Great Institute Meeting Draws Brazos County Farmers
The Brazos County Farmers Institute drew three to four hundred people to Bethel for a day of talks by Sam H. Dixon and local leaders. Dixon urged organization and businesslike farming, spoke on truck crops and peach growing, and praised Elberta peaches grown near Bethel. Wipprecht noted over $250 in agricultural exhibit premiums, with the next meeting set for August 18 to 21 at the fair grounds.
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Brazos County
East
Texas
Davis
Bethel
Dixon
Bryan
Houston
C. H. Markham
F. W. Yeager
Millican
Scholl
College
Howell
Walter Wipprecht
Institute
Wipprecht
Card of Thanks Citizen Corrects Colorado Candidacy Claim
A reader states their name was listed as a candidate for a Colorado trip without their knowledge or consent and that they never requested a vote. They seek clarification and protest the misattribution.
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Colorado
Thankful note from Lou Ware for generous friends
A Miss Lou Ware expresses deep gratitude for a large donation from friends. She pledges to remember the kindness as a memento and hopes the act will continually echo in her heart, returning to them as a steady, gentle sweetness.
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Lou Ware
Expert accountant to review railroad grain company books
Inter state commerce commission in Kansas City will appoint an expert accountant to examine the books of Rock Island Santa Fe and associated grain firms. The probe follows Kansas City grain men charge of discriminatory freight rates against Texas dealers. Proceedings began in Fort Worth and hearing suggests favored Texas firms exclude Kansas City operators. Richmond outbreak of car strike disorder reported with car blown up and injuries to motormen and a passenger struck by a stone.
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Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fort Worth
Tex
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Texas
Richmond
Resolutions of Respect for Dr W H Willson
Members of the Bryan Presbyterian Sunday School honor their friend and teacher Dr W H Willson. The committee notes his honored career and lasting good in church and Sunday School while expressing sympathy to his family for their irreparable loss. Nellie H Ballard Tillie Stewart C M Bell B S Read, Committee.
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W. H. Willson
Bryan Presbyterian Sunday School
Freight Conductor Bert Clay Killed in Oklahoma City Yards
Bert Clay of Arkansas City Kansas, a freight conductor for Santa Fe, was run over in Oklahoma City yards and killed instantly his body cut in two. In Seattle a Kenai salmon cannery owned by Pacific Packing and Navigation company burned to the ground causing a total loss though insurance will cover part of the losses. The cannery was among Alaska’s largest plants with a 50000 case per season capacity.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Bert Clay
Arkansas City
Kan
Santa Fe
Seattle
Pacific Packing and Navigation Company
Alaska
Baron de Bush Dies After Express Train Collision
London reports Baron de Bush was struck by an express train near Northampton and died soon after. He was en route to Scotland with his wife, Pauline Jorem, the American prima donna, who survived the incident.
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London
No Revolution Rumor in Bulgaria Reported False
Vienna reports a supposed Bulgarian uprising and Ferdinand’s flight are unfounded. It notes July 26 marks the death anniversary of Ferdinand’s father and that his current trip likely aims to visit the Coburg grave, a regular royal custom.
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Vienna
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Prince Ferdinand
Coburg
Bullion Stolen From Mill Recovered Near Phillipsburg
Three thousand dollars worth of silver bullion stolen from the bimetallic mill Tuesday evening has been recovered. A bar was found by boys playing near the mill sticking from a hole where it had been hastily buried and returned to the mill.
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Phillipsburg
Mont
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Monarch
Watch Club
Breakfast Bell
SCC Iciege
the Daily Eagle
Donnelly & Carnes
Great Institute
Sam H. Dixon
East Texas
Emmel’s Prescription Pharmacy
Oxford
Hunter
of Railroad and Grain Companies
Nellie H. Ballard
Tillie Stewart
C. M. Bell
Read
Committe
Gin Insurance
Geo. A. Adams
Parker
Tyler Haswell
Scsseood
EsIas
Franklin
R. G. Tabor
NEW York Life. Insurance
NE Yor Bryan
Paul Bradley
Sect’y
Wells
Wooten Wells Company
Wooten Wells, Texas
E. J. Jenkins Telephone
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