Local notes from the county court and community
Local items report Tuk Kee at Teoturin service and a Methodist gathering. Residents Wallace of Gay Hill travel to Charlotte for five years. The Jackson murder case draws crowds in court. Randall Felder fatally stabs Cipie Kinlaw after jealousy. Felder bonds for appearance. Several officials and visitors attend meetings in Dallas Fort Worth and Coleman with praise for a Santa Fe packing plant. Bananas loaded in white cars pass through town en route north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constante Ewing
Washington Precinct
Here
Whitman
Randall Felder
Cipie Kinlaw
Kinlaw
Randall
Water tank collapse after wind topples 4000 gallon unit
Sunday night a 4000 gallon water tank at Market and Vulcan, erected by L G Gee to finish the street, collapsed when wind struck it. The pedestal frame and tank were wrecked. Rain-soaked soil may have caused the frame to sag and the tank to topple. In other news, the San Jacinto Committees met at city hall and reported $620 collected plus progress on hall, bands, meat and dinner arrangements, and an expanded reception committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market
Vulcan
L. G. Gee
San Jacinto
City Hall
Hall
Eldridge Hall
Reguie Ladies
Burglars Enter Candy Factory Loot Tiny Cash
Burglars broke through the back door transom and bolts to raid Mr F Kiler's candy factory Sunday night. They seized $1.80 from the cash register and stocked up on confections including oranges candy chewing gum and cigars before fleeing.
Remembrance of San Jacinto Veterans Prompts July Observance
The text honors 725 Jacinto veterans with 7 to 1 odds noted, reporting about thirty-five to forty remain. It mentions a July tribute and the Texas Veterans Association 18th reunion, describing the temple of fame receiving the memories of the departed and vows their deeds will be cherished by Texans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Houston
Ople
Tession
Texas Veterans Association
Temple of Fame
San Jacinto
Eodor
Notorious horse thieves pursued across Texas 1800 miles
Bosque County farmer Mr. William Yoakum recounted chasing a horse stealing gang led by William Condra across 1800 miles on horseback and 900 by rail. Condra, captured in Kerr County, was sentenced to five years. other gang members fled or were jailed while Yoakum gathered documentary evidence to convict them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Wm. Yoakum
Bosque County
Wm. Condra
District Court
Yoakum
Condra
Kylie
Mexico
Texas
Mills
Tom Condra
Tom Mills
Jack County
Tom
William
Ellen Murphy
Esa
Gillispie
Daedee
Tom Martin
Hayes County
Hood County
Rice
Gillespie County
Lee Drexdell
Glenrose
Summerville County
Bill Roach
John Cheek
Bob Schumacher
Walter Robinson
Kerr County
Dever
Joe Small
Chappell Hill
Wm. Lambert
Lambertsep
Montgomery County
Griffin
Mr. Yoakum
Kenney
Austin County
B. Smith
Granberry
Kyle
Granbery
Tory
Guadaloupe
Moore
Jas. Mathews
Jas
Graham
All County
Bill Lambert
Burleston County
Pitts Ferry
Bill
Cheek
Falls County
Mitchell
Lambert
Wally
Roach
Natchitoches la
Reeves
Ben Smith
Burleson County
W. W. Carson
Nunn
Brazos County
Carson
Burleson
Robinson
Kansas
Louisana
Lee
Teague
Sallis
Dever Small and Crockett
Wammack
Donnell
Bosque
Martin
Montgomery
Jackson
Secretaries Letter Highlights 1891 Union Reunion Plans
Stephen H. Darden writes to Heber Stone in Brenham detailing favorable transport letters from Gulf Colorado Santa Fe East and West Texas Southern Pacific Houston and Texas Central Fort Worth and Rio Grande and San Antonio and Aransas Pass. Relics of San Jacinto and memories of Gen Sam Houston to be shown alongside Santa Anna saddle cane and field glass during reunion events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe
Texas
Southern Pacific
Houston
Texas Central
Fort Worth
Rio Grande
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Association At
Austin
Stephen H Darden
Heber Stone
Tex
Heer Stone
Bresnam
Deas Sm
Brenham
Central Railroad
Santa Fe
H. Danpex
Sec’y
A. T. Threadgill
The Jackson Trial Ends in Acquittal on Murder Charge
In district court the State charged E L Jackson with incest and the alleged murder of his child born to his niece. After a trial beginning Monday and ending Tuesday afternoon a jury acquitted him on the murder count while he had been convicted on incest. The case was prosecuted by B Bryan and B S Rogers, with Judge L Kirk presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.L. Jackson
Jackson
Miss Jackson
Pennington
B. Bryan
B.S. Rogers
L. Kirk
County Jail and Noahs Arc Tale Echoes Flood
Bruce Lewis, jailed for carrying a pistol, was released Wednesday from the county jail. He likened his release to the dove returning with an olive leaf, signaling landfall and urging fellow prisoners to hold to good resolutions afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Lewis
Perfect Man discussion and whimsical anecdotes
A fragment reads like a humorous dialogue quoting remarks about a geese training scene and a discussion of the Perfect Man. Other snippets mention Indians in the United States reading English versus Indian languages, a marriage question, and a remark on Europe’s war cloud. Edwin Booth is noted to spend leisure time alone with a pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mr. Simply
Stoakley
Supreme Court of the United States
Protect Your Health This Winter With Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
Protect Your Health. Cold and moisture slow bodily functions and the digestive and excretory processes in winter. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is urged as the safest and surest tonic and alterative to open up the bowels, regulate digestion, improve appetite, strengthen the stomach, and invigorate the whole body against rheumatic pains and bilious attacks.
Women work in German shops and factories exceeds 130000
The article notes that more than 130,000 married women are employed in shops and factories in Germany. It also reports that the new British consul Captain Boyle is due to arrive in Galveston sometime in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Boyle
Galveston
Graber Jewelry Firm Dissolves in Brenham Texas
Mutual dissolution ends partnership of H W Graber Jewelry in Brenham Texas with Pauline Graber resigning. R E Graber will continue the business at the old court house square stand and assumes all liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Graber
Pauline Bige
Vaicas Te Neee
Brenham
Texas
Pauline
R.E. Graber
Court Howe Square
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teoturin
Methodist Church
Mrs. Wallace
Gay Hill
Charlotte
Sliss Lee Campbent
Coleman
Lussocs
Tropics
J. G. Rayer
American Leven of Honor
Dallas Sung
Grand Lodge
Henry Cohen
Brenham Commandery
Retevanot, Quebe and
Krentzlin
Ft. Worth
Ike Golien
Sac Jiciote
Mr. F. Fisuza
Thekla Harrison
Earth
Harrison
Hat Kirreror
Dallas
Tue
Tank Kee
Tat Brenham Light Guard
Fritz Weiss
Stephen H. Darden
Transportation Committee
Muse
Europe
Italy
Pauline Graber
Pauline Grader
Louis Konrr
Preston Chemical CO
Cruccists
Firemen’s Park
THE
Brenham Fire Department
CAFT
J.M. Byrnes
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