Rain talk and local notices in Bryan Texas 1903
A Bryan Texas column from April 1903 laments drought and politics while recounting Children Day at Woodville with Miss Lucy Brogdon and Mr. Martin. It lists program items, thanks local helpers, and offers a $25 reward for information about vandals who destroyed trees on Mrs. B. P. Higgs’s street walk. signed by City Marshal T. P. Boyett.
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Woodville
Lucy Brogdon
Martin
Tom Searcy
Bryan
Searcy
Lucy
Julia
Laura Brogdon
Nellie Martin
Mary
Lillie Brogdon
Paul Domie
Cara Fet
Ros
Stella Stewart
Homer Stewart
Mary Brogdon
B. P. Higgs
T. P. Boyett
Houston Rifles Invitees Set Spring Hop Date
College notes report the Houston Rifles inviting members to their annual hop on Friday evening April 24. The piece notes the event will likely be a standout social function. It also mentions the baseball team returning to steady training after a recent Austin game loss to Deaf and Dumb, their first contest of the season. Virginia Watkins of Bryan visits Ethel Hutson, while Dr. D. F. Houston visits Austin.
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Houston Rifles
Austin
Virginia Watkins
Bryan
Ethel Hutson
D. F. Houston
Hotel Arrivals List From North Texas and Nearby Cities
A roster of guests and their home cities includes G. J. Cornelius Dallas Roy Dodson Kansas City G. A. Stoval Jr St. Louis L. C. Robertson Waco T. A. Easton St. Louis A. F. Cortney Dallas C. W. Childress Fort Worth A. Cohn St. Louis Mrs Jack McCrabbe Dallas G. A. Benedict Sherman Bernie Hill St. Louis J. O. Newton Milano P. W. Davidson New Orleans Tucker A. Henderson Austin H. H. Gilley Caldwell J. E. Mesen Fort Worth Otto F. Kruger Centralia Claud Bard Madisonville Wm Barrett Houston Claude Bard Madisonville R. D. Goree Seymour Gib Foster Providence ARCADE W. S. McClung Harvey M. Kahn Houston
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G. J. Cornelius
Dallas
Roy Dodson
Kansas City
G. A. Stoval, Jr
St. Louis
L. C. Robertson
Waco
T. A. Easton
C. W. Childress
Fort Worth
A. Cohn
Jack McCrabbe
G. A. Benedict
Sherman
Bernie Hill
J. O. Newton
Milano
P. W. Davidson
New Orleans
Tucker
A. Henderson
Austin
H. H. Gilley
Caldwell
J. E. Mesen
Otto F. Kruger
Centralia
Ill
Claud Bard
Madisonville
Wm. Barrett
Houston
Claude Bard
R. D. Goree
Seymour
Gib Foster
Providence
Public notice on tree dumping violation in city streets
Notice warns trimming trees and dumping limbs or rubbish into streets or drains violates city ordinance. Must be hauled off or burned by property owners. Mayor R. H. Harrison signs. Also mentions John M. Caldwell receiving elk jewelry ahead of local organization in Bryan.
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R.H. Harrison
John M. Caldwell
Bryan
Assembly Hears Proposals on Senate Empl oyes
The Senate considers how many officers and employees to retain from the regular session. A five senator committee is appointed to determine staffing levels with Henderson Hale Hicks Hill and Hanger on the panel and Douglas added later. Leaders debate retention terms with a tied vote and tabled measures.
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Nate
Austin
House
Senate
Henderson
Davidson
DeWitt
Finance Committee
Douglas
Hale
Hicks
Hill
Hanger
Dutch rail workers return to service with military escorts
Amsterdam reports limited railway operations resume as trains run under armed guard. Rotterdam notes one thousand soldiers arrive and river patrols by steamers. A planned bakers strike aims to stay localized while bread distribution tightens. A passenger train thwarted by a track obstruction. international service expected to continue. Philadelphia reports the steamship Lukenbach overdue with crude oil cargo.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands Railroad
Workmen’s Committee of Defense
Hull
Rotterdam
Holland
Rapid Rise From Hollybrook Break Strains Louisiana Levees
The Back Water from Hollybrook break raises Brush bayou near Tallulah as west Tallulah residents build protective levees. Planters move stock to high ground in Tensas and Madison parishes. Red river falls with no major panic. Grand Isle road traffic blocked by Magnolia mud box and track repairs begun. Convict force at the break increases.
