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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
1
A later report lists at least 15 dead from the cyclone with new tallies. Officials warn the death toll may rise as rescue operations continue and families seek information about missing relatives.
A devastating storm ripped through Slidell Green Wood Bolivar and nearby areas near Wichita Falls causing widespread ruin. Officials estimate property damage around half a million dollars with more losses likely as reports come in. The calamity left several wounded and lists victims including D Price and family members along with other residents.
A tornado hit the Howard schoolhouse near Grandfield Oklahoma Territory Wichita Falls Tex. March 25 reports say two students Mabel Willis and Ora Witte were killed and a girl named Wallace was seriously injured. Thirty three students were inside when the building collapsed. officials call it a miracle more were not killed.
Texarkana region report describes Mrs. Annie Christian of Findley poisoning her seven year old son then wandering swamp with her infant overnight. The child died, neighbors alerted doctors too late, and she was jailed in New Boston pending removal to Terrell insane asylum. search for the mother followed after the incident.
Representative Bowman of Potter county won house approval to print his bill establishing an experimental station in the 166th district despite a favorable committee report. Bowman offered to cover printing expenses. Mr. Turney also secured permission, signaling potential experimental stations across west Texas and the Panhandle.
Opera singer Mary Garden has paid David Mayer and his wife $20,000 with interest, settling a loan they extended eleven years ago to fund her musical education. Mayer, a Chicago merchant, and his wife were hopeful she would rise in opera and help repay the favor. Garden was then a Sea choir singer in Chicago and planned to go to Paris.
The American Italian relief effort is reorganized as the American General Relief Committee to provide immediate funds during calamities. Henry Clews serves as president with vice presidents including August Belmont Alfred Vanderbilt Samuel Untermeyer Cornelius Bliss Edward Lauterbach and General John T Cutting. The first goal is to raise $25,000 to aid the Queen of Italy's proposed orphanage for earthquake orphans.
Six hundred employees of wholesale grocery houses in Chicago voted to strike on April 1. A special freight handlers district council meeting was called to aid the grocery workers, with potential railroad involvement. The Wholesale Grocery Employees' Union demands a reduction from sixty to fifty four hours per week at current wages.
Fort Worth March 25 J F Schaefer white aged thirty burned in the rear of a Main street Store when he lit a match in a large dry goods box where he spent the night Schaefer struck the match to climb out when a quantity of papers was ignited His clothing was a mass of flames in a few minutes His screams brought help His home is at Walnut Springs Ark was fatally Pedestrian Moving Along Rochester March 25 Pedestrian Weston arrived in Rochester at 9 o clock Wednesday night Weston made thirty nine miles Wednesday
Assistant Attorney General Lightfoot arrived in Waco to probe reports of an illegal combine among fire insurance agents. He would not disclose his investigative method.
Belgrade March 25 George crown Prince of Servia resigns his right to the Servian throne after a bitter press campaign accusing him in the death of a servant named Kolakovitz. Found Dying Soon Expires Gainesville Tex March 25 Mrs R Johnson found in dying condition and soon died.
A Toledo woman, Hattie Ushand, seeks refuge with her mother in Oklahoma after an alleged kidnapping incident. She arrived with two girls, Delight and Mar, following a separation from her husband. Local authorities report the case linked to a fashion-related dispute that occurred last Sunday morning.
Washington March 25 Major Francis P Fremont Fifth United States Infantry is to be dismissed from the army after a Cuban court martial conviction for insubordination President Taft has approved the sentence Fremont son of The Pathfinder and stationed at Plattsburg barracks New York
Fragmentary OCR shows miners in Pennsylvania pressing demands to halt work until April 4. District and executive boards weigh actions as coal fields remain active amid labor negotiations and dispute over factory safety and wages.
Fragmentary obituary note from Spokane Washington dated March 3 1995 records a widow sending a casket and related remains to Seattle for burial and another to Los Angeles. The text mentions Mrs Pineo and Mrs Albert in connection with the undertaker and final arrangements.
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