Government backs Latin investment push and Guatemala debt refund
Washington reports confirm U S government support for promoting American investment in Latin America and for a Guatemala debt refund arranged by George W Young & Co The Interior Department expands New Mexico land under the enlarged homestead act and post office plans cut carrier costs in midsummer the Navy closes the Sutton case and bids open for Philippine public works with six successful bidders The coin redesign touches penny and nickel machines raising concerns for pay telephones the Lincoln penny edge is raised to protect relief work.
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United
Central
South America
New York
George W. Young & Co
Guatemala
Department of the Interior
New Mexico
Estanica Valley
Yeso Creek
Portales
Taiban
Hitchcock
Navy Department
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Insurance suits target sixty five Arkansas companies
Prosecuting Attorney R E B Jeffrey filed suits in Jackson county circuit court at Newport Arkansas against sixty five insurers representing 156 million dollars capital for penalties totaling 65 million dollars under anti trust statutes. The action stems from a December 16 1908 rate combination.
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Arkansas
R. EB. Jeffrey
Third Judicial Circuit Court
Newport
Ark
Jackson County
Riot at Pressed Steel Car plant shocks Schoenville
Tempers flared after a day of quiet as the Pressed Steel Car works riot in Schoenville, near Pittsburg, left multiple dead and many wounded. State troopers Harry Exler and John Williams were killed, ten others fatally or seriously injured, including foreigners and several troopers. Deputies and troopers fired on the mob, arrests mounted, and a fleeing ambulance was attacked near the mill yard.
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Pittsburg
Eherift
Schoenville
John L. Williams
Harry Exler
Joseph ©. Smith
Lucellan Jones
George Kitch
John O'Donnell
Pressed Steel Car Company
Williams
Ohio Valley
Car Company
German Boy Dies After Horse Kick In Palestine
Fritz Dietz a 17 year old German boy from Hamburg died in a Palestine hospital after being kicked by a horse Sunday. The incident prompted a medical examination and brief statement on the cause of death.
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Palestine
Tex
Fritz Dietz
Hamburg
Germany
Yoakum Sees 100 Bales A Day In Cotton Trade
Cotton moves into Yoakum Texas at about 100 bales daily with over 1,000 bales received to date. Cotton seed sells for about 21 dollars a ton, signaling strong activity in the local cotton market.
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Yoakum
Tex
Alvin Fruit and Truck Growers Elect New Board
At the Alvin Texas annual meeting of the Alvin Fruit and Truck Growers association the following directors were elected for the ensuing year: B. K. Mebane as chairman C. V. Rogens W. B. De Land Albert Ironton and J. A. Quiett The directors later met and elected O. Rogens as manager.
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Alvin Fruit and Truck Growers
Alvin, Tex
Alvin Fruit and Truck Growers’ Association
K. Mebane
C. V. Rogens
W. B. de Land
Albert Ironton
J. A. Quiett
O. ¥. Rogens
Pecan Crop Expected Below Normal in Brownwood Texas
Brownwood reports suggest the pecan crop will fall to about one third of normal due to heat. The mats have been damaged by heat and Brownwood leads the state in pecan shipments from cultivated trees.
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Brownwood
Tex
Santa Fe to Build Roundhouse at Somerville Texas
Somerville has confirmed a rumor that the Santa Fe railroad will erect a new roundhouse in town. Much material has been unloaded over the past two weeks and work on an eighty five foot turntable is expected to start immediately.
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The
Railroad Commission
Texas Railroads
Somerville
Tex
Santa Fe
Drowned men near Shafter. El Paso death in mine collapse
Telegram from Sherman reports John Donaldson and Robert Hines drowned near Shafter. Donaldson longtime Sherman resident and former postmaster. Patrick Brady buried after bank foundation collapse in El Paso. Also notes on crops, rains, and various Texas events.
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Sherman
John Donaldson
Robert Hines
Shafter
Donaldson
Mineral Wells
Rumbold
National Guard of Missouri
Signal Corps
St. Louis
Patrick Brady
el Paso
William Geisen
Ninth Legislative District
Texas
San Marcos
Uvalde
Hulett Bowles
Bowles
Mexico
Dallas
Colorado
United States Treasury
MacVagh
City of
Marlin
W A. Altorf
E. A. Bell
Panhandle Telegraph and Telephone Company
Amarillo
Treasury Department
Washington
Arthur Stiles
Drainage and Levee Board of Texas
United States Geological Survey
Smith
Tatum
Stiles
International and Great Northern Railway
Palestine
Rotan
Texas Central Railroad
Automobile Club of America
New York
Marshall
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Graniteville Woman
A Graniteville Vermont resident, Mrs. Barclay, writes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health during menopause and nervous illness. She praises its effect on inflammation, ulcers, fibroids, irregularities, and back pain, calling it worth its weight in gold and urging others to try it.
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Graniteville
Cnas
Barcl
R.F.D
Lydie Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
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