Emblem of Peace Born in Philadelphia on Oct 12 1891
The international peace flag originated in Philadelphia during a 1891 meeting of 400 peace advocates. A white bordered flag combining national emblems was adopted to symbolize unity. Andrew Carnegie funded two grand flags, sent to The Hague for the Peace Palace proceedings.
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America
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
International Court of Arbitration
Peace Palace
The
Hague
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
the Hague
Pincushions for Charity Fair and Holiday Souvenirs
Bazaar time nears and pincushions promise strong sales for charity fairs and gifts. Variants include Van Dyke two color cushions on canvas, Dutch shaped cushions with bran filling, doll cushions with ribbon fringe, pin and needle holders on flannel strips, hanging cushions by dressers, bolster and mattress styles, and novelty fruit shapes. Styles range from practical to decorative, limited only by imagination.
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Berlin
Suspects Will Be Barred From Yellow Fever Reports
New Orleans reports yellow fever activity easing with 15 new cases and 434 total deaths. Dr. White urges excluding non yellow fever cases from official tallies while ensuring no actual cases are hidden, as the Medical Society endorses the plan amid a two week decline in cases and deaths.
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New Orleans
White
Marine Hospital Service
The
Orlens Medical Society
Committee Medical Society
New York Bank Pays Balance on Japanese Loan
Kuhi Loeb & Co. paid the remaining balance on July borrowed funds to the Japanese government. The loan totaled 150 million dollars with about a third issued in the United States. Two prior calls for five percent subscriptions would have raised about 30 million, but many subscribers paid early, leaving 17 million transferred to the Japanese government on Monday.
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New York
Kuhi Loeb & Co
Japanes
Interment Plans for Sir Henry Irving at Westminster Abbey
London reports that Very Rev Jos Binson announced a signed request by leading members of the dramatic profession and other distinguished individuals consenting to the interment of Sir Henry Irving in Westminster Abbey. Condolences continue from all parts of the world, latest from the Prince and Princess of Wales and directors of the Imperial Theater in St Petersburg.
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London
Westminster
Jos. Binson
Sir Henry Irving
Westmier Abbey
Princess
Prince of Wales
St. Petersburg
New York Man Fails to Appear in Court on Charge Linking Subscription Scam
Ches H. Ahle, indicted on a charge of attempted extortion in a case involving a $500 subscription sale to "Amia's Smart Set" for Edward Post, did not appear in general sessions court Monday and his bail was declared forfeited.
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New York
Ches H. Ahle
Exton
Caldwell Texas Trade Day Draws Large Crowd
Caldwell Texas Monday hosted the regular monthly market and trade day with unusually large attendance. Horse trading was lively though stock consisted of common grade stock.
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Caldwell
Texas
Iitock
Snails Signal Floods in Laredo Area
In Laredo Texas locals report masses of snails crawling on bushes and trees on Monday a sign of imminent flooding. observers note unusual numbers near homes and streets amid rising caution about weather impacts.
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Laredo
Texas
Love bill in valid denial by Judge Brooks
District Judge Victor L. Brooks denied the railroads injunction and upheld the Love bill taxing them 1 percent of gross earnings. He will hear evidence on the exact tax amount before deciding. The decision is likely to be appealed to the Third Court of Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court, with possible U S Supreme Court review.
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Austin
Texas
Love Bill
Victor L. Brooks
Toto
Third Appellate Court
Supreme Court
Rairoads
Texas Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Brooks
Roosevelt Plans Southern Trip Deadline And Meetings
Washington says President Roosevelt will depart for a southern trip Wednesday at 8 30 in the morning after a day spent clearing his desk with Secretary Loeb. He met Postmaster General Cortelyou Senator Carter Grosvenor and Representatives Grosvenor and Smith and former Senator McLaurin in brief discussions. Only urgent official business will be handled before his departure and return by about November first.
