Calvert Local News Mixed With Social Visits and Elections
Local items report Mrs True visiting Calvert and Miss Hallie Henderson from Cameron visiting, with Edinburg restaurant lunches and various social calls. Bryan area votes mapped for June county convention, with Kurten and Precinct No 5 backing Love for comptroller, and local officials named. A homicide investigation leads to arrest of two men. Allen Academy graduates listed with H L Yates as valedictorian.
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Mrs. True
Calvert
Edinburg’s
Resutant
Hallie Henderson
Cameron
Kurten
Love
Henry
Astim
J. L. Fountain
W. G. Taliaferro
W. B. Hudson
Allen Academy
Opera House
W.S. Diggs
W. H. Rankin
H. L. Yates
H. JL. Yates
College Events Highlight June Activities and Alumni News
Doctor Paul M. Ray plans a lecture series for six weeks after attending the Intertion of Railway in Mich. Judge Rufus Hardy set to deliver the annual tion at College on June 11 at 8 30 pm. Alumni address by E L Brice Mineola Class 94. Willis Coleman's ads offer enamel photos 50 cents a dozen. Jack Steele reports sewerage work nearly finished at College. P O Tileese and Miss Plagens wed and left for Germany. Dr H B Dechard of Austin visited Rev E L Shettles.
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Paul M. Ray
Mich
Rufus Hardy
E. L. Brice
Mineola
Detroit
Sicana
Austin
E. L. Shettles
Ida
Streeter Seizes Chicago Lakeside Land in Major Stand
In Chicago on May 26 Captain George Streeter led about 20 men with rapid fire guns and barbed wire to seize 186 acres at the lake front. A clash with park officials left a 14 year old wounded as police prepared for a possible battle between Streeter’s forces and park police. The city awaits state authority to resolve the dispute. Also, Richmond reports the death of Captain McCarty, a defendant in the McCarty Mordecai duel of 1873.
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Chicago
George Streeter
Lake Front
United States
Strester
Captain Streeter
Lincoln Park
Rebeski
Erby
Reuben Manly
Haymarket
Ripley
Walker
Supreme Court of the United States
Streeter
Illinois
Streeters
Park
Richmond
McCarty
Forest reserves ordered to plant trees in burned districts
Commissioner Binger Hermann of the general land office directs forest reserve superintendents in the west to plant saplings where fires destroyed forests. A new telephone system links forest districts with Pasadena California chosen as headquarters to summon help quickly in fires. New reserves staff will pass an agricultural examination focusing on practical botany.
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Washington
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Pasadena
Cal
United States
Senator Petti Resolution Seeks Filipino Death Toll
In Washington on May 26, Senator Petti introduced a resolution asking the secretary of war for information on how many Filipinos have been killed in the Philippines since February 5, 1898.
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Washington
Pettigrew
Secretary of War
Philippines
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