Juror Literacy Controversy Crowns Call for Legal Reform
The trial over Carmack spans twenty five days as six venues produced 8019 potential jurors. Most disqualified for contact with witnesses or newspaper reports leaving twelve largely illiterate jurors in a system criticized as oppressive and needing reform. The Kansas City Journal decries the practice and urges ethical standards and updated law to serve society.
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Carmack
Kansas City Journal
Supreme Court
Reading and politics mix in Texas era opinions
The text surveys opinions on reading, education, and public life with quotes from President Eliot and Taft. It notes local agricultural and economic themes including Brazos county hogs, land values, onion crops near Cotulla, and mint drought concerns. It criticizes Governor Campbell over tree planting and press bias.
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Eliot
Harvard
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Harvard Library
Campbell
Abbreviated Political Jibes and Social Notes
The item mocks Alexander Stephens as a swingecat and teases Senator Ter of Dallas with playful epithets. It salutes a Golf Player and a Billy Possum while referencing a San Antonio banquet joke about five hundred humming birds, noting it was absurd and denied.
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Alexander Stephens
Senator Senter
Dallas
San Antonio
Pasteur Institute praised for hydrophobia work in Texas
Mr G B Abercrumbie praised the Pasteur Institute at Austin as essential to Texans, noting hydrophobia danger and cure rates when bitten individuals seek proper treatment. He commended Dr Willhite for patient care and urged liberal state support for the institute. Miss Ida Holland Shepard marries Emile August Barrer in Beaumont and departs for New Orleans then Pittsburg.
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Eagle
G. B Abercrumbie
Pasteur Institute
Austin
Abercrumbie
Abercrombie
Willhite
Ida Shepard
Beaumont
Ida Holland Shepard
Emile August | Barrer
Boston
Mass
Ida H. Shepard
Keith Street
Mendelssohn
B. E. Newcomb
Moore
First Methodist Church
New Orleans
Mr. Barrier
Josten
Pittsburg
Vendors tout sewing machines and feed in Bryan area
An ad list promotes sewing machines and "Whit Woolf" stock feed from Vick's Feed Store in Bryan Route 4. It highlights Singer sales superiority and offers eggs and poultry at set prices with delivery options and contact numbers.
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Alon
Singer
U. A. Satterwhite
Vick's
City Primary Election Held in County Court Room
The city primary vote total reached 384 with Ed Hall presiding and assistants listed. Results show Marshall winner with 172 votes over Shelburne for mayor. for secretary seats a contest with 379 ballots. aldermen selections list Eugene Edge, HH Burger, Law Henderson and others. Executive Committee nominees include R A Harrison and F C Oliver among 106 candidates.
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County Court Room
Ed Hall
R. M. Downard
Jim Martin
Osborn Johnson
W. S. Higgs
E. F. Parks
Matt Vitopil
H. O. Jones
Marshall
C. C. Shelburne
Boyett
Wee WU
Eugene Edge
A. Burger
Law Henderson
R. A. Harrison
F. C. Oliver
Ed Hall O
E. Saunders
Geo. W. Smith
Bryan's Beautiful Show Windows Delight Town Readers
Eagle reporter tours the city and praises Coulter's Gents Furnishings display for its elegant, up to date stock. The write up notes the shop's revolutionary changes from years past and urges fashion minded men to visit Coulter's.
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Bryan
Eagle
Coulter
Gents
Holtiston
Dallas
St Luke's Day Observed by Brazos County Italians
Yesterday Italian residents of Brazos County gathered at St Anthony's Catholic church for St Luke's Day services led by Father DeSimone. The Eagle notes marked improvement in the foreign community as they adopt English, dress like locals, and move toward Americanization.
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St. Luke’s
Brazos County
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Father DeSimone
the Eagle
Patrick Free Effort Reaches Appellate Division
Special to Bryan Morning Eagle reports Albert T. Patrick seeks habeas corpus relief as he remains imprisoned at Sing Sing for the Rice murder. Joy Patrick argues the death sentence commutation to life was unlawful and not authorized by statute, constituting a harsher punishment. Also note a classified line: For sale a good gentle family horse at Webb Bros. Sim Cooper.
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Patrick
Bryan Morning
Gov. Higgins
Sim Cooper
Webb Bros
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