Donley County Improvement Club Spurs Regional Civic Drive
A reader discusses Donley County Improvement Club in Clarendon Texas and compares Bryan’s civic projects. He notes a $50 000 Baptist college pledge by Panhandle towns, praises local schools St Mary’s Villa Maria and Clarendon College, and urges broader town cooperation to spur growth and attract new institutions. He praises John E Cooke and envisions Bryan benefiting from similar civic spirit.
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Clarendon
Texas
the Eagle
Bryan
Donley County
Brazos County
South Texas Baptist College
Panhandle
General Church Committee
Educational Commission
St. Mary’s
Villa Maria
John E. Cooke
The
Brazos
Eagle
Roswell
New Mexico
Mark Down Sale Of Knitted Underwear Items
A local advertisement promotes a markdown sale on knit underwear and hose. The offer lists different prices per garment including 2.75, 75c, 50c and 40c for various items with fancy patterns.
Thought Murdered in Longview Texas
Lucius M. Cole of sixteen miles east of Longview is believed murdered after leaving home on business Thursday. He rode an old family mare toward Marshall to catch a train for Jefferson. The mare and gear were found in an alley that night and the horse later seized by an officer.
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Longview
Tex
Lucius M. Cole
Here
Marshall
Jefferson
Pastor to Remain in Victoria as Call Refused
In Victoria Texas Rev. Joseph Johnson long serving pastor of the Presbyterian church was asked to accept a call from the Free Presbyterian church in Austin. The Victoria congregation met and by an overwhelming vote refused to release him despite multiple calls. Johnson has declined others during his thirty two years here.
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Johnson
Victoria
Tex
Joseph Johnson
Presbyterian Church
Free Presbyterian Church
Austin
American Wheat Barred From Mexico Despite Duty Cut
El Paso July 11 practically no American wheat is imported into Mexico even after a duty reduction of five dollars per kilo. With current tariffs and freight costs wheat remains barred. Wheat men will urge the Mexican government to reopen a market for U S products. Dallas July 11 an old man named J T Harris broke a leg in two places after falling on Commerce Street near Ervay while crossing railroad tracks.
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Mexico
el Paso
Uncle Sam
Dallas
J. T. Harris
Commerce Street
Ervay
Russian surgeon reports Borodino sinking at Sea of Japan
Dr. M. Paris, a French eye witness aboard the Russian hospital ship Orel, describes Borodino’s sinking as Japanese shells hit the battleship and the vessel plunged with hundreds aboard. He says Admiral Rojoestvensky and officers did not show fear.
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San Borodino
San Francisco
M. Paris
Orel
Rorestvensky
Sea of Japan
France
Toulon
French
Red Cross Society
Paris
Dr. Paris
Rojestvensky
Bryan College Motor Line Plan Submits Stock Details
The Bryan Business League forms a five member committee to promote a Bryan College Motor Car Line with $15,000 capital. Half must subscribe, 20 percent paid upfront. upon half subscribed a stockholders meeting will elect a board and seek a charter to begin work. The road aims to serve 150 to 200 students returning to Bryan for the coming session. Subscription framed as an investment, not a donation. Ed Hall, A M Waldrop, John M Lawrence, J Webb Howell, J H Webb signatories.
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the Business League
Bryan-College
Houston
Bryan
Ed. Hall
A. M. Waldrop
Jno
M. Lawrence
J. Webb Howell
J. H. Webb
Prefect of Police in Moscow Assassinated
Major General Count Shouvaloff, the prefect of police in Moscow, was shot dead Tuesday morning while receiving petitions. An assassin drew a revolver and fired three times. the gunman was arrested at the scene.
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Guy of Mar
Moscow
Count Shouvaloff
Ministry of the Interior
Cotton rises about fourteen dollars per bale last month
Prices for cotton gained roughly fourteen dollars a bale over the past month as an investigation by Secret Service agents into a government bureau unfolds. One man has been fired with others reportedly under scrutiny, amid the Southern Cotton Growers' Association’s criticism of the bureau’s June 2 report as biased in favor of bears.
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Government Bureau
Secret Service
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Bureau
Banks Busy Over Japanese Bond Issue in London
Banks opened Tuesday to handle the new Japanese 150000 bond issue with a rush of applicants. By noon indications showed the loan would be heavily oversubscribed, with activity surpassing the previous issue.
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London
New Chief for Russian Admiralty Named
St Petersburg dispatch reports Vice Admiral Birileff appointed head of the Russian admiralty after Admiral Avellan resignation. A World dispatch says Russia plans a powerful new navy with Charles M Schwab to design wharves and set completion times. Three violent clashes between troops and striking shoemakers in Warsaw on Tuesday leave about twenty dead or wounded.
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London
St. Petersburg
Birileff
Avellan
Russia
New York
Navy Department
Charles M. Schwab
Warsaw
Explosion at Watertown Colliery Rhonddahill Traps 180 Men
An explosion at the Watertown Colliery Rhonddahill in Cardiff silenced all communication with 180 men underground. Rescue efforts underway as details remain scarce.
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Cardiff
Wales
Watertown
Rhonddahill
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Heath & Milligan
Garth, Howell & Webb
Connelly & Carnes
Donley County Improvement Club
Tist College
Emmel & Maloney
Manufacturer
Job Lot
Hunter
Chatham
Me City National Bank
Bryan, Texas
Edward Hall
G. S. Parker
A. W. Wilkerson
Ros
Frisco
Bryan-College Motor Line
Business League Committee
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