Funeral set for explosion victim Edmund Beaumont
The funeral for Edmund Franklin Beaumont, engineer killed in the Southern Pacific locomotive boiler explosion near Hondo, will be held this afternoon from the family home at 830 North Pine Street. Interment follows at Alamo Lodge Masonic cemetery with Rev. J. T. Hutcheson officiating and attendance by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Alamo Masonic lodge, and many friends. Beaumont is survived by his widow, an 18 year old daughter, two sisters, two brothers, and another brother in Little Rock unable to attend due to illness. TM. D. Connelly, the injured fireman, is reported improved. Cause cited as low water in the boiler. committee found water glass pipes in good condition and the crown sheet hot. boiler moved to the SP shop in town.
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Edmund Franklin Beaumont
Southern Pacific
Hondo
North Pine Street
Alamo Lodge Masonic Cemetery
J. T. Hutcheson
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Beaumont
Alamo Masonic Lodge
Num
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Gets-It corn cure advertised as painless remedy
An advertisement claims GETS-IT removes corns, callouses, warts and bunions without irritation. It asserts the corn shrivels and comes out, promising safe use, no bleeding, and immediate relief. Sold by 25 cents a bottle or mail order from BE Lawrence & Co Chicago.
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Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Williams' Kidney Pills Ad Promises Kidney Relief
An old advertisement touts Williams' Kidney Pills as a cure for overworked nerves and kidney bladder troubles. It claims relief for pains in the loins side and back and a pale under eye appearance, priced at 60 cents and sold by A. M. Fischer.
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Williams
A. M. Fischer
Excursion Steamer Grand Manan Collides With Dredge
In Calais Maine a collision between the excursion steamer Grand Manan carrying 600 passengers and a dredge in the St. Croix river left the dredge crewman James Carr of East Boston dead. The steamer leaked but offered no sinking risk as low tide limited loss of life.
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St. Croix River
Calais
Maine
Grand Manan
St. Croix
James Carr
Boston
Jourdanton Trades Day Highlights Prize Winning Cake
Jourdanton Texas celebrated Trades Day with farmers and residents visiting the town. A monthly Trades Day is planned for the fourth Monday each month. A cake baking contest involved town and countryside ladies, with Mrs A A Ash winning second prize. the cake was sent to The Light staff at the ladies' request.
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Jourdanton
Tex
A. A. Ash
Bee Swarm Causes Farmer’s Fatal Death
In Parkersburg on June 27 Drury B. Badgeley a Pleasant Hill farmer was attacked by a swarm of bees that settled in his hair and beard and stung him to death.
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Parkersburg
Wie
Drury B. Badgeley
Pleasant Hill
Here
Opposition Fights San Antonio Rail Link From Houston Angles
Houston interests oppose the San Antonio Rockport and Mexican railway project saying Houston would lose trade and water traffic to San Antonio if the line to the Rio Grande is built. Synopsis explains the contract terms, milestones, and the $250000 bonus plan backed by San Antonio businessmen.
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Houston
San Antonio
Rockport
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Valley
Harbor Island
San Angelo
Chamber of Commerce
Crowther
Doctor’s Boyish Face Reveals Skin Renewer
A fashion note recounts a physician famed for his youthful complexion using mercorized wax as a renewer and preserver. Women reportedly apply nightly before washing off, claiming the product removes dull skin and reveals healthier underlayers. The piece also mentions a saxolite facial bath as another rejuvenator.
Progressive is Winner in South Dakota Governor Nomination
South Dakota Republicans nominate Q A Buchanan as progressive candidate for governor after statewide primary. Incomplete returns from 308 of 854 precincts show Buchanan 5487 votes, Hanna 4414, Johnson 1700. Democrats indicate George P Jones may win the nomination.
