Bankers organize new institution for Cleburne Texas
Local capitalists across Texas push a plan to form another banking institution for Cleburne. A large portion of stock is held by foreign investors.
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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1906
Page
7
An Analysis of the American Business Man
An essay describes the American as a machine like figure, devoid of faith yet religious in form, calculating every scene for profit. He values art only by market value, seeks vast collections via architects, and brands generosity with public gifts as lasting proof of refinement.
Perils of Limiting Large Fortunes in a Free Market
The author argues that restricting wealth through law would hinder progress and innovation. He cites transportation systems and lighting industry as examples of gains driven by unlimited rewards. Limitation would curb enterprise, reduce philanthropy, and stifle productive effort, risking national deterioration.
The Religious Entertaiment Fad
A critique of religious entertainment as a fad arguing it distracts from true salvation and harms spiritual focus. The piece notes Bible plays like Pilgrim's Progress Barabbas and figures such as John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene drawing large crowds, yet producing only fleeting religious impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim's Progress
Barabbas the
Robbrer
John the Baptist
Mary Magdalene
Policemen Ambushed in Georgia Capital Violence
In Atlanta on September 25 three county officers were ambushed near Clark University. Policeman Heard and another officer were killed, a third shot fatally and dying at Grady Hospital, with one more officer reported missing. Six attackers were captured, four escaped, and Jose Paulo Chaves, a Mexican, was later run over by a switch engine in Austin. A $200 theft from the Pacific Express safe at Marlin was reported, and H J Norton of West Ports died from a ruptured vessel while in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Atlanta
Enar Clark University
Grady
Josee Paulo Chaves
International
Great Northern
Austin
Pacific Express Company
Marlin
Marlin Oil Company
Otto
H. J. Norton
West Ports
Gen L M Oppenheimer Dies in Navasota
Gen L M Oppenheimer died at 9:30 Monday at the Cohen boarding house. The Masonic fraternity took charge of his remains. He was past commander of the Knights Templars of Texas and chaired the State Penitentiary Board. He also served on Austin’s Board of Water and Light Commissioners and the National Board for Rifle Practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Oppenheimer
Navasota
Cohen
Masonic Fraternity
Knights Templars of Texas
State Penitentiary Board
Oppenheimer
Board of Water and Light Commisioners
City of
Austin
National Board For the
Surveyors to Begin Work on Northwest Railway Extension
Surveyors who traced a line north west of the Weatherford Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway returned after five weeks. They located a cross section and plan to start work soon. It is rumored the road will connect with a route to Trinidad Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway
Trinidad
Colorado
Hand Cut Off After Train Hit Denison Youth Near Colbert
Will Davis of Gatesville Coryell County Texas was found unconscious beside the Missouri Kansas and Texas track four miles north of Colbert Indian Territory. His left hand was badly crushed and an amputation was performed after he was brought to Denison. He bore facial and body bruises, indicating injuries from the incident likely caused by a train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Will Davis
Gatesville
Coryell County
Texas
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Colbert
I. T
Davis
Dallas pastor accepts Louisville church call
Rev. W. A. Hamlett of Gaston Avenue Baptist Church in Dallas has received and accepted a call from McFerrin Memorial Baptist Church in Louisville Kentucky. A petition challenges the September first prohibition election in Athens Precinct No 1, alleging a 15 vote pro majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hamlett
Gaston Avenue Baptist Church
Dallas
McFerrin Memorial Baptist Church
Louisvile
District Court
Athens
Bomb mailed to Jacob H. Schiff intercepted in Philadelphia
Postal authorities intercepted an internal machine addressed to Jacob H. Schiff at the New York Stock Exchange. The missile contained guncotton and other explosives believed sent by Russian anarchists in retaliation for Schiff’s support of Russia during the Japanese war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
Jacob H. Schiff
New York Stock Exchange
Mr. Schiff
Train collision in Minnesota kills five near Minneapolis
Five people died and fifteen were injured when a passenger train collided with a switch engine in the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad yards at New Prague Minnesota. The switch engine reportedly moved onto the main line as the passenger train, already delayed, approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Minneapolis and St. Louis
New Prague
City grants Dallas man street railway franchise to Greenville
At a special city council meeting Saturday night a franchise was granted to Mr. Carter of Dallas to build five miles of street railway into Greenville. Also on Sunday a Texas and Pacific freight No. 19 derailed seven miles west of Texarkana, ten cars ditched and machinist E. H. Dice crushed in the wreck.
