Local Market and Social Notes from Bryan Area
Local items report visits by John M. Felder Nelie and Hettie Smith visiting in Austin and Miss Allie Ashford with Miss Steele visiting in Bryan, plus residents returning from Huntsville Georgetown and Wellborn. Hunter and Chatham offer sales on shirts and suitcases with various prices. Comments mention fabric listings, thread, and liquors at Ford's Exposition saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Royder
Wellborn
Hunter & Chatham
Coulter
E. W. Kerr
College Station
W. H. Davis
Georgetown
Eugene McNutt
Hearne
Bryan
Allie Ashford
Miss Steele
Navasota
Peverly
George Harrington
G. W. Dunlap
Millican
A. F
Wagner & Brandon
L. J. Cox
Ford's Exposition Saloon
Ford
W. J. Coulter
Cotton mill committee to study cost and locations
The Business League appointed a sub committee led by W. E. Saunders Ed Hall Sam M. Winters and J. E. Butler to visit cotton mill towns in the state and gather data on building and operating costs profit and other useful information. The group will travel as soon as plans are made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business League
Hatcher
Messrs
W. E. Saunders
Ed Hall
Sam M. Winters
J. E. Butler
Eagle
Cotton Mill Committee
Gonzales
For Sale or Trade Two-story gin and complete outfit
For sale or trade a movable two story gin house with complete gin outfit and two gin saws. Contact T. J. Preston, Bryan Texas. Also notice about closing Hunter Chatham’s slaughter sale and available job postings and local ads. Local items include room rentals, lamp chimneys and goods from J. Allen Myers and W. J. Coulter. Bryan businesses advertise electric globes and thread, with notices of price and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter & Chatham
Madras
Coulter's
T.J. Preston
Bryan
Texas
J. Allen Myers
Ward Place
A. Adams
J. W. Batts
Wm. Koppe
P. O. Box
Jennie Howell
Austin
W. W. James
Many Bills and Debates Mark Texas Legislature Session
Austin reports show the senate with full attendance as numerous bills are introduced and debated. Juror qualifications, district attorney nominations, and jury service exemptions dominate discussions while fires and mills gain exemptions. A stepfather stepdaughter marriage bill aims to harmonize statutes. The Farmers Congress earns the use of the House hall for Feb 2. A freight-train collision near El Paso injures several including a coroner and Alamogordo men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suse
Austin
Senate
Stafford
D. T. Averitt
Coke County
Fifty-first Judicial District
D. D. Wallace
House
Middlebrook
Nacogdoches County
Browne
Karnes
el Paso
Tex
Alamogordo
Philips
H. H. Major
Alamagordo
Robbery Attempt injures post office guard in Alvarado
An attempted robbery at the Alvarado Texas post office ended with Marvin Sansom severely but not fatally shot during a guard exchange after the burglars breached the front door lock and drilled the safe. In New Jersey twenty people died in a Central railroad collision at Graceland. Engineer Davis and Fireman McCarthy among the injured in Plainfield hospital. Dallas hosts Elk's gala day with a parade dedication reception and banquet at the Oriental hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvarado
Tex
Marvin Sansom
Sansom
New York
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Graceland
N. J
Davis
McCarthy
Philadelphia and
Reading Express
Plainfield
Dallas
the Oriental Hotel
the Elk’s
Britain Germany and Italy Press For Venezuelan Settlement
At a joint conference British ambassador Italian ambassador and German charge d affaires urged their governments to accept Bowen's proposal to lift the Venezuelan blockade at once. The cablegram urged postponing detail discussions until the preliminary protocol is signed. The London revelation says Britain sought the alliance, not Germany, amid anti German sentiment in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Washington
Bowen
London Foreign Office
Venezuela
United States
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I, Boa
Chase & Sanborn
Dansby
Dow
Waldrop
G. N
Enet
Weet
Wil
H.&t. CO
John M. Felder
Calvert
Miss Nettie
Scott
Huntsville
Jim White
City
Nellie and
Hettie Smith
Jas. O. Kernole
Anderson
Lizzie Rhodes
Madison County
J. Allen’ Myers
C. L. Tobias, Sr
Kurten
C. L. Tobias, Jr
Middleton
Leon County
L. J Cox
J. W. Hamilton
Aord
D. H. Clark
Chas. Claydon
Searcy
Royal Saloon
Exchange Hotel
G. D. Price
Henry Presley
Socity
The
Methodist Church
J. H. Mawhiney
W.C. Fountain
J. & P. Coags
Bryan Water, Light & Power Co
T. J. Preston
Coats
Merricks
W.j.coulter
Isaacks
Shannon
Mr. Callan
O'Quinn
Pressford
House of Representatives
Farmers’ Congress
Congress
Col. I. M. Standifer
Grayson County
R. H. Harrison
N. M
Gald’s Drug Store
White House
Golden Gate Coffee
Saatro Coffee
Astry
M. M. Lawrence
M. B. Extine Co
Dallas, Texas
South
Bryan Eagle
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Southern Pacific
Pacific Coast Express
Cincinnati
Chicago St. Louis
Kansas City
Morse
Traf
Mgr
M L Robbins
Pass & Tkt. Agt
Houston
T J Anderson
Texas Central
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