Political slate listing candidates for Texas offices
United States Senator Land Commissioner Geo W Finger of Ft Worth Treasurer John W Robbins Vernon Railroad Commissioner Allison Mayfield Sherman State Superintendent J S Kendall Ladonia Associate Justice Thos J Brown Congress Seventh District Robert L Henry Waco Representative 55th District Sam R Henderson Bryan District Attorney 20th District J C Scott Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Finger
Ft. Worth
Robert L. Henry
Waco
Sam R. Henderson
Bryan
Prodigy weighs 186 pounds at age five in Liberty County
In a humorous note the Navasota Examiner mocks a Liberty County claim of a five year old negro child weighing 186 pounds saying if he grows proportionally he could be the continent’s largest republican statesman. The piece also jokes about political challengers and the Seventh district democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty County
Navasota Examiner
Jennie Calef Company Thrills Audiences In Summer Run
The Jennie Calef dramatic company drew the largest crowd yet this summer at the Auditorium and plans a new week of performances tonight. Frank Germaine joins as a strong artist with Miss La Vaunt continuing to please. more cast members arrive to bolster the 14‑strong troupe. Manager Jake Schwarz works to please patrons as the run nears its end in two weeks, with a winter tour planned across Texas towns including Bryan Corsicana Belton and San Angelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Calef
Frank Germaine
Miss la Vaunt
Jake Schwarz
the Grand
Citizen’s
Auditorum
Texas
Lone Star
Walden
Miss Calef
Bryan
Corsicana
Belton
San Angelo
Abiline
Weatherford
Thurber
New York
Waco
The
Auditorius
Calef
M. Germaine
Mendelssohn Opera Company
Waco Times Herald
District Democratic Convention Nominates District Attorney Candidate
Hearne Texas August 22 the Twentieth judicial district democratic convention met electing J C Scott for district attorney Colonel N H Tracy of Rockdale was retained as chairman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearne
Texas
Twentieth Judicial District
J.C. Scott
N. H. Tracy
Rockdale
Vast graveyard of broken merchants haunts Temple tale
Senguin Enterprise comments Temple, calling it a vast graveyard of broken merchants. It notes high expenses and cutthroat competition, timing the decline of local business to the town’s harsh reputation and economic pressures. It cites a handful of merchants who remain materially richer than at start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neill
Texas
Indian Territory
Senguin Enterprise
When a Southern boy hides under a bed from punishment
A child in a Southern town crawls under a bed to escape punishment. The mother cannot pull him out and leaves him there until the father returns from the city. Upon hearing the tale the father tries to crawl under too, but is startled by the boy asking if “she” is after him as well.
Republican Call for 55th District Delegates Meeting
The Republican delegates of the 55th district are called to meet at Bryan court house on Saturday August 27 1898 to transact business likely before the convention. Elias Mays chairman J F Burn secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
City of
Bryan
Elias Mays
J. F. Burn
Crickets for Pets and a DIY Cricket Menagerie
The article explains keeping pet crickets at home in winter. Catch several fat crickets, place them in a cigar box with wire mesh, sand, grass, and hiding chips. Feed from dining scraps, spritz water on the grass, and observe their habits and chirping as they form a tame indoor troupe.
Francis I Victory Tent Returns to Madrid Armory
A royal tent once used by Francis I after the Battle of Pavia has been restored and returned. It was kept by the Colonna family through years, later presented to Alfonso XII, and now slated for display in the Madrid armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis I
Pavia
Marquis Pescari
Victoria Colonna
Colonna
Alfonso XII
Francis the First
Madrid
Some Jamaicans Seek Annexation to United States
Kingston August 22. Coincident with the West Indian sugar conference at Barbadoes on September 5, Jamaica plans a plebiscite to Britain’s parliament asking permission to pursue annexation to the United States. Promoters seek intercolonial cooperation but will not depend on it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Barbadoes
Jamaica
United States
Desperate Peach Orchard Shootout Ends in Deaths
In Pineville Kentucky on August 23 brothers Williams and Head and one Lunsford die after a pistol duel with Malone and Lunsford who also wounded Malone. Two young women involved fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Williams
John Head
Poplar Creek
Marshall Malone
Isaac Lunsford
Malone
Lunsford
Head
Workmen Die In Panhandle Tunnel Cave-In
Seven men were killed in a tunnel collapse during blasting on the Chartiers division of the Panhandle road near Pittsburg. About 200 workers had been tearing out the tunnel with heavy blasting a larger than expected blast released earth and rock. A later Madrid decree in the Official Gazette decorated French diplomats and named Spanish military commissioners for Cuba and Porto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Chartiers Division
Panhandle Road
Madrid
M. Cambon
Washington