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Carter
Dallas
Greenville
Texas and Pacific Freight
West Bound
Texarkana
E. H. Dice
Atlanta riot as guards quell weekend race attack
A night of terror in Atlanta ends with 8 Georgia National Guard companies and artillery mobilized after white mobs attack Black residents. Police and militia restore order by morning. many Black residents flee, businesses suffer, and damage is reported across Peachtree Street as rioters smash windows and assault riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia National Guard
Fulton County
Whitehall Street
Woodward
Peachtree
Marietta
Fea
Downstown
Western and
Kimball House
Peachtree Street
Cubans Seek Annexation as Peace Talk Grows
Havana reports that Liberals and insurgents empowered a committee to report to American mediators, raising hope for a peaceful settlement in Cuba. The business sector fears Cuban self rule and leans toward possible U S intervention or annexation, while Taft argues for one more chance with limited U S troops to oversee arms disarmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Ation
Taft
United States
Republic
To Plant Macaroni Wheat in Texas and Mexico
In Texas near Valentine 60 000 acres are bought from Sunset land department by Grant Robinson of St Paul to grow macaroni wheat using seed from the Volga and the Mediterranean regions. 500 acres will be planted this season. In Durango 26 000 acres near water and timbered land are bought by John T Alberts of Philadelphia for a Quaker colony. An English syndicate plans a large cotton mill at Gomez Palacios to process Laguna district's 70 000 bales, mostly shipped to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Valentine
Tex
Land Department of the Sunset
Grant Robinson
St. Paul
Durango
Mexico
John T. Alberts
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Gomez, Palacios
Laguna
England
Fatal shooting near Cushing summons murder victim Will Carriker
Will Carriker was fatally shot Saturday afternoon near Cushing. Will Richmond, described as a negro, killed himself in Caldwell County jail by taking strychnine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Carriker
Cushing
Will Richmond
Caldwell
Representative Blanton Pursues Pure Food Bill in Legislature
Fort Worth report notes Cooke County representative Blanton will push a pure food bill in the upcoming session. A Santa Fe switchman H B Sanders was ground to death on Saturday after slipping beneath a freight train in Fort Worth. Conductor W A Mitchell from Palestine survived a collision near the Cinnar Ron River in Oklahoma with family. baggage lost. Missouri Kansas and Texas brakeman J W Hawkins had both legs amputated at Chickie Chockie after I T Hawkins fell from the engine pilot and died from injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanton
Cooke County
H. B. Sanders
Santa Fe Section
Fort Worth
W. A. Mitchell
Palestine
Cinnarron River
Oklahoma
J. W. Hawkins
Missouri, Kansas
Texas
Chickie Chockie
I. T. Hawkins
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Cotton Belt Crossing
Joseph Hart
Jeanne Ferode
His Highness the Bey
Dallas Opera House
W. R. Young
Weatherford
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A. G. Eliott
Elliot Paper Company
Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company
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N. J
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Louis J. Lossow
Galveston
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William Thomas
Quinlan
A. A. Ball
Dalhart
Wheatland Investment Company
New Mexico
Tucumari
Carba Springs Grant
F. R. Staples
Washington County
East Texas Pet Stock and Poultry Association
Navy
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Southwest
Belton Cotton Mill Company
Walter Kerr
Denton
Enterprise
Trud
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Terrell
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