Texas Flood Situation Four Deaths Have Been Reported
Flood warnings persist along the Trinity Brazos Colorado and Guadalupe rivers after heavy weekend rains. Four deaths occur in Trinity and Brazos waters as floods recede in many areas with rising rivers and creeks threatening low-lying farms and industries.
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Colorado
San Antonio
Texas
Maller
Austin
Trinity
Brazos
Guadalupe
Onalaska
Marlin
Weather Bureau
Guadalupe River
Ballinger
Marble Falls
Gonzales
Columbus
Freight to Move Across Border Bridge Route
Freight will resume crossing the international bridge after a year’s lapse due to an agreement between Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company and the constitutionalists who run the Matamoros Monterey railroad.
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Brownsville
Tex
International Bridge
Matamoros
Constitutionalists
Monterey
Rio Grande and El Paso Railroad is Renamed
The attorney general's department approved an amendment to the Rio Grande and El Paso Railroad Company's charter changing the name to the El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad Company.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General’s Department
Rio Grande and
el Paso Railroad Company of
el Paso
el Paso and
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Accountants Re-elect Officers at National Convention
Memphis Tennessee Henry R M Cook of New York was reelected president and all other officers were reelected at the final session Friday of the third annual convention of the National Association of School Accounting Officers.
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Memphis
Tenn
Henry R. M. Cook
New York
National Association of School Accounting Officers
Stockman killed near Deepwater Houston Texas
Dewitt C. Menefee a Harris County stock raiser was shot twice and killed instantly while in a car near Deepwater. Mat Kellett constable of Harrisburg precinct and deputies Guy Hahn and Ralph Ricketts were arrested.
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Houston
Tex
Dewitt C. Menefee
Harris County
Deepwater
Mat Kellett
Harrisburg
Guy Hahn
Ralph Ricketts
Atlantis Passengers Reach Tampico After Rescue
The destroyer Cassin aided the steamer Atlantis which ran ashore off the Mexican coast. Ninety nine passengers were landed from the Atlantis at Tampico on Thursday.
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Washington
Cassin
Atlantis
Mexican
Tampico
Fifth Honor Squad is Paroled
Austin Texas governor paroled twenty five convicts to the county judge of Young County for road work. The men will work on the honor system without guards or stripes and receive fifty percent of their gross monthly hire.
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Austin
Tex
Young County
Aetna Files Plan for Workmen's Compensation Policies
C H Verecoyle state manager of Nobility department in Dallas filed Aetna Insurance Company's plan to issue participating policies on workmen's compensation in Austin Texas on Friday.
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Austin
Tex
C. H. Verecoyle
Dallas
Aetna Insurance Company
Aetna
Governor Commutes Death Sentence in Reeves Murder
Austin Texas Governor Colquitt Friday commuted the death sentence of Red Thompson for the murder of Norman Reeves to life imprisonment. Thompson had faced execution after the fatal shooting in Reeves county earlier this year.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt Friday
Red Thompson
Norman Reeves
Fire destroys 11000 bales of cotton in Galveston warehouse
A Friday night blaze at the Merchants and Planters Compress and Warehouse Co in Galveston destroyed the west warehouse with 11,000 cotton bales and cost about 900000 in insured losses. One unidentified laborer died from a falling wall as fire crews fought the blaze.
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Galveston
Tex
Merchants and Planters Compress and Warehouse Company
William Irvin
I. H. Kempner
Wilson outlines conditions for Mexican settlement at Niagara Falls talks
President Wilson told U S commissioners to await mediators proposals and press for a definite settlement of the Mexican problem before Vera Cruz withdrawal. He urged a strong provisional government in place of Huerta, fair elections, agrarian reform, and cohesion of southern and northern interests in Mexico.
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Washington
Wilson
Niagara Falls
Ontario
United States
Vera Cruz
Justice Lamar
Supreme Court of the United States
Frederick W. Lehmann
Perceval Dodge
Mexico
Huerta
Zapatadin
Las Catrapea
Designation for Cotton Seed Flake Adopted by Crushers
The convention of the Cotton Seed Crushers' Association adopted a rule change distinguishing cold pressed cotton seed flake from decorticated cake made by the hydraulic process. The new designation applies to products from New Orleans and clarifies processing methods.
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New Orleans
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Dallas Forms Dallas Regional Reserve District
Ten representatives from five banks in the Dallas reserve bank district signed the organization certificate in City National Bank of Dallas. R. H. Stewart, president of the Dallas Clearing House Association, spoke congratulating the signers on inaugurating the new financial system.
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Dallas
Tex
Dallas Regional Reserve Bank
City National Bank of Dallas
Will of Robert G Driscoll Probed For $2 Million Estate
Corpus Christi Texas probate records list the last will of Robert G Driscoll a Nueces County ranchman and owner of properties in Nueces Jim Wells and Duval counties. The estate valued at about $2 million is to be divided equally between his two children Executors are Robert Driscoll Jr and Clara Driscoll Sevier. Driscoll died in San Antonio on April 15 aged 72.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Robert G. Driscoll
Nueces County
Nueces
Jim Wells
Duval
Driscoll
Robert Driscoll, Jr
Clara Driscoll Sevier
New York
Robert Driscoll
San Antonio
Carnegie Gives Millions in Pensions for Educators
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching reports eight years of operation with $2 936 27 distributed to retiring allowances for teachers and officers of high educational institutions in the United States and Canada. President Dr Henry S Pritchett released the annual report on Monday.
