Sigihal of Bryan Jersey bull for service in Bryan Texas
Sigi hal of Bryan sired by Alamo Jubilee and out of Fadett Signal Queen. Test 161b 2 oz. Great dam Crater Marie. Test 26 lb. This bull Signal of Bryan is a fine Jersey bull with complete island of Jersey pedigree. Owner offers five dollars at service with return privileges and claims high value for breeding. Information available at Bryan barn.
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Crater Marie
Signal
Bryan
Jersey
Island of
Texas
Salt River and the legend of its use in politics
J. M. Caldwell describes Salt River as a real though non navigable stream that winter ice harbors towboats and once carried Kentucky whisky via flatboats. He notes its mouth near Louisville and its grim link to defeated candidates and political lore. A separate dramatic death recounts a Bremen sergeant major who ordered his men to shoot him with blank cartridges then real bullets, ending with four bullets to his heart.
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Salt River
Pittsburg
Ohio
Louisville
Kentucky Hills
Kentucky
Sal River
Bremen
Asetare
Rush City Business District Destroyed by Fire
Fire engulfed the Rush City business portion causing total destruction. Loss estimated at 209000 dollars. Fire officials investigate cause as town contemplates reconstruction and insurance responses. Local records indicate Rush City commerce disrupted amid widespread damage.
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St. Paul
Rush City
Kindness of the Poor Inspires Quiet Charity
A chambermaid widow with two children faced debt after her younger child died and sickness drained her funds. A hotel scrub woman, earning low wages, sent a surplus payment with a note saying she had no family and wished to help the mother who needed support for the remaining child. The tale, from Leslie's Weekly, shows the merciful impact of anonymous aid.
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Leslie’s Weekly
The Nature of Love by Henry Ward Beecher
A reflective meditation on love as life’s river from its spark at a small spring to the vast unmapped ocean. The author compares stages of passion and devotion to rocky gorges meadows and finally the unfathomable depths where one pours treasures. This excerpt frames love as a transformative, life-spanning journey.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Quotes on ambition and marriage from 1900s columns
The fragment cites Washington Star on presidential chances and a Life magazine quip about titles after marriage. It mentions a father connected to a race track and a man labeled Benedict after marriage, plus reflections on self and others from Stoddard.
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Follette
Aupa
Murray Contempt Question Looms Over Woods County Election Postponement
Guthrie May 14 Judge Pancost in Alva Woods county made permanent the temporary injunction blocking Woods county division by the constitutional convention and ordering an election call. Proclamation deadline passed and Governor Frantz was in Washington. if he fails to act W H Murray would call the election, risking contempt of court. It is hoped to settle so the August 6 election proceeds.
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Murray
Guthrie
Pancost
Alva
Woods County
Frantz
Frantiz
Washington
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma City
Judes Pancost
DOUGLASS CONFESSION PLANNED MILLION DOLLAR THEFT
William C. Douglass former loan clerk for the Trust Company of America confessed to a scheme advised by a lawyer to steal securities worth one million dollars to coerce the bank into overlooking prior larcenies. He has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. The plan involved using stolen bonds to cover losses and negotiate a payoff of twenty thousand dollars to restore the securities.
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New York
William C. Douglass
Trust Company of America
Trust Company
Douglass
Dilemm
Pole Hits Lady At German Lutheran Sunday School Meet
About 800 Germans attend the northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas German Lutheran Sunday schools convention near Enid Oklahoma when a tent pole fell injuring Mrs Voth of Woods County and others. The incident left her with a fractured skull a broken collar bone and additional injuries.
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Enid
Okla
German Lutheran Sunday Schools
Oklahoma
Kansas
Voth
Woods County
Rumors of Money in Wisconsin Senate Election
Madison reports that statehouse politicians are uneasy over rumors money is being used to influence the U S senator election. Two assembly members are said to have confessed they were approached or believed they were.
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Madison
Wis
Statehouse
United States
Assembly
Russian May Day Celebrated in St. Petersberg
Workmen in St. Petersberg marked May Day with a one day strike. Most factories closed or suspended business at noon. Only government works like shipyards and ammunition plants remained open.
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St. Petersberg
Aged Georgian No More
Dalton Ga May 14 Colonel Ben H Green son of General Duff Green prominent north Georgia figure died at his home aged eighty six He was secretary of the Mexican legation and later US representative in the West Indies He had lived in Dalton since 1855.
