Sully urges South to cut cotton acreage for fair prices
Daniel J. Sully calls cotton growers to reduce acreage despite current price steadiness. He cites demand, buyer terms, and future carryover as factors, warning against relying on neighbors or weather. Rallies in Mississippi and Louisiana boost the movement with speeches by Williams, Vardaman, and George.
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Daniel J. Sully
South
Louisiana
Mississippi
John Sharp Williams
Congress
Ellisville
James K. Vardaman
Tupelo
A. Z. George 5
Koret
Brookhaven
Miss
Porter woman shoots husband then hangs herself in Lindale
Laura Doyles, a colored woman living near Swan, Texas, left berry picking to go to a house where she secured a gun and shot her husband breaking his neck with the second shot. She then hanged herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindale
Texas
Laura
Doyles
Swan
Cotton sales at Temple yield seven to six cents per pound
Fifty bales of cotton were brought in and sold in Temple, Texas yesterday. Best quality brought 7 cents, rough samples 6 cents. Farmers remain committed to the hold your cotton policy amid abundant supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Texas
Cotton acreage reduction urged by Louisiana governor
Gov. Blanchard calls on cotton planters bankers and merchants to cut acreage by one quarter to one fifth from 1904 levels. He urges an eight million bale crop and warns four cents may be paid if farmers do not reduce. He cites the South’s cotton industry rehabilitation and SC A organizing counties as path to prosperity. Also notes berry crop outlook in Alvin Texas with reduced future shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton C. Blanchard
Louisiana
Blanchard
South
Alvin
Texas
Twin Calves at Chriesman Texas Baffle Farmer
A local cow owned by Mr. Sims at Chriesman produced twin calves last week and again the previous year. The cold weather yesterday heightened the impact of the event on the farm community.
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Mr. Sims
Five Is a Lucky Number in Dice Folklore
A Louisville Courier Journal item reports gamblers favor fives in dice games. Clerks note frequent emergence of fives in sets of dice and players choosing fives or sixes, while avoiding aces or twos. The piece cites superstition and observed patterns in rolling outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier Journal
Mrs Blank Delivers Paper on Neo Platonism at Club
Mrs Blank faces a daunting club duty on Neo Platonism but secures help from Miss Jinks. She arrives in a new gown and presents a neatly typed thesis until a missing word on the first page exposes the flaw a fellow member quickly corrects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Blank
Sunrise of the Soul and the Child’s Truth
Verses reflect on providence and perseverance in darkness. The piece cites Syrians fallen and a triumph of the right through humble acts. It links hidden strength to a child’s truth and a trembling alabaster offering as sources of grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry van Dyke
Atlantic
Chinese Woman Popular in Society
Mrs. May Kee, wife of a wealthy Chinese Indianapolis merchant, is a prominent social figure in the city’s elite circles. She is described as a mandarin’s daughter with a noble husband connected to Li Hung Chang, and the couple has introduced many in Indianapolis to Chinese epicurean dining.
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May Kee
Indianapolis
Hoosier
Li Hung Chang
May
Tragedy Follows Prohibition Meeting in Waller County
A mass meeting turned deadly as Congressman John M. Pinckney Capt H M Browne and John E Mills were killed during a brawl and gunfire. Thomas D Pinckney is mortally wounded and Roland Browne and R B Tompkins are injured as chaos spreads through the town amid a prohibition campaign and calls for ranger protection. The deceased include prominent county figures and a longtime lawyer.
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John M. Pincha
Capt. Brown
T. D. Pinckney
John Mills
Young
R Bet
Main
Asq
Waller County Prohibiet League
H. M. Browne
John M. Pinckney
Capt. Browne
R. E. Tompkins
Browne
Tompkins
D Ont
Thomas D. Pinckney
John E. Mills
Roland Browne
R. B. Tompkins
Hallettsville
Texas
Houston
Milwaukee Banker Bigelow Arrested on Embezzlement Charge
Frank G. Bigelow, former president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, was arrested for embezzling over 100000 of bank funds and admitting a defalcation of 1450000. He waived hearing, posted 25000 bond, and was sent to the federal grand jury. a similar complaint was filed against assistant cashier Henry G. Goll.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frank G. Bigelow
First National Bank of
United States
Butterfield
Bigelow
First National Bank
Henry G. Goll
Goll
Bloodlow
Federal Grand Jury
N. H. Brown
A. N. McGeoch
Judge Dismisses Conspiracy Bribe Cases in Texas Counties
On motions by County Attorney Brady and Judge Calhoun, conspiracy to bribe and bribery indictments against Joe Eagle of Houston W B Wortham and Frank Glover of Austin and John H Kirby and Frank Glover were dismissed in Twenty-Sixth and Fifty-Third District Courts. All Kirby Lumber Company related cases erased from county dockets.
