May Travel Free Rail Subsidy Appeals At Dallas Reunion
Austin Oct 6 The commission has not decided on an emergency $5 rate for Confederate veterans reunion in Dallas. Railroads may issue free passes to veterans to avoid a commission ruling and test its authority on other citizen classes. Circus tax violations and Confederate home budget requests are also noted.
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Austin
Dallas
Comptroller’s Department
Confederate Home
Chenowerth
Prominent Austin Citizen Ends Life At Home
H. L. Spain aged sixty five killed himself with a razor at his residence in Austin on October 6. He died within hours. He had served as chief clerk in the secretary of state’s department under Governor Ross and was a well known Confederate veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
H. L. Spain
Secretary of State
Ross
Bailey Crane Debate Draws Texas Politicians to Houston
In Houston on October 6 prominent Texas politicians and large citizen delegations gathered for a planned joint debate between United States Senator Joseph W Bailey and Hon M M Crane. The Crane committee booked the Auditorium and announced an address regardless of Bailey. A second hall was secured for Bailey if he refused to join the Crane event.
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Bayou City
Houston
Texas
United States
Joseph W. Bailey
M. M. Crane
Bailey
Crane Committee
Mob lynching near Mobile leaves two prisoners dead
On October 6 Mobile reports two hundred men halted Sheriff Powers at Richardson Switch, three miles north of Mobile, seized two Black men on a train bound for Birmingham, and hanged them on the spot after taking them from the Southern railway train. The men were en route to be tried for criminal assaults.
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Mobile
Sheriff Powers
Birmingham
Richardson Switch
Here
Southern Railway
Prosperity Prevails Says Yoakum on West Market
Benjamin F Yoakum, chair of the executive committee of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway, returned from a western trip and said prosperity remains unabated with no signs of business decline, even in certain areas.
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Yoakum
New York
Benjamin F Yoakum
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
West
Frankfurt Arrives with 450 Passengers and Merchandise
Galveston Oct 6 The steamship Frankfurt arrived from Bremen with 450 passengers and 1600 tons of merchandise. Many travelers are migrants seeking homes in Texas Indian Territory and Oklahoma.
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Galveston
Frankfurt
Bremen
Texas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Father Klein Dies Former St Edward's College President
Rev. Peter Paul Klein a missionary of the Order of the Holy Cross died in Notre Dame Indiana aged 84. He formerly served as president of St. Edward's college in Austin Texas and was born in Cincinnati in 1862.
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St. Edward’s College
Austin
Notre Dame
Ind
Peter Paul Klein
Order of the Holy Cross
St. Edward's College
Tex
Cincinnati
Immense Oil Well Output Declared One Million Gallons Daily
Corsicana reports an oil well in the Powell field brought in with an output of 4,000,000 gallons every twenty four hours. In Santa Anna, four large guns are operating at full capacity.
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Corsicana
Powell
Santa Anna
Tex
Six LIVES LOST as New Orleans Tornadoes Roar
A string of cyclonic disturbances centered on New Orleans on Friday caused six deaths and extensive damage across Orleans and surrounding parishes. A second tornado struck New Orleans later, causing $590,000 in damage and injuring about fifty people. A 100 mile swath of destruction affected crops, mills, and hundreds of buildings, including many Negro cabins.
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New Orleans
Belixi
Gulf Coast
West Baton Rouge Parish
T. Foret
White
Mississippi River
Audubon Park
Marengo
Carondelet
Grayier
Magnolia
Marengo Street
Jai Aili
New Basin Canal
Charity Hospital
Marris
Multitude of Mail Overloads Texas Sends Large Kansas City Cargo
Denison, Oct 6. A heavy load of United States mail was sent from Kansas City over the Katy on train No 3. Clerks could not handle it and returned with forty three sacks of Texas mail unworked. The mail shifted to train No 8 for processing. The Missouri Kansas and Texas line reports rising mail volume and insufficient railway mail staff, causing Texas residents to endure increased delays. Also, Bluefields Va reports twenty nine bodies recovered from the West Fork mine by Friday night.
