College equipment expands at Agricultural and Mechanical College
At Bryan Texas December 19 the Agricultural and Mechanical College reports major equipment upgrades across civil electrical and mechanical departments. New hydraulic lab apparatus includes a 12 inch Pelton water motor water gauges plumbing and rollout gear. Riehle testing machines cement testers and transits levels and scales enhance civil and mechanical labs. Electrical adds a 30 by 50 foot extension to Gathright Hall with dynamos from Westinghouse a new switchboard a photo meter lantern slides and electric test instruments. A senior testing lab floors are laid for blowers pumps and engines while a new iron lathe milling machine and gear tooling join the shop to train students.
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Agricultural and Mechanical College
Riehle
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering Department
Gathright Hall
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company
Pittsburg
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Hon Scott Field Named To National House Committee
Calvert Gourier notes that Hon. Scott Field was seated on the agricultural committee of the National House of Representatives, saying he can aid his constituents more there than in any other role.
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Hon
Scott
Field
National House of Representatives
Calvert Gourier
Pastor to Open Non Denominational Girls College in Houston
Dr B F Riley former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Houston announces plans to establish a non denominational girls college in Houston with an intended opening in 1907.
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B. F Riley
First Baptist Church of Houston
Houston
Advertised Letters Week Ending December 18 1905
The weekly list shows names under Ladies and Gents for undelivered mail. Ladies include G H Adams Pearl Bradley Willie Evans Emma Carven Mary Overstreet F J Price Eliza Roberson Emma Stand Mattie White Cary Williams (2) Maggie Wamnar Emma Watson Camilla White. Gents include Boggin Royal W KR Brooker Henry Chisholm George Dusigacker T W Earl Dan J Ford Smith Harrison Charlie Hall San die Johnson Chas Merke Oscar Parks John Swiney Stuart Wilson Jim Wah.
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G. H. Adams
Pearl Bradley
Willie Evans
Emma Carven
Mary Overstreet
F. J. Price
Eliza Roberson
Emma Stand
Mattie White
Cary Williams
Maggie Wamnar
Emma Watson
Camilla White
Boggin Royal
W. KR. Brooker
Henry Chisholm
George Dusigacker
T. W. Earl
Dan J. Ford
Smith Harrison
Charlie Hall
Sandie Johnson
Chas Merke
Oscar Parks
John Swiney
Stuart Wilson
Jim Wah
Wool Sweaters on Sale at Norwood's for $1.00
About 48 to 60 white Wool Sweaters offered at Norwood's for a closeout price of $1.00 each. Original tag indicates $1.50 value per item. Limited quantity described as available in the sales note.
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Norwood’s
Vultures Circling a Tiger Carcass in Shikar Tale
A vivid passage from Sir Edward Bradden's Thirty Years of Shikar describes vultures converging on a tiger carcass brought to camp for skinning. The birds gather in vast numbers, descend to feast, and leave only a clean skeleton as humans remove the skin.
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Edward Bradden
Shikar
Notable Echoes From A Suburban Meeting And Historical Autograph Lore
A Lady Bountiful counsels a weary old man on fate and labor as life’s preparation. Francis Xavier Aubrey’s legendary 1853 Santa Fe to Independence ride set an eight day distance record with a five day thirteen hour sprint. Autograph collecting traces from Cicero to Pliny and a Bohemian squire in the sixteenth century rounds out a peek at fame signatures and rare books.
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John
Francis Xavier Aubrey
Ci-Devant
Santa Fe
N. M
Independence
New Mexico
California
Colorado
Santa Fe—MecClure
Atossa
Cicero
Pliny
Pompeius Secundus
Augustus
Virgil
Gracchi
Jamaica Death Water Superstition Notion Explained
A Caribbean superstition holds that when death occurs in a house all water is poisoned and discarded to prevent death from spreading its lingering sting. Careful residents even remove water beforehand, fearing unseen dangers from death and its reach.
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Jamaica
Quote misfires quoted by Bragg and Newitt in debate
Bragg notes Miss Deepley makes inapt quotations. Newitt asks for an example. The exchange cites a remark about avoiding political talk and a quip about painting the lily or gold refined gold from the Philadelphia Press.
Father laments education cost after marriage to clerk
"Here," complained the aggrieved father, "I have spent nearly $15,000 on that girl's education, and now she goes and marries a $2,500 a year clerk." "Well," said the friend of the family, "isn't that all of 15 per cent on your Investment?" What more do you want?
The Young Doctor and The Oid Doctor Banter
A brief cartoon style exchange features The Young Doctor noting six patients recovered this week and The Oid Doctor blaming the Young Doctor for spending too much time at the club. The dialogue hinges on responsibility and irony in a medical setting.
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Oid
Means of Success Proverb Reflections
A compact reflection on parental discipline and fate with the saying he who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind. The text cites a prodigal son who still stirs trouble, suggesting moral cause and effect and winds of consequence.
The Way of the World Praise and Persecute Saints Howe
A pithy reflection on public memory and the fate of revered figures, noting how societies honor deceased saints while scrutinizing or barring those still living. The remark signals enduring tension between veneration and judgment in cultural discourse.
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Howe
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Hunter & Chatham
Connelly & Carnes
Bryan, Texas
A. McKenzie
Gerch
Post
Som
Silas & Johnson Parker
Montreal
Orienial Rye
Rohde
Texas Farmers
Panhandle
the Panhandle
Denver Road
A. A. Glisson, G. P. A
Fort Worth, Texas
Old States
Southern
Pacific
North Central
J. Anderson
Houston, Texas
Jos
Hellen Asst
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