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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1907
Page
1
Creek leader Pleaghat Potwer Dito dies at Vinita after long service as a chief. Tributes flow from tribal council and local allies as the community mourns the elder statesman and advocate for heritage.
Pleasant Porter chief of the Creeks, aged about 66, died in Vinita after a stroke on a train en route to Crocker Missouri for a damages trial. A Democrat Confederate veteran and longtime Creek political force, Porter opposed and supported U.S. policies as his people dictated. Molly Tiger, a full blood Creek, was named second chief and would assume principal duties after funeral ceremonies.
In Philadelphia on September 2 a 16 year old Jertrude Grindlen Myers eloped with Alvin Myers of Roxborough to Wilmington and married. The girl and her friend Linda Hausler planned the trip to evade a spanking, with a Wilmington ceremony performed by Rev. George L. Wolfere. Hausler claims she did not pressure the match.
A Dallas woman suffered extensive skin burns after a fire incident. Firefighters arrived to control the blaze and transported the victim to a medical facility for treatment.
Mrs. J. Manley of 190 South Peak street burned to death while burning trash in her yard. Her fifteen year old daughter Miss Davey Manley sustained severe burns while trying to help. Residents rushed to aid but flames destroyed garments and skin before help arrived. Mrs. Manley, a Smith county native, left a husband and two children after about fifteen years in Dallas.
In Emory Texas a husband and wife, Marshall Lamb and Mrs Lamb, were found dead after multiple gunshots. Mrs Lamb, about twenty, was killed in the head. Marshall Lamb died from two gunshots. The killings followed a court order giving the children to the mother. Both families were prominent and the tragedy stunned the community.
A Canadian Pacific railway special train carrying 300 passengers to the Toronto exposition derailed near Horseshoe Falls nine miles south of Cana Orangeville Ontario. Six people died and over 150 were injured in the Tuesday wreck.
A powerful blast at the Austin Powder company plant near Cleveland claims life of Joseph Bassutt and leaves Frank Mowoski severely injured. The explosion occurred Tuesday afternoon, prompting investigations and emergency response.
Clarksville Texas reports the death of Will Balentine a 35 year old Red River county farmer who collapsed while talking on a telephone at his father in law Sel McAnearnes home Balentine had recently recovered from a long fever and had traveled to town for the first time since illness He died in the home of his father in law after leaving the town portion of his visit
Police probe the death of eighteen year old Miss Robbie Weir daughter of Mrs. M. A. Weir found dying at Mrs. Petersons North Ardmore home with a bullet wound above the right temple. She had just returned from a Labor Day picnic with a young man who left the house after a shot was heard and she died shortly after. her right hand showed powder stains.
Elizabeth Hunt of New York City marks her 107th birthday at Mrs. P. M Wellman’s Derby home. The centenarian, from a prominent family, traveled the Housatonic River this summer and enjoys automobile rides during her stay.
In Somerville New Jersey on September 3 Richard Stryker attacked his father John Stryker, a wealthy farmer, causing fatal injuries. He then cut his own throat with a penknife and remains in critical condition.
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