Brazos County Wins First Prize in San Antonio Exhibit
Brazos County Farmers Institute earned the top prize for best farm exhibit at the San Antonio event, with first prize of $500. Howell Bros. red polled cattle swept blue ribbons, while Dr. Corporal claimed grand champion in his breed. F. W. Yeager oversaw the county delegation's entry.
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San Antonio
Tex
Bryan Eagle
Bryan
Texas
Brazos County
F. W. Yeager
Farmers’ Congress
Millican
Steele
Yeager
Howell Bros
Corporal
Grand Thanksgiving Matinee by Mrs Buttermilk’s Dolls
An excellent musical concert features nearly 100 children in colorful acts including a flower drill and slumber drill. Singers perform pieces such as I Cant Do This Sum and The Funny Little Fellow with the High High Hat. admission is 25 cents with no reserved seats.
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Baltimore
Anniversary of Business League dinner at opera house
Bryan citizens are invited to the fifth anniversary meeting of the Business League on Monday November 27 at the opera house. The program starts at 8 pm for about an hour followed by an oyster supper catered by Mr. Wiley. Oysters raw or hot with coffee. 50 cents per seat.
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Business League
Opera House
Webb Howell
Wiley
Bryan
League
Howell
Law
After Twenty Four Years Hines Resigns Local Baggage Master
Mr J T Hines resigns as local baggage master for the H and T C railway after twenty four years of service. He has forty years in railroading and will devote time to his own business interests. Elon Stuart succeeds him as local baggage agent, with no change in office management.
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J. T. Hines
H. &T.C. Railroad Company
Hines
Elon Stuart
Mr. Hines
Weeden Announces Daughter’s Houston Wedding Plans
An announcement from Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Weeden states their daughter Miss Anne Elizabeth Weeden will marry Mr. Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. in Houston during the coming holidays. Miss Weeden is sister to Mrs. A W Wilkerson of Bryan and well known locally.
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S. P. Weeden
Anne Elizabeth Weeden
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr
Houston
Weeden
A. W. Wilkerson
Bryan Land
Gompers Re elected By Almost Unanimous Vote
Samuel Gompers was reelected president of the American Federation of Labor by a nearly unanimous vote in Pittsburg on November 25. Also reported is Sarah Bernhardt planning to build a theater in New York named the Bernhardt theater to be located opposite the Metropolitan Opera House, announced by her manager W F Conner.
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Federation
Pittsburg
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Sarah Bernhardt
New York
W. F. Conner
Play House
The
Bernhardt Theater
Metropolitan Opera House
Louisiana bank closes in Leesville
The comptroller of the currency reports that by order of its board of directors the First National Bank of Leesville Louisiana has ceased to transact business. No cause is given. National Bank Examiner B L Van Zandt is appointed receiver.
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First National of
Leesville
Washington
First National Bank of
National Bank Examiner
B. L. van Zandt
Appeal for the Negro Orphans of Texas
A request from W C Dickson for aid to the Dickson Colored Orphanage in Gilmer Texas. Thanksgiving services will be held at Shiloh Baptist Church in Bryan to support 379 orphans with 93 current residents needing assistance. The appeal asks both white and colored readers to contribute and train the children to work.
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Shiloh Baptist Church
Bryan
Dickson Colored
Gilmer
Tex
Women’s Clubs Elect Officers in Texas Meeting
El Paso chosen as next year’s meeting place by the Federation of Women's Clubs. Officers elected include Mrs. Cone Johnson of Tyler as president and several vice presidents from Tyler El Paso Orange Lockhart McKinney and Bryan with Mrs. John W. Wright as corresponding secretary and Mrs. C. L. Bradford as treasurer.
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Cone Johnson
Austin
el Paso
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Presbyterian Synod Rules on Caldwell Complaint
The Presbyterian Church of Texas voted 85 to 87 to sustain the complaint against Rev. Dr. Caldwell of Fort Worth. The ruling does not remove him from ministry, but finds his views not positive according to the confession of faith. The Garden of Eden and Daniel narratives are treated as history and not allegorical. An appeal to the Southern General Assembly may follow in May.
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Presbyterian Synod
Houston
Presbyterian Church of Texas
Caldwell
Fort Worth
Daniel
Lion's den
Southern General Assembly
Landmark Baptists Convene to Form Permanent org Texarkana
The Landmark Baptists, formally the Baptist Association of America, met in Texarkana to finish a permanent organization begun in March. Opposing the Southern Baptist Convention, the group includes ten states and territories. J. E. P. Williams of Sherman, Texas, was named moderator and B. M. Bogard of Little Rock secretary. Committees were formed on various questions with the key task of drafting a declaration of doctrine and principles.
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Texarkana
Baptist Association of America
The
Landmark Baptists
Southern Baptist Convention
J. E. P. Williams
Sherman
Tex
Staets
Williams
B. M. Bogard
Little Rock
Lawson upheld policyholders meet in San Antonio
In San Antonio a meeting of life insurance policyholders resulted in a permanent organization. Officers elected were Winchester Kelso as chairman and R. G. Callaghan as secretary, with Jee Gunter J. W. Blake J. H. Kirkpatrick L. C. Stewart and Shirley W. Johns on the advisory committee. Lawson praised. leading insurance officials condemned. insurance men barred from participation. Several resolutions adopted. West Texas Press association held a meeting in Brownwood. A resolution urged newspaper men to petition congress to stop government envelopes from competing with local printers. Texas Press association to consider similar action.
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San Antonio
Winchester Kelso
R. G. Callaghan
Jee Gunter
J. W. Blake
J. H. Kirkpatrick
L. C. Stewart
Shirley W. Johns
Lawson
West Texas
Brownwood
Tex
West Texas Press Association
Texas Press Association
Lightning Strikes Nevins Home and Wounding Teen
In Sherman G B Nevins residence struck by lightning tore a three foot roof hole and toppled the brick chimney. Seventeen year old Charles Nevins on a rear porch was severely stunned. In Texarkana Gus Brooks and Jim Milam were held without bail after a preliminary trial for the killing of a negro eight miles west, at Fork.
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Sherman
G. B. Nevins
Charles Nevins
Texarkana
Gus Brooks
Jim Milam
Here
Justice Kinney
Fork
Death of Mrs. Nancy M. Davidson in Georgetown
Mrs. Nancy M. Davidson, 75, mother of Chief Justice Davidson of the court of criminal appeals, died in Georgetown Texas on November 25. The obituary notes her long life and connection to the state judiciary.
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Davidson
Georgetown, Tex
Nancy M. Davidson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Busby Denied New Trial in Crockett Case
Attorneys for A. S. Busby filed an amended motion for a new trial in Crockett Texas. It was overruled as of November 25.
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California
Elgin
Coats
Hunter
Chatham
W. Yeager
Anniversary OF Business League
Emmel & Maloney
Gompers
Louisiana
W.C. Dickson
City National Bank
Bryan, Tanas
City National Bank of
Pont
ED Hall
G. S. Parker
Paso
MO. M. Lawrence
Telmo
Allspice Cinnnamon
Mace
Higgs & McCulloch
First National Bank
Dallas
Corsicana
City OF
J. W. Howell
H. O. Boatwright
L. L. McInnis
Guy M. Bryan
F. M. Law
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