Devil attends the fair as sideshows and vendors parade
Local notes report Franklin Bros. leading refrigerated meats and McCorquodale offering first class mules. Various visitors include Alf Patterson from New Mexico and A F Brigance from Navasota. Beulah Miller from Austin visits Mrs Ashford. vendors tout buggies, phaetons, surreys, and road wagons. Falstaff beer advertised with festive flair.
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Franklin Bros
John Potts
Waco
Beulah Miller
Austin
Frank Ashford
Williamson Bros
McCorquodale
A. F. Brigance
Navasota
Howell Bros
N Knox
Hearne
Vis
T. P. Boyett
Notable Rail Connections Across the Southeast
The notice highlights key routes and connections from Birmingham to Montgomery Mobile and Atlanta with links to Savannah and other parts of the state, signaling comprehensive rail access throughout the Southeast region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Atlanta
Savannah
Testimony in Schley Inquiry Round Ends New Witnesses
Nine new witnesses testified in the Schley court of inquiry including Frank B. Richards and George Lynch who served as correspondents in the Cuban campaign. Captain Sigsbee and Admiral Schley reviewed prior statements, with Lemly and Hanna presenting documentary evidence as the government and Schley sides prepare closing arguments. The court expects to hear long speeches from Hanna and Parker and to finish presenting cases by midweek.
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Washington
Schley
Admiral Schley
Frank B. Richards
George Lynch
Richards
Sigsbee
St. Paul
Santiago
Lynch
Somers M. Smith
Sigs
Lemly
Hanna
Captain Parker
Rayner
Richards Ann Lynch
Excommunicated Priest Causes Sensation at Chicago Cathedral
In Holy Name Cathedral Chicago excommunicated priest Jeremiah J Crowley created a dramatic scene with about 1000 parishioners present. Chancellor Barry suspended the solemn high mass and announced only low mass. Crowley left as staff and clergy removed their vestments and lights were extinguished.
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Chicago
Holy Name Cathedral
Jeremiah J. Crowley
Father Crowley
Falher Croley
Francis J. Bary
Upo
Barry
Denison hotel artist Van Dorn held after insulted by maids
Carl Van Dorn, a leading decorative artist, was locked up at Indianapolis central police station after claiming lingering taunts by maids at the Denison hotel drove him to a state of frenzy. He had worked at the hotel months and previously designed decorations for the congressional library in Washington.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Denison
Carl van Dorn
Central
van Dorn
Washington
Congressional Library
Supreme Court backs Knoxville water rate control ruling
The Knoxville supreme court upholds the city ordinance regulating Knoxville Water Company rates, reducing charges by about ten percent. The company may appeal to the federal Supreme Court on contract grounds or seek to enjoin enforcement. The Boston-based owners control the company.
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Knoxville
Supreme Court
Knoxvile
Knoxville Water Company
Federal Supreme Court
Boston
Well-digger Struck by Blast on Rittenhouse Farm
William Warren, a welldigger working on the Isaac Rittenhouse farm south of Smithton, was struck by a sledge hammer blown from the well by powder as he leaned over to check the blast. His skull was split from forehead to brain base. he is feared fatally injured. The accident occurred Saturday.
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Belleville
Til
William Warren
Isaac Rittenhouse
Smithton
Pinky Blitz Found Guilty in Grand Larceny Case
In Kansas City on November 4, Pinky Blitz was found guilty in criminal court. He received the maximum sentence of five years in the penitentiary for robbing W. M. Hall, a stockman from Osceola, of 320 dollars in a grand larceny charge.
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Kansas City
Pinky” Blitz
Blitz
W. M. Hall
Osceola
Iic
First cold wave hits Indian Territory as temps fall
Muskogee Oklahoma dispatch reports a 60 degree temperature drop in 12 hours marking the season’s first cold wave in the Indian Territory. The event followed a fierce wind and rain storm with an inch of rain in 25 minutes.
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Muskogee
I. T
Indian Territory
Balloon lands safely after dangerous voyage near San Francisco
Nine occupants of a balloon car that escaped Saturday afternoon returned safely to San Francisco on Sunday. The craft landed near Pescadero about 50 miles south, riding coastal air currents before hook grabs in trees brought it down as gas ran low.
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San Francisco
Pescadero
Redwood City
Coast Range
Pan American Exposition Ends in Buffalo
The Pan American exposition closed Sunday night with a near 3 million dollar loss. Officials say benefits to U S commerce may outweigh the monetary deficit borne by common stock holders mortgage bond holders and contractors.
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Buffalo
Bridge Fire Strikes Westbound Southern Pacific near Walder
Trains arriving from the west report a wooden bridge about eighty feet long near Walder Texas burned almost to the ground. Officials suspect an ash box on a passenger train dropped hot coals, starting the blaze.
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Houston
Southern Pacific
Walder
Tex
Duel Leaves Two Men Mortally Wounded Near Blue
Ardmore dispatch reports Nicholas Caldwell and Gibson Felumbia both full blood Choctaw Indians were mortally wounded in a Winchester rifle duel three miles west of Blue, in the woods.
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Ardmore
I. T
Winchester Rifles
Nicholas Caldwell
Gibson Felumbia
Blue
Dry dock off New Orleans awaits river entry
The New Orleans dry dock, lying 18 miles off the river's mouth, is expected to enter the river proper today after remaining at sea since Sunday night.
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New Orleans
Log Accident Victim Sam Philman Dies in Lemmon
News from Laurel Tex reports Sam Philman who was injured when a log wagon toppled a log Oct 61 near Lemmon died at the injury site. The accident occurred when a log fell from a wagon, leaving Philman fatally hurt.
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Laurel
Tex
Sam Philman
Lemmon
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New Mexico
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C. W. Sim
Madisonville
Taylor & Cox
Horn Saloon
Mrs. T. B. Payne
Haus
Mrs. Wilrett
Callat Eagle
Mrs. C. L. Fanninlin
Nobby
Webb Brothers
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Inklin
Thofl “& G. SN
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City Oaks
Bon Ton
Monroe Edge
Noutheast
Memphis
Florida
Frisco System
the Southeastern Limited
Alex. Hilton
Bryan Snyder
Saint Louis
M H James
Bryan Texas
M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
Stieff
Guar
M. Stieff
Ier
Chas. V. Stieff
Cnas
Geo
M. Steitz
Sentral
Tex W. Stieff
Asheet
Gleegpion
Eupion
Elles
Echo
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
Rietors
Manne
Ful
W. A. Watkin
Fr Orney
James
R. Astin
Astin & Bethea
Astin
Main Street
Mr. Hanna
Mr. Parker
Messrs. Rayner and
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Best Insurance Agency
A. D. TeConnico
CME
Lil
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Ceolgose
Sunset Bridge
New Orleans Dry Docks
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