Bryan post office letters list and local notices
List of letters remaining at Bryan post office for the week ending October 7 with a one cent charge on each advertised piece. Also items include real estate ad for Tucker place near eastern Bryan, a 4 day malaria cure claim, dyspepsia tablets offer, and Falstaff beer promotion.
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Ladies Cooper
Radle Dowell
Eliziabeth Drovone
Fannie Davenport
Ellen Daniel
Millie Easter
Annie Kidd
Leo Linstrey
Ben Mitchell
Lucrecia Mitchell
Annie Nobles
Mandy Norris
Maggie Parker
Martha Simm
W . Lemore
Maggie Smith
Josephine Smith
Becky
Tyleer Haswell
P. M
Honours To A Jap
New York reports Mr and Mrs Kato Hatoayama from Tokyo visiting before they proceed to Yale University where he will lecture on Japanese civil law. He is a Yale Law School alumnus and prominent Japanese legislator and educator. Mrs Hatoayama visits to study dress reform led by progressive Japanese women advocating American skirt styles.
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New York
Kato Hatoayama
Tokio
Japan
Hatoayama
Yale University
New Haven
Huatoayama
Yale
Yale Law School
D.C. L
New
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
China
Old Feud Triggers Fatal Affray at Big Springs Church
In Clairborne county Tennessee four men were killed and four wounded at Big Springs Union church Sunday night amid an old feud dating to 1864. The dead include Rush and Henry Morgan Tip and James Chadwell. Henry Overstreet James Morgan Joe W Overly and Constable Brooks are among the wounded. In New York William H Eckman aged 60 is reported dead from apoplexy. In Carbondale Ben Brown a carpenter and apple buyer was shot by Rev Joseph McCummish on the public square amid domestic trouble.
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Tazewell, Tenn
Clairborne County
Big Springs Union Church
Rush
Henry Morgan
Tip
James Chadwell
Henry Overstreet
James Morgan
Joe W. Overly
Constable Brooks
New York
William H. Eckman
Eckman
Cleveland
Winslow
Carbondale, Ill
Ben Brown
Joseph McCummish
Thompson disputes Makay claims on Schley inquiry
Colonel Robert M. Thompson, president of the US Naval Academy Alumni Association, confirms to the Associated Press that Makay sent proofs to Admiral Sampson who read and corrected parts but rejected the charge that Schley was a coward. Thompson says Sampson advised accuracy and did not approve the defamatory statement.
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New York
Robert M. Thompson
United States Naval Academy Alumni Association
Associated Press
Schley
Makay
Sampson
Caitiff
Naval Academy
Vanderbilt group tours Cape Breton for Nova Scotia to Quebec rail plan
Dr. W Seward Webb representing Vanderbilt interests with President Newman of New York Central, Sprague Reid of New York and James Lawrence of Boston completed a Cape Breton tour examining the proposed railway route to Quebec. Vanderbilt lines would connect to reach Sidney and Louisburg where fast steamers would sail to Great Britain.
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Toronto
Ont
W. Seward Webb
Vanderbilt
Newman
New York Central
Sprague and Reid
New York
James Lawrence
Boston
Cape Breton
Quebec
Vanderbilts
Sidney
Louisburg
Webb
Great Britain
Attorney Ward Opposes Anti Trust Laws In County Suit
San Antonio attorney R. H. Ward for the San Antonio Brewing association files an answer in the county attorney's penalty suits. He strongly challenges the 1895 anti trust act and the 1899 law, with particular emphasis on exemptions for labor organizations.
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Austin
R. H. Ward
San Antonio
San Antonio Brewing Association
Frank Dark found dead after mushroom hunt near Willow Springs
Chicago reports Frank Dark's body found in a bushes clump near Willow Springs. Friends suspect homicide as he had gone mushroom picking on Sunday, found with his face bloodied and head bruised after a search.
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Chicago
Frank Dark
Willow Springs
Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Declares Dividend
Philadelphia Oct 8 The Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf railway directors declare a semi annual dividend of 2 percent on 6 million dollars of preferred stock and 2 percent on common stock with a 0.5 percent cash rise. A 10 percent common stock dividend is paid from earnings. Net earnings justify a higher cash payout but cash remains at 2 percent. The company will draw on 8 million dollars of common stock after fixed charges.
