The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, April 20, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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COMMERCE, TEXAS. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1906.
NO 41
HOUSE CLEANING TIME
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At Lowest Prices.
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4 Business District of San Francisco in Ruins
and Fierce Fire Raging.
San Jose, Sacramento,
-------1 severely, but
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program.
Roll call—Humorous
lions from the poems of Holmes.
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Borax, Ammonia, Sulphur,
Insect and Vermin Destroyers,
Furniture Polish,
Carbolic Acid,
Moth Balls,
Paints, Varnishes, etc.
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The Culture Club met at the
home of Mrs. W. W. Mars Wed-
nesday, April 11th, with a good
attendance. After the president
called us to order we responded
Number of Dead Reported to be Over One Thousand and Injured
Many More—City Placed Under Martial Law-Great
Destruction in the Neighboring Towns.
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the lack of water, cannot be checked
dynamite of buildings in thoir path
city. It is utterly impossible at present
lose, for the extent of the conflagration
has burned itself out.
Thousands of people are homeless and r i
parks and public squares beside the household
able to save.
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San Francbo, April 19, 10:35
a. m —The War Department has
| ordered two hundred thousand
rations to be sent to the sufferers
at San Francisco from Van Cou-
ver barracks, alto a large num-
ber of tents.
General Funston is in com-
mand of the army at San Fran-
cisc">.
Santa Rosa, one of the pret-
I tiest cities in the state, is a total I
wreck. 1000 homeless. Loss of 1
life will reach into thousands.
Destruction includes all county
buildings. Residence portion de-
stroyed by flames.
At San Francisco Lieutenant
Charles C. Pulis, aged 30 years,
a graduate of the artillery school,
Fort Monroe, was blown up by a
premature explosion of a charge
of dynamite with which he was
blowing up a building to check I knew that all the boys
the fire. He is fatally injured. "
All of San Francisco’s finest
structures not destroyed by
shocks have been destroyed by
flames. Loss will reach two hun-
dred millions of dollars. Thous-
ands spent last night wrapped in
blankets at Golden Gate Park
Beach.
There will be special services
at the Presbyterian church on
the First Sabbath in May, con-
sisting of the “Installation” of
the Pastor elect, Rev. J. P. Word.
Paris Presbytery has appointed
the following “Commission” to
attend to this duty: Rev, J. E.
McLean of Tyler to preach the
“Installation Sermon;” Rev. J. L.
Green of Cooper to deliver the
“Charge” to the Pastor; Elder J.
W. Braidy of Fairlie to deliver
the “Charge” to the People.
These services are to take place
at 11 a. m. Rev. J. L. Green
will preach at 8 p. m. The pub-
lic is cordially invited to both
services. Bros. McLean and
Green will remain with us during
the week and preach for us
morning and night. Morning
services, after Sabbath, at 9:30
a. m.; evening service at 8 p. m.
Come, everybody, and help us to
have a good meeting.
J. P. Word, Pastor.
Culture Club.
Oakland, Cal., April 18.—Earthquake and fire today have
caused the greatest calamity California has ever known. In San
Francisco alone it is estimated that 1,000 persons have perished,
while as many more are suffering from injuries. The entire busi-
ness portion of the city is in ruins and the flames, which, owing to
-J except by the blowing up with
, are still sweeping through the
to estimate the property
can not be told until the fire
Give my Best Regards to all.
So when you write, direct your
letters to Troup Artillery or we
wont get them, that is sure.
Your Son,
E. S. England.
Spacial Services at Pretbyrerian Cbiirth.
So write i We adjourned at 5:30 p. m. to
meet next with Mrs. McCarter,
April 25th.
A letter from E. T. England
(brother to Uncle Dick) to his
mother^only a few days after he
had enlisted in the Confederate
Army at Savanah, Ga., June 10.
1861:
Savanah, Ga., June 10, 1861.
My Dear Mother and Sister:
I, according to promise, write
you a short line to let you all
know that we are all getting
along fine.
E. S. (Dick) England and I
went to the city and had our
met by showers of falling likenesses taken together, so as
to send you all. I have been
looking for Dan s and Bill’s like
nesses for some time.
Mother, E. 9. England arrived
to our Camp the other day, and
he waa voted into the Company,
and now he is very well drilled
and likes our Co. fine. I have
nothing much to communicate
today, as I wrote to you the other
week. P. A. England sent me
two very nice Shirts last week.
Mother, Piety is a very good wo-
man. I want to see you all very ___r______
bad, but I am not satisfied until r°H ca>l by answering quota -
I kill some of Old Abe’s Boys.
Mother, I understand that you
all think that the reason I joined
this Co. was, this, that Mr. Carl-
ton did not like me and I had to
go somewhere. Mother, if you
think that was the reason just
simply drop a line to J. S. Eng-
land, and he will simply tell you
how it was. I joined this Co.
just because I wanted to. As
for Mr. Carlton disliking me, no
not a time. He told me that I
could stay with him all the year
if I did not want to join the Co.
_ i at Ath-
ens, Ga., were going to join so I
wanted to join also. And when I
get through the war I can go
back to the same State if I want
to.
