Cakes and Candy Display and Sale Notice
Local shop advertises fresh home made fruit cakes and fancy cakes for sale. Mrs Otto Oebme offers a selection of fruit and assorted cakes in a home prepared assortment.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1909
Page
4
Bank Statement and Carnival Ad from Bryan Texas 1909
The record shows a bank balance sheet for the First National Bank of Brazos County with assets and liabilities dated February 9 1909 including capital stock 100000 surplus 75000 and deposits 324921.46. It is followed by a carnival notice for a Monday Tuesday event February 15 16 at the opera house with seats 15 25 and 85 cents and a farmer hog marketing tip stressing early sale profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste
Opera House
Women Are Women Through a Roundabout Prose
A cynical, humorous reflection on gender roles contrasts women, angels, and cats in a witty 19th century prose piece. The humor centers on misattributed traits and social expectations, ending with a sly jab at marital perception.
Naming of New Mexico Traced to 1561 Expedition
Las Vegas Optic recounts Francisco Ibarra’s 1561 exploration into northern Durango and southern Chihuahua. He described a whitewashed village where people grew cotton, referring to it as una nueva Mexico. The region then became known as Nueva Mexico, later New Mexico, a name retained though area reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mestre
Spain
New Spain
New Mexico
Francisco Ibarra
Durango
Chihuahua
Santa Barbera
City of Mexico
Una Nueva Mexico
Mexico
Nueva Mexico
Las Vegas
Optic
Hats and caps taxed by old laws and social duties
The piece notes Tudor era controls on hat and cap prices including caps not exceeding 2 shillings and hats 20 pence, and 1571 Sundays requiring wool caps under a daily 3 farthing fine. It contrasts with a London Chronicle aside and a Cleveland Leader exchange about charity goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry VII
London Chronicle
Forgery Rise Tied to Metal Pens and Education
A writer in the Indianapolis News blames modern metallic pens for enabling better forgeries. He notes quill pens were harder to imitate yet pleasant to use, while widespread literacy and education have heightened forgery frequency. Criminals now target hotels banks and businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Royal romance of Oscar II’s son and Ebba Munck
The second son of Prince Oscar II fell in love with Ebba Munck at Bournemouth. Queen Sophie secured the king’s consent for their marriage, despite royal obstacles. The queen’s illness delayed the process, but a dramatic scene sealed the union as the king united them in front of the queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar II
Ebba Munck
Bournemouth
Oscar
Europe
Sophie
Tony Gree
Bundeer
Ebba
Qoor
Miss Munck
Calling the Deaf and Singer Machines Highlight 1900s Ads
A panel quotes hotel clerks on the futility of waking deaf guests and imagines a device for waking the deaf. It notes forty six sewing machine makers, praises Singer for dominance, then lists ads for law firms in Bryan Texas and land for sale in the Moses Hughes survey near Edge. Ends with land near Navasota river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Singer
Singer Company
Phone 103
T. A. Satterwhite
Moses Hughes
Ear Edge
Price
Prdidence Church
George Platter
Navasota River
Narrow Escape in Milwaukee Dime Museum Tale
An ex circus man recalls a close call while running a Milwaukee dime museum. A bearded Russian, claiming to be the wild man, asked a taxi to take him to the museum, a moment that nearly triggered a sensational incident the cabman did not report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Lampton
Lippincott’s
Milwaukee
George Esau
Exvircus
Origin of the Word Mustard and Dijon Motto
The article traces mustard to the French moutarde and explains how Dijon merchants stuck moult tarde on mustard pots after 1882 privileges. Philip the Bold granted Dijon arms with Moult me tarde, the middle word fading to moult tarde over time and becoming the mustard label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip the Bold
Duke of
Burgundy
Dijon
Wallop Origin Traced to Sir John Wallop and Naval Raids
The term wallop derived from the Wallop family as earls of Portsmouth. Sir John Wallop, a celebrated admiral in Henry VIII's reign, led fleets that burned French ships and attacked twenty one villages. The action was described as walloping them, a phrase that entered common language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallop
Portsmouth
John Wallop
K. G
Henry VIII
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R. L. Brogdon
J. B. Hines
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Mrs. Otto ' Oebme
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United States
State of Texas
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W. P. Bryan
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H. O. Boatwright
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First National Bank
New York Press
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Franklin, Tex
Mathew Pierce
Johnny
Viore, Robinson & Adams
M. H. James
Southwestern Life Insurance CO
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Mammoth Papers Garden Seed
Haswell’s Book Store
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