Ex Governor James S. Hogg Dies in Houston Home
Ex Governor James S. Hogg died suddenly Saturday around 11 o'clock at the Houston home of his law partner Frank Jones. He was 55, leaving behind the Texas political world in deep mourning as telegrams and messages of sympathy poured in from across the state. Interment plans set for Austin with funeral services on Sunday and a Decatur, Texas, brother en route.
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Houston
Texas
James S. Hogg
Frank Jones
Ima Hogg
William
Humble
Ion
Mr. Jones
Rice Hotel
Will Hogg
Hogg
Benown
National Democracy
Watkins & Jones of
N Cat
Umbia
Pedi
F. B. Hogg
Austin
John Hogg
Decatur
Battle Creek Man Dies After Long Illness
A Battle Creek resident traveled for treatment but passed away after a lengthy convalescence. He was in good spirits Friday and attended a Masonic Lodge gathering before returning home. Telegraphic updates and an auto response led to his sister’s house of sorrow within hours. His two sons in Austin were notified and began travel. His death resembled a recent transfer of health complications.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Masonic Lodge
House of Sorrow
Mike
Tom
Austin
Band of Italian counterfeiters sought in Mexico City
Mexico City police hunt a band of skilled Italian counterfeiters said to plan a campaign in the country. Ambassador Thompson will be received by President Diaz in the middle of the week.
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Mexico City
Thompson
Diaz
Silence Club Limited to Ten on London Bath Line
A small group called the Silence Club limits membership to ten ea son ticket holders on the London Bath urban railway. Members pay sixpence weekly to read the paper during the journey. Subscriptions are handed to the guard each Saturday morning, who reserves a carriage for the members.
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Silence Club
Eason
Cure of Severe Eczema with Cuticura Remedies
A Selma Alabama resident describes four year battle with persistent eczema on face and body. After doctors failed, husband bought Cuticura Remedies and within months the skin cleared completely. Original testimonial dated October 28 1905.
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Lizzie BE
Sledge
Jones Ave
Selma
Ala
Barnum and Walker Tickets and Muted Wit Across Time
A fragment from a periodical notes Barnum once gave complimentary show tickets to clergy. A Hartford pastor receives tickets from the Ringling era and quips Hawkes and Barnum are dead, implying neither has met. It then touches on Arkwright and inventions in cotton spinning, and ends with aphorisms about manners and luck.
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P. T. Ha‘ham
Waker
Hawkes
Hartford
Conn
Cire's
Walker
A Perfect Hand Behind a Famous Ad Campaign
The tale describes how a woman’s hand with perfect contour was photographed by a Postum and Grape Nuts advertiser. The image, later titled A Helping Hand, appeared on back covers of magazines in January and February, sparking public curiosity about the owner.
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America
Friends of Postum
Grape-Nuts
The
Postum Co
Clark Wins A Big Suit In Supreme Court Over Montana Lands
United States Senator Clark of Montana won a Supreme Court case upholding a Ninth Circuit ruling that 11 400 acres of public lands granted under the timber and stone act were fraudulently secured. Justices Harlan and Brown dissented.
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Washington
United State
Clark
Montana
Supreme Court of the United States
Holmes
Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth Circuit
Harlan and
Brown
Senator Clark
Court of Appeals
Distress in Meridian Mississippi after Friday tornado
Meridian residents and convicts work to clear wreckage from the district swept by the storm. The death toll stands at twenty with four seriously injured. A relief committee accepts outside donations and plans to aid immediate rebuilding.
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Meridian
Miss
Yeuiatas
Relief Committee
Paris Hosts King Edward in Grand Paris Visit
King Edward's Paris visit draws huge crowds as he meets President Fallernes at the Elysee Palace. The two enjoy a near hour long conversation and later attend a state dinner at the British embassy with Falleries and Premier Rouvier. In Corsicana Texas Andrew Singleton dies from hydrophobia after a rabid dog bite a month earlier.
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Paris
Edward
Fallernes
Elysee Palace
Falleries
Rouvier
Patrick witness Joseph Jordan Sentenced for Perjury
New York Joseph Jordan the Patrick witness who pleaded guilty to perjury was sentenced to one year and six months in prison. He testified at Albert T Patrick’s new trial hearing claiming he had not been imprisoned in Texas and later admitted the statement was untrue.
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New York
Joseph Jordan
Patrick
Jordan
Albert T. Patrick
Texas
Guilty Plea For Roommate Robbery Sentenced In Lake Charles
M. O'Flynn, arrested for robbing his roommate last Saturday, pleaded guilty to larceny yesterday and received an eighteen month sentence in the penitentiary.
