Beaumont Federal Building Bid Tops The List
The Daily Eagle reports Beaumont’s new federal building bid at 51867 by Wm Weber of Beaumont. The article notes Attorney General Beil sues Gulf Colorado Santa Fe for 35000 penalties over alleged discriminations and mentions Cuero militia demotion for failing to meet standards. It also covers local spring cleaning of vagrants, cotton choppers in Bryan, patriotism in Atascosa County, and Capt. F Snyder mustering fifteen men seeking uniforms from General Fred Grant in San Antonio.
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Beil
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Atascosa County
F. Snyder
South Texas
Fred Grant
San Antonio
Prohibition Campaign Looms in Burleson County
Burleson county faces a hot prohibition drive as the commissioners court meets and a petition seeks an election. The report notes the dry fights in Grimes, Robertson, Leon, Madison counties with Brazos County largely surrounded.
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Burleson County
Commissioners’ Court
Grimes
Robertson
Leon
Madison
Brazos
Good Roads Outfit for County Public Works Proposed
Will A Millican outlines a detailed, well equipped road building and maintenance outfit. He proposes machines, mules, hands, wagons, and support staff under one competent supervisor, prioritizing county seat corridors before expanding to adjacent routes.
County road plan favors businesslike, nonpolitical execution
A proposal outlines a systematic approach to road work starting from the county seat on a main thoroughfare and expanding to other roads. It calls for a general supervisor, a portable prison for convicts, and moving camps to minimize delays while avoiding political influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Seat
Mastering Opposition and Personal Duty
A reflective voice declares the value of cranks and kickers as necessary evils in life and work. The speaker embraces resistance as a driver of mastery, pledging future diligence to please themselves and profit from opposition. The concluding moral urges drinking Jess whiskey, staying home, and minding one’s own affairs to grow wealth and friends.
New York Doctor Claims Life Restoring Massage Order
A New York physician reports a resuscitation method using a small incision between the ribs and finger pressure behind the heart, aided by an artificial respiration pump. He says dogs revived after up to fifteen minutes without bone cutting and that the technique revived circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Academy of Medicine
Head Tax Payable Ruling Impacts El Paso Immigrants
A new ruling by the commissioner of general immigration requires all immigrants entering the United States to pay a $2 head tax, regardless of transport. The tax affects those traveling between Juarez and El Paso, including daily business travelers and the German consul to Juarez who makes multiple trips each day.
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el Paso
Tex
General Immigration
United States
Jaarez
Erman
Juarez
Cotton Market Soars On Liverpool Advance
The New York cotton market opened sharply higher on May 13 as Liverpool prices surged 10 to 16 points above expectations. Nearby months rose 18 to 27 points and later months 4 to 14 as shorts rushed to cover.
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New York
Liverpool
Conductors Wanted for Great Northern Rail Line
Free labor bureau reports St. Paul order for 100 railroad conductors to run freight and passenger trains on the Great Northern. No applicants yet. experience not required. Salary offered is 140 dollars a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Free Labor Bureau
St. Paul
Great Northern Railroad
Countess Sues Father in Belgian Royal Inheritance Dispute
Brussels May 13 The Countess Longay confirms she has sued King Leopold for her share of Queen Marie Henrietta's estate. She seeks 3 400 000 dollars rather than the 120 000 offered by the king.
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Brussels
Countess Longay
Leopold
Marie Henrietta
Denial of Massacre Report Circulates in St Petersburg
A May 13 report claiming a massacre of Jews at Tiraspol near Kisheneff is officially denied and universally discredited, with authorities noting no such event has occurred in Bessarabia or the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
United States
Kishenoff
Bessarbia
Tiraspol
Kisheneff
Police seize 700 pounds dynamite in Salonica
In Salonica on May 13 authorities uncovered 700 pounds of dynamite and gunpowder hidden by revolutionists, signaling a major cache tied to planned insurgent activity.
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Salonica
Twice Struck by Lightning Near Big Springs Texas
J B Rigdon cook for Wurrie and Cushing's cow outfit was struck by lightning fifteen miles west of Big Springs Texas during a thunderstorm. The bolt tore the front of his hat and split his nose, knocking him from a water barrel but he soon recovered consciousness. He had been struck once before about a year earlier. Miss Bertha Wilson fell from a Ferris wheel in Chattanooga Tennessee at its peak and died from injuries.
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Big Springs
Tex
J.B. Rigdon
Wurrie & Cushing
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Wsoffee RE Corree
Magnificent Arti
Monarch
the Daily Eagle
Connellly & Carnes
Bryan, Texas
Beaumont
Wm. Weber
That City
Cuero Military Company
Gadsden, Ala
Bryan
Aeaa
Will A
Millican
Beach & Clarridge’s
Boston
Mass
Emmel’s ‘Prescription Pharmacy
Hunter
Chatham
Guthrie
Okla
Granite
Blackwell
Bertha Wilson
Chattanooga
Tenn
J.cox & Son
Chee Ees Eis
MO. A. Moore
Cies Eies
A. D. McConnloo
John A. Moore
Raei
Egdpion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
Bryan Post Office
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Chicaqh
Dr. N. M. Medogual DD
Madame Butterfly
Violet
India
Hawthorn
Wilson & Jenkins
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