Wilson to Meet Morgan Jr and Ford for Big Business Talks
President Wilson planned discussions with J. P. Morgan Jr at the White House and a luncheon with Henry Ford next week. Officials described the talks as an open mind on administration trust policy and the currency issue, noting the informal nature and uncertain topics.
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Washington
Wilson
J. P. Morgan Jr
White House
Henry Ford
Detroit
Congress
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
New Haven
Vault Completed In Move Of Boyett Beer And Ice
The cold storage vault in the new Boyett beer and ice location is finished. A carload of material was moved today as the transfer to the new site proceeds within a day or two, and the old building will be torn down for the Haswell structure.
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Boyett Beer
Haswell
National Banks Created United States July 2
June saw twenty state banks apply to become National banks and twenty individuals unaffiliated with banks seek to organize National banks. Twenty two applications received approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Dallas Home-made Products Exposition Opens
Texas made and Dallas made products will be shown at Fair Park Coliseum for four days starting today. The event, labeled housewives day, is organized by the Merchants and Manufacturers Association to promote Dallas and Texas manufacturing and attract investors. Highlights include incubators automobile tops iron work jewelry spices and engravings with amusements planned especially on the Fourth travel salesmen day featuring a bamboo race a greased pig chase and a traveling salesmen versus cigar counter girls baseball game.
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Dallas
Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Texas
Fair Park Coliseum
Packery Completed at Local Plant
Kountze Sam McGorden completed a small but modern packery at this place. The plant is well equipped and ready for use.
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Kountze
Sam McGorden
Germans Store Food in Outskirts of Mexico City
Foreigners in Mexico City grow uneasy as German Minister urges precaution and stores food in a house on the city outskirts. Japanese likewise stockpiled arms there, with Huerta delegates sending a peace-note via mediators to the Constitutionalists in Niagara Falls.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Mexico City
Associated Press
Niagara Falls
Ont
Huerta
Robber Killed as Deputies Battle Train Bandits
Pendleton Oregon July 2 One robber died and another robber and a deputy sheriff were wounded when deputies clashed with three bandits on a passenger train near Pendleton.
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Associated Press
Pendleton
Ore
Here
Charbon Kills Stock In Texas Past Week
More than 1 500 head of stock died in Texas in the past week from charbon. About 1 000 deaths were range beef cattle and dairy cows valued at 45 per head. the remainder were work stock, horses and mules valued at 200 per head. Total loss estimated at 145 000. The disease centers in the eastern part of the state. The State Health Department acts to stamp it out.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
Charbon
H. M. Boerner
State Health Department
Hog cholera campaign opens with half million budget
Washington on July 2 1914 the Department of Agriculture launched a hog cholera campaign with a total budget of half a million dollars They will allocate twenty thousand dollars to each district for control efforts and preventive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Submission Rally At Dallas Texas Spurs Democratic Primary Push
A Dallas rally push in the Democratic primary race prompts letters to prohibition leaders across the state. Three meetings are scheduled at 10 30 am 2 30 pm and 8 30 pm at First Baptist Church with overflow at Central Christian Church.
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Dallas
Tex
First Baptist Church
Central Christian Church
Notable Texas Clergy and Politicians Named in Announcement
A long list of prominent figures is named in an announcement, including Thomas H Ball T M Campbell of Palestine Cullen F Thomas Dr S P Brooks M M Crane Richard Mays of Corsicana Judge M M Brooks Rev H D Knickerbocker of Waco Dr J B Gambrell Judge G W Riddle Rev Cephas Shelbourne Rev J Frank Smith Judge William Poindexter Dr George C Rankin Rev George W Truett Dr J D Sandifer of Abilene William F Ramsey T N Jones of Tyler C L Breakfield of Rusk T S Anderson of Cameron Rev Robert P Shuler of Austin J W Sullivan of Denton and Tom Connally of Marlin.
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Thomas H. Ball
T. M. Campbell
Palestine
Cullen F. Thomas
S. P. Brooks
M. M. Crane
Richard Mays
Corsicana
M. M. Brooks
H. D. Knickerbocker
Waco
J. B. Gambrell
G. W. Riddle
Cephas Shelbourne
J. Frank Smith
William Poindexter
George C. Rankin
George W. Truett
J. D. Sandifer
Abilene
William F. Ramsey
T. N. Jones
Tyler
C. L. Breakfield
Rusk
T. S. Anderson
Cameron
Robert P. Shuler
Austin
J. W. Sullivan
Denton
Tom Connally
Marlin
Heavy Texas Rain Deluge Commented Across Cities
A storm drenched Texas towns with five and a half inches of rain in Rio and Wichita Falls reporting nearly three inches in one night. Lightning struck several houses as the Canadian River rose eleven feet near Calhart.
