Big Three Day Fair Attracts Thousands Of Visitors
Attendance neared 3000 with weather ideal and receipts up 12 percent. A and M College guests number 400 as morning band concerts trap shooting and stock show open at 10. Public speeches by Campbell and Mays precede afternoon races and Topperwein shooting. Races include Ida H and The Kid dead heat, Budweiser wins 61 2 furlongs, Susie Gregg dominates two year olds. Track notes praise exhibitors and officials as officials discuss entries for today.
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T. M. Campbell
Richard Mays
Ida H
Blanch Almont
Kid
Joe’s
Blanche Almont
Hicks
Susie Gregg
Foucon
Dr. Mack
Greg Nettie
Budweiser
Phil King
the Kid
Flying Bird
Poco Bueno
Sister Mary
W. E. Graham
Dixie Land
A.B. McSwain
Lady Lightfoot
S. C. Williams
Dick Davis
Sorrel
Lady Jack Gordon
I. L. MecNeeley
J. W. Batts
Corey Dunn
Otis Bragdon
Joe Wooten
Jack Kercheville
O. G. Parke
Joe
Memphis
Mildred Strong
Mary Simmons
Midnight
Billy B
Lone Star State
Jim Patch
O. R. James
Brazos
Parke
All Wool
H. and T. C Offer Eureka Springs Round Trip October
The company will sell Eureka Springs and Hot Springs round trip fares at one fare plus two dollars during October. Affected line Chicago service due to National Baptist event. Tickets on sale October 20, 21, and 22 with a travel limit to November 4.
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Eureka Springs
Hot Springs
Chicago
National Baptist
Governor Hogg Improves Says He Will Recover
Fort Worth reports Governor Hogg is better on Wednesday morning and expresses confidence in recovery. He spoke of improving health and stated he would recover.
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Fort Worth
Hogg
Tornado Hit Sorento Illinois Destroys Homes Kills Four
A tornado in Sorento Illinois Tuesday night demolished or damaged forty houses and killed four people with thirty five injured. The storm cut telegraph lines and hindered communication as responders worked by lantern light in heavy rain.
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Ilinois
St. Louis
Sorento
Ill
Demeanor of Minister Died at 101 in Kentucky
Nashville October 18 Rev A T Spear veteran minister of the Christian church died at his Peytonsburg Kentucky home aged 101. He was the oldest Christian minister in Kentucky and perhaps in the nation. He turned 101 last September 24 and planned a farewell sermon that day but was too feeble to leave his room. Spear was esteemed for his mental attainments and broad reputation.
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Christian Church
Nashville
A. T. Spear
Peytonsburg
Kentucky
Spear
Denison Weather, Rail Restored, and Miscellaneous News
Denison saw heavy rainfall Wednesday morning while rail service resumed between Shreveport and Moirae. A Muskogee pear tree yielded a second crop of walnuts. Miss Anna Hall, fifteen, runs an elevator in a South McAlister hotel. Philadelphia’s City Campaign club lists twenty nine prominent ladies on its committee. Twin Sullivan defeated Tommy Burns in Los Angeles in the tenth round. A thief stole 190 dollars from Taylor Smith near Denton Texas. Five Forepaugh and Sells Bros. workers in Denton were arrested and fined for gambling. In Lahoma Julius Woelke and family were poisoned by canned salmon. A Chinatown New York shooting sparked a police-club riot. A Seminole Indian, jailed for assault, was ordered lashed by his tribe’s council.
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Denison
Shreveport
Moirae
Muskogee
Anna Hall
South McAlister
City Campaign Club
Philadelphia
Twin Sullivan
Los Angeles
Tommy Burns
Taylor Smith
Denton
Tex
Smith
Forepaugh & Sells Bros
Lahoma
Okla
Julius Woelke
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Central Texas
Dallas
San Antonio
Howell Brothers
OAK Land Stock Farm
Sadaess
Labading
Postoffice Drug Store
GIN Insurance
Bryan
Oliver
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Gentral Texas Fair
Jack Hayes
Corsicana
Joe Kelsey
United States
Doc Foucon
A. M. Byron
San Antonio Fair
Chinatown
New York
Grand Opera House
John B. Mike
Stevenson Machine
J. Jenkins
Buchanan
Ss. W. Buchanan
Bryan Steam Laundry
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