Praising Physician Fifty Years in Service and Loss
Obituary recounts Dr. Francis Malachi Hall born 1823 in South Carolina who died at 79 after a long medical career in Louisiana and Texas. He treated cholera in New Orleans, served as a Confederate surgeon, battled yellow fever, and practiced medicine for fifty years in Bryan. Surviving family members include wife Ada Polk and children Phil Clarke and Ada Lee Polk.
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F. M. Hall
Francis Malachi Hall
South Carolina
Alabama
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Caddo Parish
Margaret Barton
Bellevue Hospital Medical College of
New York
Hall
Texas
Old Port Sullivan
Brazos River
Bryan
W. H. Webb
Lillie Hall
Lem B. Hall
Ella Gillespie
Ada O. Polk
Phil Clarke
Ada Lee Polk
Connelly & Carnes Post Office Second Class Notice
Filed as second class mail matter with the post office under the firm name Connelly and Carnes. The notice records mailing status and copyright or distribution designation for the business correspondence.
Navarro County Man Adheres to Democratic Platform
R. E. Prince of Navarro county pledges allegiance to the Kansas City Democratic platform and backs the Democratic party's actions.
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R. E. Prince
Navarro County
Kansas City
Democratic
Inventor Claims Wireless Telephone Antecedes Era
A Kentucky inventor named Mr Stubblefield is said to have invented a wireless telephone. Austria plans to import American shoemaking machinery as a wiser policy than mobbing shops selling American shoes in Vienna. In Brighton England an inventor has created a trumpet that carries the human voice clearly up to ten miles, louder than a locomotive whistle or fog horn.
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Mr. Stubblefield
Kentucky
Austria
Vienna
Brighton
England
Texas crude oil value and fuel savings claim
A statement argues that Texas crude oil at 20 cents a barrel plus three barrels provide more heating power than a seven dollar ton of coal, implying a fuel saving of 6.40 dollars. It also touts the product as the cheapest mosquito or malaria exterminant globally.
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Texas
Eve of Remarkable Discovery Hints at Heart Electricity
The passage suggests the heart beat may be electrical and salt in the blood has an electro chemical role in running the human machine not previously guessed. The wording implies anticipation of a major scientific breakthrough.
Death of Dr. Hall Sparks Bryan Sympathy
The Bryan community mourns Dr. Hall who served his profession faithfully until frail health ended his career. His burial followed a large city cemetery service led by Rev. EL Shetile of the Methodist church. A separate anecdote recalls workmen placing dinner pails for safety, and children taking pie from an editor’s yard while bread, bacon and potatoes sat unused.
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Crowe
Bryan
Hall
EL. Shetile
Methodist Church
Plan to Isolate Anarchists and Train in Languages
Senator Hoar proposes isolating anarchists and using earthquakes to disturb them while arming the isle with dynamite. He argues foreign trade needs technical education and language study, noting Americans lag in speaking foreign tongues compared with German and English traders. Our travelers are capable, but language limits hinder diplomacy and commerce.
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Senator Hoar
Harris School House Holiday News and Smallpox Fear
Local notes from Harris School House recount holiday entertainments and visits by Victor Edge of Houston. The community reports widespread smallpox concerns with most residents affected or scared of illness. School reopenings and social gatherings are noted amid health worries and ongoing local tidings.
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Harris School House
Victor Edge
Houston
Laura Presnal
Helton
Harvey Texas News Roundup Highlights Local Doings
The January 6 report from Harvey Texas notes a beautiful dawn and farmers preparing fences for another crop. School starts, smallpox scare ends, and local social news includes Lela Yardley’s sixteenth birthday, meals hosted by Dr and Mrs Todd and others, visits among townsfolk, a Houston trip by R L Pounds, and a well attended musicale at Mr Ferguson’s. Navasota Toff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Texas
Lela Yardley
Miss Alice Roosevelt Debut at White House Ball
Eldest Roosevelt daughter Alice Roosevelt was formally presented to Washington society at the White House in a ball attended by about 500 guests. The debutante wore white chiffon and roses, receiving many floral tributes, as the president mingled with guests. The debut, the first since 1873, featured 20 numbers, Marine Band and Artillery Corps Band music in the East Room and a buffet luncheon in the banquet room.
