Nonspecific Texas News Briefs Include Rail Picnic and Cannery
The report covers events in Bryan and Nacogdoches with a Karni val in May and a Lake I and G N railroad picnic on May 7. It notes a Temple lightning outage crippling 200 telephones and a Jewett cannery near completion with 500 acres in truck. Also mentions a Texas Louisiana rice miller combine and Terrell election law timing. Galveston News letters describe a late legislature rush with sergeant at arms goods seized and express companies handling heavy shipments.
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Galveston News
Austin
Sergeant At Arms Department
World’s Fair Dedication Amid Storm and Political Forecasts
The St Louis World’s Fair was dedicated in a storm as ex President Cleveland and President Roosevelt nearly froze riding downtown in a blizzard. Possible future campaign hosts next year may be these two men. Conkey’s Home Journal for May opens with short stories and a new serial Mr Desmond U S A by John Coulter. Walden Fawcett writes on The American Flower Trade and a feature on The New Russian Embassy at Washington. The woman’s department offers designs for waists lace work home millinery and dressmaking hints Miss Finch’s Table Talks provides manners tips. A two step by Walter Petry a piano piece by Jesson in piano playing by Dr M L Quinn and a vocal training lesson by Prof Henry Dickson are included.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
Conkey’s Home Journal
Mr. Desmond
John Coulter
Walden Fawcett
Washington
Spring Weight Underwear For Men Available In Range
Readable ad copy offers spring underwear options including French balbriggans mercerized cotton lisle thread honey comb and nainsook priced from 25 cents to 1 dollar per garment. Scriven’s elastic seam drawers and imitation Scrivens in jean and nainsook offered per pair.
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Tation Scrivens
Jean and
Nainsook
Large Robbery Tells Of Welles Fargo Express Heist
A Chicago dispatch reports the Welles Fargo Express was robbed of 42000 at Silao last Thursday. The courier diverted the safe to his home and, with accomplices, removed the money before it could reach the office. About forty arrests followed and most funds were recovered except around 11000.
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Wella, Fargo & Co
Chicago
The
Tribune
City of Mexico
Welles-Fargo
Silao
Mexican Central
Guanajuato
Yuan
Fatal shootout over nails leaves two men dead
In Florence Alabama a dispute over nails led to a fatal gunfight near the Tennessee River across from Lamb's Ferry. J. R. Mefford and F. Osborne died after Osborne returned with a pistol and Mefford fired first. Osborne died shortly after.
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Florence
Ala
Tata
Tennessee River
Lamb's Perry
J. R. Mefford
F. Osborne
Osborne
Ian
Mefford
Two Men Killed in Sawmill Boiler Explosion
In Leesville Louisiana a boiler at Lee and Jones sawmill near Orange exploded killing Rufus Carroll and Joe Hickman. Hosie Kay and two Sanders boys were badly burned and feared dead. physicians rushed to the scene. Details of the accident were unavailable.
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Leesville
Lee & Jones
Orange
Rufus Carroll
Joe Hickman
Hosie Kay
Sanders
Hotel Arrivals
Hotel arrivals list includes Sam Ayres and B DePrez from Louisville and St Louis along with J L Burke Houston a Adone Calvert Jesse Edmonston Dallas Jim Osborn Austin and others Tucker Earl Elliott Galveston 1 Broad nax J M Basket J L Miles Coy Spawn A Broussard Beaumont L A Plasek and wife.
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Sam Ayres
Louisville
B. DePrez
St Louis
J L Burke
Houston
A Adone
Calvert
Jesse Edmonston
Dallas
Jim Osborn
Austin
Tucker Earl Elliott
Galveston
Broadnax
J M Basket
J L Miles
Coy
Spawn
A Broussard
Beaumont
Plasek
Wife
Exlive of Calins Displays Large Southern House
A catalog blurb touts Exlive of Calins as the biggest house in the South, inviting readers to assess binding quality and paper for book purchases.
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Exlive of
Calins
South
Free merchandise trades end June at Burt Norwood's
A contest offers free items to customers who trade in new merchandise checks issued with each purchase at Burt Norwood's. Participants must act before the June 1 deadline to claim the offer.
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Burt Norwood
Snowstorm Closes Roads in Couper County
Snow in Keller Benghion area slows travel as a May 14 storm blankets Couper county. Officials report travel restrictions and minor fender-bender incidents pending clearing crews.
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Keller Benghion
Mich
Couper County
Suckies
Sud
Missing Text Due to OCR Error About Health Product
Fragmentary OCR passage mentions a health product and various unclear phrases. It references a cure or remedy and a person named Miss Fin in relation to health. The readable parts are too garbled to identify a clear event, date, or source organization.
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