Power Extended for Gould Interests in Railways
Dallas June 3 acting on the petition of George J Gould Frank J Gould Edwin Ould Helen Gould the Pacific Express company the Missouri Pacific Railway company and George J Gould et al executors of Jay Goulds will Judge A P McCormick extended by an order filed Tuesday the authority of Thomas J Freeman receiver of the International and Great Northern railway for the Farmers Loan and Trust company trustee and the Mercantile Trust company The extension covers the interims in the company held by George J Gould et al the petitioners The petitioners show judgments against the International and Great Northern railway in the sum of 4929108 46 on account of money loaned.
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Dallas
George J. Gould
Frank J. Gould
Edwin Ould
Helen Gould
Pacific Express Company
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Jay Gould
A. P. McCormick
United States
Elrcurt Court
Thomas J. Freeman
International and Great Northern Railway
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Fourteenth District Court of
Elk herd to travel to Dallas for grand lodge meeting
Colorado Springs June 4. A carload of elk may be sent to Dallas for the grand lodge meeting. W. H. Pigg, a prominent Elk with a Black Mountains reservation, has a private herd near Colorado Springs totaling about 100 head. Negotiations with railroads aim to ship the herd to Dallas and stage trained elks in the parade.
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Dallas Grand Lodge
Colorado Springs
Colo
Dallas Menteng
W. H. Pigg
Black Mountains Distriet
Dallas
Pigg
Eli
Flood conditions ease on Arkansas river at Lith Rock
The Arkansas river is two feet above flood stage but receding slowly. Levees remain under heavy pressure and old river men expect the worst of the flood past. Oklahoma reports heavy rains in the watershed and a second rise is predicted, though not yet at flood stage locally. Plantations remain submerged with losses still uncertain.
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Lith Rock
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Women smash keg beer shipment in Titus county
Women from Winfield Texas gathered in Mount Vernon along the west bound express train and used axes to destroy Tuesday morning’s keg beer shipment as they protested local option law enforcement.
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Mount Vernon
Tex
Winfield
Here
Titus County
Lawsuit Seeks 1 Million Damages Against United Oil
Florence Colorado May 4 filed in district court by J Wallace vice president and director on behalf of himself and other stockholders. The suit seeks damages of 1 000 000 and asks for a receiver for United Oil company a major West oil drilling and refining concern.
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Florence
Colo
Stit
United Oil Company
West
J. Wallace
Long Horseback Journey Across the Continent
Robert H. Troupel of Mamorenecy New York prepares in Reno to ride across the country leaving Verdi California and passing through Denver San Antonio St Louis Washington and New York in the journey.
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Reno
Nev
Robert H. Trou Pel
Mamorenecy
N. Y
Verdi
Cal
Denver
San Antonio
St. Louis
Washington
New York
Mystery of a Grip in Heyfordville House
Edwin Tower notices a link between Agnes Dow and the reclusive Lawrence Heyford at the stone hillside house after a court case ends with Gesell acquitted. Agnes faces local accusation as a rumored witch while Heyford vanishes, leaving caretakers and a town full of whispers about love, motive, and mystery surrounding Picton’s murder.
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Heyfordville
Agnes Dow
Treyford
Stone House
Miss Dow
Edwin Tower
Heyford
Gesell
Picton
Tower
Mr. Heyford
Lawrence Heyford
M Heyfordsville
Agnes
Agnes Dow’s Fatal Love and Abigail Treat’s Charge
Agnes Dow’s jealousy over Lawrence Heyford leads to a fatal confrontation. Heyford returns broken, confesses loving Agnes Dow, and dies soon after, having been influenced to quarrel with a man who jilting her. Abigail Treat stands accused in the ensuing murder.
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Lawrence Heyford
Heyford
Agnes Dow
Abigail Treat
Slays Sister and Spouse in Motive Saids Rights Rejected
In a Crooked Bayou area plantation known as Craig Place Ben Oliver fatally shot his sister Mrs. Stanley while she tended garden and then killed Stanley in bed. A bystander crew found him wounded near a fence and he was taken to Stuttgart then DeWitt for processing. Oliver claimed his sister had been wronged and begged attendees to cut his throat.
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Crooked Bayou
Craig Place
Ben Oliver
Stanley
Oliver
Cotton Belt Loral
Stuttgart
DeWitt
President Roosevelt Unhurt After Creek Accident
President Roosevelt narrowly escaped serious harm while horseback riding in Rock Creek Park. On a ford near the bank the young horse reared and toppled into the water, but both rider and animal escaped with no injuries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rock Creek Park
Mr. Roosevelt
Court certifies questions on lumber rates case Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe
The Texas Court of Civil Appeals certified to the Supreme Court questions from the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company versus the Railroad Commission. The dispute concerns the railroad commission's lumber rates to Port Arthur and Sabine Pass and whether the entire rate schedule is unjust. The district court upheld the commission order and the railroads challenge that order on grounds that the overall rates are too low and unjust. the questions ask if railways may allege the entire body of rates is unjust and whether the trial court erred in sustaining plaintiffs' general demurrers.
