Krause Taylor Company Presents Old Pards and More
The Krause Taylor Company staged Old Pards with Jack C. Taylor as Joe Saunders and a balanced cast. The Woods children performed Africansas Traveler with costuming and lively dialogue, drawing strong applause. A matinee is set for Saturday at 2:30 pm and tonight features Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Christmas stock is available for future delivery by Wilson Jenkins Drug Co.
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Pards
Krause-Taylor
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Wilson- Jenkins Drug Co
Mrs Mary Grice Dies at 61 in Brazos County
Mrs Mary Grice died at 11 25 p m Tuesday December 4 at the home of her son Dr N S Grice in Cottonwood aged 61 She leaves a husband seven children including Dr N S Grice of Cottonwood W B Grice Bryan Cres Grice Franklin El Grice Houston Mrs Della Lockhart Mrs Ada Welch Rosse and Miss Belle Grice She was a Baptist and buried Wednesday afternoon with service by J T McGee The Eagle extends sympathy to the family
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Mary Frances Grice
N.S. Grice
Cottonwood
Brazos County
W. B. Grice
Bryan
Cres Grice
Franklin
el Grice
Houston
Della Lockhart
Ada
Cotton Yards and Warehouses Listed in City Records
A historical list notes multiple cotton yards and associated warehouses including Lawrence, Darwin, Dawson and Bowman, and Deens Cotton Yard with Bryan Grocery Co Wharf and Homer McCullough. It records totals of square and round bales and cites a figure 19781.
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Lawrence
Farmers Cotton Yard
Darwin
Dawson & Bowman Yard
R J. Deens Cotton Yard
Bryan Grocery Co
Homer McCullough
Business league urged to tackle boll weevil issue
A reporter heard a gentleman propose that the business league take up the boll weevil problem to aid next year’s crop. He suggests transporting one or two men to boll weevil districts for investigation or, failing that, sending letters to reliable men there and comparing replies for practical insight.
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Business League
Eagle
League
I and G N Excursions Promotions and Schedules
Holiday and local excursions listed by I and G N R R with sale dates for Mexico Southeast and livestock expo events. Specified Houston and Chicago dates, fractions of Dec and Jan travel windows, and contact via G J Prick Palestine Texas for rates and limits.
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Mexico
Houston
Texas
Chicago
Ills
Masonic Grand Lodge
G. J. Prick
G. P
Palestine
Tex
H. & T. C. Excursion to Houston
The H. and T. C. announces round trip tickets to Houston for 3.30 dollars. Tickets are good to return on or before December 16, 1900, with travel dates December 9 through December 13.
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Houston
Special Evening Train Fare Offer from Houston
Special rate for evening trains on December 10 and 11 with a $1 fare. Eligible to depart Houston by 10:40 p.m. December 13, 1900 for trains after 8:55 p.m. and 9:41 p.m. on December 12 and 3 a.m. December 13. Also valid through December 15 with same departure limit. Agent W S Wilson.
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Houston
W.S. Wilson
Prizes Awarded in Fat Stock Classes at Stock Show
In Chicago on Tuesday night first prizes were given for fat stock classes including carloads of cows and head of feeding steers and heifers across districts. Awards went to A N Lawson Alvarado Texas IT ranch Channing Texas A G Hamil Texas and Lexlupton Kentucky among others.
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Chicago
A. N. Lawson
Alvarado
Tex
IT Ranch
Channing
South West District
X IT Ranch
A. G. Hamil
Texas
A. N. Lanson
Double killing at Wheeler's Store shocks Selma
News from Selma Alabama reports George Wheeler shot and killed A Weldrop and Calvin Harris in Wheeler's Store amid a dispute over a settlement. Harris tried to reach a Winchester on the counter as Wheeler fired.
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Selma
Ala
Wheeler
George Wheeler
A. Weldrop
Calvin Harris
Weldrop
Harris
Winchester
Unknown man found murdered near Kimmswick with belongings stolen
In Kimmswick Missouri on December 5 an unknown man about 55 years old and 5 feet 5 inches tall was found outside town limits with his brains knocked out. His clothing and shoes were stolen and the killer dragged the body about 40 feet into brush to hide the crime. He wore a blue striped shirt and had a big toe missing on the right foot. No clues to the killer have been found.
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Kimmswick
Five Die After Shooting Near Tishomingo
In a western Oklahoma incident five miles west of Tishomingo Robert Patrick was killed when he tried to separate Samuel Keel from attacking neighbors. Keel was wounded by Sim Tyson, who fled. Patrick’s 80 year old father collapsed and died after hearing the news.
