Mr W A Folks Killed In Wixon Community Accident
Mr W A Folks of the Wixon community died after a load of lumber accident on the Wixon church road. He fell from a wagon and was run over. He was about fifty, survived by children, with a wife who had died earlier. Funeral at Wesson cemetery attended by Bryan residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Folks
Wixon
Wixon Creek
Wixon Church
H. Crenshaw
San Marcos
Tex
Albert McQueenny
Texas Central Road
Stamford
August Wesseley
Emile Weber
Boerne
Cartwright
Cordell
Okla
Lee Southworth
Barrett
Gainesville
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Texas
Indian Territory
Ways of the Toad Oddities of a Peculiar Creature
The article explores toad behavior and life cycles including water dependence, rain bathing, and egg laying. It notes toads breed in water, produce tadpoles, and may appear viviparous when distant from water, with small toads found in gardens far from any pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frog
Morgan Bros Win $34,000 Judgment in Cotton Burn Case
At La Grange Texas Morgan Bros secured a judgment totaling 34000 against the Katy railway and La Grange and Lockhart Compress company for cotton burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grange
Tex
Morgan, Bros
Katy Railway
la Grange and Lockhart Compress Company
The Cold Water Ordeal and Other 12th Century Trials
A brief historical survey of the cold water ordeal as a guilt test, recounting Anselm’s trial and the crowd’s reaction, with notes on related medieval incidents and a late mention of contemporaneous events including pardons, suicides, a city killing, a judge’s death, and cotton crop estimates.
Spider cobwebs and their many uses as observed by Beebe
An essay on spider biology and the varied uses of cobwebs in nature explores silk production, trap designs, aerial gliding threads, and aquatic spiders. The piece notes a ruby throat hummingbird nest, a spider that swims underwater with a bubble of air, and ends with a roundup of local news: an o possum captured in Paris Texas, land sold to settlers near Electra, a man shot near Mills Arkansas, and a Southern Pacific wharf fire at Morgan City Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. William Beebe
New York Post
Paris
Tex
Electra
Thomas Broughton
Mills
Ark
Hot Springs
Southern Pacific Railroad
Morgan City
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
Bryan, Texas
G. S. Parker
E. H. Astin
Albert W. Wilkerson
S. Derden
E. W. Crenshaw
Shoe of the
Banter & Chathar
Wesson Church Cemetery
Bryan
A. L. Mondrick, M. D
James’ Drug Store
Sterling
Emmett, Maloney
Cathedral
Laon
Anselm
John Boya
Grand Opera House
Mike
Hearn & Dansby
China
E. Eeoez
Aearlier
Coe
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