Harvey visit highlights music and horse display
A Bryan Morning Eagle correspondent describes a Harvey trip with a school festival led by Professor Barden and Miss Florence Fletcher. The piece notes fine musical numbers, friendly greetings, and a ride behind two matched bays owned by W. R. Goen, praising Harvey farmers and regional prosperity while wishing similar growth for Brazos County communities. Telmo canned goods line acquired by Sanders Bros. Rent notice lists 127 acres near the Convent with 65 cultivated and 60 more pasture, plus 60 acres in cultivation near the writer’s residence.
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Bryan
Harvey
Barden
Harvey School
Florence Fletcher
Kentucky
W. R. Goen
R. Cavitt
Carmack Murder Trial Opens With Exhumed Body Evidence
In Nashville on January 20 the Cooper party and Sheriff Sharpe go to trial for ex-US Senator Carmack's murder. Jury expansion is planned as the state presents a post mortem showing Carmack was shot from behind. Defense suggests the younger Cooper acted to protect his father, with bullets possibly from behind but disputed by both sides.
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Nashville
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin
John Sharpe
United States
E. W. Carmack
Lucius Bureh
Colonel Cooper
Cooper
Hart
Carmack
Young Cooper
Well Known Families Unite in Marriage
At the home of the bride’s parents in this city the marriage of J. W. Wiley and Minnie Maude Bullock took place at 2 pm on Wednesday. Rev. J. M. Bullock officiated. The ceremony was a quiet home affair with relatives and close friends. Wiley, of Tabor, is a large landowner and merchant in Brazos County. The bride, eldest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. M. Bullock, is active in religious circles and a Baptist member here. The couple left for their home at Tabor after a bridal luncheon.
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J. M. Bullock
J. W. Wiley
Minnie Maude Bullock
Mr. Wiley
Tabor
Brazos County
Wiley & Elliott
Mer
Mer‘clmais At Tabor. the Bride Is the Eldest Daughter of Rev. and Mr. M. Bullock
Anu
Irs
Wiley
Fire visits Toledo with city’s worst blaze in years
Toledo O January 20 Fire in the Brown Eager Hull store basement at 10 o’clock gutted the four story building and spread to the Adams and Summit street block housing Hudson Dry Goods. Fleischman’s cafe also burned. The Empire and Arcade theaters suffered roof fires but were saved.
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Toledo
Brown, Eager & Hull Company
Adams and
Summit Street
Hudson Dry Goods Company
Fleischman
Empire
Fire Destroys Lake Michigan Crib As Rescue Efforts Continue
A blaze at an underwater crib in Lake Michigan near Chicago traps sixty workers, with twenty rescued by tug Morford. Explosive powder in the bore and shifting ice complicate the crisis as officials confirm numerous deaths and ongoing search for bodies in the tunnel and shaft.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Morford
John Wampole
Johnson
Explosion at Dupont plant injures twelve in Gibbstown
An explosion in the mixing building of the Dupont Powder company plant in Gibbstown New Jersey injured twelve men and destroyed several corrugated iron buildings. The blast was felt as far as thirty miles away.
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Gibbstown
N. J
Dupont Powder Company
Robbed Corn Doctor Loses Three Thousand Dollars
Louis Albright, a corn doctor in Hobart Oklahoma, reports a theft of 3000 dollars. Police expect arrests. Washington details: General Marshall wires rivers and harbors to cost snagging Trinity river. Engineer Wooten backs three locks and dams at Trinity sites but none to be included this season.
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Hobart
Okla
Louis Albright
Washington
General Marshall
Wooten
Rivers and Harbors Commission
Trinity River
Trinity
Pine Bliff
White Shoals
Gates Laughs at Story in Tucson Dog Bite Rumor
John W. Gates traveled through Tucson denying reports he was bitten by a rabid dog or dangerous to hydrophobia. He said his bulldog on a chain was fine and mocked the danger tale. In Washington, Tillman denied opposing negro education as Taft reportedly said, but opposed the Republican uplift plan in the South.
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Gates
Tucson
Ariz
San
John W. Gates
Tillman
Washington
Jan
Taft
Augusta
Lilley Dropped From Connecticut Governor Row
Washington dispatch reports George Lilley, inaugurated governor of Connecticut on January 5 while in the house, has been dropped from membership. The move comes amid party or legislative disputes and reshapes the state leadership lineup.
