Waters-Pierce on the Griddle Ousts Standard Oil Suit
Texas Attorney General files to cancel the Waters-Pierce Oil Company license seeking penalties over five million dollars plus costs and relief after months of investigation. Special Assistant Lightfoot led Eastern trips and Texas actions while Davidson vows only prosecutable cases. Petitions signed by Davidson Brady and local lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Jewell P. Lightfoot
Texas
Davidson
Lightfoot
John W. Brady
Gregory & Batts
Reorganizers Held Up By Supreme Court Action
In Austin Texas on September 21 the Supreme Court declined to consider the mandamus petition from the reorganized Republican party during vacation. The court set the case for submission on the first Monday in October and stated it had no power to grant mandamus in vacation except to enforce its jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Republican Party
Supreme Court
Diamonds Found In Pike County Arkansas Reports
A Nash ville dispatch notes diamonds of fine quality discovered in Pike County Arkansas. Mr Hud deston found two stones sent to a jeweler who confirmed their value and sent them to New York for final appraisal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansans
Little Rock
Nashville
Ark
Pike County
Huddeston
New York
New Dallas-Paris
Insurance Swindlers Buried Dummies in Death Scam
Trial of men accused of swindling New York insurers proceeds slowly due to abundant evidence. Dummies stuffed with straw were buried instead of corpses in a carefully planned scheme with medical men allegedly aiding in falsified death certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
New York
India death toll from snakes and beasts in 1904
A New York Times cable dispatch reports a statistical paper for 1904 showing 24,034 Indians killed by snakes and wild beasts 21,880 by snakes 796 by tigers 399 by leopards and others. Cattle deaths reached 98,682. The opposite tally lists 65,146 snakes and 16,121 wild animals killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Times
India
Barber in Gainesville Hears Of California Heir
John Evans a Gainesville barber received a telegram from a California attorney claiming he had fallen heir to large cash. The message came days ago and Evans is now in California. Meanwhile Palmer businessmen allied with the Farmers Union plan to build a bale warehouse at once. Burleson County farmer aged 70 named Melver died last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Evans
Gainesville
California
Evans
Jones
Palmer
Farmers’ Union
Dge Melver
Burleson County
Crisis in Cuba: US intervention likely amid irreconcilable split
From Havana and Washington reports warn that Cuban government and insurgents are in an irreconcilable conflict. Interventions by the United States are viewed as likely, with talk of reconcentration policies and insurgents operating in unorganized bands without funds or strong foreign support. Washington cautions a crisis may be imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
United States
Navy
Washington
Special Days Mark Texas State Fair Schedule
The State Fair of Texas set special days from October 13 to 28 with events for Press Children Sacred concert Old Merchants ante 1870 Red Cross Texas Postmasters Woodmen of the World Confederate Veterans and other groups. The Fair closes with a sacred concert on October 28. The New York City Railway Company raised wages on a graded scale for its Manhattan surface employees.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
S. W. T. Lanham
Ben R. Tillman
South Carolina
Sousa
Red Crossay
New York City Railway Company
Manhattan Borough
Bryan to tour Indian Territory lands in September
William Jennings Bryan is set to swing through the Choctaw Creek Cherokee and other nations in the Indian Territory this month. Governors Green McCurtain Pleasant Porter and W C Rogers will introduce him at stops while Chickasaw and Seminole chiefs may join as a courtesy. The five tribal chiefs have pledged support to the Democratic cause.
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Muskogee
I. T
William Jennings Bryan
Indian Territory
Green McCurtain
Pleasant Porter
W. C. Rogers
Mr Bryan
Johnson
Brown
Bryan
Various Local News: Deaths, Deals and Developments
The bulletin notes the fatal mule incident near Gainesville involving Rev J M Harder's son. Denison cotton warehouse head T Venable is elected manager. Woodmen of the World announce Dallas hall dedication Oct 4 with programs. A Milford cemetery skeleton is linked to a tramp. Juarez guard captain Rufilo Martinez dies in a fire from live wire. A duel at Wekina Okla results in Jim Smith and Frank McGrothlin dead. A St Martin De Croix auto wreck injures J G Schmidlapp and kills his daughter Charlotte. Dry weather aids boll weevil spread toward Louisiana Arkansas and beyond. New York sympathite eyeing Oklahoma City to Raton rail link. Senator Brackett poised to contest Russell Sage will. Atchafalaya River bridge steel work contract awarded to Griffin Construction, Kansas City. Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey buys fifth Gainesville business house in months for about 50 000 to 60 000 dollars.
Diverse 1906 notices mix weddings, politics and disasters
Items include a Memphis wedding vow near the steel bridge, a San Antonio bride, a Chicago courthouse cornerstone ceremony with officials, a Danbury shooting fine for a Sunday gun, and reports of typhoons, assassinations, explosions, fires, and agricultural updates across North America.
Abilene Short Line Delayed by Rate Legislation
Judge Furry of the Santa Fe System informed the railway committee that plans for the Abilene short line are temporarily halted due to rate legislation. The survey is finished and Abilene remains hopeful the project will be revived later, though current action is suspended.
