Plantersville and area notes add to local life
Local visits feature Mrs. Adelle Dodson in Plantersville and Misses Lucy Bettie Johnson in Navasota. Houston trips include Miss Mabel Robinson and visitors from Belton. Community updates cover church work, school appointments, and plans for a new Methodist church in Macy.
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Adelle Dodson
Plantersville
Lucy
Bettie Johnson
Navasota
Mabel Robinson
Houston
B. F. Wilson
Dallas
R. M. Wilson
Cole Bros
Conranklin
Will C. Perry
Oral Texan
Ferday
A. O. U. W Resolutions Report on Peter Winter
The committee reports the death of brother Peter Winter at his city home on July 30 1900. They express sorrow, offer sympathy to his wife and relatives, vow to memorialize him with a page in records, and request mourning draping of the charter.
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A. O. U. W Brethren
Peter Winter
Iit
Vulcan Lodge
C. E. Jenkins
Curre Bornme
Emo Pearson
Bryan
Texas
Washington
Treasury Department
Cape Nome
Alaska
Democratic Convention Nominates Dr. J. L. Fountain
The Fifty five representative district Democratic convention met in Bryan on August 4 at 2:30 p.m. Dr. Geo. R. Tabor chaired temporarily, A. Adams was temporary secretary, and the temporary body was made permanent. Mark Wilcox nominated Dr. J. L. Fountain who was elected by acclamation and accepted. Dr. Tabor was reelected chairman for two years. The convention adjourned after a brief speech.
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Court House
Bryan
A. Adams
Geo. R. Tabor
J. F. Eaves
Sam R. Henderson
Mark Wilcox
J. L. Fountain
Fountain
Death of Mrs. Kate Dansby in Steep Hollow County
Mrs. Kate Dansby wife of M F Dansby died suddenly Monday evening at 7:15 at her home in the county Steep Hollow community. She was 26 years 3 months and 7 days old and leaves a husband three children and her parents Mr and Mrs A Hensarling. Funeral held 2:30 pm yesterday at the family residence with Dr A M Simms officiating and interment at Steep Hollow cemetery. Several siblings and relatives mourn her loss and the Eagle extends sympathy.
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Kate
M. F. Dansby
The
Eagle
Dansby
Steep Hollow
A. Hensarling
Messrs
John
Tom
George
Luther
Philip Hensarling
R. L. Buchanan
George Hensarling
Taylor
A. M. Simms
Ansby
Barbecue Dinner At City Park Offers Bargain Lunches
The Baptist church hosts a grand barbecue night at the city park from 6 to 8 30 P M with drinks and coffee available. Nice lunches start at 15 cents and visitors are invited and will be cordially treated.
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J. P. Nall
Cottonwood Church
Liberty Church
Payne Prairie
Baptist Church Nch
Committees Form for Campaign Leadership Under Governor Stone
The campaign names seven subcommittees with a full slate of officers. Eastern state representation is limited to Guffey of Pennsylvania and George Fred Williams of Ohio. Major panels include Executive, Ways and Means, Press, and Advisory with leaders such as James K. Jones of Arkansas, J. G. Johnson of Kansas, and Norman E. Mack of New York.
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Stone
Milner
Norman EK. Mack
Newa
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Gevorge
Fred Williams
Ohio
James K. Jones
Arkansas
J. G. Johnson
Kansas
A. Walsh
Iowa
W. J. Stone
Missouri
H. D. Clayton
Alabama
Thomas Gahan
Illinois
N. Q. Blanchard
Louisiana
J. H. Osborne
Wyoming
John T. McGraw
West Virginia
H. M Teller
Colorado
Fred T. Dubois
Idaho
D.C. Tillotson
W. V. Allen
Nebraska
J. Weaver
Town
Eugene Smith
Unique Gathering Prepares for Chicago Campaign Kickoff
Chicago August 7 leaders of both major parties will attend a reception on August 17 hosted by the Press Club of Chicago. The event aims to bridge rival views on the eve of the political fight as national, state, and county figures greet friends and foes in a historic cross partisan gathering. Birmingham reports slow vote returns with estimates suggesting a Democratic majority over 50,000 and support for a constitutional convention to remove negro influence from politics. Officers listed include Governor William J Samford Attorney General Charles G Brown Secretary of State R P McDavid Treasurer J Craig Smith Auditor T L Sewell Commissioner of Agriculture Robert T Poole Superintendent of Education J Aber crombie.
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Chicago
Illinois
Press Club of
Birmingham
Captain Smith
State Democratic Campaign Committee
William J. Samford
Charles G Brown
R. P. McDavid
J. Craig Smith
T. L. Sewell
Robert T. Poole
J. Abercrombie
Republican Chairman Hanna may campaign for McKinley in West
New York Aug 7 Chairman Hanna of the Republican National Committee may join western campaigning for McKinley and Roosevelt. Perry Heath secretary arrived from Chicago reported demands from western states to hear Hanna speak. He urged a response and Hanna was inclined to consider the proposition without yet deciding.
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New York
Hanna
Republican National Committee
West
McKinley
Roosevelt
Perry &. Heath
National Committee
Chicago
Trial intrudes Georgetown Angl week as Gov Goebel case proceeds
A Georgetown Kentucky Anglian case week begins amid Secre Cabb Powers trial for alleged complicity in Gov William Goebel assassination. Testimony is sober and provides no fresh light on the tragedy. A separate dispatch notes a brutal assault in Channing Texas with two workers wounded, one throat cut, victim Nate Sullivan hospitalized, as authorities investigate the incident near Fort Worth.
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Georgetown
Ang
Secre Cabb Powers
William Goebel
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J. J. Adams
R. G. Tabor
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A.O. U. W. Resolutions
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