Local notices and community updates across Bryan and Calvert
Sunday date items report diverse local happenings. Public notices mention advertising debates in Calvert Chronicle. Edna Drake thanks voters for a scholarship contest, pledges effort with Allen Academy. Insurance agent promotes life policies. Figures travel between Madisonville and Austin. Seeds offered in bulk by John B. Mike. A notable 35 member Dynastic family reunion from Preston, Nebraska visits Texas. R M Wilson assigns grocery business debts. New Bryan homes include Wylie Garrett residence by Thomas Holland. Colonel Falconer funeral and interment in Bryan with Rev Bowers officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisonville Meteor
Allen Academy
Bryan
Edna Drake
R. G&g. Tabor
New York Life
Lifer Insurance
Wayne Mitchell
House of Representatives
Austin
Midway
Madison County
John B. Mike
Landreth
Exchange Hotel Arrivals In Major Cities
Knight Foster J P Astin Hearne T E Gooding Waco 5 Carter Kentucky J E Butler City R L Lindsay Chicago J W Edmundson Houston R H Mason Fort Worth J Hatch Dallas.
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Knight Foster
J P Astin
Hearne
T E Gooding
Waco
Carter
Kentucky
J E Butler
City
R. L. Lindsay
Chicago
J W Edmundson
Houston
R H Mason
Fort Worth
J Hatch
Compromise Reached to Dismiss Railroad Rate Suit
Austin Feb 18 A compromise ends the injunction against the Texas railway commission as courts revert to old jurisdiction. Rates on cotton seeds and beef cattle stay, cotton price unchanged. railroads may seek a limited increase on other tariffs. Mayfield may sign but outcome unchanged. Senate failed to muster a quorum. two bills passed on immunity in debatable cases and prairie dog extermination.
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Austin
Texas Railway Commission
Railroads of Texas
Railway Commission
United States
McCormick
Mayfield
Reagan
Tevernge
Senate
House
Cam
Double murder near Floresville shocks Texas
In Floresville Texas a brutal double murder was found three miles from town. Brothers Frank and John Valdez aged about 30 and 50 were shot in a gully along a road. They were killed Wednesday for possessions like a wagon, team, clothing, chickens and perhaps money. Two arrests have been made but identification is uncertain as authorities investigate the case.
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Floresville
Tex
Frank
John Valdez
L. B. Wiseman
Reagan Wiseman
Robbed and Burned at Karney Texas Store
In Karney, a town 15 miles south of Gonzales, a store was found ablaze Friday at 5 am. The fire destroyed the building and contents including the post office and telephone booth. burglars looted the store and then set the fire to hide their tracks. The Texas sails for Havana, joining Admiral Sampson's squadron in West Indian waters.
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Gonzales
Tex
Karney
Texas
Havana
Galveston
United States
Admiral Sampson
West Indian
General Jewett on the Philippine crisis
Judge Advocate General Jewett, fresh from Manila, says the crisis must sharpen for enduring peace. He credits insurgents with pressuring Spaniards, laments delayed policy, and praises American troops for discipline and decisive action. He predicts quiet ahead and notes McKinley’s pledge for peace surpassing Congress actions.
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Jewett
Philippines
New York
Advocat
United States Army
Manila
Aguinaldo
Gen. Merritt
Ther
Merritt
Carmen
Neilo
Philadelphia
McKinley
Boston
Congress
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Mammoth Millinery
Saunders & Johnson
the Daily Eagle
Connelly
Palmer &Arnes
Malcolm Carnes
Calvert Chronicle
Katy
Charles Daschner
Preston
Neb
Euliope
Denison Herald
R. M. Wilson
R. W. Odom
Wylie Garrett
Thomas Holland
A. McCasland
Holland
Wm. Falconer
Calvert
Dr. Bowers
Pall
M. W. Sims
H. L. L. McInnis
R. G. Tabor
Col. B. Stoddard
CG. A. Adams
A. W. Buchanan
Exchange Hotel
Dallas
Texas Railroad Commission
Railroads
Commission
Texee Legislature
Emmet
G. R. Emmel, Ppb. S
EMMEL
Pasig River
Pasig
Ringfield
Ozarks
Sac River
Tome
Port Wayne
O. P. Eversole
Indiana
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Indianapolis
Eversole
Wabash
Ind
Bippus
Texas Penitentiary Wire
State Penitentiary Board
Huntsville
Tyler Haswell
Hall
Freckela
Hall's Drug Store
Bryan, Texas
W. J. Christian
Heyeles
Ing Machines
Ete
A. McKenzie
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Store
McKenzie
Stri
Agomat
Main Street
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