Rock wound fatal in Abilene school yard incident
Paul Morgan aged fourteen died from a head wound after a rock was thrown on a school grounds Tuesday. Physicians trephined the skull but could not save him. Jess Bransford posted bond at $300. In Howe Captain J C Marshall long citizen died after a short illness leaving an estate valued at $200000.
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Prac Abiline
Tex
Paul Morgan
Jess Bransford
Bond
Howe, Tex
J. C. Marshall
Senator Dryden to push federal supervision of life insurers
Washington, Nov. 17. Senator Dryden of New Jersey, leader of a large life insurance company, met the president regarding insurance reforms. He will introduce a bill at the upcoming session to provide federal supervision of life insurance companies and the president will discuss the issue in a forthcoming message to Congress.
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Surance Wee
Washington
Senator Dryden
New Jersey
Ance
Congress
Dryden
Matador Tl Bravo Injured by Bull in Juarez
Tl Bravo sustained serious injuries after a bull gored him in Juarez Mexico with recovery uncertain. A passenger steamer Hanover from Bremen arrived at Galveston with 309 travelers including many homeseekers near Terrell Texas. T. M. Parkerson grows Japanese persimmons weighing half a pound each. A fire destroyed the tobacco rehandling plant of W. B. Matthews & Son in Louisville Kentucky valued at 160000 dollars. The government plans a daily automobile line between Roswell and Torrance New Mexico covering 110 miles. Mail service will be carried.
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Tl Bravo
Juarez
Mex
Hanover
Galveston
Bremen
Terrell
Tex
T. M. Parkerson
Matthews & Son
Louisville
Roswell
Torrance
N. M
Crown and Bridge Work Specialty Ad
Crown and Bridge work a specialty. Office upstairs over Burt Norwid's store.
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Burt Norwid
Over Haswell’s Book Store
Insurance advertisement for tornado and accident policies
An old insurance ad outlines fire mercantile policy coverage for buildings and stock, tornado options, life and accident indemnities, and low rate premiums. It promotes GOTTON incentives for cotton holders and emphasizes broad property and live stock coverage.
Heroic Horse Saves Girl From Panther Attack
Genevieve Reddington ten years old living near Cullen was dragged from her horse by a panther returning home from Cul len The panther emerged from the Wichita mountains the first seen locally in months The pony refused to abandon its rider fought the panther with its hooves saving the girl The commanche Indian hunter nearby drew the animal away and the panther fled into a canyon
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Guthrie
Genevieve Reddington
Cullen
Wichita Mountains
Belligerent Deer Injures Man in Tulsa Fight
A local oil well driller, John McCrady, was severely injured in a confrontation with a mad deer owned by a local doctor. The animal struck with horn and hoof, knocking him down until rescue. The incident occurred near Tulsa, Oklahoma Territory, on November 18.
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Tulsa
I. T
John McCrady
McCrady
King Alfonso to announce engagement to English princess
The Heraldo reports King Alfonso will return to Madrid and soon reveal his betrothal to an English princess. In Chicago on November 17 funds were raised by the Revolutionary society Jews for arming and equipping the St Peters burg revolutionary committee.
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Madrid
Navy
The
Heraldo
Alfonso
Chicago
Revolutionary Committee
St. Petersburg
Revolutionary Society
Midshipmen Reduced From Ranks After Fight Referee Incident
Annapolis reports Cadet Lieutenants A. W. Fict and Leigh Noyes, who served as referee and timekeeper in the Branch and Meriwether fight, have been reduced in rank. In Mexico eight thousand acres will be settled by Illinois and Oklahoma farmers. In Mexia Texas several alleged local option violators were arrested and liquor seized.
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A. W. Fict
Leigh Noyes
Branch
Meriwether
Oaxaca
Mexico
Illinois
Oklahoma
Mexia
Tex
Hearst Breaks Campaign Expense Record in Albany
William R. Hearst, candidate for mayor of Greater New York on the Municipal Ownership League ticket, certified that his total campaign expenses reached 65,843 dollars. This surpasses the previous state record of 22,000 dollars held by Governor Higgins. Hearst says he personally contributed all but 17,488 dollars of 80,206 dollars spent by the league's finance committee for all candidates.
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Higgins
Albany
William R. Hearst
Greater New York
Municipal Ownership League
Secretary of State
Hearst
Loks
Glargy man convicted in Paris assault case
Robert McCowan, a preacher, was found guilty of aggravated assault in Paris Texas. He was fined 200 dollars and sentenced to thirty days in jail for attacking the little daughter of a widow during a meeting beneath an arbor.
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Paris
Tex
Robert McCowan
No Faith In Doctors Prompted by Family Highway Doctor Choice
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt the question arises why choose a family doctor who resides far from home. The reply notes concern that distance delays care and delays recovery for ill family members.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Burning Oil Geyser at Caddo City Goes Quiet After Months of Fire
In Shreveport on November 17, the Burning Oil Geyser at Caddo City in the Annanias field near 23 miles from town ceased burning after a five month blaze. The 30 foot flame had been a spectacular daily torch, with gas output about 50 million cubic feet per day worth roughly $10,000.
