Attorney General Davidson’s Cordial Mexico Visit
The trip featured a meeting with President Diaz at the national palace after red tape via the U S ambassador. Davidson praised Diaz as affable with military bearing, noted courteous hosts, and described Novemberlike November weather. He visited Poco Park and brought back a Mexican blanket for Governor Campbell.
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Austin
Mexico
Davidson
Diaz
National Palace
United States
Thompson
General Davidson
Anterpreter
Legal Department
State of Texas
Poco Park
Campbell
Duel with Shotguns Shocks Waxahachie
In Waxahachie Texas near Ray two men Tom Davis and W H Jeans fought a shotgun duel. Davis was hit twice in the face and chest while Jeans received a buckshot wound to the back and left breast. Both are expected to recover. Davis fired four times Jeans twice. Jeans posted bond for $100 on an abusive language charge and the incident stemmed from prior trouble.
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Ray
Tom Davis
W. H. Jeans
Davis
Jeans
Waxahachie
Collapse of Quebec Bridge Kills Dozens in St Lawrence
In Quebec the steel structure failure on the Quebec Bridge left at least seventy five dead and up to eighty five feared. Rescue work continued as divers recovered bodies from the river while investigators from the government and the bridge company sought to determine cause and responsibility.
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Quebec
Government and
Quebec Bridge Company
St. Lawrence
Phoenix Bridge Company
Phoenixville
Oil Well in Piedras Pintas Field Breaks Free
An old Piedras Pintas field well in San Antonio begins gushing 500 barrels per day after previously being clogged and abandoned. J N Groesbeck Jr relays the report from J N Groesbeck Sr at the field noting the well had been drilled and briefly gushed mud before becoming blocked and ultimately relocated for a new well.
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San Antonio
Piedras Pintas
J. N. Groesbeck, Jr
J. N. Groesbeck, Sr
Fire at Courier-Journal plant causes $200000 loss
Fire swept the Courier-Journal plant in Louisville early Friday, raining water damage and an estimated loss of 200000 dollars. The incident will not interrupt business as other newspaper offices offered to use their plants to continue operations.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal
Baker Ed Mey Bitten by Mosquito in San Angelo
San Angelo Texas reports baker Ed Mey was bitten by a mosquito a night or two ago. He is walking with a stick due to a badly swollen wound and there is fear of blood poisoning.
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San Angelo
Tex
Mey
Kosmoski Sentenced to Ninety Days in Workhouse
Pittsburg August 30 Frank Kosmoski received a ninety day sentence in the workhouse after a mashing incident.
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Pittsburg
Kfor
Frank Kosmoski
Richard Mansfield dies after illness in New London
After weeks of illness the famed actor Richard Mansfield died in New London at dawn Friday. Doctors said liver disease with complications caused his death as he lay in a coma with his wife, brother Felix, and son Gibbs beside him. He had recently sought rest in the Adirondacks to resume the dramatic season.
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Richard Mansfield
Allen
Felix
Gibbs
Mr. Mansfield
Adirondack Mountains
Automobile Turned Over Near Lafayette Injures Five
Five people were injured when a touring car carrying Mr. and Mrs. Don Hawkins and Mr. and Mrs. Osterdorf plus a Indianapolis chauffeur skimmed a bridge near Dayton and turned upside down in soft gravel. Hawkins and Mrs. Osterdorf were pinned for twenty five minutes with crushed legs and scalp wounds.
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Dayton
Here
Don Hawkins
Osterdorf
Intermarriage of Races Debate at Chicago Seminar
Professor Zueblin of the University of Chicago proposed two stark options for the negro question intermarriage or black political rule in majority districts. He argued that in states like Mississippi or South Carolina blacks might govern where they are in numerical strength, while segregation should still allow the negro a voice in governance.
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Zueblin
University of Chicago
School of Education
Midway School
Fisher
Mississippi
South Carolina
Man Hangs Self in Barn in Grass Valley Township
In Grass Valley township Indiana County Samuel G Rhodes committed suicide by hanging in a barn. The incident occurred on August 30. Police and coroner were notified.
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Indiana
Grass Valley Township
Samuel G Rhodes
Bustves Man's Club Eyes Large Flour Milling Mill
In Huntsville Alabama on August 29 a local men’s club pursues acquisition of a sizable flouring mill. The effort aims to boost regional milling capacity and economic activity.
