Boiler Blast Kills Two at Davis Mill Near Votaw
A boiler explosion at the Davis mill twelve miles from Votaw Texas killed George Davis, son of the owner, and George Marge, a brother in law, tearing them into bits. Several others were injured as the mill wrecked after water ran out. A nearby fire had begun when workers realized the boiler lacked water.
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Votaw
Tex
Hardin County
Davis Mill
George Davis
George Marge
Wiggins
Davis
Conspiracy Indictments In San Antonio Crime Case
In San Antonio on October 15 the grand jury indicted Mrs. Elizabeth Mueller and Nettie Steibach with Queeney Steibach in a conspiracy to extort money related to a rape accusation against Dr. Frederick J. Fielding. Fielding faced no bill. The trio were arrested after Mueller’s affidavit accusing Fielding of criminal assault on Nettie.
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San Antonio
Frederick J. Fielding
Elizabeth Mueller
Nettie Steibach
Queeney Steibach
Creamery To Open In Gainesville With Local Capital
A large creamery will soon start in Gainesville Texas protected by local capital. About $5,000 worth of machinery has been ordered and the plant will be running in a few weeks. Cooke county farmers receive about $40,000 yearly for cream shipped to other towns influencing the project.
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Gainesville
Tex
Texas
Cooke County
Murdered Mexican shoemaker found near Bay City tracks
Jake Salias, a Mexican shoemaker in Bay City Texas, was shot multiple times and killed about one mile west of town as a train passed. A Southern Pacific conductor reported finding him lying by the tracks with four bullet wounds in the back, one in the leg and arm, and a large head wound.
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Bay City
Tex
Jake Salias
Southern Pacific
Human Head Portrait Snake Captured in Texas
In Hillsboro Texas on October 15 residents report William Hillsboro and William Leader found a small spotted snake near Malone. The snake bore on the back of its head a perfect image of a human head and neck resembling a woman. The preserved reptile is kept in a Malone physician's office.
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Hillsboro
Tex
William Hillsboro
William Leader
Malone
Suit Seeks $10000 For Wife Struck By Baseball
Sherman Texas October 15 In Fifteenth district court William Leonard files suit for damages of 10000 against Oscar Stoehner claiming his wife was struck by a baseball thrown in a street at Denison violating law and suffered painful permanent injuries. Austin October 15 The state insurance department prepares blank forms for 1908 company reports noting changes. Houston October 15 Kirby Lumber chief manager Bonner says official notice from Hunter shows 8156 in currency stolen at silabee and 1740 in silver dollars in bags overlooked.
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Sherman, Tex
Fifteenth
William Leonard
Oscar Stoehner
Denison
Austin
State Insurance Department
Texas
Houston
B. F. Bonner
Kirby Lumber Company
T. H. Hunter
Silabee
Doctor Stabbed Near Texarkana In Critical Condition
A message from Lary ten miles west reports Dr. George Smith a leading local physician was stabbed through the lungs in a quarrel. He is in a very critical condition. No arrests have been made.
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Texarkana
Lary
Here
George Smith
Smith
Eight Oil Tanks Finished At Laredo Mexican National Shops
Eight large oil tanks completed at the Mexican National shops in Laredo Texas will be used to transport oil from the Piedras Pintas wells in Duval county.
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Laredo
Tex
Mexican National
Piedras Pintas
Duval County
Road work starts near Lake Como to Mineral Wells
Fort Worth reports that about fifty workers begin the Turner into urban project pushing dirt from Lake Como toward Mineral Wells via Weatherford. The Monday morning effort marks the initial phase of the road construction.
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Fort Worth
Urban
Lake Como
Mineral Wells
Weatherford
Ennis Woman Shot in Accidental Pistol Discharge
Miss Julia Ransom of Ennis was shot in the left foot by an accidental pistol discharge in Fort Worth on October 15. Local authorities reported no serious injury and that the incident was unintentional.
