Rates of Subscription and Texas Political Notes
A Bryan Texas note from November 29 1908 discusses subscription pricing and advertising rates, then surveys railway fares, state governance, and legislative work. It endorses Wilbur C Davis for Texas House speaker, cites electoral history, and corrects a misattribution about David Miller Key as a Confederate general.
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Texas
House of Representatives
Wilbur C. Davis
Hayes
White House
South
General Key
Navasota Examiner
David Miller Key
Forty-third Tennessee Infantry
the Eagle
Harvard Eyes Dr Francis Houston for Presidency
Dr Francis Houston former president of the A and M College, later with the University of Texas and now at Washington University, is mentioned as a candidate for Harvard University. Supporters here would take great pleasure if he is elected.
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Francis Houston
A. and M. College
University of Texas
Washington University At
St. Louis
Harvard University
Bryan Ladies Convene to Fight Tuberculosis at Carnegie Hall
The Mutual Improvement Club led by Mrs. M. W. Sims calls a public meeting at Carnegie Hall for Wednesday at 3 p m to discuss tuberculosis in Bryan. Dr W H Oliver will speak on the disease, its infectiousness and preventability, urging all to join the movement to eradicate the bacilli. Indifference is condemned as criminal.
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the Mutual Improvement Club
M. W. Sims
Carnegie Hall
Bryan
W. H. Oliver
Psychic phenomena and a Fort Worth railroad death
A Galveston Dallas News dispatch reports a man killed by a train in Fort Worth. A letter from the dead man's Oklahoma sister mentions her dream of the wreck. The note hints at unseen forces guiding mind and fate beyond ordinary understanding.
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Galveston-Dallas News
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Making allowances for charlatanry in Galveston physics
The Galveston News discusses physic phenomena and spiritual forces, noting much charlatanry yet asserting undeniable truth for honest investigators. It cites the International Society for Psychic Research and reflects that future discoveries may change current understanding.
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Galveston
International Society For Physic Research
Trade pact ends cotton carrying scheme in Far East routes
Victoria reports via the Glenfarg that Japanese British Austrian and Italian lines in Bombay cotton trade have ended their alliance. Efforts seek a new agreement as Japanese lines on the Yangtse Kiang lose ground. A returning manager says British firms control river sites and restrict other flags.
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Victoria
B. C
Glenfarg
Bombay
Yangtse Kiang
Explosion Kills Two in Missouri Kansas Texas Engine Crash
Parsons Kansas November 27 two men are dead and a third gravely injured after a Missouri Kansas and Texas freight engine derailed at Idenbro. Engineer Melville and Fireman Wolf among the dead with Wolf from Dallas Texas. Brake man Roe fatally hurt. The mogul engine had just left the shops after overhaul.
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Parsons
Kan
Idenbro
Melville
Wolf
Dallas
Tex
Roe
Fire destroys Sanitarium in Abilene
Fire at the sanitarium of Dr and Mrs S R Cates in Abilene Texas on November 27 caused $15000 in losses. The blaze, deemed incendiary, left owners and patients narrowly escaping with their lives. A $1000 reward is offered for the arrest and conviction of the firebug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene, Tex
S. R. Cates
Prominent Dallas Farmer Dies After State Fair Injury
Charles Collier of Irving in Dallas County died after being struck on the head during this year's State Fair of Texas entertainment. He never regained consciousness following the attack.
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Dallas
Charles Collier
Irving
Dallas County
Texas
Sheridan Monument Unveiled in Washington Honor to Civil War Leader
President Roosevelt presided at the unveiling of General Philip H. Sheridan's equestrian statue in Sheridan Circle. The ceremony featured a military parade and addresses praising his Civil War triumphs and later campaigns, with reflections on American unity and national character.
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Roosevelt
Phil
Cedar Creek
Winchester
Washington
Philip H. Sheridan
United States
Army
Navy
Sheridan Circle
Massachusetts Avenue
Twenty-third Street
National Capital
Jubal A
Providence
R. 1
National Guard
District of Columbia
Horace Porter
General Grant
Grant Monument Association
Sheridan
General Sheridan
Grant
Forks
Appomattox
Great Plains
Grand Army
Sherman
Thomas
Farragut
America
Lee
Jackson
Johnstons
Property Listings Near Brazos County Court House
In the office a sale advertises parcels including a corner brick lot with cistern and stable priced at 1,050 dollars. Two lots with a new five room house and bath in the south part of town are offered at 2,000 dollars with purchaser terms.
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Posite
Court House
Brazos County
N Street
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Bryan, Texas
West
Ee -Aeee
Bryan Ladies
Dr. Oliver
Morning Eagle
Eagle
Gen. Sheridan
Rienzi
Gutzon Borglum
New York
Oyste
Martin & Locke
WB. Hudson
Wild Bryan
Franklin
Hudson
Wilson
Brazos
Robinson Counties
Hughes
Fence Church
Moses Price
Lave
Platter Place
Navasota River
St. Louis H.& 7
H.& TC. Railroad
K Dunlap
T. J. Anderson
Trafic
Pass
Houston
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro
Silliman
Hamton
C. F. Terrell
J. B. Hines
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