Oil Tax Plan and Texas Oil Developments Highlight Daily Eagle
The Daily Eagle reports the house committee supports a one percent tax on oil company gross receipts with no district changes. C. F. Z. Caracristi predicts Texas oil will surpass coal, expanding Texas oil discoveries beyond Beaumont. A famine relief fund list is started at Free Baptist church after last night’s prayer meeting. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Dreden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Z. Caracristi
Texas
Beaumont
Free Baptist Church
Zapata County
W. I. Derden
Gen Stoddard Honored as Grand Commander in Louisville
Gen H B Stoddard of Bryan Texas is elected Most Eminent Grand Commander of the Grand Encampment of the United States at the Knights Templar gathering in Louisville Kentucky. The honor elevates Texas pride and is praised by friends at home as a rare lifetime distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
W. FE. Saunders
Bryan
Tex
Stoddard
United States
L. T. Fuller
Knight Templar
H. B. Stoddard
Texas
Gen. Stoddard
Episcopal Convention Travel Rates to San Francisco
The Houston and Texas Central Railroad offers a low round trip rate of 45 from all points to California for the Episcopal church convention in San Francisco. Choose routes via Houston, San Antonio and El Paso or via Fort Worth with optional diverse routes. Stopovers allowed on both legs if deadlines are met. Connections in Houston align with the Sunset Route Convention Special to Los Angeles. Tickets on sale Sept 19–27 with return by Nov 15.
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
F. B. Morse
Music Class by Miss Anna Berryman at Open School
Miss Anna Berryman will start music lessons when school opens in the same graded school rooms as before. She teaches piano mandolin guitar and voice culture and thanks patrons for past support while hoping to attract new students based on the quality of her work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Berryman
Santee
Beryman
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Offer From Bryan Pharmacist
Advertisement promotes Rex Dyspepsia Tablets for dyspepsia and indigestion with a money back guarantee via druggists. M. H. James, a leading Bryan Texas druggist, is named as the local supplier. Price listed as 50 cents per package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
Governor faces reconvening lawmakers or governing by script
Austin reports the special session is unable to pass the appropriation bill with bets of another session unless the governor rules the state from a script for two years. The senate blames the house and eyes the university funding, while redistricting and tax bills surface in the day's actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Senate
House
University
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Robbins
First National Bank
City of
Athens
Seacoast
Death Toll Rises From City of Trenton Explosion
Eleven dead, nine missing, and eighty two injured after the City of Trenton boiler explosion on the Delaware River. Firemen and officials searched the wrecked vessel and riverbed, identifying ten bodies so far and continuing to recover victims. Missing include Miss Ethel Stokes and Miss Helen Briest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Trenton
Delaware River
Wilmington Steamboat Company
John Chew
Camden
N. J
Elizabeth Green
William Dann
Arthur Lensing
James O'Connell
Matt Mable
August Mable
James Graham
James McCormick
Wilmington
Del
W. H. Kean
Ethel Stokes
Helen Briest
John Briest
Critics clash over war office methods amid Boer War coverage
London and New York editors spar over censorship and missteps in the Cape Colony campaign. Critics fault medical exams for imperial yeomanry reinforcements and press restrictions while noting slow gains around Johannesburg Pretoria and Bloemfontein. Also: Reuben Jarrett dies in Iowa poorhouse at 90. Warrensburg mob surrounds jail over a murder case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
War Office
London
The
Tribune
Cape Colony
Imperial Yeomanry
St. James Gazette
Ottawa
Kitchener
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Vlakfontein
Graspan
Reitz
William St. John Broderick
News
Chronicle
Lord Rosebery
Europe
Husband Follows Wife to Final Rest Across States
