Quiet adjourned council session discusses sanitation
City council met in adjourned session with little business. An ordinance on gasoline storage was referred to committee. Health and sewer issues dominated. a committee was appointed to fix tanks and address street water from fountains. Street force expanded by one worker at 45 dollars monthly. several tax and street vendor enforcement items considered.
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Storrie
Waterworks Department
Piner
Lacy
Beyett and Evans
Poe
Messrs. McClurkan
Mercer and Gurley
Wigge
Jackson
East Hickory Street
First National Bank Denton Ad Seeks New Customers
Denton bank invites noncustomers to join and learn about checking accounts. It promotes paying bills by check with canceled check as receipt and claims a bank account builds credit, saves, and serves emergencies as protection against fire and burglary.
Careless People Carry Cash and Bank Deposits
A short ad-style note extols the Exchange National Bank urging readers to keep money there and pay bills with personal checks, framing careful banking as good business.
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Exchange National Bank
Weather Outlook for Denton Texas Tonight Through Friday
Denton Texas reports indicating tonight will be fair and much cooler with frost possible. Friday is expected to be fair with continued cool conditions.
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Denton
Texas
Atlanta Knight Dies In Auto Crash In Montana
Mrs Atlanta Corey Knight known in Denton and Atlanta was killed Wednesday in an automobile accident at Anaconda Montana while visiting. She had lived in Butte and was aunt to Mrs J P Blount of Denton. Interment set for Friday in Livingston Montana where another aunt resides.
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Anagonda
Mont
J. P. Blount
Denton
Atlanta Corey—Knight
Anaconda
Livingston, Mont
Fire destroys Gus Faerber home on East Oak Street
A noon blaze at the five room cottage owned by Gus Faerber on East Oak Street was tied to a defective flue and fought by the fire department despite a high wind. The interior and furnishings suffered heavy damage while neighbors helped salvage items. insurance totals were about 1,909.
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East Oak Street
Gus Faerber
Denton Jousting Team Wins Local Tourney
Oakley Skiles Ben Fritz and Crow Wright rode in a Dallas tourney returning afterward. Fritz earned 42.50 Skiles 30 Wright 25 with Skiles placing fourth on two days. Local riders faced low ring heights while most Dallas contestants rode small ponies for success.
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Oakley Skiles
Dallas
Ben Fritz
Crow Wright
Mr. Skiles
Mr. Fritz
Fire destroys Panhandle Garage and Sales building
Quanah October 27 The Panhandle Garage and Sales company building was destroyed by fire last night causing a loss of 15000. F D Hendrix owns the building. One fireman was injured while fighting the blaze which started when a gasoline line stove exploded in the second story.
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Quanah
Panhandle Garage and Sales Company
F. D. Hendrix
Frosty night forecast with NW wind shift and cooler temps
The Weather Bureau predicts a much cooler night with fair skies, a veering northwest wind replacing Wednesday's south wind, and Thursday expected to be chilly. The report notes a sharp temperature drop and dry conditions for the region. Local financial items show several small accounts allowed and balances due to the treasurer, including payments to J. M. McCreary, Fayette Smith, J F. Raley & Co, Lone Star Marble Co, and others, totaling modest sums and a remaining balance of 1 324.16.
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Weather Bureau
Trust
B. E. Husbands
J. M. McCreary
Fayette Smith
J. F. Raley & Co
Lone Star Marble Co
Street and Bridge Fund
General Fund
Ry “Te Rorpry Su
Sojo
Fea Pee Heareones
J. L. Waldrip
Taylor Hardware Co
Cobbs & B.etcher
Peoples Home Telephone Co
Es Lianee Milling Co
H. H. Hardin & Co
Lyon—Gray Co
Ranchman Toland Missing Near Coleman
Coleman October 27 authorities fear ranch owner Joe Toland has been foully dealt with. He left to drive to his ranch twenty five miles south of Coleman and has not been seen since. His horse carriage and part of his clothing were found. A large posse conducts a thorough search with two men under surveillance and sensational developments expected.
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Coleman
Joe Toland
Crippen appeals murder verdict in London Court
The defense filed an appeal with the Court of Criminal Appeals on Crippen after the guilty verdict for murdering his wife. A rapid hearing is possible and execution postponement may be required if needed.
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London
Court of Criminal
Criminal
Damage suit on trial in county court
In county court on Thursday the damage suit of A G Lee against the Texas and Pacific Railway company was called and trial begun. The plaintiff seeks about 200 dollars.
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A. G. Lee
The
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Indictment of Houston Heights Election Officers
Grand jury indicts C. C. York and C. C. Quinn, election officers, for ballot manipulation tied to July primary frauds in Houston Heights. Protests by Archie Anderson against Sheriff candidate John Hammond sparked disclosures.
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Houston
Houston Heights
C. C. York
C. C. Quinn
Archie Anderson
John Hammond
Arrest in Brenham assassination spree continues
Brenham, Oct 27. Sheriff Teague and Constable Burnes captured Richard Berkley, member of the gang that shot Herbert Hughes and wounded his brother Ed Hughes Monday night. Berkley was taken to Cameron amid threats of lynching. Several other negroes were arrested and a preliminary court of inquiry is under way.
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Brenham
Teague
Burnes
Richard Berkley
Herbert Hughes
Ed Hughes
Berkley
Cameron
Jurors Selected in Manley Murder Trial in Dallas
In Dallas on October 27 three more jurors were drawn for J. D. Manley’s murder case against Louis Richenstein. Twenty salesmen were questioned. New jurors chosen were Lee Lampkin G W Rice and C O Barham leaving seven still to be secured.
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Manley
Dallas
J. D. Manley
Louis Richenstein
Lee Lampkin
G. W. Rice
C. O. Barham
Ennis shooting suspect jailed in Waxahachie
H A Ratterree, who shot and killed Chas H Boge late last night at Ennis, was jailed in Waxahachie today. He will face an examining trial in Ennis Saturday. Boge was with his wife and two small children when four bullets struck him. family complications were cited as the motive.
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Waxahachie
H. A. Ratterree
Chas. H. Boge
Ennis
Bogg
Man Wanted in Illinois Arrested Near McKinney
Willian Reddleman alias Joseph Wiggins held at Anna after being arrested on charges tied to the Harrisburg Illinois killing of George Holliday at a ball game a month earlier. He admitted his identity and waived requisition as Sheriff Cummings of Saline County arrived with the prisoner.
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McKinney
Willian Reddleman
Joseph Wiggins
Anna
George Holliday
Harrisburg
Illinois
Sheriff Cummings
Saline County
Holliday
Motor Cyclist Wade Wylie Fatally Falls At 80 MPH Race
Dallas dispatch reports Wade Wylie aged 20 was killed instantly at the state fairgrounds race track when he fell from a motorcycle traveling eighty miles per hour. This marked the second fatality since the races began at the event in Cuthbert, Dr. John Edwards reported.
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John Edwards
Cuthbert
Dallas
Wade Wylie
Wag
State Fairgrounds
Doctor killed near Snyder in carriage accident
Snyder Oct 27 Dr John Edwards of Cuthbert twenty five miles west of here was instantly killed when a carriage struck a post and overturned. His neck was broken. He was thirty seven years old and leaves a family.
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Snyder
John Edwards
Cuthbert
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