Japanese visitors eye Gulf Coast rice lands for colony
Crowley reports that Onishi from Webster Texas Shimizu and Shimaoka both Japanese bankers and landowners are in Crowley to study irrigation canal systems and consider buying vast rice tracts to establish a Japanese colony. Onishi notes his 100 acre rice crop last year yielded twenty sacks per acre and believes Gulf Coast lands can rival Asian rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Onishi
Webster
Tex
Shimizu
Japan
H. Shimaoka
Mr. Shimizu
Mr. Shimaoka
Mr. Onishi
Gulf Coast
Asia
Crowley Signal
Tomato shipments and early selling lift East markets
Jacksonville ships thirty nine cars of tomatoes by June 7 with the first car at 1.44 per crate and the rest around 1.25. The editor notes growers gain from early vegetables for eastern markets while diversification helps truckers weather poor crops, contrasting potato luck versus tomato profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Longview Clarion
Wills Point
Zelia Bonneville Rites Mark Life of Bryan Resident
Mrs. Zelia Bonneville 70 died after four weeks illness at her Bryan home. Born Zelia Fresche in New Orleans March 17 1835 she came to Texas 37 years ago with her husband the late M Bonneville Sr. Survived by six children and a large family. Funeral from residence at 9:30 and St Joseph church at 10 with listed pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelia Bonneville
Bryan
St. Louis
M. Bonneville Jr
Eugene Bonneville
Weatherford
L. R. Bonneville
Dallas
James Dunn
Houston
Blanche Hall
O. P. Buchanan
Beaumont
Messrs
Eugene
St. Joseph’s Church
H. B. Stoddard
J. W. Doremus
M. Parker
H. O. Boatwright
D. Mike
W. E. Saunders
Joe B. Reed
T. P. Boyett
F. Wetter
John Wittman
H. Kurten
D. D. Dawson
B. Sbisa
A. D. McConnico
John Daly
D.B. Knox
A.J. Buchanan
Malcolm Carnes
G. 8. Parker
G. M. Brandon
John B. Mike
Tyler Haswell
Andrews Weeden Tie The Knot In Harvey Ceremony
Victor Andrews and Beulah Weeden married by Rev. W T Wood at the minister’s Harvey residence Sunday at 3 pm. Both residents of Harvey from prominent Brazos county families, they will reside with the bride’s mother Mrs. J H Weeden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Andrews
Beulah Weeden
W.T. Wood
Harvey
Brazos County
William Andrews
J. H. Weeden
Mrs. Andrews
Mrs. Weeden
Miles of railroad built in Texas in current year
The Texas railroad commission reports 1657 miles of new track completed in the fiscal year ending June 30, totaling 11 701 miles in Texas. An additional 171 miles are under construction and 820 miles are projected. The attorney general approved an amendment to the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway charter and filed it with the state department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Railroad Commission
Texas
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway
State Department
Warm Weather Persuades Catarrh Sufferers to Try Hyomei
The ad urges readers to use Hyomei for catarrh during warm months May or June. It warns against stomach-dose cures and promises direct air-borne treatment killed germs with healthful balsams. First day use shows improvement with a money back guarantee from E. J. Jenkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Jenkins
Suicide of H Meistermann Near Barbecue Stand
San Antonio reports the death of 68 year old H Meistermann by hanging Monday morning. His body was found suspended from a rope in a doorway adjoining a barbecue meat stand. No motive is known and the incident remains under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Wanted In Georgia. Graves Arrested At Baseball Game
Waco June 27. W J Graves wanted for murder in Cartersville Georgia was arrested among a crowd of boys watching a baseball game. Police raided the crowd and captured twenty. Graves confessed at the station and Georgia officers confirmed the murder warrant. they proceed to Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
W. J. Graves
Cartersville
Graves
Georgia
Texas
Woman Arrested on Murder Charge in Brazos River Death
In Waco on Sunday night Constable Jenkins arrested a Black woman on a murder charge. The victim, Wayman Osborne, was found dead in the Brazos River near the new bridge. authorities initially suspected drowning as the cause due to decomposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Jenkins
Wayman Osborne
Brazos River
New Bridge
Fifteen Smallpox Cases Plague Atlanta Texas Town
Atlanta Texas reports a fatal smallpox outbreak with one white man named Spe vy and two Black residents among the dead. Disinfection and fumigation continue as residents are vaccinated and gatherings banned for a month. About fifteen serious cases remain in and around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Tex
Spevy
Negress Jump Fleeing Arrest Injures Woman On Train
In Waxahachie Texas on June 26 a Black woman leaped from a Katy excursion train four miles south to avoid arrest. Her clothing was torn and she sustained bruises to the arms face and head though the injuries are not fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxahachie
Tex
Katy
J G Campbell Buys T H Allen Ranch Near Clarendon
J G Campbell formerly of Collinsville Grayson county has purchased the T H Allen place six miles south of Clarendon for 8500 dollars cash. He also takes about 100 head of stock at 12 50 per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarendon
Tex
J. G. Campbell
Collinsville
Grayson County
T. H. Allen Place
Campbell
Attempted assassination targets Italian merchant Faso
An attempt on Sunday night to kill Giuseppe Faso, an Italian merchant, failed to claim him after a shot wounded Faso. A Black man was captured and jailed in connection with the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Giuseppe Faso
Faso
Final Notice to Miners in Wichita Mountains Reserve
Lawton June 26 United States Marshal Madsen warns miners with claims on government land to remove. Custodian says prospecting in the wood reserve of eastern Comanche county violates the law and violators will be sent to Fort Sill and imprisoned in the guard house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Mountains
United States
Madsen
Comanche County
Fort Sill
Peculiar Mishap in Oklahoma Leaves Farmer Struck by Bullet
In Oklahoma near Mustang, Mac Meyers was plowing when a neighbor, about a mile away, fired at a hawk with a Winchester rifle. The descending bullet struck Meyers on the head, flattened against his cheekbone, and knocked him from the plow. The same bullet was recovered within minutes, confirming the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Mac Meyers
Mustang
Okla
Mr. Meyers
Calf slain and eaten by thieves in Butler County farm
In Marion township on the Black farm hungry thieves killed dressed and cooked a calf then stole fourteen hams from cellars in the same neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Marion Township
Susie Sets Fire to Her Clothes Under Drug Influence
Guthrie June 26. A black girl named Susie, while under the influence of a drug, set fire to her clothes presumably from a cigarette she was smoking and received severe burns before the flames were extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Susie
Fatal Snake Bite Strikes Lenna Family
In Eufaula I T on June 26 the young daughter of Sam Lonie of Lenna died after a diamond rattlesnake bite before medical help could arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eufaula
I. T
Sam Lonie
Lenna
Miles Denies Engagement With Philadelphia Widow
Boston June 26 General Miles denies he is to wed a wealthy Philadelphia widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Miles
Philadelphia
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Keen Klipper
White Cloud
Diamond Edge
Garden Hose
Cole Hardware Company Telephone
Connelly & Carnes
New Orleans
Emmel
Emmel & Maloney
Progressive Druggists
Lowney’s Chocolates
Almost Picayune Price Com
Hunter
Chatham
Andrews-Weeden
Harvey Sunday
Lone Star State
San Antonio
H. Meister
Lawton
The
City National Bank
Bryan, Texas
Edward Hall
G. S. Parker
A. W. Wilkerson
B. F. Wiley & CO
Venir
MO. M. Caldwell
Franklin
Soond Meats
Haswell’s Book Store
MO. A. Moore JR
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