Bryan Prepares for Valley Route Grand Celebration
Bryan readies for the Calvert Waco and Brazos Valley railroad dedication known as the Valley Route. Citizens anticipate new homes and growth as the line links Bryan to Marlin, with Madison County’s Captain Neely McBride and his Rough Riders leading a parade crowd.
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Calvert, Waco & Brazos Valley Railroad
Valley Route
Neely McBride
Rough Riders
Madison County
W. N. McBride
F. M. Chambless
Zack Taylor
John Upchurch
Garland Maddle
W. J. McBride
Will Dempsey
George Daymuth
L. P. Madole
Frank Madole
Dock Bradford
J. W. Griffin
Whitley
J. A. Gibbs
Robi. Steele
Jim Steele
Dock Hightower
T. J. McDonald
Dick Lindsey
E. Watters
Dod Upchurch
Joe Carter
Lamar Maley
Allan Wilson
Virgil Venable
Mexican Holidays Sparkwide Festivities Prominent in City of Mexico
Meantime Mexico celebrates Septem ber 1k and 16 as national holidays marking Independence Day and Diaz birthday with San Jacinto Day add ons. The I and G N offers reduced round trip fares to Mexico City Saltillo and Monterey with tickets on sale Sept 6 to 10. For details contact D J Price G P T A Palestine Texas.
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Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Washington
San Jacinto
Saltillo
Monterey
D. J. Price
Palestine
Texas
Mrs A P Anderson Opens Primary and Kindergarten School
Mrs A P Anderson will open a primary and kindergarten school on Monday September 3 in her former room under Masonic Hall. She solicits public patronage for the new venture.
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A. P. Anderson
Bresci Trial Opens Amid Courtroom Turmoil
The Bresci trial in Milan opens with an immense crowd. Bresci admits target practice and bullet preparation. He says he acted to avenge the misery of the people and his own, firing three shots at three yards. Witnesses recount the assassination and the king’s death as Bresci remains mostly unmoved. He is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Milan
Bresci
Humbert
Monza
Signor Morlino
Sicily
Salvatori
Bresti
Avogadro Des Contes di Quinto
Mistake in Hawaii Bill Prohibits Spirituous Liquors
A dispatch from Honolulu notes an error in the territorial bill that would ban intoxicating liquors in Hawaii. Section 55 states sales are prohibited except under territorial regulations, but no regulations exist as the territorial legislature has not met yet, effectively leaving Hawaii a wide open country until action is taken.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Congress
Territory of
Hawaii
Fear of bubonic plague worries London and Glasgow
London rumors of bubonic plague spread as Glasgow reports cases and a child dies within 48 hours. Ten families are moved to a reception hospital as authorities tighten local precautions amid cholera raging in India and the threat of a wider outbreak.
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London
India
Great Britain
Glasgow
Local notices and crime brief from August reports
A bundle of short items details violent deaths and arrests from Texarkana Texas to Budapest. Lizzie Jenkins is killed by her husband in a Texarkana cabin, threats of lynching rise, and bloodhounds are used. Frank White dies from gunshot wounds after being held by two farmers. The Cotton States Association discusses fertilizers with possible leadership change. In Bayamo Maso declines a delegate nomination, while Guiseppi Tomazio is arrested in Budapest as an accomplice to Lucheni. Mrs Mamie Spears is found dead from apparent tonsillitis choking in Denison Texas.
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Bryan
Marlin
Texas
Texarkana
Tex
Lizzie Jenkins
George Jenkins
Jenkins
Pine Bluff
Ark
Frank White
Sheridan
Gus Miller
Gee Davis
White
Company K
Third Arkansas Volunteers
Chickamauga
Budapest
Guiseppi Tomazio
Luigi Lucheni
Empress Elizabeth of
Austria
Lucheni
Josef Gres
United States Surpasses Britain in Coal Exports
Washington reports a quick shift in global coal production as the United States moves ahead of Great Britain to become the leading coal exporting country. The Aug 29 dispatch notes this rapid industrial change with strong implications for world energy markets.
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Atoka
I. T
United States
Washington
Great Britain
City Parade Schedule with Procession Order and Events
The program outlines a morning procession from 9:30 to 11 with a grand marshal, divisions including bands, fire departments, and visiting carriages. After formation by 10:45 the march proceeds, followed by a midday program at the grounds featuring an address, oration, dinner, a Palestine vs. Bryan baseball game, and a full day of shooting and fireworks at Kerneles Park. The reception committee is listed with judges, officials, and volunteers.
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Court House
Madison County
Fire Department of
Palestine
Navasota
Rockdale
Calvert
Bryan
J. C. Edmonds
A. M. Ferguson
A.G. Board
T. H. Ball
Palestine Vs. Bryan
Kerneles Park
Road into Bryan praised as best built in area
Palmer of the Madisonville Meteor lauds the Navasota river bottom road at the Old Democrat crossing as substantial and level. He predicts Bryan merchants will gain from I. and G. N. Railroad growth and notes the Madison side road is completed with broad bridges. Travel will improve when remaining work finishes.
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Bryan
Navasota
Democrat Crossing
Palmer
Madisonville
Madison
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J. J. Adams
D. C. Zuber
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