Local Bryan Tips and Household Bargains for Christmas
Local Bryan notes light railroad travel and a bustling holiday market. Advertisements list sewing machines, shoes, silk underskirts, rugs, pocket knives, jardiniers, and other gifts at Myers and Norwood stores. Community notices report births, visitors, rent offers, lost hound, livestock and real estate activity, plus church and school holiday events.
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Myers
Henry Presley
Joe Parks
Douglas
Norwood
al. C. Sellers
J. Zuleh
Willow Hole
John Williamson
Bryan
P. O. Box
J.S. Edge
Kurten
Rodgers
Norwood’s
Will Z. Nabors
Lizzie Grissett
Iola
Brazos Bottom
Thomas
Mudville
Ten Dollar Reward for Shade Tree Destruction
J H Wooten offers ten dollars reward for apprehending the person or persons who destroyed shade trees around his mother's premises.
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J. H. Wooten
Burtis W M Marries Miss Linnie Luck in Bryan
W M Burtis a Madisonville druggist and Linnie Luck of Fort Smith Ark were married yesterday at Prof. Jnc H Allen’s residence in Bryan at 8 pm Rev E L Shettles officiated. The couple planned to wed in January in Kimball county but traveled to Bryan for the ceremony then plan to visit Kimball together.
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Exchange Hotel
Dan J. Ford
H. James
B.D. Shampine
Roxie Nelson
Dave Wooley
Gracie Radliff
J. R. Peyton
Ericka Sikes
Sam Edwards
Mary Hay Daniels
Lloyd
Nannie Henderson
W. M. Burtis
Linnie Lee Luck
W. W. Griffin
Bryan
Madisonville
Jnc. H. Allen
Ft. Smith
Ark
Burtis
Madison County
Miss Luck
Kimbal County
Hearne
E. L. Shettles
Hotel Arrivals Excerpted From Exchange Sheet
A list of hotel arrivals includes A P McAlpine Calvert D M Francis College P R Ward Ill E E Taylor Philadelphia Jenkins Davis Austin J R Teague Dallas W H Ingraham NY O H Reed Calvert S Heidenheim M L Smyth Taylor Pat Dealy Waco G W H Whitaker city CENTRAL LN Taylor College M Campbell Madisonville L Allen Galveston MS Buckhauks Kurten H Phillips Kurten Mark McWhorter Iola Wells Dixon and wife Wellborn
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A P McAlpine
Calvert
D M Francis
College
P R Ward
Ill
E E Taylor
Philadelphia
Jenkins Davis
Austin
J R Teague
Dallas
W H Ingraham
O H Reed
S Heidenheim
M L Smyth
Taylor
Pat Dealy
Waco
G WH Whitaker
City
Central
LN Taylor
M Campbell
Madisonville
L Allen
Galveston
MS Buckhauks
Kurten
H Philips
Mark McWhorter
Iola
W's Dixon
Wellborn
Third Lynchings in Indiana Mob Hangs Man at Court House Yard
Report from Booneville Indiana on December 18 recounts a mob of about 100 men from Rockport forcing the jail surrender and stringing John Rolla the third suspect in the Hollie Simons murder to a tree in the courthouse yard. Sheriff absent, deputy in charge, no shots fired. The mob ignored Judge Swan and carried out the lynching quietly, with participants from varied social ranks.
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Booneville
Ind
John Rolla
Hollie Simons
Court House
Rockport
Rolla
Hudson
Raymond Cherry
Evansville
Boonville
Judge Swan
High Church Property Dispute and Local Crimes News
Detroit reports James E. Scripps demanding return of Trinity Reformed Episcopal church property alleging breach of its founding understanding. Missouri notes Confederate currency recognition in a slander case. Dallas recounts a street robbery of Charley Gray. Boulder mourns ex lieutenant governor David H. Nichols, Confederate War veteran. Ardmore reports 11-year-old Flint Hamilton stabbed to death near Lebanon after a quarrel with a companion.
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Detroit
James E. Scripps
Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church
Davies
Diocese of
Michigan
Boulder
Col
David H. Nichols
Colorado
Ardmore
Lebanon
Here
Flint Hamilton
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty in Alaskan boundary dispute
The Westminster Gazette argues the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is vexatious yet exists and could be modified. It suggests abandoning parts with compensation, urging settlement of the Alaskan boundary question without abrogating the treaty, while seeking concessions from the United States.
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London
The
Westminster Gazette
Senate
America
United States
Attacks on Royalty in London Sun Editorial
London, Dec. 18. Rev Joseph Parker editor of the London Sun denounces the Prince of Wales and Lord Rosebery over Betting and Gambling Forecasts. He says princes and prime ministers should not tolerate racecourse like vice and favors. He would prefer a premier of solid character over a brilliant mind indulging pestilence on the rising generation. Taken Back to Dallas. Dallas, Dec. 18. John Chapman and E D Faulkner, charged with murder in the cremation of Constable Pate Bain, returned from Fort Worth to Dallas and jailed. four others charged remain in custody as court dates are undecided.
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London
Joseph Parker
City Temple
London Sun
Prince of Wales
Lord Rosebery
Dallas
John Chapman
E. D. Faulkner
Pate Bain
Fort Worth
Justus Schwab Dead In New York City
Justus W. Schwab, the communist linked to the Tompkins Square riots of January 1873, who was imprisoned and later pardoned by Governor Dix, has died in New York.
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New York
Justus W. Schwab
Tompkins Square
Dix
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Dodson & Brains
Chase & Sanborn
Dansby
PromEnage
H.&t
Sw.&b. V
Brysa
M. Lesesne
Hennessy
John Talbert
John Corbin
Pankey
Texas
Dr. Bowers
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Ares
Apere Chickering
J. W. Howell
Firstational Bank
Methodist Sunday School
J. E. Payne
Hollis
St. Louis
Alvin Henderson
Robert Henderson
Hempstead
Mutual Life Ins. Co
Sam Isbell
Mr. Upchurch
Jersey
H. B. Stoddred
R. T. Flewellen
Fox Hound
W. Houston
Cole
New Too
C .W. & B. V. Despot
Aw Buchanan
Ethel Hutson
Dawson
P. B
Luck
Hall's Drug Store
Indiana
Jim Henderson
Bud Rolland
Timens
Macon
Daniel Richardson
G. G. Watts
Watts
Charley Gray
Middlewood
Collin County
Jefferson Street
Parker
Rosebery
Justus Schwab
Florida
Jno
M. Lawrence
Osposssso
Chistmas
M. i. James
Otto Boehme’s
Texas Bakery
Oitto
Brogdon’s Livery Stable
Jas. O. Kernole
J. V. Brogdon
Candy Kitchen
Berwick Bay
Lowney’s
Gunther’s
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