Blizzard in West Texas Triggers Cold Wave
A northwest storm warning from New Orleans to Brownsville predicts brisk winds and a brutal cold front. Amarillo reports two degrees below zero as a blue norther hits El Paso and Northern Texas with freezing rain and possible snow, while moderation starts after 48 hours.
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New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Tex
Amarillo
Ie Grande Valley
Iowa
West Gulf
Mississippi
Wyoming
Texas Panhandle
Texas
San Antonio
Record Cold Grips Texas As Panhandle Sees Blizzard
January weather across Texas includes first subzero readings in the Panhandle with heavy snow and high winds. Dalhart records 4 below, El Paso reports a third snowfall, and Stamford up 10 while Snyder is 11 above. Snow and sleet stretch across North Texas to the Louisiana line as the cold front shifts southeast toward the Gulf.
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Dallas
Tex
Panhandle
Texas
el Paso
Dalhart
Stamford
Snyder
Louisiana
Gulf
Cold Wave Delays Reach East After Warmer Start
The Weather Bureau says high pressure over the western Atlantic retards the eastward cold air. Very low temperatures grip the West with zero readings extending into the Texas Panhandle. The cold wave will reach the East Gulf States and Ohio Valley by Tuesday with rains in the south and warnings for Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and northern Alabama.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic Ocean
Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Cold Snap Grips Pacific Coast Cities
A severe cold wave from the north hits the Pacific coast with San Francisco at 35 degrees and Sacramento recording its 20s. Seattle drops to 27 as orange groves face damage. The Great Northern line is halted by an avalanche and trains are ferried to Spokane via the Northern Pacific.
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Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Sacramento
Seattle
Spokane
Record Cold Grips Colorado Across State
A severe cold snap blankets Colorado with temperatures plunging below zero. Denver records show minus readings across the city while statewide areas endure the coldest spell of the winter season. The unrelenting freeze affects daily life and travel. The bitter weather tightens its grip from the mountains to the plains.
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Colorado
Denver
Colo
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Tonight unsettled and much colder with temperatures from 24 to 20 degrees. Tuesday shows fair skies and continued cold conditions with brisk morning temperatures.
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San Antonio
Weather Observations From Multiple Cities
Morning weather report lists temperatures and wind directions for St Louis Tucacay Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston Washington with notes of cloudiness cold conditions and low temperatures. several cities show no data.
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ST. Louis
Tucacay Fair
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
SCHOONER HELPLESS SEEKS ASSISTANCE NEAR VIRGINIA COAST
Wrecks and distress signals reported along the Virginia coast include the schooner Bessie Whiting with one crew member dead and several injured, while the revenue cutter Onondaga hurries to aid after a two day coast search. Savanah wrecked on Frying Pan shoals abandoned by her crew. fate unknown. Lookout Bight sees Alcazar high and dry and Edith H Symington in distress aided by Seminole.
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Washington, D. C
Bessie Whiting
Virginia
Onondaga
Yamacraw
Savanah
Lookout Bight
Editor J N Heiskell named to succeed Jeff Davis
Governor Donaghey appoints J N Heiskell editor of the Arkansas Gazette as United States senator to replace the late Jeff Davis. A crowd estimated at 5000 gathered at the First Baptist Church for the senator's death funeral services. The numerous mourners included Arkansas notables and rural residents, some standing outside the packed church.
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Little Rock
Ark
George W. Donaghey
J. N. Heiskell
Arkansas Gazette
United States
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
First Baptist Church
Rockhold Named President Taft Nominee for Postmaster
Rockhold is named by President Taft as a nominee for postmaster in Dallas Texas. Neill is re nominated to be labor commissioner with Taft reasserting his cabinet choices.
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Dallas
Neill
Washington, D. C
Taft
Charles P. Neill
George F. Rockhold
Tex
Women’s National Democratic League faces leadership challenge
Rumors swirl that Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby may be urged to withdraw from the ballot as the league’s first annual convention opens. Critics accuse Crosby of neglecting the national body while favoring New York affairs and her stance on free trade and a single tax contrasts with the upcoming administration.
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Washington, D. C
Woman's National Democratic League
John Sherwin Crosby
New York
Crosby
New York State
League
Perry Belmont
Eugene F. Kinkead
New Jersey
Champ Clark
Oscar Underwood
William A. Cullop
Indiana
William Jennings
Gryan
Stephen Bb. Ayres
Henry L. Edmunds
St. Louis
Adelaid
Steverson
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R. Marshall
Old Hickory
Andrew Jackson
Wilson
Stephen B. Ayres
Marshall
National Democratic League
Washington
Thomas R. Marsett
Perry Belmon
Weodrow Wilson
W. A. Cullom
John Sherwinky
What’s in a Name Sometimes a Fortune
A promotional piece highlights how names tied to ideas, quality, and nationwide publicity build fortunes. Advertising, it claims, makes brands memorable and signals quality across food, personal care, and household products.
