Local Girls Industrial School Effort Gains Momentum
The Daily Eagle notes Greenville’s strong push to secure the proposed girls industrial school. Business and professional leaders and local ladies unite to back the fight, urging early organization to present compelling state-wide case and capitalize on the A and M College proximity. The next legislature may fund the school, so timely, broad representation is urged.
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The
Eagle
Greenville
Bryan
M. College
The Football Game Rules From the St Louis Republic
An 1880s era primer explains football basics. It covers field size marks, goal posts, team composition of 11 players, scrimmage, kickoffs, downs, advancing distance, kicking for distance, touchdowns worth five points, and goals after touchdowns worth one point.
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St. Louis Republic
Football rules snippet: scoring and officials
The text explains how a goal from the field can be scored by place or drop kick for five points, defines a safety as advancing the ball behind the goalline for two points, names officials as um pire referee and linesman, and notes a game time of two thirty five minute halves unless agreed otherwise.
Commissioners Court Receives County Financial Reports
The Brazos County Commissioners Court met November 12 with Judge A G Board presiding. Treasurers H O Boatwright and A W Buchanan presented and the court approved school fund reports and bonds for multiple officials. Paupers were named and paid, road work authorized, pensions discussed, and numerous bonds approved or examined. Cotton receipts from area warehouses and yards were listed, totaling 17,624 square bales and 1,848 round bales.
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County Commissioners Court
A. G. Board
Hale County
Concho County
Hall County
Dickens County
San Augustine County
Holland Johnson
T. W. Frame
J. M. Newman
KE. F. Gregory
Justice of the Peace
Jesse Cook
M. Nagle
J. M. Powers
Justice of Peace
Lewis Hunter
T. C. Vancy
Rockyford Road
Koppe Ferry Road
Wellborn
Rhoda Martenis
John Sabo
R. L. Brogdon
Franklin Bros
C. L Baker
A. H. Franklin
W. D. Yardley
W. G. Williams
W.H. Edge
A. W. Buchanan
J. E. Farquhar
J. H. Reed
J. M Lawrence
J. J. Adams
Powell Harvey
W. L. Edge
T. C. Nunn
F. A. Fool
Millican
Navasota River
G. W. McMichael
Plea for Greater Rural Free Delivery Extends Post Office Reach
Washington reports an enthusiastic plea for wider rural free delivery based on a year of rapid expansion funded by 1899 1900 and 1900 1901 appropriations. The W M Johnson annual post office department study calls for 18 million dollars for next year postmasters and notes Puerto Rico and Hawaii now have free delivery offices. The program expects 17 4 million for next year and cites 795 free delivery officers as of June 30. The same dispatch notes agriculture department funding totals 4 659 050 with 760 000 for experiment stations and bids opened December 12 for government seed distribution.
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Washington
W. M. Johnson
Postal Administration
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Department of Agriculture
Department
Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
North Atlantic Squadron to Visit Galveston in February
The winter cruise schedule shows the North Atlantic Squadron under Rear Admiral Farquhar will reach Pensacola Dec 30 for three weeks, then sail to the Gulf of Florida and Galveston arriving Feb 11. The group includes the battleships Kearsarge Alabama and Massachusetts, two auxiliaries, a training ship, and seven torpedo boats. The Kearsarge serves as flagship.
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Pensacola
Fla
Farquhar
Gulf of Florida
Galveston
Cuban
Kearsarge
Alabama
Massachusetts
Smallpox outbreaks and assorted notices across Texas and beyond
Health Officer Pannill reports a new smallpox case in a northeast Corsicana neighborhood, while Lockhart and Barnes City report active cases and expected fatalities. In Paris, chestnuts bear a unique 28 year old old tree and a younger pollinated tree. Manila reports ex-rebel Filipinos ready to join campaigns with Aguinaldo possibly in northern Luzon. In Caddo I T a shoemaker dies after attempting to recover hidden money from a fire ruin. A construction train wreck near Hardeville kills a timekeeper, injures two others. Huntsville notes the death of former Alabama chief justice Robert O. Driskill.
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Manila
Macolos
Aguinaldo
Luzon
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K. A. Brooks
Huntsville
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Robert O. Driskill
South District
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C. M. Proctor
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