Woman tells startling tale before jury in Austin case
Lilly May Walker testifies in a Missouri Kansas & Texas railroad suit about being betrayed into a house of ill repute in Austin. She describes escape after using a beer bottle as a weapon, setting a fire, and fleeing with the aid of a helping man to a hotel. She also recounts subsequent slander claims tied to the Raines affair.
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Austin
Lilly May Walker
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Forty-fifth District
Reon
Manuial
Inco
Frank C. Davis
Texas
Legislature acts push uniform surveying system and city charters
The Texas House hears a bill by Representative Self to create a uniform land surveying system and a state board of examiners. Senator Murray and others push bills on beekeeping, land sales, and child and animal protection. The Senate passes bills and honors Elder J B Faulkner in a memorial resolution.
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Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Self
State University
Hunt
Amarillo
Senate
House Committee On Labor
C@lquitt
Comanche County
Golden Rule
Grayson County
Murray
Hume
Sturgeon
Dallas County
McNealus
Miles
Waco
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promotes Constipation Relief
Promotions offer a free sample bottle by writing Dr. W B Caldwell 641 Caldwell Building Monticello Ill. Claims decades of experience and cures for constipation liver trouble and indigestion. Cites testimonials from J A Vernon Oklahoma City and Mrs S Snyder Canton Ill.
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J. A. Vernon
Oklahoma City
8S. E. Snyder
Canton
Ill
Caldwell
Fair and Warmer Tonight and Tomorrow Forecast
The United States Weather Bureau calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and tomorrow. Irregular air pressure and unsettled, cloudy weather persist across the country with cold in the north and lake regions. Two storm systems are advancing, one from the west Pacific and another over Canada bringing snow to D C and Western New York. California reports rain. New York Star Dye Works advertises home deliver service with a phone number.
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United States Weather Bureau
Uncle Mose
Allen Buell
Lake Region
Manitoba
Canadian
District of Columbia
New York
United States
Pacific
California
Change in Harriman Line Houston Terminal Management
Houston officials report a shift in Harriman line control with terminals placed under J. B. Tausig as superintendent. Tausig previously held a similar post with the Wabash at St. Louis.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Harriman Line Management
J. B. Tausig
Wabash
St. Louis
Health Board Meets for City Cleaning Crusade
The city board of health met for about ten minutes with brief readings and brief policy notes. They reported daily work by prisoners clearing brush and burning rubbish, plus regular ditch cleaning. A spring cleanup plan targets breeding grounds for flies and mosquitoes in the coming weeks.
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City Board of Health
Reed Named Chief of Detectives in Houston
Houston police announce BE L Reed appointed chief of detectives after Kessler resigns to join Harriman lines service. Reed succeeds amid city police leadership changes.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Ray
BE. L. Reed
Kessler
Harriman Lines
Spring Boys Suits and Rompers Offered at Low Prices
New spring suits for boys priced 4 to 10 dollars and rompers in blue and tan chambray with striped effects from the K. E. brand for ages 2 to 8. Long or short sleeves available. Choice at 50 cents.
Contract Set for Six Mile Levee
Brenham Tex March 3 When bids were opened for the construction of a six mile levee between old Washington and Chappel Hill along the Brazos it was found that John Leonard a Tennessee contractor had secured the work at 41325 It will be completed January 1 1912 and reclaim from overflows 8400 acres of fine land.
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Associated Press
Brenham
Tex
Old Washington
Chappel Hill
Brazos
John Leonard
Tennessee
Hearne elects Brady mayor in landslide city vote
Hearne Texas voters choose P. L. Brady as mayor by five vote margin and T. P. Griffin as city marshal by sixty seven. Recounts show aldermen re elected except Phil Reilly, replaced by R. D. Wray. W. W. Bivin and John B. E. Bishop win reelection as city secretary and attorney with 184 votes each.
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Associated Press
Hearne
Tex
P. L. Brady
T. P. Griffin
Phil Reilly
R. D. Wray
Reilly
W. W. Bivin
John BE. Bishop
Tragic suicide of young wife in Texas hills
Waxahachie Texas March 3 The body of his eighteen year old wife was found by 8S W Mandon a young farmer when he returned home near Midlothian shortly before noon today with a load of wood. The girl had shot herself through the heart with a 22 caliber target rifle. The cause of her act is not known. She had been married about two years.
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Associated Press
Waxahachie
Tex
W. Mandon
Midlothian
Railroad Engineer Barney Comiskey Killed in Cameron Yard
Cameron Texas March 3 Barney Comiskey an engineer on the S A A P railroad was run over in the switch yard and instantly killed. The accident happened while the switchman was making up a train at the Behles Boelhauwe Book building area with cavennns cars and cut rate services noted. New phone.
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Associated Press
Cameron
Tex
Barney Comiskey
Negro Confesses to Multiple Burglaries
Brenham Texas March 3 The six burglaries from Saturday night and numerous others were cleared when Granville Johnson a Negro confessed He was shot twice in the abdomen at Navasota by City Marshal Haemer a former ranger who surprised him during a raid on a second hand store It is feared he will die
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Brenham
Tex
Granville Johnson
Navasota
Haemer
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