Sketch of Professor Gibbs Elected Director at Texas A&M
The article profiles Professor W. D. Gibbs named director of the Texas Experiment Station and dean of agriculture at A&M. It traces Gibbs education from Illinois to Wisconsin, Ohio, and Washington, noting his teaching, research, and speaking arm. It highlights his work with farmers institutes and his anticipated impact in Texas.
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Texas Experiment Station
A. and M. College
Department of Agriculture
W. D. Gibbs
Prof. Gibbs
Gibbs
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Washington
Dean Davenport
University of Illinois
Dean Hunt
University of Ohio
Curtis
Iowa
Illinois
University of Wisconsin
King
New Hampshire State College
Durham
N. H
Graduate School of Agriculture
Columbus
Texas
Union
Middle West
Ohio
Wisconsin
Burglars Wake Navasota Woman and Flee in Flight
Burglars awakened a Navasota resident by ransacking her home for jewelry and disturbing the neighborhood with screams. The intruders escaped in ignominious flight as alarms rang and neighbors rushed to aid.
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Navasota
Denison Woman Fires at Burglar Fire Damages Home
A Denison woman fired at a burglar who broke into her home. The shot struck a lamp, causing an explosion that ignited and burned the house. No injuries reported as firefighters contained the blaze.
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Denison
Memorial fund for President McKinley nears half of goal
More than half of the 650000 dollars needed for a McKinley memorial has been raised. The drive continues as supporters push to complete the fundraising target for the tribute to the late president.
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President McKinley
Anthracite Prices Soar Amid Strike Outlook
New York reports show anthracite at potential $14 a ton as strike continuation looms. Dealers expect wholesale $9.50 stock to rise to $11. Retailers post $10 a ton amid hoarded supply. Rail lines report empty yards yet barges carry coal. Company heads push timeline for strike end from September toward October 1.
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New York
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Jersey City
Boonton
Settlement Hinted In Anthracite Strike By Sept 1
Aug 16 Pittsburg indicates an accord may end the coal strike by Sept 1 withMajor John Biddle confirming agents report operators ready to ship after that date. Wilkesbarre expected Duryea Warnke washery to reopen amid crowd and police presence though workers did not report. Shenandoah remains quiet after nights of unrest with farm raids in Catawassa valley and troops marching through the region.
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Pittsburg
John Biddle
District of Columbia
Biddle
Washington
Wilkesbarre
Warnke
Duryea
Jacobs
Shenandoah
Catawassa Valley
Estate of Mrs Fair Left with Fortunes to Kin
Attorney Charles J Heggerty reports finding the last will of Mrs Charles Fair in a safe deposit vault and notes it leaves legacies to her mother and siblings totaling an estimated 250000 to 400000. A parallel will of Charles Fair from April 1900 was also found. The documents will be filed by Fair heirs if the public administrator intervenes, otherwise after the couple’s funeral in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Charles J. Heggerty
Charles Fair
Knight & Heggerty
Fair
Funeral for Senator James McMillan in simple rites
Detroit Aug 16 Extreme simplicity marked the funeral services Friday over Senator James McMillan who died suddenly last week at his summer home in Manchester Mass The services were as the dead man would have wished without ostentation or display.
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Detroit
James McMillan
Manchester
Mass
Rice crop forecast by American association head
Lake Charles Louisiana August 16 S A Kamp president of the Rice Association of America estimates the U S crop this year at 3 000 100 sacks from reports of more than 300 correspondents He considers Prof Taylor s Texas estimate of 1 000 400 sacks about correct.
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Lake Charles
S. A. Kamp
Rice Association of America
United States
Taylor
Texas
Navy guards American interests in Venezuela report
Washington Aug 16 American interests in Venezuela are being guarded by the navy. A cablegram reported the Cincinnati arriving at LaGuayra and another dispatch noted the Topeka arriving at Curacao.
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Washington
Venezuela
Navy
Department
Cincinnati
Laguayra
Curacao
Texas and Pacific Receives Powerful New Engines
Marshall Texas Aug 16 The Texas and Pacific railway has received from Paterson two of the most powerful ten wheel engines ever used by the road. This is the first consignment of an order of thirty two.
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Texas and Pacific
Marshall, Tex
Texas and Pacific Railway
Paterson
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Professor Gibbs
Palestine Herald
Emmel’s
Emmel’s Prescription Pharmacy
Hunter
Chatham
Senator Mitchell
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Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Bryan
Sos
John Wittman
Texas Railroad
Texas’ Greatest Railroad
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Milano
Eee
Austin
North Texas
Palestine Leaguie
Texarkana
Hot Spin
Little Rock
Memphis
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Calvert, Martin, Mart
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Mexico
Stoneham
Houston
Lewis
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Texas Central
S. F. B. Morse, Asa Tras
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Dallas, Austin, Waco, FT. Worth
T. J. Anderson
Gen. Pass
M. L. Robbins
Geo. Pass
Tht
Henry & Brogdon
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