Train Hold-Up By Dandits Injures Mail Clerk
Erie Pa July 1 a hundred or more farmers and all available police pursue train robbers who halted Philadelphia and Erie line train 41 near Wesleyville. Bandits rifled mail and express cars. mail clerk wounded, conductor stoned. passengers narrowly escaped. Robbers masked, numbers reported six to ten. reports of $25000 shipment denied by Adams Express and railroad officials. Engineer Albert Carey halted the locomotive after timber obstruction on Five Mile curve.
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Associated Press
Erie
Philadelphia and
Erie Ranch
Pennsylvania Line
Philadelphia
Chicago
Wesleyville
Adams Express
Express Company
Albert Carey
Carey
Free prescription promises dramatic beauty fix for hands and neck
Grace Benson touts a home remedy using Kulux Compound and witch hazel, claiming one night application smooths and softens rough skin. She urges readers to obtain two ounce and one ounce bottles, mix with water, and apply night and morning for quick results.
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Grace Benson
Gore sails to victory on wool schedule motion
Senator Gore the blind statesman from Oklahoma scored his biggest victory of the present session by introducing a wool schedule motion that drew support from sixteen Republican insurgents forming a coalition larger than the regular Republicans in the Senate. His measure passed 39 to 13 and sent the Underwood bill lowering duties on wool and products to the finance committee with a report deadline of July 10.
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Gore
Oklahoma
Congress
Finance Committee
Train Holdup Sparks Panic Across Car Line
Mail clerks and passengers faced a brutal armed robbery as gunfire erupted aboard a train. Carey, Block, Rooney, Hart, and Anderson acted to resist, with several men hurled over an embankment and most passengers escaping unharmed. Detectives suspect the bandits hoped to drive the train off a cliff into Four Mile creek.
Mills Jr Engaged to Miss Rutherford of Vanderbilt Line
New York and Paris announce Ogden L. Mills Jr. of New York to wed Miss Margaret Rutherford, daughter of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Sr. The ceremony is expected in Paris next fall. Mills, grandson of Darius Ogden Mills, is a Harvard graduate and lawyer.
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Associated Press
New York
Paris
Ogden L. Mills Jr
Margaret Rutherford
William K. Vanderbilt Sr
Vanderbilt
Lewis Morris Rutherford Jr
Kidney Disease Remedy Claims Cure If Treated Early
Mr. Perry A. Pitman of Dale Texas testifies he lay in bed four months with kidney bladder trouble and gall stones. He credits Foley's Kidney Remedy with curing him after one bottle. Ask for it at King Pattison Drug Co.
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Perry A. Pitman
Dale
Tex
Foley
King & Pattison Drug Co
Swearingen Family Hurt When Carriage Flips After Street Car Collision
Mrs Swearingen Confined To Bed After Overturned Carriage Injures Mrs P H Swearingen Miss Clara May Brooks Winifred Swearingen aged 8 and Robert Swearingen aged 2 in collision with a South Heights street car at 600 block on Goliad street. Injuries bruises and scratches not serious. Carriage occupants pulled from wreck. motor man attempted to stop but could not prevent crash.
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P. H. Swearingen
Clara May Brooks
Winifred Swearingen
Robert Swearingen
Mr. Swearingen
South Heights
Goliad Street
Swearingen
Miss Brooks
J. P. Oldham
Guenther Street
Dakota Street
Moses Park
Merchants Push For 6 PM Saturday Store Closings
The Merchants and Traders league and local merchants expect to win support for closing shops at 6 o clock on Saturdays year round. Biggar Bros furniture store signs petitions with staff ready to sign. A mass meeting at the Y M C A is planned for Sunday to gauge enough pledges to urge action.
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Merchants’ and Traders’ League
Biggar Bros
Texas Central appoints new officers in July reshuffle
Waco Texas July 1 General Manager William A Webb names James B Gilmer as head of the general manager's office and Ramsay M Cox as assistant general manager in charge of claims tax and right of way matters for the Texas Central railroad.
