Eleven Bodies Recovered After Lake Panchartrain Platform Collapse
Mandeville La June 8 Eleven bodies were recovered from Lake Panchartrain after a platform collapse as excursionists crowded to board the steamship Margaret bound for New Orleans. All victims were residents of New Orleans and searchers continued through Monday night. a formal inquiry is under way. The Ponchartrain Transportation Company denied responsibility, blaming the wharf failure under crowd weight.
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Mandeville
Lake Panchartrain
Margaret
New Orleans
St. Tammany Parish
William M. Nethusel
Ponchartrain Transportation Company
Texas and Oklahoma cotton conditions differ from last year
Reports from 625 correspondents on June 2 show Texas cotton acreage at 102.7 and Oklahoma at 83.1 with condition indices of 94.2 and 120.5 respectively versus last year. Eastern Texas and Red River belt show improvement while Palo Pinto Erath Hood face drought and western regions see uneven rainfall and conditions.
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Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
East Texas
North Texas
AL Raa Ag Souls
N. W. Texas
Mid
West Tex
Texass
Panhandle
Red River Belt
Antag
Palo Pinto
Erath
Hood
Mother Kills Three Children and Herself in Navarro County
Mrs. J. M. Green living near Richland Navarro County Texas killed her daughter aged twelve and two sons aged seven and three by throat lacerations with a razor then took her own life. The killings occurred around 3 30 or 4 00 Sunday morning as neighbors Neil who slept nearby woke after the act began. The children died instantly and the woman lived about fifteen minutes.
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Richland
Navarro Co
Tex
J. M. Green
Here
Fire destroys Knight Building in Dallas tragedy
A deadly blaze gutted the three story Knight Building at Elm and Harwood early Sunday. One person died and several residents were seriously hurt after leaping from the second and third floors of the rooming house. Authorities fear additional fatalities.
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Qne
Dallas
Knight
Elm and
Harwood Streets
Gainesville Creamery Ships Butter To Chicago
The Gainesville Creamery Company sent a solid car load of 26 815 pounds of fresh butter to Chicago. The shipment was valued at 6703 dollars 75 cents.
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Gainesville
Gainesville Creamery Company
Chicago
Texas Opticians Hold Meeting in Dallas
The sixth annual session of the Texas Opticians Association began at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning in the Dallas Chamber of Commerce rooms.
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Texas Opticians
Dallas
Texas Opticians’ Association
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Houston Vets Parade Captivates Memphis Audience
The Grand Street Parade of Veterans in Memphis featured 100 mounted Confederate officers with white-clad attendants, 20 000 visitors from Texas and Mississippi governors speeches by San ders and Noel, and lavish floral carriages. Houston leads in the Confederate reunion plans for 1910 with strong Southern support and mobilized rail traffic.
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Grand Street
Goo.rs
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Memphis
Tenn
Sons of Veterans
Sanders
Gov. Noel
Houston
Houston Committee
Herb & Lewis
Atlanta
Nashville
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Mobile
Sugarland Tubers Provide Bountiful Irish Potato Harvest
Sugarland Texas notes a strong Irish potato crop across the region. Farmers in western districts report above average prices and a solid harvest despite recent rains delaying digging slightly.
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Houston
Tex
West
Texas
Brazos County Farm and Stock Exhibit Set for Bryan
The Farmers' Union of Brazos county plans a farm and stock exhibit at the union warehouse in Bryan on July 23 and 24. The event aims to be a county fair without races, plus a boys corn show with premiums for the best corn planted cultivated and grown by farmer boys in Brazos county.
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Bryan
Tex
Farmers’ Union of
Brazos County
Union
Bonds Approved for Austin Independent and Ballinger Districts
The attorney general approved Austin independent school district bonds totaling 7,000 dollars for schoolhouse purposes, maturing in 40 years with optional 5 year, and Ballinger independent school district bonds for 20,000 dollars. Both carry 5 percent interest.
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Austin
Tex
Lola Independent School District
Ballinger Independent School District
Cotton Crop Not Good in Kenney Texas
Farmers struggle to clean cotton amid grassy bolls from a long wet spell. They hope eight to ten dry days will salvage the crop as boll weevil and worm damage persist. Some blooms appear on early cotton but few due to pest activity and worms stinging buds before they form.
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Kenney
Tex
O. K
Two Spaniards Die? Salinas and Sanda Slain in Duel Fight
Police found Joe Salinas and Carlos Sanda, prominent young Spaniards in San Antonio, dead or dying after a bloody knife duel. Salinas suffered a fatal stab wound near the heart. both men were covered with stab injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Joe Salinas
Carlos Sanda
Salinas
Car Cucumbers Shipped From Rosenberg to Kansas City
A car of cucumbers was shipped from Rosenberg Texas to Kansas City via the Santa Fe railroad. The load contained 296 crates weighing 24 009 pounds. Several other large shipments will follow this one.
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Rosenberg
Tex
Here
Kansas City
J. W. Goar
Santa Fe Railroad
Bell County Bonds Approved for Court House Refunding
The attorney general's office in Austin approved a $39,000 Bell County court house refunding bond issue on Wednesday.
