Brave Dallas Youth Stabs Man After Alleged Taunts
Dallas March 11 A 17 year old Ed McGlenn stabbed Ed Delaney in the left side at a cotton mill. McGlenn claimed Delaney taunted him and he acted after being struck. He is held at the police station. McGlenn says he is an orphan born in Alabama, came to Dallas nine months ago, and worked at the cotton mills.
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Dallas
Tex
Ed McGlenn
Ed Delaney
Young McGlonn
Delaney
McGlenn
Alabama
Extradition Hearing Ended For Gen Francisco Benavides
Gen Francisco Benavides testified in San Antonio that he was born in Texas in 1845 and lived there his whole life. United States Commissioner Price indicated he would decree Benavides guilty of murder arson kidnapping and robbery and forward the ruling and testimony to the president who holds extradition power for Mexico.
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San Antonio
Tex
Francisco Benavides
United States
Price
Benavides
Texas
Justice of the Peace
Tragic Drowning In Red River Near Texarkana
George Watkins and son Joseph drown after their boat capsizes while fishing near the Texarkana Fort Smith railroad crossing twelve miles north of Texarkana. Skinner, unable to swim, survives by clinging to the boat. Bodies of Watkins and Joseph not recovered. river being dragged. All three from Ogden, twenty miles north.
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Texarkana
Tex
George Watkins
Joseph
B.S. Skinner
Red River
Fort Smith
Here
Skinner
Accident near Noble injured Panis Tex boys after spelling bee
In Panis Tex near Noble two young brothers Quincy Noble about age to go home from a spelling bee rode a frightened horse. Poston Noble chased to help and was struck when the horse fell both boys were thrown and found in critical condition with fears Quincy would not recover.
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Panis Tex
Noble
Losten
Quincy Creed
Quincy Noble
Poston
Quincy
Ati
Multiple Texas Accidents and Fire From March Reports
Greenville fire destroys residence of Mrs. Sallie Cheney eight miles west of Greenville after meat house theft. Arch Whitt er mangled by stalk cutter near Paris. Mrs Woods injured in buggy crash near Waco with horse fatality. County Treasurer Coe shaken in a buggy incident near Dallas. Brenham forms Anti Crinoline League to combat hoopskirt fashion. Charles Anderson found dead in Galveston. Denison worker severely jaw damaged by jack handle. McKinsey teacher reports arrest flurry for Sunday night incident.
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Greenville
Tex
Sallie Cheney
Abduction charge shocks McKinney teacher
Professor A Jones a singing teacher living near McKinney is charged with abducting 1 year old Myrtie Holley daughter of restaurant keeper W Holley. Jones was found in a cart with the child after a chase and mob threats followed until he was jailed awaiting examination.
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Myrtie Holley
W. ©. Holley
McKinney
Prof. Jones
Warden's
Jones
A Slight Collision In Dallas Ends With Arrest
Capt J F Caldwell city auditor recalls a street confrontation at Commerce and Ervay. Caldwell says he and a Black man named U S Jones clashed after a dispute over mistaken eye sight. Jones drew a weapon, a crowd formed, and Jones was arrested.
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DalLas
Tex
J. F. Caldwell
Commerce and
Ervay Streets
Caldwell
Goslin
Commerce Street
Ervay Street
Joe Blakeney
U. S. Jones
Local Homicide Shocks Llovesros Under Nant Crowds
March 6 report from Llovesros Texas details the killing of Willie Andrews by her son Lincoln Jones during a drunken quarrel. The mother stepped between attacker and daughter. Jones struck, killing his mother. Police, led by Deputy Marshal Erichson, kept a mob at bay as Jones was seized and jailed amid calls for lynching.
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Marshal Erichson
Mexican laborer shot by Katy extension foreman in Houston
Houston report states foreman P Lucius shot and killed Mexican laborer Antonio Alvaro during a project on the Katy extension. Lucius was arrested as the Mexican fired at him in the incident.
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Houston
Tex
P. Lucius
Katy
Antonio Alvaro
Lucius
Synopsis of Measures From Sixty Days of Texas Legislature
The sixty day session ended with twenty two laws passed at an average cost of about four thousand dollars each totaling eighty eight thousand. Only six laws are general. thirteen are local. Measures include appropriations for governors electors judges venue civil cases insurance asylum deposits labor day and road system for Caldwell county and various court jurisdiction changes. The governor has six local bills under advisement.
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Austin
Secretary of State
Civil Court of Appeals
Webb County Court
Oodrich
Dimmitt County Court
Courts of Appeals
Tyler County Court
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Thirty-fourth Judicial District
Forty-ninth Judicial District
Caldwell County
Austin House Debates Railroad Regulation Resolution
In Austin on March 9 Mr. McGehee proposed a resolution asking Judiciary Committee No. 1 to study suspending section 5 of the railroad commission act until Supreme Court decisions allow the commission to resume regulating charges. The aim is to preserve reforms and prevent loss from excessive rates while addressing ongoing litigation.
