Local notes mix rain talk and curious town bustle
Asp the cry is still for more rain. Oxarre, mortgages for sale at this office. Catholic holiday drew country worshippers. Building and improvements progress, Exame No 20 from Houston shops on maiden westbound trip. A Santa Fe flat car collision near the Central crossing caused little damage. A youth picnic at New Years creek and various city visits are recounted. A detective candidate and a goading town mystery frame social gossip as local scene shifts.
New Baptist Vendor Lines Up in Brenham and Moore Watches
McElree’s Wine of Cardus and THEDFORD’S BLACK-DRAUGHT sold by all Washington County dealers. A New Acquisition, Mr. J. R. Jones and family from San Antonio will arrive in Brenham Monday to live here. He is a skilled watchmaker and engraver, with ten years in jewelry work in San Antonio and Fort Worth, and is to work with Mr. A. Tee. The community prepares for a grand emancipation celebration on June 16 at the Fair grounds with speakers, races, and the crowning of the goddess of liberty by colored residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McElree
Cardus
Thedford
Washington County
J. R. Jones
San Antonio
Brenham
Jones
Fort Worth
Clinton
Texas
A. Tee
H. Fisher
M. Amsler& Co
St. Louis
Dallas
Houston
Sam Jones’ Tabernacle
Tom Searby
F. L. Hunter
D. M. Coulson
Archer City
T. E. Moore
Mr. Coulson
Flying Glass
Eagle Lake
H. H. Moore
la Grange
Colorado County
Archie Washington
Clark Washington
Mary Elizabeth Maddox
Waco
Wells Fargo Express Co
Cooke County
Wade Neel
Western Union Telegraph Company
Paris
Colorado
Colorado City
Lemons
Denison
Board of Trade of
Corpus Christi
Hns
Gov. Hogg
Sessivn
Hogg
Corpus
Hope Corpus
Fort, Wayne
Ind
Collision at West Street Crossing in Houston
A Santa Fe engine collided with a farm wagon at the West Street crossing on the Central track in Houston. The wagon occupants Mr. Mike Wizowski his mother and sister survived with no serious injuries though the vehicle was demolished. A suit may follow to determine fault between the engineer and wagon driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
West Street
Houston , Texas Central
Mike Wizowski
Messrs. Schuerenberg
Archer City Growth And Regional News Bulletin
State notes report Archer City new courthouse under way within sixty days and continued building. Other items include fires in Temple and San Antonio, two rapid transit plans for Austin, electric lighting in Abilene homes, Nevada sidewalk expansion, and crop prospects in Cisco Whitney and Chico. Also mentions a fatality near Antlers, a Houston shooting outcome, a mystery disappearance in Waco, and local disasters and legal cases across Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Abilene
Nevada
Johnson
Kansas City
Dallas
Archer City
Wilbarger County
Paris
Jim Campbell
Muscogee Court
Antlers
Mixed Miscellany of 19th Century News Items
A collage of brief items notes U S warship in Chilean waters, Dana learning billiards, Denver choosing Omaha for a meeting, scarce Italian war talk, cotton crop figures, political shifts, a women deaconess proposal, Lampasas fair dates, a spindle factory in East Florence, umbrella spending in New York, canal developments, czar’s routines, gas mine tragedy in Birmingham, Beatrice’s weight, Portland Chinese death estate, Parnell’s flat seating, Greece’s royal speculation, Patman’s wolf gun, Sioux City oil mills fire loss, political figures’ fates, theater plans, glass cement recipe, Victoria’s regs, William’s boast, Raleigh shops move, young banking official, Mrs. Potter Palmer’s charity, Murat anecdote, ring mystery resurfacing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Chili
Charles B. Dana
Maurice Daly
Denver
Omaha
St. Louis
East Florence
Als
Russia
Pratt Mines
Birmingham
Ala
Beatrice
Portland
Maurice Healy
Parnell
House of Commons
King
Greece
London
Robert Shaw
Brooklyn
Israel Patman
Sioux City
K. Bentley
Iron Mountain Road
National Road
Colima
Guadalaiara
Mississippi
Alabama
W. R. Featherston
Notable Local Figures Mentioned in Public Notices
J A Lowry J G Lowden P H Carter H M Hexpenson Y F Warre KE K Lecoerrt HW Wrens are listed among residents in a community court or civic notice. The fragmentary text confirms names attached to a public document or record within the local newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lowry
J. G. LowdEn
P. H. Carter
H. M. Hexpenson
Y. F. Warre
KE. K. Lecoerrt
HW Wrens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oxarre
Tae
Brenham Thirst
New Years Creek
C H. Stevers
Brenthem
Chicago
Central
Schweiss
H. Levitovsky
Wallace
F. R’y
Gesse
Summers
Maxey
Crockett Et Als
Professon Ixoch
State News
Geo. F. Payne
Brazos County
Temple
Cisco
Whitney
Chico
Alamo Plaza
Mays
Texarkana
Ike Johnson
Calvin Scott
Scott
Nicaragua
Victoria
Egort
William
Germany
Raleigh and Gatton Railroad
Raleigh
N.C
Seaboard
Col. Harvey
Abbott
New Jersey
Potter Palmer
Murat
Charlotte Corday
W. 8S. Needham
Columbus, Ga
Needham
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Rivers & Hodde
Texaz
L. Roary
Abilene Country
S. F. Sterrs
S. Laprowski
T. O. Axversos
F. E. Bompaur
Jno. Horsy, JR
G. W. Sura
P. Priilius
O. W. Steffens
E. 8. Hueres
W. F. Frevasour
J. P. Massie
R. E. Carter
Henry Sayes
Rs Board of Tract
P. Mf. Dz Vint, BK
B. Kenxyox
J.G. Crnurg
W. H. Borixerox
Sters
J. T. Axperson
The
Abilene Progressive Com
Bor
Yav
Vay Otton
Roff & Miller
Brenham, Texas
Castoria
Sam
Pere Rez
Tar Cexrate Company
Murray &T
New York
Dr. Harter Medicine CO
T Louis
Macceedd
Ohio
Antmar
TIFEM
Soule College
Glenn
Chappell Hill
P.H. Ballard & CO
South Desplaines St
L. F. Harris
Greenviné
Perret IS
Chaice Bea
Emal Treets
G. M. Magill
Aransas Pase
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