Elks Celebrate A M Football Team With Brilliant Ball
Elks in this city staged a lavish social event honoring the A M football team. Decorations in purple and white lights and pennants framed a festivity led by Capt Utay and Miss Maggie McDougald. Music by the Herb Lewis orchestra accompanied twenty dances and four extras as guests from College attended with hosts including Capt and Mrs Harrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Dorcas Parker
Ara Haswell
Helen DeMaret
Herb & Lewis Orchestra
Houston
Utay
Maggie McDougald
Kelly
Semidt
Dale
Moore
Ross
Flinchum
Hamilton
Leggett
Reugel
Hooker
DeWare
Cornell
Jessie Garth
Nellie Smith
G. M. Brandon
Lucy Beard
Messrs. Geo. W. Smith
F. C. Oliver
W. B. Saunders
Reception attendance at Doeremus ball hosts
Judge and Mrs J W Doerem us, Mr and Mrs H G Rhodes, Mr and Mrs J A Myers, Mr and Mrs Frank Clarke, Mr and Mrs Seth Mooring, Mr and Mrs J W Howell, Mr and Mrs J E Astin, Mr and Mrs A M Waldrop, Mr and Mrs A W Wilkerson, Messrs A A Farley, J E Butler, J R Astin, J W Carson attended. Two hundred were present at the ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Do‘remus
H. G. Rhodes
J. A. Myers
Frank Clarke
Seth Mooring
J. Webb Howell
J. E. Astin
A. M. Waldrop
A. W. Wilkerson
A. A. Farley
J. E. Butler
J. R. Astin
J. W. Carson
First Baptist Church Holds 1908 Officer Election
Sunday school at 9 45 and morning and evening preaching by the Pastor. The morning service includes an election of all church officers for 1908 across every department. A A Farley returns from a week at R J Astin s plantation near Mumford.
Baby’s cries save eight lives in Allentown gas tragedy
In Allentown Pennsylvania on December 12 a baby’s cries saved eight people from a deadly enalens gas release. The father Nicolas Contrero and son Joseph Contrevo died as well as two other occupants while the mother and remaining boarders were awakened and rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Nicholas Contrero
Joseph Contravo
Contrevo
Bedy
Warning note halts tobacco receipt at Imperial Factory
A warning note against further tobacco receipt was posted on the Imperial Tobacco factory door in Henderson Kentucky. Windows at the Gallaher plant were broken. Buyer John H. Hodge received the warning and guards were posted at his Henderson Madisonville and Slaughtersville homes. Bibrell Glover factory also hired guards. Mayor Harris activated guards requested by tobacco men as stemming district growers denounce lawlessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Factory
Henderson
Imperial Tobacco Factory
Gallaher, Limited
John H. Hodge
Madisonville
Slaughtersville
Bibrell Glover Factory
Harris
Colonel Colyar Dead at Ninety in Nashville
Nashville reports the death of Colonel A. B. Colyar aged ninety in his home. The renowned jurist, statesman and author was a member of the Confederate congress lower house. Also in New York the Singer Sewing Machine Agents union orders a general strike of 800 members demanding higher commissions a closed shop and reinstatement of several discharged agents. The strike is expected to spread to Philadelphia Boston and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Colyar
Confederate Congress
New York
Singer Bowing Machine Agents’ Union
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Bryan Describes Democratic Convention Date Suitability
Lincoln Neb Dec 13 Bryan voiced satisfaction with the Democratic national convention date and praised its choice following the Republican meeting. He said delegates would find Denver a delightful host on the agreed date and that he had not participated in the convention city canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Denver
Polk Mackey ends life in prison by shoe knife
Nashville December 13 reports that with only twenty four hours left in his term convict Polk Mackey who was serving a murder sentence at the penitentiary here died by his own hand using a shoe knife. Authorities note his mind had suddenly become unbalanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Polk Mackey
Calvert Revival Meeting to Close This Sunday
The Calvert revival led by Dr. Butler ends Sunday night after two weeks of preaching. Butler will return to Bryan this afternoon to preach at the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert
Bazaar Continues Today at Myers Building Church Event
The bazaar by the Christian church ladies in the Myers building beside the post office continues today with an invitation to all. Weather did not deter yesterday's success. D. D. Eastham of Italy arrived to visit his wife’s parents and relatives in Huntsville. J. Irby Hurt of Abingdon, Virginia, traveled through the state with his father and met friends during a short city visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Christian Church
Myers Building
D. D. Eastham
Italy
J. W. Howell
Mrs. Eastham
Huntsville
J. Irby Hurt
Abingdon
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. J. Fountain
Tyler Haswell
Geo. A. Adams
Wilson Bradley
Jnc
B. Hines
H. J. Conway
S. H. Dunlap
Stag
Emmet & Maloney Ruggists
First Baptist Church
R. J. Astin
Mumford
Yoo
Pickard
China
MO. M. Caldwell
THE
Howard Watch
Holiday Buyers
Ganter
Holmes & Parker
Telmo
Telmo Sweet
Magnet
Holland Brand
Will S. Higgs
Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
Shoop
W. A. Watkins
Gordon Sewell Grocery Co
N.jametta
James and Nunn
Texas
Frank Thomas
Stone City, Texas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!