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Newspaper
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1911
Page
1
Galveston reports a record cotton receipt for the season with higher prices and larger bale counts than last year. The feature notes recent shipments and a notable bale count of 2508 on the date, signaling a strong start to the crop period.
Washington August report states the Lorimer committee adjourned the Chicago inquiry until early October. In Houston Texas the Grand Lodge of Knights and Ladies of Moor elected new officers including Marie J. Cole of Dallas as grand protector and Joseph Netzer of Laredo as grand vice protector.
In Austin Texas Aug after forty years the state to return the battle trophy captured by the Lone Star regiment during the Civil War. The prize was taken from the Seventy seventh Ohio volunteers in Arkansas and preserved for decades awaiting restitution.
By Associarem Gibraltar Aug 9 The ren e steamer Hints foundered five miles east of Tarifa Spain in the Straits of Gibraltar after colliding with the British steamer Silverton Ninety three persons were drowned The Riverton picked up twenty seven of the passengers and crew and brought them here The starboard bow of the Silverton was stove in and the fore crew was full of water
A partial clipping notes John W Gates and Christian volunteers in San Antonio. It mentions religion, organization, and a headquarters, with a movement to combat white slave traffic in Texas. The fragmentary text references volunteers and local efforts without clear dates or outcomes.
The death of John W Gates, famed American industrialist and financier, shocks Texas as details emerge. Gates built a fortune through barbed wire, wire and textile ventures, with major holdings in the Southern Wine Company and American Wire and Tissue. His passing prompts funeral arrangements in Dallas and repercussions for the businesses he stewarded.
In Austin a year case from August notes a marooned house and a planned visit by Booker T. Washington, the Negro educator, to address the Texas House on a proposed visit to Austin in September to October.
O W Bow ers, 74, postmaster at Eagleford, released on bonds of 2500 each in two criminal assault cases involving two young girls. Prominent citizens and business figures in Milag Texas helped secure the bonds amid security concerns for Septenarian Bow ers.
The record shows 12,200 bales ginned before August 1, with 12,200 bales recorded in the tally. The summary notes figures from the tax administration section, and lists a Texas posting by the assistant foreman in Austin. The document appears to summarize a departmental cotton production count issued today.
A boy's prank in San Antonio escalated to violence. A hatchet or axe damaged a home and two people were injured while an arrest or police action followed. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
An incomplete dispatch notes Japan’s emperor sending thanks to an allied group as a formal ceremony unfolds in Washington. The report mentions Pope Pius and Admiral Tago in a brief, tense morning update with reference to a cooling temperature and a somber mood surrounding a death.
President Taft will veto the statehood plan for Arizona and New Mexico, citing the Judiciary recall feature as objectionable. Senate debates and Democratic supporters frame the veto as a decisive political move, with ongoing discussions in Washington and Lewiston.
Georgia farmers gather in Wayerou for the Georgia State Agricultural Society annual meeting through today and tomorrow. Leading Southern agricultural experts will speak, with automobile and visor exhibitions for visitors.
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