Taft fixes Panama Canal tolls for foreign shipping
President Taft issues a proclamation setting tolls for foreign vessels through the Panama canal. Merchant ships pay $1.20 per net ton with a 40 percent ballast discount, and naval vessels follow reduced or special rates. The Johnson report argues the canal can self sustain in twenty years.
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Washington
Taft
Panama Canal
Army
Secretary of War
Congress
Great Britain
Treasury Department
Suez Canal
Emory Johnson
University of Pennsylvania
Johnson
United States
Reyes Bond Forfeit In Neutrality Case
The federal court in Laredo, Texas entered a $10,000 judgment against Bernardo Reyes, the former revolutionary leader indicted for neutrality law violations, and his sureties F. A. Chapa and F. Vv. Cook of San Antonio. The judgment makes the bond payable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Bernardo Reyes
F. A. Chapa
F.vv. Cook
San Antonio
West Texas Cotton Trade Sees Fair Prices and Strong Sale
Merchants in West Texas report satisfactory trade and cash collections. The cotton crop has been nearly harvested and sold with prices fair and yields, on balance, slightly better than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Boy Kills His Sweetheart in Texas Shooting
Miss Brion Mc Wharters was shot and killed Monday in the Cobbs creek area near Madisonville Texas. Clfton Plunkett was arrested and jailed in Madisonville after the fatal shooting. The victim refused to marry him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisonville
Tex
Brion McWharters
Cobbs Creek
Clifton Plunkett
Miss McWharters
Plunkett
Noted Rebel Jose Maria Valladares Killed in Honduras
General Valladares, a famed revolutionary who troubled Honduras and Nicaragua, was killed by government troops in a skirmish near his hometown Ojojona.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Jose Maria Valladares
Nicaragua
Ojojona
Orozco Sr and relatives jailed in Fort Sam Houston guardhouse
Colonel Pascual Orozco and relatives including General David de la Fuente were placed in the guardhouse at Fort Sam Houston on Tuesday in San Antonio Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Pascual “‘Orozco
David de la Fuente
Pascual Oro#o
Fort Sam Houston
Carrollton Dam Completion in Carrollton Texas
The Carrollton dam was completed on October 24 after a lengthy construction period. Officials confirm the project duration extended just over three years with ongoing testing and readiness checks planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Tex
Carrolton
Court Decides for Daughters of Texas in Alamo Case
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals grants a permanent injunction preventing the governor from restoring the Alamo. Daughters of the Republic of Texas retain custody. 1911 act cited does not repeal 1905 custody. Court says implied repeals not favored, Alamo custodian remains with the Daughters.
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San Antonio
Tex
Court of Civil Appeals
Daughters of the Repatite of
Texas
Alamo
Mission
San Antonio de Valero
A. B. Conley
Alamo Walls
Forty-Fifth District Court
Dr. Conley
Fly
State of Texas
Hugo- Schmeltzer
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Conley
The
Texas Congress of Mothers Wins Child Welfare Agenda
Houston hosts the fourth child welfare conference as Governor Colquitt pledges state support. The executive board backs creating a state child welfare commission, pensioning worthy widows, building a welfare exhibit at the state fair, appointing women to boards, adding women officers in health departments, enforcing child labor laws, restricting cigarette sales to youths, and regulating boy messenger employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Texas Congress of Mothers
The
Congress
Colquitt
Executive Board
Illinois
Plant Sells for 350 As Goliad Creamery Falls
Goliad Texas a creamery plant built about a year ago for five thousand dollars was sold on Saturday under execution to satisfy a judgment in favor of the First National Bank of Goliad for three hundred fifty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goliad, Tex
Goliad
First National Bank of
Patrick Henry’s Last Scion Dies in Virginia
Dr. Thomas H. Henry aged 80, claimed last surviving descendant of Patrick Henry, died Monday at Red Hill the Henry family ancestral home in Lynchburg Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Thomas H. Henry
Patrick Henry
Red Hill
Henry
Veteran Hiram J. Devil Dies in Kansas City at 81
Brevet Brigadier General Hiram J. Devil, Civil War veteran, died of pneumonia in Kansas City at age 81. He once operated a flatboat on the Ohio River between points near New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Hiram J. Devil
New Orleans
Ohbio
Goes Deeper Strikes Oil at Ardmore Well
Ardmore Oklahoma reports an abandoned oil well was drilled seventeen feet deeper on Saturday and proved the best oil finder in the Ardmore field with appreciable production potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Okla
Ardmore Cieid
Biggest corn crop in history sets vast farm value record
The 1911 November crop report shows a national corn harvest of 3,369,137,000 bushels, the largest ever and worth about $1,859,776,000 to farmers. Total value for corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, flax seed, rye and buckwheat reaches $4,171,344,000 with broader farm-product expectations above five billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Train Wreck Near Linton Wounds 1 Seriously
A southbound St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico train No. 103 derailed three miles north of Linton, near Corpus Christi Texas, injuring one seriously and 26 others with minor injuries. Cars overturned leaving engine and Pullman coach on rails. Passengers listed include E B Brown Kingsville and Tom Fleming Corpus Christi among the injured.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico
Houston
Linton
A. S. Jester
Nacogdéches
E. B. Brown
Kingsville
M. K. Hipp
R. L. Norfleet
R. L. Breashere
Waxahachie
John Adams
Bishop
N. A. Gaby
Alamo
Tenn
A. J. Denham
R. Bikins
Franklin
W. K. Jennings
Seadrift
R. B. Chandler
Hasingen
J. F. Greenwood
Bay City
Henry Gollihar
Bill Letts
J. M. Griffin
Tom G. Fleming
Arthur Burnett
J. M. Mills
Elien Turner
Skin disease cured by Cuticura products in Kentucky woman
Mrs. Della Hill of Barthell Kentucky recalls a six year battle with a disfiguring skin disease on her face neck and hands. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with relief after ordering them from Cuticura in Boston. She notes severe burning relief and that the treatment cured her.
