Reverend Seth Ward Honored in San Marcos Tribute
A San Marcos special to the Galveston News praises Rev. Seth Ward formerly of Bryan for his Southern Methodist work and leadership. Ward, junior missionary secretary, is viewed as a strong bishop candidate for the 1906 general conference in Birmingham.
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San Marcos
Galveston
Seth Ward
West Texas
Lockhart
Ward
Southern Methodist Church
Birmingham
Ala
Excursions and Special Trains From Dallas Area
Travel office promotes Dallas account fair and races with $5.95 rate and Nov 13 limit, plus special $3.10 return for trains on Nov 10 11. Houston carnival Nov 12 18 with return by Nov 20 and $360 rate, children half. Special trains Nov 14 and 17 to Houston. Bryan stop 11:57 am. $1 round trip, limits 16th to 19th. El Paso sale Nov 11 12 13 for Baptist convention. Navasota circus sale Nov 9 for train No. 2. Also advance notice of Rose Ivy Dynamo Woman at opera house Thursday night with Europe engagements.
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Dallas
Navy
Houston
Bryan
el Paso
Opera House
Rose Ivy
Dynamo
Opie Read to Speak at Bryan Opera House Tonight
Opie Read, famed Southern lecturer and writer, will appear at the Bryan opera house tonight. Critics praise his vivid character drawing and witty verse, noting his authentic American voice and insistence on truth.
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Opie Read
Chicago Tribune
Louisville Courier- Journal
Bryan
Lillebridge Recital At First Baptist Church
Mr and Mrs Frederick Lillebridge gave a Monday evening recital at the First Baptist church before a large pleased audience. Admission was free with a $25 free will offering to the Texas Woman's College fund. The couple are celebrated in Bryan for musical skill and civic work at the new college. The program featured Bach Rinck Wagner Saint Saens Westenholm Ole Bull Guilmant Thiele pieces.
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Frederick Lillebridge
First Baptist Church
Texas Woman’s College
Rinck
Gramman
M'Dowell
Archite
Lillebridge
Guilmant
Thiele
Schubert-Tausig
Woodmen Circle to Organize at K of P Hall Friday
Miss Culbertson announces the organization of a Woodmen Circle at K of P Hall on Friday afternoon November 9 at 3 o'clock. All interested persons are invited to join and must send in their applications at once. Applicants may call phone 344 or visit Mrs A B Carr Sr at 289.
Land for sale near Bryan on Madisonville road
83 acres of good land offered for sale, 60 acres cultivated, five miles from Bryan. Well improved. Terms by inquiry at 292 Charlie Deluke. Also notices for a good Jersey cow wanted by Mrs Annie Patterson.
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Bryan
Madisonville Road
Charlie Deluke
Jersey
Annie Patterson
Russia moves toward broad suffrage and Witte premier
The St. Petersburg report outlines a sweeping extension of suffrage promised by the emperor. It notes initial confusion after the manifesto, the issuance of a constitution, and Count Witte's nomination as premier as his new government starts to take shape.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Count Witte
Mass Negro Convention Called in Brazos County
Brazos county residents are invited to a mass convention at Ryan courthouse on Monday November 13 at 3 30 p m. Delegates will be chosen for statewide meetings and the group will express views on the law and order issue. Organizers include D B Ballard and Louis Johnson among others. Also noting a new shipment of Black money bak Silk at Wagner Brandon's.
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Brazos County
M. H. Broyles
N. Henderson
Negro State Law and Order League
Houston
Texas
Ryan
D. B. Ballard
R. B
Goosby
B E Bowen
Jack Washington
Jesse King
Louis Johnson
Wagner & Brandon's
Banquet Honors Twenty-ninth Legislature At Dallas Hotel
Dallas banquet marks the Twenty-ninth legislative session with 325 attendees at the Oriental hotel. Toastmaster Yancey P. Lewis, Mayor Barry, Governor Hoyt, Governor Hogg via graphophone, and Senator Bailey address topics from anti trusts to public records. Candidates C K Bell M M Brooks T M Campbell O B Colquitt respond to "If I Were Governor" with vows on reform and fiscal policy.
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Dallas
Oriental Hotel
Twenty-ninth
Yancey FP. Lewis
Barry
Lewis
Hoyt
Hogg
Fort Worth
United States
Bailey
James
Governor Hoge
Pate
Texas
Austin
Commission
Hegg
5. B. Means
Robert R. Sanders
William D. Wiliams
Storey
Reagan
Ousley
The
Willacy
HM I
Hans
C. K. Bell
M. M. Brooks
T. M Campbell
O. B. Colquitt
Judge Brooks
Focal
Disease quarantine tightens near Deridder
Dr Geoge R Tabor reports several yellow fever cases in Deridder and nearby areas as authorities plan strict quarantine. Dr White and Dr Souchon to oversee Deridder, with trains stopped. Shaver sent to Lafayette and New Iberia. no infections in Lafayette for three weeks, but camps hold cases in New Iberia. Six cases at Deridder and three at Bon Ami.
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Dallas
Geoge R. Tabor
Deridder
Law
White
Souchon
Texas State Line
Tabor
Shaver
Lafayette
New Iberia
Bon Ami
Night Watchman shoots thief on Kansas City Southern depot
In Texarkana on November 7 a Kansas City Southern depot night watchman Baldwin shot a man who was said to be attempting to pick a passenger’s pocket on a northbound train. Three assailants were involved. two escaped.
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Texarkana
Baldwin
Kansas City Southern Depot
Steamer Anna Tardy Grounded on Sandbar
The Anna Tardy, hauling timber up the Kiamitia to Sawyer I T, ran aground on a sandbar where the Kiamitia empties into Red River at Paris Texas.
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Paris
Tex
Sawyer
I. T
Red River
Thanksgiving Proclamation From Governor Lanham
Governor Lanham issues a proclamation designating November 30 as the Thanksgiving date in Austin. News item notes the customary proclamation and the formal designation by state authority.
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Austin
Lanham
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Bryan, Texas
Showalter
Woodmen Circle
Emmet & Maloney
Hunter & Chatham
Grand Opera House
Deridder, la
City National Bank
Hall G
Parker A. W. Wilkerson
Winsure
Southwestern Life Insurance Co
Joe B
Reed
Friend-In-Nead Socierty
Jor B. Reed
JUIC
Chaney Bros
the First National Bank
Corsicana
J. W. Howell
Guy M. Bryan, Jr
H. O. Boatwright
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
M. J. Burdett
J. N. Hamilton
Walnut Creek
Tennessee
Shreveport
John Leary
Gibbsland
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