Bryan Texas News Bits From The Daily Eagle 1908
Items note Bryan buttons market leaders profits for sellers church hats affect churchgoers Texas cattle tick bill proposed by Congressman Smith but unlikely to pass Corpus Christi hires officer to keep town clean Mineral Wells claims Bethesda status May Texas Press Association visit peaches London sales of peaches compare Texas prices Brazos bottom planter to start corn Planting corn and cotton imminent Irish potato preparations in upland areas.
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Congressman Smith
Texas
Mineral Wells
Bethesda
Te Texas Press Association
Grady’s Vision of Southern Economic Independence
The quotation echoes a South wide movement urging farmers to rely on their own labor and markets. It envisions self sufficiency with crops grown in independence, cash wages, and selling cotton on own terms, signaling a shift away from debt bondage and creditor control.
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Henry Grady
South
Ata
Violet as state emblem and Virginia history note
The violet, once a Bonaparte heraldic device, is now Illinois state flower. Senator Culberson’s Senate speech charges Cortelyou with six law violations, likened to Cicero and Burke. A Delaware man sickened after swallowing beans mistaken for quinine and recovered.
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Ilinois
Culberson
Senate
Secretay Cortelyou
Cicero
Cataline
Edmond Burke
Warren Hastings
Bible School and Evening Services Announced
Bible school at 9 45 with service at 11 a m on Soul Winning. Evening program at 7 30 features a series of character sketches starting with The Apostle Peter.
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Apostle Peter
Matting 10c at Walker's Monday Display
A large display in the Five and Ten Cent Store window promotes matting at 10 cents. The date is Monday only, urging shoppers to visit the store for the special sale.
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Walker
Texas Bakery Promotes Fresh Bread and Cakes
Mrs. Otto Boehme, proprietor, advertises fresh bread and cakes at the Texas Bakery. The notice highlights daily specials and treats for local customers.
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Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
D-T
Empty Cars Worry Roads As Railroads Confer In Chicago
Chicago February 7 representatives of traffic departments from major railroads met in a conference of the American Railway Association to address the empty car problem. They cite millions wasted sending cars home to avoid foreign car penalties and note the shift from car shortages to 250000 idle freight cars. The group may propose suspending the fifty cent per diem rule until demand returns for equipment.
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American Railway Association
United States
Bryan Cotton Oil and Fertilizer starts first car shipment
The Bryan Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Company begins manufacturing and selling commercial fertilizer. The initial carload of twenty tons ships to Iola in Grimes County today, under the Star Brand Cotton and Corn Fertilizer. The plant’s new venture boosts local and county utility and farmer activity, with manager J Webb Howell promoting diversification among farmers as Irish potato plots near the mill are planned.
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Bryan Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Company
Jola
Iola
Grimes County
Star Brand
J. Webb Howell
Eagle Reporter
Experiment in Intensive Methods Uses 500 Pounds Fertilizer Per Acre
A report notes an agricultural trial planning to apply 500 pounds of fertilizer per acre as part of an experiment in intensive cultivation. The article emphasizes the high input level and its aim to boost yields under controlled conditions.
Convention Hall Arrangements for Republican National Meet
Washington February 7. The Republican subcommittee has nearly finished hall plans for the Chicago convention next June. The Coliseum will host a redesigned seating layout with a raised platform for officials and 11 011 total seats including balconies and special guest sections.
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Washington
New
Dover
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Reasonable hotel charges to be kept for Denver convention
Denver reports the Democratic national committee in charge of delegate lodging and meals promises no excessive hotel rates during the July convention. Nine subcommittees oversee preparations to house and entertain visitors, citing past Grand Army events with over 100000 guests as proof of fair pricing.
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Denver
Democratic National Committee
Southern Association of Theatrical Managers Formed
A meeting of managers from southern cities in Atlanta led to the organization of the Southern Association of Theatrical Managers. They elected Jake Wells president H L Cardoza secretary and H U Degive treasurer to address rail rates 20 to 40 percent higher for southern tours.
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Atlanta
Southern Association of Theatrical Managers
South
Jake Wells
H. L. Cardoza
H. U. Degive
Farrar Pleads Guilty to Embezzling 25000 at Grain Firm
W B Farrar longtime manager of Lev Fowler grain concern in Shreveport Kansas City pleaded guilty before District Judge Bell to an embezzlement charge for 25000 dollars. He was remanded for sentence.
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Shreveport
W. B. Farrar
Lev. Fowler
Kansas City
Bell
Waterways topic dominates Atlanta Chamber dinner
Atlanta on February 7 reports the annual Atlanta Chamber of Commerce dinner focused on waterways with special emphasis on the Atlantic and Great Western canal. Senator Francis G Newlands of Nevada, a leading waterways expert, was guest of honor and principal speaker. Also notes a local sale at Hunter and Chatham offering large reductions on men s wearables.
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Chamber of Commerce
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
United States
Hunter & Chatham
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