Attorney General ruling merges district with county clerk offices
Austin April 28 The attorney general issues an opinion on county and district clerk offices. Counties with 1600 plus voters must have two offices. below that limit only one. Brazos County with 1312 votes last election will merge district clerk into county clerk at term end unless future turnout rises above 1600. The change increases county clerk workload but does not affect the public.
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Austin
Haglé
Brazos County
Eagle
Remains Unidentified: Man Found Dead on Railroad Track
A nameless white man about 25 to 30 years old was found dead on the Houston and Texas Central railroad track in the southern part of town Saturday. The coroner's verdict reports no identification.
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The
Eagle
Houston & Texas Central
Unidentified laborer found murdered near Houston
A night discovery near Houston revealed an unidentified man with two gunshot wounds to the left stomach. An autopsy and inquest failed to identify him. a $25 reward was offered for information leading to an arrest. Burial occurred in the city cemetery.
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James & Nunn’s
H. E. Detering
Washington Street
Houston
T. Ball
Tex
H. A. T. Garry
Station 7
W. F. Huntington
Clobby
Ark
J. B. Monroe
Jewett
Texas
R. M. Nall
R. H. Harrison
W. Gillie Mitchell
Fifth Sunday Meeting of Bryan Baptist Assoc at Reliance
The Workers' Institute of the Bryan Baptist Association met Reliance church for a two day session with good attendance and profitable services. Din ner was served, programs included devotional exercises, a sermon on Nicodemus, a mission board report, and lectures by Rev. J. M. Bullock and A. W. Buchanan. Rev. Foster preaches at about fifteen churches since beginning work November first.
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Workers’ Institute of the Bryan Baptist Association
Nicodemus
Christ
G. A. Foster
Foster
J. M. Bullock
Sunday School Mass Meeting Addresses Hindrances Theme
A fragment notes a Sunday school mass meeting at 2 p.m. with Rev G A Foster and 8 M Smith presenting on The Sunday School and its Hindrances in Montgomery Texas. A choir song closes the event with J B Smith leading prayer.
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G. A. Foster
M. Smith
Montgomery
Texas
Texas Woman's College Inauguration Exercises Schedule
Public exercises at the Texas Woman's College site begin at 10 a m with a 9 30 procession forming on Anderson street between city hall and City National bank and proceeding to the temporary building and college grounds. Attending will be Texas Woman's College Allen Academy A and C Institute and public schools. Grand marshal Capt Howard Cavitt will lead. Program includes chorus and addresses by President H H Harrington Judge John W Doremus Prof J H Allen and others with benediction by Dr I F Betts.
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Texas Woman’s College
Anderson Street
City Hall
City National Bank
Baptist Church
Bryan High School
Allen Academy
A. and C. Institute
Publiclic Schools
Howard Cavitt
Ciorus
Isee Geibe
Peale
Adams
I. F. Betts
Baptism Sunday at Bryan First Baptist Church
After a revival that produced about one hundred conversions and fifty additions, Pastor Dr. Geo. B. Butler baptized forty seven members. New converts Miss Minnie Bell E H Edge A J Wagner W A Taylor Elmer Bullock joined Sunday morning. Allen Upshur was received on statement Sunday night. Two more candidates for baptism remain.
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Bryan First Baptist Church
Geo. B. Butler
Minnie Bell
E. H. Edge
A. J. Wagner
W. A. Taylor
Elmer Bullock
Allen Upshur
H. & T. C Excursions Ticket Sales Schedule
The H. and T. C announces excursion tickets for various accounts. Dallas sales on May 5 and 6 for the Woman's Board of Missions. May 8 for Mexican War Veterans. Houston sales on May 4 and 8 for the Annual Convention of the T. P. A. Chattanooga Tennessee sales on May 7 8 and 9 for the Baptist Convention.
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Dallas
Woman’s Board of Missions
Houston
Chattanooga
Tenn
Baptist Convention
Beauty cream promises to remove freckles and pimples
The UNEQUALED BEAUTIFIER guaranteed to remove facial discolorations and restore youth. The worst cases in twenty days cost 50c or $1.00 at drug stores or by mail. Prepared by NATIONAL TOILET CO. Paris, Tenn.
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National Toilet CO
Paris
Tena
Firemen's long battle ends after two in Newcastle
Firemen continued their efforts into the night until after 2 o'clock, ending all possible damage. The Newcastle Chronicle reports a prolonged blaze containment with crews working to extinguish remaining hotspots.
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Newcastle
England
Believed Him He I Beg Your Pardon I Always Keep My Word
A humorous exchange from a Young America feature. A new baby is announced at a household but no name is given as there is no card accompanying the infant. The dialogue highlights pride in keeping promises and playful skepticism about the baby’s identity.
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Young America
Crocodile Bridge Tales at Magar Pir Port
A traveler recalls Karachi's sacred crocodile preserve at Magar Pir in north western India. The site hosts hot springs feeding a shallow tank with nearly a hundred crocodiles and the famed Hog Ashman feat once tied to Lieutenant Beresford and Sir Richard Burton.
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India
Karachi
Magar Pir
Hog Ashman
Beresford
R. F. Burton
Burton
Richard Burton
Inside Your Bones
An exploratory note describes bones as containing blood vessels and nerves, not solid. marrow channels allow entry from flesh. It contrasts solid bones in sloths with light hollow bones in deer and antelope for speed, notes skeletons apply mechanical principles uncovered by invention.
Finger pillory preserved at St Helen's parish church
A description from the London Academy notes a finger pillory in St Helen Ashby-de-la-Zouch parish church. The device uses two posts and a hinged beam with holes to trap a finger, forcing an angular position and secured with a lock. It also discusses breath-holding and the impossibility of self strangulation by holding breath, citing divers.
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St. Helen Ashby-de-la-Zouch
London Academy
Noted Ladies of Louis XIV Court
In her girlhood Mme Searron, later famed as Mme de Maintenon, is described as remarkably beautiful with dark eyes and wavy hair. In middle life her grave countenance and deportment stood out in an era of gaiety, with a contemporary remark that she did not smile once a year, yet remained not gloomy.
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Mme. Searron
Mme. de Maintenon
Louis XIV
Gayety
Ancient Aztec God House Ruins Unearthed Near Cholula
Archaeologists uncover ancient teocallis in Mexico including a truncated pyramid near Cholula. The base measures 1,423 feet on each side, twice the length of the great pyramid of Egypt, and the structure rises 177 feet with a base area of 44 acres.
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Mexico
Cholula
Egypt
Judge Finds Chicken Soup an Alibi in Quip at Board
A Mrs Starvem asks a magistrate to try her chicken soup and learns the verdict the chicken supplies an alibi. The column mixes jokes about a fired mother nurse ad and a wife and husband exchange on work. It ends with a proverb about planning before action.
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