Dissatisfaction Over State Election Commissioners in Arkansas
Great discontent grips Republicans and anti saloon forces over state board appointments in Pulaski and other counties. Disputes arise as some officials are ineligible, prompting potential replacements and new selections across counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Board of Election Commissioners
Pulaski County
C. N. Joslyn
W. M. Kavanaugh
Justice of the Peace
Joslyn
Kavanaugh
Reward Offered for Capturing Dynamiters in Camden
A $600 reward plan was announced by Camden citizens for the capture of those who dynamited a negro residence yesterday morning. Local officials posted rewards totaling $100, with $500 raised by citizens, and Gov. Pindall may be asked to add. An inquest found the explosion malicious, noting recent tensions between negroes and house occupants and that the blast was felt citywide.
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Camden
Pindall
Amelia
Bussey
Nettie Arnold
Lost Waterman's fountain pen No 18 finder please return
A Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen No 18 was lost Tuesday afternoon between the Nevada County Bank and Bank of Prescott. Finder should return to this office for reward or identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada County Bank
Bank of Prescott
Waterman's
Finder
Changes approved to remove objectionable statements in Texas textbook
The Texas textbook board approved changes to Myers arithmetic by Scott Foresman to remove objections from the John B. Hood camp of United Confederate Veterans that the book is sectarian. Problems on Texas history were substituted. officials noted prior planning of changes. Purchasing Agent Haynes named C. B. White to the role. Bruce Anderson resigns as purchasing agent chief clerk. Brumby urged county judges to enforce sanitary matters, and Warren Moore’s assault case was continued. The attorney general ruled labor unions must be for protection only, not profit, after Galveston stevedore sought incorporation with $10,000 capital.
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Austin
Aug
Myer
Scott Poreman & Co
Texas
John B. Hood
United Confederate Veterans
Hicks
San Antonio
Bruce Anderson
Haynes
C. B. White
Bonham
Fannin County
Anderson
Hote
Brumby
Warren Moore
Frank Glover
Attorney General's Department
Secretary of State
Isaac Heffron Stevedore Company
Galveston
Texas Prepares Complaint Over Freight Rate Increases
Washington action after talks between Knapp and Clements with Texas officials will file a formal complaint by the Texas railroad commission against several railroads. Assistant Attorney General Pollard will draft. The case will receive prompt attention and precedence due to its wide importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knapp
Clements
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shops to Be Reopened by Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad company ordered the reopening of its locomotive shops in St. Louis Sedalia Fort Scott Atchison Osawatomie De Soto and Barling Cross. The move will provide employment for more than 1 000 men.
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St. Louis
Aug
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Sedalia
Fort Scott
Atchison, Osawatomie
de Soto
Baring Cross
Farmers Union session continues with potential Saturday meeting
News from Little Rock reports the Farmers Union convention remaining in session Friday with a possible Saturday session. Reports and bylaws remain to come, while the state pension board begins its weeklong workload with no pension announcements until completion. Manover Insurance Company of New York files notice of agent appointment in Arkansas, naming A. B. Banks of Fordyce as state agent with $1,000,000 invested in the state.
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Farmers’ Union Convention
State Pension Board
Election Commissioners Board
Secretary of State
Pension Board
Manover Insurance Company of
New York
Arkansas
A. B. Banks of
Fordyce
Bright infant placed with Little Rock orphanage in Magnolia
An Arkansas and Louisiana rail line tale ends with Mrs. A R Johnson of Homer Louisiana taking a three week old girl named Magnolia Johnson on board. Miss Mattie Duval escorts the infant to an orphanage in Little Rock where a permanent home is sought. The child, eight days old, is described as healthy and bright.
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A. R. Johnson
Little Rock Democrat
J. M. Pittman
Mattie Duval
Mrs Johnson
Miss Duval
Little Rock
Children’s Orphans Home
Harrisays More Rational Feeling Grips Nation
E H Harriman predicts improved prosperity as crops rise and markets expand. He urges regulated publicity but railroads must have credit and protection. cites intercity rate rulings as a serious issue affecting steamship lines and subsidies. Arkadelphia bank plan outlines $50,000 capitalization with broad stockholder base and a listed slate of directors and leaders.
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Harriman
San Francisco
E. H. Harriman
Roosevelt
Taft
Interstate Commerce Commission
Transpacific
Shipp Defeated in Tennessee Senate Race Amid Lynching Trial
Chattanooga voters backed Republican Samuel Conner as Sheriff Shipp lost renomination while Ed Johnson lynching case looms at the U S Supreme Court. The county, normally Democratic, saw large turnout from Black voters for the first time in years.
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Shipp
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sheriff Shipp
United States Supreme Court
Ed Johnson
Samuel Conner
Dubois Democratic Nominating Ticket Split in Aug 8 Rally
The Dubois faction of the Democratic party in Wallace Ida nominated Harris for congressman Whitewell for governor Waads for United States senator and other state officers at a split state convention. The anti Dubois wing also nominated a ticket.
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Wallace
Ida
Dubois
Democratic Party
Harris
Whitewell
Waads
United States
Battling Robinson Wins Navy Heavyweight Title
Battling Robinson of the cruiser California defeated Arthur Holmes of the cruiser Maryland in the fifth round to win the navy heavyweight championship. Both boxers endured severe punishment in a hard bout.
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Alejo
Cal
Battling Robinson
California
Navy
Arthur Holmes
Maryland
Train Kills Aged Woman in Detroit
At Detroit Aunt Mary Epperson aged eighty five was struck by a train and killed. The incident involved a local resident known as a negress and occurred near the city rail line. Police reported no immediate arrangements for further identification or inquiry.
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Paris
Tex, Alig. S
Detroit
Mary Epperson
San Marcos Aided After Severe Storm At Sea
Captain Maynard Young of the Mallory line steamer San Marcos reports meeting the American schooner Charles Noble Simmons in distress with a Porto Rico cargo for Baltimore. Heavy seas wrecked the schooner and its crew had no food for five days. San Marcos supplied provisions to finish the voyage.
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Galveston
Aug
Maynard Young
Mallory Line
San Marcos
Charles Noble Simmons
Porto Rico
Baltimore
Army Lieutenant Wylie Mangum Stricken at Washington
Lieutenant Wylie Mangum arrived in Sherman after a paralysis stroke. He is in critical condition at his father W. P. Mangum’s home. He had been hospitalized in Washington, D. C. for several months.
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Sherman, Tex
Aug
Wylie Mangum
Sherman
W. P. Mangum
H M
Washington, D. C
Leg Blown Nearly Off In Tank Explosion
Paris Texas August 8 Ed McCoy an employee at the Paris Bottling works was injured when a tank exploded his left leg was blown nearly off and his body was found about thirty feet from the generator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
Ed. McCoy
Frisco Office Robbed in Hugo Oklahoma
Burglars robbed the Frisco railway office in Hugo Oklahoma on August 8 and took about 50 dollars. The incident caused local police to launch an investigation. A witness reported hearing noises near the office after midnight. Investigators are reviewing security footage and interviewing employees.
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Frisco
Hugo
Okla
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