Morninghagle: Rail car, protests, and cotton price notes
The item notes a variety of details from the Russia French revolution analogy to a 790 pound cotton bale at Marlin selling for $82.25 and wrecking the gin. It reports the Southern Pacific gasoline motor car for the G H and H line near Houston Galveston, plus commercial ads and a fair spectacle involving two eighty ton locomotives at the San Antonio International fair costing about ten thousand dollars for a minute. It closes with an ad for stove repair and second hand stoves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin
Southern Pacific
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
Forty Clowns to Delight Crowds at Forepaugh Sells Circus
Forty clowns perform throughout the Forepaugh Sells circus show with varied costumes from whites and reds to stage Dutchmen and policemen. The troupe, trained for four weeks, circuits the arena delivering continuous comic acts before and after band performances.
Tax on Love law limited in Paris and Great Northern case
District Judge Brooks issued an injunction preventing Texas from collecting the full year's tax under the Love bill. The state may collect only one sixty seventh of 1 percent of gross receipts for the year ending June 30, 1905, plus a tender amount. The decision caps the tax at five and a half months or about $297,000 instead of $650,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Paris and Great Northern Railway Company
Brooks
State of Texas
Taxable Texas values rise by 56 million in year
Austin reports the comptroller shows the state tax rolls total 1,139,023,302 down to nov 10, up from 1,080,779,775 last year. The net increase in assessed values amounts to 56,243,527 over the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Burton's Blow Cyclone Hits Burton Texas
A cyclone struck Burton Texas on November 10 damaging several properties. Houses were blown from foundations, the Methodist church destroyed, and Mrs Knispel sustained a broken arm after a storm fall. A nearby barn and its contents were blown away. two cows died and a residence shifted forty feet with no injuries to residents. A Fort Worth Corsicana meeting notes the Texas Baseball League annual session in Fort Worth on the 12th with officer elections and circuit decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
Tex
Fort Worth
Corsicana
J. D. Roberts
Texas Baseball League
Identity Established in Texarkana Killing Case
The man killed by a night watchman was Frank Mills of Omaha Nebraska. His uncle W H Ventricks of Texarkana identified him as Mills his wife arrived from Omaha. Night Watchman Baldwin was placed under a thousand dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Frank Mills
Omaha
Neb
W. H. Ventricks
Mills
Baldwin
Oyster firm certifies no preserving fluids for shipments
The document states that G. B. Marsan & Co. and Ed. J. Walton certify they use no preserving fluids for oysters and that all oysters are fresh and opened the day of shipment with ice only in transit. Notary G. P. Prendergast witnessed the sworn affirmation dated October 26, 1905, with Charles Edinburg noted as handler in Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Marsan & Co
Ed. J. Walton
G. P. Prendergast
Charles Edinburg
Bryan
Forty Years for Earle in Daingerfield Case
Daingerfield Texas November 10 Postelle Earle a colored man was convicted of attempted criminal assault on a fourteen year old white girl and received a forty year sentence in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle
Daingerfield
Tex
Postelle Earle
Boy Killed While Hunting In Caddo I T Three Held
Clarence Schwartz twelve, son of a local merchant, was found dead after a school hunting trip near Caddo I T. Five boys were arrested. three were taken to Durant for examination before U S Commissioner Parker. One boy claims it was accidental. In Oklahoma City the federation protested Senator Read Smoot seating and backed frontier statehood and Hepburn pure food bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caddo
I. T
Clarence Schwartz
Durant
United States
Parker
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Federation of Women's Clubs
Read Smoot
Territories
Statehood
H. and T. Excursions and Special Train Rates
