Camp for Cavalry Officers at Fort Sam Houston
A militia cavalry instruction camp will be established at Fort Sam Houston led by Capt. Bruce Palmer. The program spans three to five weeks and mirrors regular army prep with equitation, equipment, and branch training. A post troop will join as assistants to Captain Palmer.
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Fort Sam Houston
Charles D. Treat
T. Simpson
Bruce Palmer
Tenth Cavalry
West Point
Bruce
Plan New School at Floresville
Floresville voters will decide on May 14 whether to issue 20000 dollars in bonds to fund a new brick school building in Floresville Texas. The measure seeks to finance construction for the Floresville school system.
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Plan New
Floresville
Tex
Taft considers sending troops to flood districts
President Taft and Major General Leonard Wood outline relief plans for the Mississippi flood. More than 40 000 people may be homeless and 10 000 fed, with troops to be dispatched in small detachments to distribute supplies and maintain order. The War Department will manage relief and Red Cross workers will assist.
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Associated Press
Washington
dAfter
Taft
Leonard Wood
Army
Mississippi
Wood
Fitzgerald
House
James
Kentucky
Secretary of War
War Department
United States
Mississippi Valley
Quartermaster Department
National Red Cross
Levee near Hickman breaks and floods wide area
Reports from Tiptonville Tennessee confirm a major levee break west of Hickman Kentucky on the Mississippi River. The gap widened to 600 feet this morning and water covered roughly 500 square miles with towns Hathaway Reelfoot and Bessie under water. Hundreds displaced. livestock at risk. aid requested to supply provender.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Tiptonville
Hickman
Mississippi River
Levee Board
Ridgely
Hooper
Lake County
Reelfoot Lake
Dyer County
Lake and
Dyer
Hathaway
Reelfoot
Bessie
Hathaw
Levee Fight Drops Near Tiptonville in Tennessee
Tiptonville reports Tennessee levee one mile inside the state line is under hard fight to prevent a break near the riverbank. Nashville dispatch notes defenses are under strain as flood risk persists along the boundary.
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Tiptonville
Associated Press
Nashville
State Line
Photograph Mix-Up at Paget and Harcourt Receptions
A mistaken entrance due to two identical sidewalk awnings caused liberal guests to attend Mrs. Paget’s Tory function and Tory supporters to enter Mrs. Harcourt’s liberal gathering, both on the same block. The error briefly mingled attendees of the two events hosted by Mrs. Almeric Paget and Mrs. Lulu Harcourt, a Morgan relative.
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Almeric Paget
Paget
Lulu Harcourt
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mrs. Paget
Mrs. Harcourt
Tiptonville Struggles as Floodwater Rises Anew
Caving at 10 o clock this forenoon a hard fight to save the town with sand bags. Tiptonville sees 500 refugees flooding in while provisions for a week exist and Memphis promises a relief boat. Railroad service may be cut for months as only a narrow dry strip remains above water.
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Tiptonville
Memphis
Cronanville
Mississippi flood crisis as levees hold but danger rises
Desperate conditions along the Mississippi from the Missouri line to the White River as the crest advances. Levees largely hold though the Reelfoot embankment failed. Memphis reports 44.9 feet at 7 am with rising waters threatening towns along Golden Lake Pecan Point Lambethville Mound City and Hollybush.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
O. J. Killough
St. Francis Levee
Clark
Smith
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Missouri State Line
White River
Arkansas
Golden Lake
Pecan Point
Lambethville
Mound City
Hollybush
Crevasse Opens on Atchafalaya River in West Baton Rouge
A 200 foot wide crevasse was reported on the Atchafalaya river in West Baton Rouge. Water will flood swamps on the river's west side as crews work to close the breach.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Atchafalaya River
West Baton Rouge
Atchafalaya
Railroad Shops Shut Down on Mobile & Ohio System
Mobile Alabama April 6 Every repair and manufacturing shop on the Mobile and Ohio railroad between Mobile and随后 flooded area is closed as flood disrupts traffic and operations halting repairs and manufacturing on the line.
