Texas Notes and Local Snippets From The Daily Eagle
Texas topics abound from rice and cattle shifts in Matagorda County to Hempstead contempt of court charges. A Brazos river improvement meeting is planned in Houston on November 21, and Nacogdoches approves a tobacco experiment station. A Donkey club notice at a nearby town sermon provokes quiet humor.
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Matagorda County
Brazos River
Houston
Nacogdoches
Texas
Atchison (Kane) Globe
Donkey Club
Mrs Alice Dean Dies in Crockett Texas at 50
Mrs. Alice Dean wife of W H Dean died in Crockett Texas yesterday at 9 am aged about 50. She was reared in Brazos county and lived in Bryan before moving. Survived by husband four children and five siblings including Jeff P Mitchell and Mrs R L Weddington. Remains to be brought to Bryan for burial at Boonville cemetery.
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Alice Dean
W. H. Dean
Crockett
Texas
J. E. Mitchell
Fort Worth
Kendall
Hanis
W CG. Brooks
Navasota
Iane Dean
Artie Dean
Bryan
Boonville Cemetery
Bryan club women secure Carnegie grant for library fund
The Bryan club women helped obtain $10,000 from Carnegie for a library fund. The Corsicana Sun notes Bryan, Texas, as a cultured hub known for education and intelligence in South Texas.
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Bryan Club
Carnegie
Bryan
Texas
South Texas
Corsicana Sun
George F Rush dies after brief illness at Bowhman community
George F Rush aged about 35 to 40 died Thursday night at his home in the Bowhman school house community from congestion after a short illness. He lived in Brazos county for several years and leaves a wife and several children. He was described as upright industrious and popular. The remains were laid to rest at Reliance church Friday afternoon.
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George F. Rush
Bowhman School House
Brazos County
Reliance Church
Union miners retreat amid housing shortage in Scranton
Non union workers, scarce at collieries, left town to seek positions elsewhere as stockade living quarters disappeared and boarding options dwindled. About half of the mines resumed operations with a near full workforce in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Scranton
Rail workers to press wage demands on Southern Pacific
Oakland reports plan to seek higher pay within 30 days affecting over 80 000 railway workers. United Brotherhood of Railway Employes plans action across 23 western roads amid rising living costs and increased work due to heavier equipment.
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Southern Pacific
Oakland
Cal
Southern Pacific Company
Chicago
United Brotherhood of Railway
Six Prisoners Escape From Terrel City Jail
Six inmates broke from Terrel city jail. One is the recently escaped negro convict from the state farm near Marlin held for Sergt. Skelton. Names listed include Silby Fields, Harry Johnson, Long Smith, Charles Beal, Cragg Williams, John Spates, and Jobs Harper.
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Terrel
Tex
Marlin
Sergt. Skelton
Silby Fields
Harry Johnson
Long Smith
Charles Beal
Cragg Williams
John Spates
Jobs Harper
Reading Railroad to raise coal price fifty cents a ton
Philadelphia October 24 The Reading Railroad board led by President Baer states after mining strikes the cost of producing anthracite will rise by 50 cents per ton. The increase to apply to all collieries until January 1, 1908, to restore normal mining conditions and curb unfair dealer profiteering.
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Reading Road
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Baer
Mines in bad shape delay resumption in Anthracite
Wilkesbarre reports slow restart of mining across the anthracite region due to water, roof hazards and unsafe conditions. Mine superintendents halted operations to secure underground workings, with repairs expected to take days or weeks. Some mines operated cautiously, yet no accidents were reported.
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Wilkesbarre
Strikers Ordered Back to Work in Chicago
The Chicago Federation of Labor voted to require Whitesale Grocers' Employes' union members to return to work while arbitration settles their dispute. Five large stores had been tied up and two more were threatened.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Whitesale Grocers’ Employes
Stage Robbery Near North Yamhill Seizes $200
Five miles from North Yamhill Oregon on October 20 three masked men halted the Tillamook stage. They ordered passengers to line up at the roadside and surrender valuables, securing about $200 before escaping.
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Stace
North Yamhill
Ore
Tillamook
Marshal Killed Quelling Riot at Texas Festival
Blossom Texas October 20. City Marshal Ben Hill was killed at a negro festival Saturday night while attempting to quell a riot. Three other negroes were shot by the killer, a Negro who also remains at large. The assailant was reported to be a brother of the shooters involved.
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Blossom
Tex
Ben Hill
Train Robbery Reported Between Bermount and Drummond
Word reached St. Paul of a late Thursday night Northern Pacific mail train robbery between Bermount and Drummond Montana. The engineer was killed and the registered mail stolen from the mail car. other cars were not involved.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Bermount
Drummond
Mont
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