Massive pipe order to link Indian Territory oil with Port Arthur refineries
The National Tube company has ordered 430 miles of eight inch pipe for a Texas Beaumont project to connect Indian Territory oil fields with Port Arthur refineries. The $6,000,000 undertaking aims to ship Indian Territory oil abroad and by rail nationwide, one of the era’s largest pipe orders.
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Pittsburg
No. 15
National Tube Company
United States Steel Corporation
Texas Company
Beaumont
Tex
Indian Territory
Port Arthur
Bryan Addresses Presbyterian Brotherhood in Indianapolis
Elder W. J. Bryan of Lincoln Neb addressed delegates and visitors at the first Presbyterian Brotherhood convention in Indianapolis. Dr. Hunter Coett gave the invocation, with John H. Converse presiding. Bryan praised the new organization as a worldwide moral awakening and urged morality rooted in religion. About 1,500 attended, representing every state.
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W. J. Bryan
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Indianapolis
Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
Neb
Organization of Church Workers
The
Hunter Coett
General Assembly
John H. Converse
Philadelphia
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
First Presbyterian Brotherhood
Cumberland
Ekesen
Brotherhood
Roosevelt Lands at Colon on Panama Trip
President Roosevelt and party arrived from the Louisiana at Colón at 7 30 am and were greeted by Canal Commission er Shonts Chief Engineer Stevens and other officials. Local schoolchildren sang as the party disembarked then boarded a decorated special train at 8 10 am to inspect points of interest en route to Panama. Roosevelt later met with President Amador in the evening.
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Colon
Navy
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Canal
Shonts
Stevens
Bierd
Panama Railroad
America
Amador
Panama
Colan
President Roosevelt
Worst Storm Ever Hit Washington and Oregon Ports
The storm battered Washington and Oregon on November 15. Railroads from Tacoma and Seattle were demoralized while service to Portland was partially maintained. Puget Sound towns Snohomish Sumner and Auburn flooded with other rivers running high. Portland lights and streetcars failed and statewide railway traffic was prostrated. Walla Walla area status unknown amid east and west floods.
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Washington State
Portland
Washington
Tacoma
Seattle
Puget Sound
Snohomish
Sumner
Auburn
Walla Walla
Roosevelt Arrives at Colon Aboard Louisiana
President Roosevelt completes first overseas presidential journey aboard the battleship Louisiana arriving at Colon after a voyage from the United States. The Tennessee and Washington accompanied the Louisiana with heavy rain delaying welcome at the dock. Panama's President Amador and Chairman Shonts miss the initial greeting but later join to extend cordial American welcome. Roosevelt says the voyage was uneventful and expresses gratification at the Isthmus reception.
Paris Adopts New Name for Madame Gould After Divorce
Madame Gould formerly the Countess Castellane remains in Paris with no plan to depart. The court considers her liable to provide for the father of her children and to settle household debts while resisting usurious payments. A decree compels her to send the children to their grandmother on specified days and to surrender them to their father during certain periods, under judicial authorization if needed.
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Paris
Madame Gould
Castellane
Avenue Malakoff
Mise
Helen Gould
France
Marquise de Castellane
Convention of United Daughters of the Confederacy Opens
Gulfport Mississippi November 15 delegates from nearly every state attend the annual UDC convention. Speakers include Mrs Helen D Bell Governor James K Vardaman and Confederate veterans leaders with focus on erecting a monument for faithful slaves and funding a monument to Jefferson Davis unveiled at the next Richmond reunion.
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Gulfport
Miss
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Union
Helen D. Bell
Mississippi
James K. Vardaman
Robert Lowery
Mississippi Confederate Veterans
W. D. Wells
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Lizzie George Henderson
Wncome
D. S. Vaught
Louisiana
Jefferson Davis Monument Association
Richmond
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OWELL
GEO. A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
Post Office Drugstore
Richelieu
ELIEU
Oeer
Main Street
E. J. Fountain
Republic
United States
Tennessee
Chairman Shonts
Reed
Commission
Squiers
Isthmus
Daughters of Confederacy
Columbus
Ice Trust
E. Bigger
City of Mexico
Nevis
Rio Greene City
Albert Leal
Bank of
Bryan, Texas
U. S
I. H.O. Boatwright
H. O. Boatwright
L. L. McInnis
Guy. M. Bryan, JR
W. C. Davis
Brazos County
Columbia Opera Co
Grand Opera House
Pasha
Olivette
Erminie
Smith Building
City National Bank
J. B. Hines
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