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Austin
Tex
McGehee
Judiciary Committee
Commission
Judiciary Committee No. 1
Supreme Court of the United States
Texas House validates county bonds for courthouses jails bridges
In Austin on March 10 the Texas House debated a bill restricting and validating county bonds for courthouses jails and bridge projects. The measure, which would validate bonds already issued or sold for value and used for public works, passed engrossment 54 to 37.
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Austin
Tex
State of
Texas
House debates Gussett bill to curb corporate land ownership
In the house the bill to limit land ownership by corporations and require disgorgement was discussed on second reading. A house committee substitute was adopted and the bill moved to a third reading after an all day wrangle over amendments.
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Avustix, Tex, Mareh
House Committee
Senate
House
Texas Senate Adjournment Proposal and Irrigation Bill Action
In Arustix on March, Senator Baldwin offered a resolution to adjourn on March 25 but was ruled out of order. In Austin the irrigation bill granting lien preferences for water use under leases passed. The Joint Committee on Land Commissioner McCaughey organized with Senator Yoakum chair and planned a meeting that evening.
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Tex
Senate
Baldwin
House
Austin
March
Austrix
McCaughey
Yoakum
Senatorial Bill To Open Home For Women Exams
Avusrin Texas March 10 Fieldy announced he would move to take up the senate bill to establish a home for fallen women today. Averm Texas March 10 In the senate the Lewis bill authorizing corporations to double their capital stock was engrossed. AceTi Texas March 10 The motion to register trade marks passed by 19 votes authorizing the registration of brands and marks.
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Avusrin
Tex
House
Fields
Senate
Averm
Lewis
Acetix
English lord's punch bowl tale spawns world record basin
A traveler recounts an English lord during William II's reign who built the largest punch bowl in the world. His garden basin fountain served as a vast party centerpiece with four hogsheads of brandy eight barrels of water and 25 000 lemons, creating a legendary, lavish fete.
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Ludwig
William II
England
Malaga
Suffering and folly mingle in a scattered reminiscence
A fragmented dialogue threads through hardship and bad luck linking a downcast man with failed ventures and lost writings. Interludes on digestion tonics and patent remedies abridge the piece, ending with marketing quips and cosmetic, moral reflections.
Origin for OK Sel¢ linked to colonial corruption tale
Article traces OK meaning all right to colonial Aux Cayes in San Domingo and links the term to 1828 Jackson papers misread as All Correct. It cites Major Downing writer Seba Smith and Parton’s Nashville court records showing OR meaning order recorded. Includes adlike notes on Sal vat ion Oil and Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
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O. K
Aux Cayes
San Domingo
U. K
Andrew Jackson
Seba Smith
Jack Downing
Jackson
Parton
Nashville
Marsden’s Pectorial Balm Extols Swift Cures
An ad touts Marsden’s Pectorial Balm as a certain speedy cure for coughs and colds with permanent relief when used per directions. It claims two years of trial and universal sale, plus additional lines about Kemp’s Balsam, magical salves, and a syrup laxative. The snippet includes unrelated quips about weather, wealth, and a toe stub quote.
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Marsden
Royal Baking Powder Described as Purest and Most Efficient
The advertisement argues Royal Baking Powder costs more due to refined ingredients. It claims Royal is purer with stronger leavening and greater value to the consumer. It states cheaper powders fail to equal Royal and leave impurities in food.
Origin of the phrase to chaff a person
The suggested origin traces to Apollo who reviewed a volume of poets errors. He rewarded the painstaking critic with a bushel of wheat to sort. After separating corn from chaff, Apollo gave the critic the chaff and kept the wheat, thus chaffing him.
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Apollo
Tragic Berlin Teen Coerces Brother to Shoot Him
A 16 year old, humiliated by a harsh parental rebuke, seated himself with a revolver and forced his 6 year old brother to fire. The child discharged a single shot, killing the older boy instantly, in a distressing act of self destruction and coercion.
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Berlin
Teething remedy and child training ad parodic lines
Fragmentary vintage advertising text extols Man Wisanow's Sootutre Sracr for Teething and urges teaching children to respect elders. It juxtaposes odd phrases about striving for higher things with warnings against bodily servitude.
Marsden's Pectorial Balm Ad Claims Quick Cough Cure
An old advertisement extols Marsden's Pectorial Balm as the best cure for coughs and colds, promising rapid relief from a single dose. It also touts Lane's Medicine as a health booster for women and general ills, with prices listed and claims of benefits for stomach, bowels, kidney and liver troubles.
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Marsden
Lane
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