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Bell County
Austin
Tex
Attorney General’s Department
Court House
Wind Storm Kills Seven In Haskell Texas Residents Crushed
A Friday night wind storm in Haskell Texas killed seven people and damaged most homes. A storm cellar protected the Middleton family but their house collapsed trapping Mrs Middleton, three boys aged 6 7 and 8, and a visiting girl Miss Maggie Bishop. Two Middleton children escaped. Rain hail and flooding followed as roofs blew off and windows shattered. Telephones and lines down hinder reports while doctors treated many injured and crops suffered widespread damage.
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Haskell
Tex
S. Middleton
Stabbed While Adjusting Noose In Executions Room
Refugio Jaureque stabbed Sheriff W L Wright with a improvised dagger made from a spoon as the official adjusted the rope for a July 2 1908 execution of Albina Olenik’s attacker. The blade bent on impact and Wright escaped with a slight cut.
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Floresville
Tex
Albina Olenik
Refugio Jaureque
W. L. Wright
Wright
Lightning Strikes Bonham Farmer. Mules Killed Nearby
Bonham Texas reports Badger Thomas a young farmer was struck by lightning Friday and rendered insensible. A span of mules he was hitching at the moment were instantly killed. Also noted are cattle shipments from Johnson's Bayou by Fred Locke sending four carloads of cattle and horses toward the North Texas market. The shipment includes about forty Polled Anguy bulls.
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Bonham
Tex
Badger Thomas
Orange
Fred Locke
Johnson's Bayou
North Texas
Corn Crop a Puzzle in Lockhart Texas Fields Vary Widely
The corn crop in Lockhart County presents a puzzling condition to growers. Nearby fields planted simultaneously with similar cultivation show starkly different results with some thriving and others failing. Insects do not appear to be the cause on close inspection.
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Lockhart
Tex
Victoria Sugar Mill Planned for Next Year
Victoria Texas reports a sugar mill with 800 tons daily capacity is certain to be built and operated next year. At least 600 acres of cane have been pledged to supply the mill, with expectations to greatly increase the acreage.
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Victoria
Tex
Bond Issues Approved in Texas Counties and Schools
The attorney general's department on Thursday approved two bond issues in Texas. Dimmit County road and bridge bonds amount to 30000 dollars and Grandview city school house bonds total 5000 dollars.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General’'S Department
Dimmit County
City of Grandview School House
The Reason. Two boys discuss talking chicks and wish bones
A brief overheard exchange between two young boys about chick ens and talk. The seven and five year olds joke that chicks cannot talk because they merely pull their wish bones to get what they want. The Delineator.
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Joe
How to Clean Gold Jewelry With Ammonia Solution
A teaspoon of ammonia in a cup of water cleans gold or silver jewelry. A few drops on the underside of a diamond cleans it immediately, making it brilliant.
Wants to Be Executioner in Gebbia Case After Warrant
New Orleans reports Leon ardo Gebbia to be executed after Gov. Sanders signs the death warrant. Peter Lamana, father of a kidnapped boy killed by Black Hand culprits, seeks permission to serve as executioner. The crime occurred two years ago in St. Charles Parish. four Italian defendants were mercy-commuted to life, while Leonardo and Nicolina Gebbia were sentenced to death, Nicolina later commuted to life.
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New Orleans
Leonardo Gebbia
Sanders
Peter Lamana
St. Charles Parish
Gebbia
Walter Lamana
Lake Charles
Black Hand
Leonardo
Nicolina Ehi
Nicolina Gebbia
Crop Interests Brighter In Wrightsboro Texas
Crop interests at Wrightsboro Texas show brighter prospects as corn is well worked, of good size and color, with yield depending on rains. Cotton is irregular in size, but improving in color and growth, though some is lost to grass. Old corn needs rain.
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Wrightsboro
Tex
Potato shipments from valley area total 346 cars for week
Victoria Texas reports heavy potato shipments from Ca ley Wherton and nearby points. The week’s totals include Canebroke 23 Don Tol 4 Gerard 12 Boling 34 Grovedale 10 Lago 3 Wherton 3 Densmore 2 Felder 1 and Ledger 12 for a weekly total of 113 cars and an aggregate 346 cars.
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Victoria
Tex
Caley
Wherton
Ledger
Canebroke
Don Tol
Gerard
Boling
Grovedale
Lago
Densmore
Felder
Cotton choppers flood Taylor for weekend supplies
Taylor Texas streets filled with cotton choppers and farm laborers seeking week end supplies, as favorable weather over the past two weeks enabled full time field work and strong business for local merchants.
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Taylor
Tex
Four Inches of Rain Deluges Houston Suburbs
A heavy Sunday shower drenched Houston and nearby areas with 3.81 inches of rain. Streets flooded for hours as water stood curb to curb and flowed like mill races.
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Houston
Tex
First Watermelons of Season Reach Orange
The first watermelon of the season was delivered to Orange on Tuesday. Melons from Johnsons Bayou, Louisiana, are anticipated to arrive by boat next week to Orange.