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Washington
Roosevelt
South
Loeb
Cortelyou
Thomas H. Carter
Montana
Grosvenor
Ohio
Wiliam Alden Smith
Michigan
Senator McLaurin
South Carolina
Executive order bans government instruction of certain classes
The President through the State issues an executive order to every civil service employee. It states no officer or employee may directly or indirectly supervise or instruct any persons or classes with a view to their commission, with removal as the penalty. Theodore Roosevelt. Oct. 13, 1905.
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Washington
Eahsaed
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Burglars Hit Tyler Stores Missing Goods Estimated at 3000 To 5000
Burglars entered the establishment of C. G. Connelly and Cheeves Linthicum in Tyler Sunday and Sunday night, taking dry goods clothing silks and more valued at 3000 to 5000. Safes and money drawers were tampered with but little money was taken. Merchants and citizens offered rewards for arrests and recovery of goods.
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Tyler
Texas
C. G. Connelly
Cheeves & Linthicum
Severe drought hits Alvin Texas strawberry and truck farms
In Alvin Texas the drought devastates crops with over half the berry plants dead on black land. Cisterns run dry, livestock must seek water in bayous, and cabbage delaying harvest.
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Alvin
Texas
Jess
Melon Grower Sells Sixty Dollars From One Acre
In Tanglewood Texas MeoA Treadwell planted one acre of bottom land in melons at the end of June. Despite nearly no rain the past weeks, he has sold sixty dollars worth of melons from that single acre and reports a poor stand.
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Tanglewood
Texas
Meoa
Treadwell
Mrs Mary B Hunter Dies After Lye Ingestion At Home
Mrs Mary B Hunter 26 wife of a railway mail clerk swallowed concentrated lye at her Polytechnic College Heights home in Fort Worth between 8 and 9 am Monday and died about noon. She leaves a husband and three children.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Mary B. Hunter
Polytechnic College Heights
Shreveport Progressives Name Roosevelt Welcoming Committee
The Shreveport Progressive League appoints a committee to represent the city for President Roosevelt’s approaching visit to New Orleans. Members include T. C. Barrett Andrew Querbes B. F. Oneal William Winter and H. F. Steere.
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Shreveport
Shreveport Progressive League
Roosevelt
New Orleans
T .C. Barrett
Andrew Querbes
B. F. Oneal
William Winter
8. F. Steere
Mineral Wells Pipe Well Water Co Incorporation Listed
In Austin Texas the Pipe Well Water Company of Mineral Wells is chartered with capital stock of 3000 dollars for dealing in mineral waters. Incorporators are Frank Richards Fred W Rhodes and G H Burton.
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Austin
Texas
Pipe Well Water Company of Mineral Wells
Capital Stock
Frank Richards
Fred W. Rhodes
G. H. Burton
Levee Foreman Shot by Man Named Scrap Blackmore
Memphis reports William Little foreman of a levee gang shot and killed by a man known as Scrap Blackmore at Mound City 4re. The suspect fled the scene and remains at large.
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Memphis
Tenn
William Little
Scrap” Blackmore
Mound City
Objection Raised as Doctor Prepares Abdominal Operation
A local case reports Hogo objects as a doctor readies to operate on his stomach amid ongoing medical deliberations.
Governor Hogg Struggles With Dropsy in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas October 16 Governor Hogg remains in the city with abdomen and leg edema. He reports improved health after a painful recent period and says painted by illness since a January neck injury. Doctors drained stomach fluid and he halted a planned operation seeking full consent and will before any procedure. He plans to travel to Mineral Wells Monday.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Hogg
Gatlins
Ima
F. D. Thompson
W. P. McLean
Railway Commission
James W. Swayne
Col. R. M. Wynne
Major Lane
Minera Wells
Lewis and Clark Exposition closes with 2.545 million attendance
Portland reports the Lewis and Clark Exposition total attendance reached 2,545,009 after the final day. A daytime gate count of 56,960 was recorded as the fair concluded at 1 a.m. yesterday.
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Portland
Ore
Miner George Colvin Metz Killed by Mine Blast in Guanajuato
George Colvin Metz, a mining man linked to Guanajuato Consolidated Company and new to Guanajuato from Colorado, was instantly killed by a premature dynamite explosion at the La Sitena mine. No other deaths or injuries occurred and mine damage is not expected to be severe.
