Arkansas City Levees Stand Firm Amid River Rise Fight
From Arkansas City Arkansas citizens report strong levee defense along the Red Fork line after a Medford inspection. The Vidette carries 10 000 sacks for the levee board while planters hold 100 plus bales of cotton awaiting picking as planting and harvesting overlap. The gauge shows a 0 04 rise to about 51 plus feet with potential to reach 52. Guards patrol the levee line amid good overall conditions of the Mississippi and Arkansas river levees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Picayune
Arkansas City
Ark
Medford
Red Fork
Arkansas River
Pendleton
Arkansas
Missing Bar of Gold Valued at Up to 23000 Dollars
A gold bar valued between 20000 and 23000 dollars disappeared from the express car of Wabash train No 4 arriving in Detroit. The bar was consigned to Buffalo and the Pacific Express company along with Chief McDaniel’s detectives are aiding the search. A plausible misplacement theory keeps officials hopeful for a Buffalo sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Wabash
Buffalo
Charg
Pacific Express Company
Express
McDaniel
Wer
Richardson Speaker at First Good Roads Session
The Good Roads convention opened at the Commercial club with O P Bowser as temporary chairman and John G Hunter as temporary secretary. Despite bad weather a solid group of delegates attended while R W Richardson of St Louis, secretary of the National Good Roads association, urged immediate action for high quality highways.
River level holds at New Orleans as 21 feet forecast
Stationary river readings at New Orleans March 19 show the river not receding while a sixteen mile wind from the wrong direction increased bank height by three tenths at one point. With Memphis rise anticipated, the Weather Bureau sticks to a 21 foot forecast. the previous high was 19.5 feet in 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Memphis
Weather Bureau
Washington
Ohio
Cairo
Vicksburg
Flood News From Helena and Surrounding Areas
Helena reports the flood remains severe with the river at 48.7 feet after a 0.6 foot rise in 24 hours. Levee repairs continue as a break eight feet wide was stopped with sandbags and lumber pilings. A baby drowns in Walnut Ridge during a river crossing as Sheriff McCall and wife are saved by prisoners. Additional notes cover rising river levels from Cairo to New Orleans and Greenville residents asking how high waters will rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Ark
North Helena
Baby
Little Rock
Arkansas Gazette
Walnut Ridge
James E. McCall
Black River
Greenville
Miss
Huntington
Fish Appointed Assistant Treasurer Amid Plimley Withdrawal
President Roosevelt withdrew the nomination of William Plimley for assistant treasurer of the United States in New York. He sent the nomination of Hamilton Fish to the Senate, which promptly confirmed it. Senate action followed protests from New York financial interests and an investigation into Plimley, leading to the withdrawal of his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plimley
Washington
Roosevelt
William Plimley
United States
New York
Senate
Hamilton Fish
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Flimley
Treasury Department
Senate Sets Vote Time on Cuban Reciprocity Treaty
Washington March 19 the Senate agreed to vote on the Cuban reciprocity treaty at 3 o clock Thursday after a six hour executive session largely devoted to criticisms. Senator Bailey presented ex Governor Sayers for a canal commission post, but the president gave no definite reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Bailey
Sayers
Senator Bailey
White House
Canal Commission
Schooner Glidden Goes Ashore at Cape Lookout Shoals
Cape Henry March 19 The schooner C S Glidden commanded by Capt Fales, traveling from Baltimore to Galveston with coal, ran ashore on outer Cape Lookout shoals and is expected to be a total wreck. Jubilation in Panama isthmian supporters as US Senate ratifies Haw-Herran canal convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Henry
C. S. Glidden
Fales
Baltimore
Galveston
Outer Cape Lookout Shoals
Colon
United States Senate
Panama
Penal measures move through legislature in Austin report
In Austin on March 19 the Perkins bill on state penal institution management passed the senate. A house resolution authorizing a ten year lease of state lots was adopted. The senate did not concur with the house on the occupation tax repeal. free conference committee members were named. Bills on pool rooms betting prohibition, grand jury witness payments, and county seat removals passed final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Perkins
Senate
Peeler
House
Free Conference
Messrs
Murray
Wilson
Calvin
Stollenwerck
Cottrell
Mulkey
Hancock
Nowlin
Ware
Texas Leaders Hear Secretary Shaw In Houston
