Tillman verdict and political notes from Bryan era
Column summary notes a Tillman verdict debate amid 1903 politics. W. J. Bryan opposes free silver at the 1904 Democratic convention. An Illinois jury acquits after a long assault trial. Col. E S Peters travels to Calvert via Washington seeking boll weevil campaign funds. Secretary Wilson promises bureau support, with an estimated $50,000 for the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bryan
Col. E. 8. Peters
Calvert
Washington, D. C
Peters
Wilson
Brazos County Bar Mourns Judge Ford Death
At a Brazos County Bar Association meeting on October 15, 1908 a memorial was adopted for Judge Ford. A committee led by J. W. Doremus M. Nagle and V. B. Hud drafted resolutions in tribute to the deceased jurist.
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Ty Bar Association
Judge Ford
Bar Association of
Brazos County
J. W. Doremus
M. Nagle
V. B. Hud
Brazos County Bar Votes Resolutions on Judge Spencer Ford
Brazos County Bar adopted memorial resolutions praising Judge Spencer Ford for his energy, industry, and integrity. The tribute notes his distinguished legal authority and long, useful life, and expresses the profession's loss to the state’s judiciary and its citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Brazos County
Spencer Ford
J. C. Scott
Iegal
Resolutions Memorialize Judge Spencer Ford in Brazos County
A district court meeting adopts resolutions praising Judge Spencer Ford as a devoted lawyer citizen and family head. The vote includes transmission of the resolutions to his bereaved family and dedicating a page in Brazos County minutes. Several officials speak, and the motion to present the resolutions to the county court at the next term is carried. Also offered for sale are household furniture a six room house four lots two cisterns and outhouses priced at 800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Ford
District Court of
Brazos County
A. G. Board
J. E. Butler
A. C. Brietz
Lamar Bethea
Sam R. Henderson
J. Robert Austin
J. W. Doremus
W. T. Young
M. Nagle
Robert Armstrong
W. G. Taliaferro
Sam R Henderson
J. Robert Astin
Brasor County
J. L. Prater
Fever Strikes Laredo as Yellow Fever Rises
Laredo Texas reports a surge in yellow fever with 27 new cases and 1 death, bringing totals to 327 cases and 17 deaths. Doctors press on despite poverty, prejudice, and oil shortages hampering extermination efforts amid difficult information from Nuevo Laredo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
State Health Department
Beaumont
Nuevo. Laredo
GIN FATALITY AT TEXAS PLANT AND SHERMAN RECEIVERSHIP
In Bells Texas engineer B T Hart was accidentally killed when a wrench slipped while tightening machinery and his head struck a wooden beam. His body was shipped to Shelbyville Tennessee. In Sherman the civil district court granted receivership for the Sherman Oil and Cotton company plant with C A Andrews of Sherman and R L Heflin named as receivers.
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Bells
Tex
B. T. Hart
Blanton
Shelbyville
Tenn
Sherman
Fifteenth District Court
Adone & Lobit
Galveston
Sherman Oil and Cotton Company
Maxey
C. A. Andrews
R. L. Heflin
German widow killed by second pipe burst in Sour Lake
In Sour Lake Texas on October 16 a fatal air pipe explosion near the Spindletop Power plant claimed the life of Mrs Neabaugh a German woman who had moved with her husband and children from near Marlin Texas to the town just days earlier.
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Sour Lake
Tex
Spindletop Power Company
Neabaugh
Marlin
Appointed storekeeper at El Paso warehouse names Nolds
El Paso October 16 report says E. E. Nolds formerly a bond clerk in the customs collector's office was named storekeeper of the government bonded warehouse at the smelter to replace John Fulkerson who resigned. Gordon Roberts was appointed bond clerk as mounted inspector.
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el Paso
E. E. Nolds
Custom Collector’s Office
John Fulkerson
Gordon Roberts
Reinhardt Hilderbrandt freed on $3000 bail in fatal Shaw's Bend shooting
Columbus Tex October 16 Reinhardt Hilderbrandt who has been jailed since Sunday morning on a charge of killing William Wink at Shaw's Bend ten miles above Columbus was admitted to bail of three thousand dollars without molestation. Waco October 16 street cars ran all day without molestation. Chicago October 16 local championship series ended with each team having seven wins and seven losses. No hits off either pitcher after the fourth. Americans 3 New Orleans 1. H Harrington describes Eagleman in A and M College laboratories the new chemical building in Waco Texas desks of quarter sawed oak with soapstone sinks to serve eighty pupils per room. Galveston News says Buffington and Dr Johnston plan to open a new bank for business in Anderson about January 1. Mrs Bessie A Still opens Osteopathy office in Mrs Joe B Reeds residence with hours 9 to 12 and 1 to 5 Consultation free.
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Columbus
Tex
Reinhardt Hilderbrandt
William Wink
Shaw's Bend
Chicago
Nationals
New Keans
Galveston News
T. P. Buffington
Fred B. Johnston
Bryan
Anderson
Bessie A. Still
Joe B. Reed
For Sale Cheap One Mixed Breed Bull
One 18 month old bull for sale at low price. Mix of Hereford and Durham with breeding guaranteed. Contact H. H. Harrington at College Station Texas with details.
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H. H. Harrington
College Station
Texas
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Larke
the Daily Eagle
Connelly & Carnes
Tillman
Illinois
The
Brazos Coun
Alfred Wrights’, Clover
India
Rose
Emmel
Pharmacy
Hunter & Chatham
Mens Furnishers
JP W. Doromus
W. B. Hudson
Com
James’ Drug Store
A. L. Mondrigk, M.D
Bryan, Texas
Waco
Parker Bouilding
Geo. A. Adams
Egupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
Henry & Brogdyn
Henry & Brogdon
M. H. JA
BOS
Fry
Teo
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