Little Locals Snapshot of Friday Trades and Community News
Mentions shipments forwarded to Bullock & Jones, Moore & Payne, and a 120 Houston tickets sale by H. & T. C. agent. Reports on College road work, a Ladies Choral club meeting, a merchant relocating to California, 450 pounds of turkey feathers shipped to Houston, and the Bundy crossing bridge completion. Also notes a football score Haskell Savages 23, A&M 0, preaching at Union Hill, a road hole near Wheelock, Ferguson’s crossing bridge done, and cold affects statewide. Weather outlook for Saturday promised light northeast winds with freezing in northern areas. County officers largely re-elected aside from three, and sale of three lots in Cargitt’s Deer Park advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullock & Jones
Harvey
Moore & Payne
Edge
Houston
College Road
Carnegie
Jim Oe
Milligan
California
Northern Produce Company
Bundy Crossing
Navasota
Ayres
Haskell Savages
Union Hill
J. B. Turrentine
First Methodist Church of
Bryan
Wheelock
Pat Buchangp
John Jones
Ferguson
County Commissioners’ Court
Weather Department
Federal
Governmnt
Brazos County
John D. Conlee
R. M. Nall
J. H. Zu- Mer
Monroe Edge
Citizens' club formed to stop illegal whisky selling in Bedias
Bedias Texas citizens organize a public club to end bootlegging and liquor sales. The group, not a secret society, pledges to use lawful means to enforce liquor laws after a fatal incident. It clarifies no intended patrols against legal purchases and stresses lawfulness and inclusivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedias
Tex
Citizens’ Club
Stander
Morgana tinged marriages warned for American girls
The Commoner argues American heiresses risks in marrying foreign nobles. It cites Charles Edward Russell noting many girls trade wealth for titles only to be regarded as mistresses or wives of convenience, lacking both status and social acceptance in European circles.
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Charles Edward Russell
Europe
Farmer who diversified crops gains independence from market lows
The farmer who grew his own meat bread garden vegetables and fruits now raises his own perishables and stores surplus. He can hold his cotton and laugh at sellers who would price it below his cost of production.
Cost Estimate For Brazos County Drainage District No 1
Engineer T R Batte Jr submits an estimate of 41500 for earth embankment cleaning and grubbing land masonry for flood gates and related costs. Special court session on December 7 will hear the matter and interested parties should attend. The Eight Days Mission at St Andrews Episcopal Church runs November 23 to 30 with choir participation urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Batte, Jr
Brazos County
Commissioners’ Court
Duffy
St A Ndrew's Episcopal Church
St. Andrew's
Waco Rescue Home Aims to Help Homeless Girls and Infants
Mr H L Thomas promotes the Waco Rescue Home for nameless waifs noting last year twenty five girls admitted and twenty seven this year with several placed in employment and some married. Twenty one infants have been cared for and a nurse staffed department serves orphans and those whose mothers cannot care for them.
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H. L. Thomas
Cotton Market Shows Big Guns Turn Bullish Again
The market gains a hopeful sign as top traders McFadden Bros Theodore Price and Dan Sully move to the bull side. Demand remains strong with heavy daily receipts and Liverpool spot sales up, keeping prices steady amid a futures decline. Prices noted: strict low middling 8 1 8c middling 8 1 2c strict middling 11 16c good middling 8 13 16c. Sales yesterday 75 bales. Liverpool due unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFadden Bros
Theodore Price
Dan Sully
Liverpool
Poultry Market Prices From Local Sellers
Turkeys 8 to 8 1 2 cents. Hens 3 dollars per dozen. Fryers 2 40 to 2 50. Geese scarce 4 50. Bess scarce 18 cents per dozen. Roosters 2 50 per dozen. Ducks scarce 2 50 to 4 00. See George Higgs to buy or sell.
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George Higgs
Less Cotton More Corn Says Farm Community
The article argues for shifting from cotton to corn due to rising costs and low cotton prices. It claims more corn leads to healthier livestock and farm self-sufficiency, reducing debt and enabling improvements. It urges farmers to grow what's consumed on the farm and sell surplus profitably.
Silliman House Offers Special Rates for Boarders
The Silliman House announces room and board at 2 per day with special rates for regular boarders. Service is first class under C. F. Terrell, proprietor, at 294-1m near Hamil. Guests welcomed Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silliman House
Ton House
C. F. Terrell
Rly Hamil
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Cargitt
Deer Park
Guy Bittle
Emmet & Maloney Prescription Druggists
Waco Rescue Home
New Orleans
Democratic Campaiga Fund
Silliman
The
First National Bank
Bryan Roller Rink
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