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Associated Press
Waco
Tex
William A. Webb
James B. Gilmer
The
Texas Central
Ramsay M. Cox
Man Leaps 125 Feet to Death From Riverside Viaduct
An unidentified man died after leaping 125 feet from the Riverside viaduct onto the pavement in New York. His hat bore a name from an Okmulgee Oklahoma dealer and the band was marked with G. R. Vanlith in ink.
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New York
Riverside
Okmulgee
Okla
G. R. Vanlith
Prayer Brings Rain to Hazelhurst After Prayer Service
In Hazelhurst Georgia believers prayed for rain at a Baptist church service. Last night a torrential downpour swept the town and surrounding countryside, the heaviest in months, ending a drought that harmed crops across the area.
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Georgia
Associated Press
Hazelhurst
The
Baptist Church
Farmers Elect Officers in Hays County Union
SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT Kyle Texas July 1 The Hays County Farmers union met with the Buda local and elected officers J L Goforth president T M Quick vice president L Turner secretary treasurer F F Ferguson doorkeeper H C Whistnant conductor J F Alsup lecturer J A Montgomery chaplain P Allen J E Barber W A Kaigler executive committee G A McNaughton delegate to state union A Sion alternate J L Armstrong endorsed for state lecturer and organizer
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Kyle
Tex
Hays County Farmers’ Union
Buda
J. L. Goforth
T. M. Quick
L. Turner
F. F. Ferguson
H. C. Whistnant
J. F. Alsup
J. A. Montgomery
P. Allen
J. E. Barber
W. A. Kaigler
G. A. McNaughton
A. Sion
J. L. Armstrong
Ends With Banquet
A banquet at Narragansett Pier Rhode Island closed the annual gathering of the American Institute of Homeopathy attended by more than 600 delegates and guests.
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Narragansett Pier
R. I
American Institute of Homeopathy
Railroad Time Table Clipping Shows North and Local Arrivals
The notice lists train arrivals and origins including No. 1 from the north at 1:55 pm and 6:45 am, local Palestine service at 10:45 pm, and mixed Mexico and Laredo lines with various times. It reflects a 96 pattern and partial legible data.
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O. No
Palestine
Mexico
Laredo
Houston
New Orleans
East
West
Victoria Division
Cuero
Victoria
OTC
Cece Cove
OCG
Ceca Cces Scccce
Santa Fe
I. & G. M. Devot
North
Train schedules from Houston to Galveston and beyond
A listing of multiple passenger train numbers and routes from Houston, Galveston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Kerrville, Kerrville Sunday service, El Paso, Victoria, Cuero, and other points. Times range from early morning to late night, with numerous departures and arrivals, including coast towns and the Matz Line options.
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Houston
Coast
Corse
Kerrville
Irville
S. A
Matz
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Colorado
Northwest
Fort Worth
Denver City
San Antonio
Austin
Waco
Denver
Mo., Kansas & Texay
Galveston
Dallas
Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway
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Jour
Ful
Petrich-Saur
Chestnut and
Lamar
H. D. Rooney
Rooney
James Hart
Carl O. Anderson
Renova
Anderson
Frank Freund
Four Mile Creek
Mills
Wake
Burg Jap
SAN Antoni
ST. Louis
Prones 42S Co
M.bynum, Pass
J.co. Bell C. M. Price Assistants
A. P. Ry
Corpus Christi
Rockport
Ingleside
Gulf
Aransas Pass
Gregory
H. L. Wagner, C. T. A
Houston and
Ave. C
Dallas, Fort Worth
A. PF
el Paso
Weee
Atlantic City
Sleeper
Rochester
Shriners
Ben Hur Patrol
Houston Street
A. A. Glisson
Fort Worth, Texas
Grand Canyon
San Francisco
Fred Harvey
E. H. Dallas, D. P. A
W. Commerce St
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