City Officials and Local Church Listings in Bryan
City governance and church listings include Mayor J 8 Mooring and officials such as Marshal T P Boyett, Deputy R H Smith, and Aldermen R U G Tabor and Jnck Lawrence. Also listed are district posts, schools board, and church pastors with service times across Baptist, Methodist, Christian, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Free Communion Baptist, Catholic, and Italian Catholic congregations. A Bryan Cotton Seed Oil Mill and Bryan Compress leadership are named with officers and roles.
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Mooring
T P Boyett
R H Smith
H G Rhodes
J H Jones
C L Baker
RU G Tabor
W $ Howell
Jnck Lawrence
Walter Wipprecht
A J Buchanan
A M Simms
Methodist
E L Shettles
Epworth League
Christian
Jewell Howard
Waco
Christian Endeavor
Christian Science
Old Baptist Church
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Herbert E Bowers
Holy Communion
Navasota
J D West
Free Communion Baptist
A M Stewart
St Joseph’s Catholic
Kolin
San Antonio
Father Guidice
Bryan Cotton Seed Oil Mill
J O Chance
M D Cole
R D McConnico
J Fountain
Bryan Compress
Joe Howell
W E Saunders
H C Robinson
R 8 Webb
Fraternal Lodge Meeting Schedule Shared for Bryan Area
Walter Wipprecht listed as manager for a compilation of lodge meetings in the Bryan area. The document enumerates Brazos Camp No 104 W of W meets on the second and fourth Friday. Bryan Tent No 16 KOTM meets on the first and third Monday. Bryan Lodge No 980 Home Forum meets on the second and fourth Wednesday. National Aid Bryan Lodge No 409 meets on the first Tuesday. Ivanhoe Commandery No 8 Knight Templars meets on the second Tuesday. Austin Chapter No 87 RAM meets on the third Monday. Brazos Lodge No 129 AF and AM meets on the fourth Monday. Brazos Lodge No 64 K of P meets on the first and third Tuesday. Vulcan Lodge No 37 AOUW meets on the second and fourth Thursday. Bryan Lodge No 1032 K of H meets on the first and third Thursday. Lists officers include W of W Walter Wipprecht, C W Johnson, Joe B Reed, W M Tom A Searcy, and others.
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Brazos
Johnson
Joe B Reed
Bryan
KOTM
J. H. Mawhiney
Bryan Lodge
T James
Joe B. Reed
National Aid
W W Griffin
C C Dulaney
Ivanhoe
Knight Templars
Jao T Garrett
H G Rhodes
W T Austin
WH Nall
H P
Brazos Lodge
AF & A
Tom A. Searcy
D . DeMaret
D F Dansby
D C DeMaret
R&s
Vulcan
Bills to prevent robbing the mafts propose post checks
Senate and House debate a plan for United States post-check notes to replace small bills. The proposal envisions $1, $2, and $5 notes replaced by new post-check notes with spaces for name and address, stamps required for transmission, and redeemable at subtreasuries. Large denomination notes would yield fractional post-check notes of 5, 10, 16 and 56 cents.
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Senate
House
United States
Chicago Record
Washington
Post Office Department
Treasury
Gambling Revenues Compare East and West in History
The text claims John Morissy earned 700000 over seven years from a New York gambling house, while a London house in 1788 is reputed to clear over 750000 in a season, with a single night witnessing a million in transactions.
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John Morissy
New York
London
Was it Sheriff Frost seen in Shreveport claim
Governor Sayers received a report from J M Hagan superintendent of construction for the Shreveport and Red River Valley railroad who identified a man claiming to be Sheriff Frost under the name Randall Hagan said Frost applied for a position as Randall and when confronted denied the name and swore an oath then fled Hagan considered the man deranged and said he is positive the man is Frost Hagan did not know of Frost’s disappearance when he recognized him
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Austin
Sayers
Frost
Chambers County
Shreveport
Joseph D. Sayers
J. M. Hagan
Shreveport and Red River Valley
Times
Randall
Hagan
Mr. Frost
Turkey Refuses Harpoot Consulate Exequateur
The Turkish government rejected granting the United States an exequateur for a Harpoot consulate. Despite the denial, Dr. Thomas H. Norton was ordered to proceed to Harpoot. The incident parallels expectations about the battleship Kentucky’s Smyrna visit and potential reprisals. Washington notes procrastination as Turkey’s pattern in such refusals.
