Oil tax cut and oil field forecasts at the century’s start
The House committee favors lowering the oil gross receipts tax from 2 percent to 1 percent, with merchants in oil unaffected. C. F. Z. Caracristi, a leading Texas oil expert, says Beaumont marks only the start of Texas oil discoveries as oil will replace coal. A famine relief drive follows a Free Baptist prayer meeting, and a son is born to Mr and Mrs W I Darden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
C. F. Z. Caracristi
Texas
Beaumont
the Free Baptist Church
Zapata County
W. I. Derden
Music Class headed by Miss Anna Berryman at school
Miss Anna Berryman will start a music class when school opens using the same graded school rooms. She teaches piano mandolin guitar and voice culture and hopes to retain past patrons and gain new students based on the quality of her work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Berryman
Beryman
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Offered With Money-Back Promise
Advertises Rex Dyspepsia Tablets as the fairest offer for dyspepsia indigestion sour stomach heartburn. Drugstores authorize refunds if not cured. Price 50 cents per package. M. H. James, Bryan Texas, listed as leading local druggist.
Gen Stoddard Honored by Grand Encampment
Gen H B Stoddard of Bryan Texas is elected Most Eminent Grand Commander of the Grand Encampment of the United States at Louisville Kentucky where hundreds of thousands have gathered for the Knight Templar event. W E Saunders of Bryan is noted in the telegram. The Texas and Southern honor is seen as highly significant and lasting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight Templar
Louisville
W. E. Saunders
Bryan
Tex
Stoddard
United States
L. T. Fuller
H. B. Stoddard
Texas
Gen. Stoddard
Low Rate to California for Episcopal Convention
Illinois Branch notes a convention in San Francisco California with a round trip rate of 45 from all points on the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. Tickets via Houston San Antonio El Paso or via Fort Worth with stop overs allowed. Departure September 25th train to Los Angeles connects at Houston with a Sunset route. Sales run September 19th through 27th with return by November 15th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
San Francisco
Cal
Houston & Texas Central
Houston
San Antonio
el Paso
Ft. Worth
Los Angeles
California
M. L. Robbins
G. P
T. A
Texas
S. F. B. Morse
Accounts Assigned for Collection to Tom Preston
Statement directs all debtors to pay the owed amounts to Mr. Tom Preston at 242 J. V. Brogdon who is authorized to receipt for the sums due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Preston
Mr. Preston
J. V. Brogdon
Governor Likely to Reconvene Legislature or Run State
Austin reports no chance the appropriation bill passes the special session, risking a new session unless the governor governs the state on script. The senate blames the house for stalled appropriations, while the university alone may be funded by deficiency warrants. Judicial and senatorial redistricting remains uncertain as oil tax bills pass with amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Senate
House
University
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Robbins
First National Bank
City of
Athens
Seacoast
Youth Charged With Assault to Murder in Round Prairie Incident
Paris Texas August 29 Thurman Martin a 19 year old youth is brought in by Sheriff Martin from Graham Young county on assault to murder charges. During a prolonged meeting at the Round Prairie Methodist church he stabbed Pete Knight under the heart with a pocketknife last Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
Thurman Martin
Martin
Graham
Young County
Pete Knight
Round Prairie
Patent money changer sold to New York syndicate
O. J. Wolf of Houston, inventor of a money changing machine, has learned his device will be sold to a New York syndicate for 25000 dollars. Sale work will start immediately and he is a stockholder in the purchasing company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
O. J. Wolf
New York
Militia Appropriation Funds Allocated by State
Washington on August 29 lists militia appropriation totals by state. Arkansas and Louisiana receive 16,993 dollars each, Mississippi 19,117 dollars, Tennessee 25,490 dollars, Texas 1,802 dollars, New Mexico 516 dollars, and Oklahoma 7,072 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
States
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Deserters Captured Near Taylor After Chase
Three alleged Fort Sam Houston deserters were captured by Deputy Constable Claude Smith and Deputy Sheriff Morgan Griffith in Taylor Texas after a pursuit. A $25 reward was offered for each capture.
