Railroad Time Table and Schedules Aboard
A historic rail timetable lists departures and arrivals from multiple lines including Saint Louis, Texas and Mexican routes. It shows northbound, east and westbound journeys with times such as 6:45am from the north and 10:16pm for No 242 to Houston and Galveston, along with local and mixed services and several Kerrville connections.
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Palestine
Mexico
Laredo
Mized
Sccoccccoce
Wnton
Houston
Galveston
Dallas
Fort No
Waco
Austin
North
Dallas, Ft. Worth
Mail and Express
Corse
East
Kerrville
Iereville
Sunaseesceem
Coast
Santa Fe
N. Depot
el Paso
West
Rae Kerrville
Warrville
Arrive
Victoria
Guero
Gunpowder Explosion Disrupts Chicago Court Session
An explosion from gunpowder in a cuspidor interrupted a Chicago criminal court session. Judge William E. Dover had just opened court when a defendant’s attorney in an Italian murder case tossed a lit cigarette into the cuspidor triggering the blast. The fire damaged a wooden pillar, witnesses and bystanders panicked, and several women were trampled while one person was seriously injured. Bailiffs extinguished the flames as the sheriff seeks the source of the gunpowder.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Criminal Court
William E. Dover
Sheriff's Office
Cat and Canary Said to Spread Diphtheria Epidemics
Buffalo health and police crews executed an eight pound tomcat believed to trigger a diphtheria outbreak in Front avenue, after two children fell ill and a throat culture confirmed the disease. A canary in another area is suspected to have caused a second outbreak.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Is City
Front Avenue
City
Health Department
Tommy
Bissoil
Rock crushes man in Utica area collapse
A huge ledge broke from a cliff in Little Falls and fell 300 feet through Fred Van Wie’s cottage roof during early morning. Van Wie was killed in his bed room while two others escaped serious injury in the rooms below.
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Ledge
Associated Press
Utica
N. Y
Little Falls
Fred van Wie
van Wie
Former bank teller arrested for misappropriating funds
Louisville, April 25. W S Parker Jr a former paying teller at the Southern National Bank was arrested on a federal warrant charging misappropriation of 19980 of the bank’s funds. Parker was released on 6000 bond.
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Louisville
W. Ss. Parker Jr
Southern National Bank
Parker
Mrs Schenck Free After No-Bill On Park Ridge Shooting
Mrs Theresa Schenck, who shot her husband during a March 18 incident at their Park Ridge home, is discharged from custody after the grand jury returned a no-bill. She says she mistook him for a burglar.
Newspapers Scored for Crime Coverage in Louisiana
Charles I. Benchaud president of the Federation of Catholic Societies in Louisiana criticizes newspapers for excessive crime reporting in his annual address to the federation convention held in New Orleans.
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Charles I. Benchaud
Federation of Catholic Societies
Louisiana
Federation
Taft Plans Columbus Day Event With Knights of Columbus
President Taft tentatively accepts an invitation from the Knights of Columbus of Boston to attend the Columbus day celebration in Washington. The date is set for the upcoming Columbus day observance.
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Taft
Washington, D. C
Knights of Columbus of
Boston
Minister to Be High Mason in Richmond Furlough Granted
The board of deacons at First Presbyterian Church in Richmond Virginia has granted Reverend Frank T McFadden D D a two year furlough to become supreme regent of the Royal Arcanum.
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Richmond
First Presbyterian Church
Frank T. McFadden
Royal Arcanum
Collector Kills His Son in Ohio Debt Dispute
Cincinnati April 25 A debt dispute led collector August Sommerfeldt Sr to shoot and kill his son August Jr at the Sommerfeldt home. The father was placed under arrest.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
August Sommerfeldt Sr
August Jr
Sommerfeldt
Navy official apologizes to Miss Beers after dance invite remark
Annapolis Md April 25 Captain J M Boyer superintendent of the naval academy sent Mary H Beers a letter of apology for a suggestion by an officer that she should not be invited again to an academy dance.
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Miss Beers
Annapolis
J. M. Boyer
Naval Academy
Mary H. Beers
First Printed Book Brings $50,000
New York reports the first movable type printed book, the Gutenberg Bible, sold for a record price of $50,000. Buyer named Henry E. Huntington of Los Angeles. The sale marks the highest price ever paid for any book.
