Texas shines with varied ventures and growing towns
The article notes Engineer Wallace taking the throttle on a $60,000 New York project, E. H. R. Green eyeing a $250,000 floriculture plant near Dallas, and new mines of gold silver lead and copper opening in Kinney county. It praises Bryan for educational prominence and business prestige as Texas shows diversified interests and resources.
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Wallace
New York
E. H. R. Green
Dallas
Kinney County
Texas
Bryan
Supreme Court Rejects Independent Oil Refinery Law
Kansas supreme court rules the independent oil refinery law unconstitutional. Standard Oil once again holds top position. Local and state interest rise ahead of Farmers Congress meeting at College July 25 26 27, with Brazos County entering the county exhibit contest for a $50 premium at the Dallas and San Antonio state fairs.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Farmers’ Congress
College
Brazos County
Dallas
San Antonio
Cyclone Ravages Nacona Area Leaving Homes Demolished
Reports from the Nacona cyclone describe widespread destruction. Houses barns trees crops and crops destroyed with an appalling casualty list. Homeless residents lack crops and relief funds are being raised in several towns. Storm cellars provided refuge for many, few outdoors survived.
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Nacona
Levees Planned for Brazos River to Protect Crops
Large farmers along the Brazos near Waco and Gosdale plan levees to shield rich bottom lands from floods. Some embankments already start, with engineers to solve the best approach. In Brenham, J W Coulter marketing corn crop and Bryan market praised for cotton trade. The Bryan Anti Cigarette League forms to curb tobacco harm.
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Waco
Texas
Brazos
Gosdale
Brenham
Galveston News
J. W. Coulter
Bryan
Burleson County
Washington County
Coulter
Mark Down Sale Promises Bargains on Shoes
A storefront advertises a markdown sale featuring tan shoes discounted to 3.50 and 2.75 with additional items likely on sale. The notice emphasizes limited stock and urgency.
Boys learn temperance and leadership in youth group
The article highlights a youth organization teaching temperance and officer training to its young members. Minutes from the last meeting arrive in perfect form, reflecting orderly operation and encouraging words aimed to strengthen future aims.
Old Landmark Association Elects Officers At Bryan Meeting
The Old Landmark Association, which brought hundreds of colored Baptists to Bryan for the Shiloh Baptist church annual meeting, has concluded its labors. Officers elected include Rev A Barbour moderator and Rev F C Collins vice moderator with several secretaries and a treasurer. Rev J D Hill of Waco plans to pursue Africa mission work next October.
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Old Landmark Association
Bryan
Shiloh Baptist Church
A. Barbour
Ev. F.C. Collins
D. A. Starks
W. R. Ford
J. 8. Adair
F. L. Lights
National Baptist Devoutics
Chicago
Bishop College of Marshall
Houston Academy
Hearne Academy
Bishop College
Woman's District Convention
Maria Sharkie
M. B. Patterson
Mattie Lacy
F. B. Webber
J. D. Hill
Waco
Africa
S. R. H. Reed
Arkansas Colored Baptist College
M. M. Rogers
Internal Revenue
Local visitors arrive from Eagle Lake San Antonio and Houston
Major Cliff A. Adams returned yesterday from Eagle Lake and Wharton. Chas. Knoblauch and his young son from San Antonio are visiting relatives in the city. Mrs. Pauline Hess arrived from Houston for a relatives visit. Miss Annie Pritchett of Buna ville is staying with Mrs. South.
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Cliff A. Adams
Eagle Lake
Wharton
Chas. Knoblauch
Little Son
San Antonio
Pauline Hess
Houston
Annie Pritchett
Buneville
Mrs. South
Mezzrotanti Memory of a Polyglot Cardinal
Dr. Russell, Mezzofanti’s biographer, cites a memory near miraculous with 111 languages and dialects. He mastered German and French to native levels, spoke English well, and read many others, while Tholuck records conversations in German Arabic Spanish and more at a papal reception.
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Mezzrotanti
Cardinal Mezzofanti
Dr. Russell
Russell
Germany
Tholuck
Mezzofanti
India
Natural History Image of a Connecticut River Gorge
The passage cites Rev Samuel Peters and his Connecticut blue laws noting a river gorge 200 miles from Long Island Sound where two rock walls form a five yard chasm. Water floods pass through and become solidified by pressure and speed, making iron crow float and metals share weight. The description emphasizes the gorge’s formidable current and indurated rock.
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Samuel Peters
Connecticut
Connecticut River
Long Island Sound
Honeymoon Follies Aboard Dover Calais Trip
A young couple on their wedding voyage from Dover to Calais share a humorous misunderstanding. Jenny mistook a fellow passenger for her husband due to a Scotch plaid, sparking a tender mix up and a heartwarming reminder of enduring affection across years. John’s quiet, lasting love is implied in the final reflection.
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Dover
Calais
Jenny
James
John
London
The Giant's Chair of Cader Idris in Wales
Folklore centers on the Dolgelly peak known as Idris Chair a hollow seat atop Cader Idris where bards say the giant Idris sat. A local tale warns that spending a night there leaves a person dead mad or blessed with poetic drive. Nearby the Lake of the Three Pebbles holds three stones said to have spilled from Idris boots, the smallest weighing about 1.5 tons.
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Dolgelly
Wales
Cader Idris
Idris
Idris Long
North Wales
Why Prussia Is So Called
The modern name Prussia is derived from Borussi or Porussi who conquered the country around 320 B C. Slavonic tribes inhabited the Baltic coast until the tenth century. Teutonic knights later conquered Prussia in the mid thirteenth century, mixing Borussia with Teutons and Poles.
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Prussia
Borussi
Porussi
Baltic
Kingdom of
Adalbert
Prague
Teutonic Knights
Borussia
Tridacna Shells in European Churches Highlight Large Specimens
The article notes tridacna shells used in holy water basins and fonts across Europe, with the largest at St. Peter's in Rome. Combined valves can weigh 500 pounds, while the animal may reach twenty pounds. The name derives from Greek meaning eaten in three bites.
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Europe
St. Peter’s
Rome
St. Nicholas
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