Local items mix court notes and market chatter
Weather fair Tuesday. Marriage news for Will Taylor and Pearl Van Dyke. Taylor son of contractor T. E. Taylor now in Oklahoma. Car shipments arrive boosting local dealer freight. Bryan merchants offer low prices. Farmers Union mass meeting at the Brazos County Courthouse invites public business attendees. Coulter's sells spring trousers at 3.00 after mill end stock buy. Game law appeal involves Beaum on district court and Calhoun county ruling on wild ducks.
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John D. Rockefeller
Tallyland
Brazos
McGee
Will Taylor
Taylor
Oklahoma
Bryan
B. H. Carroll
Waco
First Baptist
Dr. Carroll
Manager P
New York City
Farmers Union of
Brazos County
Cour
Coulter's
Coulter
Buffalo Bill Wins Show Tax Case On Exhibition Status
In Austin on November 30 Colonel William F Cody known as Buffalo Bill won a court ruling that his show is an exhibition not a circus Thus it faces lower taxes with exhibition rates instead of a $1000 daily tax The state plans to appeal and related notes mention freight rates and rail charges in the Texas case remains unsettled
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Calhoun
Austin
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Fifty-third
Cody
Texas
R. F. Bell
Texas Hardware Sociation
Rt Worth
Local Merchant Drops Grocery Business For Cash Sale
Mr. Will Higgs, a well known and liked city merchant, announces the closing of his grocery store to focus on other growing, more profitable lines. He will sell staple and fancy goods at cash prices below their real value to close out quickly.
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Will Higgss
Wills. Higg
Higss
Coadh
Ness
Tryon Church Fetes Two Local Veterans Laid to Rest
Tryon Church north of Bryan hosted funeral services for Olie Robinson of Grimes county who died after a week long illness at about 60. Prof D J McDonald presided with burial at the churchyard. Also, Green Jolly 65, longtime resident died near Bryan Saturday from pneumonia. His funeral was at Tryon Church Sunday with burial by Prof McDonald. Surviving children Callie Lillie Mrs John Wilson and Clayton Jolly live nearby.
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Tryon Church
Robinson
Jolly
Olie Robinson
Grimes County
Bryan
D. J. McDonald
Mr. Robinson
Ds Tee Wie
Green Jolly
Tryon Shurch
Callie
Lillie
John Wilson
Clayton
Local Confederate veterans seek Cross of Honor at December meeting
The Bryan and Terrell chapters discuss a rule change to award Cross of Honor to deserving widows and veterans. A December 1 to December 4 convention will consider presenting the award at a county-wide meeting attended by Confederate veterans, with hopes to resolve delays.
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Luther
Ross
Ysor
D. C
Terrell
Bryan
Ineluwith
Taylor
Lief
Swift Water Bill Gates Marries Fourth Wife in Secret Ceremony
Spokane reports mining magnate Swift Water Bill Gates has married Sadelle Mercer 18, his fourth wife, in Coeur d'Alene Idaho. They plan a year in England after sailing from New York to Liverpool. Gates rose to wealth in Nevada and West Coast ventures and has a history of high-profile marriages and dramatic escapes from notoriety.
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Spokane
Wash
Gates
Alaska
Puget Sound
California
Nevada
Northwest
Sadelle Mercer
Violet M. Erickson
Hotel
Webster
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
New York
Liverpool
England
Bill
Bera Beebe
Skagway
Harry Cook
Fort Worth Cyclone Destroys Homes Injures Residents
A November cyclone struck south Fort Worth tearing seven dwellings a store and several barns from foundations. The home of W H Thomas and his family suffered damage injuring his wife and daughter while others on Ray Nicholson D Smith Wesley Lambright and B Bartlett lost their houses. the twister was about fifty feet wide and moved across streets jumping a block in length.
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Fort Worth
W. H. Thomas
Ray Nicholson
Smith
E Wesley
C. B. Lambright
B. Tially
de Bartlett
Royal Arch Chapter Meets in Waco Convocation
In Waco on November 30 the fifty ninth annual convocation of the Masonic grand Royal Arch chapter opened with Grand High Priest Charles F Smith presiding. Reports by Smith secretary Bryan and treasurer Frymier highlighted a prosperous year in Masonry. The grand council was then called to order by Grand Master John J Terrell of Terrell.
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Waco
Masonic Grand Royal Arch Chapter
Charles F Smith
Smith
Bryan
Frymier
John J. Terrell
Terrell
Engineer Drowns as Red River Bridge Capsizes
The steamboat Red River bridge here overturned, drowning engineer Ed Holden while Pilot Busby and ten passengers escaped. Owned by the Ames Shovel and Tool Co of Paris, the vessel faced a swift current as nearby boats stayed near shore. Paris, Te Cawley hit a
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Red River
Ed Holden
Pilot Busby
Ames Shovel and Tool Company of
Paris
Te Cawley
Ned Lanham Ill in Waco With Tuberculosis
Ned Lanham son of the late Governor Lanham is ill in Waco with tuberculosis. His brother Dr. Howard Lanham, a resident of Waco, brought him here from Weatherford.
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Ned Lanham
Waco
Governor Lanham
Howard Lanham
Weatherford
Utah Endowment Hits Seven Million Dollar Value
Salt Lake City reports a sixty square mile endowment valued at seven million dollars. The extraordinary trust spans vast lands and assets creating significant educational and regional impact.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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