Former Tweed associate Peter Sweeney dies at summer home
Peter Barr Sweeney, longtime Tweed era figure and former city chamberlain, parks commissioner and district attorney, died at his Lake Mahopac summer home after a dark stairs accident. He was 86 and had been linked to the Tweed ring but cleared of blame in its exposure.
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New York
Peter Barr Sweeney
Tweed Administration
Lake Mahopac
Sweeney
Tweed
Tammany Hall
Will Inspect Mines By Steel Inquiry Chairman Heads North
Congressman A. Q. Stanley of Kentucky, chairman of the steel investigation committee, departs for the Mesaba and Vermillion ranges to inspect U S Steel mines. Witnesses from the Duluth area will be summoned to Washington to testify on iron mining development.
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Associated Press
Duluth
Minn
A. QO. Stanley
Kentucky
Steel Corporation
Mesaba
Vermillion Ranges
United States Steel Corporation
Ranges
Washington
Nurse Seeks 30000 From Dale Estate Executors
Ida Corey Murray a nurse sues the executors of Wall Street broker Chalmers Dale for 30000 claiming two years of services valued at 15000 annually. She attended Dale during dangerous illnesses from 1905 to 1907 at Phillipston New York and says he relied solely on her care day and night.
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New York
Ida Corey Murray
Chalmers Dale
Wall Street
Pioneer Resident R. W. Franklin Dies in Texas
R W Franklin age 64 of Jourdanton a McMullen county pioneer died suddenly Wednesday at noon while erecting a windmill He had lived in the county over forty years and served as tax assessor His body was interred at San Miguel near his parents settlement area
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Christine
Tex
R. W. Franklin
Jourdanton
Texas
Franklin
McMullen County
San Miguel
Texas delegate heads to national letter carriers meeting
Will represent Texas at large Henry L. Kuhlman letter carrier from Austin left for Rochester to attend the National Letter Carriers association meeting. Texas has twelve districts with a delegate from each, but Kuhlman was chosen to go at large. Riebe Undertaking Co. auto ambulance service. 221 E.Com. Phone 341.
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Austin
Tex
Henry L. Kuhlman
Rochester
N. Y
Atted
Texas
National
Letter Carriers’ Association
Kuhlman
Riebe Undertaking Co
Cotton Crop Falls Below Normal In 12,918,200 Bales Estimate
Washington report notes final cotton yield estimated at 12,918,200 bales with 73.2 percent of normal on August 25. Declines blamed on drought hot winds and worms, Texas and Oklahoma hardest. Improved conditions expected after recent rains ahead of October update.
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Associated Press
Washington, DC
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Cotton Belt
Cotton
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Geidel Jury Returns Second Degree Murder Verdict
The Associated Press reports that the jury found Paul Geidel, a 17 year old bell boy, guilty of second degree murder in the slaying of William H. Jackson at the Iroquois. The New York verdict marks a pivotal decision in this high profile case.
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Associated Press
New York
Paul Geidel
Bell Boy
William H. Jackson
Verdict Janesville murder case returns verdict second degree
A hotel jury delivered a second degree murder verdict after being locked up all night. The panel retired at 3:30 PM and Judge Crain kept them in custody until midnight. Geidel escapes the electric chair but faces a long prison term.
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Crain
Geidel
Claims Leon Martinez Not Murderer Seeks Habeas Corpus
A writ of habeas corpus was sworn for Leon Martinez the Mexican lad convicted of killing Miss Emma Brown near Saragossa Texas and sentenced to death. Martinez previously faced execution at Pecos but now lies in Abilene under a thirty day reprieve as a petition bearing many Reeves county Caucasians asks Governor Colquitt to commute the sentence.
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Martinez
Reeves County
Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Leon Martinez
Emma Brown
Saragossa
Texas
Pecos
Abilene
Colquitt
Artilleryman Killed in Fort Sill Drill
Private Eugene Hayne of Battery A Fifth Field Artillery was killed at Fort Sill during a drill when a six horse team he was driving to a gun limber ran away and trampled him. His home was in Short Station Kentucky.
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Associated Press
Lawton
Okla
Fort Sill
Eugene Hayne
Battery A
Fifth Field Artillery
Short Station
Austin Council Orders Six More Blocks Paved
The Austin city council, acting under a new ordinance, directs six additional blocks to be paved with bitulithic. They include Colorado Street from Fourth to Seventh, Brazos Fifth to Sixth, Trinity Fifth to Sixth, and San Jacinto Fifth to Sixth. Alleys between Congress and San Jacinto and Fifth and Seventh will receive wooden block paving. Twenty five blocks will be paved this year.
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Austin
Tex
Colorado Street
Brazos Street
Trinity Street
San Jacinto Street
Congress Avenue
Heyburn Arrives in Milwaukee to Probe Stephenson Election
Senator W. B. Heyburn of Iowa arrives in Milwaukee to arrange the October 2 start of a probe into the election of Senator Stephenson. The investigation will begin with an initial meeting of the probe committee in Milwaukee.
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Heyburn
Milwaukee
Stephenson
Associated Press
W. B. Heyburn
Iowa
Hall's Texas Wonder advertised cure for kidney bladder rheumatic troubles
An advertisement claims Hall's Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder problems and rheumatic troubles with a 60 day treatment in a one dollar bottle. It invites readers to send for testimonials and lists Dr. E W Hall of St. Louis as the creator. A separate notice promotes an oratorical treat by Hon. Jake Wolters at Beethoven hall Friday night, inviting everyone to attend.
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Hall
E. W. Hall
Olive St
St. Louis
Jake Wolters
Beethoven Hal
Delegates Named to Represent Texas at Prison Association
Austin Sept 1 Delegates were named by the governor to represent Texas at the American Prison Association convention in Omaha October 14–19. The three appointees are R W Brahan Huntsville P A Heckman Temple and Tom Finty Jr Dallas.
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Tex
Texas
American Prison Association
Omaha
Neb
R. W. Brahan
Huntsville
P. A. Heckman
Temple
Tom Finty Jr
Dallas
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