Eruption and Tidal Wave Devastate Martinique Villages
Reports from Fort de France via the British steamer Korona describe Mont Pelee erupting with loud detonations on Saturday night. Morne Roughe and Le Carbet were destroyed, about 200 lives lost, as villagers fled inland amid ash falls and lava colonnades.
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Castroes
Island
St. Lucia
Korona
Fort de France
Martinique
Mont Pelee
Morne Roughe
le Carbel
St. Vincent
le Carbet
Brazos County Sheriff and Officials Nominated
The Daily Eagle announces T. C. Nunn as re election candidate for Brazos County Sheriff and J. D. Conlee for Treasurer with Mo Lawrence also seeking re election. W G Gillie Mitchell and Col T E Wren are named for Justice of the Peace Precinct No 4 in Brazos County Bryan precinct.
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Brazos County
J. D. Conlee
MO. M. Lawrence
Justice OF the Peace
Office of Justice of the Peace
Bryan
Col
T. E. Wren
Precinct No
Newspaper Growth in Japan Spurs Political Warning
The Houston Post notes Japan's rapid shift from one to nine hundred newspapers in thirty years. Judge Reagan predicts a looming revolution if trends continue, driven by capital greed and labor desperation. He calls for strict law to suppress both social extremes.
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Japan
Reagan
Houston Post
Conlee Announces for Brazos County Sheriff
Mr J Conlee announces for sheriff of Brazos county in The Eagle and asks support from county voters. A native Texan, he has lived in Brazos county twenty five years and served five years as deputy sheriff and as deputy marshal of Bryan. He pledges to enforce the law to the letter within his authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.conlee
Brazos County
The
Eagle
Mr. Conlee
Bryan
Col T E Wren Seeks Justice of the Peace Post in Precinct
Col T E Wren announces candidacy for justice of the peace in the precinct. He has lived in Brazos and adjoining counties for 30 years and in Bryan ten years, known as a reliable gentleman with prior experience as circuit clerk and vice chancery clerk in Alabama. Voters are urged to support his bid. Labor day observances and political remarks from Governor Sayers and others are noted along with calls for the Navasota Brazos river levee meeting and the Central Texas fair. Reagan and Lanham are cited on labor relations and strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
T. E. Wren
the Eagle
Col. Wren
Brazos
Bryan
Alabama
John H. Reagan
Palestine
Col. Lanham
Galveston
Louisville Mayor Declines Interference in McGovern Fight
Mayor Charles Granger of Louisville, visiting New York, says he will not interfere with the McGovern fight. He notes boxing contests are legal in Kentucky and has faith McGovern and Corbett will not break the law. He supports boxing as beneficial to youth and hopes differences are settled without gun violence.
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New York
Charles Granger
Louisville
McGovern
Kentucky
Corbett
Conature
Moseley Wins as Chickasaw Nation Governor
Palmer S. Mosely was seated as governor of the Chickasaw Nation after a legislature vote showing a 44 vote lead over William L. Byrd for governor. He resigned as superintendent of public instruction and was sworn in by R. L. Boyd in a joint session.
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Tishomingo
I. T
Palmer S. Mosely
Chickasaw Nation
Palmer Mosely
William L. Byrd
Pontotoc County
J. L. Thompson
I. C. Lewis
Mosely
House
Senate
R. L. Boyd
Tishomingo County
Two Forts Taken at Newport as Fog Hides Actions
Admiral Higginson's fleet moved swiftly after hostilities began to seize Martha's Vineyard and Block Island and capture an army signal station. Newport feared a landings scare when Port Judith reported marines landed in fog, but this turned to a drill.
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Newport
R. I
Higginson
MacArthur
Martha’s Vineyard
Block Island
Port Judith
Strong Caracas quake rattles coast with sea noises
An earthquake struck Caracas at 9 p.m. Saturday sending strong shocks along the shore of the Caribbean Sea and was accompanied by a loud noise heard across the coast.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Carupano
Carribbean Sea
Eruption of Pelee Prompts French Naval Deployment
Paris moves to send warships to Basse Terre Guadalupe after Mont Pelee eruptions in Martinique. Shocks on Aug 25 and violent eruptions Aug 25 to 28 produced flames and ash over the island with no reported deaths. Guadalupe reports ash rain Aug 28 from Martinique’s activity.
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Paris
M. Pelletan
Mont Pelee
Martinique
French Antilles
Basse Terre
Island of Guadalupe
Coon'cs
Island
Mount Pelee
Morne Roughe
India Crops Improve Amid Rainfall Across Regions
The monsoon rains help crops with cotton flourishing in Bearis, Bengal normal, Khandish district below average, and Gujarat favorable. reports from Bombay dated September 2.
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Bombay
Bearis
Bengal
Khandish
Gujerat
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Morne Ronghe
St. Pierre
Lorrain
Basse Point
the Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnes
T.C. Nunn
Razos County
R. H Kirk
W. Gillie Mitchell
For Justice of the Peace
Sayers
Austin
Navasota Brazos River
Emmel
Emmel’s Prescription Pharmacy
Hunter
Chatham
Moseley
Pelee
India
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
An Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Feed and Sale
Mabors Bros.hia
D. Mike, Jr
Allen Academy
State University
Bryan, Texas
J. H. Allen
R. O. Allen
Oriental Prickly-Heat Powder Co
Houston
Texas
McDougald Drug Store
Central Texas
Adictress
Paul Bradley
Sect
Hack
Madisonville
Daily Hack Service
S. W. Buchanan
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