Local notices and community updates from Bryan area
News items report the death of Dr Walter Jackson in Centalia Texas and sympathy to his family. Reorganization of military companies in Navasota and Calvert with new officers. Flood relief efforts include cloths, food and supplies from Kerens Meridan Rouse City and Bosque County. Citizens discuss crops, roads, and a hoped for cotton mill.Bryan residents discuss public works and local aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Jackson
Willow Hole
Madison County
Walter Jackson
Centralia
Texas
Jim Hill
Jackson
Galveston Medical College
Pharmacy as a Science! A Drug Gist Ad Promotes Quality
An old pharmaceutical ad discusses that a large drug house has discarded over 50 000 pounds of two drugs in the past year due to inertness. It argues Pharmacy is a science and urges customers to buy only the best grade drugs, noting tinctures like Ginger Capsicum Lemon and Vanilla are offered for their true flavor and strength.
Government investigator reports worst Brazos flood damage observed
Holmes Jr. visited Bryan with J W Johnson to inspect flooded plantations. crops wrecked houses washed away and stock drowned. He began in Waco and will report findings to the agricultural department. Local notices mention a good roads convention at the court house and several social visits and movements around Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Navasota
Brazos River
Agricultural Department
Madison County
Jim Jeffries
W. L. Zuleh
J. N. Broadaway
Gus Francis
Rose Denman
F. M. Rumfield
A.C. Wilson
J. F. Ball
P. B. Lee
Charlie Wadlinton
Dick Lindsey
Howard Lindsey
Good Roads
Court House
Bryan
Mary Rohde
Henry Rohde
R. H. Wilson
Kurten
Eagle
H. F. Campbell
John T. Hanway
Dallas
Tennison Bros., Saddle and Harness Makers
Manifold Names in Historic Texas College District Roles
A roster lists multiple individuals tied to institutions and cities including K K Hooper in College DC Brandon Houston RH Burch Brenham E G Myers Chicago Ed H Hardin Waco A M Rhodes City E S Holmes Jr Washington DC B Franssen Galveston RO Allen Madisonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K K Hooper
College
Brandon
Houston
RH Burch
Brenham
E G Myers
Chicago
Ed H Hardin
Waco
A M Rhodes
City
E S Holmes, Jr
Washington, D. C
B Franssen
Galveston
RO Allen
Madisonville
Epworth League National Convention Opens in Indianapolis
The Epworth League convention of 1899 opens at Tent Epworth and Tomlinson hall at 2 40 PM with choruses and an enthusiastic start. Governor Mount delivers welcome, with responses from Rev C Jones and Bishop Ninde. In Tomlinson hall Senator Fairbanks and Mayor Taggart speak, Devotional led by Rev G H Means, and other church leaders deliver remarks as delegates arrive. The event runs through Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Epworth
C. ©. Jones
Bristol
Taggart
Charles Lewis
Moore's Hill
George H. Means
Winchester
G. J. Bond
Halifax
John Hurst
Washington, D. C
Church In General
Fitzgerald
Nashville
Tenn
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Texas News in Brief Tenants and troubles across the state
The bulletin notes a 12 175 scholastic census in Fannin county. a July 50 regatta planned at Corpus Christi. kissing bugs sighted in McKinney. serious stabbing of W Brown in Flatonia by Jim Hart. floods spurring replanting in Marlin. exodus of Humbert sending lyre to Texas flood sufferers. Other items include deaths in Lufkin and Galveston crimes, reunions, contracts, and construction projects across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannin County
Corpus Christi
McKinney
W. Brown
Flatonia
Jim Hart
Marlin
King Humbert
Italy
Texas
Jim McCoy
Lufkin
Parson's Brigade
Waxahachie
Beckville
Sam Ford
Galveston
Waco
W. H. Laye
Christaan Church
Temple
Indiania
Seagoville
Sayers
Thomas Carson
Brownsville
Caldwell
Tex
William Fulton
Clarksville
Charles Nash
Marshall
Agricultural and Mechanical
College Station
Willis Moore
Texarkana
Governor McLauri Nears Mississippi Senate Seat
Governor McLauri is almost certain to win the Mississippi senate seat. The Dreyfus court martial will begin August 10 at Rennes France. A 10-year-old boy Jesus Guiterras was hanged by a woman at Enseda Mexico. A. W. Bates his wife and eight children drowned in Iowa crossing a stream. Two hundred horses and mules and 59 wagons were shipped from Chattanooga Tennessee to the Philippines. Robert Council found dead near Texarkana Arkansas after recent release from the state insane asylum. A lockjaw epidemic has broken out in New York City with twenty five deaths. George M. Valentine, Middlesex County bank cashier at Perth Amboy New Jersey, was sentenced to six years for embezzling $120000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Guitteras
Enseda
Mex
George M. Valentine
Middlesex County Bank
Perth Amboy
N. J
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Swift
Winchester Hams
Jersey
H.&t. OC
Hearne
Hearne and
San Antonio
Banchley
Bae Peters
Eugene
Palestine
Ebternay
K. B. Roberts
Knox Howard
Isit
A. W. Shealey
Bellace
Sani
Vernon Pare Rye
Xposition
R. H. Burch
Renham
Hensarling
Cep Hollow
Mstet Iy Havin
Mborh
A. Cozart
Leon County
RK. J. Ford
Bening
Myers
Arnhart Bros. & Spindler of
Chica
Calvert
Shaw Rifles
Nawagota
T. P. Buffington
Hammond Norwood
Chas. J. Kirk
Hood Boone
Bismark Steinhagen
Calvert Light Guards
Louis Casimir
Angus McAlpine
Fiest
Louis Cohen
Sta B
Mapor Adams
Rouse City
Meridan
Gma Bosque County
E. Gandy
Song
J. H
W. E. Gandy
Rock Prairie
Adams
Canavor
Wooten Wells
T. T. Goodwin
Providence
J. N. Goodwin
Wellborn
Roger & Gallet
Vera Violet
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Telephone
Emmel's Prescription Pharmacy
B. Franssen
Brazos County
Lou Batte
David
Pinckney Ford
Miss Hope
Walter L Mann
F. Marion Law
A. B. Carr Sr
A.B. Carr Jr
W. R. Rhodes
Edith
J. W. English
Colorado
Sallie Johnson
Adelle Reed
Tip Hollaman
Franklin
W. H. Oliver
Exchange Hotel
Epworth League
Indienapolis
Greencastle
Ind
O. M. Tustison
Morton
San Salvador
Washington
United States
Jenkins
State Department
Texas News
General News
McLauri
Mississippi
Dreyfus
Rennes
France
Jno. M. Lawrence § Co
Olas
J. M. Caldwell
Agt
Kandy Kitchen
AND
Lowney
Gunther
Hall
Bryan, Texas
Artists’ Union
Adallas
Joe B. Reed
Emmel
Emmel’s
American Laundry
Postal
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