13 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
1
In a nature feature by Edwin J. Webster a farmer trains a ferret to assist cable work. A rat triggers the plan but a foreman halts as workers quarrel over nonunion claims. The ferret is praised as American trained and a founder of Ferrets' union No 1.
Washington reports progress on the Bolivar lighthouse material and light delivery with establishment planned in ten days to two weeks. Officials announce Galveston immigration station plans, bidding to follow once location lines are fixed, with $70,000 available for construction. Deeds are being prepared and will be sent to Texas for signatures.
Gen Mackenzie forwarded Capt Wooten's report to Congress endorsing a $100,060 dam at the foot of the lake in Cypress Bayou after a rivers and harbors act. Wooten calls it the most feasible project, claiming it saves about $250,000 yearly in freights and provides 38 miles of navigable waterway for boats.
A Monongahela explosion blocks Mine No. 6 trapping about 369 workers and leaving six bodies and five critical injuries. Rescue teams report most miners could not reach the surface as deadly gases filled the tunnels and debris sealed the entrance. Officials say 380 of the day shift were inside and many more may be dead or imprisoned. town consensus puts fatalities near 500.
Frank Harvey aged about 50 was shot and painfully wounded Tuesday morning by a black man named Tom Hensley in Orange Texas. The assailant fled after the incident as authorities opened an investigation.
City of Mexico discusses naming the disease mosquito fever replacing malaria at the third international conference with delegates and officials debating terminology.
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