Houston oil and stock exchange to open Monday
The Daily Eagle notes Houston will open an oil and stock exchange on Monday. It also reports a great fire at Bremend Wednesday morning that destroyed a block of twelve business houses and mentions General John B. Gordon's re election as Commander in Chief of the United Confederate Veterans at Memphis with a Dallas reunion planned.
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Houston
Bremend
John B. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
Memphis
Dallas
Court finds pedler tax constitutional and enforceable
The Court of Criminal Appeals upholds the pedler tax as constitutional. It notes sellers enjoy government protection and should contribute to expenses, preventing competition with taxed merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas straw trade shifts south and west toward markets
Smith county Texas shipped forty or fifty carloads of straw flour this season with some reaching Milwaukee Wisconsin. The state aims to develop its resources and diversify products as capital turns away from northern and eastern markets and begins moving westward and southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith County
Texas
Milwaukee
Wis
Imperial warning from British paper on American policy
The Westminister Gazette argues that Congress may create a dependen t government for colonies outside the US constitution. It warns that colonies require navy bases and hinterland, linking imperialism to weakened Monroe doctrine and signaling a clear admonition to American policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminister Gazette
London
England
Supreme Court
Congress
United States
Texas small grain crop shrinks to a quarter of last year
News reports across 164 counties that the small grain crop in Texas will not exceed one fourth of last year’s yield. The crop was cut short by the breuth and the green bug, prompting complaints from forty northern counties. Some land was shifted to corn with a largely increased corn acreage in good condition.
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Texas
Breuth
Hotel Arrivals Board Lists Guests Names
Hotel arrivals show W C Bryant Elkhart Mrs C E Oliver Miss Ora Averitt Miss Bessie Warner Houston D G Campbell Washington L H Parish Scott Field Calvert H S Cooke St Louis W E Bodet Chattanooga O H Reed Calvert Jao H Bond Louisville J D Wilson St Louis P A Ritter Portsmouth F J Semple St Louis J C Robertson Dallas.
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W C Bryant
Elkhart
C E Oliver
Ora Averitt
Bessie Warner
Houston
D G Campbell
Washington
L H Parish
Scott Field
Calvert
H S Cooke
St Louis
W E Bodet
Chattanooga
O H Reed
Jao H Bond
Louisville
J D Wilson
P A Ritter
Portsmouth
F J Semple
J C Robertson
Dallas
Local Names List From Central Region Page
Central area mentions W D Yardley J T Yardley Harvey GW McDonald Rogers Prairie F Allen Beaumont Tom Green Brenham Ab Jones Madisonville Joe Raseco Willow Hole as part of a readable roster or directory segment.
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W D Yardley
J T Yardley
Harvey
GW McDonald
Rogers Prairie
F Allen
Beaumont
Tom Green
Brenham
Ab Jones
Madisonville
Joe Raseco
Willow Hole
Does It Pay to Buy Cheap Cough Syrup
An ad touts Boschee's German Syrup as a universal remedy for severe throat and lung troubles. It claims the product heals tissue, suppresses inflammation, aids expectoration, and improves rest, recommending one bottle via Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co. and Green's Prize Almanac.
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Boschee
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Edict Accepting the Indemnity and Reichsrat Motion Report
Vienna reports no knowledge of a U.S. published claim that a Reichsrat motion urged ex Minister Goluchowski to act on forming a European view against the United States. Berlin notes a Chinese edict confirms a 450 million tael indemnity with 4 percent interest.
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Vienna
United States
Reichsrath
Count Goluchowski
United Commercial League
Berlin
Pekin
Mumm von Schwarzenstein
Havana bids opened for sewering and paving project
Bids for the Havana sewering and paving program were opened on Wednesday with a single submission from Onderdonk, McClelland & Day of New York amounting to 13,565,588 dollars.
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Havana
Onderdonk, McClelland & Day of
New York
American shipping faces clash with China and Philippines law
New York reports that Chinese mills struggle to compete with American production as labor efficiency grows. The debate over extending U S shipping laws to the Philippines follows a Supreme Court ruling, with Cabinet discussions led by Attorney General Knox on executive powers under constitutional law.
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New York
Evelyn A. Porter
China
Lindsay
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Philippines
Congress
Knox
DeLima
Downes
Spooner
Government plans policy action pending congress
The government intends to pursue its Philippine policy until special legislation is enacted by Congress, with a likely move by the cabinet meeting next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archipelago
Financiers Make Peace Over Northern Pacific Control
In New York on May 30, the Hill-Morgan and Harriman-Kuhn Loeb syndicates reached a peace agreement to end the Northern Pacific struggle. George Gould and William K. Vanderbilt helped broker the amicable understanding, with both sides stopping public discussion of their Northern Pacific holdings. Union Pacific is said to own over 59 million dollars in Northern Pacific securities, as James J. Hill meets with NP and UP representatives.
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New York
Hill-Morgan
Harriman-Kuhn- Loeb
Northern Pacific
George Gould
William K. Vanderbilt
Union Pacific Railroad
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Nortern Pacific
Union Pacific
Bubonic Plague Scare Reported Near London Suburb
A man believed to suffer from a mild bubonic plague form is found at Willesden, a London suburb. An official order bars naturalized Armenians in the United States or Russia from entering Turkey, dated Constantinople May 30.
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London
Willesden
Constantinople
Turkey
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the Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnes
Central
Emmel's Prescription Pharmacy
Emmel’s Prescription Pharmacy
Burt
Norwood
Financiers
Hill-Morgan and Harriman
Lamb Springs
McDougald’s
Navasota
T. J. Pugh & Company
Bryan and Beaumont, Texas
ST. Louis
Shreveport
New Orleans
Hearne
Dallas, FT. Worth
Kansas City
North Texas
Milano
Santa Fe
Bryan
L. Price
D. J. Price
J. & G. N. Railroad
Palestine
Daily Eagle
Weekly Eagle
Clarence Pearson
S.W. Buchanan
Franklin Brothers
Wu Butchers
Bryan, Texas
New Marke Building
Bryan Grocery Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Texas Central
R. R
Sunset Central
Dension
Galveston
Denison
Austin
Elgin
Chicago
F. B. Morse
Traf. Mgr
Houston, Tex
M. L. Robbins
Gen. Pass
Tkt. Agt
Ager A. G. Newsum Div
Agt
Itsh
T.C. R. T. J. Anderson, Dist
Pass, Agt
Waco, Texas
Dixie Bar
James & Castles
Otto Boehme’s
Otto Boehme
Standpipe
Harper
Paris
J. L. Hearne
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