Texas News Highlights From July 13 1906
The issue notes 158 rural routes in Texas, the Tur Wreyfus case stirring Paris, and the Fourth of July death toll at fifty one with about 2500 injuries. It covers the ninth annual Farmers Congress at College Station, a Texas state senate race between Heilig and Paulus, and a royal birth. It cites Oscar Branch Colquitt’s governor bid and J W Bainey predicting Bryan’s 1908 win, plus school land sales and a murder confession tying Felix Powell and others to the Edna Conditt family deaths.
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Augusta Diacs
Felix Powell
Monk Gibson
Conditt
Edna
Roosevelt to preside at New York reception for Bryans arrival
President Roosevelt is invited to preside at the reception in New York honoring Lon. W. J. Bryan upon his arrival from Europe. The event emphasizes Bryan’s return and the attendance of notable figures in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presient Roosevelt
Lon. W. J. Bryan
New York
Europe
Cholera Epidemic and World News Highlights
Reports from the Philippines describe a severe cholera outbreak rivaling the Leonard Wood pestilence. New Orleans notes the first bale of new cotton sold at 46 cents per pound, shipped from Brownsville. Arkansas reports a man killed for kissing his daughter. Golden anniversaries celebrated in Waco on July 3. The trans Atlantic race ended with the Deutschland defeating the La Provence by eleven hours. Authorities plan more cruisers to Santo Domingo amid tensions and potential seizure of sub treasury funds. Congress adjournment leaves Santo Domingo force and a potential revolt tied to 1.3 million dollars in the sub treasury.
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New Orleans
Santo Domingo
New York Cub-Treasury
Congress
Georgia Kinship and State Fair Homecoming Invited
Eight hundred families have settled lands sold by the State in eight months. Georgia lineage remains strong in Texas with 4,000,000 people elsewhere. Atlanta invites all Georgia kin to a home coming during the State Fair next October. The treasury should pay warrants on presentation. pay-as-you-go policy urged. Colquitt pledges veto of excessive appropriations and reduction of public officials. Houston Sunday Chronicle secured Collier's Gibson pictures for Texas readers as a free insert. 20 pictures total starting July 15.
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Alabama
Texas
Georgia
Atlanta
The
Houston Sunday Chronicle
Collier's Weekly
Ian
Antonio
Fort Worth
Gibson Pictures
Collier’s
Charles Dana Gibson
Sunday Chronicle
Yoakum Boy Passes Naval Academy Exam
Yoakum city marshal J M Young reports son Mac Young passed both mental and physical exams and gained entry to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He is the only Texas boy to pass muster this year, a point of town pride.
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Yoakum
The
Houston Chronicle
J. M. Young
Mac
Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
Young
Texas
Naval Academy
Oak Grove Notes on Local Visitors and Festivities
Misses Sophia and Louise Hillmer returned from Shiner visiting relatives. The O D N lodge met in Shiner and reported good finances. Leona Wagover visiting near Gonzales. The children’s feast on the first was a success. Otto A Sauer went to Hallettsville to be appointed deputy sheriff.
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Oak Grove
Texas
Sophia
Louise Hillmer
Shiner
August Mueller
John Pavlicek
Floresville
Leona Wagover
Gonzales
Hy. Bultmeyer
Moulton
Wmn. Hillmer
Otto A. Sauer
Halletsville
F. J. Korges
le Bow
San Antonio Fair Plans Eighth Annual Race Meet
The San Antonio International Fair Association issued its premium list for the Eighth Annual Fair and Race Meet to be held in San Antonio Texas from October 31 to November 11. Premiums exceed 50000 dollars with special agriculturural premiums and a large agricultural building under construction. The fair will feature a standard race track cattle and swine arena amusements new walks and driveways and nightly attractions. Racing purses are the largest ever offered in Texas and the 1906 Fair aims to eclipse all previous efforts.
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San Antonio International
Texas
King Cotton and Europe’s Debt to the South
The article argues cotton’s high prices power the South and world, noting five year exports of raw cotton to Europe exceed global gold output by over 200 million dollars. It claims Europe would still owe the South 205 thousand dollars, and decries U.S. finance and industry backing Europe to suppress cotton prosperity. It cites a five year cotton value near 2.974 billion dollars, surpassing world gold and silver output.
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Europe
Edna Arrests Grow in Conditt Murder Case
Three more suspects Henry Howard Bethel Reed and Irene Powell were arrested in Edna Texas and jailed in Jackson County. New testimony shows a suspect washed bloody clothes of Felix Powell after the murder. Examining trial set for July 13 as Edna residents expect quick resolution.
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Edna
Tex
Henry Howard
Bethel Reed
Irene Powell
Conditt
Jackson County
Felix Powell
Lavaca County Farmers Union elects officers and forms warehouse plan
In Halletsville Texas on July 7 the Lavaca County Farmers Union elected J M Cannon as president J P Barr as secretary and treasurer for the year A resolution to form a warehouse company was adopted A three member committee was named to bargain with Yaikum Shiner Moulton and Hallettsville merchants to determine which town offers best inducements for the warehouse A second committee was appointed to seek stock subscriptions
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Halletsville
Texas
Lavaca County
Halletsville Busy with Sprinkling and Reunions
Halletsville, Texas reports plans to spray the square to ease heat. Locals attend the Baptist Young People's Union encampment at Palacios. The Tom Green brigade will hold its next annual reunion here, with many ex-soldiers residing in the county.
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Baptist Young People’s Union
Palacios
Tom Green Brigade
Burgess Arrives Home after Gonzales Apostolic Building Bill
Congressman George F. Burgess returned to Gonzales Texas from Washington and announced passage of the appropriation bill for the apostolic building. Citizens praise his service and note the close work by members in the final days.
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Gonzales
Texas
George F. Burgess
Washington
Burgess
Burgeass
Official Directory Representatives and County Officials Listed
A historical directory fragment lists elected officials including Congressman from the ninth district F, Senator from the eighteenth district A Paulus, and various district and county officers. Precinct groupings and names such as Justice of the Peace F W Locke and Public Weigher Geo von Liengg appear among the entries.
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A. Paulus
R. M. Brown
M. Kennen
W. M. Adkinson
E. Beae
Justice of the Peace
F. W. Locke
Otto Araimy Public Weigher
Geo. von Liengg
White Man's Union calls for boycott of July 28 primary
Circular from William Boening, chairman, urges Lavaca County voters to stay out of the July 28 1906 primary. It accuses a few party wires of rigging the race and proposes an independent line for E. O. Meitzen in November 1906 if petition signatures reach five percent, with oaths of non participation in the July primary.
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E. O. Meitzen
Igog
Simg
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