Five Conventions Meet This Week in Southern Cities
Five large conventions will meet in southern cities this week. The Farmers Union and the Southern Cotton Growers Association will meet in New Orleans and Memphis to study the cotton situation. The Gulf Coast inland waterways convention meets in Columbus, Georgia. The Southern Medical Association holds its session in Atlanta alongside a four day meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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South
Farmers’ Union
New Orleans
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Memphis
Columbus
Southern Medical Association
Atlanta
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Evolution of Baseball Origins and Facts
Condensed history of baseball origin notes multiple claimants from England and America. Highlights Chadwick Spaulding New York Philadelphia Hoboken Knickerbockers 1858 National Association formation. Also includes stray notices on a fire, a defective kite incident, and local land ads.
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Galveston News
Henry Chadwick
Chadwick
Hoboken
N. J
A. G. Spaulding
Philadelphia
Knickerbockers
New York
National Association of Baseball Players
Postmaster Edwin N. Morgan Shot Near Broadway
Edwin N. Morgan city postmaster was wounded in the stomach near One Hundred and Forty-sixth Street and Broadway by Erich Mackay a staffer at Hunt Hill Betts. Morgan survived the first wound and later died from a brain injury after a second attack. Police and witnesses aid Morgan while Mackay reportedly claimed a light outage led to the incident. The shooting follows a dispute over tampered mail and a power outage at the post office. Morgan’s career spanned 31 years rising to postmaster and he was a Republican political leader in Washington Heights. Mackay emigrated from England nine years ago and had worked at the firm about four years. A second report notes cotton ginning statistics from the census bureau.
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New York
One Hundred and Forty-sixth Street
Broadway
Edwin N. Morgan
New York City
Erich Mackay
Hunt, Hill & Betts
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Postal Service
William Willcox
Washington Heights
Mackay
England
Washington
Land sale near El Paso spawns 9000 acres for colonists
El Paso reports John F. McElroy of Odessa bought 9000 acres of valley land below El Paso from General Granville Dodge of Council Bluffs for 150000 dollars. The land will be divided into small irrigated farms for colonists. Washington reports an average corn yield of 26.2 bushels per acre and an indicated total production of 2642687000 bushels for the crop year.
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el Paso
John F. McElroy
Odessa
Granville Dodge
Council Bluffs
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Death Follows Fight at Texas Festival
Nacogdoches Texas November 9 Bud Wilson a Black man died from injuries after a free for all fight at a festival He was stabbed four times Len and Will Dove are jailed in connection with the incident
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Bud Wilson
Len
Will Dove
Wagon Loaded With Coal Tramples SixYearOld Boy
San Antonio dispatch reports Aloise Daniels, six, was run over by a wagon carrying about 6,000 pounds of coal. The child may recover.
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San Antonio
Aloise Daniels
Rules Restored After Suspension Motion at Meeting
Mayfield moved to cancel the suspension of rules and restore them with Storey supporting the move. Complaints across the state prompted the commission to act. In Austin, November 9, Attorney General Davidson said he would not issue a statement refuting Waters-Pierce lawyers’ charge about the jury and literate concerns to avoid prejudice to H. C. Pierce’s trial.
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Mayfield
Storey
Austin
Davidson
Waters-Pierce
H. C. Pierce
Railroads Authorized to Register Bonds on Completed Lines
The railroad commission grants authority to register bonds for three lines: Kansas City Mexico and Orient railway for $785,000 on 65 miles, Wichita Falls and Southern railway for $700,000 on 52 miles, and Wichita Falls and Northwestern railway for $248,000.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
Wichita Falls and Southern Railway
Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway
Fire destroys sixty foot SP trestle near Kenney
A sixty foot Southern Pacific trestle near Kenney west of San Antonio was destroyed by a fire believed caused by boys smoking near a bees nest under the structure.
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San Antonio
Southern Pacific Railway
Kenney
Here
Notable iron tradesman Walworth H. Tappan dies in hotel
Walworth H. Tappan, prominent in southern and midwestern iron and steel circles, of Louisville Kentucky, shot himself in the Hotel Savoy wash room amid worsening despondency over a nervous affliction. In Norfolk Virginia the American Cigar Company steamery resumes after a three month shutdown with 100 workers, plans to grow to 600 or 700.
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New York
Walworth H. Tappan
South
Middle West
Louisville
Savoy
Norfolk, Va
American Cigar Company
Long
Prehistoric Quip Highlights Family Lineage Exchange
A rustic dialogue features a girl declaring she has a father a husband and a grandfather while the old man asks the grandfather's age. The girl replies she does not know but notes they have had him a long time.
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Shakespeare
John B. Mike
Omish City
W.B. Hudson
Bryan
Texas
Hudson
Ah le
Wilson Futynklin
Nene
Franklin
Brazos
Robinson
Edge
4. & M. College
Providence Church
Georg Platter
Navasota
V. B. Hudson
Census Bureau
Corn Statistics
Manhattan
S. L. Boatwright
Holmes
Sam
UCC
Joe Kosh
Hamalton & Kosh
Colpesture
Mee Bane
the Complete Drugstore
M. H. James
E. Rohd E
J. B. Hines
City Hall
Miller Bros
Cavitt
Chicago
Chicago 0 Journal
U World
Guardias
Oklahoma
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Overland Trail
Pld
Eastman Kodak
Haswell
Stevenson Machine and Repair Works
S. H. Franklin
the Franklin Life Insurance Co
S. M. Derden
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