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Lake Charles
M. O'Flynn
Farmer in Hillsboro Hurt by Runaway Team
In Hillsboro Texas farmer Joe Hedcock was struck by a runaway team and thrown against a stalk cutter. His right leg calf was severed and his condition is feared critical.
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Hillsboro
Texas
Joe Hedcock
Hill County
Charles man found guilty of assault on girl
Charles Du hon of Alexander Parish accused of criminal assault on a colored girl was found guilty in the District Court yesterday.
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Take Charles
Alexander Duhon
Roosevelt seeks 50 million for insular coast defenses
President Roosevelt sent a congressional message with a joint army navy board plan for coast defenses. He urges defenses for Manila Bay Pearl Harbor Guantanamo Guam San Juan Honolulu and entrances to the Panama Canal and Chesapeake Bay. The board estimates total costs at 50,879,399, with existing appropriations totaling 72,750,787 and further needs of insular possessions at 19,873,895 plus 2,274,920 already allotted.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Army and Navy
Chesapeake Bay
United States
Manila Bay
Pearl Harbor
Guantanamo
Guam
San Juan
Honolulu
Panama Canal
Taft
Endicott Board
Isthmian Canal
Havana Protests Demand Havana Quarantine Supervision Change
The American Club of Havana backs a March 2 cable to Secretary Showalter urging modification of Gulf port quarantine and asking health officials in Louisiana Alabama and Florida to support an outgoing Havana quarantine under U S Marine Hospital Service supervision.
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Havana
American Club of
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Gulf Ports
United States
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
United States Marine Hospital Service
Judge Rules for Closed Shop to Bar Free Labor
Judge Marean of the New York Supreme Court upheld the closed shop principle in a dispute involving three nonunion employees of United States Printing Company of Ohio and a bid to bar a working pact with the Stereotypers and Electrotypers Unions. Immediate appeal planned. labor leaders call it a noble victory signaling a trend toward radicalism.
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New York
United States Printing Company
Ohio
Marean
Supreme Court
Dallas man linked to forged instruments in two new cases
J. D. Martin alias B. B. Burrell was arrested in Fort Worth and brought to Dallas by a deputy sheriff on warrants. Robert Ralston accuses him of forgery and passing forged instruments in several transactions totaling about $6,000.
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Dallas
Texas
J. D. Martin
B. B. Burrell
Fort Worth
Robert Ralston
Western traffic considers cut rates for corn to Gulf ports
Chicago traffic officials discuss possible reduction in western to Gulf port corn shipments. A rate from Omaha to New Orleans is mentioned as not to exceed a limit, but the objective of such a rate is not stated.
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Chicago
Gulf Ports
Omaha
New Orleans
Hinsley 14 Sentenced for Manslaughter in Federal Court
Arthur Hinsley 14 from Franklin Texas was convicted of manslaughter for killing Clarence Swartz near Caddo last November and sentenced to two years in the Missouri training school at Boonville. His mother fainted in court. the County Court in session with Judge J W Woods presiding. W C Perry reports three guilty pleas. Washington White House hosts a conference on the statehood bill as Senate prospects dim.
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Duran, I. T
Arthur Hinsley
Clarence Swartz
Caddo
Missouri Training School
Boonville
Young Hinsley
Franklin
Texas
J. W. Woods
W. C. Perry
Washington
Senate
White House
Colby’s Down Town Lunch Room Plan Aims At All Spenders
Houston restaurateur Frank C. Colby remodels his main stand and opens a new lunch room in Malin Street opposite the Merchants National Bank. He pledges affordable meals, modern surroundings, and first class service to feed the people, not just the well he aims to educate Houstonians on eating out for less. London News reports asses milk sales thriving with dairies near Marble Arch selling mileh milk in seabed bottles at six shillings a quart.
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Main Street
Frank C. Colby
Houston
Colby
Malin Street
Merchants’ National Bank
Mr. Cosby
the Post
London
Marble Arch
London News
Gentle Liver Tonic Promises Quick Relief
Gentle but effective Liver Minitier from J ud Simmons uses tin boxes sold for 25c. Felix Zeigler of Mountain View Oklahoma touts its gentle action that restores well being quickly.
Accidents From Fatigue Across Working Day
An exhaustive inquiry in France shows accidents rise hour by hour in the forenoon, fall after midday rest, then rise again in the afternoon, with a higher late-day peak. Fatigue reduces attention, accounting for more accidents as the day progresses.
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France
Proposal to cast all French state sculptures after Minerva damage
The mutilated antique head of Minerva, once on display in 1860 at the Beaux Arts, has prompted a plan to cast all important French state sculptures. The nose is knocked off and restoration is impossible, and perfect casts of Louvre statues could mitigate losses in a fire.
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Minerva
Harvey
Beaux Arts
France
Louvre
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