Tobacco Experiment Stations Considered for Bryan Texas
The Bryan Eagle reports that National Agricultural Department plans tobacco experiment stations in Texas. L. H. Sheffer scouts sites, including Nacogdoches, with a central curing warehouse proposed. Bryan tobacco previously won first prize and locals urge Secretary James Wilson to visit and locate a station, possibly at Bryan or Texas A&M.
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Bryan Eagle
Bryan
Texas
James Wilson
National Agricultural Department
L. H. Sheffer
Hallettsville
Nacodoches
Shelfer
Vuela Abaja
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Houston
East Exas
Willis” Tobacco
A. and M. College
National Experiment Station
Bryan Business League
Brains Pay Shipper Sells Ice Chilled Pork in Texas
An Oklahoma Territory man shipped a carload of bags to Ft. Worth packers, securing better prices than in Kansas City by suspending bags of ice over the swine to keep them in excellent condition with no losses.
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Ft. Worth
Kansas City
Houston Chronicle
Triplets Born in Grayson County Weigh 194 Pounds Total
A Grayson County birth reports a set of triplets with a combined birth weight of 194 pounds. The parents celebrate the arrival of three healthy infants in a early morning delivery at the county hospital.
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Grayson County
Jury awards damages to dead man's estate in Texas case
A Tyler jury awarded W. Hengst's estate 9000 in damages for personal injuries. The note suggests Texas has more in track than in oil, with time to reveal the full story.
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Tyler
W. Hengst
Texas
Nevarro County Votes Bonds for Courthouse Project
Nevarro County residents approve bonds totaling 150000 dollars to finance a new courthouse. The vote confirms funding for the judicial facility despite differing local opinions on taxation and public spending.
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Nevarro County
Official Route Set for Texas Delegation to 1908 Denver Convention
Transportation chief John R. Reeves announces I G N and Denver Road as the official Texas route to the Twenty-first International Convention of the Young People’s Society C E in Denver. Texas delegates plan to assemble in Fort Worth July 7 and depart 9 45 a m July 7 on Fort Worth and Denver service arriving in Denver July 8. Low excursion rates apply from I G N points to Denver with through sleepers from Galveston Houston Waco and other Texas cities via Fort Worth and the Denver Road. Through sleepers and chair cars also run from San Antonio Austin Taylor and nearby points to Fort Worth. The U P S C E train leaves Fort Worth July 7 and San Antonio Austin Galveston and Houston travelers should take July 6 evening trains to join.
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Young People’s Society Christian Endeavor
Denver
Colorado
John R. Reeves
Transportation Committee For Texas
Denver Road
Texas
Ft. Worth
San Antonio
Austin
Galveston
Houston
Vial. &G.N
Secretary of State explains law on furnishing statutes to county officers
Austin reveals that no new statute exists. The secretary of state says county officers should be informed of state laws and will supply session acts of the Twenty-eighth legislature to county officials regardless of their commissions.
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Carl
Austin
Curl
Secretary of State
Maxwell Promoted Aboard Katy as Assistant GM
Dallas June 30 General Manager A A Allen of the Katy announced J W Maxwell promotion to assistant general manager. E M Alvord now superintendent will become general superintendent Texas lines with Dallas headquarters to fill Maxwell vacancy. In Douglass a fight between Barney Roberts and Martin Smith ended with Smith shot and killed Roberts surrendered bonded 750 awaiting grand jury.
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Dallas
A. A. Allen
The
Katy
J. W. Maxwell
E. M. Alvords
Parsons, Kan
Texas Lines
Maxwell
Alvord
Nacogdoches
Tex
Douglass
Barney Roberts
Martin Smith
Roberts
Ballinger Shooting Claims Life at Ice Cream Supper
In Ballinger Texas on June 30 a man named Sandy Williams was shot and killed with a Winchester rifle at a Negro ice cream supper. A warrant charges Conney Thomas with the offense. Thomas fled the scene and remains at large.
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Ballinger
Tex
Sandy Williams
Conney Thomas
Thomas
San Antonio Fund Raises for Sam Houston Post Additions
Citizens of San Antonio raise 5450 dollars to be doubled for the Sam Houston post. The funds will build six new barracks for soldiers and twenty-two new officer quarters.
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San Antonio
Sam Houston
Two Girls and a Boy Born in Sherman Texas
Mrs. Andy Hosh of the Ida neighborhood has given birth to two girls and a boy. Their combined weight is 17 pounds.
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Sherman
Tex
Zune
Andy Hosh
Ida
Hewett alias Jim Cook tied to 1901 federal prison mutiny
Leavenworth Kansas reports Arthur Hewett identified as Jim Cook, the prime mutineer in the 1901 prison uprising that killed Guard J B Waldrope and others. Hewett, then in Huntsville Texas for horse stealing, may seek a pardon to face murder charges at the next federal term. Six of the twenty six mutineers remain at large.
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Hewett
J. B. Waldrope
Jim Cook
Texas State
Huntsville
McClaughty
Lanham
Deadly duel in Cholula ends with both spouses dead
In Cholula Mexico on June 30 Miguel Bacobedo and his wife killed each other after a bitter domestic quarrel. They fought a duel at home with revolvers taking positions in a single room. The wife died instantly from a heart shot while the husband was mortally wounded in the head and survived briefly to tell the tale without revealing the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cholula
Mex
Miguel Bacobedo
Oklahoma reports first Texas fever cases this season
Guthrie Oklahoma June 30 Secretary Morris of the Oklahoma Live Stock Sanitary Commission received notice of several Texas fever cases among cattle in Greer county marking the first reports in Oklahoma this season. An inspector was sent immediately to quarantine the affected farms and ranches.
