Bryan Fair Opens With Rich Exhibits and Notable Guests
The Bryan fair features poultry displays from E. T. Spell Mise Pitts and others, plus an extensive agricultural exhibit led by J. A. D. Robinson. Guests include Studebaker wagon displays by J. Allen Myers, music by the Herb and Lewis band, and a planned Novelty race. Speaker Hon. Richard Mayes of Corsicana arrives for an unaired address as attendance and west-gate ticket sales surpass last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.J. Fountain & Co
Mandt
Moline Plow Co
Guy Nunnelly
J. B. Stevenson
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
Studebaker
J. Allen Myers
Carter
J. A. D. Robinson
Millican
Fritz Yeager
Mr. Yeager
Agricultural Department
W. H. McVey
J. J. Colto
J. J. Merka
R. R. Knowles
J. D. Jones
8. M. Winters
I. M. Cook
Richard Mayes
Corsicana
Mayes
Congress
Excursion to Galveston for Bremen and German Celebration
Tickets priced 2 20 Bryan to Galveston on a train arriving Galveston Saturday evening Oct. 21 with return valid until Monday Oct. 23. Event includes visit to the German cruiser Bremen and grand German celebration. D J Price, D C DeMaret, Gen Pass and Ticket Agent announce fair week special prices at Caldwell's Jewelry Store.
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Bryan
Galveston
Bremen
D. J. Price
D. C. DeMaret
Gen. Pass
Tkt. Agt
Five New Yellow Fever Cases in New Orleans Report
Five new cases and three deaths plus four new fatalities bring the week’s yellow fever tally to six o'clock Monday in New Orleans. Dr White of the marine hospital service says cases should be included in records, but non yellow fever cases need not be. County and nearby parishes report additional cases across Natchez Vicksburg Pensacola and coastal towns.
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New Orleans
White
Marine Hospital Service
Presi- LeBouef
Orleans Medical Society
Patterson
New Iberia
Aemlin
Bay L’ourse
Lafourche Crossing
Caye Blanche
Belle Ami
Plattenville
Terr Bonne Parish
Natchez
Vicksburg
Pensacola
Hamburg
Port Gibson
Gulfport
Miss
Executive order bars civil service instruction for exams
The president issued an executive order via the state department forbidding any government officer or employee from guiding or aiding any person or class in preparation for United States civil service examinations. Violating officials face removal from office. The order, attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, offers no further explanation.
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Washington
State Department
Civil Service of
United States
United States Civil Service Commission
Theo. Roosevelt
Adams Express robbery mystery still unresolved
Pittsburg on October 17 reports one week since the Adams Express Company robbery and the disappearance of money clerk Edward G Cunliffe, charged with the theft, with no tangible clue to his whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Adams Express Company
Edward G. Cunliffe
Governor Folk Addresses City Club On Municipal Reform
Governor Folk of Missouri spoke in Philadelphia at the Academy of Music urging strong measures against graft and urging citizens to take government into their own hands. He faulted city corruption and urged enforcing the law to curb boodlers and grafters amid a broader reform discussion.
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Philadelphia
Folk
Missouri
Lind
Academy of Music
City Club
Academy
Cinty Club
Curbstone
Nar Audence
Burnham
Wayne MacVeagh
Governor Folk
Tragic Hunting Accident Claims Harry Hill in Oklahoma
In Chickasha Oklahoma sixteen year old Harry Hill died when his shotgun discharged after falling from a wagon wheel. The hammer struck the hub and blew off the entire side of his head while he hunted with three companions near Dutton fifteen miles northwest of Chickasha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hill
Chickasha
I. T
Dutton
Oklahoma
Here
Destructive Fire Hits Cushing Meat Market and Stores
Fire at J. W. Isom's meat market and four other businesses in Cushing Oklahoma causes about 30000 dollars in losses with only 500 dollars of insurance. The blaze began October 17 and destroyed multiple storefronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cushing, Okla
J. W. Isom
Aged Raw Indian Chief Watonga Dies Near Bartlesville
Watonga, chief of the Raw Indians, dies at his home near Bartlesville Oklahoma Territory aged ninety years. He had led his people for many years and his death marked the end of an era in local native leadership.
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Bartlesville
I. T
Watonga
Here
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BE. J. Fountain''&Co
California
Rouen
E. T. Spell
Mise Pitts
Plymouth Rocks
E. Henry
John M. Caldwell
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock Fowls
J. ‘S Eptt
Pat Woolf
Rogers Prairie
Jas
Leonard
F. W. Yeager
Herb and Lewis
Houston
Edgar Covey
Jlme
Topperwein
Bryan Fair
West Gate
East Gate
G. N. Excursion
Caldwell
OUR
Emmel & Maloney
Lowney’s Chocolates
Hunter & Chatham
Patriots
Russia
Japan
London
Reuter Telegram Company
Portsmouth
N. H
Nicholas
Port Arthur
Manchuria
Sakhalin
The
City National Bank
Bryan, Texas
Edward Hall
G. S. Parker
A. W. Wilkerson
Levy Bros
Blanke
Higgs & McCulloch
Thos. W. Higgs
FORD
S Saloon
Hill & Hill
Paul Jones Four Roses
Atherton
Bond Hunter Rye Brook Hill
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