Edge-Hall-Smith Drug Co Contest Leaderboard Update
Yesterday afternoon the Edge Hall-Smith Drug Co scholarship contest posted the weekly vote results. Among the girls Maggie Dawson Alma Miller and Sadie Batte lead in that order while Pink Graham tops the boys list with Emmet Scrimshire and Hiram Downard following.
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Edge Hall-Smith Drug Co
Maggie Dawson
Alma Miller
Sadie Batte
Pink Graham
Emmet Scrimshire
Hiram Downard
Sadie Batte Mary Harris
Fannie May Miller
Pearl Kern
Maybelle Withers
Emmett Scrimshire
Pink Graham Hiram Downard
Dick Griffin
Leslie Martin
Railroads fight 2 cent fare across Midwest states
Illinois Missouri Minnesota Nebraska and Iowa railroads oppose a new 2 cent fare rate. Wisconsin adopts a 2 percent rate with road consent. Victoria county forms a good roads association. Texas lags behind on public highways. Harry Orchard criticizes daily papers and is asked to be removed from the stand.
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Harry Orchard
Illinois
Missouri
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Victoria County
Texas
I and G N Consider Brazos bottom branch and stub line
The I and G N may be persuaded to build the Brazos bottom branch and place larger terminals here and offer a two daily trips between Bryan and College City. The same crew could operate the new stub trips. The cotton leak trial proceeds in Washington after a long delay. Ed win S Holmes Jr was indicted on information from Southern Cotton Association officials for conspiring to defraud the government by divulging departmental crop data. The case will continue for several days with Holmes connected to Theodore Price, a cotton operator with Farm and Ranch.
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Brazos Bottom
Bryan
College
Washington
Edwin S. Holmes, Jr
Southern Cotton Association
Holmes
Vergal
Theodore Price
First Baptist Church Announces Sunday Services Slim
Dr Butler the pastor says no services at the Baptist church on Sunday except the Sunday school at 9 45 and the B Y P U at 7 30 unless announced later The Mart meeting is drawing to a close with splendid results A bargain five room house on one fourth acre in the southern part of the city offered by M G Nall 161
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M. G. Nall
Dr J E Harrison to Preach at First Methodist
Dr J E Harrison president of San Antonio Female College will preach at the First Methodist church Sunday morning and evening. Other services at the usual hours. All are cordially invited to attend.
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J. E. Harrison
San Antonio
Mosquito Bars and Frames Offered for Sale
A sales note promotes double bed size mosquito bars at 1.00 and a climax steel frame with automatic pulley at 1.50, suggesting protection against bites to ensure a night’s sleep.
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J. Coulter
Sunday services and junior church planned
Free Baptist Church announces Sunday school at 9 45 a m with preaching by the pastor at 10 a m and 8 p m The Christian Endeavor Society meets at 7 15 p m A Junior Christian Endeavor Society will be organized at 3 p m All children are invited to attend.
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Christian Endeavor Society
Presbyterian Church Sunday Services Schedule
The church invites the public to attend Sunday school at 9 45 a m followed by preaching at 11 00 a m and 8 00 p m Westminster league meets at 7 15 p m.
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Westminster League
Clearing Sale Extended Amid Bad Weather
The clearing sale continues through Saturday June 15 due to bad weather. Items promoted include a Singer sewing machine with a guarantee and ads for insurance services, Dr Shoop Health Coffee imitator, and motivational quotes from the Philadelphia Press.
Caesar deemed greatest man in history by consensus opinion
A New York American piece argues Julius Caesar ranks as history’s greatest man, praising him as a statesman even more than as general or orator. It speculates on civilization advancing if he had lived ten more years. A separate comic exchange features Mrs Gadsby and Mrs Gibby in a humorous domestic moment.
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Julius Caesar
Caesar
New York American
Spats Over Engagement Reported in Philadelphia
Exchange shows Tom asking about trouble with his girl and Dick replying they are great friends, noting they have broken off their engagement. The line ends with a classical quip from Ovid.
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Tom
Philadelphia Press
The Japanese: a bundle of contradictions and war’s test
The piece portrays the Japanese as a mix of charm and mischief, then brutal in battle, a test of character under stress. It contrasts serene civilian behavior with savage combat ferocity, noting the difficulty of judging the Japanese by fixed stereotypes.
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Sphinx
Janus
Brownboy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Veter the Hermit
Sitting Bull Child
Ome Appleton’s
OLD VIOLINS AND THE MYSTERY OF THEIR SOUND
A Philadelphia Record excerpt discusses why old violins by Stradivarius and Guarneri fetch high prices. It cites varnish, wood elasticity, age, and a noted arching effect from wood bending linked to F holes and sound post. The piece notes that while new instruments can mimic arching, the effect is not permanent with age.
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Stradivarius
Guarnertus
Philadelphia Record
Plugging a Hotel Guest Technique Revealed at Door
A hotel detective explains a method called plugging a guest into a room. He says when a guest intends to leave without paying, staff insert a plug over the keyhole and remove the key. The guest must settle the bill or depart, with luggage left behind if unpaid.
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Kansas City Star
Oversight in Pink Pajamas Warns of Uncreased Trousers
Chapple wanders his apartment in pink pajamas lamenting a troubled night. His valet Alphonse points out the creasing issue of the trouserines, noting the uncreased pajamas hung across the foot of the pod. The exchange hints at comic misperception in Bohemian Magazine style.
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Chapple
Alphonse
Cannae Battlefield and Hannibal’s Gold Rings Tale
Cannae lies opposite Rome on the Aufidus river about six miles from its mouth. From this battlefield Hannibal sent three bushels of gold rings from the fingers of slain Roman knights to Carthage. Cannae is roughly 200 miles from Rome.
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Cannae
Hannibal
Rome
Carthage
The Worm Turned and Editor Debate Over Verses
A disappointed poet confronts the editor over his latest verses in a brief, dialogue driven scene. The editor tolerates but dismisses the poems, prompting the poet to press for reasons and clarification.
World Regeneration and Human Character Reform
The Saturday Review argues that world regeneration occurs gradually through reform of human character. It states this duty rests with every person, emphasizing universal responsibility for change.
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Eac
Saturday Review
Vanity and Fashion in Service Costs
A witty exchange notes women complain about servants to showcase affluence. The dialogue contrasts vanity with practical aims, suggesting lavish households signal wealth but waste effort on unnecessary displays.
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Northwest
A. A. Glisson
Fort Worth
Jamestown Exposition
California
Mexico City
Cloudcroft
N. M
Southern Pacific Steamship Line
New Orleans
New York
Proteus
Comus
Antilles
Jos. Hellen
Agt
Houston, Texas
Bryan, Sexas
His
Shoop
Edge-Hall-Smith Drug CO
Toa
MoaNiNe Raagle
Carnes & Wallace
First Baptist Church
Free Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
Levy Bros
T. A. Satterwhite
J. B. Hines
Dr. Shoop
J. M. Lawrence & Co
Ovid
Fred
Elsie
Chicago News
Taylor
Hilger
Brazos Valley
Dovo
L. E. Brockman
Plate Glass
Heai
J. F. Mitchell
Guarantee &Dee Sn
Restry
James & Nunn
Immmers
Edo
Mexico
Polr &C
aarSeel
D. J. Price
G. P
T. A. Geo
D. Hunter
A. G. Pp
G. N.R.R. Palestine
Lexas
REY Nolds Ee Ea
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