Great Lakes Storm Wrecks Toll and Shipping Disruptions
Reports from Chicago indicate nineteen vessels wrecked across the Great Lakes as blizzard conditions and high winds battered the region from Monday into Tuesday. One life lost, six missing. ships torn from anchors, barges adrift, and harbor facilities damaged from Duluth to Alpena.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Jim Shoeriffa
Alpena
Mowatt
BH. T. Judd
Brack River
Charles N.warner
United States Transportation Company of
Clevelitt
Nine Mile Point
Cheboygan
Lake Superior
Duluth
Lake Michigan
Lakes Huron
Michigan
Biles
Po Huron
Lake Huron
Sault Ste Marie
Mary's River
Whitefish Point
Thas
Zoo
Marquette
Marquette Harbor
Brealhwater
Vinand
Rogers City
Pasengers
J. M. Spau Iing
Port Gratiot
Port William
Ont
Lake Supérior
Rosemont
Welcome Island
St. Paul
Moorehead
Minn
Superfor the
Superior
Street Railroad
Mfe
Larrimore
N. D
Brief Roundup of Texas News And Incidents
Several brief items report a range of incidents across Texas and nearby states. Included are deaths from accidents and drowning, a fatal fall after cake mishap, a man charged with murder in Galveston, life imprisonment for a murder in Lake Charles, and a governor welcome in Roswell. Also noted are railway improvements, a shooting near Hempstead, and a hunter mistaken for a wild turkey near Eagle Pass.
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John Pay
Galveston
Melinda Lewis
Francia
Charles K. Buckley
Sabine
Tex
Lake Charles
Charles Posey
James Bent
Kansas City Southern Railway
Herbert J. Hagerman
New Mexicn
Roswell
Joe Lennard
Hempstead
Wack
Eagle Pass
Edwin Ludlow
Early 1900s Appointment of Printing Office Officials
The records note Tuesday as the day of official action appointing Oscar J. Ricketts as foreman of Printing and H. T. Bryan as clerk of the office.
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Ifa
Oscar J. Ricketts
H. T. Bryan
Lanai Island Ravaged by Wild Goats and Winds
Honolulu reports Lanai the smallest inhabited Hawaiian island is being stripped of vegetation by wild goats and high winds. Governor Charter returns from the Iroquois and warns that without forest protection Lanai may become barren. Only two native residents remain alongside former leaseholder Charles Gay and his surviving livestock after droughts. The governor will urge the forestry board and legislature to act.
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Lanai
Honolulu
Charter
United States
Iroquois
Charles Gay
Gay
Board of Forestry and Legislature
Affalra
Hearing Postponed On Lumber Tariff Reduction
Austin November 29 railroad commission postponed the hearing on lumber tariff reductions from December 12 to January 16 due to railroad preparation delays. The move follows requests by railroad attorneys. A separate rehearings for the Cotton Belt passenger service were set for January 16 after a suspension of the current order.
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Austin
Riilroad Commission
Jnntanre
Perlis
Feline Commission
Texarkana
Mrs Wortham Dead Prominent Lone Star Lady Dies in Gainesville
Galneavilla Texas November 29 At her residence in this city the wife of W A Wortham longtime superintendent of the Santa Gertrudis home at Cornicana died Tuesday She was mother of Col Wortham of Austin W A Wortham of Avon former state treasurer Allert A Wortham manager of the Sun-Trelut Publishing company of Corsteana and Dennis Wortham of Butte Montana all at her bedside except Dennis
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Gainesville
Galneavilla
Vex
W. A. Wortham
Sinta Orpiliena
Cornicana
Outs of Wortham
Austin
Worthawimn
Avon
Tornsurer
Allert A. Woartham
San Jacinto Oil Company Reports New High Flow
From Spindletop a San Jacinto company well at the yellow pine district flows at about 200 barrels per day. The well reaches the usual depth and several other strong pumpers have been brought in during the last two weeks. Beaumont Texas November 29.
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San Jacinto Oil Company
Beaumont
Tex
San Jacinto Company
Ina Aplendt
Yellow Ping
Tragic murder scene in Texarkana ends with family tragedy
In Texarkana on November 21 Mia Evans was found dead with a throat cut from ear to ear. An open razor covered with blood lay beside her body in the home where she resided with her brother in law Green Elliott. The crime leaves two boys and a girl aged six to eleven in the care of relatives.
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Texarkana
Mia
Evans
Green Elliott
Safe blown open at Elmo depot in $85 theft
Safe in the Texas and Pacific depot at Elmo, Texas, was blown open and $85 secured. A number of pearl-handled knives were taken along with the drummer’s gear.
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Elmo
Tex
Texas and Pacife
Gamplea
Kilmer's Swamp Root Promises Kidney Relief
A long health advertisement touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for lame back kidney bladder and Bright's Disease. The ad claims hospital and private use success and offers a free sample bottle and an informational book via mail to readers who mention the paper. It lists Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York and notes regular bottle sizes.
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Geo Kliviér
Sivattin Roo
Cal Trumph
Kilmer
Bright
Teeo
Essar
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Columbia University Bans Football In Present Form
Columbia University abolishes football as currently played after a committee meeting on November 29. The action follows the death of Union College student Harrt Moore in a game with NYU, prompting faculty to seek abolition. Robert Brown, 16, dies after a football injury in Sedalia Missouri last Saturday.
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Columbia University
New York
Columbra University
Antudent
Harrt Moore
Union College
University of New York
M Dersburg
Sedniin
Robert Brown
Tihosda
Brown
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Earthman Business College
Jimplecate
Earthman Business University
Whitewright
Texas
Asing Commercial School
Jimplecate Educational Contest
London
J. WW
August Shaper
Dallas
Texas Oil Company
Jennings
Gurryion
Stillings
Washington
Charlea M. Stillings
Agenes
V. Im
ELY Brothers
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Lathrop & Gray’s Market
Jefferson, Texas
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