Local News From Navasota and Surroundings
Local notes report visits from residents of Hearne, Calvert, Galveston, and Houston. Mentions include births, house rentals, and preparations for a big city celebration with barbecue facilities and fireworks. Officials and visitors such as Col. L. L. Foster, Judge John N. Henderson, and Congressman T. H. Ball are noted among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. L. L. Foster
Dallas
St. Louis
Horace South
Austin
S. W. Buchanan
James Leonard
W. A. Loving
Corsicana
Walter Higgs
C. M. Proctor
John N. Henderson
Harder
Local fair notes and events in Bryan area
Reports detail shipments to Bryan via the Wabash and S V lines, a brief shooting tournament with forty entries, a courthouse yard concert by band boys, and a 9 30 a m meeting at the standpipe for Clift Adams's horse show participants. Fireworks at Kernole Park and a Battle of San Juan event are advertised with church refreshments planned. Rockefeller reportedly seeks a manager for his New York interests at a $1,000,000 annual salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Bryth
Bryan
Courthouse Yard
Clift A. Adams
Kernole'’s Park
Battle of
San Juan
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Croesus
New York
Lower Broadway
Devlin Duke Dodges Cabinet Questions in Whisper
An inquisitive acquaintance asked the Duke of Devonshire about the day’s cabinet meeting. The duke said in a confidential whisper that Lord Salisbury is aging and he is also aging, adding he cannot disclose details due to deafness and discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Devonshire
Lord Salisbury
Census guessing contest extended for months
The Press Publishing Company's Census guessing Contest will continue for about a month as census returns cannot be counted at Washington for at least two more months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Press Publishing Company
Washington
United States Holds to China Settlement Ties
Washington reports indicate U S officials in China faced dateless communications and moved to establish own channels. Officials say force is secondary and aim to press for the July 30 Hay note as the basis for joint action while avoiding a broader conflict or dismemberment of China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
China
Chaffee
First
Taku
Manila
Adee
Li Hung Chang
Russia
Hay
Russia Moves on Manchuria Amid Chinese Crisis
Reports from London and Berlin discuss Russia annexing Manchuria as inevitable, with hints that China’s south of the Amoor is already being absorbed. Japan’s Amoy involvement, German and Japanese aims, and potential shifts in Chinese territory are outlined amid the Pekin siege rumors. Abbott rural delivery set for Texas beginning September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Petersburg
Pekin
Stock Exchange
Washington
Russia
United States
Manchuria
Japan
Amoor River
Amoy
Shanghai
Foo Kien
Tokio
China
Celestial Kingdom
Germany
Siberia
Shan Tung
von Ketteler
Corea
Pao Ting Fa
Berlin
Tien Tsin
Taku
Po Ting Fu
Chi Li
Herman
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Ferndale
Middle Port
Kerndle Brothers
H.&t. CO
B. Preston
Navasota
Mr. and
Mrs. Emmet Rhode
Hearne
Tom Goodwin
Harvey
Eagle
Ohn Wickey
Anderson
J. 0. Kernole
J. O. Kernole
Fannie Paterson
Waco
Marlin
Mt. Vernon
Exposition Saloon
Alina
Jessie Watson
Calvert
Arges
Ted Birch
Central Ho
J. B. Mike
Hallie Saunders
Galveston
R. T. Boyles
W. B. Philpott
Hillsboro
Main Street
T. P. Wooten
Buchanan
Marble Yard
C. M. Proctors
Ben Knox
Seth Kinney
T. P. Poyett
Florence Lallier
Hempstead
Knowles
T. C. Nunn
Barry
George W. Norrell
Grace Norrell
George Norrell Jr
Houston
T. H. Ball
Hunts
H. L. Hayes
Midway
Madison County
Stevenson Machinery and Repair Company
E. B. Cushing
Houston, East and West ‘Texas Railroad
Cushing
J. J. Adams
Croesus
New Davies
Tyler
Haswell
San Antonio
Bryan Eagle
Dallas Morning News
Dallas News
Pekin Legations
Abbott
Post Office Department
Tex
Johnson’s
White Crest
Ino. M. Lawrence & Co
Bryan, Texas
Pat
A. D. McConnico
Insurance
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Fidelity, & Casualty
Maryland Casualty Accident Insurance Co
Goffee
Reagy
Lion Coffee
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo, O
Brogdon’s
Trant’s
R. L. Brogdon
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Bryan, —— Ae
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