Magelssen Not Dead in Beirut Ambush Report Proved False
Constantinople reports a gunman fired at Vice Consul Magelsen the bullet missing him. Beirut officials express regrets and seek the assailant’s arrest. President Roosevelt learns of the correction and says no plan changes. the European squadron remains bound for Be rst.
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Beirut
Constantinople
Magelssen
Vali
Mageissen
Phi Cro
Associated Press
William C. Magels
Magersson
Hay
Turkey
Turkish
Why He Was Not Married
Ardent lovers Phil May and Ann faced a hard fate keeping them apart as May sketched jail visits for Syd ney Bulletin. A noted drawing in Joseph Chamberlain’s library shows a prisoner asking a judge why he is not married after seven years of engagement because they could not be both free at once.
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Phil May
Bulletin
Sydney
Australia
Joseph Chamberlain
May
Ann
Henry Morgan
Melissa
Nacogdoches Attracts Haywood Lumber Mill and Rail Line
Haywood Lumber Company of Davenport Iowa agrees to locate its large mill in Nacogdoches Texas and build a timber railroad ten miles toward its holdings. The plant will cut 100000 feet daily and employ 500 workers with a passenger and freight line linking to the Red River Sabine and Western route and later the Cotton Belt system.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
Haywood Lumber Company
Davenport
Iowa
Red River, Sabine and Western
Lufkin
Lanana Creek
Two teen boys jailed in Cameron for assault charge
In Cameron Texas on August 29 two youths aged 16 and 18 were brought to town and jailed on complaints of criminal assault against a young German girl in the Gay Hill area. A posse pursued the suspects before capture.
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Cameron
Texas
Gay Hill
Matagorda Rice Crop Hailed As Strong Prospect
Matagorda Texas August 29 about 2500 acres of rice will begin cutting in about a week. The crop is reported splendid with fifteen sacks per acre as a conservative estimate. Large cattle growers reduce stock due to high land prices driven by rice land buyers.
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Matagorda
Texas
Evicted families face crop losses as weevils ravage farms
In Luling Texas on August 28 tenants on several farms fled with their families leaving crops behind. Four tenants from one farm and eight from another have departed before harvest as pol weevils run rampant, forcing landlords to salvage produce.
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Luling
Texas
Yellow fever cases rise in Yucatan
In Merida 84 patients with Yellow fever and 19 in Progresso. Sanitary authorities take active measures to prevent spread to other points in the Peninsula.
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Mexico City
Merida
Progresso
Pucatan
Colombia Congress Deadlock Over Canal Treaty
Bogota reports a three member committee has not reported on a plan to save the canal treaty. Despite a majority in congress favor granting perpetual canal zone control to please the United States, obstacles in the constitution remain and patriots resist.
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Bogota
Colombia
United States
Lake Charles Rice Harvest Seen Bumper, Bigger Acreage
Rice harvesting is in full progress on the Drew plantations and the Houston river canal west of the river and Q. C. Perkins and Enterprise plantations on the east. If weather holds, the Lake Charles district crop will be larger and better than usual with an estimated 50 000 acres, a 10 percent gain over last year.
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Lake Charlies
Drew
Houston River Canal
Q. C. Perkins
Enterprise
Lake Charles District
Wireless Telegraph Scheme Reaches Fort Worth
The first instrument for De Forrest's wireless telegraph system was received by Armour & Co. in Fort Worth, Texas. The system will connect Fort Worth with Kansas City and St. Louis and extend to New Orleans and Texas towns.
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Fort Worth
Texas
de Forrest
Kansas City
St. Louis
Armour & Co
New Orleans
New Rates Slashed on Havana Steamship Line
New Orleans announces lower Havana travel prices on the Southern Pacific line effective Sept. 1. Round trip to Havana offered at 35 dollars, first class 20, second class 15, steerage 10. dramatic cut from former higher fares.
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New Orleans
Havana
Southern Pacific
Niece of Late President Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Mrs. Mabel McKinley Baer, niece of the late president, was operated on for appendicitis at a private hospital in New York. Doctors reported her condition was not alarming after the surgery, but the danger point would take several days to pass.
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New York
Mabel McKinley Baer
Massey Granted Bail After Habeas Corpus Hearing
El Paso Texas August 29 In habeas corpus trial yesterday Ben Massey was granted bail in the sum of 5000 dollars Five well known local citizens were accepted as bondsmen Massey is charged with killing Frank Brown recently.
