Local notices and community updates from Edge area
Farmers busy with harvest preparations as heat rises. Church services held at Liberty with Rev Loftis. A youth singing class elected officers and delegates for July convention. Will Dillashaw family attended Liberty church. Will Newman Bill McDonald and Will Riley plan a westward trip. Mrs Yardley and children visit relatives. Clarence Elliott visits near Tabor. News Boy.
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Edge
Liberty
Loftis
Richard Nash
Maud Nash
Cliff Curtis
John Henry
Will Henry
Miss Rose Elliott
Will Dillashaw
Will Newman
Bill McDonald
Will Riley
Vannoy and Purcell Wed at Alexander Chapel Brazos County
The ceremony for J. R. Vannoy and Lettie Purcell was held at Alexander Chapel Brazos County at 8 30 pm on the 16th with Rev J P Skinner officiating. Guests from Rockdale San Marcos College Station Bryan Wellborn and others attended as couple prepares to reside near College Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Chapel
Brazos County
J. P. Skinner
J. R. Vannoy
Lettie Purcell
Mary Johnson
Bryan
Gentry
Wellborn
College Station
Cottonwood Notes Reflect Warm Weather and Social News
Cottonwood June 18 reports very warm weather and a plea for rain. Local chatter notes residents going bollee bug crazy, with updates on visits by Prof. R. E. Scott and Miss Nellie Hudspeth. Social events include an entertainment at Mr. Jno Wiley’s and a Minnie Bullock tribute, plus Steep Hollow singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood
Lula Fuller
R. E. Scott
Etta Bullock
Reliance
Jno. Wiley
Nellie Hudspeth
Battle School House June News Briefs
The farmers work to lay by crops as June heat rises. Mrs Gentry and Mr Wiley Pearce went to Wellborn. Mrs T J Jones and children visited Mrs L F Battle. Miss Dora Battle and Velma Jones visited. Local visits include Mrs Hugh McPhail and Mrs Levi Battle. A & M commencement attendance noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle School House
Gentry
Wiley Pearce
Wellborn
T. J. Jones
L. F. Battle
Dora Battle
Velma Jones
Cal Foster
Hugh McPhail
Wooten Wells
Levi Battle
Jim Hassel
Jennie Pearce
Jenniie Pierce
Dr. Crawford
Benchley
Bill Graham
S. W. Gentry
Contested Will Rumors Set Alight Over Huntington Draft
San Francisco reports persistent chatter that Princess Hatzfeldt may contest Colis P Huntington's will after a rumored adoption, though she denies plans. Authorities found no Sacramento county record of adoption, while gossip ties the claim to simultaneous actions in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Hatzfeldt
Huntington
San Francisco
Sacramento County
Collis P. Huntington
Prince Hatzfeldt
Sacramento
Clara Prentice
New York
Engineers condemn two San Juan river dam sites
In Managua on June 14 the Isthmian Canal Commission after borings condemned two proposed San Juan river dam sites for the inter-oceanic canal project but found no suitable location. A rock stratum runs across the river a few feet below the banks on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Isthmian Canal Commission
San Juan River
U S Philippine Commission Allows English in Courts
The United States Philippine Commission revises law on language use in courts for five years. Proceedings may be conducted in English and native dialects with translation into Spanish unless litigants stipulate otherwise. Records must be written in both languages if so chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
United States Philippine Commission
Tragic murder sparks fire at Greene County home
Mrs. Louis Grusse was found dead and partly burned in her seven mile southwest Greene County house. Kerosen e and feathers scattered on the floor. authorities suspect murder and arson amid reported domestic trouble after a short marriage. Dayton reports National Cash Register works resume with 500 outside job seekers and 1,800 employed. In Missouri, St Louis judges’ recount orders were blocked by the supreme court which ruled the orders violated ballot secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene, Ia
Louis Grusse
Here
Dayton
National Cash Register Works
Jefferson Cuy
Supreme Court
St. Louis
Convention Advances Governor Eligibility and Powers
In Montgomery on June 19 the constitutional convention resumed work on the executive department. The adopted sections bar the governor from United States senate candidacy and from appointing legislators to office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Executive Department
United States
Watson Given 500 Lashes by Camden Citizens
