Nighttime assault and fatal shooting in Davis residence
A thief stabbed P R Davis of Reynolds Davis Co. multiple times in his home at 4am Wednesday. Davis fought back, shot the assailant five times after the suspect fled, and the wounded man was traced to a Negro doctor’s home. A posse aided by a $200 reward hunted Williams and a pistol fire near a shack led to a fatal gunshot to Porter. Williams was captured near Van Buren and jailed.
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P. R. Davis
Reynolds, Davis & Co
Davis
Williams
Garrett
Porter
van Buren
Whitelaw Reid to Represent U S at King Edward VII Coronation
Hon. Whitelaw Reid was guest of honor at a farewell banquet at the Union League club in New York May 15. About 100 guests from politics finance and journalism attended in anticipation of his departure for London as special ambassador for the coronation.
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New York
Whitelaw Reid
Union League Club
Ure
London
United States
Edward VII
Roosevelt lays cornerstone of McKinley Memorial College
In Washington on May 15 President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the McKinley Memorial Ohio College of Government of the American university near the city in the northwestern District of Columbia. The planned building will house studies in diplomacy municipal government arbitration civics and international law. Senator Hanna gave an especially moving address to the large audience.
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Washington
Roosevelt
McKinley Memorial
Ohio College of Government
The
American University
District of Columbia
Hanna
Continental Tobacco Raises Wages for Louisville Workers
Louisvill e May 15 The Continental Tobacco company has ordered a 10 percent wage increase for all Louisville employees, numbering more than 500, due to the rise in living costs. The move is expected to be extended nationally to about 30 000 to 35 000 workers across the United States.
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Louisville
Continental Tobacco Company
United States
La Plata Man Killed In Ponca City Runaway
S J Scott of La Plata Missouri, a Civil War veteran aged 60, was killed in a runaway at Ponca City Oklahoma after joining a passing buggy on a return trip from Cross. He died within two hours.
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Guthrie
O. T
S. J. Scott
la Plata
Ponca City
Cross
Ponca
Palmer Discovers New Teeth Growing In
Cleburne Texas May 15 J W Palmer 62 shows a new set of teeth just starting to cut He says he first cut teeth as a child and after the old teeth turned black they were pulled and the new ones began to grow
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Cleburne
Tex
J. W. Palmer
Temperature Rise At Topo Chico Springs After Martinique Disturbances
Since volcanic activity in Martinique, Topo Chico hot springs near Monterey have risen six degrees. The usual 104 degree water now reads 110 degrees on thermometers, affecting local climate notes.
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Monterey
Mex
Island
Martinique
Topo Chico Hot Springs
For Sale Heavy OCR Classified Parcel Listings
For sale items include South half block near Allen Academy priced at 550 with one and a quarter acres near a schoolhouse and a small new cottage. Other properties: six room house with one or two lots, brick cistern, and several town lots with prices from 1250 to 1600. Rural: 300 acre Brazos Bottom farm at 20 per acre, available in small tracts. Also railroad frontage and Fd Pochila place with two lots and large two story residence at 2800.
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Allen Academy
Price
Main Street
N. B. Cole
Brazos Bottom
Otto Boehme
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E. B. Lomax
John Wittman
James & Castles
Undertakers
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Tral Texas
Monroe Edge
J. A. Myers
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McKinley Memorial College
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Southern Pacific
Rice
T. J. Anderson
H. E. Simmon
J. W. Peeler
Charlie Bibes
H. E. Simmons
J. W. Batts
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Corner of
E.C. DeWhit & Co
Chicago
City Market
John W. Hicks
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