Frontier Indian Attacks and Escapes in Early Texas
The narrative recounts frontier violence in Cherokee County and Nacogdoches during 1836–1842. It details ambush killings of Wood and Killough families, the capture of relatives, and a friendly Indian warning. It then covers Judge Smith and his son killed, the Colorado settlement raid, the pursuit of Comanches, and frontier hunter anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee County
Colorado River
Texas
Republic
A. J. Lowell
George W. Wood
Alabama
Jane Killough
Nacogdoches County
Mr.Wood
Allen Killough
Old Man Killough
Wood
Killough
Judge Smith
Austin
Smith
Far West
Colorado
Michael Young
Haynes
Mr. Young
Young
International marriage trend noted in London society
London society shows enthusiasm for cross ocean matches as Austrian Countess Camilla Hoyos marries Charles Wilkins Short Jr. from Cincinnati and Boston. The steady stream of invitations to exclusive homes suggests American heiresses are increasingly sought by European nobles rather than vice versa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Camilla Hoyos
Charles Wilkins Short Jr
Cincinnati
Boston
Guaranteed Rupture Holder Offers Sixty Day Trial
A promotion extols a guaranteed rupture holder as a nonoperative relief for hernia, promising a sixty day risk free trial, a free book detailing patents, self adjusting design, waterproof and sweatproof features, and physician recommendations as an alternative to belts or surgery.
Free Book and Trial Offer from Cluthe Company
Quick solicitation from Box 30 CLUTHE COMPANY 126 East 23rd St New York City offering a free book and trial with name and address requested for sign up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cluthe Company
East 23Rd St
New York City
Chronology of the week records a flurry of events
A long chronology lists local, domestic, state and foreign items. Notable names include Mrs. Kate E. Morris Cecilia Fuentes Albert T. Patrick Mayor Jones James M. Lynch Theodore Roosevelt Archbishop James Blenk Sir Edward Grey and Whitelaw Reid. The items cover deaths pardons political remarks labor disputes and diplomatic protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate E. Morris
Cecilia Fuentes
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Mexico
Republic
Colquitt
Abbott
Texas
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Senator Works
California
Progressive Party
Senate
George W. Perkins
James Blenk
New Orleans
Edward Grey
Great Britain
San Antonio River Canal Work Advances After Resolution
Work begins to divert the San Antonio river course as plans for a canal move forward. The San Antonio Real Estate Exchange approves a resolution backing the project and its potential impact on property and development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
San Antonio Real Estate Exchange
San Antonio rail project denial and Alamo case ruling
The European Contract syndicate funds the San Antonio, Rockport and Mexican railroad project denies a report that interests were offered to the Missouri Kansas & Texas. The fourth civil appeals court refuses rehearing in the Alamo custody case where DRT members hold the Alamo properties and Governor Colquitt and officials are enjoined from restoration plans. Testimony in the money trust inquiry questions stock exchange deals as bona fide. A Yale law chair is offered to President Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
C. E. Schaff
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexican Railroad
Oscar’ Guessar
A. F. Shiraz
Colquitt
Texas
Austin
New York Stock Exchange
Money Trust
San Antonio Light
San Antonio Express
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Company
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Stock Exchange
Yale Law School
Taft
San Antonians Raise Bonus for Fredericksburg Railroad
Rain and mud hamper workers as they push to raise a bonus for the Fredericksburg railroad project. Delegates at the Southeastern Labor congress in Atlanta condemn Bible instruction in public schools. Weak Union Pacific stocks stir heavy activity on the New York stock exchange. Prince regent Luitpold of Bavaria dies in Munich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonians
Fredericksburg
Southeastern Labor Congress
Atlanta
Union Pacific
New York Exchange
Luitpold
Bavaria
Munich
George D. Marshall Arrives as U.S. Road Expert
George D. Marshall, a United States government road expert, arrives to assess interstate infrastructure projects and oversee highway development work. He will meet with officials, tour sites, and review design plans for planned expansions and safety upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Marshall
United States Government
City Suffragettes Meet At Luncheon And Courts Recommend Word Change
Suffragettes discuss their cause at a St Anthony hotel luncheon. State and district judges at Austin urge changing murder to felonious homicide and banning on premise bars. Other items note rulings on Col Pascual Orozco Sr and David de la Fuente, a civil antitrust suit against Elgin Board of Trade and butter makers, and indemnity talks after border violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony
Older Boys’ Christian Organization
Austin
Texas
Maxey
Col
Pascual Orozco Sr
David de la Fuente
Taft
United States
Elgino Bard of Trade
American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers
Army
Congress
Denver
D. C. Johnson
Paris
France
Barnes
Walter Mumm
Christ Church
N. Z
Robert F. Scott
World’s Biggest Floating Docks Reach Global Reach Ahead of War
Article explains floating docks built of steel that can lift large ships like HMS St Vincent and may rival German docks in capacity. It notes Sheerness dock with about 30 000 tons, potential 5 000–6 000 extra, and compares costs with graving docks. Details on design, operation, and notable towing feats to Havana Durban Callao and the Dewey voyage via Suez.
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Shearness
H.M.S. St. Vincent
Admiralty
Vulcan Shipping Yards
Sheerness
Bermuda
Baltic
England
Havana
Cuba
Durban
Natal
West Indies
Brazil
Callao
South America
Dewey
Baltimore
Philippine Islands
Suez Canal
Miles
United States
Tyne
Atlantic
Straits Magellan
Egg expert Mary Pennington helps shape pure food policies
Dr. Mary E. Pennington heads the Philadelphia food research lab for the U S Bureau of Chemistry. She studies eggs and poultry to improve handling and refrigeration, aiming to conserve food, aid farmers, and deliver better, safer, lower price products for consumers. She advocates government guidance over high volume driven by weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mary E. Pennington
United States Bureau of Chemistry
Pure Food Bureau
Pennington Ha
Bureau of Ch
University Pennsylvania
Pennington
Ity
United States
New York
Unbossed Governor Gilchrist Stands Alone Among Governors
Governor A. W. Gilchrist of Virginia is described as the only unbossed governor at the fifth annual conference of governors. A Richmond citizen jokes about wives in governance as Gilchrist quips that he has no wife to boss him, prompting laughter from the assembled officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard—Schuyler
Coward
A. W. Gilchrist
Virginia
Richmond
Gilchrist
Wonderful Cures Of Chronic Diseases At San Antonio
Patients report relief from asthma chronic bronchitis catarrh and indigestion after three weeks to one month of Dr Tom L Miller s treatment at 203 Gunter Office Building San Antonio Hours daily with Sunday session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom L. Miller
R. D. Heady
Burnet Street
San Antonio
Gunter
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Mr. Haynes
Tody
Jennie
Woody
Viola
Charles W. Short JR
Countess Camilla Hoyos
America
Elkom
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Jones
Charles F. Stevens
James M. Lynch
International Typographical Union
Citizens’ Civic Improvement Committee
J. H. Savage
Missouril, Kansas & Texas Company
Board of Government Engineers
Port Aransas
Kinney
Bergen
Memphis
Tenn
Saloniki
Turkey
Greece
Whitelaw Reid
Dan O’reilly
Blackwell's Island
Forestry Department of
H. S&s. Frost
Ton’s Hospital For
B. M. Woolley
Tom
Miller
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