Knights Templar parade highlights New York gathering in Buffalo
The Daily Eagle reports on the Knights Templar grand commandery session in Buffalo with a 600 piece band, General Henry Bates Stoddard visiting as guest of honor, and remarks recalling his Confederate service. General Stoddard hails from Bryan Texas and notes harmony within the order.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Courier
Knights Templar
New York
New York State Knights
Stoddard
America
Confederacy
Bridge Work Ends With Rails Scattered on Caney Creek
A pile driver finished the Madisonville branch bridge across Caney Creek by Monday morning. A flat car loaded with steel rails derailed near Joe Shannon's place two miles from the creek, ran downhill on the back track and buried its front end in the north bank dump, scattering rails along the creek. It required half a day to clear the debris.
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Caney Creek
Bowers
Joe Shannon
Caney
Madisonville
S H Dixon Resigns to Join Texas World’s Fair Commission
S H Dixon, land and immigration agent for the Houston East and West Texas, resigns effective September 7 to join the Texas world’s fair commission. He will direct the Texas horticultural exhibit at the St Louis exposition, a role linked to his service since July 10, 1900.
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S. H. Dixon
Houston East
West Texas
Dixon
Texas
St. Louis Exposition
Houston
Ferndell canned goods move expands to New York trade
A western brand Ferndell Pure Food Goods is to be aggressively marketed in the East, especially New York City and within ninety miles. Sprague, Warner & Co. of Chicago controls Ferndell, with Acker, Merrall & Condit as distributing agents. Alfred G. Bauer of Sprague, Warner & Co. arranged the deal after visiting Acker, Merrall & Condit and Ferndell factories.
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New York City
Ferndell Pure Food Goods
Sprague, Warner & Co
Chicago
Ferndell
Acker, Merrall & Cgndit
Ferndell Pure
Alfred G. Bauer
Frank Merrall
Acker, Merrall & Condit
Ferndell Goods to be Sold in Bryan with Large Campaign
Mr. Bauer of Sprague Warner & Co. plans a major Ferndell Pure Food Goods launch in this territory next month. A 70 expert canvass team will promote high quality jams jellies and preserves nationwide, backed by modern factories and rigorous safety standards. Dansby & Dansby distribute in Bryan. No service at Free Baptist church tonight.
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Bauer
Sprague, Warner & Co
Imperial Hotel
Ferndell
Alfred G. Bauer
Bryan
Dansby & Dansby
Secret Service to Tighten After President Patrol
Oyster Bay reports stronger secret service and possible additions after a madman tried to force access to the president last Tuesday night. Precautions are heightened for the Labor Day trip to Syracuse where the president will not hold a public reception.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Weilbrenner
Secret Service
Syracuse
Grimes Dies After Weight Ailment From Cab Accident
Chicago dispatch reports 34 year old Joe Grimes once called the world’s largest man died in Cincinnati. While riding in a cab his immense weight broke the bottom, a leg was gashed and the wound would not heal. Grimes weighed 754 pounds at six feet four inches tall.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Cincinnati
Big Joe" Grimes
Grimes
General Baldwin Sets 160 Mile Ride Record in Colorado
General Frank Baldwin, commanding the Department of Colorado, led 75 troopers from Fort D. A. Russell on a 160 mile practice ride through the Medicine Bow Forest in under six days. He rode the Roosevelt horse from Laramie to Cheyenne, calling it the best he had ridden. Baldwin is over sixty. Troopers have returned.
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Denver
Frank Baldwin
Department of Colorado
Fort D. A. Russell
Medicine Bow Forest Reservation
Baldwin
Roosevelt
Laramie
Cheyenne
Federal grand jury adjourns without report on postal cases
Washington dispatch reports the federal grand jury adjourned until Tuesday without issuing the anticipated report in postal cases. A subsequent item notes Acting Secretary of the Navy Darling received a telegram from Admiral Cotton about his arrival in Beirut with no mention of conditions there.
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Washington
Federal Grand Jury
Darling
Cotton
Beirut
Schooner Foundered Off Block Island Coast
A large four masted schooner foundered about five miles southeast of Block Island Lighthouse. At daylight no trace of the crew was found, though it is believed the men were rescued by a passing vessel.
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Block Island
R. I
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Templing
Monarch
Theousewife
Icoeae
the Daily Eagle
Donnelly & Carnes
Bryan Texas
General Stoddard
Clarke & Fountain
Sam H. Dixon
World's Fair Commission
Spiro
Emmet
Emmel’s Prescription Pharmacy
Hunter
Chatham
Men’s Furnishers
The
Free Baptist Church
Geo. A. Adams
Franklin
E. J. Jenkins
Eouf NL
Otto Boehme
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