Howell flag won by B Company in cadet drill at A and M College
B Company claimed first prize in the Howell flag competition held by the A and M corps of cadets yesterday afternoon. A and C Companies fought for second with D Company also showing well. Capt. Andrew Moses and Dr. Joe Gilbert served as judges before a large crowd. The article also notes the annual institute for teachers and other local notices including a stray shoat for return.
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Corps of Cadets
A. & M. College
Andrew Moses
Joe Gilbert
Howell
T. W. Parker
Shoop
Christmas Bazaar by Christian church Ladies
The Christian church ladies plan a two day Christmas Bazaar Friday and Saturday December 13 and 14 in the Myers building beside the post office. They will feature embroidered shirt waists scarves infant sacks handmade handkerchiefs pincushions scrapbooks house slippers and many other holiday items. A candy booth will offer cream chocolates fudge and mint candies. Doll booths display dolls of various types. Refreshments including tea coffee hot chocolate cakes and lunch will be available. The bazaar opens at 10 50 am on Friday and Saturday with 315 listed.
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Buster Brown
Thirty years for Brow Murder verdict in Dallas case
In Dallas on December 11, the jury found W. O. Brown guilty of murdering A. S. Johnson. Brown, president of the Brown Buggy Company, was condemned to thirty years in the penitentiary after a ten day trial. Local officials and attorneys, including Colonel W. S. Crawford and R. M. Clark, led the prosecution and defense.
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Dallas
W. O. Brown
Johnson
W. S. Crawford
Plot on Stuyvesant Fish Prompted Sudden Chicago Trip
The World reports Stuyvesant Fish fled to Chicago after discovering a process server aimed to hold him in New York until after the Illinois Central director election on Dec 18. A subpoena to testify in a White Plains trial was found, potentially blocking his Chicago trip and vote proxies. He and his secretary rushed to catch the Jersey City ferry with no baggage.
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New York
Stuyvesant Fish
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Fish
Ith
White Plains
Sterett Resigns From Galveston News Dallas Desk
Colonel W. G. Sterett resigns after more than thirty years with A. H. Belo & Co. His departure takes effect January 1 as he seeks the Democratic nomination in Texas Fifth Congressional District. Longtime editor and Washington correspondent, Sterett has resided in Dallas for over three decades after practicing law.
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Dallas
W. G. Sterett
A. H. Belo & Co
Galveston
Dallas News
Sterett
Galveston and
Washington
Haskell Grants First Pardon in Oklahoma
Governor Haskell issues first pardon releasing Joe Campbell from Comanche county jail. Campbell insane, sentenced to eighteen months for assault and returned to county jail June 21. Former Proctor Texas resident assaulted hotelman W. W. Combs over a 25 cent board bill in Lawton. Legislature meets and elects R. L. Owen and T. P. Gore as United States Senators.
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Guthrie
Haskell
Comanche County
Joe Campbell
Campbell
Proctor
Tex
W. W. Combs
Lawton
R. L. Owen
T. P. Gore
United States
Miners and Operators Probe Goes to Goldfield
Assistant Secretary Murray Commissioner Neill and Commissioner Smith left Washington for Goldfield Nevada to investigate the miners and mine operators dispute. They announced the trip after a conference with President Roosevelt.
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Murray, Neill and
Knox Smith
Washington
Murray
Department of Commerce and Labor
Charles P. Neill
Herbert Knox Smith
Goldfield, Ney
Smith
Roosevelt
Tragedy in Minneapolis: Husband Kills Wife Then Takes His Life
Police found George Stinson shot his wife in bed and then killed himself in Minneapolis after discovery by two crying children at a window. The couple’s two children slept nearby as the tragedy occurred Monday night and was not found until Tuesday night.
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Minneapolis
George Stinson
Railroad Worker Killed As Tank Car Passes
I J Hodges of Waco was instantly killed when an oil tank car passed over him. His mangled body was found after the incident on December 11 or 12. He leaves a widow and a two week old infant.
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Waco
I. J. Hodges
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Attorney General OKs $40,000 Young County Bridge Bonds
Austin reports the attorney general's department has approved registration of $40,000 in Young County bridge bonds in a move enabling the financing of bridge work.
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Austin
Attorney General's Department
Young County
Willson Inaugurated Bluegrass Governor in Frankfort
Augustus E. Willson of Louisville, a Republican and four time congressman, was inaugurated the thirty eighth governor of Kentucky in Frankfort as a large crowd gathered despite drizzle and snow. A mile long parade escorted him to the statehouse for the ceremony.
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Frankfort
Augustus E. Willson
Louisville
Willson
Inaugural Ceremonies Include Testimonial in Frankfort
Mayor Hume presented a friendship testimonial from Frankfort on behalf of the people. Governor Beckham gave a vale dictory, and Governor Willson, after taking the oath, offered an impromptu address.
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Hume
Frankfort
Beckham
Willson
Seven Drown As River Flood Bursts Bridge Near Bloomsburg
High water toppled a new bridge under construction over the West branch of the Susquehanna at Mifflinville eight miles north of Bloomsburg. Seven men died and nearly twenty were injured, with forty workers on the middle span when it collapsed into the swollen river.
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Bloomsburg
Susquehanna River
Miffinville
Here
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EF. J. Fountain
W. 8. Howell
B’ Company
the County Teachers’ Institute
the Institute For White Teachers
Court House
M. E. Church
Christian Church
Hk. L. Brogdon
Christian Church Bazaar
the Ladies of the Christian Church
New Myers
Emmet & Maloney Druggists
Indge
Pickard Monogram
Pickard
China
MO. M. Caldwell
THE
Howard Watch
Congress
Goldfield
Telmo
Telmo Sweet
Magnet
Holland Brand
Will S. Higgs
Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
W. A. Watkins
Gordonsewell Grocery Co
N. Jametta
James and Nunn
Bryan
Texas
Frank Thomas
Stone City, Texas
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