Death Toll Rises After City of Trenton Boiler Disaster
Philadelphia reports eleven dead nine missing and eighty two injured after the City of Trenton steamboat boiler explosion on the Delaware River late Wednesday. Firemen and police searched the wrecked hull while grappling for bodies and river bottom remains. Identified dead include John Chew Camden and Elizabeth Green Philadelphia. missing include Ethel Stokes Trenton and Helen Briest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Trenton
Delaware River
Wilmington Steamboat Company
John Chew
Camden
N. J
Senger
Ethel Stokes
Helen Briest
John Briest
Twilight
Debate over War Office handling and press censorship in Boer War
The London and European press condemn war office methods in the Boer War, citing faulty reinforcements, lack of medical exams, and censorship. They note mixed gains, impending actions around Johannesburg, and anger at policy pronouncements. In Dubuque, Reuben Jarrett, pioneer and former wealthy settler, dies at 90 after living in a poorhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
War Office
London
The
Tribune
Cape Colony
Imperial Yeomanry
St. James Gazette
Ottawa
Kaitchener
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Winkfo
Kitchener
News
Chronicle
Lord Rosebery
Europe
Dubuque
Reuben Jarrett
Mob gathers at Warrensburg jail over murder suspect trio
Warrensburg Missouri on August 29 reports three Black men held for knowledge of a murderer's location. A mob surrounds the jail and tensions rise as authorities hold the suspects awaiting further word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrensburg
Francis
Russell, Subcontractor, Dies During Texas Trip
Millican Tex Aug 28 Last week J A Russell a subcontractor on the I and G N extension from Bryan to Spring was called to Port Arthur for his sick wife She died and he carried her remains to Dallas for burial While there Russell fell ill and this evening his son received a telegram announcing his death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millican
Tex
J. A. Russell
International & Great Northern
Bryan
Spring
Port Arthur
Dallas
Russell
Hotel Arrivals and Cure Ad From Bryan Texas
A Bryan Texas drugstore ad lists hotel arrivals including C W Bennett St Louis and J H Wooley Rogers Prairie. It promotes Quinoria claims a four day cure for chills malaria with money refund if not effective at 50 cents per package by M H James leading druggist Bryan Texas.
August Flower and its claimed wide sale in old times
An old ad asserts Green's August Flower as a universal remedy for indigestion and biliousness. It claims doctors were scarce, and the mixture cleanses the system, regulates the liver, and eases headaches and general malaise with a few doses. Product advertised through Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Flower
Green
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Ad in Bryan Texas
To Cure Dyspepsia and Indigestion Sour Stomach or Heartburn take Rex Dyspepsia Tablets All druggists are authorized to refund money if they fail to cure Price 50 cents M H James the leading druggist Bryan Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
Letters Remaining at Bryan Post Office for Week Ended August 26
An item lists names of letters in the Bryan post office awaiting pickup for the week ending August 26. A one cent charge applies per piece advertised. addressees are asked to call and mention advertised with the date. Signed Tyler Haswell, P. M.
Galveston Houston Excursion Train Special
Galveston Houston excursion offered by H. and T. C. railroad for a Bryan special with departures Sept 1 at 6 22 a m. Round trip Galveston fare 2 90 Houston fare 1 75. Return by 8 00 p m Sept 1 or 7 00 a m Sept 2. Valid to depart Houston up to 10 00 a m Sept 2. W S Wilson agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Galveston
Houston
W.S. Wilson
Where to Get Off for Summer Travel Around Houston
A guide recommending summer travel stops Galveston La Porte Seabrook and Port Lavaca with rail connections to Houston and other lines. Highlights surf boating fishing and modern hotels. Contacts cited include S F B Morse M L Robbins A G Newsum and local railroad agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
la Porte
Seabrook
Port Lavaca
Houston
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the Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnes
Gen
HB. Stoddard
EmMeL’s Prescription Pharmacy
Emmee
Prescription Pharmacy
Whitesboro
Caldwell
Abe Wildner
Colorado
Colorado Commandery
Denver
Commanderies of
Knights Templars
St. Bernard No
Golden Gate
Hanselman
Cincinnati
California Commandery
Elizabeth Green
William Dunn
Arthur Lensing
James O'Connell
Matt Mable
August Mable
James Graham
James McCormick
Wilmington
Del
W. H. Kean
Husbard
C W Bennett
St Louis
B Tower
E H_ Astin
Mumford
J C Nichols
H Randolph
J H Burnett
Will Burnett
Madisonville
M M Corwin
J Mansfield
Crandall
Kansas City
Somers
Gaines
Moore
Duckworth
Central
T W Gustavus
Monroe Edge
Hubbard Jackson
Hempstead
Dewey
Corsicana
J Y Ratliff
Gladstone
J H Wooley
Rogers Prairie
John Witimann
Correos Admor de Crobara
Willie Clarke Albert Donelson
Simmie Hager
Will Farias Fortunato Holik
H. Hamilton
Jnc. W. Hannah
LL. P. Hamilton
J. W. Love
D. O. McLendon
F. Me, Nicholson
Mr. Richerson
Williaumy Rivers
Will Valle Augustin — Williams
Walter Williams
Sylva Wallace Anderson Y Nnly
Galveston-Houston
T. A. Houston
A. G. Newsum
Kraa
Axa
A. D. McConnico
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Fidelity & Casualty
Maryland Casualty Accident Insurance Co
Navratil
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