Local social events spotlight garden parties and club gatherings
Friday club hosts Mrs Burger and Mrs Gainer welcomed guests amid white decor and floral displays. Embroidery Club meets at Mrs Gordon’s with pink roses and tea. Baptist Young People union hosts social at First Baptist church with 150 attendees from nearby churches and Texas Woman’s College. Mrs Thomas hosts a Baptist ladies tea for charity. Wedding news notes Joe Wren and Pearl Brooks wed in Centerville. West End Social Club meets at Mrs Oliver’s. Miss Marie Adams plans Bachelor Girls event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burger Pretty
H. A. Burger
Chas. S. Gainer
Edgar Derden
Belle Gainer
Ed Hall
W. S. Howell
John M. Lawrence
A. B. Carr, Jr
H. G. Rhodes
W. H. Oliver
Robert Gordon
Embroidery Club
W. E. Saunders
Baptist Young People’s Union
First Baptist Church
Young Peoples Societies
Epworth League
Westminster League
Christian Endeavor Societies
Christian and Free Baptist
Texas Woman's College
J.C. Williams
S. E. Thomas
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Epworth League Program and Theatrical Notice
The Epworth League program for Sunday November 19 1905 lists opening songs lessons readings prayers and talk by Bro Betts with Miss Kate Lawrence Miss Sadie Mawhinney and Miss Pearl Kern among participants. An advance notice promotes Mr E J Carpenter presenting A Little Outcast at the Grand Opera House Monday night describing it as a popular melodrama about a New York street urchin with a balance of heart and comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Spell
Kate Lawrence
Bro. Betts
Sadie Mawhinney
Pearl Kern
E. J. Carpenter
Bob
Grand Opera House
Charlie McMahon Shot On Main Street
Between three and four yesterday afternoon Charlie McMahon a Black resident of Cedar Creek was shot once in the head and twice in the body on the street in front of Cole Hardware store He died shortly after Will Payne surrendered to City Marshal T P Boyett and was handed to county authorities An examining trial is planned for Monday at 8 30 Justice W Gillie Mitchell viewed the body The shooting followed a recent dispute with Payne and McMahon allegedly cursing Payne at G D Tucker s stable leading to a thronged Main Street scene with officers struggling to clear spectators
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie McMahon
Vcedar Creek
Cole Hardware
Will Payne
Payne Prairie
T. P. Boyett
W. Gillie Mitchell
Evening Wear Crepe De Chene Ad and Transport Notice
Evening Wear colors include pink helio trope light blue and Nile green with price-only 60 cents. Wagner and Brandon. I and G N offer low excursion rates to the San Antonio fair for Nov 21 round trip Bryan 3.00. Tickets on sale for trains arriving San Antonio evening Nov 20 and morning Nov 21 until 1 p.m. Return valid to Nov 22. A&M 17 Baylor 5. Foregoing figures reflect yesterday’s football result. College boys win. Mrs Spencer Ford returned yesterday from Alvin after California trip. Nettie Brietz returned from Houston visit.
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Wagner & Brandon
San Antonio
Bryan
Baylor
Spencer Ford
Alvin
California
Texans Triumph Over Tennesseeans in Austin Tilt
In Austin on November 18 the Texas Longhorns defeated Sewanee 17 to 0 after trailing early. The Texans delivered two quick second half scores, tying the game and then pulling ahead with a late touchdown as the crowd cheered the rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas
Se~wanee
Lone Stars
Tennesseans
Texans
Big Gifts Pledge Over Ninety Thousand Dollars in Minutes
In Dallas on November 18 pledges for the Baptist Memorial sanatorium surged after appeals by Rev. G. W. Truett and Rev. J. B. Gambrell. Col C. C. Slaughter gave 19000 dollars, C. H. Briggs and wife 5000, J. P. Crouch 4000, with many others contributing 1000 or 100. Friday added 5000 for state missions, bringing total near 100000, plus 776.05 in seal-change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
G. W Truett
J. B. Gambrell
Baptist Memorial Sanitarium
Baptist General Convention
C. C. Slaughter
C. H. Briggs
J. P. Crouch
McKinney
Buckner
Panama Isthmian Board Backs Sea Level Canal
The board of consulting engineers of the Panama isthmian canal commission favors a sea level canal by a large majority. A trip to the isthmus will be arranged so members can better gauge the physical difficulties involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Board of Consulting Engineers
Panama Isthmian Canal
Fire at Knoxville wipes out multiple clothing firms
A Saturday blaze in Knoxville, Tennessee destroyed the four story Little & Beeler clothing factory and damaged adjacent businesses. The fire spread to Broyles McClellan Lackey wholesale dealers and also struck International Harvester's five story house. Water damage hit Gillespie Shields, Haynes Henson, and Bickley McClure. Total loss around 250000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
W. N. Smith
Bickley McClure & Co
Haynes & Henson
Whosale
Valuable Drafts Lost in Chicago Hotel Bathing Incident
A wealthy Kankakee merchant reports the loss of $5000 in drafts and $95 in cash at a downtown hotel after exiting the Turkish baths. He suspects theft by an unknown person while he bathed. In Boston, Thomas W. Lawson faces charges of criminal libel with $3000 bail set for the December superior court session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fred
Kankakee
New York
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Superior Court
Clarence W. Barron
Disastrous Knoxville Fire Spreads Across Multiple Firms
A Knoxville blaze on November 18 damaged the factory of Little & Beeler, extended to agricultural implements, vehicles and seeds, and caused walls to collapse. The fire consumed International Harvester's five story wholesale operation, plus Haynes & Henson wholesale shoes and W. N. Smith & Co wholesale clothing. Total loss reported.
Wealthy Kankakee Merchant Loses Drafts in Turkish Bath
Chicago reports Fred S. Record a wealthy Kankakee merchant vanished $5000 in drafts two New York tickets and $96 in cash at Turkish baths. He suspects drafts were stolen by unknown persons while in Istanbul?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fred S
Kankakee
New York
Boy Dies After Accidental Gun Discharge
Oliver Bonnet, sixteen, of Stag Kansas, was accidentally shot on a hunting trip near Ingersoll Okla on November 18 and bled to death before aid arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingersoll
Oklo
Oliver Bonnet
Stag
Kan
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E.J. Fountain
Elgin
West End Social Club
Miss Marie Adams
Emmel & Maloney
Coats
Hunter
Chatham
City National Bank
Texas
U. S
Prem’s
Albert W. Wilkerson
Derden
Hall
Notary Public
Brazos Co
Parker
J. W. English
Charlie M'Mahon
Nettie Brietz
Houston
SEA Level
Southwestern Life Insurance Co
Arile
Joe B
Reed
JOR B. Raakbd
Chaney Bros
Lawson
Bond
The
First National Bank
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