Rates and ruminations from Bryan 1908
A Bryan Texas column from November 19, 1908 includes advertising rates, local opinions on compulsory education, roads, agriculture, and national topics. It cites statements on socialism, education, war talk, alfalfa origin, sidewalks for people, prosperity, and calls for road and gin reforms. It mentions Col. Gates and Col. Park planning a New Orleans to San Antonio wagon road project and notes farming profit concerns.
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John W. Gates
New York
Texas
Sam Park
Beaumont
New Orleans
San Antonio
National Good Roads Association
Sensational Divorce In New York Society Circles
Mrs Frances Work Burke Roche Batonyi sues for separation from Aurel Batonyi an Austrian coach driver with a counter suit. The case details a secret marriage in 1905 at the Hotel Empire and public exposure of the union to Newport society. Batonyi claims charges of alienation and non-support amid a high society scandal.
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Batonyi Suea
Bryan Morning Eagle
New York
Frances Work-Burke- Roche Batonyi
Aurel Batonyi
Burke-Roche
Batonyi
East
Burke Roche
Europe
Newport
James Boothby Burke-Roche
Baron Fermoy
Arthur Scott Burden
James A. Burden
Singer sewing machines promise reliable performance from a nationwide company
An advertisement claims Singer machines are the best and widely supported across the United States. A hunter notice warns trespassers away from a pasture southwest of Bryan and states prosecutions will follow for any violations, signed 298 J. W. English.
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United States
T. A. Satterwhite
Phone
Bryan
J. W. English
Auto speed record attempt ends in wreck and deaths
Emile Stricker dies and Leon Barrows injured when a Be nedt track auto at sixty miles an hour explodes into a total wreck at the west curve. Stricker, a Alsace Lorraine native, was to drive in Thanksgiving grand prize events. Barrows hospitalized after the crash around 1:43 a.m. Tuesday.
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Wirmingham
Benedt
Emile Stricker
Leon Barrows
Birmingham
S Strang
Stricker
Fing
West End Courve
Barrows
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Strang
Appah
Chancellor’s demand for constitutional channel vow in Potsdam
Berlin reports Chancellor von Buelow secured a declaration from Emperor Wilhelm II that state affairs will be handled only through constitutional channels via the chancellor. The declaration appears in the Reichs Anzeiger. In New Orleans the American Humane association opens its 32nd annual convention with hundreds of delegates focused on anti cruelty work for children and animals.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Chancellor von Buelow
Potsdam
Prince von Buelow
von Buelow
Potsdan
Humane Association
New Orleans
American Humane Association
Athenaeum
Twenty Five Years of Standard Time Adopted
Washington reports on the 25th anniversary of the United States adopting standard time on November 18, 1883. Before that date there were about fifty divergent time standards across the country, with three different standards on a single rail corridor between New York and Boston differing by twelve minutes.
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Washington, D. C
United States
New York
Boston
Fire damages New York editors and printers at dawn
The New York editorial staff and composers fled to the street after editors and printers were damaged by fire and water Friday morning while preparing the morning issue.
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New York
Deadly Mine Disaster in Hamm Exceeds 300 Feared Lost
In Hamm Germany an explosion at the Rabed mine resulted in 37 bodies recovered with 35 rescuers uninjured. Authorities fear the remaining 302 workers perished. In Hot Springs Virginia Vice President elect Sherman visited Judge Taft for rest.
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Hamm
Germany
Sherman
Taft
Hot Springs
Virginia Mountains
Silliman House Opens for Guests with Daily Rate
The Silliman House formerly Hamilton House will open for guests on Monday November 9 with a daily rate of two dollars and special rates for regular boarders. Service is first class. C. F. Terrell, Proprietor.
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Silliman House
Hamilton House
C. F. Terrell
Brazos County Land Titles and Homes for Sale in Town
Property listing notes an office in the Taliaferro Building opposite the Court House with the only set of Brazos County abstract books. One and a half stories brick house with six rooms near Main Street priced at 1 050 dollars. Also a quarter block with a new five room house in a good neighborhood priced at 1 000 dollars with payment terms.
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Taliaferro
Court House
Pharesi
Brazos County
For Sale three lots in Cavitt's Deer Park
Three quarter-acre lots at Cavitt's Deer Park available for sale with 104 feet frontage each. Shade trees and desirable home site. Small payment and easy terms offered. Contact 316 Guy Bittle at H and T C Depot.
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Cavitt
Deer Park
Guy Bittle
H. & T. C. Depot
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