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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1909
Page
1
Washington August 2 Senator Culberson of Texas halted the rush on the tariff conference report noting the reading clerk omitted twenty pages. He refused to submit to the haste. Republicans cut out the usual chaplain's prayer denying the bill the benefit of the clergy at the last moment.
Deputy sheriffs Walton and Hobbs brought three Black suspects Frank Smith Fred Randall and J Locket to custody for the assault on Miss Ica Pratt daughter of D M Pratt on a Pratt farm near Moody McGregor. A lynch mob was persuaded to disperse as police acted. The victim remained unconscious for hours before returning home. Excitement in McGregor runs high.
Hon. Cone Johnson, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, arrived in Cameron Texas and planned to address a crowd at the courthouse at two o clock. He said he was optimistic about his chances against ten other candidates.
The fragment lists J. C. Colt A. M. Bush A. Williams Dr. J. M. Inge indicating a group associated with the local medical or professional board. Names suggest a historical context with multiple doctors and officials connected to a single institution or committee.
The State Federation of Labor meets in Tulsa with about two hundred delegates for its sixth annual convention. Officials plan to protest further amendments to the Oklahoma constitution until a more thorough test is completed, challenging the stance of commercial bodies.
In Plainview Texas Mart Miller his wife and brother-in-law were arrested on charges of poisoning Miller's two year old son after a plum hunting trip in Briscoe County. A milk glass given to the child reportedly caused convulsions and doctors found strychnine in the milk and butter. Bond set at $ several thousand.
General election for constitutional amendments set for tomorrow. Report notes little current interest and urges voters to study the amendments and participate.
Henry Clay Pierce a St. Louis magnate indicted for perjury wed Virginia Prickett of Illinois in London. Four witnesses attended the ceremony and the event is reported from London dated August 2.
The State Council of the International Union of Carpenters and Joiners met in San Antonio for a three day session with about one hundred delegates. U S Berry of Dallas presided as the council planned to urge laws making it an offense to require workers to toil more than eight hours per day.
The notice urges starting savings now with a $1 deposit and weekly deposits to show the accumulating benefit of discipline. It emphasizes that consistent savings begin at home and lead to surprising results.
Denton street railway will be sold tomorrow at 1 o'clock in the afternoon at the courthouse door. Receiver Ed F Bates will offer the property, with the sale previously postponed from a prior date and now expected to proceed without hitch.
Three thousand motormen and conductors on Interstate Railways traction lines in Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware received a 1-2 cent hourly raise restoring the old five cent scale. The increase was voluntary and not demanded by workers.
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