Mexican Troops to Enter U S Territory for Sonora Campaign
The Mexican government won approval to move 1,200 federal troops via El Paso to Nogales Arizona to attack rebels in Sonora. Arms will be sealed, guards provided by U S troops, and timing not set. Rival forces under General Salazar are retreating from the border amid hopes of subduing or pushing rebels south. President Taft also authorized shipment of rifles and ammunition from New York to Mexico by water.
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Washington
United States
Sonora
Salazar
Mexico
el Paso
Nogales
Ariz
Ozunaga
Ojas
Zapatistas
Taft
New York
The
Republic
General W. W. Gordon dies in Virginia at 86
Savannah born brigadier general General W. W. Gordon who led forces in the Spanish American War and served as a Confederate cavalry and infantry officer died at White Sulphur Springs Virginia. He was born October 14 1834 and survived by a widow and three sons. The Gordons celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1907 in Savannah and hosted President Taft.
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Savannah
W. W. Gordon
Fourth Army Corps
United States Volunteers
White Sulphur Springs
William Washington Gordon
Central Railroad of Georgia
Gordon
Jeb Stuart
General
Texas Tuberculosis Sanatorium looks to Double Carlsbad Capacity
A supplementary estimate for tuberculosis colony appropriations at Carlsbad, filed by Superintendent Lynn, shows the Texas tuberculosis commission seeking to enlarge the institution to at least double its present capacity. Improvements totaling 90,475 are added to the prior 157,385, with 67,785 for the year and 88,550 for the second period.
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Austin
Tex
Carlsbad
State Tuberculosis Commission
Lynn
Tuberculosis Commission
American Opera Singer Marie Rabinoff Dies in London
Marie LaSalle Rabinoff, 25, an American opera singer and wife of Russian opera manager Max Rabinoff, died in a London hospital Tuesday after an operation.
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London
England
Marie LaSalle Rabinoff
Max Rabinoff
Movement for Irrigation Body Organizing in Snyder Texas
Businessmen and farmers in Snyder Texas begin a movement to form an irrigation association. Private irrigation plants display crop results with convincing effect.
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Snyder
Tex
Bumper Crop Outlook for United States Grains and Cotton
The crop reporting bureau projects record or near record yields across crops including corn wheat oats rye and buckwheat with corn at 2.993 billion bushels and oats at 1.29 billion. Potatoes 398 million bushels. hay 72 million tons. rice 32.7 bushels per acre. Cotton ginnings show 729,926 bales before Sept 1 with round bales and sea island counts noted.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Sea Island
Aviator Paul Peck Killed in Flight at Cicero Field
Paul Peck, 24, Washington born, American licensed aviator No 57, died when his 26 foot span biplane with gyro motor crashed during a spiral descent at Cicero field in gusty wind. The engine struck him after the wreckage collapsed the frame. Director Andrew Drew warned aviators earlier that day.
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Chicago
Ill
Paul Peck
Washington
Cicero Field
Andrew Drew
Peck
Drew
Battleship Pennsylvania Compared to England’s Largest Warship
The Pennsylvania battleship, the only one authorized by Congress, will match the size of Britain’s recently ordered battleship. It will displace over 30 000 tons, roughly adding a sizable cruiser’s displacement to the largest U S ship afloat.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Congress
National General Board
United States
Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Two Cars of Fruit Reiced
Texarkana reports 8 742 cars of Texas fruit re iced this season. The shipments originate from Texas and Pacific and Cotton Belt lines.
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Texarkana
Tex
Texas and Pacific
Cotton Belt
City School Supplies Purchase Nears Completion
Houston Texas city schools completed the purchase and installation of a regular store of school supplies valued at about $10,000 by W Peine purchasing agent for the city schools.
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Houston
Tex
W. Peine
Sunday School Convention Draws Delegates to Galveston
The Sunday School Association of Galveston County announces a multi day convention in Galveston from Friday October 4 to Sunday night. The event is run by the State Sunday School Association from Dallas and features eight to ten experienced workers. Delegates from Houston Hempstead La Grange Columbus Wharton Bay City and nearby counties will receive free lodging and breakfasts under the Harvard plan with affordable board options. Delegates should send their names to secretary Charles Sherwood 728 Avenue J Galveston.
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Galveston
Tex
Sunday School Association
Galveston County
State
Dallas
Texas
Houston
Hempstead
la Grange
Columbus
Wharton
Bay City
Harvard
Chas. Sherwood
Avenue J
France Wins World Aviation Championship Trophy
France's Jules Vedrines won the James Gordon Bennett silver trophy in Chicago. His De perdussin monoplanes bested Maurice Prevost and Andre Frey as no American aircraft defended the cup, with Vedrines completing 124.6 miles in 1 hour 10 minutes 56.85 seconds at an average 105.5 mph.
