Refuses Fortnight Script Fifty Years Old Forty Shillings Bill
Warne of Alice Texas refuses an offer of $1500 for a rare forty shilling script dating to 1772. He says the bill is one of very few and remains not for sale despite collectors’ approaches. The note bears the signature lines and a Pennsylvania act imprint, worn but legible with magnification.
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Warne
Alice
Texas
Ieet
Tex
San Antonio
Arne
Esmbly
Pennsylvania
Pjesty George the Third
C. Biddle
A. Morris
I. War
Yoshio Markino
Mikado Worship and National Faith in Japan
A reminiscence on imperial reverence in Meiji era Japan describes the Mikado as divine and the focus of national concentration. The piece recalls ceremonies, school readings, battlefield travels, and the Russo-Japanese War, ending with a note on the new emperor and a hotel election-night announcement.
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Japan
Hiroshima
China
Dalkowitz Scraps Cadets for West Texas Match
The planned game between Dalkowitz and the state deaf and dumb institute of Austin was canceled because the visitors cannot travel to San Antonio. Dalkowitz will instead face the West Texas Military Academy in a anticipated tough contest.
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Texas
Dalkowitz
State Deaf and Dumb Institute
Austin
San Antonio
West Texas Military Academy
Fire destroys Caddo club building in downtown Shreveport
Early this morning the Caddo club building a large three story brick and stone structure in downtown Shreveport was totally destroyed by fire with an estimated loss of 150 000. The blaze started shortly after 1 o clock and caused extensive damage in the city center.
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Shreveport
Caddo Club
Florida bar leader dies en route to vote
J W O'Brien president of the National Bar Pilot association and a prominent Florida figure died of heart failure aboard a West Point route train near West Point Georgia while traveling from Washington to Pensacola to vote. He was a Key West native.
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Montgomery
Ala
Washington, D. C
Pensacola
Fla
J. W. O’brien
National Bar Pilot Association
Florida
West Point
O’brien
Key West
Conservatives Sweep All Provinces in Cuban Election Victory
Havana reports show conservatives won the presidency and all provincial contests in the recent elections. Large crowds celebrated in Havana streets but authorities kept order with cavalry and infantry patrols.
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Havana
Canadian veteran to visit the Army post in San Antonio
Col. Duelop Gimmill, an Ottawa veteran of Queen Victoria's army now in his eighties, travels with his two daughters. He plans a Fort Sam Houston visit after recent tours in New Orleans and Washington. He will continue to El Paso, hopes for Mexico insight, and reflects on a life of rough service abroad.
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Queen’s Army
Duelop Gimmill
Ottawa
Canada
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Gimmill
Queen Victoria's Army
England
France
Italy
New Orleans
New York
Washington, D. C
Augusta
Atlanta
el Paso
Grea
Sol
Mexico
Tonic
State offices close tomorrow for election holiday
State officials and departments will remain closed tomorrow due to the election. Various contests are practically settled and ballots would not change results. The holiday follows the primary day.
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Austin
Tex
Supreme Court Adjourns Without Ruling on Key Cases
The high court today again adjourned without announcing decisions on the hard coal trust, the Union Pacific merger, or state rate cases, leaving major questions unresolved.
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Washington
Hard Coal Trust
Union Pacific
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