Dynamite Threats Spark Outrage in Indian Territory Fence Cuts
Betsy notices warn of dynamite bombs as roads are blocked and fences torn by unknown groups. William Morgan of Hominy is jailed at Pawhuska amid testimony from fence-cut witnesses. A Katy train had been held up months earlier and a large cash transfer passed unseen on a second train. A tenant report near Pawhuska quotes a threat blaming “the negroes” and demanding road openings under fear.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Sage Country
William Morgan
Hominy
Pawhuska
Katy
Indiana
Leahy
Pepino
Twenty Thousand Dollars Raised For Red Cross Seals
Mrs. O B Colquitt Texas state chairman reports about 20000 worth of Red Cross seals sold and another 15000 collected across the state. She praises Texas Anti Tuberculosis association as state agent for the drive started before Christmas with seals distributed and sold in every Texas city.
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Austin
Tex
O. B. Colquitt
Texas
Red Cross
Sheriff Seizes 1600 Beers in Coffeyville Dray Case
Sheriff Paxson seized 1600 bottles of beer in cases at Coffeyville. The beer, from Kansas City, was loaded on a dray for South Coffeyville Oklahoma when halted. Owner George Machant claimed ownership, but the sheriff jailed him stating the beer would go to the county jail. Plumber A Collman listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Kas
Paxson
Coffeyville
Kansas City
South Coffeyville
Oklahoma
George Machant
Woman named sheriff to succeed husband in Missouri
In Springfield Missouri on January 27 Mrs Nancy H Williams of Lebanon Laclede county was appointed to fill the late husband William J Williams 60 long time sheriff of the county He died in St Johns hospital and a special election is set for February 27 The court granted the appointment amid petitions from residents making her the first woman sheriff Missouri ever had
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Sprngfeld
Missouri
Nancy H. Williams
Lebanon
Laclede County
William J. Williams
St. John’s Hospital
Williams
Resignation of Legislators Not to Trigger Special Election
D B Chapin of Hidalgo County resigns from the Texas Thirty second legislature. Eight members have resigned so far. Governor says no steps for special elections and no special session planned. Chapin represented Hidalgo Cameron and Starr counties and gave no reason for quitting.
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THE
Austin
Tex
D. B. Chapin
Chapin
Hidalgo County
Hidalgo
Cameron
Starr
Hear Sunday Daw Case Appoints Commissioner
Comptroller Lane names J. H. Montgomery to take evidence and depositions on a complaint against J. G. Benton of Pandora Wilson county alleging violation of the Sunday liquor law.
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Austin
Tex
Lane
J. H. Montgomery
J. G. Benton
Pandora
Wilson County
Governor Appoints Special Judge for Harrison County
Austin Tex Jan 27 The governor has appointed C B Carter of Marshall Harrison county to act as special judge of the county court in place of Judge George L Huffman who is disqualified to preside in a certain case
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Austin
Tex
C. B. Carter
Marshall
Harrison County
George L. Huffman
Telegraph & Telephone Co Gross Receipts Tax Report
Austin Texas January 27 report shows Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company Texas gross receipts for the quarter ending December 31 totaling 1 262 789. The 1 percent tax due amounted to 18 941 dollars.
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Austin
Tex
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company
Texas
Comptroller’s Department
Co operation urged between merchants and cotton farmers
Hatton W. Sumners warns that science must guide both production and marketing of cotton. He calls for a national marketing department and closer town country cooperation to ensure farmers receive fair value. Roy Campbell unable to attend. next institute meeting set for February 24.
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Bexar County Farmers’ Institute
Real Estate Exchange
Summers
National Agricultural Department
John Beck
Institute
Bexar County
South
Roy Campbell
Southwest Texas Truck Growers’ Association
Labor Legislation Discussion In Austin by Union Leaders
O L Kinsley state chairman of the legislative board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers and C F Goodrich editor of the Texas Railway Journal meet with local union members in Austin. Kinsley says Texas has regressed more on labor regulation than any other state.
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Austin
Tex
O. L. Kinsley
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
San Antonio
Cc. F. Goodrich
The
Texas Railway Journal
Fort Worth
Kinsley
Texas
Williams to Convene Texas Democratic Committee Meeting
Col Sheb Williams, chairman of the Texas Democratic Executive Committee, met with Col R M Johnston of the Houston Post and the governor to map the coming campaign. He said he would call a March meeting of the executive committee to set primaries for delegates to the state convention for presidential electors, likely at Fort Worth, with the convention site to be decided.
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Austn
Tex
Sheb Williams
R. M. Johnston
The
Houston Post
Williams
Houston
Executive Committee
Fort Worth
Railroad executive visits city for day
E. H. Coombs assistant general freight agent of the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad headquartered in Houston is spending today in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Coombs
The
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Houston
City
Youngest Man Ever Sentenced to NY Electric Chair
Albert Walter aged 19 will die in Sing Sing for the 1910 murder of Ruth Wheeler in East Seventy fifth street. He was sentenced in 1910, with appeal delays lengthening the case to a record-long death row.
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New York
Finel
Albert Walter
Sing Sings
Wheeler
East Seventy-fifth Street
Walter
Death House
Sing Sing
Muller
Ruth Wheeler
Wolter
Aire
Federal Officer Bitten in Lone Star Bite Incident
James Hy Trout a former county resident now with the federal immigration service stationed in Laredo arrived in Austin to learn if Pasteur treatment is required after a smile caused a bite on his left hand two days earlier.
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Austin
Tex
James Hy Trout
Immigration Bureau
Laredo
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Nancy Williams
Missouri County
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York City
Cardinal Farley
Rome
Sacred College
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