Davis Nominated for State Senator in Twelfth District
The Eagle announces Hon. W. C. Davis of Brazos County as a Democratic candidate for State Senate in the Twelfth district comprising Brazos Robertson Limestone and Freestone. Davis, two years in the legislature, earned praise for work on eight hour telegraphers law veniremen pay and negro school trustees repeal. He helped A and M College funding with over 400000 in two years. He is a Baylor and Chicago-educated lawyer, farmer origin, and a polished speaker.
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FOP
W. C. Davis
Brazos County
Brazos
Robertson
Limestone
Freestone
Davis
Alabama
Texas
Huntsville
Walker County
Baylor University
Waco
Baylor
Law Department
The
State University At
Austin
Chicago University
Bryan
Evans Leaves Navy After Atlantic Fleet Command
Rear Admiral Robly D. Evans ends his tenure as commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet. Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas succeeds him for five days, then steps aside May 26 for Rear Admiral Charles G. Sperry. Evans’s health is said to be steadily improving and better than when he left the springs.
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San Francisco
Robly D. Evans
Charles M. Thomas
Charles G. Sperry
Evans
Negro Charged With Hatchet Murder of Wife
Henry Beasely, a Black man, was arrested in Houston on a murder charge dated about a month prior. The victim was struck with a hatchet during supper preparation, then dragged to a country house where she died two weeks later.
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Houston
Henry Beasely
Mrs Sage Donates 500000 To Bible Society On Condition
Mrs Russell Sage offers 500000 to establish a permanent endowment for the American Bible Society, with the condition that a further 300000 be raised from other sources to match the gift. The announcement from New York on May 9 outlines the pledge and condition.
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American Bible Society
New York
The
Russell Sage
Bible distribution in 1907 reaches world in many languages
The society reports for 1907 that 1,800,000 Bibles, testaments, and scripture portions were distributed. They were printed in about 100 languages and circulated across all parts of the globe.
Galveston Baseball Club Injunction Denied by Judge Street
In Galveston on May 9 Judge Street denied the injunction filed weeks earlier to restrain the Galveston baseball club from using Athletic Park claiming it was a nuisance. The ruling comes from the Fifty-sixth district court.
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Galveston
Athletic Park
Judge Street
Fifty-sixth
Died Running to Fire in Wheeling Firefighter Succumbs
In Wheeling West Virginia on May 9 Arthur O Keefe seventy three died while running toward a blaze. He collapsed and passed away embracing duty. Funeral arrangements not listed.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Arthur O'Keefe
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Will S. Higgs
Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
M. H. James
NAVY
Bob
Rear Admiral Evans
Mrs. Sage
Nly National Bank
City National Bank
G. S. Parker
E. H. Astin
Albert W. Wilkerson
E. W. Crenshaw
J. N. Cole
J. K. Parker
J. W. English
John Wittman
Merchant Tailor
Martin & Locke Proprietors
Birmingham
Ala
United Confederate Veteran Reunion
VIA
New Orleans
C.K Dunlap
T. J. Anderson
Gen. Pass
Agent Houston
A. B. Carson
T. R. Batte
Miller
Henderson
Court House
W. C. Fountain
Smith Drug Co
W. H. Lawrence
Haswell’s
DR. J. F. Eaves
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