DIES AFTER FAMED TRIP
Jacksonville Florida veteran Rear Admiral James Kelsey Cogswell, retired and famed for a dramatic sea adventure during the Spanish War, dies yesterday. Born Milwaukee 1847, he led a castaway crew to safety after a shipwreck in 1871 then built a makeshift boat to reach Honolulu. He retired in 1884 and is survived by family. remains to Milwaukee for interment. Budweiser advertisement ends the fragment.
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James Kelsey Cogswell
Oregon
Cape Horn
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Cogswell
Honolulu
Admiral Cogswett
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Naval Academy
Lodge Meetings Tonight Across Several Groups
Fragmentary OCR notes announce tonight meetings for groups including Order of Ponds and Woodmen, with references to Aubrey Street synagogue and Mirasers Zion. One line mentions Sidney Uchnsten returning from Mentell after two months with relatives and leadership duties.
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Lodno
Antonio Cowtall
Woodmen Hall
Mirasers Zion
Aubrey
Street
p.m.Albiork
Sidney Uchnsten
U. G
Woodmen Nail
Petit
William Haywood Addresses Socialists at Beethoven Ball in San Antonio
UNDIATES secretary William TL Haywood spoke to about two hundred at Beethoven ball under local socialist auspices. He attacked Republican candidate positions, attacked Taft over worker issues, and defended Bryan while denouncing railroad magnate Ed Harriman. Haywood contrasted Texas farmer feudalism with Western miners’ labor conditions and urged labor solidarity amid national political tensions.
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Western Federation of Miners
Charles Mairow
San Antonio
MU. Haywood
United States
Texas
Washington
New York City
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Taft
Tatt
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Edward H. Harriman
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Condo
Yat
Sankey Dies in New York After Illness and Full Career
New York pastor and hymn writer Sankey died Thursday night in Brooklyn after years of blindness and illness from overwork. He became famous through Moody and Sankey, meeting Moody in Indianapolis and touring as a singer and composer of hymns. His best known works include "The Ninety and Nine" and "Even the Mists Have Rolled Away."
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Brolyn
Sankey
Dwight J. Moods
Great
Evangelia
Indianapolis
Moody
Old Sadie
Bids Wanted for Paying Haurton Street
Bids are invited for street paving on Houston Street in San Antonio Texas. Sealed bids due August 20 1908 at noon at the city clerk’s office. Project includes 21000 square yards of pavement plus 7000 feet of curbing with brick paving options and materials to be provided by the contractor. Samples and plans available at the city engineer’s office.
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Alleo
San Antonio
Texas
Houston Street
Trinidad Lake
Boca
Ais
Teast
Bryan Callaghan
King Blotted Out Fae of His Divorced Wife
A sensational note warns that Madam Toselli vented weariness with her latest husband while revelations surface about her first spouse, King Frederick Augus, amid ongoing marital disclosures and social intrigue surrounding royal circles.
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Madam Toselli
King Frederick Augus
Tus of
Baxsony
Relatives Gain Girl New Scalp In Brooklyn Surgery
In Brooklyn Miss Catherine Gorman and two relatives underwent pioneering scalp grafting after a May air accident. Procedures removed skin from their legs to form grafts described as islands, creating new skin on the scalp amid dramatic recoveries in a rare sequence of operations.
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Brooklyn
Catherine Gorman
Bushwick, Avenue
Williamabaty
Williamsburg
Har Hor
Margaret Curman
Chemater
Gannan
Alabama man found dead in Missouri rail line incident
The body of Fred Smith of Citronville Alabama was found beside the Missouri Pacific tracks near Cole Junction, west of Jefferson City. Wounds suggest he fell from a train and his remains will be sent to home at Chronville. Also mentions RB Burnett Co, box factory at 16-317 East Commerce Street, a large Alabama firm with regional connections and about 35 to 50 workers.
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Fred Smith
Citronville
Ala
Cole Junction
Smith
Tne
RB. Burnett Co
Mexico
Prinwa
Vaan
Well Known San Antonians Told In Candy-Strip Anecdotes
A quirky local piece recalls San Antonio figures like J J Wilson of West End Lumber through humorous classroom anecdotes. A pupil explains coffee origins and a Bible pun on “ground” coffee, ending with a punny miscommunication about sermons and coffee.
Alamo Beach Outing Plans Move Forward For Camp
The movement for an Alamo Beach camp progresses as M4 plans outings from Port Lavier this morning to arrange a 10 day program. General Secretary A. G. Jonee will lead the camp, with 100 boys departing next Tuesday for the geona.
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Port Lavier
Geona
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Kermit Roosevelt To Photograph Africa Expedition
New York, Ate 15 Kermit Roosevelt to be official photographer with the president's party on the Africa expedition. He will be trained by Mr Chapman, curator at the American Museum of Natural History, to photograph birds and animals in motion for the Smithsonian and the Museum. The camera kit may cost about 250 dollars.
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Kermit Roos Velt
Frank M. Ghapynau
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Atventuras
Anx
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
American Museum of Natural History
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Kermit
Chapman
Ascott Ata
Mugen of Natural History
Kermitland
Sithsonian Institute
Fare and Fifth for the Fair Agreed Upon
A meeting at the Menger Hotel with several passenger agents and San Antonio exhibitors approved one and one fifth fare for the fair. Tickets go on sale September 25 and returnable within two days. Special low rates, daily travel, and Sunday trains will apply from Texas points with varied origins and destinations.
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San Antonio
Saltillo
Corres
Texas
Aml
Vetoria
Southern
Prclfic
del Rio
Mexiso
Dleaian Railways
Gao
F. Lupton
Sap
T. J. Anderson
Southern Pacific
D. J. Price Office
G. NM
Ro McKibbin
Tot blinds its mother in tragic eye accident
New York Aug 16 A baby’s finger crushed a mother Mrs Clifford Balor blinding her left eye and later affecting the other. With no doctor nearby she was sent to Des Moines for care while her eye was treated.
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Clifford Baler
Evingelist Wats
Eustngrl
K. T
Berker
Morightees Life Colony
Dastnort
Barker
Cuero Man Taken Sick in Mexico
Cuero man from Cuero Texas named Prank Bell, a young businessman, was taken ill during a trip to Mexico. He was brought to Amterman Hospital after his condition worsened, with doctors stating he exhibited fever and health concerns.
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Mexica
Bexicon City
Aus
Tax
Amterman Haspital
Bell
Meuleo
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