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Dalton
Ben H. Green
Duff Green
North Georgia
Legation
United States
West Indies
Feud Ends in Sheriff Candidate Killings at Ardmore
In Ardmore on May 14 a street fight left Irb Fooshoe, a sheriff candidate for Caster county, dead from a gunshot and a bystander fatally injured. Will iam Ballew was arrested as the tragedy crowned a long standing feud.
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Ardmore
Irb Fooshoe
Caster County
William Ballew
Fooshoe
Ballew
Courtmartial Proceeds Despite Defense Absence
Fort Sill Oklahoma May 14 the courtmartial trial of Corpora Knowles was ordered to proceed and by Monday night all evidence had been presented Knowles did not testify in his own defense. San Luis Obispo California May 14 the coroner jury investigating the Honda wreck finds the disaster due to defective equipment of the Southern Pacific Railway company.
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Fort Sill
Okla
War Department
Knowles
San Luis Obispo
Cal
Honda
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Investigation resumes in Brownsville shooting affair
Washington May 14 The senate committee on military affairs resumed the Brownsville shooting probe calling thirty three witnesses mainly at Senator Warner's request The witnesses are expected to testify against the discharged negro soldiers while most prior testimony favored the defendants The panel adjourned to allow Warner to confer with government witnesses and plan further sessions with eleven of thirteen members present Several witnesses will detail sightings of negro soldiers running through Brownsville streets the night of the incident
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Brownsvil
Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Warner
Kansas Colorado water case dismissed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court dismissed Kansas versus Colorado over Arkansas River irrigation without prejudice to Kansas to refile if substantial harm is shown. The United States intervening petition was also dismissed.
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Kansas
Washington
United States
Recurrent Monday Frenzy Marks Board of Trade Opening
Chicago May 14. Tuesday's early Board of Trade activity mirrors Monday's frenzy with prices opening higher but falling after heavy selling. July wheat opens 96 1 4 to 97 1 2 cents, then 94 3 4 cents. September opens 97 1 2 to 98. declines to 96 1 8. December opens 99 1 8 to 99 1 2, sells to 98 1 8. At noon May wheat trades around 92 cents with July at 94 and September at 96 amid broad profit-taking.
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Board of Trade
Chicago
Notable deaths and pardons cross states in early notices
Mrs Anna M Hunter dies in Texarkana while descended from Charles Carroll signer of the Declaration. John Thomas near completion of a ten year sentence for killing his son in law is pardoned by Oklahoma acting governor Secretary Filson. Thomas's wife lies at death's door in Colorado.
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Anna M. Hunter
Texarkana
Charles Carroll
John Thomas
Filson
Oklahoma
Thomas
Colorado
Episcopal diocese of Dallas names secretary after Morgan
In Dallas on May 14 the twelfth annual council of the Episcopal diocese of Dallas opened at St Matthew's Cathedral with Bishop Garrett presiding. Edward Belsterling was elected secretary, succeeding the late Judge Richard Morgan who held the post since 1874 until his death a few months ago. Considerable business was transacted at the session.
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Edward Belsterling
Morgan
Dallas
Episcopal Diocese of
St. Matthew’s Cathedral
Garrett
Richard Morgan
A Hard Burial and Clever Jokes From The Past
Reported quips describe a Canadian frost burying a man with hammer and chisel. A London Answers train moment jokes about returning empties for the college. A Baltimore American classroom exchange defines magnanimity with a sly math of appetite and fairness.
Texas League Scores Roundup
In Texas League play Austin 2 and Dallas 0. Fort Worth 7 blank Galveston 0. Houston and Waco 6. San Antonio 5 against Temple 8. Standings reflect cross-city results across the region.
Forces Disbanded in San Salvador
San Salvador reports that the forces have been disbanded after they were paid a substantial gratuity.
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San Salvador
Salvador
A Discarded Jack and Evening Conversation
A discarded Jack is parodied in a Chicago News clipping. The interchange features a woman in chiffon recalling a proposal from the night before and a smiling Ingauze commenting on the suitor. The excerpt ends with a quip about winning esteem over wonder.
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Jack
Chiffon
Ingauze
Chicago News
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Lady
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David
Canada
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the Family Safety Oil
C. E. Bullock &Co
Will S. Higgs
Ed Hall
Howell Bros
B. Kaczer & Co
D. Mike Jr
J. H. Mawhinney
Sanders Bros
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M. Sebesta
John Wittman
Rour
Wit
S. H. Frankli
Alqwares
EOE DS
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Texas League
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