Local Notes and Notices From Bryan Texas and Vicinity
Announcements include rail schedule snippets, church services by Rev E L Shettles, visits of locals to Livingston and other points, and various small items. Also reports of marriage licenses Ed Watson to Bettie Ford and others, plus endorsements for Premium Baking Powder by Lillie Richter and local merchants J M Lawrence Co and Cole Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Shettles
Methodist
Wicox
Bryan
Texas
Lamar Bethea
Livingston
New Market
S. W. Buchanan
W. A. James
J. L. Bush
Ee Stark
Ed Stark
Will Cox
Macy
Mr. James
Eagle
Ed Watson
Bettie Ford
Bob Wallace
Mary Branch
Calvin Bedford
Tina Jackson
Tom Washington
Susie Wyatt
Lillie Thompson Richter
Pott’s Baking Powder Co
J. M. Lawrence & Co
Cole Bros
Local News Briefs Include Illness and Real Estate Ads
J W Martin is ill with pneumonia. Mr and Mrs Chas Niteh welcome a son. W W Rudasill was in town yesterday. Luther Taylor went to Waco yesterday. See Cliff A Adams for residence lots. 53 aa Jersey cow for sale. See Jeff Cole dig Mrs Ira Gooch returned to Nava sota yesterday. G M Brandon left for a business trip to San Antonio. Lemp's beer urged by dealers. Mrs E H Walker of Houston visiting Mr and Mrs E B Lomax. For residence lots near churches and schools see CC A dams. City Lots for sale and rent at 58 Wanks. Mrs Willis returned to Waco after visiting her daughter Mrs A Maldrop. Miss Rodes left for Navasota after visiting Judge Henderson’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Jeff Cole
Ira Gooch
Navasota
E. H. Walker
Houston
E. B. Lomax
CC. A. Dams
Hotel Arrivals Listing Names and Cities
Exchange hotel arrivals list includes Ben F Whelan San Antonio A B Dailey San Marcos Clint L Palmer Waco H Q Clancey Dallas A Kyle Jr Houston E A Scott Navasota J L Mays Dickinson Central R L Pounds Harvey B South College W L Dean Granbury J A Gibbs Madisonville Tom Foote Turnersville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben F Whelan
San Antonio
A B Dailey
San Marcos
Clint L Palmer
Waco
H Q Clancey
Dallas
A Kyle Jr
Houston
E A Scott
Navasota
J L Mays
Dickinson
Central
R L Pounds
Harvey
South
College
W L Dean
Granbury
J A Gibbs
Madisonville
Tom Foote
Turnersville
Lawrence Warehouse Receipts and Yard Totals Report
Lawrence Warehouse entries list yards and owners including 7480 Farmers Cotton Yard 5788 Brick Warehouse 4087 Darwin Cotton Yard 2138 Dawson and Bowman Yard 640 R J Deens Cotton Yard 1500 Bryan Grocery Co Wharf 706 Homer McCullough .575 Total square bales and total round bales shown. Receipts up to Jan 25 last year were 28788 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Warehouse
Farmers Cotton Yard
Darwin Cotton Yard
Dawson & Bowman Yard
R J. Deens Cotton Yard
Bryan Grocery Co
Homer McCullough
Fountain announces return to practice after legislature
Card from Dr. Fountain states theBryan departure report is unfounded and he will resume practice after adjournment. His brother Dr W C Fountain will manage the office in the interim. Dr A B Ingram of Corsicana preaches at the Baptist church today. Telephony upgrade crews from San Antonio arrive to install new poles and modernize the exchange. Local hunting party reports ample squirrels and ducks on the Navasota river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
W.C. Fountain
J. L. Fountain
A. B. Ingram
Corsicana
Baptist Church
Ingram
San Antonio
Ed Sims
B. A. Smith
W. P. Walling
E. H. Baker
Joe Wiley
Hiram Willis
Mr. McGary
Navasota
J.L. Mayo
Dickinson
George Smith
Nellie Smith
Calvert
Roy Zimmerman
Tabor
Trinity County
Stage Glints and Theatrical News of the Era
Sir Arthur Sullivan was knighted in 1883 by the queen. Odette Tyler to play Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew. Jessie Bartlett Davis scores a successful vaudeville start. Florence Rockwell engaged as Henry Miller's leading actress in Richard Savage. Richard Mansfield to produce Stephen Phillips play Herod in New York about March. Nat Goodwin’s tragedy aims. When Knight Hood Was In Flower dramatized by Paul Kester. Betsy Ross to center a new play by My Friend From India author. Egerton Castle referenced as fencing authority behind The Pride of Jennico. American dramatists urged to work hard. Grace George received 200 plays since Her Majesty. Crosman many offers. Billy Emerson, famed minstrel, once earned over $1,000,000, now destitute in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sullivan
