Fast Fruit Transit From Los Angeles to East
Southern Fruit Dispatch formed by Southern Pacific Texas and Pacific and Missouri Kansas and Texas railways to move fruit quickly to Kansas City St. Louis Chicago and New York. First train departs Los Angeles Oct 15 with precedence over freight trains but not passenger trains. MN&TX aims Fort Worth to Kansas City 506 miles in twenty hours at about 25 mph.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Texas and Pacific
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railways
Southern Fruit Dispatch Company
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Fort Worth
Deeds Identified in Standard Oil Case at Findlay Trial
In Hancock County Ohio Recorder Bloom testified about county deeds transferring land to the Standard Oil Company of Ohio. Prosecutor read deed records showing four oil tanks and a distributing plant in Findlay sourced from Solar Refining of Lima.
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Bloom
Findlay
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Hancock County
David
B. C. Shaffer
The
Standard
Standard Company
Saloon License Fees Raised in Caddo Parish
In Caddo Parish Louisiana amid New Orleans reports from Shreveport ministers influence has led to a raise in annual saloon licenses from 1000 to 2500 dollars. About 100 saloons affected. The change takes effect January 1 1907 aimed at curbing disreputable dives.
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Caddo Parish
New Orleans
Shreveport
Man wounded after razor attack in Winchendon murder case
Harry Wood, suspected of fatally shooting his sister in law Mrs Ira E Wood at her Winchendon home Thursday night, was found Friday with his throat cut by a razor. The wound is not dangerous and he is under arrest for murder as investigators seek motive.
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Winchendon
Mass
Harry Wood
Ira E. Wood
Wood
Oakwood Manual Training School Main Building Destroyed by Fire
In Huntsville Alabama on Friday morning the main building of the Oakwood Manual Training School was completely destroyed by fire. One student died from burns. nothing was saved. The school’s purpose is to educate young Negroes for Christian work.
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Negro Manual Institution
Huntsville
Ala
Oakwood Manual Training School
Storm destroys vast fruit orchards around Rochester
A western New York storm struck Rochester area causing extensive damage to fruit trees. Peach trees suffered most with numerous peach and quince orchards ruined, inflicting substantial losses estimated in the thousands of dollars.
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Rochester
New York
Cotton Fire Destroys 3000 Bales in Bremen
Three thousand bales of cotton arriving from Savannah on the British steamer Turkestan were burned Friday in Bremen Germany. The blaze started before daybreak and consumed the cargo stored at the Bremen depot. Local authorities investigated the incident and casualty reports were not issued.
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Bremen
Germany
Savannah
Turkestan
Fatally shoots son then kills self in Illinois
Vincennes Kaymungi, a language teacher in Chicago area, fatally shot his eleven year old son and then killed himself by a pistol shot to the head. Neighbors say he believed he was followed by the Black Hand and his mind seemed unbalanced.
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Chicago
Vincennes
Campbell and Bailey Speak at Rusk Texas
In Rusk Texas on October 12 Senator Bailey and gubernatorial candidate Campbell addressed a large crowd. Bailey defended his nomination while Campbell attacked trust influence in politics. A separate Dallas meeting passed resolutions declaring Bailey unfit for the Senate and urged the new legislature to bar representatives from accepting cases from trusts.
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Rusk
Tex
T. M. Bell
Bailey
Democrats of Texas
Senate
Campbell
Congress
Senator Bailey
Abilene
Frank Manuel
Jacksonville
Hogg
John H. Kirby
Carden
J. W. Bryan
Tom Campbell
Culberson
Dallas
J. W. Bailey
United States
Young Fairbanks Weds Elopement Merges Pittsburgh Couple
Steubenville reports Frederick Cole Fairbanks son of the US vice president, eloped from Pittsburgh with Nellie Scott and were married in Steubenville. The bride, daughter of a prominent East Side Pittsburgh resident, sent a telegram confirming the wedding dated Thursday.
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Steubenville
Frederick Cole Fairbanks
United States
Pittsburg
Nellie Scott
East Side
Indianapolis News
Frederick
Nellie
Real estate dealer threatens congressman in Tulsa yard
Charles R. King a Tulsa real estate dealer threatened to kill Congressman T E Scoggy of Xenia Ohio at the congressman's winter home. King entered the yard with a double barrel shotgun but was disarmed by neighbors. A feud dating from Warren County Ohio politics fueled the incident.
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Tulsa
I. T
Charles RE. King
T. E. Scoggy
Xenia
King
Warren County
Ohio
Joint Indictment Ties Powell and Gibson in Five Murders
Edna Texas Oct 12 Felix Powell and Monk Gibson were jointly indicted by the grand jury for the murder of all five members of the Conditt family. The sheriff departed with Capt McDonald of the regulars for San Antonio to secure Gibson.
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Monk Gibson
Edna
Tex
Felix Powell
Conditt
Capt. McDonald
San Antonio
Monk’ Gibson
Bride And Groom Hurt In Oklahoma City Incident
In Oklahoma City on October 12 Mrs. Robert Bryerson a Louisville bride of twenty four hours was found in a pool of blood in her room. Her husband lay nearby unconscious with a broken jaw as authorities investigated the violent episode. Separately in Dallas on October 12 the International Association of Fire Chiefs chose Washington as the site for their next meeting by a four vote majority over Boston.
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Oklahoma City
Robert Bryerson
Louisville
Bryerson
Dallas
Washington
Boston
International Association of Fire Chiefs
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E. G
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Kodo
E. C. DeWitt & Co
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H. H Henry
J. W. Brogdon
R. L. Brogdon
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Young Fairbanks
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Monroe
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John Wittman
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