Texas tobacco competition and Temple growth trends
Texas farmers face rising tobacco competition from local Cuban-quality crops amid Temple Belton electric line growth and a builders’ boom with contracts surpassing $200000. Court docket in Madisonville includes Ranger Dunneway aggravated assault. a prisoner thanks the judge after sentencing. New England ministers condemn Rockefeller gift citing Standard Oil indictments and moral concerns.
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Temple J
Belton
Temple
Madisonville
Ranger Dunneway
M. D. Seay
McDonald
Delling, Smith and
Dunneway
New England Congregational
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Fire safety appeal prompts extinguisher purchase
A short notice urges residents to obtain dry powder fire extinguishers from J.T. Houghton to protect property. The advisory notes immediate action and highlights家庭 involvement in home safety.
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J.T. Houghton
Taylor Lecture at A and M College March 25 8 P M
Governor Bob Taylor will lecture in the College Assembly hall Saturday night March 25 at 8 o clock. Bryan patrons urged. half the receipts from Bryan will be donated to the Carnegie library. Tickets are 75 cents and on sale at Haswell's.
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Bob Taylor
A.& M. College Assembly Hall
Bryan
Carnegie Library
Haswell
Bret Harte About a Hunting Accident and a Haunting Smile
Bret Harte while serving as U S consul in Glasgow injured his face in a gun recoil during a hunting day. Doctors saved him from permanent disfigurement. In a letter quoted by T Edgar Pemberton Harte recalls the surgeon’s work and a boy’s joking reassurance that “he killed the hare.”
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United States
Glasgow
Bret Harte
T. Edgar Pemberton
Preservative Peat and the Ancient Scottish Corpse Find
The text notes peat's antiseptic qualities due to tannin and iron. It recounts 1685 covenanters shot near Crossgelloch above Old Cumnock where, in 1825, workmen found their bodies still preserved in peat, as if embalmed, within their plaids.
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Crossgelloch
Old Cumnock
Scotland
Artificial Flowers Demand Origins in Italy
A fragment notes Italy sparked early demand for artificial flowers due to a caprice during courtly life and social rituals. The text hints at decorative uses in periods of travel and ceremonial settings.
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Italy
MacArthur Thanks Japanese Officials for Kindness in Frontline
General Arthur MacArthur and Captain Parker West reached General Oku's headquarters after leaving Tokyo March 9. MacArthur said he cannot express his appreciation for the kindness of Japanese officials, noting they had done everything possible to assist the American observers.
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MacArthur
Fusan
Arthur MacArthur
Parker W. West
Tokio
Oku
Plan of Retreat in Manchuria After Tie Pass Evacuation
A Russian retreat plan unfolds as Kuropatkin and Linevitch reorganize at Tie Pass Garrison life shifts to Gunshu Pass camp. Bridges are blown, stores burned, and rear guards withdraw while Japanese forces linger unsure. Troops advance northward amid desultory shelling and heavy transport exhaustion.
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Gunshu Pass
Associated Press
Tie Pass
Kuropatkin
Linevitch
Bilderling
Kaulbars
Harbin
Mukden
Red Cross
Russia
Tehai River
Liao
Kaiyuan
Changtufu
Madridot
Kirin
Minister Antonio Proust Dies After Self Inflicted Shots
Antonio Proust the minister of fine arts in the Gambetta cabinet died from two gunshots to the head. He had long suffered melancholy and recent tensions with Rosita Maury the noted dancer with whom he was closely linked. Maury dined with him Monday evening before the tragedy.
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Paris
Antonio Proust
Gambetta
Rosita Maury
Work Pardoned After Train Robbery Conviction
Governor Folk pardons James L. Work who was convicted of holding up a Missouri Pacific train near Sedalia and sentenced to ten years. The pardon follows a trial judge and prosecutors petition, citing extenuating circumstances. Rescue efforts in progress for Grover slee?di area details unclear.
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Jefferson City
Gov Folk
James L. Work
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
Pettus
Shelby
Jibu
Bryan City Election Ordinance 1906 Details
City council of Bryan ordains an April election for city marshal secretary and three council members to be held at City Hall. The presiding officer and appointees conduct the election per city charter ordinances and state election law. Adopted January 11, 1906 by C. M. Spell R. H. Harrison with Mayor B. C. April 4. 5.
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City of
Bryan
Lege
C. M. Spell
R. H. Harrison
B.C
H. and T. C. Rates sale notices for cattlemen and travelers
H. and T. C. will sell Fort Worth cattlemen's convention tickets March 20 to 22 at 5.75. Galveston Scottish Rite tickets March 19 and 20 with trains arriving morning 21 at 480. From March 1 to May 15 second class Colonist tickets to California Arizona and New Mexico on sale at 25.00 by agent W. B. Wilson.
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Ft. Worth
Ace
Galveston
Scottish Rite
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Wilson
Advertising That Brings Results
Advertising rates for moving picture screens offered by E. J. Lamkin at Parks and Waldrop's.
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E. J. Lamkin
Parks & Waldrop
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Adow
Hunter
Chatham
Gov- Taylor
Work
Mass
Wigtins
James’ Drug Store
A. L. Mondrick, M. D
Bryan, Texas
Plymouth Rocks
Thos. W. Higgs
Cross Eyes
Joseph Daly
Daly
N. B. Brinkley Watchmaker
Wiley's Confectionery
Main Street
Lort Smith
CK Talley
E. J. Jenkins
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Cole Hardware Company
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