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Huntsville
Ala
Man’s Club
Beating Proves Fatal in Cincinnati Crime
Cincinnati EB Aug 30. R F Singleton former Covington magistrate lured into a Richmond street house and severely beaten. He died at the city hospital. No clue. Two men and a woman suspected of the crime have been discovered.
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Cincinnati
R. F. Singleton
Covington
Richmond Street
Plague Cases Rise in San Francisco as Deaths Reach Seven
San Francisco reports nine bubonic plague cases with seven resulting deaths by August 30. Authorities monitor spread and issue advisories as health officials work to contain the outbreak.
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San Francisco
Treed by Wolves Two Men Held Captive Near Duluth
Duluth Minnesota August 30 Reuben Wilson and John Robinson were treed by wolves in the county and held captive for three hours before being released unharmed by local authorities and ranchers.
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Duluth
Minn
Reuben Wilson
John Robinson
Epidemic Cholera Ravages Lower Yangtse Ports
Shanghai reports cholera spreading among Chinese in lower Yangtse ports with about 300 deaths on the streets. Authorities struggle to contain the outbreak and prevent further fatalities.
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Shanghai
Yangtse
Indians hold a unique fish kill at Rocky Ford
At Rocky Ford near Eufaula Oklahoma Territory a large Indigenous gathering performed a ritual fish kill using Devil's shoestrings roots. They pound root juice into water to intoxicate fish, then spear and beat them to death before baking and feasting.
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Eufaula
I. T
Rocky Ford
Collision injures six on Birmingham street lines
Six people were injured in a rear end collision near the state fair grounds between electric cars on the South Ensley and North Bessemer lines. The motor man John E. Vaughn broke a leg, passenger W. H. Sawyer suffered a leg trauma, and passenger Edward Williams sustained a thigh fracture.
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Birmingham
State Fair Grounds
Ensley
North Bessemer
John E. Vaughn
W. H. Sawyer
Edward Williams
Emory Texas builds peanut warehouse and more headlines
The city of Texan Emory plans a peanut warehouse while Mexico City begins an American school. Southern Railway collision near Asheville injures thirty. Toulon naval disaster blamed on French system. B Haagsma found dead in Mississippi River near St. Louis. Five Claiborne parish residents arrested for peonage. Guthrie votes 96 000 bonds approved. Dallas lineman P S Schell injured in fall. Tom Green County values rise to 7 074 300. Over 1 000 900 in Chihuahua improvements since January. New blackberries shown in Dallas bloom freely. Mrs Gertrude Hicks body found near Paris Ill with throat cut. Fort Worth railroad worker Peter Higgins dies after a burst vessel. W A Russell named general passenger agent in Louisville. Fort Worth depot keeper John J Fulford resigns. St Peters Church head Fr E R Chase to Rome.
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Guthrie
S Schell
Dallas
Tom Green County
Texas
Chichuahua
Mex
Gertrude Hicks
Paris
Peter Higgins
Houston and Texas Central Railway
Fort Worth
W. A. Russell
Louisville and Nashville Railway
Louisville
John J. Fulford
Texas and Pacific Railway
Mer. E. R. Chase
St Peter’s Roman Catholic
Laredo
Rome
Vatican
Father Chase
Secretary Chase
Lincoln
Begged Bread Fraud Tricked Beaver Falls Households
Police hunt a traveling woman in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania for weeks of bread scams. She visits homes on alternating street sides claiming a sick husband and starving children to obtain generously baked loaves, then uses the same ruse to sell bread at high prices. A Ninth avenue resident exposed the scheme after recognizing a loaf she had baked.
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Beaver Falls
Ninth Avenue
Insurance Chief Love and Family Arrive in Austin
Austin reports Insurance Commissioner Love and his family have arrived from Dallas, signaling a visit or official engagement. The note places the arrival in the context of local activity and state oversight.
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Austin
Love
Dallas
Thomas Poe Dies at 95 After Sixty Three Years as Mason
Rushville Indiana August 30 Thomas I Poe longtime Mason for sixty three years has died aged ninety five in Rushville He was a prominent member of the local craft with a long service record in the fraternal order and community affairs.
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Rushville
Ind
Thomas I Poe
Palloonists Astonished By Heavy Falls In Ghazipur
A Punch reader quips that aerolites weighing five hundred weight each falling in Ghazipur district of India seem to show palloonists are heavy people.
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Ghazipur
India
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