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Tishomingo, I. T
Here
Robert Patrick
Samuel Keel
Keel
Sim Tyson
Patrick
Negroes In Paris Farm Shooting Kill John Taylor
In Paris Texas three miles southeast of town John Taylor was shot through the left side and killed during a dispute with another negro over a debt on I F McHams farm. Officers hunted the alleged shooter all day but made no arrest.
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Paris
Tex
I. F. McHam
John Taylor
Farm lands near Denison see burst of demand
Denison Texas reports a surge in farm land interest as many seek homes and new cultivation. The note adds that idle land will be put into cultivation this year if the trend continues. Also reports John Armstrong Chanler, former husband of Amelie Rives, has escaped Bloomingdale asylum and is thought to be wandering in Westchester county.
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Denison, Tex
Denison
New York
John Armstrong Chanler
Amelie Rives
Bloomingdale Asylum
White Plains
Westchester County
Mr. Chanler
Wreck at Jimulco Death Toll Rises to 21 Bodies Recovered
From Jimulco Mexico the scene of the Mexican Central wreck reports 21 bodies recovered from the debris. Of the 20 injured persons 10 will die. No Americans except trainmen were injured.
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el Paso
Tex
Jimulco
Mex
Hazing Death at West Point Blamed on Brutal Initiation
A Bristol Pennsylvania tragedy report cites William Booz recounting his son’s hazing at West Point. He alleges severe beating and forced ingestion of a harming mixture leading to throat injury and later tuberculosis. Booz asserts the assault shattered the boy and caused his death, urging others to avoid similar harm.
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Philadelphia
A. L. Mills
West Point Military Academy
Oscar L. Boese
Bristol
West Point
Boese
New York
Dev
Herald
William H. Booz
Smallpox Spread Prompts Pesthouse Plan in Waxahachie and Ennis
Waxahachie officials in a called session on December 5 discussed a countywide smallpox outbreak with many cases among Negro residents from south Texas. They decided to construct a pesthouse at the county farm. In Ennis on December 5 Dr W P Mor Call reported four current smallpox cases in town, two white and two Negro, with one recovery and four sent to the pesthouse.
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Waxahachie
Tex
South Texas
Ennis
W. P. Mor Call
Smallpox Cases Reported in East Nacogdoches
Several cases of smallpox among the negro population in the eastern part of Nacogdoches Texas are reported on December 5. The note documents a local health concern with multiple residents affected in that area.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Mail thefts alter funds and secret service work in Dallas
A sum estimated at 4000 to 6000 dollars was stolen from mails between Dallas and Little Rock in the last 30 days. Sacks were taken from the depot platform, opened, rifled, and evidence destroyed by fire. Secret service men persist in the investigation but lack a crew to catch the culprits.
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Dallas
Little Rock
Ark
United States
Secret Service
Bulletin limits doubleheader trains on Katy south end
A bulletin from Denison Texas dated December 5 states that no doubleheader train may be assembled with more tonnage than the engine can handle, and no doubleheaders shall run on local freight trains.
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Denison, Tex
Katy
Arkansas leads south in twentieth century fund drive
Bishop Chas. B. Galloway reports Arkansas state contributions top all southern states in the twentieth century fund movement with a total of $185,000 raised for educational work.
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Jackson
Miss
Chas. B. Galloway
Arkansas
South
Rail collision in fog kills nine engineers near Walden's
In dense fog a Southern Pacific engine hit a work train in a cut about 600 yards beyond Walden's Station in Suisun California. Nine workmen were killed and 20 injured.
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Suisun
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
Walden’s
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Colaretts
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the Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnes
Krause-Taylor Company
Thelma
Alfred Wright
Mary Stuart
Priscilla
Juliet
Maud Muller
Violette Reine
Roger’s & Gallets
Olgates
Emmet’s Prescription Pharmacy
Mrs
Mary Grice
H. & T. C. Excursion
Wife
Lexlupton, Ky
Mary Webster Sallee
Lawson Webster
St. Joseph's Hospital
May Street
Robert L. Sallee
Sallee
Webster
Street Railway Company
Washington
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Congress
Philippine Islands
Tishomingo
Chanler
Mr. Roox Tella
Academy
Vicksburg
Trowbridge
Harry Yoste
Abe Kirsky
R. M. Kelly
Galveston
Central Committee
New York Bazar
Grand Lodge of Masons
Texas Masonic
Nec
Aydrug
Exchange Hotel
Maryland College OF Pharmacy
Baltimore
N.M. McDougald
Liza
Dray Line
F. A. Lee
Candy Kitchen
Pho
Berwick Bay
Lowney’s
Gunther's
Mrs. Proctor’s
C. M. Procton
AND
Standard Patent Medicines
M. HH. James
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