A Camden crowd punished Tom Watson and his wife with 500 lashes after Watson and wife testified that Will Bussey assaulted Mrs. Watson. Bussey’s death sentence had been suspended earlier when Mrs. Watson admitted she false sworn. Watson and wife were then told to travel south and avoid Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Camden
Tom Watson
Will Bussey
Davis
Bussey
Watson
Arkansas
Fire at Greenville destroys block. looting and militiamen fight blaze
A major fire in Greenville, Texas, destroyed a downtown block, threatening the entire business district. Losses reach about 75000 with extensive insurance claims across Beatty building Smith and Bristow clothing J E Bruns and Brothers and Reynolds Earl drug stock. Looting occurred as mixed crowds, militia and police restored order. Western Union office burned cutting outside communication. Meanwhile Dallas reports Mrs Katie Nuss found dead with a gunshot wound. Frost notes wind and hail damages two miles south. Athens recounts two boys aged 7 and 10 held for obstruction on the Texas and New Orleans railroad track connected to a wreck that killed a black man and injured others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
8. C
Greenville Light Infantry
Western Union
Beatty
Smith and Bristow Clothing
Avery Patton
J. E. Bruns
Reynolds & Earl
Athens
Tex
Williams
Texas and New Orleans
Mass meeting forms panel to curb gambling and Sunday saloons
In Tyler a mass meeting of several hundred citizens, both men and women, created a 15 man and 15 woman committee to work with officers to enforce laws against boy gambling and Sunday saloon closures. Community anger grows over lax law enforcement. In Campbell heavy rain with hail and wind damages corn and structures including a residence. a horse is uninjured.
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Tyler
Tex
Campbell
Meager details emerge on Leon killing
Ardmore Oklahoma June 19 reports say Joe Briscoe was shot and killed in Leon. J P Williams surrendered and was jailed claiming self defense as the investigation starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
I. T
Leon
Marshal Hammer
Joe Briscoe
J. P. Williams
Hailstorm and Tornado Strike Varro County Farms
A heavy hailstorm with high winds hit the west end of Navarro county Tuesday evening. Crops were badly beaten down. The Lone Cedar gin sustained tornado damage. A dwelling at Cross Roads was wrecked. No injuries reported.
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Blooming Grove
Tex
Navarro County
Lone Cedar
Cross Roads
August Flower and remedies advertise in Bryan Texas
Vintage ad copy touts August Flower as the cure for indigestion and biliousness with claims of broad world sales. It promotes Green's Prize Almanac and Rex Dyspepsia Tablets and lists Wilson Jenkins Drug Co and M. H. James as local sellers in Bryan Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson-Jackins Drug Co
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Dr. Celis H. Pierce
For Sale 300 Acres Near A and M College Road
Property listing describes 300 acres adjoining the A and M College road in Bryan county. Highlights include hill land, ideal location near two main railroads, and prospects of growth with nearby institutions and proposed developments such as a cotton factory and college shops. W R Cavitt listed as seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. and M. College Road
Bryan
College
Arceline Convent
Free Will Baptist College
Central Texas Fair
W. R. Cavitt
To Cure Malaria in Four Days Quitoria Claim
To Cure Malaria in Four Days take Quitoria. All druggists authorize refunds if it fails to cure bills fever or malaria. Price 50c per package. M. H. James, leading druggist, Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
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London
Cape Colony
Merriman
Sauer
Tribune
Daily Mail
Stock Exchange
South Africa
Cuxhaven
Elbe
William
China
Europe
Lipton
Sir Thomas Lipton
Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard
Phillip Jones
New Orleans
Philip Jones
Dalas
Texas & Pacific
Dallas
Katie Nuss
Texas Street
Germany
Frost
Jones Ranch
D. S. Hearn
D.S. Heaarn
Hall's
International and Great Northern Railroad Company
Memphis
Shreveport
Hearne
Dallas, FT. Worth and
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North Texas
Milano
Santa Fe
W. & B. V. Railroad
L. Price
D. J. Price
J. & G. N. Railroad
Palestine
Buffalo
N. Y
Houston
Texas Central
R. R
Sunset Central
Dension
Galveston
Denison
Austin
Elgin
Chicago
F. B. Morse
Mer
Houston, Tex
M. L. Robbins
Gen. Pass
Tkt. Agt
T. J. Anderson
Waco
Liza
Dray Line
F. A. Lee
FA Lee
Otto Boehme’s
Otto Boehme
Standpipe
Bryan, Texas
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