Brazos County Seeks Depository bids for 1909 funds
Brazos County Commissioners Court invites sealed proposals from banks, associations, or individuals to act as depository of county funds for a two year term. Bids due February 2, 1909 at 10 a.m. at Bryan court house. Bond and check requirements specified. court reserves right to reject all bids.
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Texas Pass Law Sparks Debate Over Honor of Statute Book
The Eagle notes indifference to amendments but decries any law in Texas that appears merely as an expression of vanity. The piece laments a statute that does not serve purpose and stains the state's legal record.
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Tragedy at Edge Leaves One Youth Dead After Boxing
Two prominent Brazos county young men, Bud Cross and Ernest Free, staged a friendly boxing bout at Edge Sunday. A fatal blow just above the heart felled Free, aged twenty, who died about two hours later. The community mourns for the deceased and the young man deemed innocent in the incident. Funeral services for Free were held yesterday at 4 o clock in the House graveyard cemetery.
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Bud Cross
Tom Gloss
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Evangelist Conference Opens in Marlin with Key Speakers
The Evangelist Conference of the Baptist church begins in Marlin this morning and runs three days. Dr. Weaver is slated to present on cultivating evangelism but may not attend due to a Dallas trip for a State board meeting. Rev. S W Kendrick has arrived and will be a principal speaker.
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Weaver
Dallas
State Board
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Death of Mr. Matt Gibbs in Wheelock
Mr. Matt Gibbs died Sunday and was buried Monday at the House graveyard near Edge. He was about 55 years old, a respected resident and family man who leaves behind a family.
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Thrift Tales From the North Country
A London Scraps companion vignette presents a North countryman praising thrift as a virtue. He recalls giving his wife ten pounds to manage and she saves a sovereign for a hat. A Scotsman retorts with a tale of frugal methods to feed children and hide spending, underscoring thrift as a shared theme.
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Newt
London
Keep It Plastic by Not Overeating as You Grow Old
The article argues brain plasticity fades after about age forty five as overeating and waste build up. It claims younger brains can rewire after injury, while older brains struggle unless diet is restricted. A twelve ounce reduction in daily solid food is proposed to maintain adaptability and learning potential into old age. Nautilus
Stage Villain Refused Lodging Sparks Real Life Tale
George Scott, London Alhambra manager and famed actor in East Lynne, once found the town’s lone hotel full, its owner recognizing him as the infamous Levison and refusing a room. The anecdote links stage villain roles with real life panic, though details blur between fiction and memory.
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Alhambra
London
Mr. Scott
Levison
East Lynne
Blackpool
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Catboat Quip Echoes In Quiet Maritime Exchange
An anxious passenger asks about dog watch aboard a craft and is told there is none because the vessel is a catboat. The quote adds a reflective line on artificial evils and thought offering a remedy, closing with a philosophical aside.
Equal to the Occasion in a English Village Churchyard
A fragment from London Saturday Review recounts a Quaker Episcopalian confusion in Enstone. A workman’s joke about “one of them seven foreign religions” sparks a humorous exchange observed near a church, highlighting identity and belief with local color.
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