MorroCan Town Seized by French Forces Under Lyautey
The French under General Lyautey move to occupy Ajda in Morocco after a wave of Moorish outrages including the murder of Dr. Mauchamp in Marrakesh. Fez and Rabat are discussed as centers of power, with Mulai Abd-ul-Aziz portrayed as a weak ruler and Ba Ahmed's influence fading amid European influence and modernization efforts.
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Lyautey
Tangier
Mauchamp
Marakesh
France
Algerian
Fez
Morocco
Mequinez
Rabat
Fas
Mulai Idrees
Shereef
Atlas
Koutoubia
Mulai Abd-ul-Aziz
Mulai Hassan
Wazeer
Ba Ahmed
Mulai Abd-ul- Aziz
Corps de Ballet
Washing ware reduce domestic labor and costs
A New York society explains weekly washing of all china, glass, and kitchen utensils to avoid daily pot washing. A hostess keeps over a hundred pieces in use and laundries them weekly with a soda carbonate bath and ammonia, saving servants and time. Mary, the washwoman, earns two dollars for the routine.
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Mary
Sewing Society
New York Press
Negro Shoists Testimony Before Senate Military Committee
A testimony session before the Senate Military Committee discusses African American shooters and civil rights in a wartime defense context, examining service integration, training opportunities, and loyalty questions amid national security concerns.
Policemen Questioned Over Brownsville Incident Cross-Examination
Three Brownsville police officers testified before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs about the Brownsville affray. Senator Foraker pressed inconsistencies between their current statements and earlier testimony. Victoria Fernandez described hearing shots and seeing a bartender killed, amid claims no soldiers were present. Macedonia Ramirez said he needed an interpreter and blamed a stenographer for earlier reports. Calderamo testified he heard shots and found discharged cartridges the same as those used by negro soldiers.
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Washington
Brownsville
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Senator Foraker
Victoria Fernandez
Tillman
Citizens’ Committee
Fernandez
Macedonia Ramirez
Parry
Calderamo
Meena
Pierce Must Come Released on Two Bonds in Texas Extradition Case
H Clay Pierce the Waters Pierce Oil Company chairman had habeas corpus relief denied to block extradition to Texas on a false swearing indictment. He posted two bonds of 20000 dollars each with attorney Henry S Priest as surety, and left for New York while appealing to the US Supreme Court and the US Circuit Court of Appeals.
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St. Louis
H. Clay Pierce
Waters Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Adams
United States Supreme
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Henry 58. Priest
New York
Pierce
Matthews
Judge Adams
Khavia
Mr. Pierce
Henry S. Priest
Shepard Barclay
Creecy
Bates
James R. Gray
C. D. O’brien
St. Paul
United States
Mersey
Barclay
Jury Declares B. J. Wilson Jr Insane in Double Murder Case
In San Antonio a district court jury found B. J. Wilson Jr insane after a trial for the killings of Franklin E. Smith and Edward E. Beverstorf. He will be sent to the insane asylum immediately as medical experts pronounced paranoid delusion. The scene drew in local officials and Pierce tones with courtroom humor as bonds were prepared.
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San Antonio
Tex
B. J. Wilson, Jr
Wilson
Franklin E. Smith
Edward E. Beverstorff
Marvin L. Graves
Galveston
H. Moody
D. Berry
Burg
E. J. Wilson
William Wilson
Brazoria
Edison on Sleep as a Habit and Perpetual Daylight
New York icon Thomas A Edison argues sleep is a bad habit for humans and that society can outgrow it. He claims modern electric light enables turning night into day and that perpetual daylight would erase the need to sleep in a few generations.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Shot Struck Five Times in Houston Boarding House
Police arrested Brown after he fired five shots at Bessie Hern in a Houston boarding house. Detective Will Smith, on the street, followed Brown as he came down with a smoking revolver. Brown was detained, an ambulance summoned, and the wounded woman died at St. Joseph's Infirmary shortly after arrival.
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Flouston
Tex
Playa
St. Joseph's Infirmary
Woman burned to death in Galveston accident
Mrs Otton Lawson 30 wife of Otto Lawson dockworker of 1914 Avenue P died at Sealy Hospital four hours after her clothes caught fire Monday morning at 9 oclock. She ran to fetch her two year old child, skirt caught by flames from a kettle of boiling water, and she was a blaze from head to foot before help arrived.
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Galveston
Tex
Otton Lawson
Otto Lawson
Avenue P
Sealy Hospital
Defended His Mother in Pierce Station Murder
Sheriff Koehl was called to Pierce Sunday night and returned Monday with Marsha Williams' mother after Williams' son killed John Hubbard at Pierce Station. Hubbard attempted to whip Williams' mother, Williams then used an ax to defend her, striking Hubbard in the head multiple times.
