Yellow fever toll rises as guard dies at post
A quarantine guard at Vicksburg Mississippi succumbed to yellow fever while on duty. The day’s notices reveal ongoing legal actions including divorces, partitions, guardians ad litem, and a writ of injunction. State Health Officer J F Eaves travels to Maysville to assess the yellow fever situation.
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Vicksburg, Miss
Tabor
J. F. Eaves
Maysville, I. T
Maria Calhoun
M. Derden
J. Webb Howell
Frank McLelland
M. Nagle
W. C. Davie
M. G. Nall
J. G. Minkert
Lucretia Creath
J. W. Mathis
Commissioners of Sale
Merchants and Planters Oil Co
John H. Henderson
Lillie Davis
Winchmorn Davis
Walter J. Higgs
Ehatella
Bryan hotel man J B Mooring weds Corsicana socialite Kate Winkler Morris
Prominent Bryan figure J B Mooring and Corsicana socialite Kate Winkler Morris married at the bride’s brother in law home with Dr. George Butler officiating. The couple, now residing in Bryan, have strong ties to local and state circles, including Mrs. Morris’s work with the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Mooring
Corsicana
Geo. B. Butler
First Baptist Church
Sam R. Frost
Kate Winkler Morris
Butler
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Bryan
Commissioners Court
Bryan Adverts Boost City Image and Trade Promotion
Bryan Texas is presented as a thriving example of business promotion with its active advertising and strong local organizations. The Eagle's Trade Edition supports ongoing growth while other towns build marketing groups to boost commerce. Separate dispatches note Harriman’s Japan visit and Baron Komura seeking to see Secretary Root amid Tokyo unrest.
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Dallas
Chamber of Commerce
Houston
Hutchins
Madisonville
Bryan
Texas
Eagle
New York
Baron Komura
Tokio
E. H. Harriman
Root
Sato
Mr. Root
THE
City National Bank
Cotton Growers Split Over Minimum Price
The Southern Cotton Growers association met in Asheville on September 7 to appoint committees including a panel to set the year's minimum selling price. Delegates split between 11 and 12 cents. The resolutions panel includes J. D. Smith of South Carolina, J. L. Hickey of Texas, and S. Witherspoon of Mississippi. Also noted, Sadie Mac the Canadian mare died in Hartford during the Charter Oak $10,000 stake heat.
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The
Southern Cotton Association
Oth
Asheville
N. C
Southern Cotton Growers‘ Association
J. D. Smith
South Carolina
J. L. Hickey
Texas
S. Witherspoon
Mississippi
Sadie Mac
Hartford
Conn
Charter Oak
Tragic Farmtown Death Shocks Villa Tex Youth
Fontaine Fox fifteen years old killed himself with a shotgun after dinner in his Villa Texas home. He placed the gun under his chin and pulled the trigger with his foot, blowing his head apart in a grim fatal act.
Fatal Dominoes Dispute Ends in Murder in Dallas
In Dallas on Wednesday night at W. T. Strongs saloon 320 Main street G Rasbury 35 was shot during a dispute over a dominoes game. He died an hour later. Herman Kannamacher the bartender was arrested and jailed. The bullet pierced the left neck side as Rasbury staggered to the sidewalk. He uttered I am going to die before ambulance reached the hospital.
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G. Rasbury
Herman Wannamacher
Dallas
W. T. Strong
Main Street
W. G. Rasbury
Herman Kannamacher
Rasbury
Cowboy Bitten by Skunk Seeks Treatment in Austin
W E Holt a cow boy bitten on the cheek while asleep by a skunk in Arizona arrived in El Paso and has traveled to Austin for medical treatment. He shot the animal twice to free himself from its grip.
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el Paso
W. E. Holt
Arizona
Austin
Multiline Oklahoma Convention Adopts Addresses and Names
At the Muskogee constitutional convention on Wednesday the address to the people and the Five Civilized Tribes were formally adopted. The campaign committee chose an executive slate led by C N Haskell, with James G Bennett secretary and several others. Haskell declined to serve and Judge H M Baker was selected.
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Muskogee
C. N. Haskell
James G. Bennett
U. S. Russell
George W. Scott
T. F. Shackelford
W. H. Murry
J. B. Couch
B. F. Marshall
John R. Thomas
Mr. Haskell
Peanut roaster explosion kills wife in Waggoner
Mrs. Robert McGuire was killed and three others injured when a gasoline tank on a peanut roaster exploded. The tank flew through a screen door and struck Mrs. McGuire in the stomach. Injured include C. W. Sheldon, hit by glass, and David Campbell and Ed Mullins. Other news notes record a marriage in Guthrie, a Civil War rifle maker’s death in Lexington, and two Black Baptist ministers fined for a fistfight at a Territorial conference.
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McGuire
Waggoner
I. T
Robert McGuire
Forest fires devastate Snowstorm mine and timberland
Flames from forest fires three miles from Mullen destroy a boarding house bunks and tents at Snowstorm mine and threaten ore bins. The entire mine workforce fought the flames, using buckets and water to protect timber in the tunnel. Fires east of Wallace destroy hundreds of acres of timber.
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Wallace
Ida
Mullen
Dullen
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Iil
Tur MoanineHac
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Harriman
Japan
Cotton Growers
Albert W. Wilkerson
Derpen
Hall Notary Public
Brazos Co
Parker
J. W. English
Boy Pulis
Guthrie
Lawrence Brown
Boone
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Washington
Florence Hargraves
Irma Comic Opera Company
Oklahoma
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Lexington
Okla
W. G. Traylor
Alabama
T. S. Lyons
Rev
T. Nightingale
Territorial Baptist Conference
James’ Drug Store
A. L. Mondrick, M. D
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Burt Norwd
DeWitt's
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Emmet & Maloney
Joe
Jowneys
Chocolate
Owney's
M. H. James
Great Northern Telegraph Company
Shanghai
Heath & Milligan
Garth, Howell & Webb
Heath & Milligan Paints
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Hill & Hill
Paul Jones Four Roses
Atherton
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W. T. Ford
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