Nagle Receives Gold Umbrella in Bryan Farewell
Mr M Nagle and Mrs Waldrop left Bryan for El Paso to join their family. A surprise presentation at John M Caldwell’s jewelry shop honored Nagle with a gold handled umbrella engraved with his name. Sheriff Nall and a group of local notables spoke briefly, pledging warm welcomes for future visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Nagle
S. M. Waldrop
el Paso
John M. Caldwell
John M. Lawrence
Mr. Nagle
Bryan
Texas
R. M. Nall
W. G. Mitchell
W. Wipprecht
R. M. Na
Boy Shot and Killed at Palmer Texas
Sam Bowen age about sixteen, son of Bailey Bowen, colored, was shot near Palmer Texas Saturday night and died Sunday night. He had gone to Palmer to pick cotton and attend a festival when a stray bullet struck him amid a conflict among men present. His father accompanied the remains home. Charley Kimball, another Black youth and nephew of R B Goosby, died at Hubbard City and his body was brought home on the same train for burial here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Bowen
Bailey Bowen
Palmer
Texas
Charley Kimball
R. B. Goosby
Hubbard City
Secretary Many Years Dies at 73 in Boston
William C. Robinson, longtime secretary of the Royal Arcanum, died of pneumonia in Boston at age 73. He was elected supreme secretary in 1877 and served in that role for decades.
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Boston
William C. Robinson
The
Royal Arcanum
Cotton Market Opens Steady as Prices Slip
New York on Monday reports the cotton market opening steady with a decline of five to sixteen points from prior levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reforming Spelling Favored by Andrew Carnegie
The report notes Andrew Carnegie supports spelling reform and urges simpler orthography. Several local incidents: John W Hillen of Sherman dies on a street from heart trouble. A tiger near Tampico kills a boy and partly eats the body. Burglars steal hats valued at 10000 from a City of Mexico car. A steer derails a train near Cres son Texas. A mail clerk and a black woman sustains minor injuries. Planters warehouse at Eutaw Alabama partly burned with 100000 loss. Over 2000 bales of cotton burned. Marshal Shoemake of DeQuincy Louisiana shot dead during a card game. assailant escapes. In San Angelo Texas a fistfight erupts between W B Silliman Democrat and M E Hornish Republican after a joint discussion.
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Andrew Carnegie
John W. Hillen
Sherman
Tampico
Tex
City of Mexico
Cresson
Eutaw
Ala
Shoemak
de Quincey
As- Sassin
San Angelo
W. B. Silliman
M. E. Hornish
Illario on Trial for Fatal Shooting of Cousin in New Jersey
Miss Florinda Illario stood trial for the June 4 shooting death of her cousin Alexander Dipalo, a hotelman and contractor who had deserted his wife and six children to elope with her. Dipalo allegedly handed her a revolver to end his life before she shot him at her boarding house.
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Illario
Dipalo
Miss Illario
Hearings on hides concentration and rates in Texas
The Texas railroad commission orders a hearing for November 20 on the plan to stop concentrating hides at Texas points for intermarket carload shipments. A 50 percent cut in less than carload rates for hides within Texas is proposed. The November 19 district court date tackles the state suit against Southwestern Livestock Insurance Co. of Dallas for charter cancellation, with defendants alleging lack of citation. Also noted is the charter of Sherman Cotton Oil Provision Co. of Sherman with Dallas office and $100,000 capital.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Texas
Texas Lines
Southwestern Livestock Insurance Company of
Dallas
Twentysixth
Sherman Cotton Oil Provision Company of Sherman
Capital Stock
Poll Tax Muddle Sparks Texas legal wrangle
Austin reports a Webb county poll tax dispute with an injunction against illegal receipts. Judge Mullally may be disqualified prompting mandamus to the supreme court if uncertified. Nearby, Major Jordan and Adjutant General Hulen discuss mustering a National Guard band at Waco and a Dallas proposal for a regimental band.
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Austin
Webb County
Brooks
Mullaly
Attorney General’s Department
Mullally
Supreme Court
Harry P. Jordan
Hulen
National Guard
Waco
Dallas
Chorus Girl Hazel Cooper Dies After Carbolic Acid Poisoning
In New York on October 29 Hazel Cooper a chorus girl in The Earl and Girl company drank carbolic acid in her Hotel Hamilton West Forty fifth street apartment. Her husband Edward Walsh a jockey is named. She was about twenty years old and died at a hospital.
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New York
Hazel Cooper
the Earl and Girl” Company
Man near death after black wasp sting in Fort Worth
Herbert Jones lay at death's door in Fort Worth on Monday after a Sunday encounter with a black wasp. The sting caused flesh to slough from the bone, an injury described as rare for wasps outside Arizona and New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Herbert Jones
Arizona
New Mexico
Cattleman Crook Killed by Accidental Gun Discharge
Lawton Oklahoma October 29 J L Crook a leading Greer County cattleman was accidentally killed when a Colt revolver in his pocket fired as he butchered a calf. Five shots struck him after the first blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Okla
J. L. Crook
Greer County
Crook
Telegraph Operator F H Whittaker Dies Suddenly
Dallas October 29 F H Whittaker a well known Western Union telegraph operator died suddenly Monday at his home. He had been in good health and the cause of death was not stated. Whittaker was a prominent figure in the local telegraph community and had worked for the Western Union for many years. He is survived by his wife and several children.
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Dallas
F. H. Whittaker
Western Union
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G. S. Parker
A. W. Wilkerson
E. H. Astin
S. Dirden
Ass’t
FE. W. Crenshaw
J. W. English
J. N. Cole
Hall
Love Letter
J. E. Grice
Nagle
Sterling
Emmet
Q. Maloney
Aunter
Chathan
Commission
Death's Door
Jno. M. Lawrence & Co
Bryan Steam Laundry
Mound City
E. J. Jenkins
HaAswenun
Southwestern Life Insurance , Co
Joe
Reed
Fa. & Tit. C. RR
Houston
Denver
Col
Denver Road
Galveston
Denison
C. K. Dunlap
M. L. Robbins
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