Roosevelt trip opens new Monticello bear hunt camp
Stamboul La Oct 12 Roosevelt camp near Newellton in Tensas parish shifts to a Bayou Tensas site after a fruitless bear hunt. The party reports no bear sightings despite dogs and tracks. hunters believe bears have moved or diminished in the upper Tensas region. The group, led by Mr Parker, moves to a camp twelve miles inland, with hunters Lilley Collier and Metcalf brothers among the few staying behind. Friday's work seeks wild cats in the woods between the railroad and the bayou.
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Stamboul
Roosevelt
Monticello
Bayou Tensas
Newellton
Tensas Parsh
Tron Mountain
Monticello Crossing
Ben Lilley
Parker
Holt Collier
Metcalf Brothers
Jack Powell
Negro Cook
Bible Reading Opposed by Chicago Board President
President Otto C. Schneider of the Chicago Board of Education opposes Bible teaching in public schools, citing constitutional limits. He favors a literature-based approach and a history of religious texts, while noting religion cannot be taught in schools. Mrs. Elizabeth Cook and Mrs. Clarence A. Starr pressed for Bible readings.
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Chicago Board of Education
Chicago
Otto C. Schneider
Schneider
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Bryan
Fire destroys Arcade dry goods store in San Jose
Fire on South First and Fernando streets wipes out the Arcade dry goods building. Loss estimated between 300000 and 400000 dollars. In Cincinnati Dan O Leary the 65 year old pedestrian aims to reach 1000 miles walking at one mile per hour. He had reached 800 miles by noon Saturday and plans to finish on October 20.
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San Jose
Cal
Arcade
South First and
Fernando Streets
Cincinnati
Dan O'Leary
Norwood Inn
O’leary
Shreveport Considered for Texan League Entry
Memphis reports Shreveport may withdraw from the Southern Baseball league prompting a potential interstate plan. Hot Springs Pine Bluff Texarkana Baton Rouge and Monroe discuss a tri state league for next year with other cities showing interest. Railroad limits hinder smaller towns. Letters urge Shreveport magnates to delay until a formal meeting on the tri state proposal is held.
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Memphis
Shreveport
Hot Springs
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Batoff Rouge
Monroe
Texas League
Tristate League
Auto Kills Boy in Paris Street Accident
Charles P. Baird of Philadelphia, son of Baldwin locomotive works, ran down and killed a boy named Daipre in Neuillt. Baird, driving a seventy five horsepower six cylinder machine at speed, says the accident was unavoidable after he swerved to avoid a heavy van. An angry crowd, led by two Englishmen, gathered at the scene but Baird narrowly escaped harm.
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Paris
Charles P. Baird
Philadelphia
Baird
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Daipre
Neuillt
Trains Collide Injuring Eight in Last Pullman Car
Collision between a Louisville and Nashville freight and a Frisco passenger train near Pearl City kills conductor C Smith of Birmingham and wounds eight others. Injured include KE Willcox Frisco general freight agent Kree and William Goldsmith of Rochester New York all aboard the last Pullman coach.
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Birmingham
Louisville
Nashville
Frisco
Pearl City
C. Smith
KE. T. Willcox
Kree
William Goldsmith
Rochester
N. Y
Randsdell Explains Roosevelt Trip Gains
Representative Joseph F. Randsdell of Louisiana arrived in New York to support the fourth annual convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress to be held in Washington in December. He said Roosevelt's Mississippi trip boosted his popularity in the South.
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New York
Joseph F. Randsdell
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
National Rivers and Arbors Congress
Washington
Randsdell
South
Cypress Wreck Claims All But One Crewman
The steel steamer Cypress on its second ore voyage was wrecked in Lake Superior off Deer Park. Twenty two crew members perished except the second mate who was washed ashore alive aboard a life raft near Deer Park.
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Cypress
Lake Superior
Deer Park
Sault Ste Marie
Mich
Spontaneous Fire Damages Paint and Paper Plant in Waco
A fire caused by spontaneous combustion in the paint and paper department in Waco started just before midnight and was kept under control by 2 30 Saturday morning. Loss is estimated at 50 000 with 35 000 insured.
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Waco
Paint and
San Antonio Doctor Arrested Over Criminal Operation Charge
Dr. Herman T. Wolff, a physician practicing in San Antonio for seven months, is jailed on a charge of performing a criminal operation on a young woman who is reported to be very seriously ill. He declares his innocence and has been refused bail.
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San Antonio
Herman T. Wolff
Geronimo Heads to Collinsville Powwow for Religion Address
Lawton Okla Oct 12 Geronimo the famed Apache chief travels with his wife daughter and an interpreter to Collinsville I T by war department permission to attend a powwow where he will deliver a speech on religion
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Lawton
Okla
Geronimo
Collinsville
I. T
War Department
Colonel Clowry Denial On Western Union Resignation
New York report that Colonel Clowry president and general manager of the Western Union Telegraph company will resign is officially denied.
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New York
Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Anton Hupp Grand Hotel proprietor dies at sixty five
Carlsbad New Mexico October twelfth Anton Hupp owner of the Grand hotel and a familiar figure to many has died at age sixty five.
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Carlsbad, N. M
Anton Hupp
Grand Hotel
Man Convicted for Wife Abandonment in La Grange
La Grange Texas October 12 Ernest Schneider was convicted of wife abandonment. He was fined 500 dollars and given one year in jail.
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la Grange
Tex
Ernest Schneider
Men in Wagon Travel from Lincoln to Corpus Christi
Cleburne Texas October 2 Messrs. Baldwin and Puckett traveled in a wagon en route from Lincoln Nebraska to Corpus Christi passing through the town.
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Cleburne, Tex
Baldwin and Puckett
Lincoln, Neb
Corpus Christi
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