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Fort Worth
Julia Ransom
Ennis
Robbery Hits Kirby Lumber Silsbee Commissary
The Kirby Lumber Company commissary at Silsbee was robbed of 7000 to 8000 dollars meant to pay woods crews. Paymaster T. M. Hunter deposited his satchel with about eight thousand dollars in the safe Friday night. burglars opened the locked safe without damaging the combination and escaped with the satchel. An alarm was raised Sunday morning as search efforts began.
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Peaumont
Kirby Lumber Company
Silsbee
T. M. Hunter
Wealthy San Antonio resident fatally shot near Mrs Ford home
Paul Ebers, wealthy San Antonio merchant and ranch owner, was found dying after being shot five times in a bushes patch in front of Mrs. Clarence Barbe Ford’s residence. Brother-in-law Paul Barbe was arrested after claiming Ebers named him as the shooter. The motive remains unknown.
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San Antonio
Paul Ebers
Clarence Barbe Ford
Paul Barbe
Ford
Ebers
Barbe
Eber
Germany
America
Galveston
Louisiana
Paul
West Texas
Thrilling Locomotive Crash At Fort Worth Fairgrounds
More than 20 000 spectators watched two old abandoned engines collide head on on a quarter mile track near the grand stand. They locked together as smoke and steam billowed up obscuring wreckage while no one was injured due to quick action by the engineers. The whistle continued to blow for thirty minutes, adding a eerie scene after the crash.
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Fort Worth
Headon
Fair Grounds
Tragedy in Texarkana Sees Two Die in Porch Shooting
On October 14 in Texarkana, E M Sumner, a white man, was shot dead on his porch by Monroe Ballard, a Black preacher. Ballard fired two shots and then barricaded himself, engaging officers and a crowd in a gunfight that left Ballard dead hours later. Both men lived in neighboring houses, and Ballard’s motive centered on rent actions involving Sumner over Ballard’s race.
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E. M. Sumner
Monroe Ballard
Ballard
Sumner
Fireman Fatally Crushed At Battle Creek Bridge
Albany Tex Oct 15 Fireman R M Hines was leaning from the cab window when his skull was broken by a fall from Battle Creek bridge and he plunged into the creek twenty five feet below. He died thirty minutes after the accident.
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Albany
Tex
Battle Creek Bridge
R. M. Hines
Ochiltree National Bank
Ochiltree
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
Frank Cox
Dallas
Louiana
Chreveport
National Association of Rural Free Delivery Carriers
Atlanta
Pitebeed
Searcey
Billy July
Kinney
Jefferson
Marion County
Dallas County
Texas doctor reports killing in Lufkin
Dr J J Castleman telephoned the sheriff from Kellys Front to say he had killed Will Serrell in Lufkin Texas on October 14.
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Lufkin, Tex
J. J. Castleman
Kelly’s
Will Serrell
Alpine doctor arrested in El Paso arson case
El Paso reports Dr. J. P. Rice of Alpine was arrested on an arson charge amid ongoing investigation and local authorities declined further comment.
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el Paso
J. P. Rice
Alpine
Tossed notes from a long Texas to Louisiana roundup
A wide stitched page of early 1900s Texas items includes robberies in Wharton and Kyle Jacksons gunfire in Georgetown, deaths at Groesbeck Beaumont and Kinney, wrecks near Lake Charles and Beulah Spur, political shifts in Jefferson and Chickasha, and assorted court cases, bank starts, and transport news across Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana.
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Kyle & Jackson
Georgetown
Tex
Henry Demmons
Groesbeck
Beaumont
Dick Jones
Texas
C. B. Cronin
Lake Charles
Fort Reno
Okla
Minnie Cain
Birdsville
Tarrant County
Milin Attacked on El Paso Streetcar by Deputy Constable
Francisco Milin Mexico consul in El Paso was beaten on a streetcar by Juan Francisco a deputy constable. This marks a third attack on Milin who is blamed for securing release of a rurale who killed a kin s mar of Francisco.
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el Paso
Francisco Milin
Mexico
Juan Francisco
Francisco
Milin
Mexican General Nivero Rojan Commits Suicide
El Paso report states General Nivero Rojan, commandant of the Bravo district, took his own life in his Juarez quarters by shooting himself in the head due to ill health and discouragement.