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New York
Gutenberg Bible
Henry EK. Huntington
Los Angeles
Adventist publishing plant destroyed by fire
The Seventh Day Adventists general publishing establishment at Tacoma Park Maryland was completely destroyed by fire. Estimated damage reaches ten thousand dollars.
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Washington
General
Seventh Day Adventists
Tacoma Park
Kern Initiative Launched for Indiana Senator Kern
Prominent Indiana Democrats gathered in Indianapolis to form a Kern presidential club and officially launch a campaign boom for United States Senator John W. Kern. The event signals strong regional backing for Kern in a potential presidential bid.
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Boom Kern
Indianapolis
Ind
United States
John W. Kern
Indiana
Kern
Glidden reciprocity tour starts from Washington to Ottawa
The pathfinding car of the Glidden reciprocity tour departed Washington for Ottawa to map the route for the automobile tour.
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Washington, D. C
Glidden
Ottawa
Negro Eludes Officers After Slaying Patrolman
Will Williams, the man who shot and killed Patrolman John O. Miller during a Sunday arrest attempt, was sighted in Reedville Desha county but escaped into a swamp, eluding pursuing officers.
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Little Rock
Ark
Will Williams
John O. Miller
Reedville
Desha County
Five Negroes Sentenced to Hang Together in Oklahoma City
Five African American men were sentenced to hang on June 21 at the same scaffold for the murder of William H. Archer, robbed and killed March 9 in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Illiam H. Archer
Child Dies of Injuries in Auto Train Crash
Dorothy Stewart two years old daughter of A B Stewart died in a hospital from injuries after an automobile she rode in was struck by an A and W P railroad train at College Park a suburb of Atlanta on April 21.
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Atlanta
Dorothy Stewart
A. B. Stewart
College Park
Dormitory Fire Damages Washington Alley Girls
Johnson City Tenn April 25 The girls dormitory of Washington alley burned yesterday morning about two o clock. Of the sixteen girls occupying the building some barely escaped none was injured but three lost all their belongings
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Johnson City
Tenn
Washington Allege
Famous Peak No More asheville Earthquake Destroys Caesar's Head
Reports from Transylvania county say Caesar's Head in the Blue Ridge near Brevard was overturned by a Friday night earthquake. The peak’s collapse created a crashing sound heard for miles and alarms among farmers. The landmark had shown cracking for years with a deep fissure opening on the summit two years ago.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
Transylvania County
Caesar’s Head
Blue Ridge
Brevard
North Carolina
Northarolina
Taxi Rates Rise in New York Beyond City Limits
New York cab companies controlling hotel and theater traffic announce May 1 fare increases. The tariff moves from seventy cents for the first mile and forty cents per additional mile to eighty cents for the first mile and fifty cents for each extra mile. Officials say the new rate is about five times higher than in London or Paris.
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Associated Press
New York
Axicab
Comantes
London
Paris
Dr. Sarah F Herdmann Osteopath Notice
Community directory snippet lists Dr. Sarah F Herdmann osteopath with home phone 3055 and new address details. No further context or event information provided.
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Sarah F. Herdmann
Osteopath
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J. Oppenhiemer & Co., Distributors
U& GN
Sapolio
All Grocers and
Draggista
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
S.A
A.P
H. DB. Wagner
Wagner's Drug Store
Avenue C
Thru Service
Fort Worth Dallas
Leavenworth
Kansas City
California
E. H. Dallas
W. Commerce St
ST. Louis
St. San Antonio
Ar. St. Louis
Houston ST
Ugrmas
Houston Street
Moore Building
Mber CO
Cat and Canary
Bird
THE
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Pabst
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Beer Co
el Paso St
Caesar
Stud
Stel
SAN Antonio Light
Losoya Hotel
Losoya Street
Ientists
Yale
Hansen Bros
Austin Stress
Roth Phos
Fred Hummert
Wadd Paper, Paint and Artists Materials
W. Commerce
the Central Trust CO
Central Trust Building
Corner Commerce and Kavarro Sts
Wan E
Guardian
Otto James
Secr
John T. Wildesse
D. Albert Steves Sr
Adolph Herff
J. O. Terrel
RB. B. Russell
Alexander Joi i
Bell
Alfred, Deerler
Ohn Peat
Baumblatt
Ed Rand
Ba J. Stevens
W. Hearne Atlee
W. Warren, W. Terrell, Wagner
West Texas Bank & Trust CO
Hicks
Guaranty Fund Bank
Lan Be
Statebank & Trust Company Hicks Brig
Texas
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