomez
Havana
New York
Gomes
United States
London
Southampton
J. Pierpont Morgan
Clinton Dawkins
Clement A. Griscom
Bernard A. Baker
W. L. Elkins
P. A. B. Widener
Harry Payne Whitney
Pierre Lorillard
Timothy L. Woodruff
John T. Waterbury
London Daily Express
Morgan
P. A. B. Wider
C. A. Griscom
Negro excursion train runs to Ennis crowded seven coaches aboard
Paris Texas June 28 A seven coach and two box car negro excursion train left over the Texas Midland for Ennis many rode on top and others were left on the platform as the train departed Waxahachie Texas June 28 Hamp Prather a negro jailed for highway robbery at Ennis pleaded guilty and drew an 18 year penitentiary term by the jury after holding up his victim late at night while returning from business
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
Texas Midland
Ennis
Waxahachie
Hamp Prather
Prather
Rabid Dog Attack Report Reaches Corsicana
Corsicana Texas June 28 Will Finney of Malakoff arrived in the city reporting he was bitten by a rabid dog. The incident is noted as part of local health concerns and warnings issued to residents about stray animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsicana, Tex
Will Finney
Malakoff
Roach Reports Census Totals For County Schools
J R Roach county school superintendent announces census rolls showing 9080 scholastic population outside Paris and West Paris and a total population of 12019 for town and county. The report notes a mad dog bite incident at a picnic in Malakoff where a boy named Charlie was bitten and treated after a madstone adhered to his wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Malakoff
Paris
Tex
J. R. Roach
West Paris
Farmer killed by horse near Blanconia
Beeville Tex June 28 Robert Dorsey stock farmer living near Blanco nia killed when his horse stumbled threw him to the ground breaking his neck while he was running cattle. City of Mexico June 28 General rains have set in nearly all over the country insuring crop safety Wheat average and corn likely about last year Merit Tex June 28 two year old son of Oscar Wylie drank carbolic acid and died Smallpox claims Ennis Tex June 28 a child of Wesley Mizell eight miles west of here died of smallpox May Hie Mortally Wounded Bridgeport Tex June 28 George Bishop 18 shot and perhaps mortally wounded near here
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Beeville
Tex
Robert Dorsey
Blanconia
City of
Mexico
Merit, Tex
Oscar Wylie
Ennis, Tex
Wesley Mizell
Elm Branch
Here
Bridgeport
George Bishop
Morgan Gives Harvard Over One Million Dollars
Harvard University receives more than $1,000,000 from J. Pierpont Morgan. The report notes the sizable donation and its impact on the university's endowment and programs.
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Ad in Bryan Texas
An advertisement urges sufferers of dyspepsia and heartburn to try Rex Dyspepsia Tablets with a money back guarantee if not cured. Price 50 cents per package. The ad cites M. H. James, leading druggist in Bryan, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
James
Five Lots and New Cottage on Col lege Road Sale
Property listing notes five lots and a new cottage on Col lege Road with a stable and garden. Price listed as 1200 dollars with reasonable terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Road
Two Hundred Receipts for Prepar Rice by S F B Morse
A Buffalo Exposition distribution promotes a new rice cooking guide titled Two Hundred Receipts for Preparing Rice by S F B Morse passenger traffic manager Southern Pacific. Fifty thousand copies circulate, with stamps for requests to Morse in Houston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. F. B. Morse
Buffalo Exposition
Southern Pacific
Houston
Texas
August Flower touted as all purpose health cure
Advertisement boasts August Flower as the largest medicine sale globally and promises it cures indigestion biliousness and supports liver and nervous system function. It claims many common ailments including headaches can be relieved with a few doses and urges getting Green's Prize Almanac from Wilson Jackins Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Wilson-Jackins Drug Co
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John Wittmann
A. D. TicConnico
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Fidelity & Casualty
Maryland Casualty Accident Insurance Co
Franklin Brothers
Bryan, Texas
New Marke Building
Courthouse
Bryan Grocery Company
J. W. Brocdon
Prop’r
Harper
J. L. Hearne
Drouth
Beaumont
Teme
Hilbran
Taostad
Burr S
Big Hopes's Bayou
Hillbrandt
Taylor
Mr. Hopes
Hal Aldridge
Sour Lake Station
Aldridge
Chambers County
Turtle Bayou
Port Arthur
Price Island Bayou
McKinney
John Long
Long
Corsicana
W. H. Greer
Eureka
Parker
Weatherford
Commissioners’ Court
Gomez Arrives
Empire State Metropolia
Lamar
Kalina
Harvard University
Henry Cook
la Salle
John Zimmerman
Edward Downs
Philippines
Crockett
McLennan County
New Court House
West Virginia
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Allen Academy
Huyler
McDougald’s
Sutt
W. B. Hudson
J. G. Minkert
Hudson & Minkert
Attorneys-At-Law
Ofice Ryan
BR. A. Berry
Attorney-at-Law
An of
Brazos
J. A. Myers
Hall's
D. S. Hearne
Optician
Hepiol
Heptol
Beef
Weil, Lamb
J. S. W. Buchanan
the Potts Saking Powder Co
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