Rates and opinions drift through Texas notes 1908
A collage of brief clippings from Texas era journalism cites tariff debates, railroad and Sunday transport sentiment, literary musings, and regional observations. It mentions Bryan and Taft politics, Beaum on Enterprise coverage, and Methodist history with scattered local commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.&t.c.r.r
H. & T.C Hon
C.K Dunlap
F.o Anderson
Gen. Pass
Houston
Texas
New England Conference Addresses Resources Development
Gov Guild opens two day New England Resources Conference in Boston with a focus on preserving and developing regional resources. Gifford Pinchot and experts from Cornell and Western Reserve discuss forests orchards and shellfish while highway leaders from MA CT and NH review infrastructure plans.
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Rston
Mass
New England
Governor Guild
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Service
United States Department of Agriculture
John Craig
Department
Cornell University
American Pomological Society
Archbishop O'Connell
Francis Hobard Herrick
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio
George Wilton Field
Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission
Harold Parker
Massachusetts Highway Commission
James A. MacDonald
Connecticut
Nahum J
Satisfied with the change. A Ballinger subscriber praises Ballinger Texas
A Ballinger, Texas letter to the editor defends Ballinger and Runnels County economy arguing cotton yields in 1906-07 and 1907-08 were strong and that current season will yield high per acre. The writer calls Ballinger the best town he has lived in, notes good climate and farming prospects, and invites old Brazos friends to visit Gods country and share in local prospects.
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Eagle
Ballinger
Texas
Bryan Eagle
Coleman
Runnels
Dreath
Old Brazos
Real Estate Agent Advertises Property Listings in Brazos Town
J. W. Batt s real estate agent displays abstracts of Brazos County titles and sells property including a one and a half story house with two lots and a new five room cottage with bath in the southeast part of town. Prices listed 1050 and 2000 with flexible terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Sggf
Brazos Court
Otable
Favor Mobile Harbor Improvement
The Mobile Basin and Tennessee River Association opened its annual meeting in Mobile Alabama with President John Craft presiding at the Commercial Club. Over two days the group plans to discuss harbor improvements and will conclude business tonight before a steamer excursion tomorrow down Mobile Bay to Fort Morgan for site viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Mobile Basin and Tennessee River Association
John Craft
Commercial Club
Mobile Bay
Fort Morgan
Fads and fashions from Paris and Vienna shape winter wear
The piece notes corsets with side hooks from Paris to achieve a smooth silhouette, black satin girdles with jet adornments, and satin or crepe belts. It highlights ivory fans and carved ivory ornaments from Vienna and Paris, warm sweaters for all ages, and kimono jackets with elbow sleeves and crochet detailing, signed Florence Fairbanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Vienna
Florence Fairbanks
Bryan Souths L and G N Handles Record Train Loads
The L and G N railway in Bryan moved 23 trains in and out yesterday with 82 cotton cars loaded at Bryan and 14 cars of cotton seed products plus 23 farm cars from north of Bryan. All cotton shipped to Galveston on through bills of lading with buyers in London Berlin Liverpool Havre Christiana. The Fort Worth division set a record for trains yesterday. The Eagle stresses Bryan buyers cover reweighing and related costs, saving producers by using throwed bills of Jadine and comparing with other markets.
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Bryan
Yeesterday
Galveston
London
Berlin
Liverpool
Havre
Christiana
Fort Worth
Eagle
Fountain Dentist Office Above Smith Drug Co
An advertisement states a dentist's office operates upstairs over Smith Drug Co in the downtown area. It notes the location and provides contact or access details typical of a small-town business notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Drug Co
Trial of Skhrah Koten for Murder of Dr Auspitz
In New York a Russian Jewish nurse Sarah Koten faces trial in the criminal branch for the murder of Dr Auspitz, a physician with a private sanitarium. She lured him to an apartment and shot him, claimed betrayal by the doctor, then collapsed and later gave birth in Blackwell's Island hospital. Public sympathy grew as prior similar charges against the doctor surfaced. able counsel now defends Koten.
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Skhrah Koten
Adipitz
New York
Sarah Koten
Supreme Court
America
Auspitz
Hast Ninty-third Street
135Th Street
Dr. Auspitz
Miss Koten
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