Millican Good Roads Club Organizes in Millican Precinct No 1
Millican Texas July 8 a Good Roads Club forms with W C Pool as president and L C Sellers as secretary. A committee is named to draft resolutions opposing a special road tax and favoring local funding or a precinct bond if proportionally funded. Members are appointed to assess road damage and the group adjourns to meet July 22.
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Millican
Texas
Millican Precinct No
Good Roads Club
W. C. Pool
L. C. Sellers
G. W. Dunlap
J. F. Eaves
G. W. Harrington
John Thompson
W. K. Simms
Club
W.k.symms
Jim Barrows
Gus Steele
Geo. W. Harrington
J. E. Player
L. C. Setters
Steamboat Polly Ann to Launch on the Brazos
The steamship Polly Ann built by P. Stacy will be launched by Brazos Navigation in a day or so. The hull and engines were assembled locally with King and C Pearson and J Christian contributing major components. Preliminary engine tests showed 400 strokes a minute and the vessel will operate in the Brazos Navigation observation department.
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Polly Ann
P. Stacy
Brazos Navigation Company
King
C. Pearson
J. Christian
Shipman
Christian’s
Main Street
The
Fifty Years Ago on Brazos River Navigation
Lon M Bryan recalls a Brazoria county delegation to a Washington on the Brazos convention fifty years ago to start river improvements and riverboat service. He notes Dr J B Miller and Dr R R Peebles helped, two boats Washington and Brazos operated, crops moved to Galveston, and Fort Bend officials sounded river obstacles at Richmond.
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Brazos River
Lon
Guy M. Bryan
Brazoria County
Washington
J. B. Miller
Fort Bend County
R. R. Peebles
Austin County
Portsmouth
Ohio
Brazos
Galveston
Texas
United States
Brazoria
Fort Bend
Gustavus Cook
Richmond
Little Rock
Ark
Virginia
Red River
Mississippi
Cincinnati
Guyandot
Staunton
Guyandott
Arkansas
White Sulphur
Kanawha
Charleston
Ohio River
Fresh strained honey offered at Clarke and Dansbys
The Clarke and Dansbys advertise fresh strained honey at ten cents a pound. The Exposition saloon lists Mount Vernon Pure Rye priced at 160f.
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Clarke & Dansby’s
Mount Vernon
Treasure find sparks mystery on Pin Oak Creek near Dawson
Reported July 6 from Corsicana confirms a $2500 find by Bob Holland on Pin Oak Creek five miles south of Dawson in a farm owned by A B Gorham. Coins of gold and silver were found by Holland’s children after a tank break washout, but how the money came to be remains unclear.
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Corsicana
Tex
Bob Holland
Pin Oak Creek
Dawson
A. B. Gorham
Holland
Texas
Tehuacana
Gorham Farm
London
Early Post Offices and Rural Commerce Echoes
The note cites the first post offices by year in Paris, England, and America and mentions Clarke & Dansby butter for sale. It recalls Frank Stanton on a low royalty leading to a costly courtroom infraction and laments heartless record keeping. It closes with a remark on market prices for early hatched chickens during hard times.
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Frank Stanton
Ber and Wilsoy Named Traffic Officials in Bryan
C. W. Ber is Traffic Manager and W. S. Wilsoy is listed as an official in Bryan. The brief notice identifies the two individuals in their roles within the local traffic department.
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C. W. Ber
W.S. Wilsoy
Bryan
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Otto Boehme
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America
College Creamery
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M. L. Rossius
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Omaha
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T. Ry
Emmel
Emmel’s
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