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South Dakota
Buchanan
Grand Forks
S. D
Q. A. Buchanan
L. B. Hanna
C. A. Johnson
George P. Jones
Minnesota
Frisco Resumes Through Service Houston Beaumont New Orleans
After seven weeks of no through passenger traffic due to Mississippi floods, the Frisco restarted service this morning with an eastbound train running at 2 30 o'clock between Houston and Beaumont and New Orleans.
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Beaumont
Tex
Houston
New Orleans
Mississippi
Frisco
Negro Farmers' Improvement Society agent promotes back to farm movement
J. B. Rayner, financial agent of the Negro Farmers' Improvement Society college at Ladonia Texas, tours the city urging able negros to move to the country to acquire land and become producers. He stresses self discipline and hard work in lectures and seeks funds for a new brick building at the college to educate farmer boys and girls in farming trades and domestic skills.
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Ladonia
Tex
San Antonio
J. B. Rayner
Negro Farmers’ Improvement Society College
East Crockett Street
Rayner
Sutherland Springs Baptist chautauqua opens July 4
The third annual encampment of the Sutherland Springs Baptist chautauqua begins July 4 and runs ten days. Workers prepare 25 acres of grounds as Rev. Bowen tours the region with views of town and river scenery to drum up attendance. Campers arrive. the grounds fill with tents as a strong lineup of southern Baptists is announced.
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Sutherland Springs
South
McMillan Arrives in San Antonio for Two-Day Stay
Robert J. McMillan assistant general attorney for the St Louis Mexico and Brownsville railroad is in San Antonio for a two day stay.
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Robert J. McMillan
The
St. Louis
Mexico
Brownsville
San Antonio
Taft Texas Delegation Charge Sparks Convention Uproar
Texas cattleman Ed C. Lasater, a Taft delegate, returned from Chicago claiming the Republican National Committee stole the Texas delegation to back Taft. He said the convention showed no belief Taft could win, but the party might be kept intact at the expense of the presidency.
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Chicago
Ed C. Lasater
Falfuritas
Lasater
Republican National Committee
Texas
Lone Star
Taft
Fort Worth
National Committee
Cecil Lyon
Mckinley
Colonel Lyon
Lyons
Nellie Bly Is Sentenced in Brooklyn Contempt Case
Elizabeth C. Seaman known as Nellie Bly, once a famed traveler and newspaper woman, owner of Ironclad Manufacturing of Brooklyn, jailed 20 days and fined 3000 dollars for contempt of court in a creditor inquiry tied to Ironclad bankruptcy. Stay granted to July 1.
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New York
Nellie Bly
Elizabeth C. Seaman
Ironclad Manufacturing Company
Brooklyn
Mayer
Seaman
Ironclad
American Steel Barrel Company
Texans Asked to Exhibit at Alberta Dry Farming Congress
Alberta minister of agriculture urges Texas to send a creditable dry farming exhibit to the October congress in Alberta. Charles S. Hotchkiss, Alberta publicity chief, will visit Texas to drum up interest. Some Texas regions have made progress in dry farming methods.
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Alberta
Canada
Austin
Tex
Duncan Marshall
Texas Executive
Farmers of Texas
Texas
Marshall
Charles 8. Hotchkiss
Senate moves to extend all government appropriations
Washington June 27 the senate agreed to meet only morning business at the democratic convention while appointing conferees on the appropriation bill to cover salaries judiciary the president and more. Without passage and signature by July 1 pay for army navy and federal staff would cease. Officials expect a blanket resolution to extend current appropriations into the new year. A New Jersey farmer patented a device to fasten a shoe to a horse's foot.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Today
Congress
House
Judiciary
Commerce Court
Con
New Jersey
Parisian Sage hair tonic promises quick dandruff banish and stop hair loss
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a safe, dye free hair tonic that banishes dandruff and halts hair loss in two weeks while stopping itching in hours. It markets to men women and children and cites customer testimonials from Rockville Connecticut and a general price of 59 cents a bottle.
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Schwab McElroy’s
Gec. Brown
St. Rockville
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