Peabody Hearing In Frankfort On Insurance Dismissals
Charles A. Peabody, president of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, testifies before Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Henry L. Prewitt in Frankfort about the removal of Col. Briscoe Hindman from the Mutual Life’s Kentucky and Tennessee post. Prewitt questions why Hindman, linked to a fusion ticket, was ousted while other agents were dismissed. The commissioner may revoke the company’s charter. vast attendance fills the historic capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Charles A. Peabody
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Henry L. Prewitt
Prewitt
Peabody
Briscoe Hindman
Louisville
Mutual Life
Kentucky
Tennessee
Hindman
Fusion
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New England
Michigan
Old Capitol
Southern Steel Buys Georgia Coal and Iron Assets
Southern Steel company announced the purchase of Georgia Coal and Iron properties for about 2 million dollars. Acquired assets include a 200 ton furnace at Rising Fawn Georgia 1 000 acres of mineral land 330 coke ovens and several coal and ore mines. Properties will be consolidated with Southern Steel and its recently absorbed firms.
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Southern Steel Company
Birmingham
Ala
Georgia Coal and Iron Company
Rising Fawn
North Georgia
Lacey Bulk Iron Company
Chattanooga Coal and Iron Company
Rev Sam Jones Died on Train in Day Coach
The body of Rev Sam Jones, who died on a train near Little Rock, was transported to Chattanooga with his wife and two daughters. Mrs Jones refutes reports of death in a berth, stating he died in the day coach after feeling unwell and wanting to sit up. Funeral moved to Thursday at 2 PM. remains to lie in state at Cartersville home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molen
Chattanooga
Sam Jones
Little Rock
Terrorists Taken in Warsaw Gang Crackdown
Warsaw reports police uncovered headquarters of an organized terrorist band and captured forty nine members charged with murders and robberies. The group allegedly passed crime proceeds to a local Socialist organization before acting independently with a bank account about five thousand dollars.
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Warsaw
Thaw Case Hint of Indictment for Additional Suspect
New York Oct 16 District Attorney Jerome suggested that another person may be indicted with Harry K Thaw in the Stanford White murder case Indictment could be sought during a dispute over grand jury subpoenas before Recorder Goff Castro President Castro is reported very low in Caracas on Oct 16
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
Goff
Governor Proclaims Texas Cattle Quarantine In Nov
Governor Lanham issues a cattle quarantine effective November 1 restricting movement from New Mexico to Greer County Oklahoma. Non infected cattle may stop for feed and water at Fort Worth stockyards Baird Hodge Gainesavile and Denison. Railroads dispute readjusting carload rates citing lower export costs from New Orleans to Chicago and Klondyke routes.
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Lanham
Austin
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
New Mexico
Terrell County
Greer County
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Baird, Hodge
Gainesavile
Denison
Railroad Commission
New Orleans
Chicago
Printing awards go to Austin firms and San Marcos firm
The state printing board awarded first and second class printing for two years to Von Boeckmann Jones Printing in Austin, third class to Morgan Printing in Austin, and fourth class to Daniel Watson in San Marcos. The two year cost runs about 75,000 dollars. The lowest second call bid is about 10,261 dollars under the first call.
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Austin
San Marcos
State Printing Board
von Boeckmann-Jones Printing Company
Morgan Printing Company
Same City
Daniel Watson
Postmasters Convene in Dallas for Annual Convention
Dallas October 16 Texas postmasters of the first class gathered for their annual convention. Notable guests included W H Haycock assistant superintendent of city delivery in Washington W R Spillman rural delivery chief and Guy T Gould superintendent of the Southern allowance division. President Marshall Smith of Brownwood presided and Treasurer Cochran of Marble Falls responded to the welcome. Addresses covered various postal affairs and branches.
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Dallas
Texas
W. H. Haycock
Washington
W. R. Spillman
Post Office Department
Guy T. Gould
Southern
Marshall Smith
Brownwood
Cochran
Marble Falls
Smith
State Charge Sealed: J M State Held for Murder at Chickasha
J M State, charged at Chickasha, J T, with the murder of Sam Hall, held without bail. T A Low, a Beaumont card on his person, killed by a train at Rosenburg, Tex. Four children of James Burnett of Stillwater near cremation as fire destroys their home. Fireman J O West burned by a flame in Commerce, Tex, injuring him and breaking a shoulder. W W Turney of El Paso named to Texas Democratic executive committee for the Twenty fifth senatorial district.
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J. M. State
Chickasha
J. T
Sam Hall
T. A. Low
Beaumont
Rosenburg
Tex
James Burnett
Stillwater
Okla
J. O. West
Commerce
W. W. Turney
el Paso
Texas State Democratic Executive Committee
Fungus Hatchling Tops Glass In Surprising Grow'
In a reminiscence Miss North recalls collecting and painting English fungi. A fungus the size of a turkey egg hatched inside a bedroom, lifting a tumbler and breaking it. The creature grew five inches tall, emitted a strong odor, and attracted swarming flies.
