05 Nov 1912
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Newspaper
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1912
Page
1
Midday reports show nationwide record breaking votes across 33 states for governor and multiple legislatives. Heaviest early voting observed in major states as polls open with turnout high at city and courthouse sites. Analysts predict outcome by tonight as results trickle in from Texas and other states. Taft carries first box Acushnet as returns begin to come in.
In 1908 Tart led with 11 percent and Bryan 12 as New York reports vote turnout. Novila Thinelty notes early polling momentum while many districts show about half the expected vote counted.
About twenty Mexicans armed with rifles were posted outside the polls at San Diego to guard the voting area. Americans expressed indignation calling the action unnecessary and provoking tension at the local polling place.
A vivid stage adaptation of a novel by Alexander Duman headlines this afternoon and tonight at the Dixie. The production stars Ditton and features themes of wealth and power in a grand, exciting performance.
The Creek community couple Banders Henry and Sam Buchanan united in marriage at a Caldwell Street home on a Saturday afternoon. The groom is well regarded in the area and the bride is known for her sweet disposition. Friends from Bryan and the surrounding community share in their happiness.
The Eagle Io announces plans to receive complete election returns for Bryan and Teatón County. It outlines arrangements with Western Union Telegraph Company and special wire access, with W W Harris presiding at the key. Returns from the Associated Press will be read aloud as received, with bulletins posted for the public at The Eagle office. Citizens are invited to attend tonight to witness the live updates and support the newsroom effort.
From Sofia, reinforcement battalions move toward the front amid tight volunteer units, including Macedonians and Russians. Fighting persists near Serx J and Tiohoblu as Turks and Bulgarians clash. Sofia hospitals are crowded with wounded soldiers.
Bud West, 21, a member of a prominent Southwest Texas family and owner at the West ranch, killed himself with a pistol in his Corpus Christi home. He had been visiting for ten days, left a widow, and was worth about $200,000.
In the absence of fighting in the Balkans, Europe ponders the diplomatic stance after Turkey seeks mediation. Powers want direct Turkish contact with Balkan states, while Turkish response remains unclear. Millions face hunger as troops desert and rifts are discarded, with a possible joint assault on Salonika anticipated.
A harrowing report from El Paso states two Mexican women and an infant were shot dead when rebels attacked a passenger train north of Juahua, as details emerge from the scene today.
The notice lists marriages between Jamon Monroe and Ruby William, Afenry Turner and Tevina, Blau Samipeon Mathews and Beatrice Thomas, Barrison Polderendea Kinnard, Laveln Lj and Laura Maren Inala Baldon, and Re Thoxpoon with AB Admondson and Eanse Ridden.
The fragment lists presidential contenders with party affiliations, naming Democratic Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey as President, Vice President Thomas A. Marshall of Indiana, Republican William Howard Taft of Ohio as President, and a New Yorker Herman or Junex as Vice President, reflecting a historical ballot snapshot.
A garbled weather and political notice page mentions New York figures and the 1912 style campaign issues. It records forecasts, signals, and reader offerings alongside local business transfers, prayer meeting plans, funeral time changes, and brief society updates about residents from Bryan, Houston, and Wellborn.
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