Gov. withholds patents amid mandamus case in progress
Austin report says about 500 domestic corporations delinquent on May 1 franchise tax face forfeit of charter, halting patents until a conference with the attorney general and land commission. More than 100 patents are held up as the suit seeks to reserve minerals and oil on school land for the school fund. printing of laws also delayed.
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Austin
Secretary of State
Attorney General and Land Commission
Supreme Court
Secretary of State’s Department
Waxahachie Mills Ship Sheeting. Several Incidents Filed
May 15 reports show Waxahachie Texas mills shipping a large quantity of cloth to Morgan with strong sales outlook. A horse incident near Rockland Texas killed Jim Dykes. Fort Worth Texas to let a new freight house contract in 10 days. Teutonia bank teller Phillip Schumacher shot in New Orleans with a suspected $10,000 shortage. Santa Fe orders 125 engines plus 40 more for 2.6 million. Oklahoma City Luke shot, real estate men involved. Ardmore Reagan resident J N Cohass fatally hurt after being thrown from a horse.
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Waxahachie, Tex
Waxahachie
Morgan, Tex
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas and Pacific Railroad
New Orleans
Phillip Schumacher
Teutonia Bank
Finance Committee
Schumacher
Chicago
Santa Fe Railway
Wreck in a Roanoke tunnel claims four Black victims
Four negroes were killed in a wreck in a tunnel near Roanoke Virginia. The Twenty sixth volunteer infantry was mustered out at San Francisco.
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Roanoke
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
San Francisco
Land for sale and investment offer by Monroe Edge
Monroe Edge, land agent and notary public, advertises numerous Bryan and surrounding properties for sale or trade. Listings include 4 to 5 room houses, multiple lots, boarding houses, country tracts, and truck farms with prices from 400 to 1200 dollars, plus acreage near oil districts and rail depots. Edge invites mineral land buyers and investors to contact him for deals.
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Allen Academy
Oil Mill
Yey Park
Bon Ton
Madisonville Road
Wixon Creek
Brazos County
Bryan
Kurten
Wellborn
Calvert
Ennis
Ryan
Llano
Llano County
Texas
Lamb Springs
Grimes County
Brazos Bottom
Monroe Edge
Five Dead In City of Paducah Wreck At Brunkhorst Landing
In Brunkhorst Landing Illinois the steamer City of Paducah wreck may have cost five lives though as few as four could be lost officials list dead including Miss Mabel Gardiner passenger from St Louis Dr J W Bell passenger from Bell's Landing Tenn Charles Johnson deck watchman St James Canfield second fireman St White fireman name unknown
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St. Louis
City of Paducah
Brunkhorst Landing
Mabel Gardiner
J. W. Bell
Bell’s Landing
Tenn
Charles Johnson
James Canfield
Hart County bank robbed. nitroglycerin blasts cause vault damage
Robbers broke into Hart County Deposit Bank and Trust in Munfordville on May 15 stealing about $3000 plus private boxes and bonds. The vault suffered nitroglycerin damage though extent is not yet known. no crew is found and several valuable papers were taken.
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Munfordville
Hart County Deposit Bank and Trust Company
Southern Presbyterian general assembly opens with 200 commissioners
Little Rock reports the Southern Presbyterian general sessions drawing about 200 commissioners for a ten day assembly. The opening sermon will be by Rev Leander M Woods of Memphis Tennessee.
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Little Rock
Southern Presbyterian General Sessions
General Assembly
Leander M. Woods
Memphis
Tenn
Montana closes all gambling houses under AG order
Helena reports that all Montana gambling houses have been shut down. Attorney General Donovan directs every county attorney to ensure closures or face action for neglect of duty. It is the first gold rush era period without gambling in the state.
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Colorado Chautauqua
Boulder
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Texas
Denver
Fort Worth
Denver Road
Helena
Montana
Donovan
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Cessors
J. F. Parks
Henry Spell
Nabors
W. F. Sterley, A.G.P.A
A. A. Glisson
Chas. S. Hull
T.P.A
G.A.P
N. B
Epworth Leaguers
Frisco
J. W. Brocdon
Raed i
Prop’r
Liza
Dray Line
F. A. Lee
B. Hudson
Inkert
Hudson & Minkert
Attorneys-At-Law
Notary
Taliaferro & Armstrong
Law
Osees
Talaferro
Court House Square
State Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Texarkana
Bill Furlough
Edwards
Melvin Anderson
John Furlough
Beaumont
Amelia Station
Southern Pacific
Daingerfield
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Here
Rockland Tex
Jim Dykes
Angelina County
Oklahoma City
O. T
Ardmore
I. T
Reagan
J.N. Cohass
Free Baptist Church
City
College Road
Franklin
Madison
Pryan
Goe
Vyovooose
A. D. McConnico
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Fidelity & Casualty
Marviage Casualty Accident Insurance Co
Harper
Paris
J. L. Hearne
Bryan, Texas
Douglas
Burt Norwood
Paducah
Kentucky Bank K
Southern Presbyterians
George H. Phillips
Coster-Martin
Finother
Ine
Red River Division
Denison and
Sherman Texas
J. W. Batts
Potts Baking Powder Co
Waco
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