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Texas
Denison
United Staes
Kansas City
Katy
Thasday
Missouri
Kansas
Railway Mail Department
Bluefields
W. Va
West Fork
Georgetown Bank to Open Amid State News
Brief notes report a fire destroying four buildings at Mill Creek Indian Territory. J Adone of Calvert Texas dies. Massachusetts Republicans renominate Governor Guild. William Rice an aged man commits suicide near Anniston Alabama. a bale of cotton sells at 14 cents a pound in Terrell Texas. Panther Mercantile of Fort Worth files charter with $175000 capital. possible smelter near Mounds Indian Territory if gas can be secured. Colonel and Mrs T M Campbell return to Palestine Texas after a month in Arkansas. Jordan Little of Bonham Texas convicted of murdering his stepmother and given life sentence.
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Georgetown
Tex
Mill Creek
I. T
J. Adone
Calvert, Tex
Massachusetts
Governor Guild
Anniston
Ala
William Rice
Terrell
Panther Mercantile Company of
Fort Worth
Capital Stock
Mounds
T. M. Campbell
Palestine
Arkansas
Bonham
Jordan Little
O'Neal
Dallas
Caney
Smiths Speech at Mormon Conference Urges Exemplary Life
President Smith addressed the seventy seventh annual Mormon church conference in Salt Lake City. He spoke of his Europe trip and urged parents to stop sending children to Berlin for study saying German church youth keep aloof from meetings. He warned men to live exemplary lives and be true to Zion, noting divine support through adversity.
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Salt Lake City
Smith
The
Mormon Church
Europe
Berlin
Zion
Girl's sad plight due to rigid immigration law
In New York a Lithuanian girl, praised as unusually pretty, faces deportation after contracting trachoma while aiding Russian refugees aboard a voyage to America. Judge Lacombe declined habeas relief. her brothers offered to cover costs for confinement, but law allows no such mercy, so she must return to Europe for treatment.
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New York
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Europe
Throat Exercises From Misuse of Vocal Organs
A New York Post feature explains how chronic sore throats arise from tongue misuse. It cites tongue control and specific throat exercises to lower the larynx, keep the tongue down, and train breathing for clearer singing and speech, recommending mild practice after waking and before sleep.
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New York Post
Ocean of Eternity Sermon Echoes in Ducktown Gazette
The Ducktown Tennessee Gazette delivers a devotional meditation on time and eternity. It praises the faithful and warns the untrue, portraying life as a voyage toward celestial bliss through moral steadfastness and divine guidance.
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Earth
Ducktown (Tenn
The Wonderful Diatoms A Tiny Seaweed Life Form
The article describes diatoms as a minute single celled seaweed. They appear in many waters including ditches, lakes, cisterns, and wells. Some diatoms move independently, leading to historic misclassification as animals.
President Plans Coal Land Withdrawal Action
Washington October 6. The president is understood to have decided to withdraw all remaining coal lands from entry under the land laws. He is expected to urge Congress to change the statutes in a special message while he temporarily withdraws lands from further entry.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Fires Frequent In U S and Canada In September
The Journal of Commerce reports September fire losses in the United States and Canada total 10,052,550. Nine months losses reach 400,582,750, a record high for the country.
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New York
United States
Canada
Journal of Commerce
No Lumber Trust Found in Muskogee Case
Master in Chancery J Tisdel reports no competent evidence of a lumber price fixing agreement. The Floyd Lumber Company sued the Muskogee Hotel Company for lumber charges alleging a trust, with Judge Lawrence referring the matter for inquiry.
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Muskogee
Clark J. Tisdel
Western Judicial District
Floyd Lumber Company
Muskogee Hotel Company
Lawrence
Tisdel
Found Unconscious Allen Turner in Beaumont Street
Allen Turner, a well known ofisman, was found unconscious on a street in Beaumont on October 6. authorities were responding to the incident as a medical emergency and investigation was underway to determine cause and any further actions.
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Beaumont
Allen Turner
Ofisman
Doty Arrested for Corn Theft and Sale
T P Doty former secretary of the Central Elevator and Warehouse company is jailed on charges of appropriating 25669 bushels of corn in January and selling it for 11037. he posted a 10000 bond and claims a right to sell the corn. The rest of the excerpt recounts a Methodist conference anecdote about a boy named Judas Scariot and a bishop's commentary.
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New Orleans
T. P. Doty
Central Elevator and Warehouse Company
Doty
Hartzell
Darky
Judas ‘Scariot
Judas Iscariot
Judas ’Scariot
Judas
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