Texas Queen of Beauty Gertrude Dwyer Crowned in Waco Tour
Miss Gertrude Dwyer of San Antonio was named Texas Queen of Beauty after winning the state contest at a Waco carnival. She traveled through Mexico with expenses paid, greeted by officials in Monterey Tampico San Luis Potosi Guanajuato Guadalajara and Mexico City with bands banquets and formal addresses while receiving many honors from governors and dignitaries along the way.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Gertrude Dwyer
Waco
Mexico
Miss Dwyer
Samual Dwyer
Wat Traily
Dwyer
Monterey
Digger
Bonor
Mondy Banderilleros
Tampico
Monterey and
San Luis Motus
Gutierrez
Rix Pri- Vale
Aguas Calientes
Washington Hotel
Jardin de San
Mae Allicent
Guadalajara
Pomeroy Hotel
San Pedro
Nis Secrétacy
Texas Beauty Queen Miss Dwyer’s Mexican Visit
Miss Dwyer visits Mexico City with escort from Lieut. Dwyer and local dignitaries. She attends banquets at Senor Amado Garcia’s residence and Iturbide hotel, tours the mint, meets President Diaz at Chapultepec, addresses Diaz, and receives further honors including a Teatro Nacional performance and a banquet at Hotel Sanz. Her Texas roots and notable relatives are noted.
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Diaz
Mexico
Dwyer
Senor Amado Garcia
Milonaire
Senor Prancts
Martinez Lepex
Mint
Jim
Lieut. Dwyer
United States Legation
Maison Doree
Iturbide
Miss Dwyer
Ding
Mia Dia
Chapultepec
Edward C. Butler
Secretar
United States
City of Mexico
General Diaz
Republic of Mexico
Wheat Lake Star
Texas
Wisches of
Brothers of
Republic
Diag
Teatro Nacional
Hotel Sanz
Pélote
Don’t Stop Tobacco Cure Claim Shares Proofs
An advertisement-like note touts a product named Teremy as a cure for tobacco use and urges readers to write for proofs. It claims the remedy has cured thousands where other remedies faded and implies it does not depend on will power.
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Sadies
Champberlain
Colin
Ebalera Infantry
Kittens Grown Together Baffle Biologists in Curious Monstrosity
July 3 report from George Shinnebaum describes a bizarre kitten birth. One kitten separated into six fused heads and bodies connected by shared circulation. Six still alive briefly, but all died after the mother reportedly attacked them. public reaction notes the unnatural conjoined mass as disturbing.
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Hayden
Cole
Col
George Shinnebaum
Shinnehaum
American Cars in London Contract Awarded to Wilmington Firm
The Jackson 4 Sharp company of Wilmington has won the contract to build several cars for the Southeastern Mailway company of London. A sample car shipped from Wilmington arrived in London and approved by the board of Airedterm, initiating orders for multiple cars with extra workers already on the job, marking the first such contract for the Wilmington firm in London.
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Southeastern Company
Wilmington
Det
Jackson 4 Sharp Company
Southeastern Mailway Company
London
Wilmington Corporation
Airedterm
Fiti
London Railway Company
Wilde
Ate
Lunion
Arizona Onyx Deposits Near Mayer Development Planned
Preparations are underway for large scale development of Mayer Arizona onyx deposits. The property was sold to eastern capitalists including Con ermsman Fowler of New Jersey for 150. Six men quarrying and several more to come into operation as mining advances. Eighty tons of machinery on site, two double lever channeling machines, contract to turn 1400 tons to custerd parties, shipment planned soon. Onyx deposit covers 260 ware circular forms with continuations and a wide range of colorings.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Imade
Mayer
Conermsman Fowler
New Jersey
Electric Shitters Offer Digestive Aid to Elderly
An advertisement promotes Electric Hitters as a safe remedy for old people needing bowels and kidney regulation. It claims no stimulant or whisky, mild stomach support, improved digestion, and increased organ strength. Priced 50 cents and $1 at J K Jones drug store on Street and Kansas Avenue.
