Five Franc Piece Mystery Drives Cub Reporter To Fame
A young cub reporter, on a train to Butler and then New Orleans, writes a sensational bank murder story after a telegram reveals John Billings killed his wife and Champenois before taking his life. On the journey a mysterious Frenchman hears the tale and hints the man who told it may be the same torturer who drove a Paris wife to insanity.
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McIntosh
John Billings
Second National Bank
William Champenois
Billings
Champenois
Oth
New Orleans
Morning Herald
Paris
Cherokee Quaila Republic in North Carolina
The Quaila republic, a loosely organized Cherokee domain in western North Carolina, covers about 80 square miles with 1,000 residents. Its president is elected every four years with a $500 annual salary and $5 per diem in Washington. an assistant chief earns $200 annually.
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Republic
North Carolina
Washington
Quaila Republic
Little Republic
National Council
Brains well prepared are monuments of knowledge
A compact aphorism attributed to Rosseau emphasizes diligent study as lasting tribute to human knowledge. The quote frames preparation as a permanent memorial to intellect and learning.
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Rosseau
Gulf Port Quarantine Laws Agreed At Conference
Officials at a regional conference announced a consensus on quarantine measures to be enforced in Gulf Port. The agreement outlines uniform health safeguards and port restrictions affecting shipping, trade, and local economies.
Uniform health rules agreed by Texas Louisiana Alabama
Texas Louisiana and Alabama health department executives met in Galveston to adopt uniform regulations. The plan aims to guard against imported contagion while preserving shipping freedom where public health is safe. Uniformity across ports with similar climates and trade sources prevents one port from gaining advantage over another.
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Galveston
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Gulf
Sta
South Texas News Notes Show Local Developments and Tragedy
Reports from Anselma county and Nacogdoches describe race riots while Gov. Lanham appointees gaze. W. B. Anderson qualifies as state purchasing agent with a 50000 bond. Gus Sanders dies by suicide near Troup Arp area. Corpus Christi sees new launch business and a marriage in the city. Marlin brick work for an ice plant nears completion and Caldwell buys bankrupt stock. Alvin completes Cotton-Prett building with four firms housed and more brick projects planned. Cuero shifts Independent line to Galbreath store and debates bonds for City hall and a schoolhouse. The mill project forecast boosts local cotton prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin
Remley's Drug Store
Alcs' Abraham's
Girdon Street
Boring for Oil: Welsh Concern Worth Half a Million
A Welsh oil venture valued at about half a million pounds secures ownership of key ground rights. The deal centers on a prominent land parcel and the company behind the prospect plans further extraction efforts. Local investors follow the stake with interest as exploration moves forward.
New Jennings-Welsh Oil Company Formed in Welsh Fields
Welsh Louisiana January 26 A new oil outfit the Jennings-Welsh Oil Company with 500000 capital unites Pensacola Mobile and Welsh area investors. Holdings total 51 acres Jennings field and 402 acres Welsh field with near term oil sale plans as wells near production. Brown-Lively Drills Colorado-Texas lease five acres and advances toward a first well within 500 feet of the Colorado and Texas Oil Company site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welsh
Jennings
M. A. Quinn
S. M. Cross
Pensacola
Fla
Jos. E. Spalla
P. B. Dorian
Joseph Gresham
George S. Leatherbury
Mobile
Ala
E. &. Rowson
J. M. Cooper
J. P. Haber
Jennings, la
Brown-Lively Oil Company
Colorado-Texas Oil Company
Colorado and Texas Oil Company
Rail merger talks in Victoria move toward formal pledge
Victoria Texas reports progress as Vice President H Markham and Secretary C B Sesser of railways meet with the Victoria Business Men's Association committee. An agreement endorses supporting merger legislation and, if enacted, a 12 year Victoria division headquarters with key officers to be maintained. Meeting next Monday to act on the matter.
