Enrolment Near Six Hundred At North Texas Normal
The North Texas State Normal School reported 575 new students enrolled by noon Thursday, up 17 from Wednesday. Additional matriculations were expected in the afternoon, likely bringing the total near 600 and continuing through the week. Classes have begun in nearly all subjects as new students are classified, while a new building provides space and satisfaction for teachers.
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North Texas State Normal
Egun
Tim Te
Wreck in Belton yards injures crews and passengers
Two Santa Fe eastbound train crews were badly hurt and several passengers bruised when the locomotive crashed into an open switch and a rock-loaded freight car in Belton Texas late last night. Engineer R. T. Fleming and Fireman J. Roberts jumped to safety as the engine and wreckage caught fire but were extinguished.
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Belton
Tex
Santa Fe
R. T. Fleming
J. Roberts
Train wreck fatality in Vernon Parish Louisiana
Fireman Joseph L. Walker died from scald injuries suffered in yesterday's southbound Kansas City Southern wreck in Vernon Parish Louisiana. Engineer Gus Stagley, injured in the same crash, is expected to recover as the locomotive and baggage car overturned after hitting a defective rail on the curve.
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Shereveport
Kansas City Southern
Vernon Parrish
Joseph L. Walker
Gus Stagley
Denton Spotlight at Texas Secretaries Meeting in Temple
Secretary J. J. McCook of the Denton Chamber of Commerce reports a productive semi annual gathering of the Texas Commercial Secretaries association in Temple. He notes wide familiarity with Denton statewide and Temple citizens expressed interest in the town and county.
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J. J. McCook
Chamber of Commerce
Temple
Texas Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Denton
Telephon e operators plight highlighted by official report
Commissioner of Labor Statistics Myers releases findings on telephone girls in Texas. He notes average pay of 22.80 dollars per month and during peak times one operator may handle up to 450 calls in an hour.
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Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Myers
Texas
Potter County Prohibition Election Declared Void
Controller Stepe refused saloon permits in Potter County and voided the prohibition election after a 61 vote result. He bases the action on an Attorney General ruling that Potter County could not hold a prohibition election while a prior contest remains unresolved in court. The old contest appeal is pending.
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Stepe
Potter County
Roll of Honor Bank Ad Praises Denton Institution
The First National Bank of Denton is singled out as the only Bank of Denton County with a surplus large enough for the Roll of Honor. The notice urges a discerning public to do business with this strong bank, citing prudent management and depositor security as the basis for its success.
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First National Bank of
Denton
Denton County
Opening of 1910 11 Term at College of Industrial Arts
Preparations are underway for the start of the 1910 11 session at the College of Industrial Arts with classes to begin Tuesday Sept 20. The campus dormitories and annexes are being prepared as inquiries and vocational courses draw strong interest. Registration and entrance exams commence Tuesday and Wednesday with class work starting Thursday and a faculty student social planned for Sept 26.
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College of Industria Arts
Eugenia Pierson
Stoddard Hall
Sepember
Annie Smith
Tyler
Eary
Department of Home Economies
Newspaper correspondents named to prison associations
Governor Campbell appointed Tom Finty Jr of Dallas and George Waverly Briggs of San Antonio as delegates to the American Prison association and International Prison association sessions in Washington on September 29. Also named were J. A. Herring penitentiary superintendent and other members of the joint legislative prison inquiry committee, plus J. F. Nichols, G. A. Harmon, T. A. White, L. P. Leach, Thos Kraucher, and Walter Keeble.
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Tom Finty, Jr
Dallas
George Waverly Briggs
San Antonio
Campbell
American Prison Association
International Prison Association
Washington
J. A. Herring
Joint Legislative Committee
J. F. Nichols
Greenville
G. A. Harmon
T. A. White
Ennis
L. P. Leach
Big Hill
Thos .Kraucher
Caldwell
Walter Keeble
Elgin
Negro in Shadwick assault case arrested in Bexar
A posse hunted a negro charged with attacking a white woman near Shadwick eight miles from San Antonio. Joe Thor was captured by Bexar County authorities around noon and jailed. The woman is missing and an investigation continues as fears of a lynching spread.
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San Antonio
Tex
Shadwick
Joe Thor
Bexar County
Crane Stabbed Man Critical. Suspect Jailed
In Sherman on September 15 M. A. Crane remained alive but in critical condition after a stabbing by a Black man Tuesday night. Ben Thomas was jailed on a charge of assault to murder. Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Crane of Fort Worth, his parents, are with him.
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Sherman
Crane
Ben Thomas
J. L. Crane
Fort Worth
Tennessee Independent Democrats Endorse Hooper for Governor
The Tennessee Independent Democrats rejected Patterson faction offers and endorsed Ben W. Hooper the Republican nominee for governor. An agreement followed shielding Democratic candidates in Democratic districts, aiming for a legislature that remains safely Democratic.
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Tennessee
Weldorse Hooper
Patterson
Ben W. Hooper
Illinois Primaries See Opposition to Standpatters
In Illinois the republican and democratic primaries draw attention as eleven standpatters face challenges. Uncle Jon Cannon is among the opponents though not formidable. Returns may shrink the nineteen standpatters’ slate once all votes are tallied.
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Illinois
Pat
Jon Cannon
Cannon
Poindexter Leads Washington Victory Shocks Taft Backed Machine
Poindexter wins with a forty thousand plurality as insurgent Republican reactionaries lose ground in Washington. The result dents Richard Ballinger's machine and signals Taft administration opposition failing to stop Poindexter's nomination in a sweeping insurgent wave.
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Poindexter
Washington
Miles Poindexter
Haveeen
Richard Achilles Ballinger
Taft
Backset for New Nationalism rises in New York
The piece described says the old guard controls the New York Republican state convention against Roosevelt progressives. It claims 350 of 640 delegates, enough to elect Vice-President Sherman as temporary chairman and to secure a 100 vote majority against the Roosevelt program.
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New York
Old Guard
Roos
Sherman
Democrats Exult Over Maine Results
Democrats celebrate Maine outcomes with Senator Bailey Champ Clark and Chairman Mack optimistic about a possible landslide. Other party members voice confidence in upcoming contests and continued momentum for the Democratic ticket.
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Maine
Bailey
Champ Clark
Mack
Missouri Parties Endorse Roosevelt Taft Split Broadly
Democratic delegates in Missouri backed Jess up for President while opposing the Payne AIdrich tariff bill and calling for tariff for revenue only. Republicans endorsed both Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft amid a split over policy.
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Ook
Missouri
Coastal Storm Deluges Brownsville Eight Point Nine Inches
Brownsville reports eight and three fourths inches of rain up to 7 am as a Gulf storm moves inland near the Rio Grande. Corpus Christi records five inches of rain and a 60 mile per hour hurricane. high tides crest the bay, with conditions easing today.
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Brownsville
Tex
Gaage
U. S. Weather Bureau
Rio Grande
Corpus Christi
Tampico
Corpus Curisti
Corpus
Muskogee Man Beaten to Death by Robbers
Walter Watson was attacked while en route to his room in Muskogee Oklahoma late last night and died this morning. Authorities are working on the case and expect arrests.
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Muskogee
Muskoget
Walter Watson
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