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Shreveport
Caddo City
Annanias
Successful test of cotton picking machine near Shreveport
In Shreveport area on November 17 at Westdale plantation a cotton picking machine achieved a 91 percent yield on its first run and rose by 7 percent on a second run. Mechanical fingers did the work of a picker before a gathering of cotton men.
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Shreveport
Westdale ‘Plantation
Miss Alice's Presents Sent to Washington
The examination and appraisal of Miss Alice Roosevelt's orient gifts has begun at Georgetown custom house. Officials opened twenty seven boxes containing souvenirs from her visit, noting the task is difficult as goods must be valued at foreign commercial worth. Only about one third of the boxes have been opened and officials expect total value to run into thousands of dollars.
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Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Orient
Georgetown Custom House
Far East
Nyman
Man Believed Wife Murderer Hangs Self in Quebec Farm
In St Appolline Quebec on November 17 Alexander Labrie a wealthy farmer shot his wife after a quarrel. Believing her dead Labrie hanged himself. A neighbor found Mrs Labrie unconscious but unharmed.
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St. Appopline
Quebec
Alexander Labrie
Labrie
Snyder Expires Former Lieutenant Governor Dies in Minnesota
A private telegram from New Orleans reports the death of Hon. R. H. Snyder, former lieutenant governor, in a Rochester private sanitarium after an operation failed to revive him. Snyder was born in Tallulah Washington on November 17. In other news, the battleship Kentucky set a record by wireless distance, sending a message 600 miles from Hampton Roads to Beaufort South Carolina.
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New Orleans
Rochester
Minn
R. H. Snyder
Washington
Kentucky
Bureau of Equipment
Navy Department
Hampton Roads
Beaufort
S. C
Panic at AFL convention fire scare in Pittsburg
Delegates at the American Federation of Labor meeting in Pittsburg rushed for fire exits when rear hall decorations ignited. President Gompers restored order as the fire burned out in minutes with no injuries reported.
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Pittsburg
American Federation of Labor
Old City Hall
Gompers
Startling results at canvass reveal missing and miscounted votes
In New York City districts the board of canvassers found nine missing votes in the First Assembly District, and misallocations across Queens and Second Assembly Districts. Jerome had 57 votes uncredited, McClellan was undercounted by 200 in one district, and Ford and Cavanaugh swapped tallies in another. The board limited handling, journals reviewed by counsel, and court action sought to resolve Jerome’s votes.
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W York
Thirteakth
Board of
Queens County
Supreme Court
Ford
Municipal Ownership League
Cavanaugh
Cotton Destroyed In Columbus Fire Loss Tops 150000
More than two thousand bales of cotton burned in Columbus Georgia with about 1000 bales badly damaged and several hundred scorched. The blaze started from a switch engine spark near the Central of Georgia round house and raged through open storage with a strong wind hindering firefighting. Inman Co of Augusta suffered as principal loser.
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Columbus
Central of Georgia Railway
Atlantic Compress Company
Inman & Co. of
Augusta
Alimony Granted in Madden Divorce Suit
Cincinnati November 17 Judge Swing orders Mrs. Madden to receive alimony of 250 dollars per month and lawyers fees of 6000 dollars while Kentucky courts decide the divorce case between John E. Madden and Mrs. Madden.
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Cincinnati
Swing
Madden
Kentucky
Baseball Leader Declines Cotton States Presidency
Memphis report quotes President Kavanaugh of the Southern Baseball League saying he could not accept the Cotton States presidency and would not if offered. He states he is not a professional baseball president and is in the game for the sport. Separately a Philadelphia shipper notes a new freight and steerage service from Atlantic ports to Bremen will begin.
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Memphis
Little Rock
Kavanaugh
Southern Baseball League
Cotton States
Philadelphia
Atlantic Ports
Bremen
Noted Educator Dies
Carthage Missouri November 17 Rev. Dr. William Sims Knight president of the Carthage Collegiate Institute is dead at age sixty eight.
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Carthage
William Sims Knight
Carthage Collegiate Institute
Six shot as mutineers face imperial response in Russia
Washington reports Spencer Eddy says pardons granted to Cronstadt mutineers except six who were executed on Thursday. He notes imperial land actions may curb trouble while St Petersburg remains quiet. In Odessa a general strike is proclaimed to start on November 20. Guthrie sees a $600 reward for Mrs. Walter Steadman’s killer, raising total rewards to over $1,000.
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Maining
Washington
Spencer Eddy
St. Petersburg
State Department
Cronstadt
Eddy
Guthrie
Tom Ferguson
Walter Steadman
Frisco
Binger
Women’s Baptist Missionary Conference Adopts Next Year Meet
South McAlester reports the Woman's Baptist Missionary Conference adjourned to meet in Ada next year. Officers were re-elected to lead the group after the session concluded today.
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South McAlester
Woman’s Baptist Missionary Conference
Sf Ada
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