Local Notes From Millican December 1900
Millican brief reports visitors and moves among residents including E M Dunlap Mary Dunlap C B McGregor Etta Steele H L Spann Mollie Mills Bessie Beckham and others. Mentions trips to Navasota Houston Bryan Wellborn Dublin and Fields Minstrels with several returns home in a community correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MiLlican
E. M. Dunlap
Mary Dunlap
Navasota
C. B. McGregor
Houston
Etta Steele
ML Spann
J B Routt
RT Williams
Bryan
Fields’ Minstrels
JA McGregor
T P Battle
Eula
Mollie Mills
Dublin
Bessie Beckham
Fannie Dunlap
Little Daughter
Henry Crawford
Carrie Ryan
J F Eaves
C G Hensarling
Wellborn
Kurten notes from Ebernezer and local visits
Elder Cobb of Roberson county preached at Ebernezer last Sunday. Joe Taylor visited Cottonwood, Joe Sattler finished Mr. Post's new residence, Carpenders near completion of Huggkins residence, Gilpin the brick mason. Several residents went to Bryan Concord and Houston for medicine shows and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurten
Ebernezer
Cobb
Roberson County
Joe Taylor
Cottonwood
Joe Sattler
Mr. Post
Huggkins
Gilpin
Taylor
Bryan
Messrs
Tobe
Fall Tobias
Concord
Elie Carroll
John Moore
Edge
Houston
Prof
Dunlap
Notice to Contractors Sealed Bids for Ursuline Academy
Sealed proposals addressed to N J Clayton architect Galveston and Doremus Butler Bryan Texas will be received until Saturday December 22 1900 at 5 PM for construction of a three story brick Ursuline Academy building in Bryan Texas Plans and specs available at the architect offices. A $250 certified check payable to Madam St Bernard Treasurer Ursuline Convent Galveston Texas accompanies each bid with bond equal to one half of bid due within two weeks of award and contract. owner reserves right to reject any or all proposals.
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N. J. Clayton
Postoffice Street
Galveston
Texas
Doremus& Butler
Bryan
Academy
Ursuline Sisters
Doremus & Butler
Dt N. J. Cuayron
Pursuit Abandoned as Boers Cross Orange River
London reports General Knox halted pursuit of General De Wet due to Boers entering Cape Colony. About 3000 Boers reached Cape Colony and similar number at Philippstown, while De Wet with about 4500 men stands northeast of Ladybrand awaiting an assault on Winburg.
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London
Knox
de Wet
Cape Colony
Orange River
Phillippstown
Ladybrand
Winburg
Awful Treatment of Boer Women Reported in British Camp
Dispatches from The Hague detail harrowing accounts of reconcentrated Boer women and children in the Transvaal camp. Reports describe arrests, hunger, torn clothes, and violence by soldiers, with several cases of hospital treatment and denied infant care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruger
New York
Hague
Holland
Transvaal
Mme. Hardus
Kimberley
Harlem
Africa
Concentrato
Kruger Welcomed in Amsterdam as War End Hope Grows
Kruger arrives amid large crowds and speeches at the railway station. The burgomaster urges honorable peace as Kruger recalls 1884 independence and cites opposition to British tactics. He travels to refugee headquarters after visiting Inncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Kruger
Inncheon Kruger
Supreme Court hears closing arguments on Puerto Rico and Philippines cases
The U S Supreme Court again filled today to hear concluding arguments on the status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Mr Griggs spoke in a calm yet argumentative manner, asserting the government's right to continue the policy thus far pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Griggs
Russia Not Interested in Nicaragua Canal Says Novoe Vremya
St Petersburg report notes Novoe Vremya states Russia is not involved in building the Nicaragua canal but aligns with American interests, acknowledging a natural shared stance with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Russia
America
Reared at Austin and the Illinois Central robbers
Austin reports Channing Barnes raised there by respected merchants. he and his brother Charles led bold robberies, with Channing's first major theft in Southern California for $20,000. Charles served time in a state reformatory for burglary. Both men were well educated and moved in high society. The piece notes Barnes and brother’s long criminal history and a California bank heist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Channing Barnes
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Charles
State Reformatory
Channing
California
Cadet Brutality Probe Continues At West Point
Examinations of Oscar L. Boos classmates at West Point proceed with fourteen of sixty eight witnesses denying any brutality. Separate items note Cherokee Nation tax dispute, Redlands orange shipments, Cripple Creek mine sale, a Houston murder by burglary, the Cudahy kidnapping fear, and Waldersee brutality critique in St Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
Oscar L. Boos
Military Academy
War Department
Booz
Bristol
Redlands
Cal
Mississippi board buys land for new convict farm
The state board of control acquired 12,000 acres in Sunflower county known as the Busby tract and 1,000 acres from Ohio Hardwood company for a new convict farm. Average price noted at $3.75 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
State Board of Control
Sunflower County
Busby
Ohio Hardwood Company
Miss Morrison Granted Bail in Eldorado Murder Case
Eldorado Kansas December 19 Miss Jessie Morrison who faced trial for the murder of Mrs Olin Castle has been admitted to bail set at five thousand dollars The case continues as she awaits further court proceedings with bail secured by sureties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Kelly
South Omaha
Vinsonhaler
Criminal
Eldorado, Kas
Jessie Morrison
Olin Castle
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Webb Bros
the Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnes
Lewis
J F Eaves and Son
H Dunlap
Thelma
Alfred Wright
Mary Stuart
Priscilla
Juliet
Maud Muller
Pinauds
Violette Reine
Roger’s & Gallets
Olgates
Emmet’s Prescription Pharmacy
DeWet
Potchefstroom
St. Helena
Wabash
Ind
Fred Rufle
South Whitley
Rnufle
George McClure
McClure
Rufle
Lexington
Ashland
Catlettsburg
Scisco
Campbell
Indiaapolis
Greenfield
Indianapolis
Jim
Emory Scott
John Glasscock
Monterey
Mex
Francisco Armendariz
City
Mexico
Matamoros
Rio Grande
Muskogee, I. T
Cherokee Council
United States
Wright
Hitchcock
McKinley
Colorado Springs
Colo
Independence Town and Mining Company
Cripple Creek
Hull City Placer
Independence Town
Wilson Creek Company
C. M. Stone
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Edward Cudahy
Packer
Waldersee
von Waldersee
Mississippi
Ogee Koos
China
Tyler Haswell
Santa Claus
N. M. McDougald
Liza
Dray Line
F. A. Lee
Fr. A. Lee
Franklin Brothers
Bryan, Texas
New Market
Courthouse
Bryan Grocery Company
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