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Chicago
Ill
France
Jules Vedrines
America
James Gordon Bennett
England
Lloyd Thomas
Vedrines
Maurice Prevost
de Perdussin
Andre Frey
Hanriot
Apaches Ship Cattle After Annual Roundup
Lawton Oklahoma reports the Apache herds moving to markets this week. Several hundred cattle are shipped including old cows and young steers after completing the annual roundup and branding. The Apache herds total about 10,000 head.
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Lawton
Okla
Big Ranch Sold in Fort Davis Texas
Seventy five thousand acres of land known as the P H Pruett ranch were sold for four hundred fifteen thousand dollars in Fort Davis Texas recently. The deal involves a large tract held by the Pruett estate and reflects a major land sale in the region.
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Fort Davis
Tex
P H. Pruett
Judge A W Terrell dies at Mineral Wells
Judge Alexander W. Terrell of Austin, author of the Terrell election law, dies in his hotel room at Mineral Wells after a long career as a lawyer, politician, and diplomat. A Virginian by birth and Missouri raised, he moved to Texas in 1852 and rose to district judge, congressman, cavalry colonel, and minister plenipotentiary to Turkey.
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Mineral Wells
Tex
A. W. Terrell
Austin
Turkey
Alexander W. Terrell
Virginia
Missouri
Texas
Jack Hamilton
Texas House
Senate
Judge Terrell
Twenty-fourth Regiment of
Texas Cavalry
trans-Mississippi Department
Cleveland
Terrell
Railroad Commission
Lone Star State
Patent medicine bootlegging eyed as tax violators
Sherman Texas reports investigation shows patent medicine peddlers evading occupation taxes. The state and county taxes amount to 100 for state and 50 for county per peddler, with county dues totaling 4200 and statewide estimates near 1 027 400 if statewide patterns hold. Peddlers argue taxes are inapplicable as orders are taken at customers and delivery occurs after inquiry.
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Sherman
Tex
Grayson County
Livestock Shipments From Llano Texas
Jeff Slaton sent thirty carloads of steers Wednesday to Oklahoma pastures. J. C. Stribbling shipped 1,200 hogs to Troy Bell County for feeding. Jack Smith sold 1,000 hogs to Bud Moffat at 6.4 cents per pound.
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Llano
Tex
Jeff Slaton
Oklahoma
J. C
Troy
Bell County
Jack Smith
Bud Moffat
McNamara Undergoes Appendicitis Operation at San Quentin
James B. Mc Namara serving a life sentence for murder in the Los Angeles Times bombing was operated on at San Quentin prison for appendicitis.
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McNamara
San Quentin
Cal
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
August Receipts Reported for Texas Stock
Fort Worth reports August receipts by category: cattle 62400 calves 34782 hogs 24712 sheep 12159 horses and mules 3765.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Cuticura for Rough Hands Promises Velvet Softness
One night Cuticura treatment claims to soften red rough hands, dry fissured skin and painful fingers. Directions advise soaking in hot water with Cuticura Soap, drying, applying Cuticura Ointment, then wearing loose gloves overnight. Sample offers and an address for a Skin Book are provided.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Collective Housekeeping at Brent Garden Village
An English paper reports a Brent Garden village experiment in collective housekeeping. Dwellings have all improvements except a kitchen. Meals for all are cooked at a central hall, eaten there or sent home. A four course dinner costs 1 shilling 6 pence. Servants are provided from the central hall at about ten cents per hour.
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Brent Garden Village
Note on Test Drive Bet in Wired Car
A boastful wager paves a test ride in a wired car. If the vehicle fails the ride, the driver pays. if it succeeds, the challenger covers the cost.
Oxidine Tonic Promoted For Health And Malaria Prevention
Summarized advertisement touts Oxidine as a summer tonic that strengthens the system and, when taken regularly, prevents malaria. It offers regular or tasteless formulas available at druggists.
Policeman’s Secret Savings Noted in Gotham Voice
In Gotham a policeman says he saves a portion of every week’s earnings. The remark highlights thrifty habits amid city life.
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U.S. Territory
Arizona
U. S. Volunteers
Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Grayson
Tessie
Mr. Bore
Jessie
Collective Housekeeping
Gotham
Dept. Isk
Resvnol Chemtical Co
Baltimore, Md
Carter
New England
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mass
Georges Judy
Fifth Street
South
Julia King
Phoenix
R.L
R.I
Eita Rixe
Etta Donovan
Willimantic
Conn
Sol
Lydia E Pinkham
Mia
Ezra Donovan
Main Street
J. A. Thompson
Newport
Joan A. Thompson
Box Newport Center
Vermont
Miss Gracts
B. Doppa
Bethlehem, N.H
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