Parsons expands Bryan investments from Sour Lake oil lands
C G Parsons, noted Sour Lake oil land investor, channels proceeds into Bryan real estate. He buys Scottina brick buildings, Locke brick warehouse, the west side park property, adjacent half block, and plans six new six room cottages. He also sells Sour Lake oil land parcels for 3500 and 5000, and installs a 5000 steam bottling works plant.
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C. G. Parsons
Sour Lake
Parsons
Bryan Real Estate
Scittina
Locke
G. 8. Parker
Colored Park
B. Buchanan
Stacy
Locke Warehouse
Stevenson Machinery and Repair Company
Bryan
Brazos County Farmers Institute Meets At Harris School
Brazos County Farmers Institute to convene at Harris School House Friday the 22nd with state speakers and A. M. College representation. Attendees from across the country expected. session begins at 10 a.m. with all day talks and on site dinner.
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Brazos County Farmer’s Institute
Harris
State Institute
A. & M. College
Evans Convicted in Burleson County Assault Case
Crockett Evans, the man who shot Frank Wilson, manager of the Coulter plantation in Brazos bottom, was convicted of assault with intent to murder in Burleson County district court and sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary.
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Crockett Evans
Frank Wilson
Coulter
Brazos Bottom
Burleson County
Picnic Honors Local Educator at Cottonwood Texas
On May 15 1903 Cottonwood Texas held a closing school picnic in gratitude to Prof J L Cobb for moral and mental advancement of pupils. Attendees filled baskets and expressed hope he returns next year. Mr Watkins of Bryan gave a lecture and Prof Joe Wren provided entertainment.
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Cottonwood
Texas
J. L. Cobb
Cobb
Watkins
Bryan
Joe Wren
Colorado Trip Coupons Contest Opens in Bryan Eagle
The Bryan Eagle launches a voting contest offering two round trip tickets from Bryan to Boulder with a side trip to Cripple Creek or Pike's Peak. Coupons usable from May 14 for weekly editions and May 17 for daily editions grant six and one votes respectively, plus ten cent purchases earn one to ten votes from listed merchants. Contest ends July 23 with results July 24. first vote tally June 8 then weekly. Eligible entrants are white residents of Bryan Brazos or nearby counties excluding Eagle staff.
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The
Bryan Eagle
Bryan
Boulder
Colo
Great Cripple Creek
Pike's Peak
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Bryan Daily Eagle
Weekly Eagle
Daily Eagle
Merchants of
Brazos
Eagle
Cottonwood youths enjoy concert at Alexander venue
The report notes a Thursday night concert at Alexander attended by Cottonwood youths who had a nice time. The item mentions ball games and hurdle races and that Mr. Cobb plans to return home tomorrow. Services were held at the Chris church.
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Cobb
Cottonwood
Alexander
Social Notes From Local Community
Mrs Presnal visited the area last Wednesday. Mrs Minnie Elliott went to Bryan to be with her brother Mr Cole. Miss Dora Elliott of Edge visited Miss Ray Wiley and returned home Saturday evening. An entertainment is planned at the Koontz home tonight.
Harvey School Closes After Pleasant Picnic
Harvey Texas May 19 The school ended May 14 with a picnic on Fer guson's Prairie on May 13. Bryan people attended and a Friday night party at the McClung home concluded the activities. Local youths and visitors enjoyed music and socializing while Prof. Rich McDonald of Waco was present. The baby of Mr and Mrs Tom Sellers is very ill with flux and not expected to live.
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Harvey
Texas
Ferguson’s Prairie
Bryan
Essie
Pansy McSwain
Rock Prairie
Luke McClung
Tom Dyess
McClung
Pattie McClung
Winnie Buchanan
Willie Conlee
Rich McDonald
Waco
Jodie Creed
Minter Springs
Estelle Dyess
Tom Sellers
Dimmitt Letter From West Texas Prairies
A reader from a sheep ranch near Dimmitt, 30 miles from home, writes to the Eagle about the plains beauty, coyote howls, and antelope. He notes Brazos friends and Hornet Wellborn Peach Creek letters in the previous issue and reflects on missing familiar columns.
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Dimmitt
Tex
Brazos
The
Eagle
Wellborn
Peach Creek
Plains Writer Reflects on Freeze Impact and Local News
The writer recalls an April freeze with frost and ice, noting limited crop damage as corn regrew. He mentions neighbors Sam Lee Baker and Thompson,牧 and new residents, farm work, sheep herding, and community sentiment with a call to focus on the bright side amid hardship.
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Sam Lee
Snyder
W. R. Thompson
Hale County
Dimmitt
Mr. Baker
Mr. Sawyer
Jesse Todd
Elbert Barron
Louis Thibodeaux
Chas. Atkins
William Smith
Smith
W. P. Boyd
Mexia
Vegetarian refuses to eat fiancée in odd courtroom aside
In a courtroom remark the fiancé of a vegetarian argues you could fairly eat her. The vegetarian replies not at all and jokes that if he ate her it would simply be eating a peach. The judge notes that the meat diet isn’t the only thing that makes the mind active.
Women Suffer in Silence Cited in Exchange
A Philadelphia Press quote captures a confrontation where a woman asserts that women endure silently while a man retorts that she takes pleasure in talking. The dialogue underscores gender expectations and the social dynamic of silence versus speech.
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Philadelphia Press
Memory as the tool people use to forget
A teacher asks a pupil what memory is and the child replies that memory is what people use to forget things with. The playful exchange captures a child's witty view on memory.
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Mandy
Bessie
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Connelly & Carnes
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Chatham Nishers
Colorado
Wagner & Brandon
Gents
Furnisurines
Parks
Egupion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
Wooten Wells, Texas
Wooten Wells Company
Teh
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
N. M
Madame Butterfly
Violet
India
Hawthorn
Wilson & Jenkins
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