Little Locals And Community Happenings In Marlin
The L. 8. Ross chapter of the U D C will meet Thursday at 3 pm at Mrs. Luther Taylor s residence. A cottage near Batts home is moved to improve the Batts property. Chas Edinburgh opens a new fish and oyster restaurant offering boarder specials. Rev I F Betts arrives as Methodist pastor and welcomes join with Presbyterians and Baptists. Rev T H Morris and family greeted at the depot with welcome supper and church visits. Ladies seek funds to fence the cemetery with city support and small gifts welcomed. Supreme Court award to Ingersoll widow pleases Vere Goldthwaite abroad in Miss Ellen Beach Yaw company town.
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I. F. Betts
Marlin Democrat
T. H. Morris
F. I. Garth
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
W. A. Banks
United States Supreme Court
Robert G. Ingersoll
Vere Goldthwaite
Ellen Beach Yaw
Thompson's Shoals and Brazos River Lock Plans
A Washington dispatch reports Representative Henry proposes three new locks and dams on the Brazos River with a first lock below Waco, a second below the Marlin falls, and a third near Thompson by Bryan. In Chicago, education boards push back against reformers amid lectures criticizing schooling conditions and English literacy.
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Brazos River
Bryan
Washington
Henry
Sweetest Girl in Dixie at Grand Opera House
An appreciative audience at the Grand Opera House last night enjoyed the Southern themed play Sweetest Girl in Dixie. The plot centers on a father who mortgages his home risking family ruin, with the daughter facing a world of hardship. The performance drew applause and moments of wild enthusiasm from gallery sections.
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Dixie” Company
Grand Opera House
San Antonio Daily Express
Card of Thanks from Jolley Family
The Jolley family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for noble assistance during illness and death of their husband and father. May God's richest blessings rest upon each of you. Mrs Jolley and children sincerely appreciate the support.
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Jolley
Cotton Market Ginners' Report Totals 11,010,864 Bases Ginned
The ginners report from Washington shows a season total of 11,010,864 bases ginned to date. The figure caps a busy period as cotton production data accumulates for the season across mills and regions.
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Washington
Christmas Cedar Trees Delivered Citywide
Santa season offer for cedar trees to residences or Sunday schools with delivery across the city. Apply or call 292 J. PF. Stuart. 220.
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J. PF. Stuart
Regular lodge meeting at 8 30 tonight urged attendance
A regular lodge meeting is called for 8 30 o clock this evening. All members are urged to attend due to an important gathering. J E Bu ER Exal Ruler reports initiation planned. Texas Bakery Mia Ottof Boehme proprietor note for bread and cake offerings.
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J. E. Bu ER
Texas Bakery
Mia
Ottof Boehme
Wilson and Derden offer half price millinery sale today
The notice invites shoppers to visit Wilson and Derden's for a half price millinery sale featuring this season's creations. A separate note announces the Ladies' Choral Club will hold an extra practice Wednesday at 3:00 PM in the Baptist church parish hall. J. Bert Graham?
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Wilson & Derden
The
Baptist Church
J. Bert Graha
Notable Governors at National Conservation Conference
Washington hosts a large gathering of state governors and distinguished figures for a national conservation conference with the national conservation commission. The goal is to finalize the report on U.S. natural resources due January 1 and map a practical action program for immediate conservation efforts. Roosevelt and Taft spoke as sessions opened with organizing meetings in the Willard Hotel and a large audience at the Belasco theater.
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Washington
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National Conservation Commission
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Taft
Red Room
Willard Hotel
Belasco Theater
Presidents Roosevelt Taft at Conservation Week Sessions
Distinguished speakers including President Roosevelt and President Elect Taft addressed joint sessions of the conservation conferences in Washington. The opening session launched a program of topics studied by the National Conservation Commission under Gifford Pinchot, with leaders such as J. J. Hill John Mitchell and Andrew Carnegie among those invited.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Joint Conservation Conference
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Southern Commercial Congress
Washingto
Joint Conference
Hubbard Memorial Hall
National Conservation Commission
Gifford Pinchot
New Counterfeit $5 Indian Head Note Discovered
Secret Service officials report a dangerous counterfeit five dollar silver certificate Indian head. It is printed on bleaching genuine paper from smaller denominations, with altered color and hidden embedded fibers, making the note deceptive though the back remains blue and green.
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Washington
Secret Service
Nationalists seize Meshed government offices in Persia
Garrison in Meshed, a holy city in northwestern Persia, is routed by Nationalists who seize the government offices. Fresh disturbances are also reported at Hamadan and at Kermanshah and Talish, 165 miles from Teheran.
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Teheran
Meshed
Persia
Hamadan
Kermanshah
Talish
Dolphin Ordered to Haiti Dispatch Boat Sent to Gonaives
Washington dispatches report the Dolphin, now in foreign waters, ordered to Gonaives Haiti due to unsettled conditions to protect American interests. In Dallas the North Texas Medical Association holds its fifty eighth annual convention with large attendance and an active program.
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Dolphin
Haiti
Washington
Gonaives
North Texas Doctors
Dallas
The
North Texas Medical Association
Representative Henry seeks funds for Waco Brazos fish hatchery
Washington December 8 Representative Henry introduced a bill to provide 25060 dollars for a fish hatchery on the Brazos river at Waco Texas. The measure requests federal funding to establish the facility and support operations.
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Waco
Washington
Henry
Brazos River
Dead Man Exhumed Proves Death Beyond Doubt
Passaic New Jersey December 8 Friends of Sam Scher who died Saturday were sure he had been buried alive A postmortem exhumation confirmed he was dead He collapsed in a hospital where he went to have a minor operation for tonsillitis as complications arose before doctors realized the danger Also an ad for a furnished restaurant space rental at 291 318 J N Cole.
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Passiac
N. J
Sam Scher
Scher
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