State and Local News Condensed From Empire Coverage
The roundup reports diverse incidents across Texas towns, noting cotton arrivals, prices, and farm conditions. Highlights include varnished municipal notes, naval-sharp border reports, and civic milestones with quiet, factual tone.
Word from many lands reports murder and misfortune
Overseas and domestic items recount killings in Owensboro and New York, drownings on the Tennessee River, fires and wrecks across the country, and unusual retirements and crimes. Notables include the deaths of pilot William Getson and poet John Whitier, plus a bridge site in Plaquemine and a Louisiana sugar crop forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lung
Tennessee
Nashville
Fallmouth
James Ratchford
Charles Houska
Chicago
Helena
Old Town
Ark
Rube Smith
Emporia
Miss
Williams
John G. Whittier
James Courtland
Newburyport
Texas and Pacific
Plaquemine
Bayou Plaquemine
Stepp
Cox
Knoxville
Tenn
RK. F. Beck
Vicksburg
Mass
Council
Damon Tron
Cambridge
Patrick McHugh
McMahon
G. R. Hellander
Memphis
Ada Charleston
Frank Cooney
Harwood
Newfoundland
Stewart
Michael Newell
Kansas City
Pike's Peak
Col
Colorado Midland
Shelter Island
N. Y
Public
James Buckingham
Deive
Syracuse
New York
Vermont
Bennington Battle Monument
Charles Wymer
A. M. Padon
Georgia Pacific Railroad
Chococoloco
Ala
Schaffer
Hicks
Little Rock
Finley Hoke
Merchant's National Bank of
Peoria
Mobile
Phillip Fatch
Columbus Jackson
Eva May Keys
Cincinati
Early Chickens and Farm Tips From Prairie Farmer
A piece from Prairie Farmer and National Stockman covers hog welfare in dirty yards, hot beds for early chicks, and curing gapes with horse hair. It also advises stocking mill feed before harvest, rolling land to improve moisture and germination, plus general poultry and farm management notes and home hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Robin
Prairie Farmer
Ohio
Newark
J. L
National Stockman
The Shoplifter’s Strange Tricks in New York Stores
A Sun report describes clever shoplifting methods used in New York big stores. Tricks include a glove mouth device to catch dropped items, concealing silk under a scarf, and a hatbox ploy. A woman slips aisles with garters that have hooks to grab shoes, then flees amid a display of stolen goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Loan and Trust Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Gogebee Development Company
Ashland County
Shin Woon
New York
China
Lan Foo Tong
George Williams
Iron Mining Company of Zincite
Allen
Williams
Zincite
Sun
East Side
Why Is History Silent Captain Lyon's Name Stricken From Declaration
A long Atlantic Constitution note recounts Captain P H Lyon of Ball Ground Georgia as the first Lyon signer of the Declaration of Independence, later expelled from Congress amid Washington’s opponents. The piece questions why history omits this incident and then digresses into natural history observations about deer and small rodents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Lyon
Washington
Congress
Trenton
Princeton
Lyon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ican Edu
Temple of Liter
Dnemmitier
United States
Mann
Genin
S State News
San Antonio
Cameron
Jacksonville
Bonham
Seymour
Evening News
Austin
Mexia
Shiner
Lamar County
Liano
Belton
John Ray
R. W. Wesley
Floresville
Dixon Williams
Clarksville
Galveston Fish and Oyster Company
Capital
Belley
Jewett
Grimes
Paio Pinto County
Wood County
Wise County
Collin County
Tyler
Belton Oil Mills
Austin Cotton Press
Commissioners’ Court
Farmersville
Fia Killer Griffin
Greenville
International
Great Northern Railroad
Houston
David Caviness
Saint Jo
Moscow
Pio
Laredo
Haveen
AY. Curtis
St. Joe
McNeil
Texas Rangers
Rio Grande
New Birmingham Building Company
Manuel Cerales
Hilasio Abriego
San Hantento
Abriego
Durant
Denison
Gatesville
Ed Powell
Jim Leper
Dallas
Canven
India
Alvarado
Angelo
Lung Fraternity
Dhon
Mison
Nson
Justin
Wilbarger Tunty
Charley Moore
Grayson County
Harry Doty
Honey Grove
Main
Rusk Avenue
Sterling City
Morgan
Galveston
New Orleans
Brenkam
Greer County
Burnett
Marble Falls
Armus Calloway
Mesquite
Corpus Christi
Walter Dinney
L. Dreyer
Henry Parker
Quanah
J. H. Lattimore
English Opera Company
Oak Clif Theater
Anna Pinson
Texas
G. D. Hoffman
Woodland
Boracho
Sierra Blanco
Dyrenforth
Midland
Toft Winn
Long Creek
Minnie Lane
John Sparks
Geneva
Peabody Normal
Emma Hagerman
Ranger
Annie Evans
Waco
J. K. McBride Loneoak
J. H. Morse
Georgetown
J. W. Ross
Ardinger & Rose
Lee Strole
Comal County
Menard County
Schleicher
McCulloch
Savine
Uvalde
Blanco
Madison
Johnnie Slater
Annie Boren
Stella Henderson
BK. F. Brownlee
Paris
Red River
Nexr
Easterling
del Rie Record
Tis
August Roeder
Greenvine
Home and Foreign
Owensboro, Ky
M. B. Mazlewood
John Fitts
William Getson
Michael Delgatti
Mulberry Street
Worth County
Norfolk
Conn
N. I. Pugh
Yazoo City
Warmoth
Louisiana
Hester Ballard
Greenville, Miss
Dr. Clemens
Colonel Frayser
San Francisco
Cal
Rvan Taylor
Tennessee Coal Mining Company of
Akron. O
Manderbach
Atlanta, Ga
Peck
State Alliance Exchange
Nashville, Tenn
Louisville
Vandalia
Barnes
Farmer
Wadilla
St. Louis
J. H. Peacock
Farmers’ Alliance of Arkansaw
Jim
Baton Rouge
Robert Foley
Spring Garden
Keystone Banks
Philadelphia
Linn
Newton
Lucy Holmes
Citizens’ Bank of Nevada
Work
Harry Coussin
Benjamin Stout
Manly
Stockdale
McCutcheon
Cranston Nash
Rison's Drug Store
Huntsville
George Jones
Times
Meridian, Miss
Rauls
Mobile and Ohio Road
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Winnfield Mossman
Levis Paulsen
Guaymas
Mexico
Scheidt
Boesch
New Guinea
Moselle
Sarre
France
Miguel
Gervais
Berlin
Russia
Wisconsin Station
King
Betsy
Lowell Courier
Hiramy D. KR
Bo , NE
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