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Wrshington Society
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Washington Society
White House
Miss Roosevelt
Nellie Grant
Marine Band
Artillery Corps
Washington Barracks
Women Should Propose Marriage Says Dr K loss
Dr Charles L Kloss of Webster Groves First Congregational urges women to propose marriage reversing old courtship norms. He cites low marriage rates in his 300 member church and argues women must become economic equals to propose themselves. Nearby Denver holds mass meeting to combat city crime after the murder of Harold Friedbein and assault of his sister.
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St. Louis
Charles L. Kloss
First Congregational Church
Webster Grove
Dr. Kloss
Denver
Harold Friedbein
Desperado Gibbs Captured After Train Hold-Up Bid
Joe Gibbs, named a western desperado, was captured Wednesday night after attempting to rob the Westbound mail and express train on the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad. He fired from the smoker and first class coach, terrorizing passengers, but Conductor Frank Sanders and two passengers disarmed him and bound him. Gibbs was handed over to local officers at Rayville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg, Miss
Joe Gibbs
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
Gibbs
Eldorado
Delhi
Rayville
Pepper
Frank Sanders
Pleaded Guilty In Federal Suffrage Case
In Louisville the federal court meted three men Robert Lack H H Mullen and J J O Neill with guilty pleas for interfering with citizens rights of suffrage at a four year old election They received three months in jail O Neill paid 2500 fines while Lack and Mullen were fined 2000 each They also must pay one third of trial costs.
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Louisville
Jan
Robert Lack
H. H. Mullen
J. J. O'Neill
O'Neil
Lock
Mullen
Six Skeletons Dug Up in Corpus Christi Trench
In Corpus Christi Texas on January 6 six skulls and remains of six skeletons were unearthed by the county convict gang while digging a trench behind the courthouse. The bones, buried for years, crumbled when touched. Residents over 50 recall no local cemetery in the area. The burial depth was about five feet and the skulls indicate the bodies were of white men.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
French bark Max damaged after collision with Walla Walla
Declares lights were burning in San Francisco after the Max collided with and sank the steamer Walla Walla near the port area. Captain Benoist says his ship followed rules and that the Max’s lights were properly burning, while Walla Walla crew dispute this account and claim differently. About 40 lives were lost in the disaster and the Max was towed to port.
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San Francisco
Max
Benoist
Walla Walla
Mrs Mason Dies In Waco House Fire Rescue Efforts Fail
In Waco Texas on January 4 Mrs Kate Mason 72 wife of John Mason 76 died after her clothing caught fire while she heroically tried to extinguish flames in the family residence She perished in flames as Baylor University students rescued her husband who has been bedfast for years and moves in a chair on wheels The couple had come from Germantown Pennsylvania to Waco Texas.
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Waco
Tex
Kate Mason
John Mason
Rear Admiral Richard J. Leary Dies in Chelsea
Washington reports that Captain Richard J. Leary United States Navy who died at Chelsea recently became a rear admiral on the day before his death without knowing it. The promotion troubled him in his last moments and was noted by his brother in law Dr Fairfax Irwin after the Annapolis funeral.
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Boston
Washington
Richard J. Leary
United States Navy
Chelsea
Fairfax Irwin
Annapolis
Lawyer Coudert Improving in Health
New York January 6 Frederick R Coudert the prominent lawyer is improving in health His illness was regarded as serious and resembled nervous prostration It is said to have been caused by the illness of his daughter
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New York
Frederick R. Coudert
Revolutionists Aboard Steamer Libertador Near Co ro
On Jan 6 a steamer believed to be the Libertador signalled from Curacao. Responding shore signals suggested revolutionary expedition members had boarded and vent to land on the Venezuelan coast near Nueva Cordoba.