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Orange
Tex
Johnsons Bayou
Tobacco Experts Center Conference Seeks Funding in Palestine
In Palestine Texas on Saturday state nursery inspector Sam H Dixon and U S Tobacco Expert Hinson led a conference to pursue a recommendation for additional appropriation for tobacco growing experiments in the area.
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Tobacco Experts Center
Palestine
Tex
Sam H. Dixon
United States
Hinson
Roe Buck Oil Well No 1 Derricks Blown Out
Sour Lake Texas Saturday the Roe buck Oil company well No 1 east of the Southern Pacific railroad track on the Sour Lake Oil company four acre tract blew out fifteen or sixteen joints of four inch pipe about 300 feet including the five and three eighths drill totally demolishing the derrick.
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Sour Lake
Tex
Roebuck Oil Company
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sour Lake Oil Company
Mercedes Gin Machinery Arrives to Boost Local Cotton Market
A carload of machinery for the Mercedes gin arrived Wednesday morning. The management plans to buy all cotton offered at market price, with quotations to come from Houston. The company will buy cotton only to establish a market for local growers.
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Mercedes Gin
Mercedes, Tex
Mercedes
Houston
Weather Aids Cotton Growers Near Taylor Texas
In Taylor Texas area, ten days of ideal warm weather spurred farming as thousands of acres of black land cotton fields were cleared of grass and weeds by cotton choppers. The favorable conditions revived optimism among agents and farmers after a period of doubt.
Tyler Girl Found Bound and Gagged in Barn
A Tyler girl was found bound and gagged in a barn and left there. Authorities described the incident as a serious assault with unknown suspects. Police urge witnesses to come forward as investigation continues.
Lynch Mob Hangs Jim Hodge Over Assault Attempt
In Tyler Texas a mob hanged Jim Hodge after an attempted assault on Miss Winnie Harmon in a barn two miles southeast of the city. Harmon's account describes two negro assailants tying her and forcing a note, with tracks faded by rain and no witnesses. Her earlier lynching for a similar charge is noted, heightening public alarm.
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Tyler
Tex
Winnie Harmon
Miss Harmon
Jim Hodge
Tremendous Truck Shipments From Gulf Coast Region
Mr. Gregory of Armour reports 110 carloads of cucumbers and tomatoes shipped from San Antonio Aransas Pass routes, mainly Rockport to Rockport area. About 400 cabbage 425 onions 50 cucumbers 25 cantaloupes and watermelons also moved. Estimated 60 70 more carloads to finish the season.
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Houston
Tex
Gregory
The
Armour Company
Aransas Pass
Linton
Rockport
Corpus Christi
San Antonio and
To Build Wharves by International & Great Northern
Judge T J Freeman, receiver for the International and Great Northern railroad, said work would start immediately on wharves and warehouses along the bayou to handle ocean traffic. The company plans basinside wharves near the basin. if Houston delays municipal wharf work, the railroad will be first.
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G. N
Houston
Tex
T. J. Freeman
International & Great Northern Railroad
Leprosy Cases in Galveston Clarified by Health Official
City health physician Dr C W Trueheart confirms six leprosy cases in Galveston, stating the figure aims to quiet rumors about thirty to forty cases and reassure residents there is no cause for alarm.
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Galveston
Tex
C. W. Trueheart
Antis Win in Wharton Prohibition Election
Wharton Tex prohibition election passes quietly with antis winning by 476 votes. Sixteen boxes reported. thirteen boxes in favor, three small boxes unlikely to change the result. No trouble reported.
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Wharton
Tex
Antis
Potatoes Shipped Fast From Hockley Texas
Irish potatoes are being shipped at one to two carloads per day from Hockley Texas. Prices fell from 80 to 75 cents per bushel and may drop further due to a heavy crop this season.
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Hockley
Tex
Land Deed Records 100 Acres Near Yarrellton
A deed from J T Edmonds to D J McCall transfers 100 acres from the Radford survey near Yarrellton for 7500 dollars and has been filed with the clerk for record.
Degrees of Heroism in Rural Conversation
Uncle Eben jokes about acting heroic by inviting Sunday company and killing a couple of chickens for dinner. The remark frames informal rural valor as modest domestic duty rather than grand violence.
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Eben
Great Enemies of Peace Quote by Petrarch
A Petrarch quotation declares that avarice ambition envy anger and pride are enemies of peace and that banishing them would bring perpetual peace. The aphorism reflects moral warning about inner vices disturbing harmony.
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Petrach
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Knape & Meiners
Moulton, Texas
Anle
C. Arnim
Barney Lackmann
Ernst Pelzel
K. Rehmet
Lone Star
Friendship Saloon
Adolph Darileh
Jakob Nachlinger
F. W. Lueke
Moulton Bottling Works
Wm. Schmidt
Echo Springs
Jersey
Joe E. Richter
Lake Ponchartrain
Texas-Oklahoma
Hall
Browout
Tyler Girl
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