Farmers Congress Opens at Texas A and M College
Large crowd attends the Farmers Congress at College Station with about seven hundred on opening night and strong representation. Program outlines corn and cotton schools with university experts, demonstrations on seed, insect control, soil value, and a stereopticon lecture in the evening session.
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Farmers’ Congress
College Station
Eagle
H. P. Atwater
J. H. Connell
Chas
Congress
Texas
J. A. Bonsteel
United States Soil Surveys
Washington, D.C
Birds of
James Contest Vote Totals Reported
The count for the past week shows Lula Bullock and Marion Franklin with over 21 000 votes, pushing totals past 200 000. Lena Searcy and Jesse Hensarling follow in order as the tally continues.
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Lula Bullock
Marion
Lena Searcy
Maude Zimmerman
Aves Ee
Rosalie ‘Taylor
Fee
Lula Umensetter
Marion Franklin
Jesse Hensarling
Ers
George Deaton
Bryan Beats Hearne 5 to 3 in Second Game
Bryan defeats Hearne 5 to 3 in the second game yesterday afternoon. Parker and Menifee lead Bryan batteries against Owens and Roscoe for Hearne. Both teams post six hits each, Hearne commits six errors to Bryan’s four, and Bryan earns the lone earned run.
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Bryan
Hearne
Parker
Menifee
Owens
Roscoe
Wetter
Mawhinney
Gordon
Senator Bailey to speak at a Bryan barbecue event
Senator Jos W Bailey arrives from Ft Worth and will speak at 2 30 PM in Bryan today. He is hosted by Hon W C Davis with J B Dunn accompanying, and an expected large crowd at the barbecue grounds.
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Jos. W. Bailey
Bryan
Ft. Worth
W.C. Davis
Davis
J. B. Dunn
Bailey
Mr. Davis
Representative Davis
Resolutions of Respect for Brother M B Laski
The lodge mourns the death of Brother M. B. Laski and notes his role as husband father and counselor. The committee asks the minutes record these resolutions and send copies to the family Texas Free Mason and county papers for publication. The officers Thos H Royder J J LeFebvre C W Thomas signed the committee.
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M. B. Laski
Texas Free Mason
Thos. H. Royder
J. J. LeFebvre
C. W. Thomas
Death toll rises as Columbia disaster counts remain unclear
Reports place 188 aboard the Columbia with 97 saved by the George W. Elder. Shelter Cove traffic adds 15 more passengers and crew, raising the total dead to 98 by noon Thursday. Survivors recount boiler explosions and a life-saving countercurrent as the Elder ferried them to Eureka and Los Angeles attendees joined prayers at sea.
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San Francisco
Columbia
Bryceland
Shelter Cove
George W. Elder
Te San Pedro
Eureka
Los Angeles
Frank Talmage
Dewitt Talmage
Revocation of Power By Withdrawing Insurers
Austin July 22 The attorney general's department directs Insurance Commissioner Milner not to file revocations of power of attorney from retiring life insurance companies. Major firms that left the state under Robertson law have canceled powers and may consolidate with a single Dallas agent. The department will not act on revocation applications pending AG opinion.
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Austin
Attorney General’s Department
Milner
Robertson
Dallas
Insurance Department
Debut of Natchez Apache Heir Jane Promised Festive Dance
Lawton Oklahoma July 23 Announcement of the debut into womanhood of Jane a seventeen year old daughter of Natchez the hereditary Apache chief now a prisoner at Fort Sill. A large celebration and dance is planned on the reservation Saturday night Natchez reportedly spends 1000 for the event Jane after a two day and night dance will be marriageable to a warrior chosen by her parents Eva Geronimo set a similar example last year.
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Lawton
Okla
Jane
Natchez
Fort Sill
Eva Geronimo
Miss Robinson Arrested on Information Filed by Grand Juror
Fort Worth reports Miss Gussie Robinson was arrested on information filed by grand juror T. S. Peters after questioning by county attorney. An examining trial date has not been set. Birmingham reports William Fox fatally shot Mattie Larkis in a house of ill repute before killing himself. the woman had been his wife until a year ago.
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Miss Robinson
Gussie Robinson
Arthur Hodges
T. S. Peters
Birmingham
William Fox
Bessemer
al Repute
Mattie Larkis
Fox
Railroad Commission Declines Moral Jurisdiction Over Sunday Excursions
Austin July 23 The railroad commission ruled it has no authority over the moral conduct of Texas railroads. The decision comes as it denies an appeal by Texas ministers who sought to halt Sunday railroad excursions.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Texas
Governor halts execution for 30 days in Missouri murder case
Jefferson City Missouri July 23 Governor Folk granted a respite of thirty days to Lord Frederick Seymour Barrington who is to be hanged at Clayton on July 25 for the murder of James P McCann.
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Jefferson City
Folk
Frederick Seymour Barrington
Clayton
James P. McCann
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