Skunk Under the Porch and Neighborhood Atmosphere
A Minneapolis Journal observation likens wrong settlements to driving a skunk under a porch. An innocent animal may be prodded by neighborhood youths for hours, ruining the local atmosphere regardless of outcome.
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Minneapolis Journal
Photo Portrait Soars From Mantel in Sudden Portrait
Polly remarks on a striking likeness of Auntie in a domestic moment as a large photograph tumbles from the mantel and strikes her forehead. The exchange preserves a quaint family scene with gentle humor.
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Polly
Dearie
Good Substitute Exchange Line Teases First Love
A light exchange as a woman asks a man if she is his first love and he hedges that she is something equally valued. The drug clerk answers with a dreamy tone, revealing a playful romantic moment.
Hindoo Acrobats Put on Daring Pole Balances
Describes Hindu jugglers and acrobats performing feats of balance and juggling. A performer on a fifteen foot bamboo pole tied to his waist, with a cushion leg rest, hops around to drum accompaniment and pantomimes. He balances sticks on nose chin and spins them end to end while executing dizzy pivots.
The Mahogany Tree and Its Rocky Homes
The article describes mahogany as a tall elegant tree often growing in rock crevices, its winged seeds lodging in cracks and sprouting. It notes Cuba and Haiti varieties produce finer timber, while Honduras mahogany from marshy American coasts yields looser wood used for veneers.
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America
Honduras
Cuba
Haiti
New York Herald
A Wonderful Animal Razorback Description From Arkansas
A Mineral Wells Index essay claims Arkansas hogs vary greatly and weigh about fourteen pounds dressed, six and a half with head off. It boasts Razorbacks outrun greyhounds, climb, live on grass, and fight wolves or bears. The piece notes a stone‑tied tail “stone hog” balances poorly and may blind the hog.
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Arkansas Razorbacks
Arkansas
Union
Mineral Wells Index
Memory feats of Morris and Walton described
The London Graphic notes Morton an Englishman who can repeat any discourse after hearing it and Schenkel who can recall 300 connected words and 200 sentences in exact order. It also highlights Sussex resident William Walton famed for memory, recounting sermons verbatim from childhood and a Cambridge B A at age twelve.
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Morton
Schenkel
Sussex
William Walton
Cambridge
London Graphic
Long Penalty for Larceny Ends in Marriage
A quip recalls a man who stole a kiss and paid the penalty of hard labor for life by marrying the girl. The exchange highlights a moral twist cited by the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Jack
Philadelphia Bulletin
Imagination and Work Ethic Across a Doorway
A Philadelphia Press quotation contrasts a job seeker couple with a laundry dress ad, noting a colored man and his wife seeking work at the door. The passage juxtaposes practical advertisement with imaginative perception, citing Tupper about imagination and thought.
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Philadelphia Press
Where He Was Gray
A lighthearted note from Syracuse Post Standard about an eighty three year old man with brown hair meeting a younger friend with white hair. The elder explains he stays gray on the inside, attributing it to gray matter on his brain.
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Syracuse Post. Standard
Bread on the Waters and The School For Scandal dates
A Georgia paper quotes Brother Dickey on charity and lending to the Land. It notes The School For Scandal first premiered at Drury Lane on April 8, 1777.
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Dickey
Atlanta Constitution
Drury Lane Theater
Land for Sale Across 100 to 200 Acres
Realty notice invites landowners to contact the office to list large tracts for sale. Claims to have ready buyers for several pieces from 100 to 200 acres and offers reasonable charges to facilitate a fast sale benefiting both parties.
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Peabody Hearing
Greanmer
Castro
Caracas
Hindoo Acrobats
DR. C. F. Andrews
Jenkins’ Drug Store
Residence Telephone
Kryan, Texas
W. H. Lawrence
A. L. Mondrick, M. D
Jamies’ Drug Store
Bryan, Texas
Kodol
Denova
Iowa
Albert Lamm
C. DeWitt & Co
U.S. A
E. J. Jenkins
Nh Shing
Zemo
E. S. Reynolds
Maple Ave
St. Louis
Jno. S. Davis
Courtney Shoe Co
E. W. Rose Medicine CO
Olive St
St. Louis, Mo
M. H. James
Wilson Grain & Coal CO
Paul
Jones
Ford's Saloon
Bryan Street
Nat'l Bank
Monroe Edge
Bright’s
John Wittman
W. C. Fountain
Burt Norwd
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Brazos County
H. D. Evans
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