M. Patenotre
M. Delcasse
M. Thiebaut
Mm. DeGrandpre
J. Beoufve
Cuba
Porto Rico
Rhodes and Oates Lead in Cape Colony Election
In the Cape Colony assembly elections Cecil Rhodes and Mr. Oates of the progressive party face opposition from the Afrikander bond. They won by large majorities in Namaqua, a maritime district in the colony's northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
Cape Colony
Cecil Rhodes
Oates
Progressive Party
Afrikander Bund
Kruger
South Africa
Little Namaqua
Martime
Eight to Ten Men Killed in Carnegie Tunnel Cave-In
In Pittsburg on August 23 an accident at Carnegie tunnel on the Chartiers division of the Panhandle Railway killed eight men and possibly ten. Five others were injured, two fatally, when the tunnel wall caved in trapping workmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Carnegie Tunnel
Chartiers
Panhandle Railway
Ward forgery case ends in guilty verdict in Memphis trial
In Memphis on August 23 the fifth trial of A. K. Ward for forgery totaling nearly 250000 ended with a guilty verdict and a three year penitentiary sentence. The case arose from one of multiple indictments. In Texas Honey Grove August arrest reported of W T Bedford and Frank McClendon in the Lee Linzie murder case. In Excelsior Springs Missouri August 23 the Republican convention for the Third district nominated James Edward Goodrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
A. K. Ward
Honey Grove
Tex
W. T. Bedford
Frank McClendon
Lee Linzie
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
James Edward Goodrich
Four Die in Sharon Railroad Collision In New England
Four persons were killed and 25 injured in a railroad collision at Sharon Massachusetts on Sunday. None of the injured are in danger. In Houston, Emanuel Crow of Huffman is jailed on a charge of killing W M King of Huffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Mass
Houston
Emanuel Crow
Huffman
W. M. King
Mexico Celebrates September Holidays with Festive pomp
Americans are urged to sympathize with Mexico as September 15 and 16 mark its greatest holidays. The piece describes Diaz’s birthday, the Battle of Flowers, large flower processions, democratic flower pelting, and grand celebrations. It promotes travel to Mexico City via I and G N RR with discounted tickets, stopovers, and mixed-route options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Diaz
Hill
Republic
Democratic Republic
Land of Wonder
Egypt of America
Mexico City
Laredo
Eagle Pass
D. J. Price
G. P
T. A
Palestine
Texas
City Directory Entry of Local Officers
Listing of city and county officials including Mayor C A Adams Marshall T P Boyett Deputy Marshal R H Smith Secretary Treasurer H G Rhodes City Sexton H H Jones Constable C L Baker Aldermen R G Tabor W Howell W W Harris C H Wyse Jno M Lawrence County Officers Judge W H Harman Clerk G W McMichael Attorney A G Board Tax Collector J J Adama Tax Assessor R M Nall Sheriff T C Nunn Treasurer R W Carr District Clerk J C Williams Commissioners R J Deens Peter Thomas Felix Phillips P H Arrington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Adams
Marshall
T. P. Boyett
R. H. Smith
H. G Rhodes
H. H. Jones
Constable
C. L. Baker
R. G. Tabor
W. Howell
W. W. Harris
C. H. Wyse
Jno
M. Lawrence
W. H. Harman
G. W. McMichael
A. G. Board
J. J. Adama
R. M. Nall
T. C. Nunn
R. W. Carr
J. C. Williams
R. J. Deens
Peter Thomas
Felix Phillips
P. H. Arrington
Community church and fraternal group schedules listed
Local church services for Baptist Methodist Presbyterian Christian and Catholic congregations noted with times and Sunday school details. Also listed are fraternal orders and lodge meeting nights including Ivanhoe Commandery Knight Templars Brazos Lodge K of P Vulcan Lodge A C U W Bryan No 1032 K of H and more with officers and meeting cadence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
W. ©. Finley
J. B. Cochran
Epworth League
Presbysterian
J. D. West
Neueagy School
Christian
J. L., Andrews
Christian Endeavor
Free Communion Baptist
A. M. Stewart
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Father Pelnar
Ivanhoe Commandery
Knight Templars
Eac
A. M. Rhodes
E. C
Rhodes
W.T. Austin
R.A. M
John Q. Tabor
H. P
Joe B. Reed
Sec’y. Brazos
A. F
A. M
R. M. Nall
W. M
O. Carr
Y. Brazos
K. of P
A. M. Waldrop
C. C
D.C. de Maret
Vulcan Lodge
M. H. James
M. W
A. Emden
Bryan No
K. of H
A. J. Platner
Brazos
Stuart
Joel Reed
Bryan
Sam B. Wilson
R. K. Bryan
L. A. Saunders
Bryan Lodge
National Aid
A. W. Holman Prest
W.S. Stuart
Sec’y
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Palmer’s
Seeley’s
Viola
California
Wilson. Jenkins
the Daily Eagle
Connelly
Palmer & Carnes
Malcolm Carnes
C. A. Culberson
Joseph D. Sayers
Bastrop
J.N. Browning
Armarillo
T. 8. Smith
Hillsboro
R. W. Finley
Tyler
John W. Robbins
Vernon
Allison Mayfield
Sherman
J.S. Kendall
Ladonia
Thos. J. Brown
M. M. Brooks
Greenville
Franklin
Bob Henry
Auditorium
Joe Sayers
Monster
Republican Call
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Rhodes and Oates
McLean
Alger
Dayton
John R. McLean
Cincinnati Enquirr
Cincinnati Times- Star
Ohio
McKinley
Bar Harbor
Times-Star
J. R. MccLean
Enight
James Goodrich
Albert J. HaArpers
the American Laundry
Exchange Hotel
E. D. Beach
City Directory
J. Wittmann
Main Street
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