Texas Midcoast Congress awards corn prizes in Victoria
The Texas Midcoast Industrial Congress, meeting in Mangorda and Victoria, awarded cash prizes for the best ear of corn. Jarid Boone won first prize of $19, Jesse Landrum second $6, and E. J. Savage third $4. The session discussed flood water conservation and praised the Texas Industrial Congress.
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Mangorda
Tex
Texas Midcoast Industrial Congress
Victoria
Texas
Texas Industrial Congress
Henry Wall
Conners
C. M. Evans
Sam H. Dixon
Stanly Watson
W. S. Holman
G. B. Culver
G. M. Magill
Matagorda County
John N. Simpson
Dallas
Fae
Welfare Commission of
John Simpson
Midcoast of Texas
J. P. Green
Palacios
J. L. Ladd
Bay City Business League
Matagorda Board of Trade
Jarid Boone
Perze
Jesse Landrum
E. J. Savage
Officers Driven From Mine Works
Bullets greeted thirty five deputies attempting to clear fires under boilers at the big copper mines. Miners quit over wage demands. Deputies were fired upon from breastworks and driven from the works with no injuries.
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Bingham
Utah Copper Company
Orozco Escorts to Marfa After Rebel Defeat
Colonel Pascual Orozco and four officers were escorted from Presidio to Marfa Texas by United States Marshal Mathews and cavalry after their rebel defeat at Ojinaga. They were in custody following the march.
Car Repairers Strike on Wichita Falls Railroad
Wichita Falls Texas car repairers on the Wichita Falls and Northwestern railroad are out on strike on orders from the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen headquarters where they are members.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Double Funeral Held For General Count Nogi and Wife
Aoyama cemetery in Tokyo witnessed a vast crowd at the double funeral of General Count Maresuke Nogi and his wife, the Countess Nogi, marking a major state memorial with extensive attendance.
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Nogis
Toikio
Maresuke Nogi
Japan
Nogi
Aoyama
Heavy Grain Shipments From Winters Prolific This Season
Winters Texas reports over 175 grain cars shipped this season with several more awaiting movement before harvest. Officials anticipate about 300 cars to be transported from the area by year end.
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Tex
Painters Strike in El Paso Open Shops
El Paso Texas union painters from the two open shops are on strike to force proprietors to employ only union men. Only two workers are affected.
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el Paso
Tex
Allen and Edwards Captured After Iowan Manhunt
Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards, leaders behind the Hillsville Virginia courthouse shooting, are jailed in Des Moines, Iowa. They surrendered after detectives traced a romance causing a local pursuit. Edwards was caught returning to his boardinghouse after a paving job, Allen earlier arrested. Both refuse Virginia requisition and use aliases Tom Sayre and Joe Jackson.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sidna Allen
Allen
Carroll County Court House
Hillsville
Massie
Wesley Edwards
Virginia
Edwards
Maude Iroler
Mount Airy
N. C
Des Oines
Liana Allen
Miss Iroler
Tom Sayre
Joe Jackson
Riley Week Celebrates Beloved Hoosier Poet James Whitcomb Riley
Indianapolis leads a six day celebration from October 7 to October 13 honoring James Whitcomb Riley. Events spread nationwide with poetry programs and school activities spotlighting his child friendly verses and homey poetry.
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Indianapolis
James Whitcomb Riley
Jobes
Indianapolis, Mr. Riley
United States
Riley
Longfellow
New U S Currency Shrinks In Size and Redesigns
Secretary MacVeagh will issue within weeks a one third reduction in United States currency and national bank notes. The new bills will be six by two and a half inches, replacing 7.28 by 3.04 inches. Complete transition will take eighteen months and affect all notes and certificates.
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Washington
United States
MacVeagh
Girl Found in Chicago After Three Year Disappearance
Maud Sullivan nine year old granddaughter of Houston resident Mrs. C L Kirkland was located in Chicago after more than three years missing. She was in the care of Chief Probation Officer Henry J Lynch who took charge of her when her father abandoned her. She said she believed she had relatives in Houston and the search extended over three years.
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Houston
Tex
Relic Found From Andre North Pole Expedition
The Betak reports picking up a buoy marked Andre's North Pole expedition 1896 No 10 buoy. Prof Andre, Swedish Arctic explorer, supposedly ascended by balloon from Dane's island near Spitzbergen July 11 1897 with two Swedish scientists. The party was never heard from again.
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Tromose
Norway
Betak
Foreland Sound
Spitzbergen
Andre
North Pole
Dane's Island
Goliad School District Votes to Issue Bonds
Goliad Texas voters approved the issue of twenty thousand dollars in bonds for the independent school district to support the local school program. The election took place Tuesday with a favorable outcome for the bond proposal.
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Goliad
Tex
Goliad Independent School District
Record Grain Movement Reaches 13 Million Bushels in Minneapolis
Thirteen million bushels of grain were received in thirteen days in Minneapolis, breaking all records as railways reported 1 643 cars of grain delivered on Monday.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Sneed Indicted for Murder in Amarillo Column
J B Sneed was indicted by the grand jury in Amarillo on a murder charge in the death of Al G Boyce Jr. The case centers on letters Boyce wrote to Sneed s wife found by her husband. Witnesses report two men seen in the cottage where the crime occurred.
