Wonderful motor car stops Dallas crowds on trial run
The Union Pacific Motor Car No. 3, described as a long maroon armored cruiser with gold stripes, made a daylight test from Kansas City to Dallas via Denison, drawing large crowds at stations. It is built for experimental service on Texas roads, with speeds from twenty to forty miles per hour, and will run between Houston and Galveston before a Dallas Denison test.
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Union Pacific Motor Car
Union Pacific
Houston & Texas Central Railway
C. B. Smythe
Obama
Hawks
Robbins
Milikin
The
Central
C. M. Bard
J. Apferson
Texas
Denison
Kansas City
Dallas
Houston
Galveston, Houston & Northern
Galveston
Evening Wear Crepe de Chine Colors Offered
Crepe de Chine gowns in pink heliotrope light blue and Nile green noted with a 50 cent price. Sold by Wagner and Brandon at 298.
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Wagner & Brandon
Plans Perfected for 8 Million Bales Hold of Cotton
President Harvie Jordan arrives as the Southern Cotton association refines plans to hold 8,000,000 bales at no less than 15 cents per pound. Farmers will sign pledges with name and address, sent to Atlanta, with reps in all 817 cotton counties. Jordan notes half the crop has sold at about 10 cents, spinners needing the rest.
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New Orleans
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Association
Atlanta
Jordan
Barber's revolver discharge wounds engineer in bath
Texarkana report states Ed Newman a Cotton Belt switch engineer, was accidentally shot by barbershop patron William Griffies who was handling a revolver. The bullet pierced the bathroom door and Newman's condition is critical with possible death.
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Barber
Texarkana
Ed Newman
Cotton Belt
William Griffies
Griffies
Newman
Steere Former Texan Was Treasurer of Isle of Pines Government
James M. Steere, once treasurer of the independent government in the Isle of Pines, long resided in Dallas. He worked as a local freight and ticket agent for the Santa Fe and was a prominent Grand Army man and an Elk.
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Dans
Dalas
James M. Steere
Isle of Pines
Dallas
Santa Fe
Steere
Baptist Convention Elects Officers in Dallas Meeting
Officials elected include President R. C. Buckner. Vice presidents Pat M. Neff of Waco and C. S Lattimore of Fort Worth. Recording secretaries are F. M. McConnell and A. B. E. Baten.
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Dallas
Baptist Convention
R. C. Buckner
Pat M. Neff
Waco
C. S Lattimore
Fort Worth
R. T. Hanks
Abilene
F. M. McConnell
A. B E. Baten
Death in Dallas Attributed to Morphine Poisoning
George Evans aged thirty seven was found in a dying condition and taken to the city hospital where he died Morphine poisoning is given as the cause of death.
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Dallas
George Evans
City Hospital
Less Threatening Outlook for General Strike in St Petersburg
St. Petersburg reports a less threatening Thursday with signs the general strike may collapse in a few days as extremists misjudge momentum. Workers largely obeyed orders but grumbled over winter costs and family needs, with many not wanting to stop work.
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St. Petersburg
Tabor Denies South Texas Quarantine Bias
Austin reports State Health officer Tabor denies papers alleging south Texas discrimination in quarantine. Quarantine remains on all infected points with five day detention for entrants. Also notes permit granted to Ofendorff Implement Co of Canton NL and state bond payment of 200000 for the permanent school fund sent to Dallas via Austin National Bank.
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South Texas
Austin
Tabor
New Orleans
North Texas
Texas
Ofendorff Implement Company
Canton
Capital Stock
Dallas
Robbins
State Board of Education
Austin National Bank
First Motor Car Reaches Dallas on Houston and Texas Central
The first gasoline motor car to reach Texas arrived in Dallas from Kansas City over the Houston and Texas Central on Wednesday after departing Monday. The vehicle, built in Kansas City, weighs 56 000 pounds and will operate between Houston and Galveston on the Galveston Houston and Henderson road. It carried only passengers and traveled 20 to 40 miles per hour due to unfamiliar grades. A second car will run between Dallas and Denison.
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Dallas
Kansas City
Houston and
Texas Central Railway
Houston
That City
Galveston
Galveston, Houston and Henderson Road
Denison
Ray Stricken. Man Serving Jail Sentence at Tyler to Serious Condition
J C Ray a former Tyler saloon man imprisoned in the county jail for two months of a two year term for alleged perjury was stricken with nervous prostration and is in a semi conscious condition His case is on appeal in the court of criminal appeals the strain of waiting for a decision is blamed for the nervous breakdown The perjury charge relates to an alleged whiskey sale for which Ray has already served the penalty for violating official option law
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Tyler
Tex
J. C. Ray
Court of Criminal Appeals
Ray
Wortham testifies on Busby case in Texas hearing
Crockett Texas Nov 16 Financial Agent Wortham of the penitentiary testified about affidavits against A S Busby alleging conferences with the defendant He claimed Busby spoke of the alleged shortage and the reason for it and discussed a trip to Natchez Mississippi.
Texas Baptists Meet Fifty-Seventh Annual Convention in Dallas
The fifty seventh annual Baptist General Convention of Texas opens at the fair grounds auditorium in Dallas with Rev. Dr. R C Buckner presiding and hundreds of delegates from across Texas and beyond. Robert Bruce Smith of El Paso responds to the welcome. Rev. W A Hamlett delivers the convention sermon. a 100 voice choir leads the singing. The pastors conference honors the late Dr R C Burleson as Dr B H Carroll Sr calls for seminary contributions.
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City of Dallas
Dallas
R. C. Buckner
Baptist General Convention of
Texas
Fair Grounds
Buckner
Robert Bruce Smith
el Paso
W. A. Hamlett
B. H. Carroll
R. C. Burleson
Terry's Rangers to Dedicate Monument at Austin in 1907
Austin November 16 1906 Terry's Texas Rangers plan to dedicate a monument in Austin during their next meeting Miss Stella Holcomb Luling daughter of a ranger will unveil the monument Officers elected President George W Littlefield Austin vice president W H Kyle Newery Walter Caldwell Austin George McGee San Marcos Frank Homb Luling Recording secretary M Phelps Austin Corresponding secretary E A Bolmes Austin The Rangers will deposit the monument vault with flags presented by the ladies Nashville and other relics go to the Daughters of the Confederacy for Capitol display.
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Austin
M. Phelps
E. A. Bolmes
Rangers
Nashville
Daughters of the Confederacy
Capitol
Large Gin Burns at Bak Stover plant in Little Elm
The Bak Stover gin at Little Elm in Denton County burned, with the entire plant destroyed and damage totaling 50 dollars, partly covered by 9900 of insurance. Nearby Batson saw a blaze on November 17 that destroyed four rigs and two 120 barrel tanks of oil owned by J M Guffey Oleateum company.
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Denton
Tex
Little Elm
Batson
Batson, Tex
J. M. Guffey Olateum Company
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Albert W. Wilkerson
E. S. Derpen
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J. W. English
Texas Central
Ray Stricken
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Busby
Southwestern Life Insurance Co
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Texas Baptists
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Guy M. Bryan Jr
W. C. Davis
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