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Wharton
Tex
Koehl
Pierce
Marsha Williams
Williams
John Hubbard
Pierce Station
Marshal Williams
Hubbard
Federal court sentences T J Clay for buying soldiers clothing
Brownsville Tex Judge Burns Friday afternoon passed sentence on T J Clay convicted of buying soldiers clothing The sentence was 1000 or one year imprisonment Clay has raised the money There were few petty smuggling cases this term and the court adjourned after disposeing them
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Brownsville
Tex
Burns
Federal
T. J. Clay
Clay
Arrest in 1878 Conroe murder leads to long pursuit
Conroe Texas Sheriff Anderson reports the arrest in Houston and return to Conroe of Stanley Green, a negro indicted for the 1878 murder of Ben Campbell. Green escaped after the killing and has been at large nearly thirty years, with all witnesses allegedly still living.
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Conroe
Tex
Anderson
Houston
Stanley Green
Ben Campbell
Green
Thirtieth Legislature Journal to Be One Volume
Secretary Smith and Journal Clerk Gilmore announced that the journals of both sessions of the Thirtieth Legislature will be bound in a single volume, larger than the Twenty-Ninth edition, with about 1700 pages.
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Austin
Tex
Smith
Gilmore
Senate
Texas brokers seek 600000 loan on gilt edge security
An Austin report says a Texas broker asked the insurance department on Monday to negotiate a 600000 loan on gilt edge securities by out of state life insurance companies. The move offers a chance to address matters related to the Robertson act.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Monk Dudley Fined for Assault in Palestine Case
In Palestine Texas the jailed man Monk Dudley charged with train robbery was fined $250 for assault against Constable Fitzgerald occurring the day before the robbery. The train robbery case itself has not yet been tried.
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Palestine
Tex
Monk Dudley
Fitzgerald
Banks convicted in Banks murder case. life sentence handed down
The jury in the Banks murder case convict Banks of killing Buddie Palmer at Oakhurst last fall and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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Cold Springs
Tex
Fom Banks
Banks
Buddie Palmer
Oakhurst
Woman Bitten by Copperhead While Harvesting Cabbage
Mrs. M. H. Reue of Brenham Texas was bitten on the hand by a copperhead while cutting cabbage in her garden early Friday. She received medical treatment in Brenham and went home in the afternoon. her hand remained badly swollen.
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Brenham
Tex
M. H. Reue
Karnes City Youth Dies In Self Inflicted Shot
Karnes City Texas Saturday night at 9 p m Vincent Cano committed death by own action shooting himself with a single barrel shotgun blowing the top of his head off Justice Tobin held the inquest with no apparent cause for an unnatural death The young man about 21 lived two miles from Karnes City.
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Karnes City
Tex
Vincent Cano
Justice Tobin
Small home grown watermelons draw steady sales in Cuero
Cuero Texas traders report a week of watermelons on the market. The fruit is small and sells for 25 to 30 cents each, with buyers showing steady demand.
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Cuero
Tex
Governor approves most tax bills in extra session
The Governor has approved all tax bills from the Thirtieth Legislature extra session except the State Revenue Agent Dill and delinquent tax bills.
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Austin
Tex
Weather Summary for Fort Worth and Mt Blanco
Fort Worth and surrounding areas report cloudy conditions with unseasonably cool temperatures and frequent rain. Thunderstorms occurred on the 29th and 30th. Mt Blanco in Crosby County remains dry with high winds continuing.
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Fort Worth
Tarrant Co
Mt. Blanco
Crosby Co
Farmer Sells Cotton Bales in Waco Purchase
Mexia Texas Mr W T Mayes a prosperous farmer living at Tehuacana has sold his 1906 cotton crop of 110 bales at 11 cents per pound to a firm in Waco.
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Mexia
Tex
W. T. Mayes
Tehuacana
Waco
The Money Devil Opinion On Money’s Seven Devils
A quoted remark argues money is infested with seven devils and may be more accurate to say so. The speaker presents a candid view reflecting suspicion of wealth and its effects.
Itching Rash 18 Years Girl Finds Relief with Cuthura Remedies
A Bay City Michigan woman credits Cuthura Remedies for curing her daughter's long lasting itching rash. The child first broke out in infancy and spread to knees elbows neck ears and face. After poor results from a specialist the family says the remedy cleared the condition. May 20 1906.
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M. Curley
Sixteenth St
Bay City, Mich
Yale University Wealthy Exemptions Rise in Tax Roll
Yale University property in New Haven exempt from taxation is valued at 9.431 million, up 255 thousand from last year’s exemptions. Sheffield Scientific School holds about 1.37 million of exemptions. old campus land 1.033 million and buildings 2.484 million. Appraisals high on many buildings, no appeals for reductions filed.
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Yale University
Yale Alumni Weekly
New Haven
Sheffield Scientific School
Accommodating Peg Recalled By Marlboro Mayor
Mayor E F Brown of Marlboro recounts an old shoe making tale from his father a pioneer in the trade. He says a peg flew up and dropped into a hole driving itself in a humorous reminder that modern machinery no longer pegs shoes that way.
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E. F. Brown
Marlboro
Mass
Boot and Shoe Club
Mayor Brown
Grocer Finds Postum Eases Nervousness and Improves Appetite
A Cleveland grocer reports many customers benefited from switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. He recalls his own two year relief from coffee induced nerves and morning irritability after trying Postum. He urges others with nervousness or stomach issues to abandon coffee and use Postum. There’s a Reason Read The Road to Wellville in packages.
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Cleveland
Wellville
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