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Victoria
Texas
H. Markham
C. B. Seser
Galveston
Harrisburg
San Antonio
W. G. van Vleck
New York, Texas and Mexican
Western Texas and Pacific Railways
Business Men’s Association
Sig Oy C. H. Markham
Harrisburg and
Hogan
the Business Men's Association
the Business Men's Association Has ‘Alled A Meeting For Next ‘Mounds
WARSHIPS COMING TO GALVESTON DREAM OF FLEET
Telegram received by Secretary Gardner of the Galveston Business League reports ships including Kearsarge, Indiana, Scorpion and Texas dt Alinois will arrive at Galveston on February 15. Burgess notes the dream of the fleet being realized with ships selected to come.
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Burgess
Galveston
Texas
Gardner
The
Business League
W. A. Gardner
Kearsarge
Indiana
Ict
Scorpion
Galveenga
Texas iron plant at Rusk penitentiary debated
In Austin the future of the Rusk penitentiary iron plant is discussed as Mr. Weinert proposes a 75000 dollar extension bill and Senator Perkins from Cherokee filed a related measure. Committees in both houses may draft a bill, but the outcome remains uncertain.
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Austin
Texas
Rusk Penitentiary
Weinert
Perkins
Cherokee
Champion head driller heads to New Orleans for new wells
Ray Champion, chief driller for the Southern Pacific, departed for New Orleans to finalize plans for drilling several additional wells. His rig is already being prepared for the next operation.
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Ray
J. W. Champion
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Company
Japanese farmers arrive to cultivate seed rice in Texas
Nine Japanese migrants arrive in Houston under Ross L. Clark and proceed to Port Lavaca to work on a large Texas estate. The colony will grow to about twenty five people, with one hundred acres for track farming and a 20 acre water reservoir. They will raise seed rice and vegetables, with Japanese labor quarters already built and work starting immediately.
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Houston
Texas
San Francisco
Ross L. Clark
Port Lavaca
Japan
Border quarantine urged as plague rumors spread
Eagle Pass Texas notes a rumored bubonic plague in Durango prompting calls for stronger quarantine measures on the border. Officials urge state and federal agencies to cooperate with Mexican authorities to establish a quarantine line beyond C. P. Diaz to guard the entire city from entry of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Pass
Texas
Durango
Mexico
C. P. Diaz
Austin Fire Insurance Company Statement for 1902
Austin Texas reports its annual statement for the year ending December 31 1902. The company has capital stock of 100000 and received a state permit on October 9 1902. Tax fees and certificates total 409.95 dollars. For the first three months risks written 491545. Cross premiums 29790.54. Losses paid 1599.35. Losses incurred 4274.82.
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Austin
Texas
Austin Fire Insurance Company
Commissioner of Insurance
Burnet men bound over in private bank case
Complaint filed in Burnet justice court accuses G. H. Lorentz and Gus Grove formerly with the defunct W. H. Westfall & Co. bank of unlawfully receiving funds deposits into a private bank they knew to be solvent. They were arrested in Austin and waived examination, bond set at $1000 each to await the April district court grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnet
Texas
Justice Court
G. H. Lorentz
Gus Grove
W. H. Westfall & Co
Austin
J. T.woodard
Three Circle Ranch Company charter filed in Texas
Austin notices the charter of the Three Circle Ranch Company filed with the secretary of state. Principal office at Par is Texas. Capital stock 125000. Purpose to own raise and graze stock own lease and sell land. Incorporators George H. Williams B W Wortham D C Pierce and R J Pierce. Also Charity Association of San Antonio with no capital stock for charity and benevolence. Incorporators N M Weehher G B Moore Marshall Hicks Frank Paschal A P Drought W W Poone M G Johnson G C Laur Mrs A W Houston Mrs Otto Koehler and Mrs L Goodman.
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Austin
Texas
Three Circle Ranch Company
Paris
George H. Williams
B. W. Wortham
D. C. Pierce
R. J.pierce
Charity Association of
San Antonio
N. M. Weeher
G. B. Moore
Marshall Hicks
Frank Paschal
A. P. Drought
W. W. Poone
M. G. Johnson
G. C. Laur
A. W. Houston
Otto Koehler
Navasota Plans Quick Washington Ave Paving Trial
Street and alley committee began covering a block of Washington avenue with Millican quarry crushed rock for a trial. Five carloads were bought to test packing quality with aim to pave all business district if satisfactory, as it may cost less than hauling the Braves rock nearby.
