Pigeon Travels 650 Miles Aboard El Cid
Captain Baker of the Morgan liner El Cid reports picking up a carrier pigeon 650 miles at sea near the Gulf. The bird bore a silver band No. 19 RP but no owner or origin could be determined. The vessel had departed New York and the bird appeared exhausted with no message recovered. Tenement houses burned in Brownsville causing $10,000 loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Baker
Morgan
el Cid
Port F New York
Iker
Gulf
Fire destroys Philadelphia Society club. a man dies
The men and women’s building at the Philadelphia Society club in Chestnut Hill burned down. Thomas McHenry, a waiter, was burned to death. Caretaker Mrs Hollis broke a limb along with Mrs Driscoll. Foreman John Webb and hoseman Harry Gasner suffered severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Society Club
Chestnut Hill
Thomas McHenry
Hollis
Driscoll
John Webb
Harry Gasner
Bryan to Guest Parker Hill and attend state events
Chicago dispatch reports Presidential candidate W J Bryan will visit Esopus New York to stay with former Judge Parker and Mr Hill on September 20 and attend discussions about politics. He will also visit Deer Park Maryland and Wheeling West Virginia for speeches and events before returning. A separate note from Schuster Oklahoma mentions a southbound SLSF train derailment near a curve injuring multiple cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peoria
Parker
Esopus
N.Y
Alba
Hill
Bryan
Mack
Deer Park
McCraw
West Virginia
Davis
Wheeling
Cumberland
East
Hains Amusement Cards Stir Time in Jail Cell
Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. and his brother T Jenkins Hains await trial for the Bayside Yacht Club killing. Peter Ha ins builds miniature fortifications with playing cards and shouts joy when a plan succeeds. Jenkins reads and lounges as attorney Shay denies a published claim of a writ ing project. The case strains the family, General Hains and his wife, and tests the elder Mrs. Hains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Queens County
Long Island City
T. Jenkins Hains
William BE
Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Joseph A. Shay
Jenkins Hains
Shay
General Hains
Protest Presented Against Segregated Station at San Antonio
H J Mc Closky, a Denison farmer visiting San Antonio, filed a protest with the state railroad commission over the San Antonio and Aransas Pass road not providing separate white and negro waiting rooms at the station here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
H. J. McClosky
Denison
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
State Railroad Commission
Hydrophobia Epidemic Reported Near Gainesville Texas
An outbreak in Eva, fourteen miles southwest of Gainesville, Texas, has bitten a dozen people including J. J. Griffin, his wife, and five children. One boy went mad and six cattle have died in the last three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Tex
Eva
Here
J. J. Griffin
Strange Oath Forces Man to Pledge Not to Kill Himself
In New York a night court judge required Frederick W. Scucker of Pleasantville to swear he would not kill himself after he made threats of self harm. The magistrate Corrigan then discharged him, noting Scucker had changed his mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederick W. Scucker
Pleasantville
N. Y
Corrigan
Wyde
Seucker
Jailer Attacked. Man Said Insane Hauls at Fort Worth Jail
Fort Worth reports a prisoner attacked Jailer McCain as help arrived. The assailant, described as insane, nearly beat the jailer to death. McCain was unconscious before rescue. Separately, a Santa Fe yards wreck in Cleburne left Fireman J K Wilson, 28, dead when his switch-engine went off track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Sept
Cleburne
Tex
Santa Fe
J. K. Wilson
Hickory
Okla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kimona
A.j.wagner
Brownsville
Mery
D. B. Fisk & Co
Fisk
Gage
Keith
Mada Baker
Lena Wetter
Minnie Braatz
Want
C.hile
Dallas
Houston
W. B
Home Journal
Wayne
Drew Selby
Malony Bros
Pat Cogan
Bunker Hill
Wilson
Derden
Bryan, Parker, Hill
Hains
City National
The
City National Bank
G. S. Parker
E. H. Astin
A. W. Wilkerson
E. W. Crenshaw
Asst
Ate
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!