Millican Notes Highlights Local Visitations
G W McMichael and family traveled from Bryan to visit Mr and Mrs Wagner. Mrs T Lewis returned from Navasota. Rev W T Wharton preached at the Baptist church. Ed Carl has been here buying cattle. Will McCulloch of Bryan visited. J A McGregor moved from Galveston to Fort Worth and paused here en route. W T Firmen came from Houston with his wife, who has been here. Mrs J M Adams of Flatonia visits Wagner family. Mrs George Brooks returned from Galveston. 8 C Williams visited from the bottom. Mrs Jim Eaves of Wellborn and Miss May Mills visited last week. Town health is very good. Correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. McMichael
Bryan
Wagner
T. Lewis
Navasota
W.T. Wharton
The
Baptist Church
Ed Carl
Will McCulloch
J. A. McGregor
Mistral Bros
Galveston
Fort Worth
W. T. Firmen
Houston
J. M. Adams
Flatonia
George Brooks
C. Williams
Jim Eaves
Wellborn
May Mills
Kurten News notes local events and illness
Harvey Texas April 16 Measles subsided but la grippe arrives weakening residents Rev and Mrs S R McClung slowly improving from la grippe Community and school plan picnic for April 27 as school closes. Local visits encompass Maxwell Carnes and Griffin families and a party at Dr and Mrs Todd with music. Cotton replanting pace slow as farmers lag behind. Preaching at Bethel Church next Sunday by Rev Bullock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
Leila Griffin
Marion Ferguson
Reliance
Todd
Davis
Lula Smith
Caywood
Soles
Dina
Harvey
Joe Carnes
Waco
A. B. Carnes
Bethel Church
Bullock
Rain Delays Crop Planting in Green's Prairie Area
Green's Prairie reports heavy rains delaying crops for 1900. Cotton acreage may fall if more rains prevent seed planting and force replanting. Local residents W D Sellers Arch Graham and families visited, while Triple and Jordon completed the White pasture project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green's Prairie
Eagle
W. D. Sellers
Cartwheel Prairie
Arch Graham
Rock Prairie
Otho Williams
Eidson
Wellborn
Dixon
Greens Prairie
Navasota
Messrs
Triple and
Jordon
Crops Lag As Wet Weather Delays Farm Work
In Cross Texas farmers report 15 days of wet weather delaying planting. Corn shows frost damage and poor stands, some replanting possible. cotton sparse and late, oats mixed, gardens generally poor. Easter weekend may bring better weather. Spring Hill school to close April 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross
Grimes County
Texas
Spring Hill
May Cut Off Boers
London reports Gen Carrington at Beira and renewed fears of Boer destruction of Johannesburg mines. Telegraphs note weeks to concentrate on Transvaal borders, with Boer intercept rumors seen as unlikely. Proclamation allows trade with Cape Colony, police seize oxen wagons and cattle, two Germans sentenced for rifle and cartridge possession.
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London
Carrington
Beira
Transvaal
Mafeking
Lorenzo Marques
Natal Mercury
Johannesberg
Bloemfontein
Ladysmith
Washbank Valley
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Orange Free State
Cape Police
Boshof
Blockade at Wepener Persists Amid Rain and Reports of Moves
London reports heavy rains hinder troop movements while the Wepener blockade continues and stores move south from Bloemfontein. About 2000 sick in field hospitals, mainly dysentery and enteric fever, are noted as censorship tightens. Observers discuss Sir Buller and Sir Warren, Roberts’ censure, and potential recalls. Foreign volunteers reportedly heading to Transvaal. rumors of a French commander. In New York a view of Roberts' army turning movement to trap Boers gains weight. The Hague sees a private audience for the Boer peace commission. In Corsicana, Texas, a 9-year-old dies of lockjaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wepener
Bloemfontein
Free State
Redvers Buller
Charles Warren
Gen. Roberts
Roberts
Buller
Warren
Transvaal
New York
The
Tribune
Aliwal
Reddersburg
Colums
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Bryan and Vicinity
C. M. Proctor
John B. Mike
Singer Sewing Machine
Singer
C. L. Miller
Bryan, Texas
Willis & Coleman
City Bakery
Jor
EB. Griesser
Webb Bros
J. F. Parks
Wilcox
Bryan Eagle
M. F. Heenan
Brogdon’s
Trant’s
R. L.brocdon
Millican
Kurten News
Green’s Prairie
Cross News
Paul M. Baylor
James Drug Store
Rescience
the Hague
Wilhelmina
Dr Leyds
Pretoria
Daily News
Corsicana
Tex
E. R. Hawkins
Lockjaw
Campho
Wilson-Jenkins Drug
Kandy Kitchen
Berwick Bay
Lowney’s and
Gunther
John Wittman
Burt Norwood
Ben S. Read
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