Dallas Account Fair and Races sell daily at 5.95 with a November 13 limit. Houston Carnival runs Nov 12 to 18 with return limit Nov 20 and 360 rate. children half. Special trains to Houston on Nov 14 and 17 via Bryan 11 57 am, 1 round trip. El Paso sales Nov 11 12 and 15. Dallas Account Baptist convention sells Nov 13 and 15 at 5.95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Houston
Bryan
el Paso
Dallas—Account Baptist Convention
Tax Collector Notice of 1905 Tax Collection Schedule
Notice to taxpayers listing collection dates and places for 1905 taxes. W Wipprecht, Brazos County Tax Collector, will visit Wellborn December 1, Millican December 2, and Bethel December 6, 1905. The notice specifies time and location for the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellborn
Millican
Bethel
W. Wipprecht
Brazos Co
Land for Sale Near Bryan on Madisonville Road
Seventy three acres offer 83 acres total with 50 acres cultivated five miles from Bryan on Madisonville road. Well improved land advertised for sale with terms available by contacting 292 Charlie Deluke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Madisonville Road
Charlie Deluke
Second Annual Texas Leaf Tobacco Growers Meet Planned
Smoke up attend the second annual meeting of Texas Leaf Tobacco Growers in Houston on November 14. The gathering will cover many interesting topics as tobacco farming promises a strong money crop in East Texas. I. & G. N.R.R. offers low excursion rates. D. J. Price of Palestine, Texas, is noted in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Leaf Tobacco Growers
Houston
Texas
Joe B
Reed
Epworth League Program and Sale Notice
Epworth League announces Sunday worship with opening song 25 subject The Apostolic Testimony Even Unto Death Mark 103 Reading Mr Ed Martin Lesson Talk Prof Minter Leader Miss Lola Betts Prayer and benediction Also for sale first class folding bed with book case writing desk drawers mattress and springs Apply at Exchange Hotel 291 Also notice big football game Saturday A M vs University of Kentucky 291.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Lola Betts
Ed Martin
Minter
Exchange Hotel
University of Kentucky
Train Collision Near Missoula Injures Twenty Two Engineers May Die
In Missoula Montana on November 10 a Northern Pacific passenger train at thirty mph struck the rear of an eastbound freight train two miles west of the station. About twenty persons and trainmen were injured and two engineers are reported to be in critical condition with a likelihood of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Mont
Northern Pacific
Hes
King Edward Celebrates Sixty-Fourth Birthday at Sandringham
London reports King Edward's sixty fourth birthday celebration at Sandringham. Congratulatory telegrams arrive from around the world as salutes fire and customary observances mark the day in Britain and the colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward
Sandringham
Great Britain
Three-Story Virginia Packing Plant Destroyed by Fire
Richmond Va Nov 10 a three story office and warehouse building of the Virginia Packing company near the city was totally destroyed by fire. Loss around 250000 with 156000 insured. Fire started in the slaughtering department likely from spontaneous combustion.
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Richmond
Virginia Packing Company
Revolvers Seized on Clyde Line Steamer Seminole
Acting under Roosevelt instructions customs inspectors seized eight revolvers from two men aboard the Seminole as the ship prepared to sail for Santo Domingo ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
President Roosevelt
Clyde Line
Seminole
San Domingan
German baron Hie von Kutzleben sentenced to life
Hiie von Kutzleben, alleged German baron, who caused a Rock Island train wreck at Homestead last spring just to see what would happen, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Hiie von Kutzleben
Rock Island
Homestead
Also Mentioned on This Page
E.J. Fountain
California
Connelly & Carnes
Bryan, Texas
Russia
Billy Griffin
Forepaugh- Sells’ Bros.’ Circus
Coats
Hunter
Chatham
Emmel & Maloney Progressiv
D. J. Price
G. P
T.A
Palestine
Citty National
City National Bank
ED Hall G
Parker A. W. Wilkerson
Southwestern Life Insurance Co
Friand-Inneard Society
Job B
Chaney Bros
National Bank
Bryan and
Brazos County
J. W. Howell
Guy M. Bryan, Jr
H. O. Boatwright
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
Dr. W. H. Lawrence
W. C. Fountain
Over Haswell’s Book Store
Crown
Burt Norwood
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