Farmers in Texas await spring boosts and trials report
In the April dispatches from Avanor and Booth regions, farmers push seasonal crops amid rising acreage and new county developments. Reports cover cattle, turnips, and local industry while crimes, fires, and domestic incidents ripple through nearby towns. Strong entities include Epworth League and Booth area, with incidents in New Orleans and Charlotteville.
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Avanor
Eagle Pass
Aobh
Isi
Sabia
Epworth
Ayer
Gtk
Litho-Stubber Company
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Yieury
Vera di
Tahnot
Eastland County populist convention elects loyal ticket
Eastland county populists held their convention awarding delegates to vote for governor Jerome C. Kearby lieutenant governor Marion Martin attorney general W Lockett Abilene civil court judge H L Bentley and other posts. Lavaca county committee aligns with state democratic executive committee.
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Eastvam
Tex
Eastland County
Jerome C. Kearby
Marion Martin
W. Lockett
Abilene
Congrasa
A. Bevan
Cisco
H. L. Bentley
Incompetent Official Impedes South Pittsburgh Post Office
In South Pittsburgh sixty people lack postoffice facilities as J J Ingle, dismissed for incompetency, stirs pique. Peter Bradshaw, newly appointed to Cleveland appointments, took charge April 1 and distributes mail from improvised boxes atop dry goods crates. Old fixtures including a fine oak mail desk and safe are described as worn.
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Sexuar Lie
Cuarraxoooy
Tenn
Pittsburgh
J. J. Ingle
Peter Bradshaw
Cleveland Sppoiates
Cattle shipments surge from Taylor amid booming Texas beef trade
In Taylor Texas on April 4 cattle dealers report steady activity. J L Roots Lisad and Hobertson shipped seven carloads of fat steers to St Louis via the Santa Fe route. Wright Backer Kennedy and Lucas sent fifteen carloads to Chicago via Katy. A herd over 3 6 head of calves heads to McCulloch county pastures. Meg Smith guards the Taylor herd. local buyers scout for fat cattle. A Durham cow on M C Wright’s ranch birthed three calves, two thriving.
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Texas Infantry
Taylor
SusbAay Granr
Tex
J. L. Roots
Lisad
Hobertson
St. Louis
M.C. Wright & Co
R. E. Backer & Bro
M. R. Kennedy
James Lucas
Chicago
Katy
McCulloch County
A Cowboy's Had Fail and Other Dispatches
A chaotic slice of early 20th century brief items. Jel Eyans, a cowboy in Velasco Texas, was thrown from a horse and lies comatose. Albert Rawley, an electric light inspector, fell through an open hatchway with potentially fatal injuries. In New York, no developments emerged in the looming strike of Metropolitan Traction Company workers as leader movements proceed. A Chicago divorce scare unfolds over alienation claims involving Bertrand Shadwell and Frederick Clarke, detailing a long marital history. Spain plans extra ships for Cuban patrols with cautious tones toward the United States, while Buenos Aires reports dire Santa coloniate conditions and looming aid. Nelson Murdock, father of the Punch and Judy show, dies in Boston at 58. Bermuda announces release of the steamship Bermuda at Puerto Cortes en route to New Orleans. ammunition seized during the voyage.
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Chicago
Ill
Lils
Frederick, Clarke
Bertrand Shadwell
Stvyas
Ashland Boulevard
Texas Crop Reports Detailed Weather Impacts
Farmers report slow progress and poor prospects due to northerly cold fronts. Crops in Corpus Christi and nearby areas suffer garden damage while corn and matches show variable results across districts. Some regions note good corn and cotton prospects with rain not immediately needed, and prices for fresh produce rise in Angleton.
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Kain
Bucin
Texas
Norther
Corpus Cristy
Iexas
Huranne
Derry
Angheeton
Betty Growers
Bruwall
Lavernia
Ly Sporto
Usavernia
Vettler
Caldwell County
Loesquant
Factional political war looms in parish violence in Louisiana
A chaotic April day in OomLousas Louisiana sees rival factions arming and clashes feared as Governor Fortar may call out state militia to quell unrest. The era of terror grows with reported killings amid party conflict and threats of a bloodier night to come. In Cumberland Maryland a corpse is recovered from the Potomac near Piedmont with a backstory dating to 1805 and a long search noted.
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BombAy Lida
OomLousas
Gaveral
Fortar
Cumberland
Mdn
Patrick Moran
Potomac River
Moran
Elndor
Piedmont
W. Va
Lea
Alamo Preservation Moves Reported by State Official
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mobley and regional officials arrived to stop local efforts to tear down and rebuild the Alamo. He will report to Governor Culbarson after interviews in Austin and may attend the city council meeting. Rev G Q A Ros addressed the governor outlining plans to preserve and cleanse the neglected structure.
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Bullaova Mobley
Jefe
Austin
Culbarsop
Southwestern Insane Asylum
G. Q. A. Ros
Colberson
Alamo
Easter Egza and Easter Eggs Event At Local Firm
The G A Stanera Furniture Company hosted an Easter egg distribution at Commerce and Navarro. Children from all classes received a Bastar egg during 7 to 10 o clock on Saturday. About 4,000 eggs were given, one per child, amid large crowds and cheerful departures.
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G. A. Stanera Furniture Company
Commerce
Navarro
Larknuring
Local blaze injures resident after kitchen fire near harbor
A kitchen fire at Gar dep street injured a resident identified as Hostie Madison around 4 o clock. Neighbors helped extinguish the flames while three responders arrived and assisted, with damage described as extensive.
Indignant Republicans Meet in San Antonio Over Roping Protests
The San Antonio MeKnleyites held a meeting at Mission Garden to denounce methods used to control party roping and to protest alleged white domination within the Texas Republican scene. Speakers and a five-member committee drafted resolutions criticizing the Austin convention and urging new leadership.
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San Antonio
Republican Party
Texas
Winthrop
Nagano Hasa Isa
Wm. Mott
Mosacs
C.K. Dreneman
Ins
P. Newcomb
J. B. Crowther
Ed. Vrobness, Sr
R. Tlgaschke
Newcomb
Tha Noor
Houston
Oil Organization
Austin
Combolites
Breneman
Austin Toz
12Th
Republic Eho
Fondora
Nawcomb
Laustow
Black Girl Burned To Death In Bryan Texas Fire
Special wire report from Sunnay Licht Bryan Texas April 1 describes Zelle Noble a Black girl burned when her clothing caught fire from a cooking stove at her home five miles from town. In a separate item dated April 4 Isaac and John Shelburne brothers fought a deadly duel in which John was fatally wounded and Tease fatally wounded with a sharp object though alive.
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Hous
Fifeville
Henry Meliten
George Courier
Courier
A. L. Jones
Vandergrift Construction Company
John S. Wailers
Bryan
Texas
Zelle Noble
Licar
New Ulm
Tsaac
John Shelburne
John
Tease
British expedition f orests new stations and road in South America
Envious Huntiehors reports from Laauyara Venezuela that a British expedition has left Georgetown Demerara to establish coast stations on the Onyunl West Schomburgk line and to open a new road to Yurman in protest of Venezuela’s grant to American capitalists in the gold country at the mouth of the Orinoco. Engineers arrive from New York to study the grant alongside navigation and commercial privileges. Probate court names executors for James T Thornton and appoints guardians for Mina Alvina Fischer’s estate.
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Huntiehors
Laauyara
Venezuela
Georgetown
Demerara
Onyunl
West Schomburgk
Yurman
Oripoco
New York
Bottis T. Hteyena
Mary T. Morrian
James .T. Thornton
Mina Alvina Fischer
Parton
Augaate Fischer
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