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J. K. Jones Drug Store
Street
Kansas Avenus
Wheat Revival Sparks Broad U S Trade Upturn
New York July 31 R G Dun and Co reports May business gains across ports and cities as crop prospects improve. Wheat prices rise about four and half cents weekly, with strong Atlantic exports and higher corn demand. Industry faces coal, cotton fluctuations but overall recovery supported by tariff shifts and growing factory demand across wool, iron, and steel sectors.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Detroit
Seattle
Portland
S and Western
Atlantic
Liverpool
America
Bohemia
Cornaleo
Boston
Bessemer
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Mississippi
Missouri
Brasstreet
St. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Texas
Parched grain figures from a distant weekly report
The fragment notes weekly and yearly crop figures including thousands of bushels and various units. It references Dushels and caliphecia years as units, comparing last week and the previous year, and contrasts with 1,694,000 bushels in an earlier period. The readable text is fragmented and lacks a clear event or locale.
Editor Blackburn Replies to Northern Lynching Critics
Atlanta editor Benjamin M Blackburn defends lynching in response to northern critics. He argues northern souls are not superior, attacks alleged hypocrisy of southern mob-law claims, cites Griffin lynching as orderly and well behaved, and notes difficulty securing indictments in Spalding County.
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Blackburn
Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Benjamin M Blackburn
New York
North
South
Jane Qheapl
Georgia
State University
Georgis
Spalding County
Uhser
Senator Mills Oil Wells Near Corsicana Texas
Two more oil wells completed today in Corsicana area yield about 150 barrels per day each. The district now has 13 flowing wells producing roughly 600 barrels daily, with a dozen more under contract. Major leases and false companies operate inside corporate limits. Senator R. Q. Mills owns 4000 acres in the rich oil territory.
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Corsicana
Tex
Ageregatine
Pennsylvania
Fmits
R. Q. Milk
Chained Son of New Charters Street Father Held in City
New York July 31 A one year old boy James Fallon sits at Oak Street police station with an iron weight chained to his tie connected by a padlock. The elder Fallon Richard J. allegedly chained the child to keep him from running with thieves. Gerry Society intervened after a neighbor’s report of the condition.
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Gerry Society
New York
Oak Street
James Fallon
Richard J. Fallon
New Charters Street
Jlon
James
Snow in New York Climax of Severe Weather
A heavy rainstorm culminating 18 days of bad weather struck New York and northern New Jersey. It flooded lower areas in several towns, stalled trolley lines, delayed rail traffic, and flooded cellars in Newark and Elizabeth. Snow fell in Middletown as coastlines suffered boardwalk damage and ships sought shelter in Long Island Sound.
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New York
New Jersey
Crale
Jersey City
Newark
Elizabeth
Lens Island Sound
Middletown
N.Y
PUTTING UP CROCKERY Dingley Law an Excuse New York July 31
Crockery prices to rise due to tariff changes after New York importers of earthenware held a meeting at the crockery board GE trade. Officials denied stockpiling and cited freight and shipping data to show no advance planning by importers or dealers.
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New York
Crockery
Crockery Board
GE Trade
Prisoners Taken for Leavenworth From Denver
J D Waener the counterfeiter who was to serve five years and pay a $2590 fine in the U S circuit court next week was moved to Leavenworth by U S Marshal Poe. John Ryan jailed for mail fraud and F W Ferguson convicted of receiving counterfeit stamps were also sent to Leavenworth.
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Colorado
Leavenworth
Denver
J. D. Waener
United States Circuit Court
United States
Poe
John Ryan
F. W. Ferguson
McKinley Pictured in Feathers and Gold Cane Gift
Two presents were given to President McKinley on July 31. A Mexico artist Escalona sent a feather work portrait and a Hassilian captain Cordeiro Garcia presented a gold headed cane. Also noted are travel tickets and a patent medicine advertisement offering Bucklen’s Aruies Salve and Chamberlain’s remedy.
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McKinley
Washington
Escalona
Mexico
Cordeiro Ga Sarcia
Philadelphia
Tramps Forced to Work in Terre Haute Riot
Hobos jailed on vagrancy charges resist county orders to labor on the rock pile. Six ex-convicts, including Fisher, are tied by wrists with feet off the ground. several quit or slow in the heat. Mutiny follows after officials provide overalls and a disputed appointment of a rock pile superintendent.
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Terre Haute
Tod
Mamed Fisher
Fisher
Rick
Bayar Ross
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