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Boyce
Mrs. Sneed
Husband
Amarillo
Tex
J. B. Sneed
Forty-Seventh District Court
al G. Boyce, Jr
Prisor
Beal Sneed
Lena Sneed
Dallas
Sneed
al Boyce, Jr
Ten Thousand Men Wanted for Scientific Farming Training
Austin issued appeal by Henry Exall of the Texas Industrial Congress calling for ten thousand men and boys aged 15 to 30 with five years farm experience to join the Agricultural and Mechanical College at College Station or pursue extension courses at the University of Texas Austin. The goal is to train practical farmers to manage farms scientifically, to improve profitability, and to fill jobs offering salaries from 500 to 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Agricultural and Mechanical College
College Station
Extension Department
A.and M. College
University of Texas At Austin
Henry Exall
Texas Industrial Congress
Turks and Arabs Lose in Derne Battle
In Tripoli near Derne on the Mediterranean coast the Italian forces defeated Turkish and Arab units after a four hour engagement. Italian casualties were 61 dead and 113 wounded. Turks and Arabs left more than 800 dead and over 1,000 wounded, with 41 prisoners captured including an Arab chief. General Reisel cites higher implied losses.
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Rome
Tripoli
Derne
Mediterranean
Benihzai
Reisel
Lightning Causes 50000 Dollar Oil Tank Fire Near Beaumont
A Gulf Pipe Line Company tank station at Elvista nine miles south of Beaumont, Texas, suffered about a 50000 dollar loss when a 37500 barrel crude oil tank burned after a lightning strike on Sunday morning. About 2000 barrels were pumped out during the blaze, leaving roughly 35000 barrels and the destroyed tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Gulf Pipe Line Company
Elvista
Former Senator H D Money in Coma After Fall
Former United States Senator H D Money lies in a coma at his Fairhaven home near Biloxi Mississippi after fracturing his hip in a fall three days ago. Doctors report his condition alarming and critical.
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Biloxi, Miss
United States
H. D. Money
Fairhaven
Biloxi
Llano Pecans Fail Across Llano River Valley
Llano Texas reports the pecan crop in the Llano river valley and tributaries is nearly a total failure this year. Only a few cars might cover the harvest in the section.
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Llano
Tex
Llano River
Tejas
Ieee
Lee
Texas Nursery & Floral CO
Alvin
Texas
Fleet Review Is Abandoned in San Francisco
The navy department said the October Pacific fleet review at San Francisco is cancelled. Most vessels will stay in Central American waters for months until Nicaragua forms a stable government.
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Washington
Navy Department
San Francisco
Nicaragua
First Gold Import in Two Years
New York reports Goldman Sachs & Co arranged a $750 000 gold import from Europe on Monday the first such shipment in over two years. The move signals the start of a broader effort to bring yellow metal from Megwpe to finance American crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
Goldman, Sachs & Co
Chinese loan crisis eases after London talks
London reports indicate opposition to the $50,000,000 loan to China has been overcome. Negotiations between the Chinese minister and a British bank representatives in London led to a successful resolution, according to Monday updates.
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London
China
Handle Factory Expands Machinery in Timpson Tex
The Timpson handle factory has added new machinery and is operating day and night to meet a rapidly increasing demand.
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Timpson
Tex
Woman Solves Hen Laying Time Claim
Mrs. Sarah Erickson of Falconer New York says after 37 years of chicken keeping she has determined a hen lays at the exact hour minute and second of its hatch time. Using leg bands nests and alarm clocks she reports five years of precise observation with no variation.
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Sarah Erickson
Falconer
N. Y
Old Roman Wall Unearthed In Central London Excavation
Archaeologists uncover a 60 foot chalk and rubble wall from the twelfth century at the corner of Paternoster Row and St. Pauls Alley London. Finds include Roman amphora pieces Samian ware and medieval pipes. Nearby under Bartholomew Close stables three Norman arches suggest priory cloisters remnants.
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Old St. Paul’s
London
Paternoster Row
St. Paul’s Alley
Bartholomew Close
The Educational Stepladder Concludes With Life
The piece traces education from kindergarten through grammar grades and high school to college, arguing college prepares students for life. It emphasizes the ladder of learning guiding children toward practical life preparation.
Doctor backs Postum coffee alternative in personal letter
A physician testifies that stopping coffee and switching to Postum cured his heart trouble and nervous symptoms. He praises the product as a favorable, tastier substitute that supports the system and aids health, recommending it to patients. The notice invites readers to read The Road to Wellville and notes the letters are genuine advertisements.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Texas Widcoast Congress
Hoosier
Chicago
A. G. Boyce, JR
Cilecen
France
Right Home
Postum
Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills
New Orleans
Titus CO
General Hardware
Peden Iron & Steel CO
San Antonio
McCane
Opinions
Cara
Pecos Valley
Reeves ‘Specia
St. Louis
Texas Pacific
Trump
Alvin Japanese Nursery Company
Alvin, Texas
TroTol Didlus
Standard Printing & Litho. CO
Capitol Ave
Gohlman, Lester & Co
South
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