The Prairie Subscriptions and a Firecracker Pig
Narrator recalls subscription debts and a delivery of wood by Parkinson that sparked a blast and a chaotic breakfast scene. A talking cat, a fiery chimney, and exploding gunpowder shade a morning of misfortune as humor and danger mix in a prairie town. Jim extols a full blood Alabama razorback pig listed in the American Razorback Swine Association, tied to a test case with the pound master.
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Parkinson
Hilda
Port New
Jim
Alabama
American Razorback Swine Association
Pound
Jim Simmons
Mr. Pound Master
Arkansas
Green
Per Simmons
Simmons
Razorback Swindle Outing Ends With Humble Telling
A writer recalls Jim Simmons of Peli can Lake pushing a razorback pig wheeled in a wagon for subscription. The editor praised the breed in print, then townspeople exposed the hoax revealing the pig as a dull bristled animal. Simmons faded to another town as the episode unsettled friendships.
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Simmons
Jim Simmons
Pelican Lake
South
Jim
Cleveland Bay
Alabama
Simmons the Luckless Boss Pig of Bagley Street
The narrator recalls Simmons the dog like beast in a small town newsroom. Simmons disrupts writers and staff with bold antics and defiant glares while chasing an eastern capitalist and wreaking destruction on grounds and buildings. A Fourth of July chase ends with Simmons galloping free as townsfolk fade behind him. The piece closes with a bizarre note on global language counts.
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Jim
Simmons
Simmons Root
Baptist Church
Bagley’s
Parkinson
Grigsby
State Pension Record in Austin
There were 16 pension applications received Tuesday, bringing total to 4799 across 180 counties.
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State Pension Record
Austin
Collision near Oskaloosa claims four lives
A Northwestern passenger train and a coal train collided near Oskaloosa Iowa on September 27. Engineers Allen and Douglass, Fireman Prentiss and Conductor David Butterfield were killed. Two trainmen were seriously injured.
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Oskaloosa
Here
Allen and Douglass
Prentiss
David Butterfield
Train Robbery Report Near Alexandria In 1900s
A freight train on the Iron Mountain road was held up and robbed at Antonio water tank, 25 miles from Alexandria, by masked men. It is not known what the robbers obtained.
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New Orleans
Picayune
Alexandria
Iron Mountain Road
Antonio Water Tank
Bridge Work Tragedy Near Morgan Texas Kills Worker
E W Prine died instantly and Thomas Womack was seriously injured when a creek embankment buried them under a Texas Central bridge framework near Morgan Texas. The accident occurred as they worked under the structure on September 27.
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Morgan
Tex
E. W. Prine
Thomas Womack
Texas Central
Prine
Womack
Smallpox Cases Rise in Bastrop County Camp
Dr. W Cunningham, county physician, informed Judge Price a new smallpox case emerged in the county camp located in the southeast. Of six cases, three have died.
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Bastrop
Tex
W. Cunningham
Price
Millionaire Bradbury Sentenced for Spitting on Streetcar
San Francisco reports William Bradbury, a prominent millionaire, was jailed for 24 hours after two years of efforts to avoid punishment for spitting on the floor of a streetcar.
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San Francisco
William Bradbury
Steamer Adula Founders Off Jamaica Coast
The Adula under Captain McAuley sank off Port Morant on Jamaica's south coast while sailing from Kingston to Baltimore. Five crew members perished, including first officer Mr. Percy.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Adula
McAuley
Baltimore
Port Morant
Percy
Dynamite cartridge explodes injuring local youth
Paris Texas September 27 Frank the year old son of A H Bush living near the union depot had a hand mangled by the explosion of a dynamite cartridge.
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Paris
Tex
Frank
A. H. Bush
Union Depot
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