Express Mail Robbery Halts Train Near Glendale
Two armed men seized a northbound Southern Pacific train near West Fork Cow Creek Canyon. They blew the mail car safe and escaped with registered mail, failing to open the express car doors despite threats. Messenger Robb refused to cooperate. Posse pursuit launched. another SP train was robbed nearby two weeks earlier.
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Glendale
Ore
Southern Pacific Railroad
Seattle
San Francisco
West Fork
Cow Creek Canyon
Robb
Southern Oregon Post
Eugene
Massenger Robb
Southern Pacific
Elite Cafe 50-Cent Dinners Draw San Antonio Patrons
Daily or Sunday from 12 to 12 Elite Cafe advertises 50 cent dinners. A. Collman, plumper, invites trial at 416 Main Ave in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Elite Cafe
A. Collman
Plumper
Main Ava
Railroad labor supply tight as Mexican workers eyed for Texas, says agent
Arthur M. Sweeney of the Southern Pacific in San Antonio reports severe shortages of railroad labor in Texas for the coming year. He plans to add gangs and overhaul tracks starting July 1 but has secured only a dozen men. He cites reluctance of Mexican former revolutionists and local Black workers to take steady railroad work, with many seeking cotton farming or dam projects offering higher pay.
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Texas
Arthur M. Sweeney
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Sweeney
Mexico
San Antonio
Medina River
Southern Pacific Depot
East Commerce Street
Half Fare Plan Aimed at Boston Street Cars
Boston June 29 stand ing room only signs on street cars would be welcomed if a bill from Representative OConnell of Peabody is enacted. It would require riders unable to secure seats to pay half fare. The railroad commissioners will study the proposal before action by the legislature.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
O'Connell
Peabody
Fowlerton
Artesian Belt
Frio Valley
Superintendent Bralley Addresses Texas Students at Meet
About 100 South and East Texas county school superintendents teachers and others met State Superintendent Brailey in Houston on June 29. He delivered an address to the summer normal students after discussions on multiple educational matters.
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Houston
Tex
South
Texas
Brailey
Bralley
Summer Normal
Texas Fishermen Face Permit Requirement for All Freshwater Lakes
The Texas attorney general concludes that under the new fish and game law no person may catch fish in Texas freshwater lakes not on surveyed private land without a written permit from the fish and game commissioner. The opinion states the legislature intended no fishing without such authorization, leaving the scope to the commissioner.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Attorney General's
Fish and Game Commissioner
Fish and Game Law
Game Commissioner
Biplane Crash Wrecks Park In Chicago Flight
Aviator John J. Joyce fell 500 feet during an instructional flight at Hawthorne Park. He escaped with a sprained ankle and a scratched face after the biplane struck five telephone wires and a baseball backstop, then broke a trolley line.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John J. Joyce
Hawthorne Park
Joyce
Italian Consul to Probe Charges in Hearne Case
Italian consul C. Nicolini and agent T. R. Ellington arrived in Hearne to examine persecution charges filed by about thirty Italian families against local American citizens. They reportedly filed notices with the governor, details undisclosed.
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Associated Press
Hearne
Tex
C. Nicolini
Galveston
T. R. Ellington
Nicolini
Salvation Army plans midnight march in New York
Salvation Army units from across New York will march to Union Square near midnight for a mass meeting led by Commander Eva Booth. The event follows a hallelujah wedding at Salvation Army headquarters with Maj. Agnes Page and Staff Captain William Helmer married, ceremony to be performed by Commander Booth.
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Associated Press
New York
Salvation Army
Union Square
Eva Booth
Army
Agnes Page
William Helmer
Booth
Price lists in court claim guidance not binding
Witness John B. White testified in the ouster suit against lumber companies that price lists were used only for guidance and not strictly followed. The case centered on the Southern Lumber Manufacturers' association and Missouri Land & Lumber Exchange price lists from 1904 and 1905. He also acknowledged letters seeking investigations into the association's methods and his own properties. Experts analyzed company books for 21 years as part of the probe.
