Murder charge lands here for US brakeman case
Deputy Marshal Williams brought Arthur Williams, charged with murdering US railroad brakeman Jack Hardesty on Port McIntosh military reservation last month. Details mirror prior reports. Candy seized near Nuevo Laredo remains unidentified after 800 pounds of gum drops found in a baggage car ice chest. Authorities investigate the candy theft as customs officials travel between Nuevo Laredo and Carrizo. A wedding at the Ross hotel celebrated Rev. Latis Pinna and Miss Winton Mitchal from San Francisco. The town notes troop movements along the border and a Tenth Cavalry squadron bound for Havana is expected to arrive here soon.
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Laredo
United States
Win
Mfansen
Arthur Williams
Jack Hardesty
Port McIntosh
Eagle Pass
Dave
Willams
Nuevo Farecto
Mexican ‘National
Galbraith
Arguelles
Nuevo Laredo
Uniber Giales
J. Rhynes
PF. Johmsen
Carrizo
Zapata County
Janes McGloin
Corpus Christi
Latis Pinna
Lampazos
Mex
Isnvinal
Ringgold and
Brown
Li Iz
Garris
Tenth Cavalry
Havana
Cuba
Barringer
Winton Mitchal
San Francisco
Cal
Ross Hotel Stongay
Golden Gate City
Victoria
To- Tice
Jose M. Mendisla
Taorenza Garza
Lula Baldemes
Gulttermsa Sanchez
Manuel Martinez
Liclfonso
Texas Wonder Discovery Claims Kidney Cure All Ailments
A Texas advertisement promotes Hall's Great Discovery as a universal kidney and bladder cure for men and women and children. It offers mail order fulfillment from Dr B W Hall of St Louis, with testimonials from Temple and Tyler praising cures and substantial benefits.
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B. W. Hall
Temple
Texas
Weather summary and local public affairs in one report
The weather outlook notes cloudy areas in Illinois Minnesota and Missouri with generally fair conditions from the Gulf of Mexico to British America west of the Mississippi The Kansas and West Texas area show slightly lower temperatures while Colorado and South Dakota rise Denver reports 50 degrees and Rapid City 48 The barometer peaks in the Rio Grande valley and falls in the Upper Missouri valley where a storm region may form A local health ad promotes Tam One Minute Cough Cure claiming quick relief for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles The piece also discusses public interest questions about water power plans public meetings and stock concerns in Besar county including a business tax and ownership debate The analysis presents financial figures for a water plant purchase showing total costs and projected revenue and notes the city’s water supply ownership as a long debated issue The document warns against hasty acceptance or rejection and stresses public benefit and serenity
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Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
British America
Mississippi
Kansas
West Texas
Colorado
South Dakota
Denver
Rapid City
Rio Grande Valley
Missouri Valley
Two Revolution Scott G press and Brown talding machine for sale
Printers advertise a first class two revolution Scott G press No 6 with 240 hourly speed, frame 86x44. Brown folding machine hand feed, 3000 hourly speed, both in perfect condition. Price details and contact by T B Johnson at Daily Light office. sale ad from Crystal Saloon listing private stock.
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T. B. Johnson
Water plant deal eyed by cautious citizens
The discussion centers on transferring the Walters plant to city ownership via contract with the water company. Citizens urge level-headed, business-focused consideration, noting past ballot tax concerns and the potential to avoid a direct vote while weighing the city’s gain versus company interests.
Nunyons Inhaler Bonds and City Ownership Debate
A garbled editorial argues for municipal ownership, citing bonds and stock values totaling about 2.0 million and a claimed net profit of 2.67 million from a 4.75 million base. It muses on competition versus public control, mentions water company knowhow, and ends with a religious flourish urging readers to read The Daily Light.
Diagramming a Tunnel Grade for Hedges and Sewers
The text describes diagonal cuts on hedges with edges dipping west while vertical sections rise east. It mentions a tunnel incline and a sewer commissioner's grade of 13.8 percent, roughly half the distance from a city street to another reference point.
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Sewer Commissioner's Office
Ollye Street
A Little Humanity Requests Sunday Flower Mission
A respectable old man walks daily to a distant city cemetery bearing wild flowers. Each Sunday he decorates a solitary grave with tokens of purity and love for mankind, yet his identity and purpose remain unknown.
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San Antonio
Big City Sewer Work to Drain Polluted Pond
Engineering work on the Dakota street sewer near the Big Bluff will pierce rock to tap the Mississippi and drain a stagnant pond used as a summer swimming hole where several lives are said to have been lost. The project includes piling under Broadway and a cut in rock to extend the sewer to Oregon street.
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Tharest
Dakota Street
Mississippi
Perhayes Wells
Conch Street
Oregon
Friendrese
Brosdwey
Dakota Street Sewer Ia
Euher
Urbain Lemelle and the seven sáven years of crime and penance
A narrative tracing Urbain Lemelle from child labor to theft, imprisonment, and repeated failure to reform. The tale follows his life across Angers Brest Nantes Paris and Brest again, detailing theft of money, escape attempts, and eventual return to penury under guardianship of the king.
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Analin Lemelle
Vallen
Bisset
Urbain
Gervais
Loire
Gervase
Gervabe
Eishiy Enawea
Urbain I
Bever Can
Angers
Vine
America
Ingrandes
Vebsin
Wwe
Velsei
Brest
Place de la Greve
AL. Mugse
Doggoods
Intelligee Co
Bicetre
Cerve
Feso
Ceap Darin
Bicetra
Paris
Diitention
Urbain Lemetle Nivel
Creulane
Joy-qwag
Bagnet
Confederate money trial sparks federal test case in Chicago
In Chicago on January 13, I M M Davis a Monroe Street mail order dealer was arrested on an unusual charge of dealing Confederate States money. If indicted and a ruling favors the government, the case could expand prosecutions for all who circulated counterfeit Confederate notes. Authorities note bills totaling 310,000 were found at Davis’s shop.
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Til
Davis
Monroe Street
United States
Humphrey
United States District Court
Kansas City
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