Convict Harris Captured After Struggle With Deputy Marshal
United States Deputy Marshal Whitman arrested Charley Harris in Pittsburg after a gun struggle as Harris resisted surrender. Harris, a penitentiary convict sentenced in 1887 for grand larceny, had escaped near Little Rock in 1888 and was linked to cattle brand blotching involving Henry Roach. Harris faced further charges related to cattle theft and branding.
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Tuxarkana
Tex
United States
Whitman
Pittsburg
Charley Harris
Little Rock
Harris
Arkansas
Galveston Hosts Phonograph and Grapho Phone Exhibit
Mention was made of a phonograph and grapho phone display in Galveston as the potential Texas state franchise headquarters. The company plans to elect officers and set management, with Galveston as the leading stockholder city. The instruments will soon be moved to Dallas for exhibition at the fair.
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Galveston
Tex
Dallas
Matrimony Brings Octogenarian Groom and Young Bride
Isaac Amsden of Allegheny county New York wed Victoria Renwick in a ceremony marking the fourth marriage for the elderly groom born in 1906. The bride, about half his age, is described as a fine looking woman with many friends and the couple is poised to join the nation’s wealthier families.
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Isaac Amsden
Allegheny County
N.Y
Victoria Renwick
Amsden
Revival meeting yields numerous conversions across Farrrenip area
Farrrenip Tex October 9 A fine meeting conducted by Dr J TH Hendrick closes with more than fifty conversions twenty five reclaimed thirty one accessions to Cumberland Presbyterian church and seventeen to Methodist Episcopal church. Great unanimity and revival observed. Dr Hendrick praised for faithful leadership.
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Farrrenip
Tex
J. TH. Hendrick
Cumberlain
Insurance cases settled in Henderson county court
Henderson Texas October 9 The insurance cases of L M Michael against the Hartford Fire Association and American Fire Insurance Company, pending since December, were compromised yesterday with the companies paying 1000 dollars plus accrued costs. Judgments aggregate 1500 dollars. appeals were withdrawn after trials.
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Henderson, Tex
L. M. Michael
Heartford Fire Association
American Fire Insurance Company
Panhandle shipment boosts Land and cattle activity in Texas
Barnp Tex October 9 The Homeland and Cattle Company of the panhandle shipped 30 carloads of two year old steers from Baird to Amarillo. The cattle were from the Day Cattle Company of Coleman County. This shipment plus 1700 head bought by Homeland and Cattle Company of Hughes and Rathmell and driven to the panhandle indicates activity in this cattle class.
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Barnp
Tex
Home Land and Cattle Company
the Panhandle
Baird
Amarillo
Day Cattle Company
Coleman County
Hughes & Rathmell
Panhandle
Grand jury returns nineteen indictments in Del Rio
Del Rio Val Verde county grand jury stunned southwestern Texas by returning nineteen indictments this morning. The action follows ongoing investigations and points to a broad reach of alleged offenses across the region.
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del Rio
Tex
Val Verde County
Texas
Immense Wheat Crop Shown as Dallas Fair Looms
Wichita Falls Texas October 7 Reports say cotton receipts total twenty bales and wool clips rise amid baaer scarcity. County exhibit for the state fair and Dallas exposition will be shipped to Dallas by October 14 with many locals planning to attend. J McAlister, thrashing 50 000 bushels of wheat and 20 000 of oats, noting growth from past years in a region that once produced little grain.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Dallas
J. McAlister
Couple’s hasty elopement near Henderson shocks family
In Henderson Texas yesterday Esquire Webb joined John Beard and Belle Stone in matrimony at Oakland church. Belle Stone’s father Will Stone had opposed the match and kept the bride under surveillance. The couple wed while guardians were away and, despite early conflict, reconciliation followed. Nearby Panola County reports army worms destroying cotton leaves. many worms die crossing roads into ruts.
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Oakland Church
Panola County
Cramp Convicted of First Degree Murder in Texarkana
In Bowie district court Henry Cramp was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Albert Young at a Texas and Pacific gravel pit. The jury sentenced him to ninety nine years in the penitentiary. Emma Harrell was convicted of an accomplice’s role in a separate jail killing and received two years.
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Texarkana
Tex
Bowie
Henry Cramp
Albert Young
Crump
Young
Texas and Pacific
Emma Harrell
Murder Charge Arrested Farmer in Missouri Case South of Here
Walter Strother was arrested on Dr J W Mehkinnys farm six miles south of Val AbLstype by Sheriff Scott Phillips of Collin county on a sixteen year old murder charge from Mississippi County Missouri. He married a girl of sixteen recently and was separated from her at arrest. he warned against disclosure. Also report: Hoot Maxey, colored, fell from a cotton wagon while hauling cotton, becoming insensible for three hours as two bales were removed. Cotton receipts rise with 2570 bales received to date.
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Val AbLstype
Walter Strother
J. W. MehKinney
Here
Scott Phillips
Collin County
Mississippi County
Maxey
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland
Senator Incails
Washington
Marion Crawford
Christian Science
Philadelphia
Day Gould
Irvington
Grand Duke
Constantine
Selah Chamberlain
Cleveland
M. Barbediene
Paris
M. C. Meigs
United States
Japan
Lady Mandeville
Duke of Manchester
Edwards
Berlin
France
India
Jeppore
Switzerland
Max Strakosch
Atlantic
Fordham
N. Y
London
Charles Henry Butler
Nahma
Delia Co
Mich
Henry
Kyron
Col
Dan Lamont
Tennessee Coal
New Caledonia
Australia
Prince Albert
Monaco
Archduke Ludwig Salvater
Austria
Sol Smith Russell
Adama
Maine
Missouri
Pontiac
J. Samuel Krause
Methichem
New York
Colored State Fair Opens in Marshall
In Marshall Texas the colored state fair opened with fair attendance on the first day and improving crowds on the second. Music came from the Shreveport and Marshall bands as processions drew large crowds and participants arrived from around the state using the one fare round trip. The association officers express encouraged sentiment after the opening.
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Marshall
Tex
Shreveport
The Gires of Coda A Havana Window Romance in Cuba
A Havana special describes Cuban city life in shade and breeze. Women flirt from barred windows while men court with bon bons and whispered chat. The piece contrasts sun avoidance, cafe nightlife, and social rituals shaping courtyard romance.
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Havana
Cuba
Legislator Gordon Sparks Lively Snake Gaffe in Georgia House
Georgia state representative Gordon created a scene by pulling a live snake from his pocket during a session. The reptile hissed as it whipped its tongue toward lawmakers triggering laughter and a disrupted, tense moment. Colleagues called it an uncanny jest with insinuations about a tired member.
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Gordon
Georgia House of Representatives
Representatives
Vast array of global figures and curiosities listed in period column
A survey of notable people and items from around the world includes writers publishing new works, royal gifts, large inheritances, scientific discoveries, and intriguing curiosities. It notes musical impresarios, imperial treasures, political figures, and oddities such as a giant tarantula in a New York station.
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Phonograph and Graphophone Company
Mississippi
Henry Roach
Roach
Mexico
Marshall Matters
Cubs
Havans
Old Sol
Cupid
Langer
Senorita
Ducunas
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