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Willemstad
Island
Curacoa
Libertador
Vnezuelan
Velade Coro
Want Sanction for Divorce in Rome
London January 6 report that the Prince of Monaco sent a special messenger to Rome seeking a papal interview on obtaining a divorce from the princess daughter of Michael Heine a New Orleans banker.
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London
Prince of Monaco
Rome
Michael Heine
New Orleans
Receiver named for Crude Rubber Co in New York
Judge LaCombe orders William W. Ladd Jr appointed temporary receiver of the Crude Rubber company with a $50,000 bond. The order was filed in the United States circuit court clerk’s office.
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Rubber Company
New York
LaCombe
William W. Ladd, Jr
Crude Rubber Company
United States Circuit Court
Fate Tex merchant found dead in his store
A Fate Texas merchant named W Uncle was found dead at his shop. The report notes a local tragedy with uncertain cause and mentions sparse details from the era. The text then lists unrelated items about Illinois peach crops and San Antonio theater plans, with a garbled note about a steamboat named Grover Cleveland and oil burning at New Orleans.
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Fate
Tex
Illinois
San Antonio
Grover Cleveland
New Orleans
To Cure Malaria in Four Days Quinoria Sale
Advertises Quinoria as a malaria cure with a refund guarantee from M. H. James leading druggist in Bryan Texas. Each package priced at 50 cents and claims a fever or malaria cure within four days.
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M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
Decision Upholds Trial in New York for Carter Accomplices
The U S supreme court affirmed a Southern District of New York ruling denying habeas corpus relief for Benj Green W M Gayner Edward H Gayner and John F Gayner. They are accused of conspiring with Captain O M Carter to defraud the government while overseeing Savannah public works. The men sought to be tried in New York but were ordered to stand for trial in Georgia.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court For
Southern District of New York
Benj. Green
W. M. Gayner
Edward H. Gayner
John F. Gayner
Green
Gayners
O. M. Carter
United States
Leavenworth
Kas
Savannah
New York
Georgia
No Release for Garter in Carter Habeas Case
The United States Supreme Court refused to interfere in Captain Oberlin M. Carter's case. Proceedings sought a writ of habeas corpus to free him from Leavenworth prison in Kansas.
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Washington, Jan
United States Supreme Court
Oberlin M. Carter
Carter
Leavenworth
Kas
Temperance Advancing John G Wooley Returns From World Tour
John G Wooley prohibition candidate for president returns from a seven month around the world tour. He addressed over 90 temperance meetings in Australia Scotland Honolulu and other lands. He visited Hawaii Samoa Tutuila New Zealand Australia Ceylon France England Scotland and Wales. Wooley says America is the farthest advanced in the prohibition struggle.
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Chicago
John G. Wooley
Wooley
Australia
Scotland
Honolulu
South Seas
Hawaii
Samoa
Tutuila
New Zealand
Ceylon
France
England
Wales
America
Wires Cut Between Mount Calm and Watt Texas
Unknown parties cut telephone lines between Mount Calm and Watt Texas causing outages. No injuries reported and local rough service disruption noted as investigators begin tracing the incident.
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Mount Calm
Watt, Tex
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John McKinney
Marlin
J. A. D. Robinson
Bessie Robinson
Wiley Kelly
J. J. Parker
George Edge
Guy Harris
J. T. Sample
Harris School
Wright’s
Wright
Rieger
Emmet’s Prescription Pharmacy
Deuchier
Cade
Old Order
Desperado
Bissioe
Tucker
Geo, D. Tucker
H &T
Cadi & G N
Tucker House
Mistrat
Wagner & Brandon
Hartman House
Central Hotel
Bryan, Texas
Oty Hiestian
Conaert
H. Harrison
Telephone 9
Omice
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Oeeno
Temperance
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