Texas Legislature Nears Adjournment After Key Bills
Austin May 15 the Texas legislature nears adjournment with the general appropriation and antitrust bills disposed of. The senate adjournment resolution is under consideration by the house and the governor expects to sign the antitrust bill. The house passed bills on road laws for Cass and Liberty counties and local city charter and jurisdiction changes, with several measures moving toward final readings.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House
Cass County
Liberty County
Houston
Titus County
Carsom County
Galveston
Clty
Albatross Flour Praise in Ferndale Store Verse
Ten thousand voices praise Clarke & Dansby for Albatross flour and Ferndale produce. Cooks celebrate the rise and boarders lament its end while shoppers are urged to visit Main Street store for fresh tomatoes corn beans and other fine goods at low prices.
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Clarke & Capsby
Clarke & Dansby’s
Main Street
Exchange Hotel Arrivals and Patriotic Notes
The item lists arrivals at Exchange Hotel including EB Strand Palestine T J Webb Ballinger Geo H Steen St Louis RM Gordon Bryan J M Law rence and wife City T K Law rence City J E Butler City A Holliday Millican Ed P Jersig Texas A P Wilson Houston EJ Laurain H F Hilrod Nebraska H N Sherman NY Dick Burle son College J E Abrahams New Braunfels H Faust New Braunfels. The Brenham Banner lauds German Americans as industrious and patriotic and cites Siberian railroad expansion boosting wheat production in Russia with 300000 tons surplus in Altai and 64500 tons in western wheat for export. The verse by Missine Link comments on wealth and private enterprise shaping the skies and hints at a future clay trust if unchecked.
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EB Strand
Palestine
T J Webb
Ballinger
Geo
H Steen
St. Louis
RM Gordon
Bryan
J M Lawrence
City
Lawrence
J E Butler
A Holliday
Millican
Ed P Jersig
Texas
A P Wilson
Houston
EJ Laurain
H F Hilrod
Nebraska
H N Sherman
N. Y
Dick Burleson
College
J E Abrahams
New Raunfels
H Faust
New Braunfels
Ruling on Unredeemed Tickets Impacts Rail Fares
County court decision holds that tickets stating they will be redeemed must be honored for unused portions. Houston and Texas Central railway faced penalties after refusing redemption on a reduced excursion ticket. Santa Fe announces posters in Union depot waiting rooms stating they will redeem only those tickets not marked for redemption.
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Houston and Texas Central Railway
Santa Fe
Union Depot
Brenham
Popularity of the A and M College and Its Growth
The A and M College sees rising applications for rooms as the new year begins and its work is described as highly organized and disciplined. President Foster earns praise for his leadership and supporters anticipate a larger attendance, with Governor Sayers among expected visitors at the upcoming commencement.
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Foster
A. and M
Scholastic Census 1899 Enroll Your Child Names
City Secretary H. G. Roeves urges parents to enroll their children's names in the Scholastic Census of 1899. This notice emphasizes the importance of accurate enrollment for school records.
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H. G. Roeves
Bargains as slippers close at low prices
One lot of white canvas slippers sizes 8 14 to 12 sells at 39 cents. Another lot sizes 12 15 to 2 closes at 44 cents. Contact 146 Burt Norwood for details.
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Burt Norwood
Riot at Pittsburg Ends Looming Lynching
A riot on Pennsylvania Avenue and Twenty second Street in Pittsburg ends without fatalities after a street car mows down a Polish child. A crowd attacks the motorman and conductor with intent to lynch them. police arrive after a half hour clash and arrest five ringleaders amid rough handling of rioters.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Dewey Homeward May Stir Mediter ranean Honors From European Navies
Admiral Dewey's return by way of the Mediterranean may prompt distinguished naval honors. French Ambassador Cambon has urged Paris authorities to note the Olympia's voyage past French ports near Algiers as it sails toward Gibraltar and Malta. In Abilene Hugh Greenwood starves in jail, claiming innocence after arrest for assault on a girl. Anson M. Stratton, pioneer of Coney Island, dies in New York at 62 with a $2 million fortune.
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Mediterranean
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Europe
Cambon
France
Paris
Olympia
Algiers
Gibraltar
Malta
Abilene
Kas
Hugh Greenwood
Fort Worth
Tex
Anson Stratton
New York
Anson M. Stratton
Coney Island
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Ferndale
Telephone
Connelly
Palmer & Carnes
Malcolm Cannes
Exchange Hotel
United States
Brenham Banner
Siberian
Russia
Altai
Eimel
Farmersville Times
Dewey
Webb Brothers
Swift
Anderson
van Camp
California
JON M. Lawrence & CO
Magnolia and Lemp Beer
Chas. Vesmirovski
Franklin Bros
Butchers
Odd
Ito John B. Mike
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