Denton Boy Invents System of Telegraphing to Moving Trains
The fourteen year old Preach Rayzor of West Oak Street has perfected an electrical device to flash messages between moving trains or between a train and a telegraph office. He built a miniature railroad to test the system, showing instant communication between car and workshop instruments. Rayzor seeks patent and cost reductions to install the technology across railroads to prevent wrecks, especially in tunnels and sharp curves.
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Preach Rayzor
J. N. Rayzor
West Oak Street
Rayzor
West Oak
Young Kayzor
J. W. Bailey
Patent Office
Washington, D. C
J. W. Fralin
Side Square
Denton
Texas
W. L. McCormick
B. Brand
Wylie Smith
Swindell
Alliance Real Estate and Insurance
J. Kunze
Steam
W. A. Taliaferro
N. Side Square
People's Store
S. W. Kanady
Magill & Shepard
John B. Schmitz
Ingrain Art Square
East Hickory Street
J. W. Shaw
Tex
Sim St
Record and Chronicle
Sullivan & Pierce
New
Ideal Restaurant
Clarence Smith
West Side Square
Denton Plumbing Company
R. H. Hoffman
Prop
Hoffman Wholesale MR. Series
Lion Trainer Injured as Lions Rampage in Albany Carnival
In Albany Georgia on February 5 Captain Cardo, a famed lion trainer, lost control during a street carnival. He was pinned by a lion and badly scratched. a nearby merchant used a cane to distract the animal while bystanders freed Cardo. He survived with serious facial injuries.
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Albany
Cardo
Vinci claimed cure for chronic coughs advertised by letter
A Maplesville reader testifies to recovery from grippe related bronchitis after using Vinci and Vinol. The letter praises Vinci as the greatest blessing and cites tonic iron and cod liver oil ingredients as curative. Denton is noted as a selling location via C M Curtis.
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Vinci
R. B. R. Hicks
Maplesville
Ala
House Reso Opposes Cran Appointment as Customs Collector
The House unanimously pairs a resolution urging the Senate to withhold confirmation of Dr. Cran colored as collector of customs. It states it is in the best interests of both races that the Begro be removed.
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Crum
Charleston
D. C
House of the Legislature
Senate
Dr. Cran
Denton Resident Praises Doan’s Kidney Pills
A Denton Texas resident Mrs Martha Arnold testifies to kidney health benefits from Doan’s Kidney Pills. She reports her mother was cured in 1905 and recommends the remedy through J F Raley & Co. drug store. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is sole US agent. Remember the name Doan’s.
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Denton
Dean
Martha Arnold
N. Elm Street
Texas
J. F. Raley & Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Negro preacher shot while taking coal from train in Tulsa
George Groves, a Black preacher, was found early today in Tulsa Oxfa when he was shot and seriously wounded after being caught taking coal from a Katy freight train.
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Tulsa
Oxfa
George Groves
Katy
Gypsy in Caravan Kills Father-In-Law in Texas Tragedy
Sperio Tanson of a traveling gypsy band killed his father in law and wounded four others after a quarrel over alleged $300. The shooting occurred near Gatesville on the caravan's way to Levita. Sheriff deputies pursued, capturing Tanson near Turnersville as he walked away from the scene.
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Gatesville
Tex
Sperio Tanson
Tanson
Levita
Tann
Sam Davis
Ed McCordie
Turnersville
Hyomei Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Relief
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a cure for catarrh and inflammatory respiratory conditions. It explains the inhaler delivery, calls the product a balsam from Australian eucalyptus, and notes a 1.00 price with a money back guarantee. A testimonial from Mrs. A at Battle Creek endorses the remedy.
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Australia
O. M. Curtis
Cutler
Post Ave
Battle Creek
Mich
ED Ceats
M. Curtis
Roark Accepts Post With Long Dry Goods Company
Geo Roark has accepted a position with the Long Dry Goods Company and asks friends to call and visit him.
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Geo. Roark
Long Dry Goods Company
California Assembly Votes to Segregate Japanese Schoolchildren
Sacramento February 5 The California Assembly defeated two anti Japanese measures and passed a plan to segregate Japanese school children into separate schools with Chinese and other Asiatic students The measure drew a warning from Governor Gillette and a telegram from the President seeking a veto or court test The Japanese ambassador and Tokyo officials reacted cautiously while Idaho and Nevada legislatures faced related moves Borah's influence reportedly stifled similar action in Idaho and Nevada despite talks of similar resolutions
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Sacramento
Cal
California Assembly
Gillette
Washington
Tokio
Idaho
Nevada
Borah
Senate
Carson
Curtis Jeweler Offers New Batch of Silver Plated Fobs
Initial fobs silver plated priced at 50 cents each. New stock just received. See them today at C. M. Curtis, Jeweler.
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C. M. Curtis
World Debtor and Creditor Tale in a Lodging House
A grim note from Cleveland records a man identified as World Debtor in account with Ed win J Melian as creditor. The entry cites self destruction with carbolic acid and asks for a decent grave, revealing the killer’s identity before his death in a lodging house.
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Cleveland
Feg
Hell
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G. M. Gentry
Y. M. Turpin
Jim Goode
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R. T. Yerby
R. Ledbetter
ED Key
W. F. Egan
M BE
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Little Elm
G.W. Godwin
McClurxan
Fair Improvements
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W. P. Hix
North Elm
A. R. McGintie
Mith
West Hickory Street
Jersey
G. W. Elbert
Springside Dairy Farm
G. B. Collins
Peoples’ Home Telephone CO
Wattam
B. T. Broun
G. M Hardy
T. J. Whites Saddle Shop
Oklahoma
Denton City
Scullen
C. Geers
Aubrey, Texas
W. T. Morris
Nadine Miers
R. R. Turner
West Oak St
Cowboy Bootmaker
B. Randall
Flow
J. White
McGinnis
Live Oak Meat Market
Chas, Keaten
Typewriter
Elbert
South Side Square
Frank Wilkerson
Jake Johnson
Hester
Lester & Brownlow
Old Roark Barn
North Locust Street
Fred Moore
Bigler Company
Springfield
Hainois
Kincaid Wagon Yard
W. T. Johnson
Dr. Kincaid
Simmons
Denton Boy
Preach Raylor
Winol
Austin
Railroad Commission
S. Arnica
John Washington
Bosqueville
F. Raley & A
Business Directory
Fritz & Yancey
Hann & Company
W. W. Batton
Steve Julian Scruggs
J. C. Guy
Nic
Tom Flournoy
East McKinney Street
W. J. McCray
Elgin
Lone Star Nursery
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Aptodate
East Side Square
Watkins
Watkins Drug Store
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Garrison & Kimmins
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