Richard Stockton Signer Remembered in Exposition
Richard Stockton of New Jersey signer of the Declaration of Independence endured harsh treatment in New York during the Revolution and was later exchanged. Born near Princeton in 1730, he studied law at Princeton, helped reconcile colonies, and served as a Supreme Court judge. His Morven estate burned and his library destroyed as British forces occupied Princeton. He signed the Declaration in 1776 and was linked by marriage to Benjamin Rush.
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New York
Richard Stockton
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Congress
General Washington
General Howe
Stockton
Princeton
Princeton College
Great Britain
Morven
Signer
Supreme Court of
Continental Congress
Benjamin Rush
Julia
Woman Fatally Shot in Kerrville Hotel
Mrs. H. B. Smith wife of Dr. A. B. Smith of Dallas was killed by accidental discharge of a .32 caliber automatic pistol in a Kerrville hotel. She was sitting on a bed handling the weapon when a shot fired, and died about 30 minutes later at Kerrville Hospital. The body will be shipped to Dallas.
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Kerrville
Tex
H. B. Smith
A. B. Smith
Dallas
Mrs Rebecca Fisher, Texas Matriarch, Dies at 94
Mrs Rebecca Jane Fisher, renowned as a devoted Texas matriarch, died at 8 10 pm Sunday after a weeklong illness of la grippe. She passed at her daughter’s home 112 East 13th Street aged 94, birthday August 31, 1831.
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Rebecca Jane Fisher
Texas
Grim Reaper
East 13Th Street
R. J. Blandford
Fisher
Repecca
J. Fisher
Grade Crossing Crashes Across Texas in December 1925
Twenty nine railroad accidents at highway grade crossings caused eight deaths and 64 injuries in December 1925, per Railroad Commission reports. Automobiles were involved in 25 crashes with seven deaths and 37 injuries. A San Antonio street car train collision injured fifteen, blamed on a missing flagging motorist and an off duty watchman.
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Austin
Tex
San Antonio
Railroad Commission
Twenty Two Oil Cars Burn in derailment near Henryetta
Okemah Okla March 20 Twenty two oil and tank cars burned in a ditch of the St Louis and San Francisco Railway near Henryetta Saturday afternoon after a derailment. The blaze started from a hot box and damage is put at 200000. Traffic was routed via the Kansas Oklahoma and Gulf line. Smoke was visible from 23 miles away.
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Okemah
Okla
St. Louis & San Francisco
Henryetta
Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway
Dean's Pills touted for kidney relief in Fredericksburg anecdote
The advertisement presents Mrs. G. L. Teague claiming kidney weakness caused backache and fatigue, praising Dean's Pills as a stimulant diuretic. It notes Milburn Co. of Buffalo as manufacturers and promotes John Deere farm equipment from Oscar Krauskopf.
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Dean
Fredericksburg
G. L. Teague
Prohibition Agent Daisy Simpson Dies After Suicidal Wound
Daisy Simpson, a nationally known prohibition agent, lies in a El Paso hospital after shooting herself amid jail shame and arrest on narcotic charges. A 24 grain morphine package tied to the case and a seized car form part of the investigation. The identity was confirmed by U S marshal Scott White. a note to Bert Sinkins reveals her distress.
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el Paso
Daisy Simpson
Julius Duval
Jose Avenue
San Francisco
Bb. Moore
Los Angeles
Scott White
United States
Bert Sinkins
Blanco Chamber Offers Cash Prizes for Early 1926 Cotton
Blanco Texas March 19 The Blanco Chamber of Commerce offers cash prizes totaling 100 for the first three bales of cotton raised in the county and ginned here from the 1926 crop First prize 45 second 30 third 25 Local business men are active in encouraging farmers with hopes for a banner year.
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Blanco, Tex
Blanco Chamber of Comerce
Fiery Particles My Bonnie and the Gas Tank
A fragmentary note recalls a woman leaning over a gas tank lighting a match to see inside. The verse calls for carrying back Bonnie, with a Firemen's Fund record attribution.
Crossley Radio Sets Featured at H. H. Heyland
Sanitary plumbing and all line accessories offered with full guarantee. Galvanized dipping vats for sheep and goats custom made by Schandur & Reichenau.
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Crossley
H. H. Heyland
Oscar Krauskopf
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Shar Pac
Neme
Wrigley’s
Dr. King
Orwin Stonewall
Klein Texas
Ing
Sion
Milburn Co
Mfrs
Buffalo
N Y
Foster
John Deere
Prohibition
Her
Schandur & Reichenau
Hugo A. Walter
Graham
City Flour and Grain CO
Fred. Hannemann
Llano Coun
Wilbur Oatman
Llano
Port Avenue Bank
Kansas City
Wakei Daisi
H. Kuenemann
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