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Jefferson City
John B. White
Kansas City
White
Department of Commerce and Labor
Southern Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
George K. Smith
C. J. Schuster
St. Louis
Smith
Herbert Knox Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce
Atkinson
Association
Southern Association
Flower Delivery To Aid City Charities Tomorrow
The Light's auto will deliver flowers and magazines to San Antonio's hospitals and institutions. Volunteers are urged to pick fading blooms and bring small bouquets, as the auto runs at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. The project aims to brighten rooms and extend aid to the afflicted. Citizens are asked to notify The Light for future deliveries.
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Light's Auto
San Antonio
Light
First solo cross country flight by woman aviator
Mrs. James Martin of Boston completed the first successful cross country solo flight by a woman. In an eighteen minute excursion she traversed Waltham Watertown Newton Waverly and Belmont, performing her evolutions along the route.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
James Martin
Harvard
Waltham
Watertown
Newton
Waverly
Belmont
Woman lands perfectly using Martin Bleriot craft
Spearheading a bold flight the woman matched her husband’s speed and daring and achieved a flawless landing in the Martin Bleriot aircraft, demonstrating exceptional piloting skill.
Castro Cannot Land In St Thomas Under Copenhagen Orders
Government instructions from Copenhagen bar the landing of General Cipriano Castro on St Thomas if he arrives. All steamship agents on the island have been notified of the ban.
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Associated Press
ST. Thomas
Copenhagen
Cipriano Castro
Sap to Build Canning Plant in Aransas Pass
The Commercial club accepted J. H. Sap of Katy Texas proposal to erect a canning plant with pickling and preserving facilities on a donated site. Construction to start within forty days and plant to process the entire Live Oak peninsula vegetable crop. Sap plans to distribute 21 000 fig plants and cuttings to farmers who agree to plant them.
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Aransas Pass
Tex
Commercial Club
J. H. Sap
Katy
Texas
Live Oak Peninsula
Mr. Sap
Suth erland Springs Delivers Watermelons and Weather Notes
Fifteen carloads of water melons have been shipped from Sutherland Springs with at least thirty more due. If rain comes output could rise by fifteen cars. Cotton looks fair but dry heat may hurt the crop. corn has been reduced to one quarter due to dryness.
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Sutherland Springs
Tex
Diaz Heads to Wiesbaden for Health Cure Mission
FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN Germany June 29. General Porfirio Diaz former president of Mexico arrived today en route to Wiesbaden for a medical cure. JUAREZ Mexico June 29. Dispatches from Chihuahua report General Pascual Orozco will run for governor against Provisional Governor Gonzales.
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Frankfort -On-The-Matin
Germany
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Wiesbaden
Juarez
Chihuahua
Pascual Orozco
Gonzales
Kid Roberts Convicted Under Perkins Felony Law
In McKinney Texas on June 29 a first county trial under the Perkins felony law for local option violations ended with Kid Roberts convicted and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
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Mckinney
Tex
Kid Roberts
Eliza Ford 111, Former Slave Dies Near Yoakum
Eliza Ford a 111 year old former slave died near Yoakum Texas yesterday. She was once sold for 600 dollars and had been crippled for fifty years.
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Yoakum
Tex
Eliza Ford
Blackberries Abundant as Season Promises Distillery Demand
Chicago June 29 Enticing blackberry receipts are doubling from last year with prices cut by half as Illinois Indiana and Tennessee berries flood markets. Commission men say canners retailers and distillers will absorb much of the fruit shaping a strong brandy supply for medicinal and other uses over the next year.
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Chicago
Commission
Illinois
Indiana
Tennessee
Oldest living book agent touts 100th birthday bid
George Clinton Paine of Elmira New Jersey plans subscriptions in Montclair New Jersey as he nears age 100 on July 9. He says he sold 1000 books in two months and recalls voting for Andrew Jackson. Paine claims lineage to Governor Clinton who left 400 acres of land as a bequest.
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Od N. Y
Elmira
Clinton
Negro Taken In Robbery Case At Lockhart
Sheriff Franks brought Will Matthews from Hutto to Lockhart jail. The Black man is wanted for a broad daylight robbery of Mexican resident Maxwell, about 45 dollars taken. The assault occurred last fall.
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Negro
Lockhart
Tex
Franks
Will Matthews
Hutto
Maxwell
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Chestnut
Lamar
King Manuel
Ascot
England
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Portugal
Republic
Steves & Sons
LaSalle County
Fowler Bros. Land Go
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Diaz
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Negress
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