Ennis considers municipal takeover of gas franchise
Ennis residents weigh moving the recently granted gas plant to city control. Poultney Bigelow plans a Panama trip for a thorough examination. George W. Burkitt of Houston to sell his Palestine Electric Light stake. Oil drilling advances near Jefferson in Harrison County.
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Ennis
George W. Burkitt
Houston
Palestine Electric Light Company
Karnack
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Jefferson
Harrison County
Devotion to Mrs Davis Noted by Southern Women in New York
The New York Sun reports Southern women in New York show strong devotion to Mrs. Jefferson Davis widow of the Confederate leader. She has resided in the city for two years, receives visits daily, and keeps a quiet public presence, mainly strolling the streets on pleasant days.
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Jefferson Davis
New York
Unlucky cuckoo clock sparks violent outburst
At breakfast Archibald jokes about a cuckoo clock being unlucky. The wife asks, and he admits the clock’s cuckooing spurred him to shoot the clock’s head off after a phone call, ending the scene with a grim, fatal act.
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Archibald
Turkish Statesman Karatheodory Pasha Dies in Constantinople
Karatheodory Pasha, former Turkish minister of foreign affairs and the last survivor among the Turkish plenipotentiaries at the Berlin congress, has died in Constantinople. Born July 1833 in Constantinople, he was of Greek descent.
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Karatheodory Pasha
Constantinople
German university student total tops forty thousand
The winter headcount across Germany's twenty two universities reaches 42 800 students, with Berlin housing nearly one fifth of them.
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Germany
Berlin
Estate Out Chancery Distribution Ordered in London
An order by Justice Warrington in London directed the distribution of a long settled estate in chancery after a century in court. The value of the estate has increased threefold.
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Warrington
London
Taft to Deliver Four Dodge Lectures at Yale
Secretary Taft will give four lectures in the Dodge series before Yale University next April on The Responsibilities of Citizenship.
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Taft
Yale University
Grain Elevators Hold Key to Wheat Marketing Control
A political quarrel over speculators and marketing for wheat farmers centers on grain elevators in the North and West. Proponents claim steady progress as opponents slow the movement. Supporters urge disciplined action and loyalty, warning that delays will ruin the effort.
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