Secretary of the Treasury Samuel Shaw and family were hosted at a Houston reception. Mayor Holt invited Mr. Shaw to speak, praising him as a leading Irvin man while he shared Texas statistics and remarks on the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Bryan
Rk. H. Harrison
C. M. Spell
B. C
Houston
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Panama canal treaty ratified meets Paris approval
The Panama canal treaty ratification by the United States senate was received with satisfaction in Paris on March 19. Officials and others long interested in the project viewed the action as assurance the US will carry forward work begun under French authority. France, though not connected with the canal company, has long supported the venture due to numerous French investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Senate
France
Count de Lesseps
Venezuelan Gunboat Bombards Carupano and Battle Imminent
Reports from revolutionary sources claim the Venezuelan gun boat Restaurador bombarded Carupano in Bermudez state and damaged property. Venezuelan government troops are said to hold Cumanana, about fifty-five miles from Carupano, with a decisive battle expected near Coro in Falcon state. In Madison, Senator Hatten’s race problem conference proposal shifted to a conference on training teachers, economists, and sociologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willemstadt
Hera
Restaurador
Carupano
Bermudez
Seid
Cumanana
Madison
Wis
Hatten
Senate
Texas and Pacific Stockholders Reelect Board With One Change
In New York on March 19 the Texas and Pacific Railway stockholders held their annual meeting and re elected the existing board of directors with one swap Edward T Jeff rey replacing C T McGhee keeping the rest of the slate intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas and Pacific Stockholders
New York
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Edward T. Jeffrey
C. T. McGhee
Liabilities Heavy
London march 19 the failures announced of Boody and Bayliff solicitors their liabilities are over one million dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Boody & Bayliff
Cattle Dieoffs, Meetings, and Accidents Across the West
News in brief reports cattle deaths around Lehigh I T Indian Territory. The Indian Territory Press association meets at Muskogee on April 23. S M Drapier of Alabama drowned in a creek near Mexia Texas. Logan county Oklahoma grand jury probes alleged boodling. Two Negroes shot at Beaumont. one, Richard Peak, likely to die. John Perkins struck by a Kansas City Southern train near Texankana and fatally injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh
I. T. Indian Territory Press Association
Muskogee
S. M. Drapier
Alabama
Mexia
Tex
Grand Jury
Logan County
Oklahoma
Beaumont
Richard Peak
John Perkins
Kansas City Southern
Texankana
Real estate sale offers across county lands and farms
Advertises multiple properties for sale or trade including 69 acres Pearson place on Wixon creek, 1100 acres road creek bottom land with 6 tenant houses, 150 acres Reliance settlement with well water and a seven room house, plus several 40 to 90 acre plots near town. Prices range from 25 to 8900 per acre with easy terms and trade options west of Brazos river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pochla
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
Road Creek
Brazos River
Reliance Settlement
Bob Johnson
Brazos County Land Titles Abstract Books Sale Update
J. W. Batts advertises the only set of Brazos County Land Titles Abstract Books for sale with multiple properties listed nearby. Acreage ranges from 0.25 to about 105 acres, including houses, outbuildings, and rents, with prices from 250 to 1500 dollars and easy terms. Properties are described as near courthouses, academies, schools, and town blocks in Brazos County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Court House
Main Street
Allen Academy
Courthouse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nabors
IRC
Houston & Texas
Centra
R. A
North and
South
Texas
Sunset Limited
Pacific Coast Express
San Antonio
el Paso
Los Angeles
San Francisco
T. J. Anderson
A.G.P
T.A. Houst
Landreth
Haswell’s Book Store
SS Bis
John Wittman
SSO S
Eachange
Dorse & Belmont
Props
W. H. Oliver
Bryan, Texas
Wilson & Jenkins Drug’ Store
W. F. Taliaferro
Wilson & Jenkin Stara
Wivis
Ww. C. Fountain
Perton
Bryanlee
March
Kil
Associated Press
Diana
Trice’s Landing
Foglemann
Crittenden County
Killough
Vicksburg Miss
the Herald
Lake Providence
Elton
River Bulletin
Fish
Orange
Leste M. Shaw
United States Treasury
Holland Hotel
Sabine
Lawrence
Lampasas
The
Young Men's Christian Association
Episcopal
Johnston
Centerville
Wif
Ham Edwards
Leona
Monroe Edge
J. W. Batts
E. O. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
N. M. McDougali
MAKEN
Geo. W. Smith
Fair Grounds
L. Moore
East City National Bank
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!