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THE
Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Mississippi flood closes St. Louis rail service nationwide
High water in the Mississippi River disrupts rail traffic in Illinois Kentucky and Tennessee halting freight north of Union City. Over a thousand workers lose jobs with shutdowns hitting Whistler Alabama Meridian Mississippi Tuscaloosa Alabama Tenn and Murphysboro with 300 idle at the Whistler shop.
Overflow to Damage Prompts Mississippi Valley Warnings
Natchez resident Charles F Engle says the Mississippi overflow will cause hardship in the lower valley while Natchez on higher ground remains safe. He notes no flood of this size since 1891 and predicts damage to Louisiana flatlands as farmers move stock to Mississippi uplands. New Orleans engineers rushed $30000 in supplies and 300 workers to repair and reinforce levees in the lower bends.
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Mississippi
Charles F. Engle
Natchez
Miss
San Antonio
Louisiana
Mr. Engle
St. Anthony
New Orleans
Associated Press
Mississippi River Commission
John Klover
Forecast Warns of Thunder Squalls and Levee Breaches
MEMPHIS Tennessee April 6 a Washington forecast to the local weather bureau today predicts strong southerly winds today and tonight shifting to the northwest by Sunday likely to trigger thunder squalls grave fears exist among river men that additional levee breaks will occur due to the heavy weather
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Washington
Stage at Cairo River Gauge Reaches 54 Feet
Cairo Illinois April 6 The river gauge shows 54 feet this morning up .04 feet in 24 hours marking the highest level predicted for the Ohio and Mississippi here. The city remains surrounded by water but no alarm is felt as levees stay firm.
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Cairo
Ohio
Missisippi
Ohio River Falls From Peak Flood at Cincinnati
At Cincinnati on April 6 the Ohio River rose to 52.3 feet, 2.3 feet above flood stage, then began to fall. Authorities say the danger of a major flood is now reduced and further cresting is unlikely.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Ohio River
Woman Dies Weighing 570 Pounds In Dallas
Mollie Jones a Black woman weighing 570 pounds died in Dallas Texas. Her coffin was six feet long more than three feet wide and twenty seven inches deep requiring the door frame to be removed to move it through the door.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Mollie Jones
Condemned Man Reprieved in Texas Hangee Case
In Brenham Texas on April 6 a telegram from Governor Colquitt granted Charlie McClennan a one week reprieve just as Sheriff Teague had arranged for his execution for the murder of Herbert Hughes on October 24 1910.
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Associated Press
Brenham
Tex
Teague
Charlie McClennan
Herbert Hughes
Colquitt
New National Bank Planned for Houston With 500 000 Capital
An announcement from Houston dated April 6 states all stock for a new national bank has been subscribed. The National Bank of Commerce will have a capital of 500000 dollars.
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Houston
Associated Press
Tex
National Bank
The
National Bank of Commerce
Creeth Convicted Felon Gets Maximum Penalty in Ennis Case
S N Creeth of Ennis was convicted in district court of felony for violating the local option law and received the maximum five year penitentiary sentence. Also noted: Walter Walthall of Missouri Kansas Texas Railway begins a monthly inspection trip to Austin. J B Convery of Illinois Central arrives There is a tangential mention of royal journalists and authors in a separate historical note.
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Associated Press
Waxahachie
Tex
S. N. Creeth
Ennis
Walter Walthall
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railry
Austin
George III
Annals of Agriculture
Arthur Young
Ralph Robinson
Louis XVIII
Paris
Theing
London
San Antonio Morning Visit Ties to Houston Road Project
In San Antonio this morning a figure named Nouston was seen on business connected with his road project from Houston. The sighting places emphasis on the ongoing transportation initiative and its regional ties.
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San Antonio
Front Nouston
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