Fourth of July Celebrations in Bryan Highlight Barbecue
The Daily Eagle reports fourth of July events in Bryan Texas with crowds at Pin Oak Pond Bowmans Slough and Old Fish Pond. Ralph Dunn scored 24 of 25 blue rocks and speeches by W C Davis and O C Charlton are noted. A large July 24 barbecue organized by James B Dunn aims to feed 8000 with major Democrats expected. Senator Bailey can only speak once per day due to engagements.
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Pin Oak Pond
Bowman's Slough
Jim Dunn
Bailey
Bryan
Fish Pond
College
Ralph Dunn
W. C. Davis
South
O. C. Charlton
Texas Woman’s College
Hefj
Jas. B. Dunn
Dunn
Franklin
Hearne
Calvert
Bryan Wins First Game in Debut Season
The Bryan baseball team defeated the Franklin team 8 to 3 yesterday afternoon at Allen Academy grounds. McDonald pitched for Bryan striking out thirteen as the crowd of about two hundred enjoyed the game. Gate receipts reached $40 as many local businesses closed early to attend. Next games are scheduled for Monday to Wednesday against Caldwell teams.
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Franklin
Bryan
Allen Academy Athletic Grounds
McDonald
Franklins
Bryan Franklin Mawhinney
Sharp Rome
Wilson Wetter
Neces Deene
Peelk
Carpenter Hawes
Hehibe Dan Cbs
D Smith
Boyett
CU Pee Ee Mahon Howard
Stevenson McDonald
Yaar Arnett
PEM Fes
Ae Hawkins Bryan
Foreman
Houston
Locke
Banks
Caldwell
The
Eagle
Nighttalk Plan Canceled in Bryan
A previously announced evening speech in Bryan will not take place. Details remain unclear as organizers adjust to new scheduling constraints.
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Cordingly
Bryan
Beasley touts demand for Texas Five Million Club medallions
Houston July 4 Mr C A Beasley president of American Bank and Trust Company cites strong demand for the Texas Five Million Club medallions bearing Im from Texas Talk to Me as bankers tour the east tests Texas recognition along the route.
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Houston
C. A. Beasley
American Bank & Trust Company
Texas
Texans optimistic on immigration and Jamestown Exposition
Mr Beasley notes eastern readers show growing interest in the Texas Five Million Club literature and the Texas From A to Z book. He says Texans in the east bought medallions and decorations as they toured, signaling enthusiasm for a major Texas fair in 1911 potentially surpassing Jamestown Exposition plans.
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East
Great Southwestern
Texas
Beasley
Fountain brothers gain high marks in architecture abroad
Sam Fountain formerly of this city ranked twelfth in a 500 student class after studying architecture in Paris. He has been offered an assistant professorship in architecture at the University of Illinois. His brother Tom Fountain works with a leading civil engineering firm in New York. Both are A and M graduates and admired by many friends.
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Sam Fountain
C. P. Fountain
Paris
France
United States
Fountain
University of Illinois
Tom Fountain
New York
Head Engineer Batte to Install City Plant in Brownsville
Oklahoma native T. R. Batte Jr. arrives in the city to visit his parents then heads to Brownsville to install an electric light water and sewerage plant. As head engineer for Bullock & Co. he will prepare plans select contract terms and supervise the project with two A and M graduates already employed and two more requested.
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T. R. Batte Jr
Oklahoma
T. R. Batte
Brownsville
Batte
Bullock & Co
West
A. and
Mechanics' Club Meeting At Courthouse Addresses Duty To Man
The Mechanics' Club met at the courthouse with a business session and an invited address by Hon. W. T. Young on Man's Duty to Man based on the Golden Rule. H O Jones W F Miller spoke briefly. Lock McNeeley Fred Kohler and Luther Johnson were named to gauge member sentiment on a picnic soon.
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Mechanics’ Club
W. T. Young
Mr. Young
Messrs
H. O. Jones
W. F. Miller
Lock McNeeley
Fred Kohler
Luther Johnson
School Board Meeting Called This Afternoon
The city school board will hold its regular monthly meeting this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Knights of Pythias reading room. Ed. Hall serves as President.
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Knights of Pythias
Ed. Hall
Cord wood and posts for sale in city limits
Local ad offers cords of cord wood at 3.50 per cord for delivery anywhere in the city and 1000 good Post Oak posts for sale by C. G. Walker. Rock Prairie resident C. McSwain visited the city, returning from Riverside Texas where his daughter Pansy McSwain recovered from typhoid fever. Taft said he would not visit Oklahoma this summer. J W Pope of Lancaster is chosen private secretary to Congressman Beall of Texas Fifth district.
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C. G. Walker
A. B. McSwain
Rock Prairie
Mr. McSwain
Riverside
Walker County
Pansy McSwain
J. W. Pope
Lancaster
Beall
Fifth
Texas
Train Jump Fatal in Denver for Miner Leader
Frank Schmelzer of Silverton Colorado, newly elected to the Western Federation of Miners executive board, was killed when he jumped from a moving train en route to Boise to testify in the Haywood trial. He realized he was on the wrong train and leaped off after signaling the conductor.
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Denver
Frank Schmelzer
Silverton
Colo
Western Federation of Miners
Schmelzer
Boise
Haywood
Fifth district selects Scott Ferris as Democrat congress nominee
Chickasha Oklahoma Territory July 4 the Democratic executive committee of the Fifth district declares Scott Ferris the nominee for congress in a formal party decision.
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Chickasha
I. T
Democratic Executive Committee
Fifth District
Scott Ferris
Congress
Lightning Takes Four in Checotah on July Fourth
A terse Checotah report notes four people were struck dead four miles south of town on July Fourth when lightning felled them. Names and details are unreadable in the fragment.
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