Devastating Friday Tornado Toll Across Four States
Reports from Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Georgia recount two large tornadoes causing at least 225 deaths and around 1500 injured. Flooded towns such as Purvis Angie Bax terville Amite City and Pine Rodney faced near total destruction.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Shreveport
Lamourie
Alexandria
Richland
Vidalia
Baxterville
Lumberton
Rayburn
Purvis
Angie
Fireman Crushed by Grain at Houston Elevator
In Houston Fifth Ward Barney Moffett of Fire Station No 7 was crushed to death Sunday morning under several tons of grain sacks while battling a fire at the Mercantile Grain Company elevator on Hardy and Opelousas. The blaze damaged buildings and contents worth about 10 900 dollars, with 75 percent loss. The accident occurred after flames were extinguished.
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Houston
Tex
Barney Moffett
No. 7
Fifth Ward
Mercantile Grain Company
Hardy and
Opelousas Streets
Body of man believed to be Tom Turner found near Lavernia
In Lavernia a body, thought to be Tom Turner a San Antonio chi peddler, was found in a field Saturday afternoon. The corpse was partially burned and covered with rushes. officials think he was murdered the prior Wednesday night. Refugio reports welcomed rain last Sunday and Wednesday, signaling a good season.
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A Antonio
Tex
Tom Turner
San Antonio
Lavernia
Refugio
Alta Loma Dairy Receives Machinery for Large Condensed Milk Plant
Alta Loma Texas reports the local dairy has received equipment for a sizable condensed milk factory. The arrival is expected to boost production capacity and local employment.
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Alta Loma, Tex
Alta Loma
Elr
Court orders Andrew Glubecki confined for mental illness
In Grayson County a man named Andrew Glubecki was tried and adjudged of unsound mind in county court. He will be sent to an asylum as soon as a suitable place can be secured.
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Tex
Andrew Glubecki
Congress to the Rescue
By unanimous consent the House adopted a resolution of sympathy for tornado sufferers in Georgia Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana and authorized the war secretary to furnish tents provisions and supplies and render other aid as he may deem necessary.
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Washington
House
Bartlett
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Secretary of War
Man falls seventy feet to death at Sour Lake derrick
Sour Lake Tex Malvern H Farmer died after sliding from a seventy foot derrick top to the floor head first while on the tubing board at 11 30 Thursday morning He was a son of Robert S Farmer of Beaumont
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Sour Lake
Tex
Malvern
H. Farmer
Robert S. Farmer
Beaumont
Employers' Liability Law Signed by President
Washington report says the president signed the employers' liability bill. It holds railroads and common carriers liable for employee injury or death in interstate work due to officer or agent negligence or equipment defects. Applies to territories, DC, Panama Canal Zone, and other possessions.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Cloud Burst Near Stockdale Reported
Stockdale Texas, a cloudburst about one mile east of town caused little damage in the early morning. A second heavy rain began around 2 39 p m and lasted through the night with continued downpour.
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Stockdale
Tex
Heavy storm Auburn Laredo area brings rain and lightning
A heavy rain and lightning storm swept Laredo and surrounding areas on Monday evening, lasting about ninety minutes with no damage reported at this time.
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Laredo
Tex
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed By Mrs Mack In Ohio Ad
Woman from Columbus Ohio shares that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her kidney pain backache nervousness and low energy after other remedies failed. She notes irregular kidney secretions improved with continued use and urges readers to try the product sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box.
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Rebecca Mack
E. Rich Street
Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Sloan's Liniment and Colic Cure Praised by Farmer
A. D. Bruce of Aurelia Iowa recounts how Sloan's Liniment cured a fistula horse and a sweeny case after a failed visit from a horse doctor. He also mentions a neighbor cured, and endorses Sloan's Sure Colic Cure as effective.
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Sweeny
Sloan
A. D. Bruce
Aurelia
Wedding Day Quandary Echoes in Family Dialogue
A father frets about his daughter's marriage while she reassures him. The bride reveals George confessed he lacks funds for a secondhand store, suggesting they will stay with the family rather than leave.
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Papa
George
The Heiress and the Painter Suitor
A poor but nervous suitor woos an heiress. Her angry father forbids him and the suitor jokes he will repaint the door red. A quick chase ensues with a Scotch coachman, a French chauffeur, and an English bulldog pursuing him.
Stormy Texas Weather Claims One Life and Injuries
A severe Texas storm resulted in one fatality and several injuries with multiple individuals sustaining broken bones. Emergency crews responded to affected communities for rescue and medical aid. Local authorities urged caution as storms continued.
