Will Speak See The Ticket National Campaign Hon W C Davis
Hon W C Davis of this city to take active part in the national campaign supporting the Denver ticket He has not fixed his speaking location but prefers Indiana or Kentucky and offers his services without price His 30th legislature service and renomination reflect constituent approval The invitation marks recognition of his speaking ability for the party in this state Proceeds County Court report details Brazos County actions and finances for Sept 1 1907 to Aug 31 1908 including docket stats fines and appeals An invitation is issued to honor Mr Milner with a gathering at A and M College and a Y P S C E prayer meeting tonight with an important meeting to follow
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W. C. Davis
National Democratic Executive Committee
Denver
Davis
Indiana
Kentucky
Price
Brazos County
G. R. Wicker
A. G. Board
Justice Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Milner
Louis Lowry McInnis
R. T. Milner
A. and M. College
Y. P
C. E
Geo. Denison
Death at Whist Table Ends Col Pos ton’s Life
Colonel J B Poston longtime general manager of Waples Platter Wholesale Grocery died at Levi Lingo’s home during a whist game. He was 62, a former Fort Worth executive, Denison resident, and Civil War veteran with ties to Memphis for burial. He left a widow and served as Denison board of trade president and Texas United Commercial Travelers leader.
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Denison
J. B. Poston
Waples- Platter Wholesale Grocery Company
Levi Lingo
Poston
Ded
Fort Worth
Joseph Bruwn
Denison Board of Trade
General Forrest
Stars and Bars
Texas
United Commercial Travelers
Memphis
Cotton Crop Report for 1907 98 Season Figures Seen
Secretary Hester of the New Orleans cotton exchange reports the 1907 98 season ended August 31 with U S cotton at 11 571 966 bales. The 1906 07 season produced 13 510 982 bales. Port receipts reached 8 579 892 and overland movement 859 450 while southern consumption stands at 2 193 227 bales.
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New Orleans
Hester
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
United States
Shah's Troops Reported Defeated in Persian Civil War
A Teheran dispatch from Tabriz says Satar Khan defeated the shah's forces, with 800 killed and wounded. Civil war intensifies in Tabriz province as Persian state loan talks with Britain France and Russia fail after the shah rejects European financial control.
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Shah
St. Petersburg
Teheran
Tabriz
Satar Khan
Great Britain
France
Russia
Monument Dedicated In Toledo Grand Army Parade
In Toledo Ohio on September 1 the Fort Meigs monument dedication and a large Grand Army of the Republic encampment parade drew 3000 members. The march featured Cherry Pickers Elk lodges Foresters Knights Maccabees Knights of Pythias veterans descendants Newsboys guides Sharp shooters lancers Polish-Americans and the Toledo fire department led by mounted police.
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Ellis
Toledo
Grand Army of the Republic
Fort Meig
of the Elks
Independent Order of Foresters
Knights of Pythias
Knights of Maccabees
Descendants of Veterans
National
Veteran Women of America
Toledo Newsboys’ Association
Toledo Fire Department
Bryan at Fargo Prairie Chicken Banquet Highlight
W. J. Bryan campaigned in Fargo North Dakota on September 1 meeting Governor Burk and other Democrats. He greeted crowds at the Metropole hotel and at the train station where hundreds cheered. A noon banquet featured prairie chicken as a main dish during the Fargo stop.
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Fargo
N. D
W. J. Bryan
Burk
Cashel
Collins
J. B. Eaton
Bryan
Fair Grounds
Oil Well Fire at Dos Bocas Extinguished
Dos Bocas oil well near Tampico was finally put out after two months of fire. Six pumps used gravel and mud and dynamite to choke the flame, now the well flows 25000 barrels daily and oil is stored in large reservoirs. Estimated 3 million barrels valued at 3 million dollars were consumed by the blaze. In Atlantic City Charles B Roberts of Baltimore was dangerously shot on the boardwalk. his condition improved. Mrs Roberts remains in the city as authorities probe the case.
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City of Mexico
Pearson & Sons
Dos Bocas
Tampico
Atlanti Ity
N. J
Charles B. Roberts
Baltimore
City Hospital
G. Williams
Roberts
Oklahoma Democrats Open State Convention in Tulsa
The Oklahoma Democratic state convention opens in Tulsa with 1,500 delegates. Governor Haskell delivers the keynote, followed by United States Senator Owen and Congressmen Davenport, Carter, and Fulton. The outdoor tent meeting draws hundreds of visitors in the hot weather. Prominent figures Billup and Radies lead participants amid a large parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Govenor Haskell
United States
Owen
Davenport
C. D. Carter
EB. L. Fulton
Haskell
Richard A. Billup
R. M. Radies
Chafin Pledges DC Clean Up After Inauguration
Spokane speech by Eugene W. Chafin Prohibition candidate calls for closing gambling dens and vice districts in the District of Columbia. He faults a lax enforcement near the capitol and says the president has power to act and will shut the last legal yet illegal establishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Eugene W. Chafin
District of Columbia
Capitol
White House
Congress
Eastern Situation Satisfactory and Grand Central Costs
East political conditions discussed at a New York conference with National Chairman Mack and the Democratic committee, expressing confidence in boosting Bryan's electoral votes. Also reports on Grand Central Terminal cost estimates at 20 million plus and layout specifics.
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New York
East
Mack
National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Atlantic Seaboard
Bryan
Grand Central Railway Station
Forty-second Street
Grand Central
Vanderbilt Avenue
Forty-fifth Street
Lexington Avenue
Depew Place
Warrants issued against Detroit baseball club figures for Sunday game
Detroit would be the scene as police court issues warrants for Hugh Jennings manager and ten players of the American Baseball League club. They are charged with playing baseball on Sunday contrary to law in a test case. In Texas, Fort Worth druggist Dick Beeman was seriously wounded by accidental shotgun discharge, requiring amputation after the shot hit his leg while crawling under a fence.
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Detroit
Hugh Jennings
American Baseball League
Cleveland
Mineral Wells
Dick Beeman
Fort Worth
Boy 15 detained for assault on 5 year old girl
San Antonio report notes Camp Westermann aged fifteen jailed for assault on Georgia Cooper aged five. The girl is not expected to live. Both families share a home. The boy confessed.
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San Antonio
Westermann
Georgia Cooper
Westerman
Cooper
Floods Cause Only Slight Destitution in Fayetteville, N C
Destitution was only slight and temporary in Fayetteville after recent floods within the city. No lives were lost according to local reports.
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Fayette
N. C
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Batavia
Éans
Huntley & Palmer’s
Nunnally
Waples-Platter Wholesale Grocery Company
South
Oklahoma
Democrats
Chafin
Husband
Jonesboro
Ark
Arch Pickett
Pickett
Washington
Crop Reporting Board
The
Bureau of Statistics of
Department of Agriculture
City National
City National Bank
G. S. Parker
E. H. Astin
A. W. Wilkerson
E.W. Crenshaw
Asst
Stevenson Machine and Repair
Bulte’s
Excellence Valley
Sanders Bros
Geo. A. Adams
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