English Fishing Boats Safe as War News Flows
The report notes no Russian Baltic squadron to return and warns Russia risks lacking navy and army in the far east if it does not end the war. It also highlights State Senator McDonald Meachum of Navasota with chances to win Congress, having carried Grimes and Austin counties and shaping Houston district convention dynamics.
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Russia
Far East
McDonald Meachum
Navasota
Congress
Houston
Grimes
Austin
Methodist preacher warns against trashy literature
Dr. Moore of Houston urged the congregation to avoid blood and thunder books read by boys and the silly gushing fiction read by girls, saying such reading often leads to disgrace and ruin.
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Moore
Houston
Southern cotton crop report forecasts 17 percent reduction
The Times-Democrat reports a 17 percent fall in cotton acreage with ongoing wet weather likely to push further cuts. It notes a poor cultivation season and, aside from Alabama and a few districts, the outlook is the gloomiest at month end.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Times-Democrat
Alabama
Japanese wash silk in white and black solid color
Wagner and Brandon offers Japanese wash silk in white and black solid colors. Product labeled 152 available for purchase.
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Wagner & Brandon
Bryan urged to meet expectations with new schools
J. Frank Smith, editor of the McKinney Daily Courier, lauds Bryan's public schools and educational growth in Brazos County. He cites the nearby Agricultural and Mechanical College, an interurban railway plan, and multiple institutions while urging McKinney to boost its own schools and attract new colleges. He advocates voting June 15 for a 25 cent school tax and securing the Baptist Female college.
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Bryan
J. Frank Smith
A. & M. College
McKinney Daily Courier
Brazos County
State Agricultural and Mechanical College
McKinney
Baptist College
Towns Aim for Market Standing Pay Highest Prices
The Caldwell News-Chronicle notes that towns seeking national trade status must offer top prices for all produce and cotton. With daily markets flooding in, the town paying the most attracts the country trade.
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Caldwell News-Chronicle
Allen Academy Commencement Programs Planned
Wednesday May 31 at 8 p m Grand opera house Undergraduate Debate on strikes harm to workers with Alfred Merrow Frank Buchanan and Henry Wickes Jesse Crum aff supporting H Y Benedict address University of Texas. Thursday June 1 at 8 p m Grand opera house Graduation exercises with invocation Miss Alma Cole and others. debate on education targets industrial over literary training featuring Paul C Boyd Seth DeMaret George Proctor Robt Webb Jr. Scholarships medals and diplomas awarded with music by the Academy Orchestra.
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Grand Opera House
Alfred Merrow
Frank Buchanan
Henry Wickes
Jesse Crum
H. Y. Benedict
University of Texas
Academy Orchestra
Oregon Trail
Louie A. Beard
Alma Cole
Paul C. Boyd
Seth E. DeMaret
Geo. A. Proctor
Robt. S. Webb Jr
Franklin
J. Rea Spell Jr
John H. Reagan
C. Foster Brown
Advertised Letters Listing Names and Recipients
A notice lists multiple names under the advertised letters category including Nancy Dickerson Ann Douglass Ewins Sarah Hicks Leila Hollis Fannie Hughes A BE Jackson Mary Lyre Johnnie Nolers Laura Roberts J K Gents Brown N H Deere Finne Ellis Isom Marcum E L Mason Joe Moore M A Nickson Chitty Parker Eddie Page W M Brice Reed John H Robinson Archie Willburn John Foreign Juan Ochoa.
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Brown
N. H
Deere
Finne
Ellis
Isom
Marcum
E. L
Mason
Joe
Moore
M. A
Nickson
Chitty
Parker
Eddie
Page
W. M. Brice
Reed
John H
Robinson
Archie
Willburn
John
Juan Ochoa
Proposals for Meat for Texas A and M College
Sealed bids for fresh meats for the 1905 06 session are due by 10 oclock Wednesday June 14 at the President's office A and M College of Texas Beef to be fed for January through June 10 pork to be corn fed A 300 certified check required to accompany each bid to ensure bond compliance Right to reject any or all bids reserved David F Houston President
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A. & M. College of Texas
David F. Houston
Bry an Academic Institute Holds Graduating Exercises
The Bryan Academic and Collegiate Institute held its graduating exercises at the opera house starting 8 30 pm. Decorations, music and essays highlighted the program. Diplomas were presented by the principal with honors to Laura Brogdon and Bessie Stallings among others.
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Bryan Academic and Collegiate Institute
Opera House
Anderson
Edna Wickes
Onie Reed
Pearl Court
A. M. Stewart
Les Sylphs
Brink
Colored School Closing Ceremony
Colored school will close Thursday June 1 at 8 30 p m Graduates include salutatorian Lillie Castle and valedictorian Ada Ridley Etta Bozewan Dan McMillan Special admission for a limited number of white people by card P Landry Principal
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Colored School
Lillie Castle
Ada Ridley
Etta Bozewan
Dan McMillan
P. Landry
Travel and excursion sale notices across multiple cities
W.S. Wilson, Agent, lists June sales and travel rates for events from Fort Worth to Toronto. Includes June dates for Pharmacists in Fort Worth, Epworth Peague in Greenville, Commencement in Waco, regatta in Galveston, K of P colored in Austin, Bankers’ Association in Dallas, B Y P U in LaPorte, and Confederate Reunion in Louisville with various rates and limits. Also notes summer rates from June 1 to Galveston and coastal resorts.
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Fort Worth
Greenville
Epworth Peague
Waco
Niagara Falls
Indianapolis
Ind
Galveston
Austin
K. of P
Central Depot
Louisville
Toronto
Can
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Sunshine Cole
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G. S. Parker
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the Conklin Pen Co
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Caldwell
MO. M. Caldwell
Jewelers’ Security Alliance
Frank Todaro
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City Free
Keen Klipper
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