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Associated Press
Rio
Tex
Calhart
Wichita Falls
New City Well Near Colored School Comes Online
The Eagle reports a new city well near the colored school completed and testing at fifty gallons per minute or 3,000 gallons per hour. It will be commissioned immediately, possibly tomorrow, boosting current water supply.
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Colored School
Boston Reinstates Tax on Advertising Signs and Buildings
Boston authorities revive an old ordinance allowing taxes on advertising signs buildings fences and roofs at 25 cents to 1 dollar. Leading advertisers oppose the rule as the city tightens municipal revenue measures. United States revenue officials hold cooperatives dairies mutuals and farmers insurers liable for income tax returns like other corporations. Milk producers in Vancouver plan to organize for retail distribution, eliminating wholesalers profits and lowering retail milk prices.
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Boston
United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Cooperative Dairies
Mutual Telephone Companies
Farmers’ Insurance Companies
Bryan College Interurban Advances Electrification
E Gammill, general manager, has returned from St. Louis with all necessary electrical equipment for the Bryan College Interurban. Engines and generators for the power plant have been purchased and are due to arrive soon. Completion of electrification is hoped for by the opening of A M in September.
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E. Gammill
Bryan College Interurban
St. Louis
Governor Colquitt Campaigns Across Texas for Ferguson
Austin July 2 Governor Colquitt leads a twenty day campaign tour through South and Southwest Texas and other points in support of James E Ferguson for governor with a speech slated for Flatonia. Captain Thomas Perkins Gentry born September 28 1828 in Greenville DC died June 30 1914 aged 85 years 9 months 25 days. He married Mary E Marler October 10 1850 at Jacinto Mississippi and moved to Texas in 1850 settling at Chappel Hill Washington County later to Madisonville then Bryan. His first wife died in 1883 and he remarried in 1885 to Margaret E Doughden who died December 28 1906. Two children from the first union.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Flatonia
Colquitt
South
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Thomas Perkins Gentry
Greenville
D. C
Mary E. Marler
Jacinto
Miss
Chappel Hill
Washington County
Madisonville
Bryan
Margaret E. Doughden
Gentry of Madison and Brazos Counties Laid to Rest
George E. Gentry, longtime Madison County organizer and prominent citizen, dies aged elderly. A Mason and Baptist, he lived as a dignified Southern gentleman. Funeral held at his home then City Cemetery with Masonic rites and honorable pallbearers.
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George E. Gentry
Baptist Church
Madison County
Brazos County
Captain Gentry
South
Masonic Lodge
W. W. Griffin
M. E. Weaver
First Baptist Church
C. M. Bell
Joe B. Reed
A J. Searcy
J. D. Martin
J. B. Priddy
Tom A. Adams
H. RB. Stoddard
Mark Wilcox
Spurgeon’s News Telegrams Move the Press Across the Nation
The veteran dispatches a flood of bulletins to papers from Boston to New Orleans and beyond. Editors vie for his exclusive reports, telegrams pile up, and one editor’s rebuke follows a Houston timing dispute. An older editor recalls a mysterious line said to a night editor who never returned.
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Boston
San Francisco
St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Spurgeon
Houston
Associated Press
Bay City Road Bonds $100,000 Authorized for Matagorda County
Bay City road bonds totaling 100000 were sold for Matagorda County road district No 2. The sale clears funds to begin improvements immediately and accelerate road work in the district.
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Bay City
Matagorda County
Solace Remedy Promises Uric Acid Cure Campaign
An advertisement from Solace Remedy Co of Battle Creek claims Solace dissolves uric acid crystals and purifies blood, with proof from medical science and testimonials. It markets 25c 50c and $1 boxes, guarantees no opiates, and offers free boxes and literature. R Lee Morris endorses sending to his father in Memphis, confirming the product’s perceived efficacy.
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Solace CO
Battle Creek
U. S
R. Lee Morris
First National Bank of
Chico
Texas
Solace Company
Memphis
Tenn
R. L. Morris
Solace
Solace Remedy CO
Mich
Night editor releases doomed hurricane tale
An excerpt from Richard Spillane's Through Hurricane and Flood depicts reporter Spurgeon racing to file from Galveston after the 1900 disaster. The night editor delays, presses onward, and rejects the extraordinary eyewitness report as the city lies in ruin.
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Lineoo
Henry J
FORD
Packery
Bryan, Texas
O. E. Saunders
R. W. Howell
1St National Bank
Miraco
Travis B. Bryan
Ist National Bank of Bryan
Clark Avenue
E. BE. Pendray
BE. M. Dodson
Miraco Co
State Distributors
O. E. Saunders, M¢gr
Behman
Vera
Cruz
Bers
Dallas, Tex
Vancouver
B. C
GOV. Colquitt Campaigning
Thomas P. Gentry
Night News
Richard Spillane
Calveston
Great Northern
Galveston
Justin
Southern Development Normal School of Music
Martin’s
Prairie School
Keith
Grimes County
T. EB
J. L. McLain
Secre
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