Ruby Laffoon Named Democratic Kentucky Treasurer Candidate
In 1907 news from Dallas, Kentucky and Washington City reports Ruby Laffoon as the Democratic candidate for Kentucky state treasurer. Dallas plans a $350,000 street program over six months while tensions rise between the railroad commission and the attorney general’s office over compliance.
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Kentucky
Ruby Laffoon
Phoebus
Railroad Commission
Attorney General's Office
Oil trust profits cited in 1906 court ruling
Court records claim the Standard Oil Company of Indiana earned over one thousand percent on its capitalization in 1906. The piece also notes two Oklahoma Democratic senators could break the Republicans' two thirds in the Senate, with commentary on the administration's nature.
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Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Oklahoma
Republicans Keeping Mum on Oklahoma Election Report
A brief item notes Republicans remain silent on the Oklahoma election results. The piece uses a metaphor about a boy and an errant young bovine to hint at muted responses from party leaders.
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Oklahoma
Paraphrased wartime musings from an editor’s note
The passage offers a skeptical view of looming conflict with Japan, suggesting no immediate danger while noting the United States would face the enemy later. It references a grim metaphor of hellish imagery and a cautious approach to anticipated battles.
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United States
Japan
Health officer links appetite for alcohol and candy
Dr. Abbott state health officer of Pennsylvania asserts appetite for alcohol mirrors that for candy. He also warns of changing tastes and predicts growth in the candy trade in Georgia.
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Abbott
Pennsylania
Georgia
Woman's Eyes Fail Tommy Moore in Piquant Ballad
The lyricist Tommy Moore laments how the light in a woman's eyes proved his undoing as he confronts a deceptive muse. The verse contrasts the truth-telling glow of most women's eyes with a perilous spark that misleads him.
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Tommy Moore
Water well brings abundant supply to Texas A&M College
A bountiful well at College Station provides a plentiful supply of pure water, a welcome development for the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College and its supporters who hope the institution continues to grow.
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College Station
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Best farming, politics, and odd Navy notes from a century ago
Beaumont Enterprise extols Bryan as the best choice in agriculture and politics to outpace rivals within a Texas garden spot. It cites Oklahoma gains for Bryan and mocks Roosevelt. The Brooklyn Standard Union cites five breeding mules for the navy, then Attorney General Bonaparte downplays anti trust law views as irrelevant.
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Bryan
Texas
Brooklyn Standard Union
Navy Department
Navy
Bonaparte
Jaws
Department of Justice
Navy Strength Demand Echoes Through Nation
The text argues for a growing popular demand for a strong navy despite no immediate wartime threat. It muses on instinctive warnings of danger, suggesting nations may share premonitions similar to those observed in individuals.
Music Rally At Carnegie Hall Tonight
The Eagle urges attendance at a Carnegie Hall music rally hosted by the Ladies Choral Club for the city's musical interests. Dr. Geo B Butler will conduct. admission is free and the program includes addresses aimed at aiding church choirs, school music, the Choral Club, and local musical sentiment. Be on hand at 8:15.
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Carnegie Hall
Ladies Choral Club
Geo. B. Butler
Lost Red cat in Bryan offers $2.50 reward
Lost September 7 dark red medium size short haired cat with white breast and one white hind foot. Respond to name Red. Last seen in Bryan on the given date. Reward of $2.50 for return to Geo E. Griffin or Ollie Buckhaults.
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Bryan
Ge E. Griffin
Ollie Buck Haults
Death of A H Grelan in Bryan at 78
A H Grelan died yesterday at his Bryan home after years of good humor and service. A native of France, he came to Texas in 1845 and Bryan in 1876. Mexican War veteran and ex Confederate, he was a farmer and market gardener and longtime local figure. Survived by son Joe and daughter Ernie. funeral this afternoon at 4 from the family home.
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A. H. Grelan
Grelan
France
Texas
Bryan
Methodist Church
Joe Grelan
Ernie Grelan
Veterans Camp to Attend Funeral of A H Grelan
All members of Camp J B Robertson UCV are ordered to meet at the home of the late comrade A H Grelan at 4 this afternoon to attend his funeral. By order of W E Saunders Commander W G Mitchell Adjutant.
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J. B. Robertson
A. H. Grelan
W. E. Saunders
A Word From Supt Lawson To Patrons
Supt Lawson expresses satisfaction with the opening of the year and outlines placement after the first exam. He urges parents to enroll children by 8:30 to 9:00, avoid loitering on grounds, and visit schools to meet teachers. He asks for full parental cooperation to keep students in school.
Insurance Commissioner Rules Out Right to Cancel Licenses
State Insurance Commissioner Love ruled there is no law authorizing cancellation of an insurance company’s permit when it withdraws from Texas, unless the license expires after one year. The New Jersey Fire Insurance Co of Camden asked cancellation, but Love said he lacks power to cancel on request and the company cannot surrender its license.
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Austin
Pepe
Love
Commissioner of Insurance
New York Life
Texas
New Jersey Fire Insurance Company
Camden
N. J
Milner
New Jersey
James McEvoy, Jr
Insurance
Robert Milner
Circus Runaway Tigers Cause Panic in Austin Parade
A four horse team pulling a cage with two tigers bolted on Congress Avenue near Seventh Street in Austin. Spectators panicked as the cage careened through the crowd, scattering a buggy carrying the Thiels family. Mrs Thiels was bruised while four children escaped unharmed.
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Austin
Congress Avenue
Seventh Street
Congress Avenues
Charles Thiels
Circus Lions Loose During Wagon Crash In City
Witnesses report a circus wagon collided with a car carrying Thiel without any occupants. A second wagon carrying lions fled for blocks causing no injuries beyond frightened spectators. The crash left the driver of the Thiel vehicle badly injured and the governor unable to attend a Democratic meeting in Lincoln, while the Houston Brazos Valley railway won approval to issue 2000000 first mortgage bonds for twenty miles from Anchor to Velasco.
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Frank Melman
Thiel
Lincoln
Neb
Houston
Brazos
Safes Cracked at Vernon Loot Over $1,000 Gold
Bandits raided Vernon county seat in Lamar County blowing open Tom Guyton's store safe and J A Cobb's safe, taking $50 cash and $6,000 in valuables. They stole the sheriff's horse and fled as a posse pursued toward Gatman. Bloodhounds were requested from Sheriff Higdon in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Sulligent
Vernon
Lamar County
Tom Guyton
J. A. Cobb
Nead Gatman
Higdon
Crowded Bexar County Jail Delivers Insane Patients
In San Antonio on September 19 the county jail is crowded with insane patients and no immediate chance of transfer to asylums due to overcrowding. County Judge Shook has sought to move several inmates to the asylum and will urge the next legislature to fund adequate facilities.
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Bexar County
San Antonio
Shook
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Taft
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Beaumont Enterprise
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Lowney’s Chocolate
Emmel & Maloney
W. G. Mitchell
Supt
Lawson
W. C. Lawson
Buchanan-Moore
Alabama
the Star Barber Shop
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Marwill’s
Jno. M. Lawrence & Co
E. J. Jenkins
J. D. Ganter
Jeweer
B. Hudson
W. Wilson
Bryani
Franklin Texas
Hudson & Wilson
Bryan and
Franklin
Brazos and Robertson Countis
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