People urged to back cotton mills for Bryan progress
An editorial urges local capitalists with moderate means to invest in cotton mills, arguing shared risk yields broad public benefits. It cites southern mill success, dividends of 8 to 12 percent yearly, and a sample plan from Newberry, D. C., detailing mill size, costs, and employment.
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South Carolina
Newberry
D. C
H. H. Hargrove
Shreveport la
E. B. Wilbur
Union Pacific Train Ditching Near Ogdensburg
Union Pacific train No. 1 was ditched at Ogdensburg a small station 77 miles east of Junction City. A relief train has left for the wreck scene. Three persons are reported seriously and perhaps fatally injured. The engine tender express mail car and day coach are ditched while the sleeper remains on the track. Chattanooga notes a pension committee meeting to investigate charges against Commissioner Evans.
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Union Pacific
Ogdensburg
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Junction City
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H. B. Case
Grand Army of Republic
Washington
Evans
Sink ing of the Apalachee greatly exaggerated
A dispatch from Columbus Georgia on June 26 says the sinking of the steamer Apalachee was exaggerated. Only one man a negro deck hand was drowned. Boilers did not explode as the boat went down and there were not over 20 passengers aboard.
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Columbus
Competitive Exam for Brazos County Applicants to Sam Houston Normal
Public school building in Bryan to host on July 20 1899 a competitive examination for Brazos county applicants seeking admission to Sam Houston Normal at Huntsville. Profs Minter and Hickman conduct the exam under the teachers rules and regulations. Rep Sam R Henderson 55th District requests attention to the notice.
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Brazos County
Sam Houston Normal
Huntsville
Minter and
Hickman
Sam R. Henderson
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