Millinery Opening At Wilson & Edge Attracts Bryan Ladies
The Wilson and Edge millinery department opened at 9 a m drawing large crowds of Bryan area women. Miss Braatz and staff sold many hats all day amid greenery and flowers. Popular colors include Peacock, Van Dyke brown, Diaz green, capucine, nasturtium, and pastel shades with bronzes, Ciel, Alice blue, and amethyst shading. London Smoke is a new fashionable shade, with small turbans and brim hats showing modern lines.
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Wilson & Edge
Bryan
Braatz
Oil prospects and local notices in Ash Pond area
Dr P B Platts reports progress on an oil well at Keith with new driller Mr Weed claiming favorable indications and abundant gas. Moonshine well at Lamb Spring by Sharp Bros. reaches 100 feet. Ash Pond Hunting Club warns trespassers and announces lease for season. Texas Bakery advertises fresh bread and cakes.
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P. B. Platts
Grimes County
Keith
Weed
Platts
Death of Mrs Celia Howard at 50 in Grimes County
Mrs Celia Howard wife of G W Howard died Monday October 9 at her sister’s home in North Grimes County and was buried in Bedias the next day Rev Guerrant led the service She was a Bethel Baptist member and devout Christian lady The family has lived in Brazos County for fourteen years and will move to Grimes County The husband and adopted son eleven or twelve years old endure deep sympathy
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Celia Howard
G. W. Howard
Grimes County
Bedias
Guerrant
Persian Watermelon Eating and Potato Uses Described
A visitor recalls Persian dining with a whole watermelon eaten with a wooden spoon and juice spilling as a fragrant drink. The potato is praised for food value and multiple uses, including laundry starch, pulp for boxes, sleep-inducing fluid from stems, and flour for bread cake and puddings.
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Orient
Family contrasts and love as a waltz in Home Notes
Enlightened musings reveal mother and son George as good boys compared to a younger brother. Hopeful reflects that upbringing shapes behavior. The section closes with a wry note on love likened to a waltz and its missteps when a partner errs.
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George
Scotch guest declares dinner with host for now
A Scotchman once visited a house for dinner and judged the meal inadequate. As he left, the host asked when he would dine again. The reply was startlingly blunt: "Now."
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Blunt
Eggs and gardens meet London and New York contrasts
A blend of anecdotes on egg quality branding and consumer perception contrasts with notes on London Garden life and New York City wealth. It includes a patent attorney exchange in a rural mortgage case and a magistrate quip about patent renewals.
Witty Epithet Drawn From Jerrold Tales
A remark from George Hodder in Manners of My Time compares a tall thin doctor with a short square partner to mile dancing with a mile stone. A Sing Sing visitor’s talk with a convict reveals crime rarely brings success, noting six months of effort yielded no richer outcome.
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Douglas Jerrold
George Hodder
Jerrold
Sing Sing
Odd Word Tales and Classical Names in Brief
A collection of quirky quotes about long words and theatrical titles. References include Lovell’s 1661 Oxford book Panzoologi co mineralogia and Chrononhotonthologos, with notes on honorificabilitudinitatibus and disproportionableness.
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Frederick Saunders
Lovell
Oxford
Rabelais
London
One Redeeming Feature in a Kentucky Widow Tale
A Kentucky woman recalls her late husband a bad man who gambled away wealth yet never chewed tobacco. The bishop consoles her, noting his flaws, but she remains grateful for one redeeming trait he possessed.
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Kentucky
Bishop
New York Press
Rail FaresListed for October Travel to multiple cities
Travel notices show H. and T. C. selling Eureka Springs Hot Springs round trips at one fare plus 2.00 in October with specific sell dates and final validity. Other routes include Chicago National Baptist colored $30.90, Kansas City Live Stock Show $21.00, California colonist tickets $25.00, with sales and city stops in Dallas Waco Galveston and dates in October.
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Eureka Springs
Hot Springs
Chicago
National Baptist
Kansas City
California
Dallas
Waco
Galveston
Hyomei Balsamic Inhaler Claims Cure for Catarrh
Hyomei is advertised as a simple pleasant cure for catarrh with a complete outfit priced at 1.00 and extra bottles at 0.50. The inhaler is said to kill catarrhal germs and heal the mucous membrane, with E. J. Jenkins selling the product.
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E. J. Jenkins
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E. J. Fountain & Co
Connelly & Carnes
ASH Pond Hunting Club
Jnc
Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
Lowney
Emmel & Maloney Druggists
Hunter & Chatham
London Chronicle
New York City
London Telegraph
Old Gotrox
Miss Pechis
Philadelphia Press
Edward Hall G
Parker A. W. Wilkerson
Gashier
Levy Bros
Blanke
Higgs & McCulloch
The
First National Bank
U. S
H. O. Boatwright
Howe H. C. Boatwright
J. W. Hoell
L. L. McInnis
Guy M. Bryan Jr
W.C. Davis
Brazos County
Texas
Brealey
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