Tornado Hits North Texas Ruins Homes and Kills Man
A tornado swept across Brown Denton and Grayson counties Tuesday afternoon causing extensive property damage. At Dowan Wise county Mrs Parks was killed and two others injured. In Stoney Denton county Joe Foster died after his house collapsed and fire trapped him. A church toppled at Sherman and several Brownwood homes were wrecked.
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Dallas
Brown
Denton
Grayson Counties
Dowan
Wise County
Local Remedies and Farming Notes from Laredo Area
An item mentions a Bermuda onion farm near Laredo with about $20,000 invested by Wesley Love. It also lists medicinal products like Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets sold by J. Drug Co and references to a folk dressing recipe and a drug refund claim.
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Wesley Love
Laredo
Syndicate to Loan 100 Million for San Francisco Rebuild
A New York syndicate offers 100 million dollars to San Francisco for rebuilding the burned district. Senator Newlands and the local finance committee indicate the plan is under discussion, with acceptance of foreign aid including the proposed Japanese 300000 yen gift under review.
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San Francisco
New York
W. F. Herry
Southern Pacific
Newlands
Nevada
Palace
United States
Movement curtailed for Father Sherman trip to Resaca
Washington May 2 The president orders reduced movement of Twelfth cavalry acting as escort to Father Thomas Sherman son of General Sherman. The detachment will travel from Fort Oglethorpe to Resaca and return, with a conference involving President Roosevelt and General Bell. A separate report says Foster may be alive but not recovering. A tornado near Alvord Johnson County wrecked Jud Parker’s house and killed his mother, with other homes unroofed and a depot agent blown down.
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Father Sherman
Resaca
Washington
Twelfth Cavalry
Father Thomas
Sherman
General Sherman
Fort Oglethorpe
Severe Ardmore windstorm damages school and home
One of the strongest storms in years hit Ardmore on Monday night causing extensive damage. The Catholic school was blown from its foundation and a residence occupied by Joe Mullineaux was torn off its foundation. Mrs Mullineaux suffered facial and arm injuries from being thrown against a well.
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Ardmore
Joe Mullineaux
Severe Oklahoma storm damages roofs and buildings
A severe rain, electric storm, hail and wind swept across Oklahoma Monday night, striking Mulhall and Perth with hail strong enough to pierce roofs of large stores and ruin many dwellings. The storm disrupted Guthrie and surrounding areas with widespread damage and power outages.
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Hall
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Hailell
Mulhall
Perth
Dr J R Keating Dies Ex Mayor Of Cleburne
Dr. J R Keating former mayor and alderman of Cleburne died at 2 20 pm aged 71. He moved to the city in 1879 and was a respected physician. Growers and Manufacturers Hold First Conference on cotton in Washington with officers elected James R McCall Harvie Jordan and others addressing price stability and world cotton supply.
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Keating
Cleburne
J. R. Keating
Washington
James R. McColl
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Harvie Jordan
Sothern Cotton Association
R. M. Miller
American Cottonanufacturers’ Association
J. W. McCallister
The
International Federation
Richard Cheatham
C. J. Woodbury
C. B. Bryant
McCall
South
Chloroform Embalming Fluid Evidence in Patrick Trial
Expert testimony in New York on May 2 during Albert T. Patrick's motion for a new trial addressed embalming fluid and its effects on determining death by chloroform inhalation. Dr. Albert T. Wesson stated he injected embalming fluid into twelve bodies and believed it entered the lungs, complicating cause-of-death determinations from irritant vapors.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
Albert T. Wesson
Patrick
Bitten by Bulldogs Endangers Woman Near Paris Texas
Mrs. James Crow, a young wife, was severely bitten by two bulldogs at her father in law’s home near May's Prairie. One dog seized her throat and the other her limb. release was difficult. Her sister in law urged using a stick to drive off the animals.
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Paris
Tex
James Crow
May's Prairie
Row
Despondent stockholder shoots self in Houston home
George A. Harlow, aged sixty, shot himself in the rear hall of his residence in Houston on May 2, dying instantly. Despondent over finances, he was a stockholder in the Interstate Building and Loan association, which settled Monday for a few hundred dollars, leaving a widow and two children.
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George A. Harlow
Houston
Mr. Harlow
Interstate Building and Loan Aggreiation
Swamp Root Promoted as Kidney Remedy in Ad and Letter
An old advertisement extols Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a top kidney remedy and urges readers to obtain a free sample and pamphlet. It links kidney health to numerous ailments and warns against heart and blood issues from neglected kidneys. The piece also includes a separate editorial note on a free alcohol bill, opposing tariff shifts and denatured alcohol proposals.
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Standard Oil Company
Congress
San Antonio Express
Remedy praised as best for bowel ailments and more
An assortment of notes extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as superior for colic and diarrhea in both children and adults. Other items include political criticism of Idaho Governor Gooding, a Riverton postmaster robbery tale, and 60 cent Electric Bitters praised as a tonic. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar touted for coughs and congestion.
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Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Chamberlain
G W Fouts
Riverton
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Broney Joe Foster
Castoria
Bears
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Panhandle
Denver Road
A. A. Glisson
Ft. Worth
Hs el
Confort Qur
Nme
Dallas, Tex
W.g.crush GR
Ats
Gooding
Idaho
Brenham Banner
Wisconsin
Standard Oil Trust
Kennedy
J F Crow Rug Co
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