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Guthrie
Okla
Morris
Oklahoma Live Stock Sanitary Commission
Greer County
Oklahoma
Two Boys Drown In Cache Creek Near Walter OK
In Walter Oklahoma on June 30 two Williams boys aged twelve and nine were drowned while bathing in Cache creek one mile east of town. The younger was pulled into deep water by the current and the older tried to rescue him, both disappeared.
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Walter, Okla
T. E. Williams
Cache Creek
Walter
Cynthia Johnson Attacked and Killed Near Kinnison
Cynthia Johnson was attacked by three unknown men near Kinnison on June 30 and beaten to death with a club. Police seek leads as investigators collect evidence and examine possibilities in the case.
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Kinnison
I. T
Cynthia Johnson
Here
Chemist Harrington Leaves for Mexican Mining Study
Bryan Texas June 30 Professor H H Harrington state chemist from College Station has departed for Ocaca Mexico to study mining practices. He will be away about three weeks.
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Bryan, Tex
H. H. Harrington
College Station
Oaaca
Mex
Naval academy midshipmen sworn in after physicals
Annapolis candidates who passed physicals and were sworn in include H. B. Lebourgeois Louisiana W. A. Lipstate Texas B. R. B. Lombard Mississippi and P. H. McCreery Arkansas.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
H. B. Lebourgeois
Louisiana
W. A. Lipstate
Texas
B. R. B. Lombard
Mississippi
P. H. McCreery
Arkansas
Bryan Eagle Colorado Tour Contest Offers Two Free Round Trips
The Bryan Eagle runs a voting contest to award two round trip excursions from Bryan to Boulder Colorado with side trips to Cripple Creek or Pike's Peak. Tickets are good for return travel until Oct. 31 and include first class privileges. Votes accrue with every ten cents spent and with subscriptions. The contest runs May 14 to July 23 with weekly counts and Sunday results.
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Bryan Eagle
Bryan
Boulder
Colo
Return
Great Cripple Creek
Pike's Peak
Weekly Eagle
Worth and Denver rail line promotes Colorado connections
Advertises stop over privileges on the Worth and Denver line with side trips to Pike’s Peak or Cripple Creek from Denver or Colorado Springs. The Houston & Texas Central touts best accommodations to Wort and return with strong Colorado connections and quickest route. Fort Worth & Denver Railway is billed as the great scenic tourist route to Colorado points and the short Texas to Colorado path.
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Colorado
The
Eagle
Bryan
Fort Worth
Houston & Texas Central Railway
Boulder
Fort
Its Equipment For Comfortable Travel And Sightseeing
Its equipment for comfortable travel and sight seeing are not surpassed by any railway in the world. On its line are all the great cities and resorts of Colorado. Merchants who give coupons. Dry Goods Wagner Brandon. Gents Furnishings Parks Waldrop. Groceries Clarke Fountain John M Lawrence Co Bryan Grocery Co. Hardware Cole Hardware Co. Dronses James Hart. Furniture Levy Bros. Stationery Tyler Haswell. Jewelry John M Caldwell. Saddlery Harness Buggies Buchanan Buchanan. Freeportars E C Harder Co. Meat Market Jeff D Franklin.
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Colorado
Wagner & Brandon
GENTS
Parks & Waldrop
Clarke & Fountain
John M. Lawrence & Co
Bryan Grocery Co
Hardware
Cole Hardware Co
Dronesa
James & Hart
Ferniture
Levy Bros
Tyler Haswell
John M. Caldwell
Buchanan & Buchanan
Freepstarrs
E. C. Harder & Co
Jeff D. Franklin
Summer Schools Travel Ticket Offer
ST. LOUIS June 30 to July 1 H. & T. C. R. R. will sell round trip tickets to St. Loe for 24.40 dollars with a limit of September 15.
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ST. Louis
St. Loe
T. C. to Sell Round Trip Tickets to Chicago
Chicago July 34H T. C. announces sale of round trip fares to Chicago priced at 28.90 dollars with a travel limit of September 15, 1903.
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Chicago
T. C
H T C Round Trip Fares to Nashville and Knoxville
H T C will sell round trip tickets to Nashville and Knoxville with fares of 23.95 and 29.15. The final limit is 15 days from sale. depositing at a local agent with a 50 cent fee extends the limit to September 30, 1903.
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Nashville
Tenn
Union Station
Knoxville
Home of Capt. George Polk for sale 15 acres east of railroad
The Capt. George Polk place, a home with about 15 acres east of the railroad, is for sale at a bargain. Sale expressed by Mrs. L. M. Polk.
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Capt
George Polk
L. M. Polk
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Eerie Ciee
the Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnes
Bryan, Texas
Tobacco Experiment Station
United States
Stephen C. Rowan
Hohenzollern
Fraunloc
Ilitz
Hagen
EMMEL
PHARM
Hunter
Chatham
Twenty-first International Convent
D. J. Price
G. P
T.A
Palestine
Rede Stable
Cleve
Enzelli
Province of
Rial
Katy Railway
Fort Sam Houston Post
Call and Price
Houston Semi-Weekly
Houston, Texas
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