Social Events Of The Week In Bryan
Miss Alline Rhode hosted a Wednesday evening gathering of Bryan society honoring Miss Reynolds of Franklin and other guests Stella Allen Anna Hallett from Cleburne and Woody Kirby of Columbus. Attendees included Irene Beard Lucille De Maret Lucille Batte Tot Jenkins Clara Mawhinney Willie McDougald Mary Ross Parker Mary Roman Nell Cole Hazel Adams Nannie Hall Bernice Harris and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alline Rhode
Bryan
Misses Reynolds
Franklin
Stella Allen
Anna Hallette
Cleburne
Woody Kirby
Columbus
Irene Beard
Lucille de Maret
Lucille Batte
Tot Jenkins
Clara Mawhinney
Willie McDougald
Mary Ross Parker
Mary Roman
Nell Cole
Hazel Adams
Nanniene Hall
Bernice Harris
Bullock
Miss Kirby
Rudolph Myers
Mary Knowles
Agnes Kenard
Corine James
Cora Cole
Ger
Rohde
Alice Lucas
Joe Spell
Hattie Lou Hudson
Frances Chance
Rowena Rhodes
Gussie Buchanan
Alma Robinson
Gertrude Eaves
Nellie Cole
Ruby James
Olliver
Lucas
Loula Tabor
Louise Batte
Lucius Batte
Lucile de Maret
Alma Cole
Arnie Cole
Mary MelInnis
Lillie Reed
Vivian James
Hal Saunders
George Chance Hudson Myers
Roy Buchanan
John S Cavitt
Nat Allen
Rivers Allen
Henry Robinson
Wilson Buchanan
Frank Buchanan
Jim Thomas
Bradley
Will Saunders
Julian Adams
Paul Lacey
Johnnie Newton
Henry Roberts
Roy Nunn
Jack Gordon
Felker
Alwin Johnson
Charles Hudson
Jim James
Rohde Reynolds
Larry Stephen
Ed Martin
William Banks
Roger Nall
Stuart Boatwright
Seth de Maret
Pam Johnson
Emmett Cole
Rob Webb
DeWitt Graham
Clarence Vick
J. T. Maloney
Do Rohde
Carl Cole
T. Do
Garden party scenes at the Myers home
Miss Ethel Foster and a group from Hearne and Bryan visited the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Myers for a Thursday lawn party. Hudson Myers hosted a crowd with an orchestra, games, and refreshments, while Dorcas Parker hosted another social with a balanced mix of young men and women and lively contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Myers
Hudson
Mrs. Myers
T. K. Lawrence
Dorcas Parker
Mrs. Parker
Social Evenings Share Fun and Arrivals in Bryan
Mrs Rohde and Mrs Maloney host a series of gatherings with guests including Miss Arrce Cole and Mrs Carl Cole. The events feature a Musical Romance contest, lawn scenes with Japanese lanterns, a Bohemian band, cream and cake, and multiple hostesses like Miss Mary Knowles and Miss Dorcas Parker arranging games, dances, and luncheons for friends and distinguished attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alline Rhode
Mary Knowles
Alma Robinson
Rohde
Six Saloon Raids Prompt Billups Law Challenge
Muskogee Oklahoma August 1 County Attorney Crump and City Marshal Ledbetter ordered raids on six open saloons to halt beer sales under the Billups law They seized stock and arrested owners and wholesale warehouses The law allows only arrests and heavy bonds delaying trials until October aims to overturn the Billups law by then Travis county Democratic convention named delegates for the San Antonio state convention endorsing Finley for state chair and Governor Campbell Davidson Culberson and Burleson. Bailey not mentioned.
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Muskogee
Okla
Crump
Ledbetter
Austin
Travis County
San Antonio
Texas
Campbell
Davidson
R. W. Finley
Culberson
Burleson
Bailey
Finley
Four jailed for horse theft in Texas and Oklahoma
Sheriff Rich jailed three men and one woman in Sherman Texas in a case tying four stolen horses to Grayson county. A Durant Oklahoma man was jailed with a confession implicating sixteen people. The sheriff says a coordinated band of thieves operated across Texas and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Tex
Rich
Durant
Okla
Grayson County
Texas
Oklahoma
Government to probe railroad combinations in southern California
In Los Angeles on Aug 1, H. E. Duncan, special agent for the attorney general, was recalled to Washington signaling government plans to include southern California in a pending investigation of railroad combinations. Duncan had spent months gathering evidence of rebating by the Southern Pacific Santa Fe and Salt Lake routes. A Justice Department report reportedly covers Harriman's alleged control of the Salt Lake City road and stake in the Santa Fe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern California
Los Angeles
Cal
H. E. Duncan
Attorney General
Washington
Duncan
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Salt Lake City
Department of Justice
Harriman
Murder in Illinois Farm Leads to Death by Suicide
J A Morrill a wealthy farmer near Blackberry Center Illinois was shot by John Anderson his farmhand who then killed himself with a shotgun. authorities cite heavy drinking and possible dementia as the motive or contributing factor in the fatal incident and the housekeeper's murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Ill
J. A. Morrill
Blackberry Center
John Anderson
Morrill
Anderson
Ketchel Wins In Third Round In San Francisco
In San Francisco on August 1 Stanley Ketchel defeated Hugo Kelly by decision in the third round before a $20,000 audience. A left jaw blow secured the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ketchel
San Francisco
Stanley Ketchel
Hugo Kelly
Central excursion rates to Houston and Galveston
The Houston and Texas Central Railroad announces round trip prices for trains from Bryan on Saturday afternoon August 1 and Sunday morning August 2 to Houston and to Galveston. Fares are 1.95 and 2.20 respectively with the usual return limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Bryan
Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company
Houston
Galveston
Nickel Tragedy Amid Rail Yard Fights Over Nickel
A Dallas incident at Houston and Texas Central rail yard ends in fatality as Dan Cooper, a boy, is fatally stabbed after his leg artery is severed by a knife during a dispute over a nickel. In Tulsa a white man Clay Harris kills wife and baby and wounds another before escaping with a horse and buggy. In Birmingham a home is dynamited with occupants unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hari Kari
Burlington
Dan Lamasuey
Kansas City
Lamasuey Bros
Kari Kari
Lamasuey
Dallas
Houston
Texas Central
Dan Cooper
George Sheperd
Tulsa
Okla
Clay Harris
Walter Vann
Harris
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E. J. Fountain the Quality Grocer
Ethel Foster
Waco
Madeline
Irene Dillard
Hearne
Ruth Turrentine
Helen de Mare
Laura James
Robbie Nichol
Lessie Mawhinney
Madeline Hanway
Wuela Allen
Blanche Buchanan
Bessie Buchanan
Norma Dennis
Lois Reynolds
T. C. Nunn
Henry Rohde
Mary Ross
G. S. Parker
J. A. O. Club
Dorcas
Ethel, Foster
Sam Parker
Parker
R. R. Knowles
Knowles
Mary
Fumel & Maloney Prescription Druggists
Democrats
Rome
Marie Davis
Jewell Roberts
Huntsville
Church-Parsons
Harriet T. Smith
Huntsville, Texas
Birmingham
George Banks
Ensley
Banks
the Smith Drug Co
Bryan, Texas
J. A. McQueen
U. S
Premi
I. L. L. Melnnis
L. L. McInnis
J. W. Howell
F. M. Law
H. O. Boatwright
Brazos County
W. P. Bryan
Notary Texas
E. Boyett
Bryan and
E. Rohde
Higgs
Bermuda
Smith Building
J.B. Hines
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