Destructive Fire Destroys Reynolds & Edge Livery Stable
A Sunday morning blaze destroyed the Reynolds and Edge livery stable adjacent to the Bryan Water light and Power Co. Five buggies and a wagon burned with heavy feed stock losses. J J Ray was injured when a roof collapsed during fighting the fire. The fire disrupted the telephone lines and disrupted service as 65 wires burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds & Edge
Bryan Water, Light and Power Co
J. W. Hunnicut
Henry Berger
Charlie Smith
Geo. D. Tucker
D. D. McCorquodale
Eagle
Tucker
Fritz Braatz
Emmet Cole
George McDonald
Arthur Sandifer
Jas.j. Ray
M.B. Tucker
Ray
Bryan
Bryan Defeats Navasota 5 to 4 in Ten Innings
In a ten inning contest at Navasota Bryan beat the hosts 5 to 4. Batteries were Bryan Forrester and Menifee, Navasota Jones and Riesto. The Shamrocks continue strong as Bryan prepares to face Navasota again and expects a rematch. The Bryan and Calvert second teams meet here Thursday.
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Bryan
Navasota
Forrester
Menifee
Jones
Riesto
Bryan and Calvert
Unusual Accident as Tree Falls on Runabout on Main Street
A large cottonwood on Main Street in front of Vesmirovsky's salon fell without warning shortly after morning activity. Otis Hearne, who had just stepped from his buggy, had his horse and buggy beneath the tree when it collapsed onto a rubber runabout, crushing it. The horse remained uninjured. The tree was rotten at the roots, and a busy day could have caused greater havoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Vesmirovsky
Otis Hearne
Bids for City Depository at Bryan Council Meeting
At the August council session in Bryan Texas bids will be received for a depository of city funds including the school fund for the ensuing year. City Secretary Frank Clarke notes the meeting on the ninth day of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council of
Bryan
Texas
City of
Frank Clarke
Wood and Ranch for Sale Near Bryan
10 000 cords of timber stump for sale eight miles from Bryan on the I G N line. Also a ranch offered in 100 and 200 acre lots. Apply to J L Fountain. 200
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
J. L. Fountain
Health Coffee Imitation Sells to Households
Busy readers are offered Dr Shoop Health Coffee Imitation made from toasted grains as a stomach and kidney friendly alternative to real coffee. Smith Drug Co advertises peach or vanilla cream options and free samples, while local firms push insurance, property upgrades, and notices of travel and church revival activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Drug Co
Dr. Shoop
J. M. Lawrence & Co
Shoop
Terrific Houston Heat Surges Across McGregor Area
A McGregor dispatch reports an extreme heat event in Houston on Sunday lasting about an hour and twenty minutes. The sun reached 179 degrees and shade 117 with a hazy veil over a three by two mile area. Dozens were overcome, livestock and poultry perished, and injuries rose as panic spread. The cause remains unexplained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
McGregor
Huntington Family Tragedy in Versailles Shooting
At a Versailles residence near Neptune park on Sunday night Henry Huntington shot his two sisters and two brothers as the family gathered around their father Major Douglas St. George Huntington, who is dying. The mother Mrs Huntington is prostrated, Elizabeth and Alonzo are desperate, Edith and Douglas not gravely hurt, Henry in jail and described as bewildered. Major Huntington, a prominent retired US army officer, long active in Paris social life and the American club.
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Versailles
Neptune Park
Huntington
Henry Huntington
Douglas St. George Huntington
Major Huntington
Elizabeth
Alonzo Huntington
Edith
Douglas Huntington
Chicare
American Club
Desperate Ball Kills Wife Then Suicide Near Wapanucka
In Ardmore on July 29 Edgar Ball, 19, a tie-maker, shot his wife 17 dead, wounded her sister 14 in the right thigh, then killed himself with a heart shot. Physicians report Mrs Ball cannot recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Edgar Ball
Rock Island
Wapanucka
Ball
Violent arrests linked to box car murder in Oklahoma
Lawton Oklahoma July 29 three white men and a negro were arrested here alleged to have killed and mutilated a man whose corpse was found in a box car at Chickasha. Berlin July 29 another girl baby stabbed here in Schoenhauser Allee a crowded working district Peoria NJ July 29 Hon W Bryan here Sunday said he was glad at the verdict in the Haywood case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Okla
Chickasha
Berlin
Schoenhauser Allee
Peoria
W. Bryan
Haywood
Ruston's Big Blaze
A large fire at the union railroad station in Ruston Louisiana destroyed the structure and damaged adjoining buildings with estimated losses around 100000 dollars. Swift and Co meat packers were among the victims.
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Ruston
Union Railroad
Swift & Co
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Richelieu
Libby’s
E. J. Fountain
the Daily Eagle
Carnes & Wallace
Bryan, Texas
J. J. Ray
Willis Reynolds
Cliff A. Harris
J. L. Hearne
Cole Hardware Co
Shamrocks
Emmel & Maloney
C. G. Walker
McMordie
Calvert
Nannie Rohde
Nellie
Aline Rohde
John Nicol
Mexico
A. McKenzie
Holmes & Wiley
Ballinger
J. B. Hines
Mary Lawrence
Baptist Parsonage
Smith Building
Jno. B. Hines
Jas. A. Challenner
Georgetown
Challenner
San Gabriel
Jnc. B. Hines
J. FE. Ahlers
Eagle Lake
Ahlers
Vick
Board of Stewards
The
Methodist Church
I. F. Betts
Oliver McGee
Fairland
McGreger
Bryan Glad
Ruston’s
W. T. Ford
T.S. Minter
Jewett
W. A. Withers
Lampasas
S. H. Wynn
Bryam Compress
Allie Conway
Benchley
Bessie
Robbie Seale
Jessie Lee Brown
Madisonville
Camp
J. Walker
Jno. M. Lawrence & Co
A. Adams
Parker Building
Lam
Oliver Typewriter
J.D. Ganter
Dr. J. F.,eaves
M. H. James
Battle Bros
Willis
W. F. Miller
Best Dollar
Mace
Ccdhund
Monroe Edge
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