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Navasota
Washington Avenue
Braves
First carload of vegetables leaves freight today
Corpus Christi reports the first carload of vegetables mainly cabbage departed by freight today, the shipment contracted for last Saturday.
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Corpus Christi
San Antonio Ticket Agent Resigns
San Antonio Texas J M Cook former lepot ticket agent for the Southern Pacific and Katy roads in this city has resigned. He is succeeded by O L Gehntz of Columbus Texas.
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San Antonio
Texas
J. M. Cook
Lepot
Southern Pacific
Katy
O. L. Gehntz
Columbus
Houston Team Heads to Brenham Sunny South Shoot
Houston Texas, next Thursday a five man team including C l L Bering W F Cleveland Bryan Heard Louis Moeser and Otto Sens will depart for Brenham to compete in the Sunny South handicap shoot. They are in fine trim and expect strong performances. The same five are slated to travel to New Orleans for a Mardi Gras shoot.
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Houston
Texas
C. l L. Bering
W. F. Cleveland
Bryan Heard
Louis Moeser
Otto Sens
Brenham
New Orleans
Houston and Texas Central to lay 80 pound rails
Work on the main line from Houston to Dallas will begin soon with 80 pound steel rails laid. Construction starts near Currie north of Mexia and proceeds toward Corsicana about forty miles, filling a major gap in the line.
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Houston and
Texas Central Railroad
Hous
Ani
Currie
Mexia
Taid
Corsicana
Toeia
Mills Secures $6500 Judgment Against Katy Railroad
In the Nineteenth District court at Waco Senator Seth B Mills obtained a judgment for $6500 against the Katy railroad for injuries to the plaintiff in 1899. Mills, then a clerk for the state treasurer, was aboard a train at Gramr when the incident occurred.
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Waco
Texas
Nineteenth District
Seth B. Mills
Katy Railroad
Sour Lake oil field activity picks up with first well
Beaumont pipeline survey on the Texas to New Orleans road progresses, Heywood Oil locates its 1st Sour Lake well and John Wynn expects to start drilling soon. Several other wells planned as interest in Sour Lake grows and roads dry.
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Beaumont
Texas
New Orleans
Sour Lake
Heywood Oil Company
John Wynn
Southern Pacific to Take Over Galveston Elevators
Mr Alex Nichol representing Rosenbaum Company of Chicago announced the Southern Pacific will transfer its Galveston operations from Elevator A and B of the Galveston Wharf Company to the new Southern Pacific elevator. Testing is set for next Wednesday with regular work to begin within ten days.
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Galveston
Alex Nichol
Rosenbaum Company
Chicago
Pas Galveton
Lveston Wharf Company
Severn Pacific Elevator
Local Institute Elects H W Carrethers Chair At Eagle Lake
The Eagle Lake Institute met to elect H W Carrethers chair. The mayor welcomed attendees as topics covered boll weevil, fruit culture, and track. Professor Cornell discussed the session with Prof Oswald Wilson explaining the U S Department of Agriculture work.
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Eagle Lake Farmers
Eagle Lake
Texas
H. W. Carrethers
Cornell
Oswald Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
Railroad man Wash killed near nine miles from Lufkin
In Lufkin Texas a railroad man named Wash was killed about nine miles from town last night. He left a wife and three children and two brothers. The cause of the death has not yet been learned.
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Lufkin
Texas
Wash
Elevator tests planned after lease to Chicago grain firm
In Galveston Texas the 000 busket elevator has been leased to the Ri Grain Company of Chicago. Det S ed and others will conduct tests next week for the first shipment of grain from the elevator. The blind beggar may still object in view.
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Galveston
Texas
Ri Grain Company of
Chicago
Rosenbaum
Alex
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