Hearne Lines and Local Notices Render Busy Texas Town
Train timetables for H. & T. C. and Hearne routes shown with north bound and south bound departures. Local news items report weather forecast, rent notices, travels, visits, sales ads, professional services, and community updates from Bryan and surrounding areas including Hearne and Navasota. The column notes arrivals and departures, a piano tuner unavailable for a year, and social visits by residents and visitors.
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Palermo
Italy
Bryan
Old Country
H. J. Putney
Anderson
Texas
James Kennole
Mickle
Madisonville
Buern
Exposition
D. J. McDonald
Teachers’ Institute
Groesbeeck
Kelly
Haterday
Lomax
English sells business. Dansbys take over Bryan grocery
Mr J W English of Bryan sells his grocery firm to Marshall and Floy Dansby. The pair, aided by Dansby veteran service and Clarke Dansby link, will continue the large trade. The Eagle store opens today with best wishes from the community. Nearby ads promote Harp er whisky, children’s suits, Misses' bleached vests, Topsy hosiery, Ajax Hams, Chas Edinburg’s restaurant, Otto Boehme’s bakery, Emmet’s powder, and golf hats.
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J. W. English
Bryan
Messrs
Marshal
Floy Dansby
Marshal Dansby
English
Clarke & Dansby
Children’s Union
Burt Norwood’s
Ajax
Jno. M. Lawrence & Co. Ag
Edinburg
Zennati
W. M. Burtis
Madisonville
Junction City
GC. M. Proctors
Eagle Office
Willingham bill eyed as Georgia prohibition measure
In Atlanta the Willingham bill to establish prohibition in Georgia was set as a special order for tomorrow's lower house session. Bishop C. K. Nelson urged opposition, arguing prohibition infringes property rights and is ineffective, citing Maine and Georgia temperance patterns as proof. In San Francisco, the Southern Pacific reports year ending June 30, 1899 show gross earnings of 43,768,949 with expenses 47,464,800 and a net income after all charges of 186,711. year-end surplus stood at 9,119,495.
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Atlanta
Georgia
C. K. Nelson
Episcopal Diocese of
Nelson
Maine
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Southern Pacific Company
Agerega
Storms and fires hit multiple towns across the South
A brutal storm in Brenham Texas injured Mrs. Burns as a house collapsed. Bridgeport reported flooding and damaged homes from a water spout and wind. Tupelo mourned H M Bennefield shot dead amid jealousy by unknown assailants. Other notes include a Fort Worth man jailed for bank fraud, El Paso yardmaster W J Scott killed in a switch accident, Waggoner Oklahoma fire destroying the St Charles hotel with fatalities, Chicago Symphony declined Paris show due to Dreyfus verdict, and Arkansas reports estimating state population at 1 420 000 with 46 565 school children in 1898.
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Little Rock
Department of Education
Secretary Long to resign navy post for family
New York reports Secretary Long plans to relinquish the navy portfolio for family reasons. The Washington special notes the move would shift duties among cabinet members and affect naval leadership.
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New York
The
Journal
Washington
Long
Navy
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Dale
Ferndale
Jno
Chancey Kernole
Telephone
Hearne
Wat
San Antonio
Weather Forecast
the Weather Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
Monroe
J. A. D. Robinson
W.J. McCullough
Benchley
M. Lawrence & Co
Exposition Saloon
H. B. Stoddard
California
Mount Vernon
Dr. West
Nacogdoches
G. W. McMichael
Howell Bros
Ira Gooch
Navasota
T. P. Boyett
Mattie Sage
Marie Shields
Ternoon
Old Reliable Texas Bakery
Deco
Goodwin
Prairie Plains
Wickson
Shakespeare Club
M. W. Sims
Palmer, Seeley
Wright & Roger and
Caillet
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Men’s Outfitters
Harper
J. L Hearne
Dmayl
Otto Boehme
Texas Bakery
Dec
Episcopal
Southern Pacific
Brenham
Tex
Bridgeport
Imboden
Kansas City
Leonard B. Imboden
Fort Worth
Jefferson City
Yardmaster
Scott
el Paso
W. J. Scott
Southern Pacific Railway
Waggoner
I T
St. Charles Hotel
Fort Smith
Whiteside
Chicago
Theodore Thomas
Thomas
Dreyfus
Arkansas
Dozier’s
M. Lawrence
Kandy Kitchen
Berwick Bay
Lowney
Gunther
James
Alfred Wrights
Gen
Dsome
Tion
Houston County
Montgomery County
Cherokee County
Leon County
Anderson County
Palestine
Rusk County
D. J. Price, G. P
T. A
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