Delightful Evening Hosted by Mrs R L Webb
Mrs R L Webb entertained several couples of the young people Friday evening with fortune telling cake walk and a mock wedding by Mayor Adams. The house was decorated with chrysanthemums and refreshments were served. Attending were Miss Parker Frances Parker Miss Smith Miss McKenzie Miss Clarke Miss Saunders Miss Finley Dr Oliver Curtis Oliver George Smith Tom Lawrence Rev John A Moore Robert Howell R M Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Parker
Frances Parker
Miss Smith
Miss McKenzie
Miss Clarke
Saunders
Finley
Dr. Oliver
Curtis Oliver
George Smith
Om Lawrence
John A. Moore
Robert Howell
R. M. Gordon
Double Wedding Announced in Bryan at Baptist Church
Cards announce the marriage of Henry Burt Norwood to Mary E. Nabors and M Nagle to Leonore Waldrop at the Baptist church in Bryan at 3 p.m. on Wednesday December 14. The couples will depart for Galveston on the afternoon train. Both couples are well known and esteemed in Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Burt Nrwood
Mary EK. Nabors
M. Nagle
Leonore Waldrop
Galveston
Hryan
Home from the War and Local Happenings
Mr. Henry C. Soles, a Twenty third United States regular, returns from Manila after three years and reports US control there. He brings a Spanish sabre as a war trophy and credits authorities for stabilizing the situation. Also notes Jule Walters' Side-Tracked at the house Monday night, a cotton bale mishap, and local ads for Cole Bros, wall paper, and fresh provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Soles
Soles
Twenty-third Regiment
United States Regulars
Manila
Philippine Islands
United States
Eagle
Brazos County
Jule Walters
Mr. Walters
Ross Stuart
Germany Negotiating for Caroline Islands Purchase
Berlin reports that Germany is negotiating to buy the Caroline islands. The German ambassador says he knows nothing, while American commissioners view the move as explaining Spain's reluctance to answer on the islands and expect further developments as Spain seeks a favorable bargain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Berlin
Germany
Caroline Islands
Count von Munster Ledenburg
Associated Press
To Go to Havana Second Division Heads for Cuba
Savannah dispatch reports the Second Division of the Seventh Corps will depart for Cuba by mid next week. Units include Second Illinois Sixty first Indiana First North Carolina Fourth Virginia Forty ninth Iowa and Sixth Missouri under General F W Greene. Major Russell B Harrison leads the division hospital and six provost guard companies. Transports Minnewaska Michigan and Panama at harbor with capacity for about one regiment each. General George W Davis sails on the Minnewaska as military governor of Pinardel Rio. Also notes census plans for 1900 Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philippines and other varied items from Madrid Valencia and Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Seventh Corps
Cuba
Illinois
Indiana
North Carolina
Viginia
Iowa
Missouri
F. W. Greene
Russell B. Harrison
Minnewaska
Michigan
Panama
George W. Davis
Pinar del Rio
House rejects Panama Canal petition in Bogota report
Consul Hart informs the state department that Colombia’s House of Representatives refused the Panama Canal Company petition to extend six years for canal completion. The firm still has six years to finish the project. In Moberly Missouri coal mine Cronen’s mine near Moberly, George Surhoter a miner was killed instantly. He and a younger man were working together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Hart
House of Representatives
Bogota
Colombia
Panama Canal Company
Moberly, Mo
George Surhoter
Cronen
Moberly
Nan
Brenham Road Controversy Clarified by Houston Post
Brenham correspondent of the Houston Post misquotes The Eagle over railroad plans. The Eagle urged Bryan to build toward Brazos bottom, not to block Brenham. Judge Moore actually lives in the Brazos bottom, Burleson County, not Bryan, and Brenham’s road decision rests with local enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenham
Houston Post
The
Eagle
Col. Moore
Bryan Eagle
Bryan
Brazos
Judge Moore
Brazos Bottom
Burleson County
Festival Tickets for H. and T. C. Rail Limited Expos
The H. and T. C. Railway Co offers train arrivals in Houston at 5 10 am and 7 15 pm on December 6 7 and 9 10 with limited December 7 9 and 10. Round trip fare is one dollar. Tickets also on sale December 4 to December 1 with return access to all festival exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. & T. C. Railway Co
Houston
Mth
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Crane’s
Hurd
Wilson-Jenkins Drug CO
the Daily Eagle
Texas
BY Connelly
Palmer & Carnes
Malcolm Cannes
Ption
H.C. Soles
Cole Bros
J.M. Orr
W. H. Dillashaw
Macy
W. T. Thurman
W.M. Echols
Edge
Messrs. Orr
Dillashaw
Phone
Lon Johnson
Emmel
Havana
Census of Colonies
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philippines
Senate
Madrid
Saragossa
Biscay
Valencia
Spain
Rita
New York
San Juan
Attorney House
Pittsburg
W. H. House
W. ©. Moreland
House
Major Moreland
Western Penitentiary
Montgomery
Ala
W. J. Bryan
Capitol
Miner
Brenham Road
Bresham Post
W.H. Li
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