Rock Island officials tour Fort Worth amid good North Texas weather
George S. Pentecost Rock Island general passenger agent and J. A. Marks Houston district passenger agent visit Fort Worth. Pentecost says North Texas enjoys excellent weather with heat not affecting Fort Worth. He notes lively business, several municipal projects, strong travel to the northwest, and plans for added cars and a large fall return business.
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George S. Pentecost
Rock Island Lines
Fort Worth
Bexar County
Northwest
Emerald Hodgson Memorial Hospital Opens in Sewanee
A special dispatch from Sewanee reports the Emerald Hodgson Memorial Hospital formally opened yesterday. The new fifty bed facility replaces the prior building burned last year and cost thirty thousand dollars with participation from Bishop Guerry of South Carolina and Bishop Gailor of Tennessee.
Patrolman Resigns Under Persecution Over Vote Allegations
Patrolman N. P. Guinn quit the police department after persistent "spotter" surveillance and questioning over his alleged vote for the Citizens' league ticket at the July county election. He claims his beat was shifted and he faced repeated inquiries, leading to a hostile atmosphere and his resignation.
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N. P. Guinn
Citizens’ League
Citizens
Guinn
Newnam
Police Department
Alamo Plaza
Third Street
Avenue D
Governor Pardons Hargrove in Murder Case
Austin Tex Aug 7 The governor saved the neck of William Hargrove a Negro sentenced to be hanged next Friday in Huntsville for the murder of John Hardy two years ago The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment based on a pardons board recommendation finding doubt about Hargrove's guilt
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Austin
Tex
William Hargrove
Huntsville
John Hardy
Hargrove
Board of Pardons
Heat Endangers Elderly in Hot Months
Public health note warns older residents to take care during heat waves. It recommends gentle laxatives at first signs of digestive trouble and avoids harsh physics. Promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild, effective laxative. Free trial offer to Dr. W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
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Dr. Caldwell
President may hold up his own salary in veto fight
Senate approves legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill with 34 million dollar funding. It includes limited terms for civil service workers, retention of five commerce court judges as extra circuit judges, and opposes life tenure abolition. President Taft may veto, delaying the overdue annual appropriation.
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Washington, D.C
Commerce Court
Taft
House
Senate
Cummins
Crawford
Burton
Lodge
Congress
United States
Conference in Session Opens in Minneapolis on Agricultural Departments
The National Bankers association holds its second annual conference in Minneapolis with representatives from twenty-one states including Alabama Arkansas Colorado Florida Indiana Iowa Idaho Illinois Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana New Jersey Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Dakota South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia Washington West Virginia and Wisconsin. Tomorrow session moves to St Paul.
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Minneapolis
Minn
National Bankers’ Association
St. Paul
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Indiana
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
New Jersey
Nebraska
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Won't Censure Wilson Committee to Report on Everglades Charges
The House committee investigating Florida Everglades charges will issue a report this week. It will focus on the financial administration of experiment stations, with expectations that Secretary Wilson will not be censured but another official of the Department of Agriculture may be.
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Washington, D.C
Florida Everglades
Department of Agriculture
House
Wilson
Department
Autauga sheriff ejected for refusing segregated seating
Sheriff W. A. Spinney of Autauga county was removed from a Mobile and Ohio passenger train after he refused to travel in the negro compartment. The incident occurred in Montgomery on August 7.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. A. Spinney
Autauga County
Mobile & Ohio
Prisoner Transport Sparks Sheriff Suit Threat
A sheriff claims he acted within his duties when transporting a handcuffed prisoner from Montgomery to Prattville in the white smoker. He has hired counsel and threatens to sue over the incident.
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Montgomery
Prattville
Asherton & Gulf Railroad Plans Extended Route
Asherton Richardson, president, said all finances are in place to extend the Asherton and Gulf line from Asherton to Carrizo Springs and west to Del Rio or Eagle Pass. The Carrizo Springs segment will begin once a $40,000 bonus is raised, with contracts drawn and sent for signatures. Carrizo Springs expects to raise the funds with no issues. Vote for A H Jones for Mayor.
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Asherton Richardson
Asherton & Gulf Railroad
Asherton
Carrizo Springs
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Carpenter Hit by Falling Beam At New Clower Building
H Pinken a carpenter at the under construction Clower building on Main avenue just north of West Houston street was struck on the head by a falling beam yesterday and rendered unconscious. He was taken to Baylor hospital in the Riebe ambulance. Doctors fear a skull fracture though swelling hinders definite diagnosis. A recovery is expected.
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H. Pinken
Clower
Main Avenue
Houston Street
Baylor Hospital
Riebe
Longtime Otoe Chief Richard Whitehorse Dies Near Reich
Richard Whitehorse head chief of the Otoe Indians for forty years and said to be over a hundred years old died at his home near Reich Oklahoma. In 1881 he led the committee that selected the present creation in Oklahoma when his tribe was brought from Nebraska.
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Eap Big Chief
Bythrie
Onin
Richard Whitehorse
Re Och
Okla
Oklahoma
Nebraska
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