Baraca Class Grows as Judge Scott Speaks at Carnegie Hall
Judge J C Scott of Franklin addressed the Baptist Sunday School Baraca Class at Carnegie Hall on mid week, stressing youth duties and the path of virtue. The class has 27 members and faces a membership contest with the Philathea girls. Also listed are a teachers institute program and a Texas school institute schedule, plus local notices of a Fish for Tarpon trip and the death of G A Brush.
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Baraca
Baptist Sunday School
Carnegie Hall
J. C. Scott
Franklin
Miss Peal
H. O. Boatwright
Judge Scott
Christ
W H. Bell
Philathea Young Ladies
United States
Proctor W
Aransas Pa
Lloyd
G. A. Brush
Austin City
Waxahachie
Tex
Cotton Movement for Six Months by Secretary Hester
Secretary Hester reports the six month cotton movement from Sept 1 to Feb end shows Texas and Indian Territory with 1,299,000 bales more, other gulf states 918,000 more, Atlantic states 9,000 less, totaling a net increase of 2,303,000 bales compared with last year.
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New Orleans
Hester
Texas
Indian Territory
Gulf States
Arkansa
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
Atlantic States
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Virginia
Jumps to Eternity: Gertrude Hanisch Ends Life in Traction Building
In Cincinnati Gertrude Hanisch a twenty year old stenographer leapt from the thirteenth floor of the Traction building at Fifth and Walnut before hundreds. In Washington the treasury secretary said thirty million dollars placed in national banks last September will not be called for at present and noted close watch on the New York situation.
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Cincinnati
Traction Building
Fifth and
Walnut Streets
Gertrude Hanisch
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Cortelyou
Southern Ice Exchange plan defeated in Atlanta meeting
At the Southern Ice Exchange annual convention in Atlanta on March 14, a proposed combination to aid southern trade failed. The decision signals a push to raise prices or set uniform rates. In Chicago on March 14, Standard Oil trial proceedings focused on the proper manner of publishing railroad tariff sheets.
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Atlanta
Southern Ice Exchange
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Falls Dead From Bench
Patrick Spellman fell dead from a bench in Fort Worth. Eight hundred houses in Chillicothe were inundated by floodwater. In Westville Indian Territory Charles Morris unearthed a bar of lead and police found 249 more in the area.
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Fort Worth
Patrick Spellman
Chillicothe, O
Charles Morris
Westville, I. T
Port Arthur double murder suicide shocks divorce case
Ed McNear shot his wife three times in the head and once in the side fatally wounding her. He then shot his mother in law at least three times and killed himself with six bullets. The incident occurred during a planned divorce hearing with the couple separated three months.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Ed &. MccNear
McNear
MecNear
Syracuse
N. Y
Oklahoma ready for statehood as proclamation delays
The constitution convention report says existing Oklahoma laws remain in force until the president issues a formal proclamation. The new state will keep current city charters, and civil and criminal cases now pending will transfer to the Oklahoma supreme and district courts.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Supreme and District Courts
Four steamers bought for Hamburg America line service
The Hamburg-American line in partnership with the Hamburg South American company has acquired the four steamers Guthrune Gunther Siegmund and Fieglinde from the Robert Sloman line. The Sloman line operates between New York and Brazilian ports. A passenger service between Hamburg and Galveston will be started soon.
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Bremen
Galveston
New York
Hamburg-American Line
Hambureg- South-American Company
Robert Sloman Line
Guthrune
Gunther
Siegmund
Fieglinde
Sloman
Brazilian
Hamburg-American
Hamburg
Tragic Door Crush Kills James Taylor at Bliss
James Taylor twenty two of Diller Nebraska died at Bliss when a car door slammed shut as an immigrant car was being rearranged. He was speaking with the conductor about car placement when the engine bumped the cars together, crushing his skull instantly.
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Guthrie
James Taylor
Diller
Neb
Bliss
Taylor
Woodmen of the World choose Chickasha as next meeting site
John Fox of Norman elected head consul at the biennial Woodmen of the World meeting in Muskogee as Chickasha is selected for the next gathering. In San Antonio, Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas J. Green testifies in the Penrose trial describing gunshots near the garrison and not hearing any yelling.
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John Fox
Chickasha
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Norman
San Antonio
Thomas J. Green
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Penrose
Clapp Accepts Greek Post in Athens
Professor Edward B. Clapp head of the Greek department at the state university has been appointed professor of Greek at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. He will soon depart for Greece.
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San Francisco
Edward B. Clapp
The
State University
American School of Classical Studies
Athens
Greece
Stock Exchange Panic Triggers Sharp Reading Drop
New York on March 14 sees panicky conditions on the Stock Exchange with a decline of 171?2 points in Reading amid trading nerves.
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New York
The
Stock Exchange
Reading
Two Spoonfuls Caused Death in Pettinham
Ardmore March 14 Miss Della Payne daughter of J D Payne a merchant at Brock ate two spoonfuls of potted ham and died within minutes from ptomaine poisoning.
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Ardmore
Della Payne
J. D. Payne
Brock
Coffee Exchange to Close on Good Friday
The Coffee Exchange will close for Good Friday and the following day. A break in at W. A. Williams store in Kingston Idaho blew open the safe and stole 700 dollars.
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Coffee Exchange
New York
W. A. Williams
Kingston, I. T
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White Crest Flour Club House Canned Goods
Tre Coven
J. M. Caldwell
Bryan, Texas
Hilger
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C. L. Hilger
Bumblebee
Royal Owl
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