Roosevelt seeks national resources plan and Virginia style satire
The item reports on Roosevelt calling a January convention to preserve natural resources and notes witty opinions about prohibition, the Vanderbilt fortune, marriage trends in Spokane, and a Houston Chronicle editorial praising the president's Memphis speech on rural life and leadership.
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Internal Waterways Commission
Roosevelt
Washington
Memphis
Mississippi River
Interior
Great Lakes
John C. Calhoun
Weather forecast hints at tropical storm and October cold wave
The forecast outlines a developing Caribbean hurricane south of Puerto Rico and Haiti with a tropical disturbance around October 11-12 bringing heavy rain and a sharp cold wave west of Manitoba. It notes warm and cool waves crossing the Rockies and central valleys by mid October and predicts milder November weather for cotton and corn with price implications for fall crops.
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Caribbean Sea
Porto Rico
Haiti
Manitoba
Pacific
Rockies
Great Central Valleys
Strayed or Stolen Jersey Cow Offered Reward
Notice of a light fawn Jersey cow with one straight horn and one drooped horn, very fat, strayed or stolen. Reward offered by W. E. Johnson for return. location not specified.
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W. E. Johnson
First-class Barber Shop Opens in Dunn & Daly Block
P L Winter announces a first-class four chair barber shop with hot and cold baths in the Dunn Daly block. Patrons invited to call.
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Dunn & Daly Block
P. L. Winter
Delegates Attend Railway Mail Service Conventions
Fort Worth hosts delegates from many states for the thirty-second annual convention of the United States Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit Association and the Railway Mail Service convention. Leader Murdock urged renewed interest in mail matters while J M Gaines welcomed the group and praised local clerks. President Barnes outlined recommendations for improvements in conditions.
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Fort Worth
Railway
United States
Rail Way
Ladies’ Auxiliary Railway
Greenwall's House
Murdock
Ae of
Kanen
J. M. Gaines
Railway Mail Service
Barnes
Weather bulletin forecasts disturbance cross country
Poster’s Weather Bulletin reports disturbances crossing the continent from Oct 4 to 15 with warm and cool waves. Disturbances reach Pacific coast by the 8th and cross the Rocky Mountains great central valleys and eastern states with intensities above average. Tropical storms possible at any time and dates of this disturbance remain likely.
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W. T. Washington
D. C
Continent
Pacific Coast
West Foster
Rockies
Great Central Valleys
Eastern States
Destructive Wind and Hail Hit Mangum Oklahoma Areas
A October 4 wind and hailstorm passed five miles north of Mangum Oklahoma causing heavy crop and building damage in Jester Bloomington and Willow areas. Cotton fields were ruined and some farms had no remaining structures. Several families were left in need with property losses widespread, but no fatalities reported.
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Mangum
Okla
Bloomington
Willow
Damaeon
Prominent Young Newspaper Executive Killed on Island
The body of George Hanson aged twenty six vice president of the Caucasian Printing company was found under a band stand on Douglas Island near Shreveport. He was killed on the bayou bank with a railroad wrench his head beaten to a jelly and his watch money and hat were missing. Police theorize jealousy over a young woman on the island may explain the murder. No arrests have been made.
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Shreveport
George Hanson
Caucasian Printing Company
Douglas Island
Theouse
Hanson
Child crippled for life after accident at cinder pit
In Greenville Texas on October 4 a boy, eleven year old Susan Smith, badly injured while playing with companions at Alexander Smith's gin seven miles east of the city. He fell into a pit of hot cinders knee deep and suffered severe burns and damage to his feet likely causing lifelong disability.
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Greenville
Tex
Alexander Smith
T¢ City
Paul McLendon
Susan Smithers
Shot Resisting Arrest in Bryan Police Fatality
Bryan Texas October 4 officials report John Woods a Black man was fatally shot by a constable during attempted arrest. The incident occurred as officers pursued Woods amid alleged resisting arrest charges. Further details were not provided in the brief report.
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Bryan
Tex
John Woods
Penitentiary in Caldwell Narrowly Saved from Sale
Prisoners at the New Jersey State Penitentiary in Caldwell faced a sale auction after collector Charles Jacobus advertised the facility for unpaid township taxes of 78.50 dollars. County Counselor E K W Crane brokered a stay to permit negotiations, with reports the county will cover the debt and keep the prison from being sold. Rumors say prisoners distributed lemonade and cake upon learning the stay.
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New Jersey
Caldwell
N. J
Oda
Charles Jacobus
Veenona Township
EK. W. Crane
Jacobus
Vanderbilt Heiress Engaged to Count Laszlo Szechenyi
New York reports the engagement of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt to Count Laszlo Szechenyi of Budapest. The wedding date is not set, likely this autumn at The Breakers Newport. Szechenyi, 28, serves in Hungarian affairs and has a seat in Parliament.
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New York
Gladys Vanderbilt
Laszlo Szechenyi
Budapest
Vanderbilt Mansion
Newport
Emerich Szechenyi
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Europe
Miss Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius
Vanderbilt
True Bills Returned in Dauphin County Prosecution
Harrisburg reports that 32 true bills were found by the county grand jury in capitol prosecutions. The jury was discharged with court thanks. District Attorney Wells will list the cases next Wednesday to set trial dates, and defendants will renew bail for the next term.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
Wells
Dauphin
Prairie Fire Devastates Olney County Grasslands
A major prairie fire in Olney Texas has burned for at least three days eight miles west of town. It has destroyed thousands of acres of grass and feedstuff, with heroic efforts saving numerous homes.
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Olney
Tex
National Anti-Horse Thief Convention Opens in Enid
The annual convention of the National Anti-Horse Thief association is in Enid Oklahoma with about seventy five delegates from western and middle areas in attendance. Addresses were given by A J Thomas from Tipton Missouri and William Strickler from Meadville Missouri.
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Enid, Okla
National Anti-Horse Thief Association
A. J Thomas
Tipton
William Strickler
Meadville
Governor Grants Three Week Slay-Delay for Belt County Murderer
Austin October 4 Governor Campbell granted a three week respite from execution for Henry Williams a convicted murderer from Belt County who was to be hanged Friday for the murder of a negro.
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Austin
Campbell
Henry Williams
Belt
Car repairer loses leg in yard accident at Houston
Richard Ravenelli, a car repairer in the Houston and Texas Central yards, was struck by a freight car. His right leg was severed above the knee.
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Austin
Richard Ravenelli
Houston
Texas Central
Locomotive-Related Fatality in Grand Saline
M Ezell a brakeman on the Texas Short Line railway passenger train was killed in Grand Saline Texas on October 4 when struck by a locomotive while switching in the yards of the company.
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Grand Salne
Tex
M. Ezell
Texas Short Line Railway
Land for sale near Edge in Moses Hughes survey
For sale 1476 acres in Moses Hughes survey near Edge. Roger Boyle place two blocks from Main Street on west side. Price $1,800 with reasonable terms.
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Moses Hughes
Roger Boyle
Price
For Rent or Sale: Half Acre Lot Near Home
Two adjoining farms totaling 96 acres with cultivation and improvements. Located three miles west of Bryan on Sandy Point road, one block east of the narrator’s residence. Contact for details.
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Bryan
Sandy Point Road
Fall Fashions for Mens Advance Showing
Advance showing of fall and winter styles featuring Schloss Bros and Co. garments. Designers display new suits and outerwear aimed at professional men, highlighting tailoring details and seasonal fabrics.
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