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Barthell
Della Hill
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Turkish capital faces cholera and refugee crisis
Washington reported 14,000 sick and wounded in Constantinople with almost no prisoners of war. Seventeen cholera cases arrived with troops. About 18,000 refugees are cared for by the Ottoman government amid widespread illness including smallpox.
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Washington
Rockhill
Constantinople
State Department
Turkey
English Stump Speech From Old Briney Script
A correspondent called Old Briney shares a lively stump speech sample in broad, frenzied tones. The speaker thanks the government for a reduced wage and small loaf, then urges pursuing devilution and local anatomy with blind zeal while the crowd cheers.
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London Globe
Seeing Underwater Light Without Scopes
The article explains that no instrument can view 50 to 60 feet under water. It notes a glass bottom box or bucket used to inspect water when sunlight is vertical. A cloth cover to exclude light is sometimes used, but without artificial illumination these devices are unsatisfactory.
Carnival Show Man Killed In Carnival Accident
Charles M Abrahams 26 manager of Princess Victoria died near Genoa on the Galveston Houston shell road when the vehicle carrying the show turned over en route to Galveston. Walter Sibley manager of the diving girls attraction and chauffeur William Chauncey escaped serious harm after being thrown from the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Charles M. Abrahams
Genoa
Galveston
Walter K. Sibley
Abrahams
William Chauncey
Farmers Institutes Dates Announced in Texas and Nearby
The agricultural department lists farmer institute dates: San Diego November 18, Cotulla November 20, Pearsall November 21, Commerce November 18, Fairlie November 19, Wolfe City November 20, Childress November 25, Chillicothe November 26, Crowell November 27.
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Austin
Tex
Agricultural Department
San Diego
Cotulla
Pearsall
Commerce
Fairlee
Wolfe City
Childress
Chillicothe
Crowell
King and Queen Named for Not-So-C Carnival Ball
Houston hosts the fourteenth annual Not-So-C carnival coronation in a Persian Grecian tableau at Municipal Auditorium drawing about six thousand attendees. King Walter Sharp was ill and absent, represented by adviser Judge E R Spotts, while Miss Bonner served as queen in the pageantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Municipal Auditorium
Walter Sharp
Nottoc XIV
E. R. Spotts
Bonner
17000 Acres Indian Land Sold in Oklahoma Auction
Seventeen thousand acres of Indian land were sold Tuesday to the highest bidder. Bidders attended from across Oklahoma and from Kansas Missouri and Iowa. The total value of the land surpassed $100000.
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Chickasha
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Pecan Crop Short at Mexia Struggles to Sell
In Mexia Texas the pecan crop is very short with wagon sales suffering. Cuts sold for 15 cents per pound on Saturday as growers seek buyers and salvage value for the limited harvest.
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Mexia
Mexia, Tex
Astor Infant Granted $3333 Yearly Allowance
New York Mrs Madeline Force Astor guardian John Jacob Astor infant son of Mrs Astor will receive an annual allowance of 3333 dollars Surrogate Fowler granted the petition and appointed Mrs Astor guardian until the boy reaches age fourteen Mrs Astor came of age only weeks ago.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Force Astor
Fowler
Higgins Oil to drill new well near Humble river lease
Higgins Oil Company has completed a standard rig on a recently brought in well near the Humble river. Preparations are under way to drill another well on the same lease by the same company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble
Humble, Tex
Higgins Oil Company
Jefferson County Allocates 300 for Hookworm Probe
Jefferson County commissioners approved a 300 appropriation on Monday to support the hookworm investigation conducted by the Texas state health department with help from the Carnegie fund. The move funds efforts in Beaumont and surrounding areas.
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Beaumont
Tex
Jefferson County
State Health Department
Carnegie Fund
Cotton Bales Burned in Crockett and Timpson Fire
A Monday blaze destroyed 200 bales of cotton on a loading platform in Crockett Texas and Timpson station areas. The fire destroyed the cotton ready for shipment and caused damage to nearby structures. No injuries reported.
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Crockett
Tex
Timpson and Henderson
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Pasaga
England
Reyes
Orozco, Sr
Carrollton Dam
Daughters OF Texas
Fry
Child Welfare Commission
Jones
Wnsville
Fletcher
Woolford
Druggista. Adv
Hostefter’s
Lee Nia da
Astor, Jr
Tutt
Pr. Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Sest-Indies
W.l.douglas
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Dorsios
Stbmen
W.L. Sonics
Extaeta Ae Mla
W.j.douglas
Mase
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