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Massey
el Paso
Texas
Ben Massey
Frank Brown
Clever Trap Exposes Impertinent Classmate
The tale centers on Gen Cassius M Clay a Yale 1832 graduate who when writing a flirtatious missive in his room with friends nearby detects a boy pretending to read over his shoulder The prankster accuses him of lying and admits he had not read a syllable of the letter in a sharp puncturing moment.
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Cassius M. Clay
Yale
Kentucky
Clay
Spell Binder Sparks Exchange At Eighth Avenue Rally
A speaker calling himself a spell binder addressed workingmen at a corner on Eighth Avenue. He touted the party as truly the party of the people and denied any corruption or rogues in politics. A listener shouted approval while another cried out accusations of treachery. The exchange appeared in the New York Press.
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Eighth Avenue
New York Press
Round her flaming heart they hover and lure with beauty
The poem portrays mothlike men drawn to allure, fascinated by fleeting glow. It warns of doom behind pleasure and compares love to a dangerous game, where fame tempts many toward ruin. The speaker reflects on life and the risky chase of glory.
Ancient Moral Maxims from Thebes Papyri Found
The oldest collection of maxims, the Presse papyrus, dating 2600 years B C., was found in a tomb at Thebes. It has been translated by Philippe Vivet, a noted French Egyptologist, rivaling Hebrew proverbs in value.
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Presse
Thebes
Phillippe Vivey
Revolt grows as canal treaty rejected in Panama isthmus
Report from New York notes rising revolutionary sentiment in Panama after rejection of the canal treaty by Colombia’s congress. Key figures like General Huertes and General Vasquez Cobor are discussed, with U.S. influence and pro American naval forces shaping the crisis. The piece also mixes local notices and unrelated incidents from Fort Worth and Waco.
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New York
The
New York Times
Gorda
Bopta
Vasquez Cobor
General Huertes
Ft. Chiriqui
Panama
Huertes
Chiriqui
United States
Speech of Sam Styles on Cuero gallows last words
The speech delivered at Cuero Texas on September 1 by Sam Styles just before his execution asserts innocence in Doom Edwards death, attacks false testimony, and pleads for truth. Styles denounces the trial process, praises Sheriff Stell, and urges ministers to continue preaching against sin.
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Cuero
Texas
Sam Styles
Tim
Lam of
DeWitt
Christ
Edwards
Henrietta Edwards
Stiles
Vandenberge
God
Henderson
Doom
Davidson
Vanderberge
Mr. Doom Edwards
Papa
Lit Slade
US Cruisers Alter Course To Beirut From Genoa
The Brooklyn and San Francisco, which left Genoa last night, head to Beirut not Port Said as earlier reports indicated. The Machias remains bound for Port Said to coal.
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Genoa
United States
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Beirut
Port Said
Printer Bound Over in Prohibition Election Alteration Case
Dallas printer J. H. Holsomback was admitted to bail of 300 dollars on a malicious mischief charge for allegedly altering figures in the Greenville Daily Banner prohibition election proclamation for Hunt county. He posted bail, was released, and returned to Dallas.
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Dallas
Texas
J. H. Holsomback
Greenville Daily Banner
Hunt County
Bank Clerk Shoots Woman Then Ends His Life in Richmond
In Richmond Virginia on September 1 Herbert Bates a clerk at the First National Bank killed Miss Bena Gentry and then shot himself. No witnesses saw the tragedy and authorities believe she rejected his advances.
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Richmond
Herbert Bates
First National Bank
Bena Gentry
Yachts Failed Finish in Shamrock Ill Reliance Race
Yesterday’s yacht race between Reliance and Shamrock III in New York failed to finish within the time limit. Reliance led the fleet when the contest was halted.
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New York
Reliance
Shamrock
Cotton mills resume operations in New England after curtailment
Boston Mass September 1 Mills in various sections resumed operations yesterday after periods of idleness due to the cotton situation. There remains a large idle capacity of cotton machinery across New England and a curtailment policy will be continued by cooperators through September.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Montgomery County Goes Dry in Prohibition Vote
Conroe Texas Sept 1 Montgomery County reports all boxes in and the pros hold a six vote majority. A contest may come from anti dry forces but proponents feel secure.
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Montgomery County
Conroe
Texas
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