Costs of hauling farm produce vs improved roads cited
The article notes national estimates that road conditions add at least a half billion dollars annually in hauling costs. Texas shares this burden, with Beaumont Enterprise statistics showing farm product freight to rail points rising above the costs seen with better roads. It also mentions a Baptist convention in the city with pastors meetings and related events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Department of Agriculture
Texas
Beaumont
Ally
Cod
Europe
Baptist Church
Workers of the
Baptist Young People’s Union
Texas Baptists Open State Convention in Fort Worth
Fort Worth delegates and several thousand visitors fill the city as the Texas Baptist state convention opens. Early indications point to a busy gathering with sessions beginning today and expectations for a full program ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Baptists
Fort Worth
Tex
Baptist State Convention
Son of Henry Watterson Dies in Wall Street Fall
Harvey W. Watterson 30 eldest son of Henry Watterson editor of the Louisville Courier Journal died after plunging from the nineteenth floor of his 7 Wall Street offices. He fell 110 feet to the roof of a adjacent ten story building. death was instantaneous with body and effects left on desk. He was married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harvey W. Watterson
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Wall Street
Mr. Watterson
Hailstorm Strikes San Augustine on Tuesday
Heavy hailstorm hit San Augustine Texas on Tuesday afternoon around 38 o clock. High wind drove hail as large as hen eggs and rain that drenched the town. Several windows and skylights were broken while horses escaped harnesses but no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Augustine
Tex
Political satire and campaign talk across Texas towns
A collection of editorials and notes comment on Elihu Root, New York politics, tariffs, and calls for better sidewalks in Bryan. It cites Sylvanite New Mexico population boom after gold discovery, a Hallettsville turkey shipment, La Vaca county turkey center, and predictions of Culberson and Johnson influence. Cotton price aims discussed in Memphis and New Orleans conventions to lift Southern earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
New Orleans
South
Vendetta Against a Deceptive Peddler Shapes a Judge
A Baltimore American quotation tells of a judge who recalls a peddler’s broken promise to gift him a copy of Robinson Crusoe. Years later he recognizes the same man seeking a teaching post and votes against him, finding satisfaction in the remembered betrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Baltimore American
Citizens Denounce Murder of Carmack in Tennessee
Nashville reports a grand jury is impaneled to probe Senator Carmack's slaying by Robin Cooper on Monday. Friction between factions grows, Dayton mass meeting denounces the Coopers and raises funds to prosecute the killer. Memorial services for the senator planned statewide Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Carmack
Robin Cooper
Dayton
Coopers
Tennessee
Old verses and early women workers noted in archive pieces
A catalog of historical snippets contrasts a black farmer’s stoic joke about a bad crop year with 17th century English female workers earning equal pay. Other items cite Elizabeth Bartlett and a Fleet prison first female warden, plus a Brazos county proverb about natives and outsiders shaping character and judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields
Elizabeth Bartlett
Fleet
Robert
Notice to Hunters on English Pasture Southwest of Bryan
Notice warns against hunting or trespassing on J. W. English pasture located southwest of Bryan. Violators will be prosecuted.
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Bryan
J. W. English
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F. J. Jenkins
Southwestern Life Insurance CO
Dallas
Reed
Joel
Joe Breed
May
John Wittman
Merchant Tailo
Sanders Bros
Morning Eagle
THE
Eagle Printing CO
Ereae
Bryan, Texas
Elihu Root
Sylvanite
N. M
Hallettsville
Lavaca County
China
Jennings
Herald
West Texas
Brazos County
Culberson
Heaven
Minnesota
Johnson
Macey
Chicago Record-Herald
England
Sf 3
Martin
Locke
Wilson & Erskine Real Estate
Wellborn
C. Fountain
Smith
Buchanan-Moore CO
Stevenson Machine
James & Nunn
Cross
Tansia
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