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Austin
Texas
Brady
Brooks
Twenty-Sixth District Court
Joe Eagle
Houston
W. B. Wortham
Frank Glover
Fifty-Third District Court
Calhoun
John H. Kirby
Kirby Lumber Company
Japanese to Await Sea Battle Outcome, Oyama Says
St Petersburg dispatch notes Field Marshal Oyama plans to wait the naval battle result. If Admiral Rozestvensky reaches Vladivostok and Admiral Togo safeguards Japanese lines, the war office anticipates Japan will strike to invest Vladivostok, making it a Port Arthur-like step.
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St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Oyama
Rojestvensky
Vladivosok
Togo
War Office
Vladivostok
Arthur
Counties Having Cities of 25000 Inhabitants
Sun day dispatch notes the County Auditor bill now targets counties with 25 000 or more residents and specifies Dallas Tarrant Harris Galveston and Bexar as currently covered under the law. The transmission copy was corrected to reflect the intended scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Galveston News
Dallas
Tarrant
Harris
Galveston
Bexar
Stormy Weather Strikes San Marcos with High Winds
In San Marcos Texas strong winds whip through the area since 11 o clock. Telephone wires are badly crippled and residents fear further storms. Showers have occurred at intervals during the day.
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San Marcos
Texas
Mrs. Brodie Duke Hails From New Orleans En Route to Texas
Mrs. Brodie Duke ex wife of the Duke tobacco creator travels through New Orleans with Mrs. Vance and attorney Charles Berry en route to Houston to address forgery charges linked to Texas land deals.
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New Orleans
Brodie Duke
Duke Tobacco and Cigarette
Texas
Vance
Charles Berry
Houston
Army transport Sheridan lands 456 aboard in Astoria
The United States army transport Sheridan carrying 421 enlisted men and 35 officers of the Fourteenth United States Infantry arrived in Astoria from Manila via Nagasaki. The ship then proceeded to Portland for onward movement to Vancouver Barracks.
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Astoria
Ore
United States Army
Sheridan
Manila
Nagasaki
Fourteenth
United States Infantry
Portland
Vancouver Barracks
Torpedo craft sighted near Hongkong
Three torpedo boats, believed Japanese, flashed searchlights on the British ship Ruby sixty miles east of Hong Kong Saturday night Din.
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Hongkong
Amoy
Ruby
Hong Kong
Russian squadron sighted fifteen miles off coast
News desk reports a Russian squadron about fifteen miles from the coast near Saigon, vessels steering northward as last telegrams indicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Thousand mile horseback hunt in Texas and Mexico continues
The narrative describes Santa Maria as a medieval Mexican city with a curfew, police extortion fears, and a jail stay for two Americans after midnight. The journey includes a vanishing river near Parral, a mining romance ending in tragedy, and local fiestas with bull fights and rough justice.
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Texas
Mexico
Santa Maria
Dobe
Venezuela
Parral
Heavy Rain Floods Crowley Louisiana Streets
Rain began at 2 yesterday and ended at 8, likely the heaviest six hour rainfall in living memory. By 6 last night six inches of water covered Parkerson avenue crossings and every street in Crowley was submerged. Rice planting, already over a month late, slowed another full week.
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Crowley
Parkerson Avenue
Gasd from Abandoned Oil Well Sicks Lake Charles Man
Richmond I. Perry prominent Vin ton resident was bathing in artesian water from an abandoned oil well when gas escaped. He was unconscious for hours but is now reported out of danger. The incident occurred in Lake Charles Louisiana yesterday afternoon.
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Lake Charles
Richmond I. Perry
Vinton
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