State Fair Program Opens With Varied Special Days
Dallas October 14 The State Fair reports 150000 spent on improvements and opens Saturday October 19 with Governor Campbell presiding The week features Woman's Press Day Children Day Sacred Day Press Day Postmasters Day Confederate Veterans Day Lumermen and Hoo Hoo Day Dallas Day Sacred Harp and Woman's Relief Corps Day Traveling Men Day Labor Day with varied programs and free admissions for under twelve on Children Day.
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Dallas
Campbell
Postmasters
Texas Press Association
Texas League of Postmasters of the Fourth Class
W. Gilford
Thornton
Confederate Veterans
Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy
Red Cross
Mississippi
Lumbermen’s
John H. Kirby
Music Hall
Seymour
Texas
Tragedy in Texarkana Ends in Shootout at Home
On Sunday E M Sumner, a white man, was shot on his front porch by Monroe Ballard, a preacher. Sumner died from two bullets to the chest as Ballard barricaded himself inside. Officers and citizens returned fire. Ballard died from gunfire, leaving a fatal confrontation.
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Texarkana
Ark
E. M. Sumner
Monroe Ballard
Sumner
Ballard
Jefferson Prohibition Vote Carries Precinct by Fifty
In Saturday’s election Precinct No 3 which covers Jefferson town sided with prohibitionists by a fifty vote majority. Voters, including women and children, prayed through the day for suffrage of the prohibition cause amid notable excitement that remained orderly.
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Jefferson
Austin Dam Rebuild Contract Signed for City
Jay Strickland of Consolidated Construction Company New York signs the contract to rebuild the Austin dam and deposits 25000 forfeit money with the city treasurer. Work will start within forty days with J G White & Company financing. The dam project promises major benefits to Austin.
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Austin
Jay Strickland
Consolidated Construction Company of
New York
J. G. White & Company of
Safe Looted at Kirby Lumber Commissary in Silsbee
Burglars robbed the Kirby Lumber Company commissary at Silsbee Saturday night, taking an estimated $7000 to $8000. The safe was opened by manipulating the combination and resealed after the theft. Authorities reported the safe was found closed and locked upon discovery.
Cotton Starts Up as Frost Hits Cotton Belt
New Orleans October 15 A general frost and low temps across the cotton belt pushed cotton prices higher on the trading day December futures rising from 10.77 to 10.95 cents. Levee strike in New Orleans tied up shipments and a tight money market restrained a larger rally. Bulls grow more confident the crop was overestimated while bears tried to counter with stories of cuts in cotton goods.
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New Orleans
Cotton Exchange
Bears
Bryan Will State Position On Nomination
Washington Oct 15 It is learned on good authority that Mr Bryan will make a definite announcement within a few weeks regarding his attitude toward the Democratic presidential nomination. A close associate says it should be known before he comes to the city whether he intends to accept the nomination.
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Mr. Bryan
Washington
Bryan
Nebraska Statesman
Shell Explosion Wounds Three Children at Gage Home
A loaded shotgun shell dropped into a fire at W. H. Gage's Jennings area home Sunday afternoon wounded three children. A seven year old girl suffered the worst injuries with a thigh wound near the knee nearly severing an artery and a hand injury.
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Paris
W. H. Gage
Jennings
Gainesville Builds a Creamery in Texas Town
Gainesville to open one of Texas largest creameries funded by local capital. About $5000 in machinery ordered, expect operation in a few weeks. Cooke County farmers currently receive around $40,000 annually for cream shipped elsewhere, driving the new plant action.
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Gainesville
Texas
Cooke County
Fatal Boiler Explosion at Davis Mill in Votaw
Friday morning a fatal accident occurred at Davis Mill twelve miles north of here in Hardin County. Boilers burst while filling water. George Davis son of the owner and George Marge brother in law were killed.
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Votaw
Hardin County
Davis Mill
Here
George Davis
George Marge
Young Davis
Fires losses in Texas top all Southern states in September
The Journal of Commerce reports Texas fire losses for September at 915000, higher than any other Southern state. A mix of events follows, including travel plans, a murder suicide in St Louis, county election tallies, a horse racing record, a centenarian death, a Keifer post office robbery, and a federal official retirement.
