Rumor of Brownsville Trouble and Battalion Move
Austin reports a rumor of renewed trouble at Brownsville though the governor says the situation is quiet. Capt McDonald of the Rangers opposes moving twelve suspects out of Cameron county jurisdiction. Camp Mabry confirms an entire regular infantry battalion is ordered from Camp Mabry to Brownsville under Majark.
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Austin
Tex
Brownsville
W. J. McDonald
Rangers
Fort Brown
Fort Reno
Mcdonald
District Court
Cameron County
Adji
Hulen
Capt. McDonald
Camp Mabry
Ark
Confederate Veterans Home Project Approved in Austin
The Home for Indigent Wives and Widows of Confederate Veterans building committee met at the Driskill Hotel in Austin on Tuesday August 21 at 11 am and decided to construct the home. A committee meeting is set for September 27 at the Capitol rooms at 9 am to proceed to the site and break ground. Mrs B B Throop Lee's building committee Austin Tex.
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Home For
Driskill Hotel
Austin
Home Committee
Capitol
B. B. Throop
Lee
Tex
Passenger Train Derailed North of Amarillo
Denver passenger train No. 7 departed Amarillo at 10 35 PM and plunged into a washout thirty miles north. The entire train, except one sleeper and the engine, went into the ditch. All cars piled in a heap. Only two passengers suffered serious injuries A L Wilson of Goymon Ok and C E Castell of Gaines Ok. Northbound trains delayed about twelve hours.
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Amarillo
Tex
Denver
A. L.wilson
Goymon
C. E. Castell
Gaines
Floyd's Fortune in Rubber at Laredo Estate
Mr. P. Floyd, prominent Laredo citizen, reports his 20 000 acre Nuevo Leon tract largely covered with guayule rubber plant. He plans to gather and ship the plant to rubber factories and expects a large profit.
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Laredo
Tex
P. Floyd
Nuevo Leon
Mexico
Floyd
Arrests of Choctaw Indians in Lake Charles shooting
A telegram from Oakdale reports Sheriff Reid and deputies arrived with twenty one people, mostly Choctaw Indians, accused of firing on a construction camp near Ten Mile and wounding eleven men. More arrests are expected before the party is jailed.
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Lake Charles
Oakdale
Reid
Ten Milé
Taylor observer reports child hurt in gallery fall
M B Stubbs of the Taylor weather station was telegrammed to Wichita Falls where his baby son was injured by a fall from a gallery. The child sustained a broken nose and other wounds. Assistant A M Hamrick oversees the Taylor station.
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Taylor
Tex
M. B. Stubbs
Wichita Falls
A. M. Hamrick
Caterpillars and Weevils Report In Uvalde Cotton Fields
Showery weather brings caterpillars to cotton fields in Uvalde Texas. Boll weevil complaints noted. Early cotton may yield half a crop despite insects. Late cotton could be a total loss. The range never looked finer.
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Uvalde
Tex
Root on South American tour signals promising diplomacy
Washington reports that Secretary Root’s Pan American visit in Rio de Janeiro and subsequent landings in South America are seen as signs of success for an unprecedented tour. The aim is to correct misperceptions about the United States and expand relations, trade, and information on anti anarchist movements, with cables as a tool.
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Washington
Root
Rio Janeiro
South America
United States
Europe
Stanford White and the White House renovation debate
The article notes the death of architect Stanford White shot by Harry K Thaw and discusses the White House restoration plans. It mentions expenditures of about a quarter of a million dollars and opinions on whether the original design and terraces were best, detailing changes made to remove an earlier conservatory and replace it with extensions aligned to the original model.
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White
Harry K. Thaw
Washington
White House
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