Local news notes and social visits around Bryan
Miss Marie Shields traveled to Waco yesterday and Mrs W R Sanders with children visited in Navasota. Mrs Will Porter of Austin visits Mrs A H Harbers. J W Ray, a former Bryan citizen, was here yesterday. Probate business occupied the county court this week. Miss Jessie Johnson came down from Hearne yesterday. Davis Garth returned to Bryan after an extended absence. Military goods cheap at Mrs Proctor's. J N Mize and Dodd Mize were from Grimes county yesterday. W Z and John Nabors were here from Brazos bottom yesterday. A W Shelton, manager of the White plantation, was in the city yesterday. Capt John Q Tabor bought a handsome residence in San Antonio. Col A M Rhodes travels to Luling, San Antonio, Austin and Taylor. Central time now via John M Caldwell's electric clock. F M Hall, Foster Thompson and Tom Hayden from Leon county were here yesterday. D C Brandon of Houston guest of G M Brandon yesterday. Mrs Belle Cooper, formerly of Bryan now in Georgia, is visiting. Miss Ruth and Florence Cavitt of Welock visit Mr and Mrs Robert Armstrong. Dr Bowers announces Episcopal church services tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Ray
Bryan
Jessie Johnson
Hearne
Davis Garth
Local notices and ads from Bryan and College Station area
A collage of classifies and notices including sales by Lon Johnson wallpaper, sale of Jersey cow and heifer calf, young horse. marriage licenses. rental offer for five room cottage. cattle feed trade. life insurance talk by Rt. G. Tabor. A. B. Ballard & Co. shop lease and new stock. Episcopal church tea fundraiser noting dates and hosts. list of Madison county visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Beddo
Scarff & O'Connor
Dallas
Eagle
Lon Johnson
Bryan
Jersey
D. W. Spence
College Station
Ottimus
Orman
Gertrude Jones
Calvin M. Williamson
Sarah Means
Thomas Knox
Lucile Johnson
Exchange Hotel Arrivals List
Names listed as arrivals at Exchange Hotel include J. H. Carpenter of Plano J. P. Reeve from Galveston G. E. King of Taylor J. W. Ray of Rochdale D C. Brandon of Houston D 8. Sessions of Ennis A. A. Farley of Baltimore John A. Kennedy of Dallas John Gross of Galveston R. M. Robertson of Maryland A. E. Shields of Cincinnati J. A. Myers of Dallas W. Shelton of City T. Beddo of Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Carpenter
Plano
J. P. Reeve
Galveston
G. E. King
Taylor
J. W. Ray
Rochdale
Brandon
Houston
Baylor Benefit: A Night At The Opera House
The Baylor Fermale College benefit, directed by Mrs. H. O. Boatwright, was a social and financial success at the opera house last night. Strong attendance and varied acts in the first part drew praise for music reading and performance. the second part Carnival of the Months featured Father Time and the seasons with elaborate costumes and poetic illusion, leaving a vivid memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baylor Fermale College
Opera
H. O. Boatwright
Mrs Wilson Hosts J A O Club Euchre Party
Mrs R M Wilson entertained the J A O club and guests in an afternoon of progressive euchre in honor of Miss Sebastian of St Louis. Miss Dana Coulter won a volume prize and the hostess praised the winner with a Browning token. A luncheon followed with sandwiches cheese straws and olives and ices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Wilson
J. A. O. Club
Miss Sebastian
St. Louis
Dana Coulter
Ian McLaren
Albert Buchanan
Byron
Robert Browning
Sebastian
New Year Real Estate and Insurance Announcement by Charles Carr
On and after January 1 1899 I will operate fire insurance real estate rental and collecting agency for property both city and country. Abstracts on all titles and houses for rent. We offer rental and collection services mortgage collections and related business. Notary in office. I invite a share of your business for the coming year. Charles Carr.
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Asto Commission
NewsYear
Charles Carr
Best Farm Paper Deal Offer
The notice promotes a one year subscription for Texas Farm and Ranch and The Bryan Weekly Eagle at $1.25. It extols Texas Farm and Ranch as the cleanest agricultural paper in the Southwest, printed on high quality paper with illustrations and practical value for every family member. The pitch emphasizes strong news value and affordability for both papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Farm and Ranch
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Southwest
Schweinfurt Ball Bearing Factory Powers German Output
The largest center in the world for steel balls is at Schweinfurt in Bavaria. Two factories owned by one firm produce nearly 300 million balls each year with 600 workers at ten hours daily. Germany’s total ball production is about 650 million, while England and France together add roughly 70 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schweinfurt
Bavaria
Germany
England
France
Matrimonial Yoke Quip Sparks Laughs in Leader
A Cleveland Leader cartoon caption features a jokey exchange on marriage, with one figure quipping about the “calf at one end” of the matrimonial yoke and the other asking why it’s called that, inviting reader amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Horrible Fate of Shipwrecked Sailors From New Guinea Treated Cannibalically
Vancouver report details eleven of the Manbare crew eaten by New Guinea cannibals after their ship sank near Cape Nelson during a December gale. Only James Green survived by fleeing to sea, while other sailors were captured, stripped, bound, and killed over several days as tribes feasted. Other items note Emil and Ida Reuter’s deaths in New York, transport and military notes, and various local incidents.
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New Guinea
Vancouver
B. C
Sydney
Australia
Cape Nelson
Cape
James Green
Greene
New York
Emil Reuter
Brooklyn
Ida
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Spi
J. F. Parks
Sora
H.&t
Ban Antonio
T. O
Marie Shields
Waco
Guy M. Bryan
Durasno
W. R. Sanders
Navasota
Will Porter
Austin
A. H. Harbers
John M. Caldwell
F. M. Hall
Foster Thompson
Tom Hayden
Leon County
D. C
Ruth and
Florence Cavitt
Welock
Mrs
Robert Armstrong
Afso
Lem B. Hall
J. Woodhead
Corsicana
Rt. G. Tabor
The
New York Life
A. B. Ballard & Co
Episcopal Church
St. Andrew’s Rectory
F. I. Garth
Herbert E. Bowers
Madison County
Asa Crow
J. E. Crow
Alex Bledsoe
Tom Bledsoe
M. Cole
Ed Cole
W. T. Cowden
J. L. Etheridge
J. B. Etheridge
J. T. Etheridge
J. L. Poteet
J. W. Jones
J. H. Jowers
Joe Sanders
G. B. Redding
J. W. Diserene
W. F. Diserens
H. Williamson
Exchange Hotel
Academy of Music
General Merchandise
Cinders & Johnson
J. A. O. Entertainment
Slushand
Wife
San Francisco
J. F. Morrison
M. F. Smith
Twentieth Regiment
United States Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Manila
Bradley
Los Angeles
A. G. Bradley
Santa Monica
Gov. Smith
Governor Smith
Sacramento
Matsumana
Emperor William's
Berlin
William
Cal
C. A. Saxton
Saxton
Milwaukee
Syracuse
Monarch Athletic Club
Tommy Ryan
Billy Smith
Lenox Athletic Club
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
United
Quay
Jenks
Dalzell
Stone
Stewart
Huff
Irvin
Tubbs
Rice
Grow
Markle
Widener
Rites
Scandia
Morgan City
Chester
Havana
Savanah
Twenty-first Michigan Infantry
IRA
D. Wyse
Parsons
Bottling Works
Bryan, Texas
Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
Texas
Brazos
Madison
Grimes, Robertson
Burleson Counties
Frank W. McConnil
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Pacific Mutual Life
Union Life
Wagelity and Casualty of
A. D. McConnico
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