Texas Coast Rebuilding After Devastating Tidal Wave
The Texas coast recovers from the September storm with about 20 towns nearly wiped out. Alvin and Hitchcock rebuild as fruit farms plan to expand, while salt water soils threaten orchards and trees along eight to fifteen miles inland. Aid flows to the mainland as residents work to restore homes and livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Coast Country
Gulf
Alvin
Hitchcock
Coast
Galveston
Boy shoots sister in fatal 22 revolver incident
In New York on November 14 1913 four year old Emily Mahler was accidentally shot in the right breast by her six year old brother Henry with a 22 caliber revolver at their parents’ 1913 Third Avenue home. The siblings were alone when the boy proposed a game of policeman and burglar. He retrieved the revolver from a closet and fired as Emily entered the parlor. Neighbors found Henry hiding under a bed while ambulance surgeon Levy from Harlem Hospital attended to Emily who remained in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emily Mahler
Henry
Third-ave
Emily
Levy
Harlem Hospital
Milford
Conn
Rising City
Nebowr
Bala
Opal
Chicago
Hie
Female burglar plies trade in New York flats
New York police identify Mrs Ida Braemer as a professional burglar who allegedly robbed at least 25 flat houses. After a prior burglary sentence she was arrested for jumping bail bonds and is now ill in Long Island College Hospital. Braemer has four children and lived at 28 Sackett Street Brooklyn. neighbors suspect months of unreported thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Ida Braemer
Brooklyn
Blackwell's Island
Long Island College Hospital
Sackett St
Braemer
New
York
Blackwell's
Island
Luzon as Garden of Eden Theory in Philippine Origins
Minneapolis Nov 14. Dean Hall cites Dr. Becker’s report on the Philippine archipelago as a possible original home of humanity. He notes geological shifts, subsidence, and volcanic activity that shaped migration, with Marsh and Borneo linked to early human origins and the Tagalo as descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Dean Hall
University of Minnesota
D. F. Becker
United States
Philippine Islands
Archipelago
Borneo
Becker
Alps
Caucasus
Himalaya
Philippines
Asia
China Sea
Prof
Marsh
Philippine Archipelago
Mediterranean Sea
Himalayas
Hall
Garden of Eden
Basaot
India
China
Midway Tennessee Claims Smallest Incorporated City Title
Nashville reports Midway in Houston County Tennessee is the nation’s smallest incorporated city after census returns. The town rose to exist to dodge the four mile liquor law around schools, built a saloon, and grew to about 75 residents with no taxes. Citizens later opposed the council fights and a legislative act extended the four mile rule to small towns, ending whisky sales there. The population now is about 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Midway
Houston County
United States
Tennessee
Kentucky
Clarksvile
J. W. Roberts
H. C. Frost
Millionaire Rice Once a Gambler
William M. Rice rose from a Houston grocery and fare game operator to a powerful Texas financier. He profited from cotton, dry goods, whisky, and pawn-like dealings, aided rail financing, and kept amassing wealth. His Civil War era ventures included blockaded cotton via Mexico and Europe, with a noted feud with his brother over a bank debt.
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Texas
New York
Kentucky
Tennessee
Rice
Billy” Rice
Houston
Krupp & Tuffly
Union
Mexico
Europe
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
F. A. Rice
Houston Savings Bank
Navy to double smokeless powder at Torpedo Station
Newport Rhode Island November 14 The navy department via the ordnance bureau orders doubling the smokeless powder output at the torpedo station citing cheaper and better quality than private rivals. The coaling station at Narragansett bay near Portsmouth Grove will handle 56 000 tons and include a large dry dock to be built later with surveyors already locating commandant quarters coal sheds and water wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport, R. I
Ordnance Bureau
Navy Department
Torpedo Station
Narragansett Bay
Portsmouth Grove
Portsmouth
Beattie
Plan to Educate Filipinos Here in U S Government Plan
Washington reports a plan to educate Filipinos in the United States for civil service on the islands. The War Department, at the request of the resident commissioner, seeks native Filipinos trained in English and U S civil service methods. Colleges are being contacted to host groups without disrupting U S civil service oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philippine Islands
War Department
United States
Civil Service Commission
Proctor
Taft Commission
Islands
Fitzsimmons Denies Jeffries Challenge From New York Telegrams
Norfolk reports Bob Fitzsimmons says telegrams from New York about a Jeffries bout were manufactured and he will not commit to a May meeting. He hints no plan to meet Jeffries after his theater tour ends. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised for health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jeffries
Dispatch
Fitzsimmons
Massachusetts auditor finds old $50,000 notes in box
Julius L. Clarke former Massachusetts auditor discovered a package with $50,000 in notes once tied to the Safety Fund Bank, now First National Bank of Boston. The notes, believed canceled in 1864, were restored to the bank after the find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Julius L. Clarke
Massachusetts
Safety Fund Bank
First National Bank
Clarke
Modern Dental Office Offers Cabinet Sets and Patient Care
The Delaware and Chiois dental office accepts patients from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for all kinds of dental work. Fees are set to cover costs. Elegant Cabinets offered at $1.00 per dozen at THE MODERN, 10g. BE. Washington.