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Hollybrook
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Brush Bayou
Tallulah
Tensas
Madison Parishes
Red River
Grand Isle Road
Magnolia
Hymelia
Texas Results. Lone Star Cities Hold Tuesday Elections
Austin reports a broad Texas wave of local votes with light turnout due to the poll tax amendment. Waco cast 500 of 5000 eligible ballots, and overall turnout ran about one third to one half of those entitled to vote. Texarkana saw a notable contest as the street railway ticket failed while one alderman was elected.
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Lone Star
Austin
Texas
Waco
Texarkana
Bombs explode at Villabajan church Madrid April 8
Three dynamite bombs exploded at the Villabajan church causing considerable damage with no injuries. A separate student disturbance at Saragossa left the prefecture and Jesuit college stoned.
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Madrid
Villabajan
Saragossa
Iowa Editors Party Visits Houston News Interests
Iowa editors and their wives were entertained by Houston newspapers and business leaders on Tuesday and departed for north Texas that night.
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Iowa
Houston
North Texas
Military inspections and local business notices mix in Bryan
Yesterday evening prominent Texas Volunteer Guard officers inspected the Bryan Light Guards and prepared for a U S Army exam to merge state militia into the national guard. Local ads promote shoes corsets Easter wear and a livery sale set for April 10 and 11 1903.
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Texas Volunteer Guard
J. O. Newton
Milano
Webb Hearne
Bremend
Second
Texas
Newton
Bryan Light Guards
Roy Hearne
Houston
United States Army
National Guard
Regular Army
Otto Boehme
Norwood
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
Lamar Bethea
Bryan
Nabors
Norman Cavitt
Webb Bros
St Louis Referendum Signals Democratic Victory in 2nd District
Election returns from St. Louis show a Democratic plurality above 18 000 with about half the registered vote. Five Republicans and one independent won House seats while Democrats captured the remaining twenty two seats. Democrats also secured all city council seats and the boards of education and inspectors of measures and weights. Republicans allege gross fraud.
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St. Louis
House of Delegates
Board of Education
Inspector of
Insurance Business Good
Superintendent of Insurance Clay issued a preliminary 1902 report showing only one fire insurance company left Texas, three new ones admitted, and receipts $20,000 higher than last year, indicating prosperous business.
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Austin
Clay
Easter Egg Hunt At Courthouse Yard
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church hosts an Easter egg hunt in the courthouse yard next Saturday April 1 at 3 pm. Prizes are unusually attractive with new contests including a souvenir spoon egg carry test. Open to all children. admission ten cents.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Court House Yard
Spot Cotton Markets Show Quiet Tone Across Cities
Liverpool spot market quiet with middling 5.40 and 6,000 sales amid 19,000 receipts. American 13,800. New York spots seek with middling 10.45 and no sales. New Orleans market steady at middling 10 1-16 with 2,250 sales.
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Liverpool
Eeewwee H
Esseous
Dee
New York
New Orleans
Beaumont Telephone Company Increases Capital Stock
Austin April 8 Beaumont Telephone company amends its charter increasing capital stock from 120000 to 200000.
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Austin
Beaumont Telephone Company
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Imam
Monarch
Yacht Club
Woolen
the Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnes
Bryan, Texas
Hanna
Cleveland
Chicago
Davis
Nacogdoches
Taylor County
United States
Texas Union
Cuba
U.S
Government Agricultural Department
Emmel’s Prescription Pharmaciqv
Madras
Oxfords
Percales
Hunter
Chatham
College Notes
W.S. McClung
Harvey
M. Kahn
Philadelphia
39. V. Lukenbach
Sabine Pass
Tex
Lukenbach
Thompson
Snow Queen
COX & Odom
Melilla
Frajana
Infanta Isabel
Mutey Amrani
Miley Amrani
Future Markets
Serene Daly
Darwin & Drummond
Rey
E. H. Chase & Co
Chase
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