Possible Congressional Candidacies for Local Officials
The Galveston News reports Senator Harper may run for Congress but is undecided. Representative Wilbur C. Davis of Brazos could seek the speakership if he runs for the state House, with a potential bid for the Sixth Congressional District if conditions favor it.
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Galveston
Harper
Representative Davis
Congress
House
Senate
Davis
Wilbur C. Davis
Brazos
Flattering Offer Declined by TWC Music Director
Mr Frederic Literature director of music at Texas Woman's College declines a North Texas college offer to head its music department with higher pay. The Eagle notes Lillebridge is pleased with TWC progress and will remain, forecasting a bright future for the school and its music department.
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Frederic Literature
Texas Woman’s College
North Texas College
Eagle
Lillebridge
Class Banquet Announced for Married Men and Young Men
The New Movement Class of the First Baptist Church plans a banquet for married men and their wives and for young men twenty years old and up on Monday May 13. Dr Geo B Butler will teach, H A Berger is president, and W S Howell is secretary. The event will take place in the church upper rooms with a splendid program.
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New Movement
First Baptist Church
Geo. B. Butler
H. A. Berger
W. S. Howell
Class to hear talk on Business and Religion
President Harrington of the U. and M. College is invited to address the class on the subject of Business and Religion next Sunday morning as part of the occasion being arranged.
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Harrington
U. and M. College
Parsons Amusement Park to Open on Three-Acre Ground
C G Parsons announces a new amusement park on three acres in the northwest part of town the Braatz ball ground. The grounds will open three days weekly for white people and three days for colored people with a skating rink dancing pavilion baseball ground and a merry go round arriving about June 1.
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C. G. Parsons
Braatz
Baker-Cavender Couple Wed in Waco Ceremony
Mr C L Baker of this city and Mrs Annie Cavender of Waco were married Sunday at the bride’s home in Waco. They arrived in Bryan yesterday and stay with Mr and Mrs W B Baker, the groom’s parents. The marriage surprised many friends as Baker is well known and popular as a peace officer. Mrs Baker will be welcomed to Bryan and is esteemed by friends in her former home.
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C. L. Baker
Annie Cavender
Waco
Will Lecture Saturday Night by Army Instructor
Capt H H Sargent military instructor at A and M College will give a free lecture Saturday night May 11 at 8 at the Assembly hall on The Limitation of Armaments and Arbitration. Sargent, a veteran soldier and military writer, will soon leave the college, making this possibly his last campus talk.
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H. H. Sargent
A. and M. College
Assembly Hall
College
Bryan
Sargent
Collge
Revival Ends As Twenty Three Join Church
Evangelist Law preached at the Methodist church with morning and evening sermons. Thirteen were baptized and twenty three received into the church Sunday night after conversions. Services continue today at 10 30 AM and 8 PM with further announcements forthcoming.
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Evangelist Law
Methodist Church
Jesus
Evangelist
Lfe
Christ
Law
Grand Saline
Texas
Wheeler
Train Derailment in Missouri Leaves Ten Seriously Hurt
A Santa Fe train traveling from Chicago to California derailed near Norborne Missouri, fifty five miles northwest of Kansas City. Ten passengers suffered severe injuries requiring doctors. twelve more were bruised. Five cars left the track while the dining car and sleeper stayed upright. The incident caused coaches to overturn and two coaches to burn after a stove ignited a fire.
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Kansas City
Santa Fe
Chicago
California
Norborne
Here
Turks Annihilated by Arabian Rebels in Yemen Battle
A special dispatch from Constantinople reports seven battalions of Turkish troops largely annihilated in a Yemen province clash with Arabian rebels. The Turkish commander in chief requests urgent reinforcements as the fight continues.
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London
Constantinople
Yemen
Two Mammoth Ships Named After States Possible
President Roosevelt weighs two Dreadnought battleships to be named for states. Delaware and Utah are flagged as likely choices with New York excluded due to an armored cruiser name. Oklahoma would add another option when eligible.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Delaware
Utah
Northastota
New York
New York City
Oklahoma
Navy Department
Union
Memphis Deluge Brings Heavy Rain Across City
Memphis reports one of the heaviest downpours in years with 2.55 inches in ten hours on Monday. Streets flooded, cellars submerged, streetcar service paused, trains delayed, and a Southern railway washout 30 miles east. Crops damaged, high winds, boats tied up, and a small tornado in north Mississippi. No fatalities.
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Memphis
Southern Railway
Here
Mississippi
Deaths and violence report from Texas and Oklahoma
James Scott a reading national union painter and a deputy sheriff Dallas county died at Dallas A dance near Groveton Tex John Ashworth was shot and killed Ollie Freeman his cousin was arrested The Pueblo battle anniversary was celebrated larger in Mexico than ever this year Pat A Vance of McAlister Oklahoma received a letter from a man in south Texas with 25 cents to pay for a ten cent buggy whip offered ten years ago.
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James Scott
Reading National Union
Dallas County
Dallas
Groveton
Tex
John Ashworth
Ollie Freeman
Pueblo
Mexico
Pat A. Vance
McAlister
I. T
South Texas
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Edce Dry Goods CO
M. H. James
Drugs
Tu Moanine Hacke
Postofice
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Just
Emmet & Maloney
Parsons’ Amusement Park
Baker-Cavender
Will
Hunter & Chatham
Laredo
G- N
D. J. Price
G. P
T. A
D. Hunter
Palestine
Hilger
Brazos Valley
Marble & Granite Works
John Navratil
the Family Safety Oil
C. E. Bullock & Co
Will S. Higgs
Ed Hall
Howell Bros
B. Kaczer & Co
D. Mike Jr
J. H. Mawhinney
Sanders Bros
Jno
M. Sebesta
Smething
Monroe Edge
W. H. Lawrence
Over Gael
Ww. C. Fountain Dentist
Crown and Bridge
Burt Norwood
Brazos County
A. and M. College Club
Walter Wipprecht
M. H., Jam
J. F
Smith Buik
R. H. Hart
Bryan, Texas
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