Odette Tyler
Katherine
Jessie Bartlett Davis
Florence Rockwell
Henry Miller
Richard Savage
Richard Mansfield
Stephen Phillips
Herod
New York
Nat Goodwin
Paul Kester
Ada Rehan
Nell Gwynn
Betsy Ross
Haying
India
England
Grace George
Miss Crosman
Billy Emerson
Cincinnati
Poetry a la Mode by a corn fed philosopher
The Indianapolis Press quotes a corn fed philosopher who muses about becoming a great poet by writing something unknown to anyone in a style no one can understand. The remark frames poetry as a crafted mystery and humorously airs the notion of inaccessible verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Press
Explorer Sir Martin Conway Eyes Peru Expedition
Sir Martin Conway, veteran explorer, says his South American work may close his personal travels. He plans to organize future expeditions to Peru to study the western Andes while noting vast unknown resources and botany on the eastern slopes and in Brazil Bolivia Ecuador and Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jai
Martin Conway
Fifth Avenue Hotel
South America
Sir Martin
Peru
Andes
Venezuela
Colombia
Brazil
Bolivia
Ecuador
Argentine
Permit Granted for Saengerfest Sparring Matches
Cincinnati January 26 Mayor Julius Fleischman granted the Sangerfest Athletic Association a permit for two sparring matches at the Saengerfest building on February 15. The event includes a 10 round 20 minute bout to aid in lifting the Saengerfest debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Julius Fleischman
Sangerfest Athletic Association
Jeffries
Ruhlin
Saengerfest
Naval cadets welcome hazing probe in investigation
Annapolis reports enthusiastic cadets about Representative Sherman’s plan to probe hazing at the Naval Academy. They insist hazing is rare, with no menial tasks or cruel rites in two years, calling past hazing mostly harmless humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Naval
Sherman
Naval Academy
Academy
Oil analysis flags Beaumont oil as low grade fuel oil
In Corsicana Texas on January 26 an analysis by J. S. Cullinan & Co. finds Beaumont oil at 22.15 gravity, a heavy low grade oil suitable only for fuel use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsicana
Tex
Beaumont
J. S. Cullinan & Co
Fires Destroy Burlington Shop In Hannibal Missouri
A blaze devastated the Machine shop planing mill upholstery and dry goods kiln of the Burlington railroad in Hannibal Missouri. Governor Dockery urges a death penalty for kidnapping. Nine prisoners escaped after assaulting the Maysville Missouri jail. Alonzo Patterson 13 disappears from Atlanta Georgia believed kidnapped. The Cleveland and Pittsburg flyer derailed near Glenfield Pennsylvania fatally injuring Engineer Holland. Pittsburg capitalists explore car locomotive works in Little Rock Arkansas. Iowa Grand Army encampment to meet in Dubuque. Herr Zelle former mayor of Berlin is dead. Arthur Pierre colored man hanged in Franklin Louisiana for murder. North north west Texas suffers grain drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Railroad
Hannibal
Dockery
Missouri
Maysville
Alonzo Patterson
Atlanta
Cleveland and
Pittsburg
Glenfield
Holland
Little Rock
Ark
Grand Army of the Republic of Iowa
Dubuque
Herr Zelle
Berlin
Germany
Arthur Pierre
Franklin
Henry Neil
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dodson & Brauns
Chase & Sanborn
Dansby
H.&t
C.W
B. V. Schedule
W. P. Blackburn
Geo. W. Higgs
Blackburn
A. L. Kelton
Greenville
Malcolm Carnes
Miss Carnes
Mr. Kelton
Frederick F. Ingram & Co
Detroit
J. W. Martin
Mrs. Chas. Niteh
la Son
W. W. Rudasill
Luther Taylor
Cliff A. Adams
G. M. Brandon
Lemp
W. A Nks
Miss Rodes
Government
Dr. Fountain
R. A. Henry
Mary Minkert
Tom Davidson
Cancun
THE
Andee
Conway
Saengerfest Association
Fort Smith
Ben T. Duval, Jr
A. C. Johnson
St. Louis
Duval
Jennie Lounsbery
Michigan
Johnson
Beaumont Oil
Jno. M. Lawrence & Co
M. Fi. James
Ben S. Reed
Otto Boehmpe
S. the
Otto
Brogdon’s Livery Stable
Jas. O. Kernale
J. V. Brogdon
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