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Carnegie
New York
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Canada
Henry 8. Pritchett
Irrigation Plan Filed for 30,000 Acres in Wharton County
The board of water engineers certified the filing of the A. H. Pierce estate at Wharton for irrigation of 30,000 acres in Wharton County.
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Austin
Tex
Board of Water Engineers
A. H. Pierce
Wharton
Wharton County
General Maas Denies Killing Parks in Mexico
General Gustavo Maas, ex commander in Vera Cruz, denied on Sunday that Private Samuel Parks of the Twenty-ninth U S Infantry or any American soldier was executed by his forces. He was recalled from duty by President Huerta amid the Mexico conflict.
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City of
Mexico
Gustavo Maas
Vera Cruz
Huerta
Samuel Parks
Twenty-ninth United States Infantry
Embargo Imposed on Wood Alcohol in Texas Hair Tonics
Austin federal officials announce an embargo on wood alcohol in hair tonics and face preparations. After June 1, dealers barbers and others selling or using such products face legal action under the Food and Drug Commission.
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Austin
Tex
Food and Drug
C. O. Yates
Illinois Central Bonds Authorized by Public Utilities Board
The Illinois Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday ordered the Illinois Central Railroad to issue 15 million dollars in bonds and to sell lines south of the Ohio River. Ten million is for refunding and five million for improvements.
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Springfield
Bank cashier pleads to forgery indictments in Iowa court
John H. Standling, former cashier of the First State bank at Corwith, Iowa, who had hidden in Texas for seven years, appeared in district court and pleaded to fifteen indictments for forgery returned in fall 1907.
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Garner
Iowa
Texas
John H. Standling
First State Bank
Corwith
Senate approves cotton grading standardization funding
The Senate on Monday passed an amendment to the agricultural bill by a 39 to 10 vote. The amendment appropriates 180,580 dollars to provide for the grading and standardization of cotton.
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Washington
Senate
Canning Factory Assured for Marshall Texas
Marshall Texas will host a $30,000 canning factory built by a corporation. The deal to finance and establish the plant was closed this week.
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Marshall
Tex
Huerta Says He Won't Resign At Niagara Falls Talks
Provisional President Huerta stated in an interview that Mexico has no instructions to offer his resignation at the Niagara Falls peace conference. Foreign Minister Esteva Ruiz had said Mexican delegates carry ample powers, while later dispatches clarified no resignation was proposed.
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City of Mexico
Huerta
Niagara Falls
Estevla Ruiz
Mexico
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Dagama
Supreme Court Reverses Case Over Large Estate in Texas
The Texas State Supreme Court reversed and remanded the Elizabeth Scott et al v Georgia Scott Townsend et al case from Tarrant County. The suit concerns property valued near $3 million and came on a writ of error from the Second Court of Civil Appeals after the Civil Appeals affirmed the district court. The district court had set aside a probate by the county court of the will of Winfield Scott.
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Austin
Tex
State Supreme Court
Elizabeth Scott
Georgia Scott Townsend
Tarrant County
Second Court of Civil Appeals
Court of Civil Appeals
District Court of
Winfield Scott
Army Captain Ends Life at Fort Brown Tent
Captain Richard P. Winslow of the Ninety first coast artillery shot himself in his Fort Brown tent in the old national cemetery. He died almost instantly from one gunshot wound Wednesday.
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Brownsville
Tex
Old National Cemetery
Fort Brown
Richard P. Winslow
Ninety-first Coast Artillery
Capital unrest looms as minister Lozano resigns
In Mexico City the crisis deepens with fears of an imminent uprising. The resignation and acceptance of minister of communications Jose Maria Lozano appears to shake the government and raise questions about stability in the capital.
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City
Mexico
Jose Maria Lozano
Cyclone Kills Sixteen in Mexican Storm
A cyclone and hailstorm swept Musquiz Coahuila Mexico Wednesday killing sixteen people in the disaster. The storm affected nearby El Paso Texas with damage and injuries reported.
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el Paso
Tex
Musquiz
Coahuila
Mexico
Resinol Promises Quick Relief for Skin Ailments
Resinol ointment and resinol soap claim rapid relief of eczema rashes ringworm and pimples by penetrating pores and purifying skin. Marketed as a doctor's prescription with nineteen years of nationwide use and sold by druggists at 50 cents to 1 dollar for ointment and 25 cents for soap.
Croquet Ball Size Question Sparks Quip About Nutrition
A playful exchange asks how big a croquet ball is and replies that it is about the size of a grapefruit but more nutritious. The remark follows a line about a man with a large and expensive family having little time to worry.
Constipation Cured by Doctor Pierce Pellets Ad
A vintage ad touts Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a cure for constipation claiming a laxative effect with three for cathartic use. The brief text advertises the product as a thorough remedy.
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Pierce
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