Distrige Court Schedule Adjusted for August Term
District court convenes August 22 for the regular August term, per the district clerk. Court sessions planned with docket items and proceedings to follow.
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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1910
Page
1
Docket Full of New Divorce Suits and Related Actions
The August term docket lists 27 new divorce suits and numerous damage debt and foreclosure actions. Civil cases include partitions and to try title actions, with names such as Rosenthal, Mounts, Witherspoon, Busch, and Hill among others. a grand jury will convene with the court on the opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durbin
District Court
Rosenthal and Wesberger
P. Mounts
Edith Witherspoon
A. J
Frank Busch
E. T. Broun
Jno
S. Hill
G. W. Fore
R. G. Fore
C. B. Potter
L. J Hawkins
Francis Kletz
L. J. Hawks
Darben
Company of Texas
W. C. Hamilton
J. P. Witherse
W. A. Koehn
Griffin
Jim Champion
Patalee Clayton
Annie Hill
A. H. Hill
Bona Adams
G. T Jeffcoat
G W. Wilson
R. J. Wilson
Ella Skinner
Cleve Skinner
B. J. Farrington
H.R. Elbert
Lillian Crow
Bud Crow
Car shed bill passes as roofs protect railroad workers
Austin reports the car shed measure approved in the House after amendments. It requires sheds to shield railroad repair crews. Also passed were the sewer construction appropriation for the North Texas Insane Asylum and related legislative actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
North Texas Insane Asylum
Terrell
Looney
Vaughn
Senate
Halsey
Davidson
Churches
Elks, Eagles
Knights Templar
Former president Chee T. Work quits school for business
Former president Chee T Work of the College of Industrial Arts will quit the school. He has purchased a furniture carpet and art store at Fort Morgan California and ordered his household goods shipped from here. He declined a scholastic position in San Diego after visiting Fort Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chee T. Work
College of Industrial Arts
Mr. Work
Scholark
Fort Morgan
Cal
Work
Schol Line
San Diego
Girl Mistaken for Burglar Is Killed in Denison
In Preston Bend a 13 year old girl Minnie Back was shot and killed by D. L. Jackson who mistook her noise for a burglar while she went to the yard for water. The incident occurred last night in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
D. L. Jackson
Minnie Back
Preston Bend
Grand jury reconvened over Katy train killings near Hillsboro
In Hillsboro Texas District Judge Wear ordered Sheriff Cox to reconvene the grand jury to probe the deaths of A. B. Puckett and Warren Williams on a Katy train. Phillip Firmin is detained on the incident allegedly committed as an accident. Judge Firmin and Bert Firmin traveled to Dallas while Mrs. Firmin stayed with the detained son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Tex
Wear
Cox
A. B. Puckett
Warren Williams
Katy
Firmin
Bert
Dallas
Phillip Firmin
Judge Firmin comments on Williams killing in Dallas
A. E. Firmin issues a signed statement deploring the death of Warren R. Williams at the hands of his son Phillip M. Firmin and urges the public not to rush judgment in the Puckett case saying evidence will show his son was justified. The mother and brother of Puckett arrived today and the funeral with military honors is set for this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Firmin
Dallas
Texas
A. E. Firmin
Warren R. Williams
Phillip M. Firmin
A.B. Puckett
Puckett
Fourteen Men Killed Amid House Power Plant Ruin
In Messena New Mexico on August 15 a disaster killed fourteen men and left fifty more feared dead when a concrete foundation for a power house collapsed during construction. Rescue efforts were underway with authorities assessing the extent of the collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pwer Caves
Furteen
Kadly
Messena
N. M
Col Sheb Williams to Name Secretary Soon
Paris Texas August .6 Col Sheb Williams newly elected state chairman of the State Democratic Executive committee is expected to name his secretary within two days. A Dallas man is likely to be chosen. Headquarters will be at Williams ranch in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Texas
Sheb Williams
Democratic Executive Committee
Dallas
Wiliams Ranch
Weather Report for New Orleans Aug 16
New Orleans Louisiana reports night and Tuesday showers tied to cloudy conditions with possible rain in the extreme northern portion tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
El Paso Mayor Killed in Store Fire Rescue Attempt
The body of Mayor W. F. Robinson lay in the city hall rotunda after the Calisher department store fire. He died trying to warn firefighters as walls collapsed. Fire loss touched the Calisher store, American National Bank, and offices, with estimates around $250,000. Todd Ware, a fireman, also died. Ware to be buried at Sabinal. Assistant Fire Chief David Sullivan expected to recover. Hundreds viewed the mayor's body and the fire department planned full funeral attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
W. F. Robinson
Todd Ware
Sabinal
David Sullivan
Will
Robinson
Calisher Department Store
Calisher
American National Bank
Rainy conditions reported along Texas Central line
Waco Texas August 15 heavy rain last night along the Texas Central line from Iredell in Bosque county to Rotan in Fisher county. Rain eases a prolonged stretch of bad weather and the forecast remains unsettled with threats of more showers today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Texas Central Railroad
Iredell
Bosque County
Rotan
Fisher County
Water department graft probe to be reviewed by grand jury
Fort Worth County Attorney Roy announced a September grand jury investigation into Fort Worth water department practices with evidence of public property converted to private use. The probe may widen beyond the water department and is linked to information from Mayor Davis. Two complaints were filed against J W Riley former foreman of the Holly water plant alleging theft and related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
R. B L. Roy
Grand Jury
Water Department of
Roy
Water Department
Davis
Pilot Point Teacher Resigns Amid Family Tragedy
Miss Gertrude Lake, a Pilot Point public school grade teacher, has resigned from her position due to the accidental death of her father. Supt. A. B Weissner, serving on the state board of examiners in Austin, will return home to resume his duties this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Beisner
Pilot Point
Gertrude Lake
Second Democratic Primary Chooses Cooke County Officials
In the second Democratic primary held Saturday in Cooke County, C. R. Pearman was elected county judge, Lewis Bringman sheriff, Lewis Rogers county attorney, John Alexander tax collector, Sam Rudolph district clerk, and Sam Long public weigher. The campaign was exciting with strong county turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Tex
Pearman
Lewis Bringman
Lewis Rogers
John Alexander
Sam Rudolph
Sam Long
Noted Frontiersman and Former Bandit Killed in Nuevariedo Incident
Ge ronimo Gonzales a famed frontier figure and former Mexican bandit who once terrorized the region was shot three times and killed in Nuevarredo after disarming a policeman and stabbing another. He had served as deputy sheriff of Webb County Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Geronimo Gonzales
Nuevaredo
Rio Grande
Webb County
Fort Worth Couple Wed at Local Methodist Church
Fort Worth couple R. W. Cummings and Migs Leigh Sheffield were married Sunday at 1 o'clock in a Methodist church ceremony conducted by Rev. W. J. White side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
R. W. Cummings
Migs Leigh Sheffield
Methodist Church
Rev. W. ‘i. White
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