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The
Journal of Commerce
Texas
New York
Peru
Panama
South America
Arthur A. Mermod
Alexander Mermod
Mermod
Jaccard King Jewelry Company
Commercial
St. Louis
Board of County Commissioners
Grayson County
Prohibition
Oklahoma City
Seattle Fair Track
Slim Beauty
Frank T. Vennum
Newkirk
Juda Carruthers
Harwood
Keifer
I.T
Glenn
Thomas Ryan
Frank Pierce
Salt Lake City
Utah
Cotton Growers Union Sets Direct Trade With Europe
Atlanta officials announce practical results from the International Conference of Cotton Growers and Spinners. A central agency in Memphis and an English agent will connect U S growers with European buyers. H W McAllister confirms European purchase of union cotton that meets established grades, baling, and compression standards.
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Atlanta
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
H. W. McAllister
Manchester
England
Memphis
McAllistered
State Road to Complete Five Miles to Rusk
Five miles of penitentiary railroad at Rusk will be completed within a few weeks according to Captain Herring, superintendent. The State aims to reach the saw mill five miles away as soon as possible. Enough steel has been purchased from the Cotton Belt to lay that track. Grading on the Brazoria County road is finished.
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Austin
Rusk
Captain Herring
Cotton Belt
Brazoria
Mrs Chadwick Dies In Ohio Prison Ward
Mrs Cassie Chadwick who caused an Oberlin bank wreck through bold financial dealings died in the Ohio State penitentiary women’s ward after a coma lasting hours. The end came peacefully with prison attendants present. Her son Emil Hoover had been summoned.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cassie Chadwick
Oberlin
Ohio State Penitentiary
Chadwick
Emil Hoover
Brakeman M P Prewitt Killed In Railroad Accident
A Santa Fe freight brakeman named M P Prewitt was run over near Rodgers on Thursday at 6 am. He lost both legs, which were ground by the wheels, and later died at the railway hospital at 11 am. Relatives of the deceased are not well known.
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Temple
Rodgers
M. P. Prewitt
Santa Fe
Dredge Awarded for Guadalupe River Work in Victoria
President Holland of the Interstate Inland Waterway league announced the dredge and snagboat contract for the Guadalupe River work has been awarded. Construction will start when materials arrive, with an estimated cost of about 25 000 dollars. The vessel will be built locally in Victoria under Captain Oakes.
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Victoria
Holland
Interstate Inland Waterway League
Guadalupe River
Oakes
Sudden Death in Berlin Wife of Imperial Adjutant General
The wife of Adolf von Buelow, Imperial Adjutant General, died Wednesday night after witnessing her husband suffer a severe asthma attack. As attendants called to the General, she cried that he was dying and, in the moment, collapsed dead at his bedside.
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Berlin
Adolf von Buelow
Passing of Pioneer Preacher in Pilot Point
Rev. J. W. Chalk pioneer Methodist preacher died Thursday afternoon at his Pilot Point home after a short illness. Born February 25 1826 he came to Texas in 1851 and served in a Tennessee company during the Mexican War. He organized Fort Worths First Methodist Church in 1854. Interment held here.
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Pilot Point
J. W. Chalk
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Chalk
Texas
Tennessee
Fort Worth
Bank of Hanna Robbed in Choctaw Nation Heist
A bank in Hanna within the Choctaw Nation was blown open with a powerful nitro glycerine charge and about $3000 in currency was stolen by robbers last week.
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Hanna
President moves camp at Monticello crossing in Stamboul
President Roosevelt Camp near Bayou Tensas departs at dawn. He plans to relocate to Bear Lake and then to a new camp near Newellton in Tensas Parish. Parker and W B Jackson are sent to arrange transport and scout a suitable site for the encampment.
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Bruin
Stamboul
Roosevelt
Monticello
Bayou Tensas
Bear Lake
Newellton
Tensas Parish
Iron Mountain
Mr. Parker
W. B. Jackson
Lusitania Sets Transatlantic Speed Record Arrival
The Lusitania, Cunard liner, departed Queenstown four days nineteen hours and fifty two minutes after leaving, held all speed records, and passed Sandy Hook lightship at 1:17 a.m. Friday. She paused near the bar to greet daylight before steaming up the harbor to claim the title queen of the sea.
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New York
Queenstown
Sandy Hook
United Presbyterians Assemble in Waxahachie
The Synod of Texas of the reunited Cumberland and Presbyterian Churches held its first formal meeting in Waxahachie on Friday. Rev. L. C. Kirkes of Amarillo served as moderator, Henry A. Howard was elected permanent clerk, and Dr. R. M. Templeton stated clerk. Dr. Roberts of the Pennsylvania Synod addressed the assembly.
