Constitution Campaign Offer A Dollar For Daily and Sunday
The Atlanta Constitution offers new subscribers Daily and Sunday editions for one dollar from order date to a fixed end date. The promotion promises comprehensive news including the Presidential election, China, South Africa, Cuba, and the Philippines, with emphasis on full coverage and timely updates.
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Constitution
Atlanta
China
South Africa
Cuba
Philippines
Good Newspapers Offer Low Price Club for Eagle Papers
The Semi-Weekly News from Galveston or Dallas publishes on Tuesdays and Fridays with eight pages and departments for farmers ladies and youth. A 12 month Eagle club gives three papers weekly for 1.75 in cash, totaling 156 papers yearly. General Leonard Wood noted for athletic prowess and a 38 inch army step, though his stride exceeds that. Married life lasts over seventy years for Elisha Brown and his wife near Hagerstown Indiana, born in 1808 and 1641 respectively, with eleven children three or more survive.
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Galveston
Dallas
Harvard
Leonard Wood
General Wood
Elisha Brown
Hagerstown Ind
Mr. Brown
Governor Sayers Sold for One Thousand Dollars
Dr. I. E. Clark of Bermuda Valley Stock Farm sold two year old race horse Governor Sayers to J. H. Smith of Chicago for one thousand dollars. The colt won seven firsts and two seconds in fall races, defeating top rivals in Dallas and San Antonio, proving South Texas can raise premier stock. Minnie K. trotter won first at San Antonio over Loma Alto Stock Farm and others, highlighting Fayette county's rising stock industry.
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I. E. Clark
Bermuda Valley Stock Farm
Governor Sayers
J. H. Smith
Chicago
Dallas
San Antonio
United States
South Texas
English Sympathy for Crane and Latin Gaffe at Columbia
The London Chronicle mourns Stephen Crane saying he had not yet fulfilled his promise though he feared his war poem. A Dover friend recalls his hedge remark on dying and a dreamy curiosity about the next world. President Low forgets Latin during an honorary degree ceremony at Columbia, joking that English comes from the heart.
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Crane
Stephen Crane
England
London Chronicle
Dover
Baden- Wellen
Black Forest
United States
Seth Low
Columbia University
Harvard
Weevil Suppression Convention Set in Brenham
A convention to support farmers and others in suppressing the boll weevil is planned for Brenham on Wednesday November 14. Delegates are invited from every county affected by weevil damage and county judges will nominate representatives. Government experts from Bryan Beeville and other locations will be invited to speak.
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Brenham
Bryan
Beeville
Only One White House Mary in Presidential Wives
The passage notes Mary Todd Lincoln as the sole First Lady named Mary and contrasts it with two Martha wives from Virginia, two Abigails, and two Elizas among presidents. It concludes that aside from these names, no two presidents’ wives share a Christian name.
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White House
Mary
Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln
Marthas
Virgina
Martha Washington
Martha Jefferson
Abigails
Fillmore
John Adams
Elizas
Mcnroe
Johnson
Sights He Didn't Want to See and a Death Notice
James Whitcomb Riley joked while touring a Southern town admitting he would attend the reading if shown no new civic structures. Otto A Michalke died at 72 at his family home and was buried in Catho lic cemetery, with Weimar Mercury noting his quiet, frugal character and community contribution.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Otto
A. Michalke
H. Michalke
Runge
F. Michalke
Borden
L. Michalke
Halletsville
Michalke
Weimar Mercury
Heirs Lose 100000 After Suicide Jury Decision
A jury found Frank M. Brady’s death a self inflicted act, denying heirs $100,000 from a major insurance company. The case noted Brady’s pocketbook quote from Dickens and contrasted with the controversial cause of death. Also included is James W. Davidson’s Formosa camphor report noting Formosa’s rising global supply and declining Japanese output.
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Frank M. Brady
James W. Davidson
United States
Tamsui
Fomosa
Formosa
Lindsay to Leave Kentucky for New York Law Practice
It is declared that when Senator Lindsay's term expires next March he will move from Kentucky to New York to begin the practice of law there. A fine partnership in the Eastern metropolis has awaited him, and he has often felt inclined to resign from the senate for this opportunity.
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Lindsay
Kentucky
New York
Senate
Sir Gordon Sprigg South African Statesman
Sir Gordon Sprigg, son of an Ipswich Baptist minister, began as a reporter in the house of commons gallery. He emigrated to South Africa for health and has served in the Cape parliament since 1869.
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Gordon Sprigg
House of Commons
South Africa
Cape
List of 1001 Etonians serving in South Africa
A special edition of the Eton College Chronicle publishes 1 001 names of former and current Etonians in South Africa. The list includes high ranking officers and notable figures such as Lord Roberts Sir Redvers Buller Lord Methuen Sir H F E Colville Lieutenant General N G Lyttleton Sir H C Chermside Generals R Pole Carew B D Campbell G Barton wounded Lord Dundonald R E Knox wounded Hutton Inigo Jones and Burnside.
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Eton Collee
Huntington becomes sole owner of vast Southern Pacific system
Collis P. Huntington buys out his associates and assumes sole control of a transportation empire. The system covers 7,600 miles of railroad, ferries, terminals, river and ocean lines from Portland through California to New Orleans, with about $350 million in securities and nearly $60 million in annual gross earnings.
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Southern Pacific
Collis P. Huntington
Portland
Ore
California
New Orleans
Canine pelts used for gloves in Nebraska trade
Secretary of State for Agriculture Mr. Wilson notes that surplus Nebraska dogs are skinned and tanned to make gloves. The practice involves hundreds of thousands of dollars in dogskin imports annually, dogskin regarded as premier glove material.
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Wilson
Nebraska
Water Shortage Cuts Chicago Revenue From River Supply
Clear water in the Chicago river is reducing city revenue as factory owners draw their supply from the river. It is estimated the stockyards district alone will lose about $250,000 in water service revenue.
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Chicago
Stockyards
Catholic Knights of America official to resume travel
W. A. Mair, supreme organizer for the Southern States, has reconsidered his resignation due to appeals from brother Knights and letters from supreme officers. He will resume active travel January 1 with a young assistant, stay a few days, then head to Natchitoches Louisiana to lecture at the request of Bishop Durier.
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South
W. A. Mair
Catholic Knights of America
Mair
Natchitoches
Durier
Hal Iets Yuille Herald
Philanthropic Mill Owner Helps City Residents
James A. Burden, head of the Burden Iron Mills in Troy New York, has long donated 1500 annually to residents in the mills lower city district. This year he adds an ice allotment by issuing an order to supply ice to those too poor to purchase it this summer.
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James A. Burden
Big Burden Iron Mills
Troy
N. Y
Burden
Official Directory District Officers and Precinct Courts
District Court convenes on the first Monday in April and October. County court meets on the second Monday in February May August and November. Precincts list justice of the peace and constable terms with monthly or bi monthly court dates across Moravia Sweet Home Hope Miller's school house Moulton Yoakum Sublime. Commissioners meet on specified months. District Attorney and County Attorney named among officials.
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Csion
Gus Vogt
Dal G
S L Townsend
F W Miller
Constable Court
Court House
Frank Kubala
A F Koehler
Moravia
G J Seydler
O Muecke
Sweet Home
J N Lambert
J J Upchurch
Hope
Geo Mixon
Joe Cannon
Miller’s
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Wm Lucke
Moulton
G W McElwen
J Tice
Tom McGrew
Yoakum
Miller
Kin Houchins
Sublime
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Houston
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Tri Counties
Gregg Wood
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