Fire at The Morning Eagle Office in Bryan Texas
Fire alarm rang as smoke rose from a skylight and a metal flue fire spread to wooden roof supports. Firemen and staff used buckets and a chemical extinguisher to fight the blaze, with no loss of pages or water damage reported and insurance covering the building. Brick flues will replace metal ones in the building, set as a safety measure.
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Eagle Office
M. K. Wallace
O. K. Minkert
Eagle
E. Rohde
A Christmas Chain Letter Built Hortense Church
On the third Sunday in December Hortense in Polk county invited Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Shine to help dedicate a sparsely funded house of worship. Mrs. Shine started a chain letter asking for 5 cent gifts, drawing donations from across the United States, Canada, and even Europe. About $10 came in, enabling a church usable by several denominations and promising future prosperity through cooperative faith and united effort.
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Hortense
Polk County
W. H. Shine
Shine
United States
Canada
Europe
Piano Bargain in Bryan From Factory Fresh Piano
Full size high grade mahogany case piano from the factory never used. Buyer paid cash before order and balance not paid. See the piano in Bryan after noon Friday. Contact H C Collier at Exchange Hotel for details or scheduling. Also offers high grade tuning services.
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Bryan
H.C. Collier
Exchange Hotel
N. B
H.C. CG
Triple murder shocks Mansfield area in jealous attack
A Mansfield dispatch reports Henry Fleinken, a negro preacher, killed another preacher, his sister, and his own wife near there Wednesday night. Fleinken shot the men, wounded the sister in the back breaking her spine, and bludgeoned his wife to death after failing to kill her. He fled the scene. jealousy is cited as the motive.
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Shreveport
Mansfield
Journal
Henry Fleinken
Menniken
Burley Moore dies by own hand in Santa Cruz
Wallace Moore known as Burley Moore, longtime Texas official and executive aide, reportedly killed himself in Santa Cruz, Mexico. He previously served as private secretary to EB Baker of Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone and later worked in Dallas under Farnsworth. The report notes his status as a well known Elk. The San Antonio police and fire commission case proceeds with a writ of error denied. District Judge Calhoun orders a 120 member venire for the Roland Brown murder trial set for February 14.
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Texas
Austin
Santa Cruz
Mex
Wallace Moore
Supreme Court
San Antonio Commission
Police and Fire Commission of
San Antonio
Calhoun
Fiftythird District Court
Roland Brown
Pinckney
Waller County
Called Meeting of the Home Mission Society at Methodist Church
Announcement calls a meeting of the Home Mission Society at the Methodist Church on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. I. F. Berrs, Pastor.
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Meeting of the Home Mission Society
Home Mission Society
Methodist Church
I. F. Berrs
Revival meetings and local notices interleaved
Reverend Copass to conduct revival at Navasota Church after first Baptist in Waxahachie closes Sunday. Twenty public professions since meetings began. Death reported of Reverend Theo Bauer of Willow Hole Kurten after two days illness. burial at Kurten Saturday. Coal dealer W S Wilson Jr notes McAllister coal arrival with pricing. J D Washburn in town from Leon County.
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McAllister
W.S. Wilson Jr
B. A. Copass
Waxahachie
First Baptist Church
Navasota Baptist Church
Copass
Bryan
Theo, Bauer
Willow Hole
Kurten
Bauer
J. D. Washburn
Leon County
Large Spraying Plant To Aid Stockyards Dip Substitution
Fort Worth Jan 11 H M Harding former manager of the L S ranch near Amarillo oversees erection of a large spraying plant for a Denver firm to be used by the stockyards company as a substitute for cattle dip costing 3000 dollars leased by the stockyards company spraying priced at 25 cents per head under Federal supervision. The plant has been used in Colorado to eradicate mange with other installations planned for Amarillo and along the quarantine line.
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Fort Worth
H. ©. Harding
L. S. Ranch
Amarillo
Denver
Colorado
Sutton County
Gettig
O'Keefe
Destructive Blaze Destroys Buildings at Piedmont Park
A major fire swept through the New York state building at Piedmont Park, wiping out the Piedmont Driving Club complex including the fine arts building and a cafe with kitchen. Firefighters battled the flames as structures collapsed and investigators began assessing the damage.
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Atlanta
New York State
Piedmont Park
Piedment Driving Club
Chadwick to Begin Ten Year Penitentiary Sentence
United States Marshal Chandler received a circuit court directive to escort Cassie Chadwick to the Columbus state penitentiary. The order enforces Judge Taylor’s sentence from the U S district court, requiring Chadwick to start a ten year term without delay.
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Cleveland
United States
Chandler
Circuit Court of Appeals
Juder Taylor
United States District Court
Cassie I. Chadwick
Special Services Week at Church Led by Pastor Betts
A schedule for Special Services from Sunday to Wednesday led by Pastor I F Betts and Rev H C Willis features sermons on Self Examination Missionary Spirit Revival prayer and missions. Includes discussions on home church success mission fields China Japan Mexico Brazil Cuba and a public invitation to all.
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League and Missions
H. C. Willis
R. O. Allen
H.C. Willis
W. F. Davis
Huddleston
A. C. Biggs
China
Japan
Mexico
Brazil
J. C. Huddleston
Cuba
I. F. Betts
J. H. Allen
T. S. Minter
F. Betts
No Longer Vice President Equitable Trust
New York on January 11 James Hazen Hyde was dropped as vice president of the Equitable Trust company at the annual election. His salary of ten thousand dollars a year was not filled. Field Has Pneumonia In New York January 11 Marshall Wield Chicago merchant is in town with lobar pneumonia. Fast Mail Wrecked In Salt Lake City January 11 report of a Southern Pacific fast mail wreck at Muttero Hill 120 miles from Ogden. Habeas Corpus writ After a trip to Denver attorney James S. Davis returns to Washington to seek a writ before Justice Peckham. Dies of Blood Poison In Denison January 11 Frank Potter veteran locomotive engineer dies from blood poisoning. Carlisle's Grandson Shoots Himself In Mobile January 11 John G Carlisle’s grandson injures himself in a boardinghouse accident.
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New York
James Hazen Hyde
Equitable Trust Company
Hyde
Fast Mail
Salt Lake City
the Tribune
Ogden
Southern Pacific
Motello Hill
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Hunter & Chatham
FURN
PostoMoe
Connelly & Carnes
Bryan, Texas
J. G. Minkert
Emmet & Maloney
Dia
PIANO
Burley” Moore
THE
City National Bank
ED Hall
G.S. Parker
E. H. Astin
A. W. Wilkerson
FORD
S Saloon
MO. M. Lawrence
Loch
Field
Marshall Wield
Chicago
Denison
Frank Potter
Southwest
Carlisle
Mobile
John G. Carlisle Srandson
John G. Carlisle
H.C. Robinson
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