Social and Club Events Highlight Bryan Society Notes
Mrs G S Parker hosts Entre Nous Club with four tables of Five Hundred and Thanksgiving decor. A Daughters of the Confederacy reception at Parker home welcomes Bryan ladies and visiting delegates. Upcoming events include Choral Club concert President night and Clansman at the opera house with a Hearts game and Dutch design score cards as Miss Irma Harris hosts the Bachelorettes Club.
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S. J. Bain
P. S. ‘Tilson
A. B. Carr Jr
Houston
Milton Parker
Cliff A. Adams
A. W. Wilkerson
W. H. Oliver
Ed Hall
H. A. Burger
R. M. Gordon
J. B. Hines
Frank Clarke
T. K. Lawrence
J. T. Hanway
Tyler Haswell
J. W. Doremus
G. S. Parker
Bryan
Daughters of the
J. Allen Myers
M. W. Sims Sr
Carnes
Daughters of the Confederacy
Choral Club
G. 5. Parker
Elks Club
Opera
Irma Harris
Adline Sanders
President Roosevelt lauded for dismissals of Twenty-fifth Infantry
Washington December 1 scores of telegrams and letters praise President Roosevelt for dismissing without honor three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry over the Brownsville Texas incident. Many messages come from the north including Civil War veterans who served with the negro troops. A congressional resolution seeks war department information on the case.
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Washington
Dec
Roosevelt
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
North
Congress
War Department
Millionaire No More Leading Chicago Financier Dies
Otto Young, a top Chicago financier, died at his Lake Geneva Wisconsin home after about a month of illness. Born in Germany in 1844, he came to the United States in 1859, worked in New York and New Orleans, and settled in Chicago in 1872 to run a wholesale jewelry business. He served as a bank director and was a major real estate holder, with wealth estimated in the millions.
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Chicago
Otto Young
Lake Geneva
Wis
Mr. Young
Germany
New York
New Orleans
Milton Fountain celebrates fourth birthday party
Master Milton Fountain, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Fountain, marked his fourth birthday with a party for about thirty five children. A Jack Horner pie rewarded guests, Santa Claus delivered lunch and stockings, and the cake was cut. The Embroidery Club gathered at Miss Nellie Batte’s home for an afternoon of socializing and crafts.
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Milton Fountain
E. J. Fountain
Jack Horner
Santa Claus
Milton
Nellie Batte
Z. R. Batte
Jerk Johnson in January
Will Johnson, a Negro, found guilty of criminal assault on Mrs. Georgia Hembree a white woman last August. He was sentenced to be hanged on January 1. The assault occurred just outside the city limits and Johnson was identified by Mrs. J N Camp who was assaulted about three weeks prior.
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Atlanta
Will Johnson
Georgia Hembree
Johnson
J. N. Camp
Americans In Manila Protest Holiday Squadron Departure
American residents in Manila express indignation over the order to send away the United States Asiatic squadron for the holidays while local merchants prefer the sailors stay for business. The English fleet sailed for Singapore. Manila officers and men enjoyed lavish entertainment during their stay.
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Manila
United States Asiatic Squadron
Singapore
Death in Pittsfield Woolen Manufacturer Dies
Pittsfield Massachusetts December 1 W E Til Jotson a wealthy woolen manufacturer died of apoplexy at his home.
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Pittsfield
Mass
W. E. Til Jotson
Bank holdup attempt ends in fatal shooting at Bendena
A lone robber Jesse L. Harris of Westport Mo., attempted to hold up the Bank of Bendena Kan and fired a shot to resist arrest. The shot killed him instantly. In Atlanta a separate case L E Fain automobile machinist was acquitted of assaulting a negro with intent to kill during the September riots, the defense proving an alibi.
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Kansas
Bendena
Kan
Jesse L. Harris
Westport
Brian
Atlanta
L. E. Fain
Fain
Marion
Wreck Near Lawyers Depot Claims President Spencer
Lynchburg Va Dec 1 The wreck that killed President Samuel Spencer and his party occurred near Lawyers depot. The operator C B Mattoux at the Rangoon telegraph station is blamed for the disaster and disappeared within an hour after the crash. Detectives have searched the area and his home without success.
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Lynchburg
Lawyers Depot
Samuel Spencer
Les
C. B. Mattoux
Rangoon
Mattoux
Tuskegee Woman Dies After Wounding by Saloon Keeper
Miss Georgia Collier of Tuskegee known as Dora Shelton died at Charity hospital after being shot twice by Andrew Desina a saloon keeper she lived with. Desina is charged with murder and jailed without bail. Jealousy is believed to motive.
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New Orleans
Georgia Collier
Tuskegee
Ala
Dora Shelton
Andrew Desina
Charity Hospital
Desina
Promoter Gustav Soe denig Found Dead in Car
Gustav Soe denig a 37 year old promoter of amusement enterprises was found dead in his automobile in a Philadelphia garage. He apparently died from gasoline fume asphyxiation while leaning over the tank. his body had been dead for several hours when discovered.
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Automobile
Philadelphia
Gustav Soedenig
Soedenig
Brief News Mutations from Across Territories
Near Emory Texas Mrs J B Allen severely burned J T Flynn railroad official dies at Memphis Tahlequah I T John Sharp youth shot dead Texarkana Arkansas Lambert Price pleads guilty horse theft six years Tulsa oil field Sam Brown lease A P Jackson lumber business figure dies Alamogordo New Mexico Leon Reeves ex soldier fined San Antonio pistol thirty days Denison merchant receives check for clothes sold twenty three years ago with letter of explanation
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Emory
Tex
J. B. Allen
J. T. Flynn
Memphis
Tahlequah
I. T
John Sharp
E. J. Reid
Tondon
Texarkana
Ark
Lambert Price
Sam Brown
Tulsa, I. T
A. P. Jackson
Deston
el Paso
Alamogordo
N. M
Leon Reeves
Twenty-fifth Infantry
San Antonio
Denison
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United States
Bryan, Texas
G. S. Parke
E. H. Astin
Albert W. Wilkerson
E. W. Crenshaw
A. and M. Corps of Cadets
Mess Hall
College
Austin
W. A. Gilbert
Alberta Adams
Company A
le S. Ross
W. A. Banks
Mesdames A. J
Sterling
Emmet
Maloney
Comet
All
Buyin & Chatham
Jno. M. Lawrence & Co
Jerk Johnson
Miss Collier
Hearn & Dansby
E.j.jenkins
Southwestern Life Insurance Co
Dallas
Joe B. Reed
Jor B. Raeard
Ww. C. Fountain
Crown and Bridge
Burt Norwood
S. Rolls
W. H. Lawrence
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