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United Presbyterians
Waxahachie
Synod of
Interstate rail police arrest Powers in Waldron Missouri
Joseph Powers a railroad telegraph operator from Waldron Missouri has been arrested by United States authorities on charges of interfering with commercial messages and train dispatching. Officials anticipate additional arrests as the case expands.
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Joseph Powers
Waldron
United States
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employee of America
Adjutant General's
Texas National Guard
Clifton
Frank Cox
Commerce and
Flouston Streets
Dallas
Waco
Elke
Mary Williame
Brazos
Marlin
Barbers
Mark Searcy
Pittsburg
Baldwin
Puckett
Cleburne
Lincoln
Neb
Corpus Christi
Texas
Katy
Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient Railroad
Orient
Direct Cotton Trade Proposed By Planters And Spinners
At the Atlanta conference, cotton planters and spinners urged direct sales, proposing a warehouse system, standard contracts, grade color classification, and 50,000 pound units. The measures aim to cut middlemen, simplify handling, and save about 25 million dollars annually.
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Atlanta
South
Europe
America
International Conference of
Cotton Growers
Armers’ Union
Arthur Kuffler
Vienna
Committee On
Committee On Transportation
Land Commissioner pays for unsold lands plants and fiber
The Land Commissioner deposited 861000 in certified checks from Big Bend Manufacturing for the guay ule or rubber plant on all unsold school lands. He remitted 600 by Van A Webster of San Antonio for the techuguila or fiber plant on unsold lands in Val Verde Terrell and Brewster counties. Webster agrees to pay 59 cents per ton for all fiber shipped.
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Austin
Big Bend Manufacturing Company
van A. Webster
San Antonio
Val Verde
Terrell
Brewster
Webster
Escape on a speeding train ends with captured suspect
Deputy Sheriff Jeffries encountered three men drinking whiskey on a Corsicana bound train to Rice. He arrested them but one man bolted through a window as the train rushed on. At Ernie depot the escaped prisoner reappeared unharmed, inside the station with the others.
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Corsicana
Rice
Jeffries
Ernie
Central American yellow fever absence noted by inspector
New Orleans report cites Dr. John N. Thomas saying there has been no yellow fever case in Central America except Guatemala this year after his inspection. The absence marks a striking relief in the region and underscores improvements in public health and disease control.
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New Orleans
John N. Thomas
United States Marine Hospital Service
Central America
Guatemala
Promising Long Staple Cotton Experiments Near Red Oak
Experiments with long staple cotton in Ellis County near Red Oak show strong promise and will be extended in 1908. One farmer has already produced about three bales.
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Red Oak
Ellis County
Ice plant machinery offered for Mexia project
The thirty ton ice plant equipment and a concrete block making machine were offered for use in the Mexia project.
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Mexia
Oscar Bodson Farm Shooting and Local Fires
Brief notes report a fatal shooting on Oscar Bodson's farm and multiple fires including Georgetown, Fair Play Hotel San Angelo, and a bridge accident near Rice. Also mentions marriage and divorce totals in Dallas County, a political stance shift by Henry Watterson, a dormitory bid in Gatesville, a Virginia congressman death, cotton harvest progress, and other assorted local incidents.
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Ea Ar Betariey
Oscar Bodson
H. Hawkins
Kyle
Jackson
Georgetown
Dallas County
Henry Watterson
Courier-Journal of
Louisville Ky
E. J. Zimmerman
Cleburne
Gatesville
Campbell Stemp
Congress
Ninth
Virginia
McLennan
Fair Play
San Angelo
Rojas
Juarez
James Pettyjohn
Chickasha
I. T
Union Printers
Colorado Springs
Cole
National Letter Carriers’ Association
United States
Charles A. Culberson
Dallas
Washington
Capitol
Katie Daffan
L. A. Daffan
Port Arthur
Montvale
Roanoke
Paris Fifty Thousand Club
Paris Board of Trade
Lamar County
Ira Blackburn
Cliff
Knox City
Sacred Yeart Academy
Chicago
Hill County
Counniy
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
la Salle
R. M. Himes
Battle Creek Bridge
Rice
Houston and
Texas Central
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Austin Dam
Silsbee
Ealing
Compression
Mrs. Chadwick
Guadalupe
Will Hamill
Winkler
Eldred Newman
Sheriff Hall
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