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el Paso
Nivero Rojan
Bravo
Juarez
Ministers Approve Large Sum for Siberia Colonization
St. Petersburg reports the council of ministers appropriated 9 500 600 rubles for colonization efforts in Siberia. The decision aims to bolster settlement, governance, and development programs across the region.
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St. Petersburg
Council of Ministers
Siberia
Totally Bling in Chickasha Stricken by Blindness
Totty Pettyjohn a leading citizen in Chickasha Indian Territory became blind on October 15.
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Chickasha, I. T
John Pettyjohn
West Springfield boardinghouse union planned
In West Springfield Massachusetts in October boardinghouse keepers decided to form a union to combat the higher cost of living and rents. Some have already raised prices and the union aims to standardize rates for board and room. The local boardinghouse trade thrives due to workers commuting to Boston and Albany shops.
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West Springfield
Mass
Boston
Albany
Father Takes Revenge After Attempted Assault
Newton Mississippi reports the slaying of Willie Bender a black man who allegedly attempted to assault a six year old white girl. The girl's father Benjamin Cuker a planter grabbed a shotgun and shot Bender as he tried to flee killing him instantly.
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Newton, Miss
Newton
Willie Bender
Benjamin Cuker
Coker
Mar tin named Jamestown exposition director general
Norfolk Virginia October 7 Alvan H Martin advances from vice president to director general of the Jamestown exposition. The appointment elevates his leadership role at the event with renewed oversight and public exposure.
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Norfolk
Alvan H. Martin
Strawn Man Dies After Horse Kick Oct. Incident
George M. Bain, an aged citizen of Strawn Texas, died an hour after being kicked by a horse. The accident occurred in Oct., leaving Bain with fatal injuries as local authorities investigated the case.
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Strawn
Tex
George M. Bain
Geronimo plans peace message at Collinsville powwow
Geronimo accompanied by his eighth wife and daughter travels to Collinsville for a last Indian wardence and powwow where he vows to discuss vital issues affecting full bloods. He says he is no longer an Apache warrior but a sorrowful leader guiding his people to peace. Also reported, three black men are lynched in Tunica Mississippi with two hanged and one shot after burglaries spanning a decade.
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Tulsa
L. T
Geronimo
Aneene
Collinsville
Geornimo
Will Jackson
Jim Bhonts
George Robinson
Tunica
Jackson
Shonts
Robinson
Intoxicants Seized in Ardmore Raids
Deputy U S marshals raid four Ardmore establishments on October 11 seizing whisky and wine and arresting the proprietors in a crackdown on illegal liquor sales.
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Ardmore
United States
Bates Passes Away in San Angelo
Colonel Elisha Bates died at Judge Joseph Spence's home in San Angelo after living with the family for many years. He was eighty five, born in Woodbury Tennessee, and had been in the overland stage business for years before the Santa Fe era.
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San Angelo
Tex
Elisha Bates
Joseph Spence
Woodbury
Tenn
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Lufkin
Wharton
Miller
Chickasha
I. T
Meyer
Southern Educational Association
Lexington, Ky
Aaron Watley
Marlin
John Toliver
Helm
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Chickasha S. T
Manuel Simmons
Beulah Spur
Avervides
Aguillar
W. A. Taylor
Johnson
Hale County
Alabama
Greensboro
Expo
Coromalis
Greece
Joseph Powers
Waldron
Leggett
Dave Davis
Frederick Weyerhauser
S.t’aul
Chicago
Elizabeth Lambert
Will Grganize
Tunica, Miss
Bates
Santa Fe
Dr. Se
Dr. Shoop
Shoop
M. H. James
Mr. H. James
Rohde
Oia Dawreen
Wyant LL - Ee
James & Nunn
Monroe Edge
Bryan, Texas
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Brazos County
B. Hudson
Www
W. Wilson Franklin Texa
Hudson & Wilson
Attorneys At Law
Bryan and Franklin, Texas
Brazos and
Robertson Counties
Moses Hughes
Roger Boyle
Main Street
Price
Bryan
Sandy Point Road
Dallas Fair
P. m
C.E Dunlap
M.l.robbins
Gen. Pass
V. B. Hudson
Public Stenographer Office
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