Farmers Congress to Meet at College Station in July
The Farmers Congress will convene at College Station on July 16 for a three day session. Numerous state farm organizations including the State Horticultural Society and the Texas Jersey Cattle Club will be represented, with additional associations likely in attendance. A separate note cites a Washington postal rule imposing a $200 penalty for taking mail not addressed to one’s self, including newspapers, to curb mail misplacement.
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College Station
State Horticultural Society
State Cotton Growers’ Association
Texas Dairymen’s Associa- State Truck Growers’ Association
Texas Jersey Cattle Club
Texas Live Stock Association
South Texas Truck and Fruit Growers’ Association
Texas State Floral
Texas Bee Keepers’ Association
Texas Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association
Texas Nurserymen’s Association
Woman’s Industrial Association
Central Texas Bee Keepers’ Association
South Texas Bee Keepers’ Association
North Texas Bee Keepers’ Association
Reprenas
Oomcceu
Washington
Reunion Invitation for Hood's Brigade in Bryan
The Hood's Brigade Association invites surviving members to Bryan on June 27. A brigade business meeting at 9 a.m. at the opera house, public speaking at 1 p.m. at the barbecue grounds, welcome addresses by Dr. J. D. West and A. J. Buchanan, with Chas. F. Greenwood and Capt. W. E. Barry speaking. Third regiment band to provide music. Evening concert at court house grounds. Committees are active. Major F. J. Badger recent visitor praised the band and state encampment preparations in July.
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Bryan
Hood
Opera House
J. D. West
J. B. Robertson
U.C. V
A. J. Buchanan
Chas. F. Greenwood
Hillsboro
W. E. Barry
Third Regiment
Court House Grounds
L. L Mellanis
W.G. Mitchell
F.J. Badger
San Antonio
Texas Volunteer Guard
Badger
Austin
Four packing houses form billion-dollar beef trust
The four largest packing houses allegedly create a beef trust with one billion dollars in capital. The piece warns the public of broader market changes and income effects as the trust solidifies. It also notes Ireland’s coronation of Edward VII as a day of movement against British oppression.
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Edward
Two Desperate Battles Reported From Mexico
Chicago dispatch describes a boy of 13 facing six Indians in a siege at a house. the boy killed the assailants using a rifle from behind rocks and was taken to a reservation. In Springs a clash between Bud Lee and a gang of cowboys left five cowboys dead after an ambush near a cattle watering site.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Sl Paso
Tex
Mexico
Cour New Jers
Harald
Thomas Page
el Paso
Bud” Lee
Lees
Virginia
Lee
Hotel Arrivals and Names in Exchange List
An arrivals list catalogs guests and visitors across multiple hotels and cities including Millican Ennis St Louis Chicago New Orleans Waco Dallas Beaumont Austin Houston Marlin Palestine and other locales. Notable names include L C Sellers C W McQuard A M Fulton J G Green H Smith and W T McCutcheon among many others.
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Exchange
L. C. Sellers
Millican
T L. Williams
Ennis
C. W. McQuard
St. Louis
Chas. Clark
Corsicana
A. D. Cleveland
J. B. Prewitt
Rivers Patont
Navasota
A. M. Fulton
Chicago
Byron Miller
New Orleans
G. P. Childress
Indianapolis
R. O. Woodall
Heidenheim
Col J A Middleton
New York
W. Smith
Waco
James Cooper
Wellborn
V Hanway
Dallas
J G Green
Brockton
Mass
H Smith
M Fulton
H Fuler
H van Wormer
Beaumont
E Booth
Austin
P Smith
Houston
T McCutcheon
C L Thorne
F Z Lee
Marlin
J Badger
San
GW Byerley
Yerrell
P H Arrington
W L Edge
Kurten
Miss Lowry
Iola
Notified to join onset of largest Cen business
A brief notice expresses invitation to participate in a major forthcoming enterprise described as the largest business ever conducted in Cen. The fragment suggests a promotional pitch or invitation to stakeholders without concrete details.
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Dence
Cen
Texas league Friday games with several exhibitions
Friday results include Waco beating Corsicana with Rundell and N and Clark in batteries, Fort Worth vs Dallas with Doyle and ODonnell Sparger and Berry, and Paris routing Texarkana with Desmond and Moore opposed by French and Wolfe. Standings list Corsicana Dallas Fort Worth Texarkana with matches played won lost and percentages.
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Waco
Rundell
N and Clark
Port Worth
Fort Worth
Dallas
Doyle
O'Donnell
Sparger
Berry
Paris
Texarkana
Desmond
Moore
French
Wolfe
Corsicana
Oyes
Race Distinction Bill in Louisiana Sparks Outcry
The Louisiana state legislature passed the famous Wilson street car bill imposing separate streetcars for whites and negroes with compulsory car partitions. Rep M H Spence Smith of Rapides Parish introduced a measure to repeal negro school funding from the general educational fund and require negroes to tax themselves for schools. This represents a notable instance of racial segregation legislation in decades.
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New Orleans
Outsiana
M. H. Spence Smith
Rapides Parish
General Educational Fund
Louisiana
Lightning claims Prairie Hayes farmer in Gonzales County discovery
Crowley Louisiana June 21 Mack Mc Clellan a prominent farmer of Prairie Hayes was struck by lightning while digging a small rice canal north of town. He died instantly. Houston Stokes and a young man named Green were nearby and unconscious for a time but not hurt.
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Crowley
Mack McClellan
Prairie Hayes
McClellan
Houston Stokes
Green
Train wrecks on bridge near Wills Point no injuries reported
Through a Bridge. Wills Point, Tex., June 21. Second No. 18, an eastbound freight train with Conductor Pillow and Engineer Sweeny, went through a bridge about two miles east of here. Three cars were wrecked and the bridge and the track for some distance on each side torn up. No one was hurt.
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Texarkana
Tex
Passenge Texas
Shreveport
Natchez
Reck Hill
Here
C. B. Ketcham
James Crawford
Wills Point
Pillow
Sweeny
Wells Company Verdict in Gastonia Suit
A federal court jury in Charlotte awards the Wells company of Vicksburg Miss 69300 in the suit against Gastonia Manufacturing and Avon Mills Gastonia. The ruling awards all claimed money due and the case will be appealed.
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Wells Company
Charlotte
N. C
W. I. Wells Company
Vicksburg
Miss
Gastonia Manufacturing Company
Avon Mills of
Gastonia
Farmer’s Shot Kills Bridge Crew Worker Near Vivian
A laborer on the Kansas City Southern bridge gang at Vivian, 20 miles south of Shreveport, was shot and killed by a farmer. Authorities say the worker attempted to assault the farmer’s daughter, prompting the fatal shooting.
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Shreveport
Kansas City Southern Bridge
Vivian
Prisoners Escape While Being Taken to Muskogee
Federal prisoners M. F. Oliphant and John Wehunt escaped from a Choctaw train near Wewoka while handcuffed together at about thirty miles an hour. The pair, charged with grand larceny, leaped to freedom as they were en route to jail in Muskogee, Indian Territory.
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Muskogee
M. F. Oliphant
John Wehunt
Wewoka
I. T
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnes
the Farmers’ Congress
Hood’s Brigade Association
Pople
Texas Brigade
Hunter
Chatham
Tral Texas
Monroe Edge
J. A Myers’ Store
Texas Base Ball Games
Madisonville
Calash Fry
Parsons Bottling Works
G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Texas
Dallas, Austin
Waco, Ft., Worth
Denison
Houston, Corsicana
T. Janderson
M. L. Robin
Border
Tyler Haswell
Otto Boehme
PWO
Henry & Brogdon
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