So nothing more,
love to Martha, Geo.
E. and all the family,
soon to us and Co.
Your most affectionate son,
E. T. England.
A letter from E.
Dick) England written
time as the one above:
Dear Mother:
I drop you a few lines to let Mrf’ England,
you all know that I am well and
well satisfied. I get a plenty to I
eat I have not drilled but three i
days and I can load Cannon as
quick as anybody. Bro. Lize
has not been sick a day since he
came here. Mother, if Lize or
mjself wanted to come home, we
could come any time. So I will
close.
I will send our likeness to you
next week. We go to town when
we want to. TeU Sallie and W.
A England to write soon.
Notice the other Ride of this
letter as E. T. E has written and
you know that I don’t like to
write.
tions from Snowbound. We then
listened to the reading of the
“Barefoot Boy” by Mrs. Credille.
Next, Mrs. Commander rendered
a piano eolo. Miss Brackin was
with us and continued her talk
on the Holy Land, taking us
from Nazareth to Jerusalem.
Next came Mrs. Wherry’s paper
on the “Contemporaries of Whit-
tier,” which was both interesting
and instructive.
Our teacher, Mrs. Debenport,
being absent, our president, Mrs.
Jernigin, acted as teacher pro
tem. The subject of our lesson
was Whittier’s great poem, “Snow-
Bound.” Having finished Whit-
tier, we next take up the study
of Holmes.
We were pleased to have with
us as guests Mesdames T. Dil-
brick buildings, few of them being badly damaged. Some of the
docks and freight sheds along the water front slid into the bay.
Deep fissures opened in the filkd-in ground near the shore and the
Union Ferry Depot was irreparably injured.
The City Hall, which cost more than $7,000,000, collapsed, the
roof sliding into the court yard and the rmall towers tumbling down,
with the great dome being moved, bu not falling.
Thhe postoffice, one of the finest in the United States, was
badly shattered.
The Valencia Hotel, a four-story wooden building, sank into
the ba«emont, a pile of splintered timbers, under which were pinned
many dead and dying occupants of the house. The basement
full of water and some of the helpless victims were drowned.
Scarcela had the earth ceaseu to shake when fire broke out
simultaneously in many places. The fire department promptly re-
sponded to the first calls jor aid, but it was found that the water
mains had been rendered useless by the underground movement.
Fanned by a light breeze the flames quickly spread and soon many
buildings were seen to be doomed. Then dynamite was resorted to
and the subsequent frequent explosions added to the terror of the
people. All efforts to stay the progress of the fire proved futile.
The south side of Market street from Ninth street to the bay was
soon ablaze, the fire covering a belt two blocks wide. On this, the
main thoroughfare of the city, are located many of the finest edi-
fices of the city, including the Grant, Flood, Call, Examiner and
Monadnock buildings, the Palace and Grand Hotels and numerous
wholesale houses.
At the same time the commercial establishments and banks
north of Market street were burning. The burning district in this
section extended from Sansome street to the water front and from
Market street to Broadway. Fires also broke out in the Mission
and the entire city seemed to be in flames.
A sketch of the life of Oliver
Wendell Holmes—Mrs. McCarter.
Le«Ron Quiz: The person al
i poems of Holmes—The Last Leaf,
My Aunt, The Last Reader, The
Poet’s Lot, The Hot Season, The
Comet.
Table Talk: Holmes, the man
and the poet of a century.
What good does it do you to
eat if your stomach fails to digest
the food? None. It does you
harm—causes belching, sour
stomach, flatulence, etch. When
the stomach fail*, a little Kodol
*^yypc.psta Cure after each meal
’' t "hat you Mt and
stomach sweet. Sold
J ,aw and a” »he down-town streets are
patroled by cavalry and infantry. Details of troops are also guard-
ing the banks. Most of the principal buildings have already been
destroyed and others are in imminent danger.
Over all the acene of desolation hangs a paJ! of 8mokB
Communication with outside towns is almost cut off, but the report
comes from Palo Alto that all the buildings of the Leland Stanford
Umversity have been wrecked and that the splendid Methodist
Churcn, one of the finest structures of its kind in the world is a
mass of ruins.
In Oakland five persons were killed. F
Berkeley, Alameda and other places have suffered
report no loss of life.
KiSThid?a^ulcata8troph0 came wltbouk warofa« at
5:10 o clock thia morning, its motion spparently being from east to
west. At first the upheaval was gradual, but in a few seconds it
increased in mtensiry. Chimney* began to fall and buildings to
crack. People became panic-stricken and rushed into the streets
most of them in night attire. They were i
> buildings, bricks, cornices and walls.
“‘"y Wtr° inaU"My kU,ed’ while dreadfully man-
gled. Those who remained indoor* generally Mosped with their
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71 7 •h0<5,t• U ” be,ieTed that “0" or loss waa
sustained by nearly every family in the city.
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Give my _ ___________
and W. A. j lingham and Chas. Draper.
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Lyford, A. A. The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, April 20, 1906, newspaper, April 20, 1906; Commerce, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1359022/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .