British and American Forces Push Toward Pekin
Dispatches from Shanghai report allied forces advancing on Pekin with 20 000 Japanese 10 000 Russians and 9 000 British troops halting near Lofa. Chinese attacks on Tien Tsin and concern over artillery weakness are noted as foreign ministers are ordered escorted to Tien Tsin under strong protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Daily Express
Chaffee
Dorward
Lofa
Yanmachuchi
Li Ping Hing
Kang Yu
Shanghai
The
Daily Mail
Yung Lee
Yung Lu
Paris
Sheng
Acquittals and Trials Fill Aug. Dispatches
Reports from New London to Sherman cover acquittal of sir Alexander Jester in the Gates case and the ongoing Powers Goebel conspiracy trial in Kentucky. Detailing juror reasoning, witness shifts, Pinkerton involvement, and memory lapses, the items move to updates on West Point hazing, Japanese labor imports, and rail incidents across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Chicago
New York
Alexander Jester
Gilbert Gates
Paris
Shewsbury
Shuck
John W. Gates
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Goebel
John Young Brown
Powers
D. B. Walcratt
Frankfort
Arsenal
E. R. Bullock
Lexington
Ajutant General’s
Jack Chinn
Statehouse
the Herald
West Point
Military Academy
George F. Roselle, Jr
Arkansas
Roselle
Convicted killer of Alice Boswell gets life sentence
Jay Graham convicted of the Boswell murder near Elliot Texas and sentenced to life. Other brief items note a Greenville foreman killed by a hand car, Muskogee businessmen opposing Curtis bill, Galveston street railway sale, a Collin county farmer’s berry profits, a Gravis man struck by lightning, a Terrell milling warehouse collapse, a Flatonia train fatality, whisky blaze in Waco, a Wills Point fire, and Oklahoma City Republicans urging statehood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Graham
Alice Boswell
Elliot Tex
John Dyer
Greenville
Tex
Muskogee
I. T
Galveston
A. F. Beaver
Collin County
Joseph McCall
Gravis
Taylor
Terrell Milling Company
Terrell
Robert Bailey
Aransas Pass
Flatonia
Waco
J. W. Edmiston
Wills Point
Oklahoma City
O. T
City Officials and Local Organizations Summary
A dense list of city and county officers including Mayor J Mooring, Marshal T P Boyett, and Sheriff TC Nunn. Also named are school board members, church pastors across denominations, local mills and companies, and fraternal groups such as Brazos Camp No 104 W of W. Meeting nights are noted for several groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J . Mooring
T P Boyett
Ro H Smith
H G Rhodes
H H Jones
C L Baker
R G Tabor
W S Howell
Jnok Lawrence
Walter Wipprecht
A J Buchanan
Board
W McMichael
Chase Gainer
J J Adams
R M Nall
TC Nunn
A W Buchanan
J W Batts
RJ Deens
Leedye
Felix Philips
P H Arrington
Brazos Camp
W R Johnson
C C
Joe B Reed
KOTM
Excursions to Chicago Atlanta Richmond and Palestine Texas
Low excursion rates offered for J and G excursions to Chicago Atlanta Richmond and Palestine Texas with details on rates sale dates and limits available from ticket agents or D J Price G P and T L A Palestine Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ilinois
Atlanta
Georgia
Southern Epworth League
Richmond
Virginia
S. O. O. F. Sovereign Grand Lodge
D. J. Price
G. P.& Tla
Palestine
Texas
Fraternal Lodge and Knights Templar Meeting Schedule
Monthly meeting cadence for J H Mawhiney Bryan Lodge and related bodies. Lists officers and secretaries for Bryan Lodge No 409 Brazos Lodge No 129 AF and AM Brazos Lodge No 64 K of P Vulcan Lodge No 837 AOUW Bryan Lodge No 1032 K of H with meeting days, and Ivanhoe Commandery No 8 Knight Templars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Mawhiney
Joe BR
Bryan Lodge
W T James
Joe B. Reed
National Aid
W W Griffin
C C Dulaney
Ivanhoe
Knight Templars
Jao T Garrett
Si C
H G Rhodes
Austin
W H Nall
H P
Joe B Reed
Brazos Lodge
AF & A
Paul M Raysor
D C DeMaret
Brazos
D F Dansby
R&s
Vulcan
W B Roman
M W
W J Walker
J A Myfers
AJ Platner
Also Mentioned on This Page
French Foreign Office
Che Foo
Moukden
Manchulamation
Nec W
Exchange Hotel
Atc
Maryland College OF Pharmacy
Bryan
Willis & Coleman
BIC Yan
TEXA
Wilcox
Blac Skemish
Bryan Eagle
MM. F. Heenan
South O Exchange Hotel
Singer Sewing Machine
C. L. Miller
Bryan, Texas
Huelson
City Bakery
Griesser
Webb Bros
Golden
B. B. Golden
Green Golden
Wharton Golden
Robert Noakes
Commonwealth
J. C Mayner
Knox County
Rome
Reggion
Monza
Milan
Bresci
Humbert
Washington
Tampa
Fla
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Japan
United States
Pretoria
Kitchener
DeWet and
Steyn
Hillsboro
Houston and
Texas Central Railway
Lardis
Sherman
Buffalo
Hall
Rall’s Drug Store
Brogans Livery Stable
Jas. O. Kernale
J. W. Brogdon
City Directory
J W Howe Il
J Allen Myers
Secstary
A M Rhodes
Parker
J B
Mike
H © Robinson
Simms
Methodist
E [ Shettles
Epworth League
Jewell Howard
Christian Endeavor
Christian Science
W. R. Rhodes
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Herbert E Bowers
Holy Communion
Navasota
J D West
Free Communion Baptist
A M Stewart
St Joseph’s Catholice
Father Kolin
San Antonio
Father Guidice
Bryan Cotton Seed Oil Mill
J O Chance
M D Cole
A D McConnico
E J Fountain
Bryan Compress
J W Howell
WE Saunders
H C Robinson
R S Webb
Cpss Ooe
Houston County
Mygomery County
Brazoria
Harris County
Houston
Fort Bend
Trinity
G. P
Tur Palestine
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