Bryan Town Barters and Visits Amid Holiday Rush
Local notes recount A J Buchanan and J W Rosprim in town, W M Foster back in Bryn, J M Morgan Reliance visiting, Mayor Mooring ill, and Tony Myers Burleson county visiting. Read’s Drug Store showcases jardiniers, Norwood promotes silk underskirts and rugs, Copper Nickel Plated ware at Myers, and a large holiday display at Wilson Jenkins Drug Co. Weddings, services, and church events noted with Rev Bowers sermon and Cattemen’s convention trip. Trade described as brisk with lively street scene and many visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Gordon Boon
Navasota
Bryan
Douglas
Norwood
Aly J.M. Morgan
Reliance
W. M. Burtis
Madisonville
Rodgers
D. Evans
Millican
W. C. Dodson
Waco
A. G. Beard
F. Marion Law, Jr
Galveston
Hotel Arrivals List Names Various Guests Across Cities
A compiled hotel arrivals list shows guests including M. IL. Kennard Navasota Henry Fore Navasota Jack Garvin Navasota Nd Hall Waco J G Phelps St Louis O F E Jacobs Rogers Prairie W T Hollis Rogers Prairie Gordon Boone Navasota C D Paul Mr Banks College Geo T Reynolds Chattanooga R F Cathrell CENTRAL W A McClenahan Pontotoc I T Dr F E T Cunningham Edge Arthur McMillan Waco Jeff Alcorn Georgetown J E Payne St Louis J H McCullogh Harvey W G Howard Navasota M Wilcox Tabor H H Raymond Vickery 0.
Rev Shettles Returns as Pastor at Methodist Church
Bryan residents welcomed Rev E L Shettles back as pastor with two sermons at the Methodist church Saturday and Sunday. A sub committee meeting of the board of trade is set for tonight at Doremus & Butler office. The Christian church ladies host a tea to aid Alvin church reconstruction on Tuesday the 18th from 3 to 6. Dr G W Baines preached at the Baptist church to fair audiences and left for home. Store notices promote easels, stove repairs, and holiday goods from Wilson Jenkins Drug Co and a Dawson residence sale nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Shettles
Mr. Shettles
Fehureh
Bryan
Board of Trade
Doremus & Butler
Ladies of the Christian Church
Spencer Ford
Alvin
G. W. Baines
Cleburne
Baptist Church
Bryan Brims With Fine Holiday Goods Displays
A Bryan writer notes seven years of holiday goods displays in Bryan and across Texas. He says this year’s stock is unmatched in quality, quantity, and beauty, with gifts from dry goods, clothing, hardware, and grocers. Local shops offer abundant, varied selections, eliminating the need to shop elsewhere and inviting confidence in familiar retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Texas
Christmas Excursions Offer Round Trip Tickets from Houston
H. and T. C. announce December 20 to 22 1900 Christmas excursions selling round trip tickets to Alabama Georgia Mississippi Florida Tennessee Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and New Orleans. Tickets valid eighty days and may be bought via Houston and New Orleans offices with secure passages and quick time. Notice States no further sittings after December 20 and thanks the public for patronage from Willis and Coleman.
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Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Florida
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
New Orleans
Houston
Willis & Coleman
The New Road Holiday Excursions Offer
The C. W. & B. V. advertises best through service for Bryan residents during holiday excursions. Ask agents for full particulars.
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Bryan
Reward Offered for Vandals Damaging Shade Trees
A ten dollar reward is offered for the apprehension of the person or persons destroying shade trees at the narrator's mother's premises. Also note a sale ad for a half Holstein half Jersey cow fresh in milk at a cheap price, with contact to H. B. oo 8.
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L H. Wooten
Jersey
H. B. Oo
British defeats and Boer resistance in South Africa marked by miscalculations
Reports from London and Chicago span a brutal South African campaign setback and a related U S conference. British leaders face criticism for poor planning while De Wet leads renewed Boer resistance, and an extra 5000 mounted infantry is planned.
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London
Kitchener
Nicholson
Pretoria
Clements
Northumberland Fusiliers
Lord Dundonald
Hotel Cecil
Methuen
Gatacre
Broadwood
South Africa
DeWet
Thabanchu
Hass
Broeck
Springkants Nek
Elwood postoffice robbed of stamps and cash
Burglars blew open the safe in the Elwood postoffice building and carried away $100 in stamps $8 in cash and notes valued at $500. The incident occurred in Clinton county on December 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Postoffice
Elwood
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Maer
Dodson & Brains
Chase & Sanborn
Dansby
A. J. Buchanan
W. M. Foster
Bry
J.S. Mooring
Tony
Burleson County
J. W. Rosprim
Providence
Eagle
Read’s
Albert Bull
Eck
North Texas
J. W. Coulter
Dr. Bowers
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
W. H. Cavitt
D. M. Francis
College
Cattemen
Ft. Worth
Wilson Jenkins Drug Co
Wilson Jenkins
Dene
Tom
W. W. Griffin
Exchange Hotel
Dan J. Ford
M. H. James’ Drug Store
Dawson
P. B
The
Hall's Drug Store
Orange River
Chicago
National Civic Federation
Samuel Gompers
Federation of Labor
M. Lawrence
M. i. James
Otto Boehme
Otto
Brogdon’s Livery Stable
Jas. O. Kernole
J. V. Brogdon
Candy Kitchen
Berwick Bay
Lowney’s
Gunther’s
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