Nine Men Die In Boat Fire On Middle River
Sidn Wheat the sole survivor described a deadly blaze that killed nine crew members when their pull boat burned on the Middle river near Mobile. He said the men were trapped as the superstructure collapsed. Wheat escaped by jumping overboard and reaching Hurricane bayou before catching a train.
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Middle River
Mobile
Ala
Sidn Wheat
al. T. Powers
Ben Spencer
Anderson Ambush
James Williams
Mount Vernon
Fred Harris
Stockton
Frank Harris
Eq Preston
Wheat
Hurricane Bayou
FE Rio
Garden Street Stables Offers First Class Driving Attire
A promotional note from Garden Street Stables advertises first class driving outfits and reliable service. The listing urges customers to order for full benefit and pleasure of a drive and provides a contact phone number 212.
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Garden Street
Belmonts plan first legal American Monte Carlo in New England
A Salem New Hampshire dispatch says August Belmont and New York and Boston racing partners have claimed three square miles of New Hampshire to establish the first American Monte Carlo with legal sanction in the United States.
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New York
Salem
N. H
August Belmont
Brooklyn
Boston
New Hampshire
United States
Lost Head In Pittsburgh Poker Duel Over Dead Man's Hand
In Pittsburgh on December 2 a poker game over the dead man's hand aces and eights ended with mill boss Antonia Duvalko slain and Leon Gillette killing him with a hatchet after a knife attack. Gillette fled the scene with multiple wounds. police hunt him across western Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Antonia Duvulko
Schoenberger
Leon Gilletts
Penn Avenue
Duvalko
Gillette
Duvalkoy
Duvalke
Duvulke
Duvulko
Divorce Granted to Mrs Effie Corbett in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City on December 2 a district court granted a divorce to Mrs. Effie Corbett from her husband John Boston Corbett who is serving a Georgia penitentiary term for impersonating the famed Lincoln assassin. The couple wed in Wichita Falls Texas on October 2 1889 and have one child whose custody was awarded to the mother.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
O. T
Effie Corbett
John “Boston” Corbett
Corbett
State Penitentiary
Atlanta
Boston Corbett
John Wilkes Lincoln
Corbet
Wichita Falls
Texas
Teachers Come for Big State Association Meeting
The Texas State Teachers Association gathers in the city December 26 to 29 with over a thousand members expected. Beethoven hall and the high school auditorium host sessions with invocations by local pastors and addresses by Dr. E D Mouton Superintendent L E Wolfe and Dr S J Jones. Noted educators from Texas and beyond will speak on key educational issues.
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State Teachers’ Association
Beethoven
E. D. Mouton
Travis Park Methodist Church
L. E. Wolfe
S. J. Jones
Salado
A. G. Jones
Carlos Bee
J. G. Wooten
Paris
Texas
Fort Worth Man Ends Life With Strychnine Dose
Robert Westling aged 43 committed suicide by taking strychnine in Fort Worth Texas. He was found near the McKenzie meat market and died minutes later after being helped inside. An inquest ruled death self inflicted. He had recently lost work and had threatened suicide a week earlier. He leaves a widow in Amarillo.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Robert Westling
McKenzie Meat Market
East Seventeenth Street
W. E. Allison
W. McKenzie
Roy Bracewell
McKenzie Market
Justice Rowland
Westling
Waco
Denver Road
Santa Fe
Oscar Cole
Westland
Wegtling
Mr. Cole
The
Maccabees
Odd Fellows
Amarillo
Bank Robbery at Carrollton Bank Blows Safe Open
Dallas Texas December 2. The Carrollton bank was broken into during the night and the safe blown open with nitro glycerine. Robbers took 1500 dollars. No arrests yet. Sheriff Ledbetter conducts a rigid investigation.
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Dallas
Tex
Carrollton
Ledbetter
Elks Memorial Services Today
Elks memorial day observed with graveyard ceremonies at 10 o clock and a sacred session at Beethoven hall at 3 o clock. The Sixth Infantry Band will play music for the occasion and officers lead a ceremony to decorate departed members at the cemetery.
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Order of Elks
Beethoven Hall
Cab and carriage firms gear up as city traffic swells
Local firms in the cab and carriage trade prepare to expand as demand increases with more city traffic. Operators anticipate new hires, longer shifts, and potential tariff adjustments affecting fares and availability.
Fire Department to be Led by Experienced Men in San Antonio
The Police and Fire Commission will meet tomorrow to begin appointments in both departments. The fire department, praised as “The Pride of San Antonio,” is now led by seasoned firefighters after a period of strain, restoring its former strength and removing the idea of weakness.
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James M. van Riper
Civil Service
Police and Fire Commission
San Antonio
Dr Frank A Barber Dentistry Ad
Dr Frank A Barber advertises high grade dentistry at moderate prices in the Top Floor Moore Building offering dental care.
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Frank A. Barber
Moore Bldg
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