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Milwaukee
Minnesota
J. P. Fallon
Burglars Loot Two Homes On Corpus Christi Road
Burglars entered the Neal residence on Corpus Christi road at 4 am and escaped with 86 dollars after firing several shots. They also hit Dr. Brasell’s Harlandale home near San Antonio, stealing six dollars clothing and mistaking Confederate bills for currency. Miss Ethel Neal screamed during the break in. A purse, pocketbook, and a clothing bundle were recovered or found later nearby.
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C. A. Neal
Corpus Christ
Neanoi
T. G. Brassel
Harlandale
San Antonio
Neal
Ethel Neal
Mr. Neal
Miss Neal
Potential delay in Epting murder trial in May term
Beach B Epting may avoid trial for complicity in the Al Boyce Jr. murder if a continuance is granted to the next term, moving the case to late May after John Beal Sneed's trial. Sneed's acquittal or manslaughter verdict would erase Epting’s complicity charge by law, making this effectively Sneed’s trial for the Boyce murder.
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Memphis
Tex
Beach B. Epting
al Boyce Jr
Moton
John Beal Sneed
Sneed
Chicago Alderman McKenna Dies in Hotel Residence
William J. McKenna a 50 year old Chicago alderman and electrical supplier died yesterday morning in his hotel apartment after a relapse of a pulmonary ailment. He was unmarried and identified by an alderman badge. Surviving brother John J. McKenna of Chicago directed burial arrangements with Pearce Robinson Undertaking Company.
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William J. McKenna
Chicago
McKenna
John J. McKenna
Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Company
Vicious Dog Declared. Owner Fined and Banished
Augustin Salinas faced a ruling over a dog alleged to attack passerby P Garcia on North Pecos Street. Garcia testified he was forced to fend off the animal each time he passed. The court declared the dog vicious and fined Salinas ten dollars, with suspension conditioned on the dog’s immediate destruction within six hours or permanent removal from the city.
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Augustin Salinas
P. Garcia
Garcia
Pecos Street
Rockefeller on Nassau Island Visit Reported
William G. Rockefeller, sought as a witness for the Pujo money trust inquiry, is listed as a Nassau Bahama Islands hotel guest. Visitors say he sailed from Miami on the Miami last Thursday after arriving from Palm Beach in a private Florida East Coast Railroad car.
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Miami
Fla
William G. Rockefeller
Pujo Money Trust Investgating
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Rockefeller
Palm Beach
President Parrott
Florida East Coast Railroad
Buried Man Not Jones, Texas Family Mourns Wrong Death
In Fort Worth the family of Flem Jones of Naples Texas mourned a man buried as their father after a railroad accident. The buried man was not Jones and Flem Jones, alive, sent a letter to his daughter confirming he is alive, causing families in East Texas to grieve an apparent death.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Flem Jones
Naples
Here
Jones
Texas
Sixty Voters Qualify Early At Courthouse Poll
About sixty people qualified as voters this forenoon at the courthouse. Poll tax payments were collected at the County Collector John Bitter’s office and officials predicted more would qualify in the afternoon.
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John Bitter
Democrats Start Tariff Revision Hearings in House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee opened a month long series of hearings on schedule A chemical tariffs as part of a plan to repeal the Payne Aldrich law. Democratic leaders expect to draft a new tariff bill for the next Congress by March 15, balancing revenue needs with lower rates and chemical industry impacts.
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Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means
Ways and’ Means
New House
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Asso
Clark
Wilson
City Hospital Fire Sparks Panic and Prompt Evacuation
An early morning fire on the second floor of the City Hospital’s east wing caused smoke and near panic among patients. Steward C Schroeder and staff evacuated the infirm, with the fire department arriving within three minutes to extinguish the blaze and investigations into the origin continue.
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C. Schroeder
Shroeder
Supreme Court upholds counts in Patten cotton corner case
The US Supreme Court today upheld part of the indictment against James A. Patten and co defendants for conspiring to corner cotton under the Sherman law. The decision sends the case back for trial on the remaining counts in lower courts, focusing on the third and seventh counts about market manipulation and futures corner.
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Washington, D. C
James A. Patten
Supreme Court of the United States Today
Patten
Eugéne G. Scales
Frank B. Hayne
William P. Brown
New York
New York Exchange
United States Circuit Court For
Supreme Court
Americans Begin Out Of Mexico Amid Tense Native Mood
El Paso news reports Americans and their families fleeing northern Mexico as native hostility and fear of U S intervention rise. Mining towns in Chihuahua and border shipments drive many to the United States while several smelters and a steel plant near Torreon reportedly shut down, signaling widespread disruption.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Chihuahua
United States
Mexican Public Uneasy Over Ambassador Return
In Mexico City readers await the return of Ambassador Witconne amid wary public mood. Early developments signal a cautious reopening of relations between the United States and Mexico as diplomatic signals and concerns surface.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Jan
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