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Philadelphia
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Ex Gov Thomas Goode Jones Named Alabama Judge
Washington reports that ex Governor Thomas Goode Jones of Alabama, a Democrat and former chief executive, has been appointed by President Roosevelt to the middle and eastern districts seat left by Judge John Bruce. Jones served as adjutant general to Gen Gordon in the Civil War and backed Booker T. Washington while opposing the Alabama negro suffrage amendment.
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Washington
Thos. Goode Jones
Alabama
Roosevelt
John Bruce
Gordon
Palmer
Buckner
Booker T. Washington
Jones
Mr. Washington
Lumber Fire Destroys Large Arkansas City Yard
A half million dollar blaze in Arkansas City on Monday destroyed the Paepeke Leicht Lumber yard, burning 4,000,000 feet of cottonwood lumber and six Missouri Pacific Railway cars. The Kimball mill was saved by citizen and fire company effort as flames were halted at the yard. Insurance coverage applies to remaining lumber.
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Arkansas City
Ark
Paepeke-Leicht Lumber Company
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Kimball
Czolgosz Must Not Be Exposed In Auburn Prison
State Superintendent of Prisons Collins ordered that Czolgosz the McKinley assassin must not be seen inside Auburn prison while awaiting electrocut ion and that visitors be barred from areas revealing his location. Guards and staff were told divulging information about him would be a grave breach of discipline and punished accordingly.
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Albany
Collins
Czolgosz
McKinley
Auburn
Ardmore Lawyer Predicts Townsend Reappointment to Territory Judgeship
Ardmore Indian Territory October 8 Colonel Charles M Campbell says the attorney general expects Hosea Townsend to be reappointed as district judge for the Southern District of the Indian Territory. Campbell, clerk of the United States district court, reports no doubt in Townsend's reappointment.
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Ardmore
I. T
Charles M. Campbell
S. T
United States District Court
Southern District
Indian Territory
Hosea Townsend
Jury Convicts John Greer of Second Degree Murder
In Bryan Texas October 8 the district court jury finds John Greer guilty of murder in the second degree for killing two black men, H Ense and Williams, near the Allen farm about a year or two ago and sentences him to five years in the penitentiary.
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Bryan, Tex
John Greer
H. Ense
Williams
Allen Farm
Stricken Blind Restauranteur Walter Holmes in Lockhart
Walter Holmes a Lockhart Texas restauranteur was stricken with total blindness early Sunday morning and has not yet recovered his sight. His eyes have been affected for some time.
Bohemian man dies after identifying assailant in Willis Creek case
John Vitek, of Taylor Texas, died Sunday night after naming the captured man as his shooter from the Willis creek bridge attack north of town. He had previously been waylaid and shot, and his identification led to the apprehension of the suspect.
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Taylor
Tex
John Vitek
Willis Creek
Here
Seven Murder Cases Open in District Court
In Carthage Texas on Monday the 7th Judicial District Court convened with Judge R B Levy of Longview presiding. A large criminal docket includes seven murder cases.
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Carthage
Tex
District Court
R. B. Levy
Longview
Death in a buggy near Mexia reported
Hugh Rogers died near Mexia Forest Glade while visiting friends. A buggy was found late in the evening with his body inside. Cause of death not known. Police began examination of Circumstances.
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Mexia
Tex
Hugh Rogers
Forest Glade
Here
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Company
Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnel
Iver
Graded School
Allen Academy
Tucker
W. R. Saunders
Cliff A. Adams
M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
M. H James
Bryan Texas
Tennessee
Emmel’s Prescription Pharmacy
The
Sompson
Galveston
Adirondacks
Utica
N. Y
Root
Whitney Reserve
Hartshorne, I. T
McAlester Coal Company
Nick Competesh
Alex Carissno
Royse City
Royse
Choctaw
Oklahoma and
Gulf
Territory Judgeship
A. D. McConnico
Ginsurance
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Fidelity & Casualty
Maryland Casualty Accident Insurance Co
John Wittmann
Bryan and Vacinity
Kline, Kohn & Co
C. M. Proctor
Gqse Egupion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thes. W
Naw City
Hanway’s
E. Grieser
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