Local Notes from Millican Texas and Nearby Towns
Millican and nearby residents report various social updates including travels to Bryan for Major Tabor's funeral, suspending public school for a week, visits to Hempstead and Madisonville, dances and gatherings at local homes, and word of gradual improvement for L. C. Sellers. Correspondent signs off.
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Millican
Texas
Nannie Steele
Meredith
K. T. Williams
Lewis
Bryan
Major Tabor
W.T. Dunlap
Alice
Mary Lou Monroe
Kosse
Dunlap
L. C. Sellers
Tom Taylors
W. T. Been
Hempstead
J.R. Stroughan
Fannie Dunlap
Walter Barker
The
Bottom
F. A. Spann
Houston
T. F. Scrimshire
Jim Middleton
Madisonville
Local notes from Edge Texas and nearby areas in 1901
Neal Madison County correspondence reports health lag, boll weevil concerns, and good plowing weather. Residents visit relatives in Madisonville and Payne Prairie, with social events at Sunset and Concord. Newsboy Maude McDonald's burn injury improving. Dr Grice to open drugstand in Edge.
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Dear Eagle
Neal
Solley
Walter
Little
Edge
Texas
Tom Mashes
Tom Carter
Wixon
Payne Prairie
Lester Newman
Bryan
Tom Elliott
Miss Maud Leathers
Macy
Clarence Elliot
Alex Horton
Concord
Grice
Cottonwood
Herbert Byham
Tony Dyess
R. Nash
Carj
S. Murphy
Bethel
T. Dyess
Bessie Wallace
Dillashaw
Prairie
Edna Dillashaw
Rose Elliott
Maude McDonald
Newsboy
Weather Sparks Plow Push in Tabor Texas
The report notes continued good weather as farmers in Tabor Texas push their plows. Several local residents are mentioned visiting friends in Wheelock and Cottonwood. Travel includes Leila Ramsey departing for Bryan and Bartlet, with others returning home or visiting relatives.
Texas Legislature Debates Bills and School Land Oil Claim
Texas legislature actions include relief for storm districts with local tax and school law adjustments, a uniform primary test bill, civil libel definitions, guardianship records, and payment of Green county teachers. A Lucas oil gusher on school lands prompts state land office investigations into whether oil belongs to the state.
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Austin
Board of Managers
Senate
Stafford
Staples
Judiciary Committee No. 1
Senator Staples
Texas Press Association
Lipscomb
Green County
Merchant's Club of
New York
Texas
Beaumont
Charles Rogan
Lucas Gusher
School Fund
East
State Land Office
Siamese Electric Boom Powers Next Auto Trade
Consul General Hamilton King reports Siam’s electrified Bangkok with 10,000 lamps and a rising American market share for electrical goods. U S firms face delays and communication gaps but orders for a new tramway and rail equipment largely go to the United States, while some rails go to England.
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King
Siam
The
New York Journal
Bangkok
Electric
Hamilton King
United States
Washington
England
London
Europe
New York
Prince Tuan’s Escape Spurs Difficult China Policy Fallout
The Omaha Bee reports Prince Tuan has escaped and taken his head, creating a tough enforcement challenge for powers pressing claims. If he remains at large, Chinese authorities face significant embarrassment and pressure to respond.
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Tuan
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Candy Kitchen
Alo
Berwick Bay
Lowney’s
Gunther's
the Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnes
Skinner
Neal, Madison County
Emmet
U. S
Emmel’s
Pharmacy
Tabor
Legislature
Wylie
Tex
Floy Wharton
William Wharton
Here
Victoria
Manila
MacArthur
Queen Victoria
Verdi
Milan
Shanghai
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
Edward
Goodby
New York Sun
Baldwin
Evelyn Baldwin
Labrador
St. John’s
New York Tribune
Wineo Cardus
Townsend, Ga
Cardus
Thedford
Lucy Smith
Chattanooga Medicine Company
Chattanooga, Tenn
MacDougald Drug Store
Exchange Hotel
DR. N, McDougald
Liza
Dray Line
F. A. Lee
Franklin Brothers
Bryan, Texas
A. D. TicConnico
Insurance
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Fidelity & Casualty
Marvian Casualty Accident Insurance Co’s
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