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Abilene
Judge Furry
Santa Fe
Railway Committee
Farmers Union press urges eleven cent cotton price in Texas
Long Texan clippings discuss Farmers Co-Operative Union of America urging members to hold cotton for eleven cents, defend union principles, and promote better seeds, markets, and cultural methods. Articles cite San Saba County warehouse use, Prohibition results, and calls for organized producer action against low prices.
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San Saba County
San Saba
Farmers’ Union
Bangs
Brown Co
South
Farmers Journal
Farmers rally for fair reward after harvest season
The document urges farmers to unite after the busy season to set a fair return for their work. It argues structured marketing and a solid plan are essential, and stresses the nation relies on farmers for daily food regardless of price or season.
Trust probes in north Texas flour mills
Austin officials and attorneys M. M. Crane of Dallas and W. P. Williams of Fort Worth plan antitrust suits against several north Texas flour mills alleging an agreement to fix and regulate flour prices in violation of the antitrust laws.
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Austin
M. M. Crane
Dallas
Hen
W. PD. Williams
Fort Worth
North Texas
Texas
Train wreck near Grantham kills and injures many
A crowded Seotch express on the Great Northern Railway left London and wrecked outside Grantham at midnight. The engine and several coaches toppled over an embankment with many passengers buried. Ten extricated, five died. total deaths and injuries believed large.
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London
Great Northern Railway
Grantham
Interurban Franchise Talks Reach Greenville Council
Dallas attorney Mr. Clark and J. Mercer Carter met with Greenville councilmen and Commercial Cliff at Ellis Hall to discuss a Dallas to Wolfe City Bonham interurban line with a street car system in Greenville. The offered franchise was described as very fair.
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Greenville
J. Mercer Carter
Mr. Clark
Dallas
Ellis’ Hall
Wolfe City
Bonham
Five Waxahachie children pick cotton at pace
J. B. Aday and family near Waxahachie report five children who harvest a bale daily. Felix 17, 401 pounds. Sam P. 15, 402 pounds. May 13, 279 pounds. Ross 11, 301 pounds. Wheeler 9, 179 pounds. Total 1,662 pounds.
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Felix
Sam P
May
Ross
Wheeler
Twelve Dead in Jellico Dynamite Car Explosion
A car load of dynamite exploded near Jellico Tennessee beside the Southern Railway depot Friday causing twelve deaths and injuries to many others. Property damage totals about $500000 as buildings in the business district suffered heavy destruction and glass was shattered within a mile radius.
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Jellico
Tenn
Southern Railway
Farmers Alliance vision and critique of price speculation
The piece urges union workers to unite and push forward a national farmers organization. It condemns speculators driving cotton prices down and argues for practical action, ongoing work, and disciplined membership to build a strong foundation for producers nationwide. It recalls Farmers' Alliance history and questions its political path and benefits.
Southern Farmer Savings and Market Woes
A compact editorial urges farmers to hold for fair prices until a future generation, argues education is a debt to future generations, and warns against dumping cotton below agreed prices causing commercial death by own action. It emphasizes farmers’ right to price and mentions cows and plowing as metaphors for prudent farming.
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Waters-Pierce Company
Two Roads
Texas Midland
Cotton Belt
Paris
Southwest
Wright
San Antonio
W. J. Parker
Mr. Parker
Charlie Ross
Galveston
William von Hodge
G. A R
MR. Bryan
New State
J. M Harder
T. Venable
Denison
Woodmen of the World
Milford
Rufilo Martinez
Juarez
Federal Telegraph Company
Jim Smith
Frank McGrothlin
Wekina
J. T
Tulsa
St Martin de Croix
France
J. G. Schmidlapp
Union Savings and Trust Company
Cincinnati
Charlotte
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Territories
New York Symlhite
Oklahoma City
Raton
N. M
Des Moines
Senator Brackett
Russell Sage
Atchafalaya River
Colorado Southern
New Orleans
Pacific
Griffin Construction Company
Kansas City
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Bailey
Memphis
Daniel J. Hogue
West Memphis
Wilbur M. Drummone
Mida
Canada
Chicago
Counts
Fairbanks
Deneen
Dunne
Brundage
Danbury. Conn
Nicoaieff
Artillery
Warsaw
Pervine Savanaha
Hong Kong
Lioyd Steamship Line
Hw Passenger
Strembe Line
Bremen
Charleston
Savannah
Baltimore
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Finmark
New Ontario
Frank Cornelius
Dupont
Caucasus
Tailar
Sangeseur
Secretary of Agriculture of the
Territory of Oklahoma
iMcNais
Hammond
Battling Nelson
Joe Gans
Department of Agriculture
Root
The
North
Oklahoma
Japan
San Francisco
Farmers’ State Bank of Belton
Belton National Bank
Farmers’ Co-Operative Union of America
Worth
Farmers’ Journal
Brown County
Brownwood
Berkshire
Poland
Denham Hlerald
Arin Era’ Journal
U. S
England
Dallas-Greenville-Bonham Road
Waxahachie
J. B. Aday
Southern Farmer Savings
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