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Constantinople
Porte
United States
Harpoot
Legation
Thomas H. Norton
McKinley
Harpool
Kentucky
Smyrna
Washington
State Department
Turkey
Great Britain
Junta Will Resist Deportation In Hong Kong
Washington reports United States Consul Wildman in Hong Kong says the Filipino junta met on November 15 and chose to face deportation rather than leave. Aguinaldo reportedly alive but wounded in the stomach. The group plans another arms run in a launch likely to bear the German flag, under Colonel Julio del Pilar with agents Hays and Garcia, who hold a large stock of munitions at Macapo. The Maricopa general has been in talks with the Hong Kong junta.
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Washington
United States
Wildman
Hong Kong
Aguinaldo
Julio del Pilar
Hays
Garcia
Macapo
Maricopa
Robbery at Farmers Bank Orland Guthrie O T
Professional cracksmen robbed the Farmers bank at Orland on Wednesday night forcing the front door open. They entered a rear room and drilled through the brick vault to access the cash box. They took 100 in silver 300 in gold and about 1300 in bills. No papers were disturbed. The report also notes arbitration talks between Vice President Barr and the Order of Railway Telegraphers over wage increases and rule revisions.
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Guthrie
O. T
Farmers’ Bank
Orland
Population gains in South Carolina Missouri and West Virginia
Population figures released show South Carolina at 1,340,316 up 16.4 percent from 1890, Missouri at 3,106,655 up 15.9 percent, and West Virginia at 958,800 up 25.6 percent. In Mexico, Missouri, W. J. Bryan says he remains committed to Chicago platform principles and repudiation of Republicanism.
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Washington
South Carolina
Missouri
West Virginia
Bryan
Mexico
W. J. Bryan
Chicago
Decline of British papers and Forbes loss reshapes London journalism
The article argues American methods influence in London press, citing Daily Mail gains and Times decline after the Forbes era. It notes the value of special correspondents from conflicts like Spain and South Africa, with American correspondents covering perilous front lines and mourning fallen soldiers.
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Archibald Forbes
London
Daily Mail
Fleet Street
Telegraph
Daily News
MacGahan
Forbes
Morning Chronicle
Standard
Times
Parnel
Spain
New York Herald
South Africa
Kentuckian Senator Joe Black Burns Teetotaler Claim
Astonishment arises in the Bhidgrass State at Senator Joe Black burn of Kentucky who has not tasted liquor for eighteen months and vows never to drink again. He never drank to excess, yet many acquaintances are staggered by his absolute teetotal pledge.
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Bhidgrass
Joe Blackburn
Shoe-Saving Sted Steerers Patented in Rhode Island
A Rhode Island inventor patents a sled steering device using levers on both sides with long handle ends and flat blocks pressed to the ground by lifting the levers to prevent boot wear. In New York a temporary Dewey arch nears collapse as one figure’s arm is amputated to avert pedestrian danger.
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Rhode Iyland
New York
Diamonds and Rubies at Cape Nome Prospect
A Cape Nome resident in Washington voices belief that the sands may contain diamonds and rubies. Scientific hints support the claim though no systematic hunt has been done. He plans a spring expedition with a diamond expert to study the gem possibility alongside gold mining.
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Cape Nome
Washington
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M.H. James
Texas
M. Nagle
Attorney AT Law
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Hudson
J. G. Minkert
Thudson & Minkert
Eta
City Directory
McMichael
Chas S Gainer
J J Adams
R M Nall
T C Nunn
A W Buchanan
J W Batts
R J Deens
Lee Edge
Felix Philips
P H Arringston
J “W Howell
J Allen Myers
A M Rhodes
M. Parker
J B Mike
Sheriff Frost
JUNTA
Galveston
Barr
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
J. Blackburn
Total Abstainer
Chance
American Laundry, x. v. Seacr, Mrop
Willis & Coleman
Exchange Hotel
Ata
Maryland College OF Pharmacy
Salth MN
A. D. McConnico
Ging Insurance
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Fidelity & Casualty
Maryland Casualty Accident Insurance Co
Harper
J. L. Hearne
Bryan, Texas
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