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Guanajuato
Mexico
George Colvin Metz
Guanajuto Consolidated Company
Colorado
la Sitena
Four Drunken Black People Drowned in Alabama River
Four Black individuals who had been drinking heavily attempted to cross the Alabama River in a skiff near Prattville. The skiff sank mid stream and all were drowned. Three bodies have been recovered.
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Prattville
Ala
Alabama River
Local Woman Fatally Shoots Self in Memphis Hotel
Mrs. Fanny Girard recently arrived from Thomas, Oklahoma, shot herself in a Memphis hotel last night. Ill health is given as the cause.
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Memphis
Tenn
Fanny Girard
Thomas, Ok
Brother kills brother in Gonzales County Texas
Vicent Marek dies after his brother Frank Marek fires a 10 bore shotgun at close range during a dispute at the Marek home nine miles west of Shiner Gonzales County Texas at around 10 o clock Saturday night. Frank Marek flees to a neighbor crying I have killed Vicent Marek and asks to send for the sheriff. Vicent Marek aged about 66 left a large family after four marriages. Indianapolis report: International Typographical Union announces agreements setting an hour day for 240 local unions with many striking workers still out in 53 cities and more than 5 000 locales printing contracts set to expire January 1.
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Shiner
Texas
Here
Gonzales
Vicenz Marek
Frank
Frank Marek
Virenz Marek
Yaks
Virenz
Indianapolis
Ind
International Typographical Union
Buletin
Murdered Montgom ery man found near Chehaw Station
Albert A. Combs a young man from Montgomery was waylaid Saturday night near Chehaw Station. After riding an express train to Natasulga he walked seven miles to Chehaw. He was beaten and killed with an axe or truncheon and his body mutilated by a train, with pockets rifled.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Albert A. Combs
Montgomery
Chehaw
Combs
Natasulga
Soldiers and police clash in Brownsville incident
A Sunday early morning clash in Brownsville between soldiers and city police ended with a soldier wounded in the leg. The soldier allegedly fired on officers and was pursued, the officers returning fire. He is hospitalized with a non dangerous flesh wound.
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Brownsville
Texas
Railway Deposit Ties Guaymas Guadalajara Line Funding
The Southern Pacific Railway Company deposits 545000 with the state government to guarantee the Guaymas to Guadalajara rail line. The company contracts Henry Lund & Co of San Francisco for 50000 tons of steel rails.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Guaymas
Guadalajara
Henry Lund & Co
San Francisco
Derrick Up Moves to New Drill Site in Humble Field
Houston Texas notice that Tenderfoot Oil Company has erected another derrick in the Humble oil field. The new bore site lies in the Husch tract near the B McGafney well where active oil flow has been noted.
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Houston
Texas
Tenderfoot Oil Company
Humble Oil Field
Husch Tract
B. McGafney
Austin Business Men's League Protests Water Rates
The Austin Business Men's League appointed committees to oppose high water charges in the city, study the feasibility of a new audito rium, and arrange rail fare rebates for merchants buying goods over a set amount in Austin Texas.
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Austin
Texas
Austin Business Men's League
Williams Sues Pope for 314 50 Over Runaway Injuries
Austin Texas William Williams sues John B Pope for 314 50 damages alleging injuries from a runaway blamed on Pope reckless driving and failure to heed signals.
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Austin
Texas
William Williams
John B. Pope
Pope
Resignation of Prussian Commerce and Industry Commissioner
Berlin announces the resignation of Herr Moller, the Prussian commissioner of commerce and industry. He will be succeeded by Herr Delberuck, who serves as president of the province of West Prussia.
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Berlin
Herr Moller
Commerce and Industry
Herr Delberuck
West Prussia
Mulock Attends Last Cabinet as He Becomes Ontario Chief Justice
Ottawa notice states Sir William Mulock, retiring postmaster general, attended his final cabinet meeting on Sunday and was appointed chief justice of the new exchequer court of Ontario.
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Ottawa
Ont
William Mulock
Exchequer Court of Ontario
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