Ardmore man captured after deadly shootout and jail
E W Hardin was brought from Lindsay after a fatal gun attack on his father in law T C Youree and a police chase with gunfire. He awaits in jail. In Waco a black assailant, who attacked Miss Clara Bruyere, was captured near her home and jailed as the victim remains too ill to identify him.
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Ardmore
Okla
E. W. Har- Hardin
Lindsay
Hardin
T. C. Youree
Waco
Clara Bruyere
Six Killed in Cyclone Canyon Coal Mine Explosion
In Gore Formally Re elected United States Senator Gore was formally re elected by the legislature in joint session. The news item notes six men killed in the Cyclone Canyon coal mine near Chan cellor, seventy miles south of Salinas, Cal on January 20.
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Salinas
Cal
Chancellor
Cyclone Canyon
Gore
Guthrie
United States
Harvard Overseers Confirm Lowell as President
Boston January 20 Harvard University board of overseers confirmed Professor Lowell as president. The action places Lowell at the helm of the prestigious institution amid academic leadership changes.
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Lowell
Boston
Board of Overseers of
Harvard University
Erection of Buildings Stops in Ennis Texas
Erection of new buildings and other improvements by the Houston and Texas Central Railway company has stopped. It is not stated when work will be resumed. Nearly all of the carpenters employed by the road have been laid off.
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Ennis
Tex
Houston and Texas Central Railway Company
Duck Limitation Upheld by Texas Court of Appeals
Dallas Jan 20 The court of criminal appeals upheld state game laws limiting wild duck hunting. The ruling confirms restrictions previously set to protect waterfowl populations.
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Dallas
Jan
Court of Criminal Appeals
Three Everett Brothers Shot in Louisiana Duel
In Little River Louisiana on Tuesday night the Everett brothers Joe John and Walter were involved in a pistol duel with Ben Kenchen and John Williams. Joe Everett was killed John Everett died from his wounds and Walter Everett was seriously wounded in the exchange. The brothers had a dispute with Kenchen after Joe Everett’s discharge from Kenchen’s service. The shooting’s first shot is disputed.
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Little River
Joe Everett
John Everett
Walter Everett
Ben Kenchen
John Williams
Kenchen
Everett
Williams
Favorable House Action on Penitentiary Inspection Resolution
Austin January 20 The house committee on penitentiaries reported favorably the concurrent resolution for inspecting the state penitentiary system after amendments authorizing committee members to administer oaths summon witnesses and setting four house and three senate members. Austin January 26 Ill Justice Williams and Brown ill the supreme court held no session Wednesday.
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Austin
Jan
House Committee On Penitentiaries
House
Senate
Williams
Brown
Supreme Court
Fatal Fire on Steamship and Child's Death in City Home
A three year old Nellie Hearst died from burns suffered near a fireplace at the Home for Homeless Children in Galveston. A blaze aboard the Austrian American steamship Columbia loaded for Barcelona damaged 120 bales of cotton and was detected in the fore peak hatch. In Fort Worth $20 000 plus in diamonds were stolen from First National Bank vaults over two years with $1 000 recovered. a known man is in custody pending investigation. The gems were allegedly sold in Dallas San Antonio and Houston.
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Galveston
Nellie Hearst
Sealy Hospital
Columbia
Barcelona
Fore Peak
Fort Worth
Jan
First National Bank
Dallas
San Antonio
Houston
Hay warehouse fire consumes vast hay bales at Edmunds store
A Houston fire destroyed W. L. Edmundson's large hay warehouse, burning about 45 000 bales and causing an estimated loss of 15000 dollars. Firefighters fear several tramps may have perished, but no bodies have been found.
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Houston
W. L. Edmundson
Senate Adjourns With Submiss ion Pending Question
In Austin on January 20 the Texas Senate debated submission with Terrell urging adoption as a platform mandate and Hudspe th voicing opposition citing district instructions. Kellie opposed statewide prohibition. The vote favored submission in a viva voce tally, then adjournment with resolutions pending.
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Senate
Austin
Terrell of
Bowie
Hudspeth
Halsey
Kellie
Harper
Texas
Masterson
Ward
Veale
State Board of Health
Dr. Brumby
Texas State Medical Association
Hayter
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Will Higes
Sanders Bros
Koweil & Newton
Carmage
Coopers
Sharpe
State Springs Surprise
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Sheriff Sharpe
Duncan
Wiley—Bullock
City National Bank
Wear
The
G. S. Parker
E. H. Astin
A. W. Wilkerson
E. W. Crenshaw
Asst
J.n.cole
J.k.parker
J.w.english
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Federal Supreme Court
F. J. Jenkins
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