Storm destroys half of Deport injuring many homes
A hurricane at six pm Thursday leveled eastern Deport near Paris Texas twenty miles southeast. Twenty five residences were destroyed along with the cotton oil mill and two churches. Druggist W R Isbell was killed when his home collapsed. his wife and four children escaped to a stormhouse.
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Paris
Tex
Deport
W. R. Isbell
Storms Hit Hillsboro Rice And Oak Grove In Texas
Terrific rain hail and wind gusts reach Hillsboro and Rice with 2.6 inches of rain and 25 to 30 mph winds. A cyclone two miles south of Rice damages homes. three Black residents die and three white injured near Ennis. communications down as storms sweep central Texas.
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Hillsboro
Tex
Rice
Rce
Ennis
Here
Corsicana
Thompson Farm
New York Central Orders 45000 Tons Steel Rails
New York Central orders 45000 tons of steel rails from Lackawanna and Illinois Steel, a move that may prompt other roads to follow. Lake Shore to take 20000 tons, Michigan Central 14000, Lake Erie & Western 2000, and Boston & Albany 8000 tons.
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New York Central
Chicago
Ill
Lackawanna
Illinois Steel Companies
Pennsylvania
New York Central Lines
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Lake Erie & Western
Boston & Albany
Austin's Future in Industry and Steel Plant Prospects
Austin is set to grow as an industrial hub with two new factories expected to open soon. One will produce chili powder and canned goods, the other cotton choppers, with capital exceeding 100000 dollars. The city eyes a U S Steel branch in Texas and a Georgia concrete manufactory plans to establish a local branch in the coming months.
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U. S
Austin
Tex
United States Steel Corporation
Texas
Llano
Georgia
Gents' suit clubs in Houston face grand jury probe
In Houston Texas proprietors of gents clothing stores run suit clubs accused of violating anti gambling laws by operating as a lottery. Justice of the Peace Matthews bound over one proprietor to the grand jury. bond posted and clubs suspended pending court action.
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Grand Jury
Houston
Tex
Justice of the Peace
Matthews
Governor commutes Fort Worth man's death sentence
Austin Texas Governor Campbell Monday commuted the death sentence of W. E. Childress of Fort Worth to five years in prison while he pursues a pardon. Childress had been sentenced to hang for an alleged child assault with execution set for May 1. Support from numerous figures appears to influence the governor's continued consideration.
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Austin
Tex
Campbell Monday
W. E. Childress
Fort Worth
Childress
Grapevine health turnabout with Grape-Nuts and Postum
A Wisconsin woman details a long battle with dyspepsia and weight loss. After six weeks on Grape-Nuts with milk and lime water her digestion improves, she gains strength, can eat a wider range of foods, and her speech and nerves strengthen. She credits the regimen to The Road to Wellville promotion.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Weilville
Weevil Infestation Reported By Yoakum Farmer
Yoakum Texas farmer Mr. Thomas C. Cudd reports twenty large fat weevils found in his cotton field. He notes weevils began emerging early this year and wintered well, predicting a plentiful season for the pests.
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Yoakum, Tex
Thomas C. Cudd
Tragic Death From Bean in Windpipe
San Antonio authorities report 3 year old Elida Avedrado died at city hospital Monday morning from suffocation after a bean became lodged in her windpipe. She was rushed to the hospital but doctors could not remove the obstruction.
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San Antonio
Tex
Elida Avedrado
City Hospital
Monk Gibson to Die Verdict Upheld by Appellate Court
Appellate court affirms death sentence for Monk Gibson after reviewing the verdict and proceedings. The ruling maintains the宛 underlying judgment, rejecting defense challenges and upholding the capital punishment outcome.
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Monk Gibson
Trial Court Verdict Justly Confirms Condit Case Death
Convicted of complicity in the Condit murders Monk Gibson, age over 17, faces death by hanging. the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirms the sentence, noting no trial errors and Caiot evidence supporting guilt. Judge Ramsey writes a thorough opinion upholding the jury verdict and death penalty.
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Condit
Austin
Tex
Monk Gibson
Edna
Court of Criminal Appeals
Ramsey
de Witt County
Jackson County
Monk
Texas
Victoria
Felix Powell
Facts for Sick Women Lydia Pinkham Remedy
A thirty year old standard remedy for females Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound is promoted as curing anemia fibroid tumors digestive troubles and nervous prostration. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Maude E. Forgie
Leesburg,Va
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Unlucky Thirteen Man Drowns From Sandlitch Launch
Beaumont, Texas linotype operator G R Travers, 35, fell overboard from the Redtop while returning from Sabine Lake with a party of thirteen including printers. The stern-side accident occurred about 9 pm Sunday. Despite quick search efforts, Travers was not recovered by midnight. He was unmarried and from Jamestown New York, in Beaumont about two years and valued for his work.
