Will Abandon Fort Clark Forts Along Rio Grande
Fort Clark on the Rio Grande near Spofford Junction will be abandoned soon as border posts are closed. Fort Brown and Fort Ringgold are already closed, with Fort Bliss and Fort McIntosh expected to be kept by small garrisons. The policy shifts mobilizing near large cities and abandoning smaller stations to cut costs and concentrate power.
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Fort Clark
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Fort Brown
Fort Ringgold
Fort Bliss
Fort McIntosh
Phillipine Island
Tennessee Hosts Strong United Daughters of the Confederacy Convention
The annual State convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy begins in Chattanooga Tennessee with headquarters at the Hotel Patten. Delegates from all local chapters across Tennessee attend, marking one of the best turnouts for the state organization.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
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Tennessee
Change on Texas Border Ends Era of Lawless Chaos
The border shift from a haven for ruffians to an orderly region is attributed to the Texas Hangers and customs service secret service men. Their combined effort with civilizational advances reportedly wiped out the brigands and reduced the need for a large border force.
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Texas
Texas Hangers
Secret Service
Customs Service
Prominent English Woman to Stump Buckeye State
A Bellefontaine dispatch says Countess of Warwick will join C. E. Wharton of Kenton in campaign stops this fall. Wharton reports a second titled lady will also visit to aid the socialist bid for congress stirring district politics.
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Buckeye
Chicago
Bellefontaine
Countess of Warwick
England
C. E. Wharton
Kenton
Congress
Prison Break Out in Yekaternoslav
In Yekaternoslav on May 13 an attempted prisoner escape from the government jail led to twenty nine inmates killed and twenty eight wounded, with eleven in serious condition.
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Yekaternoslav
Terrific Downpour Strikes Dallas Fort Worth and North Texas
A severe rainstorm hit Dallas and vicinity on Wednesday with heavy clouds and darkness. Fort Worth suffered a near cloudburst flooding downtown streets and basements. one inch of rain fell in an hour. Widespread damage included washed tracks near McGregor and Hallville, telegraph lines down, and major losses in Cooke and Ellis counties.
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Santa Fe
McGregor
Gainesville
Cooke County
Stamford
Wichita Falls
Merkel
Frisco
Goodland
Waco
Brazos River
Ellis County
Longview
Texas and Pacific
Hallville
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E. H. Astin
Albert W. Wilkerson
E. W. Crenshaw
J. N. Cole
J. K. Parker
J. W. English
M. H. James
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