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Austin
Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Court
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company
Railroad Commission
Travis
Port Arthur
Sabine Pass
Weary of Life Houston Suicide Found With Notes
Weary of Life Houston reports sixty five year old S B Dugger widower found dead at his West Montgomery road home nine miles from Houston. A note stated he was tired of living and sought rest in another world. An empty chloroform vial and an empty carbolic acid vial explained the method. The body was found by a neighbor after Dugger asked for visitation on Thursday.
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Houston
S. B. Dugger
Montgomery Road
Bill to ban gambling at racetracks gains favor
In Baton Rouge during a joint judiciary committee meeting the house of representatives voted 27 to 5 in favor of a bill prohibiting boats making and other forms of gambling at racetracks. If enacted it would effectively end the long racing season that has defined the New Orleans winter racing period for years.
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Baton Rouge
Joint Judiciary Commit
House of Representatives of the Assembly
New Orleans
Murdered Man Found in Des Peres River
The body of Joseph Deadola, sixty five, was found floating in the Des Peres River near St. Louis on June 4. An ugly gash appeared on the left side of his face. Authorities suspect a Russian secret society murdered him for breaking an order oath.
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St. Louis
Joseph Deadola
Des Perrés
Deadola
Ben
Prohibitionists Defeated in Mobile County Election
Prohibitionists suffered defeat in Mobile as returns show the city carried by 376 votes, with the county vote abstaining by a smaller margin. The June 4 special school tax election results indicate a clear defeat for the prohibitionist cause.
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Mobile
Mobile County
Mrs. Piner Passes Away In Plano After Illness
Mrs. Piner wife of the former superintendent of the blind asylum at Austin died early Wednesday in Plano Texas. The Piners were about to move to Sherman when she fell ill.
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Piner
Plano
Tex
Austin
Louisiana Assembly Debates Prohibition Steps Near Tulane
In Baton Rouge the lower house laughs at a bill to ban sale of intoxicants within ten miles of Tulane University. A second proposal by Rev Cooper faces similar reception for deeming Sunday kisses a misdemeanor. A new statewide prohibition bill is promised by Rep Doussan.
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Baton Rouge
The
Assembly
Drebholz
Tulane University
New Orleans
Rev. Cooper
House
Doussan
Hammond Enters VP Nomination Fight
Washington June 4. After western friends urged him John Hayes Hammond decides to seek the Republican nomination for vice president.
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Washington
John Hayes Hammond
Synopsis Of NY Man's Confession Made Public
Laporte Indiana June 4 Sheriff Smutger said only a synopsis of the confession by Julius G Truelson of New York now in Vernon Texas has been made public.
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Laporte
Ind
Smut Ger
Julius G. Truelson
New York
Vernon, Tex
Miscellaneous Texas Notes From 1920s Clippings
The fragment cites various Texas items: Aspermont incorporation mention. Cumberland Presbyterian Church 127000 members. oil wells drilled near Caddo. no new mining legislation in Mexico. Manhattan Life Insurance resumes Texas business. Chester Halton three in Bowie badly burned. Ellis to Dallas reunion in Indigenous attire. J F Sauer suicide at Albany leaving grave note. Dallas Commercial Club pushes 250000 viaduct across Trinity River to Oak Cliff. Walter Letich drowns near San Angelo. Dallas market watermelons abundant. Ren Elder and Ivan Eubanks designated to codify Oklahoma statutes. six months to complete. Hal Hodges son injured by toy rifle cartridge. John King ranch foreman gravely wounded in Tom Green County.
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Aspermont
Tex
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Caddo
Mel
Mexico
Manhattan Life Insurance Company
Texas
Bowie
Chester Halton
San Angelo
Ellis
Dallas
J. F. Sauer
Albany
Commercial Club of
Trinity River
Oak Cliff
Walter Letiteh
Concho River
Ren Elder
Ivan Eubanks
McAlester
Hal Hodges
Parris
Ito
John King
Tom Green County
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Balzac
GEO. J, Terry Company
Ark
President
Waller
Bill
Hammond
East End Park
A. M. Ellsworth
the Palace
Jack and
Johnny Bull's Place
West Main Street
Prescott, Ark
Langford & Clemmons
E. J. Taliaferro
Old Picayune Building
East Front Street
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