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Beaumont
Tex
G. R. Travers
Sabine Lake
Security Refinery
Travers
Jamestown
N. Y
Two Years for Pickpockets in Laredo Train Robbery Case
A Laredo jury found L. B. Long guilty of robbing passengers at the International depot and sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary. A second suspect, calling himself Bloom, faced trial Wednesday as the investigation showed pickpockets targeted money at the ticket window.
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Laredo
Tex
L. B. Long
Bloom
Flood damages creek crossings and crops in Detroit Texas
Heavy recent rainfall caused major flooding in Detroit Texas with creek bottoms overflowing and bridges washed away. Crops suffered significant damage amid the high water levels reported along Red River County.
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Red River
Detroit
Tex
Newton voters approve road tax in 1908 Newton County election
Newton Texas voters carried the road tax measure at the Newton County polls held Saturday April 25 1908. The tax would be levied at one dollar on the hundred dollar valuation and the majority supported the proposal.
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Newton
Tex
Newton County
Grand jury indicts ten in La Grange session
La Grange Texas grand jury, meeting since Monday, returned ten indictments comprising five felonies and five misdemeanors.
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la Grange
Tex
Business Men ask Roosevelt to visit San Antonio after term
The Business Men's Club of San Antonio asks President Roosevelt to include the city in his postterm travels. They state he plans extensive journeys and request San Antonio be on the itinerary.
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San Antonio
Tex
Business Men's Club
Roosevelt
Fire at Goliad Electric Plant Quickly Extinguished
Friday evening in Goliad Texas a fire broke out at 7 o'clock in Dr L W Chiltons electric light plant. A general alarm was sounded and firefighters doused the blaze with little damage reported.
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Goliad
Tex
L. W. Chilton
Flood Eases as 25-Foot Rise Impacts Smithville
In Smithville Texas the Colorado River level is slowly receding after a 25 foot rise causing extensive crop damage and flooding of all low-lying bottomlands.
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Smithville
Tex
Colorado
Public buildings bill allocates Texas site appropriations
The public buildings bill proposes Texas allocations for new facilities in Waxahachie 60000 Texarkana 20000 plus a prior 100000 Sulphur Springs 50000 Bonham 50000 Wichita Falls 50000 San Angelo 20000 Cleburne 70000 Terrell 50000 Port Arthur 125000 Corsicana 30000 Palestine 70000 Austin 20000 for site San Marcos 50000 San Antonio 105000 Corpus Christi 70000 Navasota 25000 Temple 50000 Marlin 7500 for site Victoria 100000. Total Texas 1022500.
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Texas
Waxahachie
Texarkana
Sulphur Springs
Bonham
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Cleburne
Terrell
Port Arthur
Corsicana
Palestine
Austin
San Marcos
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Navasota
Temple
Marlin
Victoria
Judge Wilson Convenes Refugio Court Then Adjourns
Refugio Texas dispatch reports Judge J C Wilson convened the district court Monday evening and adjourned Tuesday with nothing on the docket. The brief session closed without filings or hearings.
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Refugio
Tex
J. C. Wilson
Rain Returns to Mexia With Thunderous Night Downpour
In Mexia Texas another heavy rain fell Thursday night around 10 o'clock and Friday brought muggy heat with hints of more rain on the way.
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Mexia
Tex
Lynch gathers cattle for grass in Floronia
Mr. Les Lynch of Waeldor travels to Floronia to collect a herd for grazing on local pasture. The arrival signals a livestock gathering aimed at feeding cattle on the open range.
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Floronia
Tex
Les Lynch
Waeldor
Heavy hailstorm eyed in Williamson Taylor region crops damaged
Phone reports from Thorndale and areas east of Taylor describe a heavy hailstorm Thursday night between S and 9 oclock causing considerable crop damage in Williamson and Taylor Texas.
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Williamson
Taylor
Tex
Thorndale
Brazos River Not Seen Overflowing Richmond Area
In Richmond Texas residents report no uneasiness about Brazos river overflow. Officials say river is eighteen feet from overflowing its banks at the lowest lands.
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Richmond
Tex
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