Millican Texas August 28. J A Russell a Bryan to Spring extension subcontractor was summoned to Port Arthur by his ill wife. She died and he conveyed her body to Dallas for burial. En route he fell ill and his son received a telegram announcing his death this evening at 3 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millican
Tex
J. A. Russell
International & Great Northern
Bryan
Spring
Port Arthur
Dallas
Russell
Hotel Arrivals and Local Notices in Texas and Beyond
A collection lists hotel arrivals including C W Bennett of St Louis and R B Tower of New York among others such as J C Nichols and J Y Ratlid. An advertising blurb promotes Quinoria as a four day cure for chills malaria with a money back offer from M. H. James, Bryan Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C W Bennett
St Louis
B Tower
New York
E. H. Aatin
Mumford
J C Nichols
H Randolph
Houston
W H Burnett
Will Burnett
Madisonville
M M Corwin
R J Mansfield
Dallas
Crandall
Kansas City
Somers
Gaines
Moore
Duckworth
August Flower sale boosts relief for digestion in 19th century ad
An old advertisement touts Green's August Flower as the cure for indigestion, nervous prostration, and heartburn, claiming it cleanses the system and stabilizes liver action. It promotes Green's Prize Almanac and Rex Dyspeptic Tablets, with refund policy and Bryan druggist M. H. James listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Letter List Remains at Ryan Post Office August 26
A list of unclaimed letters at the Ryan Post Office includes Willie Clarke Albert Donelson Stim Kager Will Farias Fortunat Holik H Hamilton Jnc Hannah L P Hamilton J W Love D O McLendon F Nicholson Mr Richerson Wil Rivers Will Valle August Williams Walter Williams Sylvan Wallace Anderson Anderson Willie Brown Mrs He Bolson Mrs Lindy Cole Mrs Julia Chambers Mra Elison Nora A Glover Lula Harper Mrs J B S Johnson Hannah Johnson Mrs Lula Long Mattie Momon Mary Morris Mra Ma Malone Lula O Neal Jemima Wilson Mrs Caldonita Woods Nan Williams Mrs George Ann. A one cent charge is collected for each advertised letter. Callers should say advertised and give the date. Signed Tyler Haswell P. My.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Correos Admor de Crobara
Willie Clarke
Albert Donelson
Stim Kager
Will Farias Fortunat Holik
H. Hamilton
Hannah L. P. Hamilton
Love
McLendon
Nicholson Mr. Richerson
Wil Rivers
Will Valle
August Williams
Walter Williams
Sylvan Wallace Anderson
Anderson Willie Brown
He Bolson
Lindy Cole
Julia Chambers
Elison
Mary Forton
Nora A Glover
Lula - Harper
Johnson Hannah Johnson
Lula Long
Mattie Momon
Mary Morris
Ma Malone
Lula O'Neal
Jemima Wilson
Caldonita Woods
Nan Williamns
George Ann
Ryan Post Office
Tyler Haswell
Galveston Houston Excursion Fare Reduced
Special train pass Sept 1 6 22 a m 4 percent T C sell round trip Galveston Houston fare 1 75 Good to Galveston 8 00 p m Sept 1 or 7 m Sept 2 Good to return to Hou through 10 00 a m Sept 2 Wilson agent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C
Galveston
Houston
Hou
Wilson
Agty
Get Off at Galveston Ports for Summer Travel
Advertisement notes wise travel tip to get off trains while stopped and suggests Galveston Porto Seabrook and Port La Ore as ideal summer destinations. Trains connect with G and N Y T and M railways and with Antonio and Aransas Pass for Rockport Corpus Christi Aransas Pass. Hotels at these points offer surf bathing fishing and relaxation. Houston Central Railroad agents can quote rates. correspondence addresses listed for officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Porto
Seabrook
Port la Ore
Houston
Antonio and
Aransas Pass
Rockport
Corpus Christi Aransas Pass
Houston & T Central Railroad
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Connelly & Carnes
Gen
HB. Stoddard
Tom Preston
Mr. Preston
J. V. Brogdon
EmMet’s Prescription Pharmacy
Whitesboro
Caldwell
Abe Wildner
Colorado
Denver
Knights Templars
St. Bernard No
Golden Gate
Hanselman
Cincinnati
Paris
Thurman Martin
Martin
Graham
Young County
Pete Knight
Round Prairie
O. J. Wolf
Washington
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Dubuque
Reuben Jarrett
Warrensburg
Francis
Central
T W Gustavus
Monroe Edge
Hubbard Jackson
Hempstead
Dewey
Corsicana
J Y Ratlid
Ladstone
J H Wooley
Rogers Prairie
John Witimann
Seo
Ladirgs
Galveston-Houston
P.T. M. Houstony
L. Robbins
T. A. Bhongs
A. G. Newsum, D. P. A
Fees McConnico
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Fidelity & Casualty
Maryland Casualty Accident Insurance Co’s
Navratil
M. & P. Bank
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