Woman Pays Off Bryan Wager With Dance At State House
In Thornton New Jersey Rhoda Williams a society woman promised to dance on the state house steps if Bryan won. After his defeat she delivered the bet by performing a double shuffle at dusk with onlookers amused, while friends Eva Williams and Augusta Hobart cashed in wagers by sawing a railroad tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton
N. J
Rhoda Williams
Bryan
State House
Miss Williams
Electric light powered ranch near San Diego proposed
Detroit news reports a Michigan led venture planning an innovative 160000 acre ranch across the border from California near San Diego and Ensenada Mexico. The project envisions grain and stock farming poultry operations with a large incubator, electric lighting, telephone network and a rifle armed night watch for security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
California
Mexico
Michigan
J. Curley Morton
Pontiac
T. Morris Flower
Lower
Mr. Flower
Roswell P. Flower
New York
Morton
San Diego
Ensenada
Mex
Mississippi River
Millionaire Walsh Helps Destitute Woman In New York
A careworn woman begs Thomas F. Walsh for aid on Fifth Avenue. The Colorado mining magnate and partner of King Leopold gives her a bill, provides a card, and directs her to the Waldorf for assistance to send clothes to her sick husband and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas F. Walsh
Mr. Walsh
Colorado
King Leopold
Belgium
Walsh
Waldorf-Astoria
Fifth-ave
Waldorf
Walsh Apartments
Mrs Hancock Reported Missing In New York
Mrs. W S Hancock wife of Captain W S Hancock Sixth artillery is missing after being seen in a Sixth avenue department store She planned to sail for Manila to join her husband her sister awaiting her return She had fears about the voyage and was formerly Miss Doyle of Columbus Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hancock
W. S. Hancock
Sixth Artillery
A Tough Proposition for Alabama Demmies
Opelika Alabama November 14 The family of Governor elect William J Samford who is ill will not permit a legislative committee to meet him and administer the oath fearing a back-set If he dies after oath the president of the senate to be elected Wednesday and likely William D Jenks would become governor The legislature plans to count votes Tuesday and rush a certificate to Opelika to swear in Samford before inauguration December 1 The case is unprecedented with no clear constitutional provision if Samford dies before oath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opelika
Ala
Wm. J. Samford
Alabama
Senate
Wm. D. Jenks
Baufaula
Samford
Bryanite on a Rope Riot in Linfield
Six Linfield youths tied a rope around Augustus Geisler during McKinley election celebrations and attempted to hang him at Salt River. Magistrate Missimer fined each $7.50 plus costs for riotous conduct and malicious assault and battery. Geisler, a Linfield merchant, had earlier prompted warrants for Jesse Brownback Edward Anderson Frederick Rogers Albert Kendall and Webster Brandt, prominent locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottstown
Linfield
McKinley
Augustus Geisler
Tucson tragedy and other 1900s notices
Wm. Rusk, 22, killed his wife in Tucson A T. Thomas Weaver, a fireman, died in a Sherman Texas wreck. Ignacio Bustillo El Paso Tex killed himself after seeing his partner with another man. Amos Shalkcross 13 disappeared Wissinoming Pa believed kidnapped. Estate of Lewis W Shalkcross valued 500000 to be divided among widow and six children.
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Wm. Rusk
Tucson
A. T
Philadelphia
Copenhagen
Robert Kenner
New York
Thomas Weaver
Sherman
Tex
Alfred C. Vanderbilt
Elsie French
Chicago
Alabama Steel Wire and Rod Company
Ensley
Ala
Ignacio Bustillo
el Paso
New York Chamber of Commerce
McKinley
Capt
Meredith
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Washington
Dallas
Electric Company
Amos Shalkcross
Wissinoming
Lewis W. Shalkcross
Widgew
Popular fad promotes raw foods and digestive aids
A new movement backs raw cuisine with claims of health and vigor. It envisions restaurants in major cities serving uncooked meat and produce while marketing Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the cure for poor digestion and a laxative-free diet.
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Elsc
Cim
Stuart
United States
Canada
Great Britain
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Sister
Luzon
Dean
Ee Adam
Midway, Tenn
Farko, Bank
William M. Rice
Fitz
Norfolk
Bob Fitzsimmons
Indiana Dental College
Bryan Wager
Detroit
Detroit, Mich
Afpphal
W S. Hancock
Thomas
Demmies
Salt River
Dnress
BR. Ger
Leiminger
Ruan Ena S
T. Kyle
E. Ohiost
The
Indianapolis Gas Co
Chas. L. Hartman
Bohm
Washington St
Court House
People's Credit Clothing CO
W. Wash. St
Central Printing Co
E. Court St
Tea
Bowem-Merrill Co
Wash
Pearl St
the Central Trust Company
E. Market Street
GARI
C. Koehring & Bro
Virginia Ave
Ava
Walhees
Pim Bainesste Barry
Gloan Drug
Indianapolis
Ind
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