Local notices and shopping blurbs fill town pages
Various brief items from the area note travel plans and visits such as Bob Leman leaving for Palestine and Mrs. T. M. Warburton for Mart, shoppers at Norwood's with new lines of belts ribbons parasols and blood oranges, and residents returning from nearby towns. Mentions include Rev. Jewell Howard to Houston, Allen Academy boys heading home, and Roy Buchanan aiming for the Naval Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Leman
Palestine
T. M. Warburton
Mart
W. A. Withers
Norwood
G. G. Shelley
Mumford
George Faulkner
John
Joe Cavitt
Wheelock
City
Howell Bros
Richard Bailey
Calvert
Hampe Buchanan
Call
Newton County
Norwood’s
Jewell Howard
Houston
Mary Joseph
The
Ursuline Convent
Galveston
Allen Academy
W. L. Turner
Madisonville
Texas Press Association
Waxahachie
Pompeii
Bryan
W.S. Wilson
C. H. Holmes
Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
Roy Buchanan
Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
Colorado
Burt Norwood
Jere Randolph
Madison County
May Births and Local Affairs Highlight Brazos County Ledger
Brazos County records list May births including White Adderhold Card, Buchanan, Cahill, Craig, Carter, Dixon, Dawson, Goodnight, Jones, Kochanowicz, Parker, Toda, and Knox families. County and Burleson officials toured Butte’s Ferry to discuss Brazos River bridge. St Joseph parochial school closing, Ursuline work praised. Emmie Johnson to lecture on temperance at the courthouse, 8:30 p.m. Susie Jaynes visits Rockdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. McMichael
Brazos County
W. J. Adderhold
Sam Buchanan
Darby Cahill
Jeff Craig
A. C. Carter
A. P. Toda
Knox
Brazos and Burleson County
Commissioners
Bryan Business League
Butte’s Ferry
Brazos River
T. R. Batte
St. Joseph Parochial School
Ursuline Ladies
Texas Wonder
Emmie Johnson
Court House
Susie Jaynes
Rockdale
Jno
N. Henderson
Will Count the Vote Today in Brazos County Contest
A Brazos county vote counting committee led by B. H. Cole George Adams B. F. Leman and Prof. John A. Moore will tally the Colorado Trip Con test results and publish the outcome in Sunday mornings paper. Counts will continue each Saturday until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
B. H. Cole
George Adams
B. F. Leman
John A. Moore
Culberson Backs Gorman for Democratic Nomination
Senator Culberson endorses Gorman as the leading man for the Democratic presidential nomina tion and dismisses Cleveland as a serious contender. He warns a third term for Cleveland would harm the party and notes Edward M. Shepherd as preferred if a New Yorker is needed. He also doubts Parker’s chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culberson
Gorman
Houston
Cleveland
Edward M. Shepherd
Parker
Tornado Prediction Causes Exodus in Pine Bluff
Ellen Jefferson, a Black woman, warned Pine Bluff would be destroyed by a tornado leading to 40 percent of residents leaving the city. The exodus includes about 8000 Black residents and some white residents. The railroad reports $2000 in tickets sold at an average price of 40 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ellen Jefferson
Our Lassie Wins Oaks Stakes at Epsom
London reports Our Lassie captured the Oaks stakes at Epsom on May 29. The win adds to the horse’s growing reputation and thrills racing fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Our
Canning Factory to Open in Bowie Texas Soon
News in brief reports Bowie Texas will start up a canning factory in a few days. Also noted: a mill near Carthage burned for a loss of 7500 dollars. Mexican government bought 150 cavalry horses at Laredo. Georgetown Water and Electric Light Co expands with 10000 dollars of new machinery. A cyclone near Mobeetie caused damage with horses blown free. Whitesboro hosts a hunting and fishing club with 1000 dollars capital. Anderson Reed, colored, reported asleep during an incident. The Purcell Pressed Brick plant engineer suffered four broken ribs after belt injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Tex
B. E. Trabue
Carthage
Laredo
Georgetown
Water and Electric Light Company
Mobeetie
Whitesboro
Anderson Reed
Purcell
J. T.} Pressed Brick Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baya
Chase & Sanborn
Dansby
C. G. Parsons
W. A. Reed
Sour Lake
Beaumont
Mr. Parsons
Charles Claydon
Eagle
Searcy
Dallas Andrews
Willow Hole
Tally
Chancey Kernole
Marlin
MA AM
Parks
Waldrop
Ivy Carnes
John N. Henderson
Austin
Sam R. Henderson
Robt. Armstrong
New York
Fernando Demo Rurelle
New Orleans
Henley
Fort Meyer
American Amateur Association
Demoruvelie
New Orleans Association
Demorurellie
Demorurelie
Worcester
Ten Eyck
Washington Monume
Washington Monument
New York Central Railroad
Grand Central Station
Forty-second Street
Times
Manchuria
Russia
Port Arthur
R. G. Tabor
NEW York Life. Insurance CO. OF
Bryan, Texas
Reo Stable Sale
J. D. McCorquodale &Co
Heinz
Cross & Blackwell
M.awrence
Taylor’s
Luther Taylor
Texas
Levy Bros
Parsons Bottling Works
Crowd
Hutchinson
Jand
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!