Reminiscences of Bryan Methodist Church Founding
Rev G H Horton recalls early Bryan Methodist Church days including the move from an old theater site to a new building. Subscriptions an effort by saloonkeepers and townspeople. The 200 member Sunday school grew with Presbyterians joining, and District Conference with notable attendees.
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Seguin
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Main Street
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Farrell
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Health official orders railroad sanitation and disinfection
State Health Officer Tabor issues a sanitary order requiring railroad managers to provide cus pidotes in passenger coaches and waiting rooms and to wash and disinfect them with bi chloride or mercury solution. The order also requires sprinkling cars before sweeping and takes effect within thirty days.
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Tabor
General Funston Told to Stop Public Philippines Talk
The president ordered Brigadier General Funston to avoid public discussion of the Philippines question. The remark suggests a possible change in stance, with a hope that the Kansas figure may temper his public comments.
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Philippines
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Gordon Re-elected Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Veterans
Gen John B Gordon is reelected to lead the United Confederate Veterans in an honored post he is expected to retain until death. The announcement confirms his continued leadership of the veterans organization.
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United Confederate Veterans
Rain blesses Marrissetta as crops look promising
April 22 report notes good health with Tom Cothran as the only sick in town. Visitors include W B Foster of Adhall and Will Cory of Whitehall. Willie Peyton from Austin visits Mrs. W W Cothran. Crops appear promising though boll weevil remains a concern for the future.
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Tom Cothran
W. B. Foster
Adhall
Will Cory
Whitehall
Willie Peyton
Austin
W. W. Cothran
Marriage Brightens Benchley With Maida Haltom and George Seale
Miss Maida Haltom of Benchley and Mr. George Seale wed at the bride’s parents home on Wednesday evening. The couple received warm congratulations from Mumford merchants and friends. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Payne hosted a party for them Friday night as well.
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Pearl Browning
Kurten
Miss Maida Haltom
Benchley
George Seale
Miss Maida
Seale
Reliance News Report April 20 1902 Crops and Social Notes
Health is good despite rain and hail that fell last Wednesday night. Sunday saw many visitors from Kurten Madisonville Benchley and Steep Hollow. Mrs Parnell hosted an entertainment Friday night to a large crowd. The singing Sunday evening impressed attendees as plans for a Reliance literary society emerged for the fourth Saturday night.
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John Slaughter
D. B. Lloyd
Crenshaw
Will Riley
Will Holligan
Shirley
Lizzie Slaughter
Florence Shirley
Kate Lawless
Kurten
David Thompson
Sam Benson
Harvard Dress Rules Through the Ages Show Eighteenth Century Styles
The Boston Art Museum displays two waistcoats from the class of 1749 and 1784 illustrating Harvard students’ attire. Rules evolved from blue gray or olive to black mixed fabrics, with ranks from freshmen to seniors earning different cuffs, buttons, and gowns.
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Boston Art Museum
Oxford
Treachery of Tropical Nature in The Alien by F. F. Montresor
Esther describes South American forests as dangerous and deceptive with a striped tiger allure. The dialogue contrasts England's safe nature with the wild, morally ambiguous Andes environment where plants and animals blur lines between living and inanimate.
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Andes
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F. F. Montresor
Preacher’s Red Sea explanation stirs rural debate
Booker T. Washington recounts an old colored preacher who claims the Israelites crossed the Red Sea on ice in the morning while the Egyptians perished later when it thawed. A student questions geography, and the preacher concedes the lapse by joking about ancient maps before jogafries or equators.
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Red Sea
Parson
Preach&r
Jogafries
Classified notices mixups spark reader notice in old papers
A London Standard note recalls odd ad phrases from historic papers. A general servant ad asked no inquiries and strict rules, a journalist claimed no special skill, and a clerk sought no strength needed. A Gloucestershire paper mixed two announcements about a nine penny dinner and funerals, while a church paper appealed for an old man to be a gardener and a Scotch paper listed £65 to cover betting losses.
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